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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-03
pEArH OF PROFESSOR MORSE.

Professor Morse died in New York
at half.past Z o'clock last evening, his
disease, as stated, being paralysis Of
the brain. The magnetic telegraph,
the invention Of that master mind,
sent the news Of his death abroad to
all parts Of the world, and his fellow
ccuntrymen throughout tho nation
mourn the loss of one who, as a master
spirit and great genius, has made a
higher, brighter mark than almost any
other Of the present ago. It was fitting
and appropriate that when the great
brain was paralyzed by disease the
lightning-winged messenger Of Its
creation should speed the sad intelli-
gence and finally announce, In tromu-
lous pulsations that the throbbings OF
that master brain had ceased In death
forever. His eventful life and mighty
achievements will be recorded high on
the scroll of fame, and future genera
tions will do full honor to his memory.
Mightier men than he may succeed
him, but few will mako a broader,
more brilliant mark.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-03
SINGULAR DISCOVERY.
Evidence Of FsaI piay-skeletsn
RsaaA In N cid shaft with . fope
Around she Neck.

Evidence Of FssI piay-skeleisn
Reasd In N cid shaft with . rope
Around she Neck.
From the Reese River Rsvenle Of March 9.1
This morning about II O'Clock, as
N. Cummings and Michael O'Brlen
were prospecting about a quarter Of a
mile from the site of the old Faulkner
Mill, they came to q hole about four or
1--WE feet deep In which had been piled
sage brush and stone. They ON
clnded to throw out the rubbish and
prospect for a ledge which they knew to
be In the vicinity. They first threw
out the rocks. then the brush. Under
the brush they found q lot Of old
clothes-shirta etc. O'Brien forced
bis shovel under the decaying garments
and attempted to throw them out; as
he did 50 the skull and upper part of
the skeleton Of a human being came
up. Around the neck Of the skeleton
was fastened q half-inch rope of con.
adorable length. The skull broke off
Of the neck as 1t was raised. This
fearful sight so astonished the pros
pectors that they deslsted from carry
Ing their Investigations any further.
They Immediately came into town and
Informed Coroner Groves who has gone
to tho place for the purpose Of investl-
eating the matter further. About
sixty feet from where the skeleton was
found Cummings and O'Brlen discov-
cred a knitted wooden jacket and an
old coat. From all the surroundings
and the singular circumstances OF the
rope being around the neck 1t seems
almost certain that somo foul deed has
been enacted here.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-03
SACRAMENTO ITEMS.
From the Unisn Of Monday

An insane man named W. W. Ken
right, a resident Of Solano county,
who has been In the Insane Asylum
twice, was brought up to the
city from Rio Vista on the steamer
yesterday morning. Officers Stevens
and Parks took possession of him on
the arrival Of the boat, ut the request
of the two men who had him in
charge, and conveyed him to the sta
tion-house, but, Notwithstanding the
fact that he was handcutfed and they
had plenty of help at hand, they
found the job a most difficult one, as
he was exceedingly powerful. While
on the way to tho lookup he gave ut
terance to some of the most unearthly
yells. Subsequently, when Il OF
the Board Of Physicians came to ex-
anime him, he attempted to walk out,
and 1t required the exertions of three
men to put him back into his cell.
The Sacramento Paid Fire Depart
ment bill. passed the Legislature Sat
urday, after having been amended In
many respects. Its affairs are to be
regulated by a Board Of three Com
mfssioners, who will be appointed by
the Governor, to hold office until the
CITY election next March. The salary
Of the Chief Engineer Is fixed at 800
Dor month, and that of the Assistant
at 500. The number Of men Is re.
duced, and a clause does away with
the volunteer department altogether
James Hugan, who for a long period
has been managing one Of the mines
at Grass Valley, passed through the
city yesterday, enroute for San Fran
cisco, from whence no will leave for
Japan by the noxt steamer to superln'
| tend an iron works at Yokohama.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-03
EUREKA ITEMS.
From the Sentinel Of March 81,


