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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-30
HORRIBLE MURDER.
A Mother Boii. Her Baby Alive.

The Cameron PENN Herald gives
the following shocking affair:
On Friday, the lst Inst, Mrs. Sarah
Meyers, wife of Theodore Myers, liv-
ing at Browns mill, or Bennett's
branch, about six miles up from Drift
wood, killed her infant son, aged nine
months, by roasting and boiling 1t
alive. 1t appears that on Friday Mrs.
Meyers went out to n of her neigh
bors, and on returning to the house she
picked up the youngest child and put
him on top Of the hot stove. After
holding him there a moment she took
him up and put him into a large dish
of boiling apple sauce, crowded the
babe down into the dish and held him
there. She then turned the child over
and pushed him down into the boiling
sauce again, thus boiling him on both
sides. The other children, scared by
the screams Of their little brother, ran
to the mill and told the men at work
there what their mother was doing,
and they hurried to the house as fast as
possible. but not In time to save the
life Of the child. 1t had been literally
roasted and boiled alive, and died be-
fore medical aid could be obtained. 1t
Is alleged that Mrs. Myers Is subject to
fits of insanity, and that 1t was while
she was in one Of these fits TINT she
committed the unnatural and horrible
deed.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-30
SACRAMENTO ITEMS.
From the Uni.n Of Thurd,y.l

L. II. Short, civil engineer, left the
city yesterday with three carloads Of
outfit, to superintend the surveying Of
the route Of the Southern Pacific Rail-
road from Tehacape 10 tho Colorado,
near Fort Mohave. He will have a
corps Of seventeen men, and will prob
ably DO about six months in compile
ting the work. As the country Is
comparatively unknown, they take
with them everything that prudence
suggests may be necessary.
Another earthquake shock, but quite
light, was felt In this city about 2:15
p. NJ. yesterday. Our fleet-footed COM
positors dropped their ~"stlcks," in
tending to vacate the composing room,
but changed their minds when they
found that the affair was only a sort OF
false alarm. Still, It will be generally
admitted that this opening Of the
Spring earthquake season has been
an unusually spirited one.
1t has been arranged that the GER
emony Of laying the cornerstone Of
the Sacramento Library Associations
new building shall take place, with
full Masonic ceremonies, next Thurs
day morning, when Deputy Grand
Master n. Greene Curtis will conduct
the exercises.
Travel BY rail between California
and the East has been increased great
ly since the fine weather commenced.
We have noticed within the past few
days that the passenger trains have
had two sleeping cars attached TO them,
instead Of one, as has been tho case
during the Winter.
We noticed among the visitors to
the city yesterday, our old citizen, Nat
Kendall. formerly conductor on the
Central Pacific Railroad, but for some
time past running the passenger train
on the railroad between Reno and
Steamboat Springs, Nevada.
The flag at Pioneer Hall was dis
played at half-mast yesterday, on &C.
count of the death Of John Winders, q
partner of J. w. Marshall, tho discov-
erer Of gold, In the Sutter mill, Colo
ma. The funeral will take place at
Auburn.
Among the passengers who arrived
by yesterdays express train from tho
East was Gov. G. L. Woods Of Utah
Territory, who was en- route for San
Francisco.
1t Is reported that one of the cast-iron
columns ut the State Capitol was
cracked by the earthuuake.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-30
DEATH Of A MISeR.

Hustled Hobby, who has occupied a
small farmhouse alone in the village
Of Greenwich, Connecticut, for years,
and has been known to all the people
around as a miser, is dead. The brief
story Of his life and Its end Is thus told
BY the New Haven Palladium:
He was a cattle drover, and by
shrewdness and penuriousness had ac-
cumulated a fortune of 800, 600. He
never spent any money but for the
veriest necessities Of life. He never
had any washing done, but put on an
under garment and wore 1t till 1t wore
out. One day last week a nelghbor
went to the house and knocked, but
got no answer. He forced the door
and found a hideous spectacle. Hobby
was lying on a dilapidated sofa, almost
dead. On the floor was a calf which
had evidently died from starvation,
and the body had been partially eaten
by several hogs which were also In the
room. The pantry was used by chick
ems to roost. An undressed pig was
found In the stove oven, and little bits
of flesh had been cut out. Hobby was
in a dying condition from a stroke of
paralysis, and "a taken ARE of by tho
Seloctmen at his death.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-30

The author Of "Fireside Science"
DR.. Nichols, comes to the defense Of
the much maligned "stovepipe hat"
He says: No part of the dress of men
Is really more absurd than the hard
~"stovepipe hat" 80 generally worn,
and yet all attempts to subvert 1t have
proved abortive. For thirty years we
have worn this kind Of head covering,
aud we like 1t better than any other !;
we have tried hard to like the low,
soft hats, but we cannot; and this is
the experience Of thousands. Absurd
as the high, hard hat Is, 1t does keep
the head moro comfortable, It does
maintain a more equable temperature,
it doe, feel better than any other form
OF head covering; and so let lis con-
tinue to knock them against the beams
In attics and the branches Of trees. If
they serve a good purpose In brushing
cobwebs from the roofs Of old gar
refs and stables, they also protect US
from bad bumps and keep our heads
comfortable.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-30
MOVEMENTS OF GENERAL pIAz.