Early yesterday morning, q mar
somewhat under the influence Of liquor
came into the barber shop Of L. Deter,
presenting a most horrible sight. The
lower part Of his nose had been com
pletely severed from the face and hung
down over heavy black whiskers. He
thought something was the matter and
asked tho barber to cut that thing Oh
with a razor, but seeing his condition.
the man In attendance at once waited
upon Drs. Nesbit and Callahan, who
occupy the adjoining room, and by
their united skill the wound wa,
dressed. The injured party isa bull
teaInster, who arrived IN town day. De,
fore yesterday, received his freight
money, went on a spree, and probably
wound ND In a dead-fall, where some
FOUNDERS commenced to 60 through
him, and In revenge for not getting a;
much money as they expected, bruised
him In the manner stated. Drs. Nesoll
and Callahan deserve great credit fol
performing q delicate operation sue
cessfully.
Levi Gheen, Indian Agent for thi!
district, has just completed Issuing sup
plies to the Indians In this vicinity
About 81 have been supplied with va
rious necessary articles, such as 6ian'
kets, clothing. etc. One gratifying
feature about the status Of affairs gen
orally is that the fearful scourge o
smali.nox an lately present amonI
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-03

The offer by the State of New York
of 500, 900 reward for the invention OF
n form for the application Of motive
power to canal boats by which they
may DO propelled without injury to the
canals as cheaply Us by horses, has
brought the Canal Commissioners over
700 communications from all parts Of
the world. The Commissioners have
also received many models Of inven-
tions designed to supply the require
ments Of the offer, some Of which are
valuable, but many more the results Of
visionary ideas. A number Of women
have been among the applicants for
the prize, which Is still open to COM
petition. It does not appear to be gen
orally understood that neither a model
nor a drawing will be sufficient to gain
the reward, which, by the terms Of the
offer, can only be given after . full
trial of a boat In actual service.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-03

SETH WuMARrH. the master me-
chanic In the machine department Of
the Charlestown, Mass, Navy Yard,
has gone to England with a model Of
fort, which he claims will silence any
iron-clad now floating. It consists Of
q conical or hemisphericsl turret, made
Of iron Of such thickness as to with
stand the heaviest shot that a be
thrown against 1t. There will be port
holes In It which can be closed with
iron when the guns are being loaded,
and 1t Is worked similarly to the tur-
rets on the monitors. Our Government
refused to pay him anything for his
notion.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-03

The Coliseum at Boston, In which
the Peace Jubilee Is to be held, will
accommodate $4,000 spectators and a
chorus Of 20, 900 voices. The arched
truss Of the building will be $50 feet
high and 80 feet wide at the base.
The trusses to span and support the
roof will be made OF iron with a wood
framework Is feet deep, and will be
placed "a feet apart, and will be bolted
to the piles upon which the building Is
to stand. This will do away with
posts and pillars, which would greatly
obstrucs the view Of spectators. The
base Of the building will be bound TO-
gether BY heavy iron rods an inch and
q half In diameter, running across from
side to side, secured with plates, thus
preventing any possibility Of the
spreading Of the walls. The floor will
rest upon the solid earth. The galleries
will be- IS feet deep, and will be sup
ported BY pillars resting on the pillng
and by other independent supports,
while the cross timbers will be framed
into the walls and bolted to the trusses.
A monitor roof will extend from one
end to the other Of the immense arch,
and will be provided with a largo num-
Der of windows, which will serve for
purposes Of light and ventilation. For
evening purposes, a system Of gas illu-
mination has been adopted which will
reflect an abundance Of light from
overhead.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-03
A NEW EIREpReaF COMPOSITION.

An important trial Of flreproof COM
position was made at Washington the
other day, under the direction Of the
Secretaries Of the Treasury and Navy.
An iron chest. sixteen inches in diam
eter, with a lining Of six inches OF the
composition, also containing a wooden
box four inches In diameter, In which
were deposited papers, money and
matches. was placed In the blast fur
mace of the navy yard, and different
metals placed all around 1t. After
being subjected to an almost contlnu.
GUS blast OF three hours, and after all
the metals were melted, the chest was
left In the furnace until the next after
noon, when, under the direction of the
representatives Of the Government, the
three chests were opened, and the con-
tents were found to DO In exactly the
same condition as when they we're put
In, and the matches were used to light
cigars with. The flreproof compost
ton Is the discovery Of two gentlemen
Of Detroit. one Of whom was present
at the trial.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-03

TEE Plttsburg Gazette says: "We
hope that Mr.. Greeley will now have
sufficient sense Of shame to hide his d.
m~inishedhead and weep a while away.
'rls tr ne, It's pity, and pity tits true
but there Is no doubt at all OF 1t, the
Virtuous editor Of the Tribune Is as
bad as Gen. Grant, for he has been
proved to possess a brother-in-law-a
horrible real flesh and blood brother
in-law. Is It any wonder that we find
Greeley guilty Of the very crime which
he found so objectionable In Grant?
But the worst Of 1t all 10 that 1t Is al
legged that the Tribune did not discover
the evils of the New York Custom
House until after Mr.. Collector Muir
ply had refused to give this brother-in-
law Y share In the general order OF
business. 'Quoth Hudibras, I smell a
rat.'n
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-03
A JOSE SELLS.

from the San Jose (cal.) Mercury Of sunday.l
Two noted female characters Of this
town had a difficulty on Friday. On
Saturday morning two efigies repre-
senting a man and q woman, the latter
made up In imitation of one Of the
women, was found on her doorstep by
some Of the night officers and taken to
the City Hall. Yesterday 1t was re-
ported on the street that the bodies OF
a man and a woman were lying at the
City Hall, and 1t Is estimated that over
six hundred persons visited the scene,
attracted by q morbid curiosity, and
each and every n Of them were sold.
The Patriot Of last evening had an ar
ticle In which the efigies were said to
represent Judas Iscariot and his wife,
and giving a long and elaborate dis
cription Of the custom In vogue, OF
hanging old Judas every year. The
woman on whose steps the scarecrows
were found came down to see them,
and got so enraged Mt the insult that
she ''pasted" the woman on the face
aud otherwise shamefully mnltreated
her.
Yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Ransom,
a lady residing on Main street, baked
several extra.nice juicy pies, and a
large plum cake. Shortly after she
had taken them from the oven, a friend
called and requested her company
shopping up town. The lady locked
up the house and departed. returning
In about one hour. What was her sur
prise and indignation To find the pies
and cake gone. The window In the
room was open. and the imprint Of q
mans boot heel was discovered on the
sill. In the cupboard were silver
spoons, and valuables. yet the BASTARD
ly fellow didn't touchthem. Tho lady
hopes the stolen articles will kill the
thief, and they may for they are pies
and cakes-anclenr, but so good We
had to use 1t.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-03

The telegraph reports Democratic
triumphs at tho municipal elections
yesterday Of Dubuque, Iowa, and Gin
cinnati. Ohio. In the latter case the
entire Democratic ticket was elected
by an average majority of at least q
900. and throughout it was a very en-
couraging triumph for the Democracy.
Tho Republican newspapers Of that
locality claim that It was not a parti-
san victory but simply an expression
Of popular disgust with the manage
ment Of city officers, while the Enquirer
a Democratic organ, claims 1t as a
square Democratic victory and q YER
dict against the Administration.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-03

IT appears doubtful whether the ar.
bitrators appointed to act at Geneva
under the unfortunate, because mutu-
ally misunderstood, Treaty of Wash.
ington will ever hold even their first
sitting. It is said that Lord Gran
ville's new proposal to our Govern
ment is that England and America
should first agree upon points to be
submitted to arbitration. The idea Of
our Government Is that those points
are clearly defined in the treaty itself.
The idea Of the Gladstone Cabinet Is
that, in framing the treaty, we were
"too sharp" for the English Commis-
sioners.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-03

UNDER the head Of Personal" a
Pennsylvania editor thus speaks of a
rival in the profession: "The mass
Of condensed slum extracted from
Railroad street culyert at low water.
packed into the shape Of a man, and
placed In the editorial chair, amid the
filth Of the hovel In which the scaven-
ger sheet down In the hollow Is prin-
ted, Is shaking his carrion paws at q
party Of ladies and gentlsmen-who
are so far his superiors that they would
not soil their shoes by wiping them
upon his filthy carcass-because he did
not get dead-head tickets to the enter
tainment now being held at the Union
Hall for the suffering poor"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-03

THERE Is a ship now sailing from
Holland. built In 1898, when the
Prince Of Orange was fighting Philip
Ii. of Spain, then at the zenith Of his
power. A few weeks since, In the
Boston Daily Advertiser, there was a
notice that the whale ship Rousseau
tone of Stephen Girard's ships, built
at Philadelphia In 1901 was then un-
dergoing repairs at New Bedford.
Her plsnking Is being removed, the
first time for seventy years. The live
oak timbers underneath are reported
to be as sound as they were the day
they were first put together.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-03

An international Congress Is soon
to be held in London, comprising rep
resentatives Of all civilized nations, to
further the cause Of Prison Reform.
The idea Of such a Congress origin
ated In this country.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-03

A MARRIAGE ceremony In Detroit
was recently interrupted BY profuse
hemorrhage from the happy mans ma
sal organ. and the bride elect is natur-
ally indignant that just when he was
expected to make affirmative response
he should burst ous with his bloody
nose.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-03

The statistics of suicide show that
more men take their own lives than
women. Among th~e:latter, suicide is
more frequent In youth than In matur.
er years. The statistics further prove
that most men who commit self-mur-
der r single and most women mar
ried. In Italy there are annually
three suicides In every 100, 900 inhabi-
tants; In Austria, five ; In Belgium,
six ; In England, seven In Prussia.
twelve; In Denmark, tw%enty-nine, and
10 Spain only two TO the same compar-
alive number.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-03

The following appears In the Li6eral
Christidn, q leading Unitarian paper
"The doctrine of the Trinity 10 not a
mystery but a humbug. Men who BE-
lleve what they know Is not true to
please the Lord, expect the Lord to
make It up to them BY letting them do
what they know Is not right"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-03

A YouNo lady, tho other day, In the
course Of q lecture. said: sect mar
ried young man, and be quick about 1t,
too. Don't wait for the millennium,
hoping the girls will turn to angels
before you will trust yourself to one
Of them. A pretty thing you would
be along side Of an angel, wouldn't
You. you brutep"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-03

Mas. MYRA CLARK GAINES still
hopes indomitably, to secure her New
Orleans estate. She has matured a
new campaign at Washington, and
will presently nov upon the enemy
for q determined contest.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-03

The Supreme Court Of Maine has
granted an injunction against the re-
moval Of the county seat from Nor
ridgswock to Skowhegan. Next thing
they will try to prevent the Moose
tuckmaguntook from emptying Into
the Skootawabskooksls.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-03

PRESIDENT GRANT still maintains
his habit Of a daily walk and smoke.
Sumner takes no exercise at all, and
works fourteen hours = day. Schurz
works late at night, and lives two
miles from the capitol that he may
have the exercise Of walking.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-03

They cheer their Winter evenings In
Minnesota With ghost parties. The
tickets are illustrated with skull and
cross-bones, and the supper consists Of
q skeleton turkey.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-03

JOHN BULLOCK, of Bristol, R. l., 103
years old In June next and whose hair
has been white for nearly half q CEN
fury. now actually finds his hair turn
ing dark, some Of the new growth be-
Ing black.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-03
THE coNNRcrIour ELECTION.

The telegraph announces a lively
Republican victory in the Connecticut
State election recently, In the rc-elec-
ton Of Gov. Jewell, and giving a Re-
publican majority Of nine In the Sem
ate and twenty-one In the House, or
thirty on joint ballot-a gain OF SIX
from last year. This Is the second
gun Of tho campaign and a telling
shot toward the anticipated complete
triumph Of tho party In the great
Presidential contest. The Democracy
only succeeded in electing Sherifs in
two counties out of six. New Hamp-
shire and Connecticut have both
spoken we'll In these preliminary
skirmishes, and will speak still louder
this fall when the grand general battle
takes place along the whole line.
The old soldiers are falling into the
ranks shoulder to shoulder, ready and
willing to "taks the old familiar guns
and 20 with Grant again."
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-06-06
Newspaper.

Some people estimate the ability of a news
paper and the talent of the editor by the
quantity of original matter the publication
contains. The Literary Journal trlthfully
says: " 1t is comparatively an easy task fol
frothy writer to pour out daily columns OF
words-words upon any and all subjects
His ideas may flow in one weak, washy, ever.
lasting flood, and the command of his Ian
guage may enable him to string them to-
gether like punches of onions, and yet his
paper may be a meagre and poor concern.
Indeed, the mere writing part of editing pa
per is but small portion of the work The
care, the time employed in selecting, is fan
more important, and the tact of good editor
is better shown by his selections than any
thing else; and that, we all know, is half the
battle. But, as we have said, an editor
ought to be estimated and his labor under
stood and appreciated by the general conduct
of his paper; its tone, its uniform consistent
course, its aims, its manliness, its dignity,
and its propriety. To preserve these as they
should be preserved is enough to occupy fully
the time and attention of any man. If to this
be added the general supervision of the news
paper establishment which most editors have
to encounter, the wonder is how they can
find time to write ut ALL"
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-06-06

ConhIclilS and Mencus, the great teachers
OF the four hundred millions of people in
habltlng China, were among the first to pro-
claim that all men were equal in political
rights. And they were the first to announce
that the object of government was the well
fare of the governed, and not The advantage
of the ruler.
Confucills gave nine rules for good govern
mcnl: Self-culturc love of parents and rcla.
tives; respect for chief functionaries good
relations with subordinate officials tathcrly
love for the people; encouragement of sci
ence and art; welcome to strangers; and
Chow" or reciprocity. And when asked
the meaning of the word "chow," Confucius
replied: "That one word is enough to guide
the human life. The meaning is, what we
wish should not be done to us, let us not do
to others" This golden rule of the Chinese
was uttered 1900 years ago.
The laws of Menu insist on speaking the
truth, stunning agreeable falsehood, and are
remarkable for the relation they recognize as
existing between a sound mind and a sound
body, and the compassion they taught for
lower animals.
Buddhism, which comprises more members
than all churches put together, devoted its
work to man, and speaks of eight degrees
which lead to perfection: Fright belief:
right judgments right utterancc, or truth in
all we say or do; right motives right occu-
patton; right obedience to duty; right recol-
lection of past conduct, and right medta-
ton" And the five commandments of its
creed were DO not kill do not steal; do
not commit adultery; do not lie, and do not
be drunken"
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-06-06
ulAlerafiOu.

Mr.. Editor Please give us in your issue
Tomorrow one million, one thousand million
and one billion: Give us, also, the French
notation, and obligc SOME FRIENDS.
We mean in numerals. For we find in a
little arithmetic, by e. p. Quackenbos, a diff
fcrent definition from that in Webster's Die
tionary.
InSwcr.-l 900 000-this is one million.
1000, 000, 000-this is one thousand millions,
and is also, according to the American and
the French method of notation, or numera.
ton, one billion. But the English call this
latter sum one thousand millions, and call the
following q billion 100000, 100000; because
as it takes thousand thousand to make a
million they hold that it takes Il million OF
millions to make q billion.
The French and American method of nota-
ton is much more convenient than the En-
glish, which would require billion of billions
to make a trillion--as thus, ,00O000000000, :
00000000--instead of ,000, 200, 900 900.
1t is much easier to jump from one dcnOmina-
ton to another after each trio of figures than
to jump first after three figures, then six,
then twelve, &c. Thousands, millions, tril-
lions, quadrillions, quintillions, sextillions,
septillions, &C., indefinitely, afforded us names
enough. --Dispatch.