From tho San Francisco Bulletin, March 2s.1
General Porfirio Diaz, late leader OF
the revolt In Mexico, subsequently re-
ported dead, was In Now York ten
days since, and 1t Is NEARLY certain that
he Is now In San Francisco. endeav-
ored to mako his way to Northern
Mexico via Mazatlan. This much Is
a~scertained positively: That after he
LEFT Oaxaca, on his fruitless expedition
into Puebla, Vera Cruz, and the Vicin-
ity Of Mexico, with a view Of diverting
General Alatorre from bis march on
Oaxaca, his brother, Ell Chato," was
routed and killed In Oaxaca, and the
officers sent with funds to Port Angel,
on the Southern Coast, to keep open an
avenue Of escape for the General. alb
seconded with the funds when the Fed
eral troops approached. 1t has been
tho intention Of General Diaz In the
event of his failure In Southern Mexi-
co to embark ct Port Angel and pro-
coed to Mazatlan, which was In the
hands Of the rebels, and there put him.
self In communication with Trevino,
Garcia de la Cadena, and other revolt
ted chiefs In the North, but on that re-
source falling him, he caused the re-
port Of his death to be circulated, and
proceeding to Vera Cruz In disguise,
embarked for Now York, where he ar
rived. Subsequently 1t was given out
that he had embarked for Brazos San
tiago, but 1t Is certain that his chief Of
staff IL here, having arrived on Mon
day night, and gentlemen who are &C
quainted with Diaz personally, assert
positively that he Is himself here, hay
Ing seen and recognized him on Tues
day. It Is supposed that he came here
with the intention Of proceeding to
Mazatlan by the steamer Of April 18th,
but the recent defeats Of the Revolu-
tlonlsts In Zacatecas, Jalisco, and San
Luis Potosi, have apparently settled
the fate Of the revolt, and 1t Is eXpec-
ted that tho steamer which will be due
hero about the 1st Of April will bring
the news that the rebel leaders have
abandoned Mazatlan on the approach
of the troops under General Roche and
Governor Pesqulsra and fled the coun-
try. It Is not improbable that some Of
them will arrive here on the steamer.
In this event, 1t is probable that Gen.
eral Dlaz will abandon tho attempt to
return to his country, and he who next
to Juarez was the stronk lest man in the
Republic six months iince, will sink
out Of sight as Santa Anna has done,
and soon DO even MOO thoroughly for
0nffap
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-30

A CHEYENNE THHATRE.-A Western
correspondent Of the Boston Transcript
says: Monday night we visited the
theatre. The entrance 10 through the
largest bar-room In town, which Is
saying a great deal for 1t, for the COM
petition is strong In Cheyenne. The
theatre Is a branch Of the saloon, as
are also a museum and faro bank. II
one can judge from the size Of the
crowd, the latter must do a smashing
business. We are entertained for a
while by the MINSTREL performance.
During the entertainment one Of the
actors jumped over tho front Of the
stage, went to the bar and got a drink.
then climbed back. took his place, and
the play proceeded.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-30
ANOTHER LOTTERY SWIHDle.
from the San Francisco Call March 2stl

From the San Francisco Call March 18th.
Circulars announcing n "grand holt
day drawing" in the Havana Lottery,
for the benefit of the "Charity Hospi-
tai, San Francisco" are being scat
tered broadcast in the East. The cir
culars state that the regular monthly
drawing takes place in this city on the
last Saturday Of each month. A capital
prize of $1,000 In gold is announced,
and the next prize Is one Of $4,000.
There arc two prizes Of $25, 900 each
four of $4,000 each; six Of 5000
each, and so on down to prizes Of $25
eaeh-making altogether a grand total
Of $S63, 900 In gold, to be paid on de-
msnd, without discount, on p~resenta-
tlon Of the tickets at the managers
Office, Newell & Grote, San Francisco.
The bill Is signed by II. B. Kalb& Co.,
lock-box 294, Cincinnati, Ohio. 1t Is
hardly necessary to state that this Is q
swindle. There Is no "Charity Hos
pital" in this city, and no hospital
here Is engaged In the lottery business
we would not do such a thing!
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-30

Tuesday night, says the Grass Valley
Union Of Thursday, a miner named
Frank Juliet. who was working in the
shaft Of the Idaho mine, was hurt by
an empty quicksilver flask which fell
down the shaft about q hundred feet
and struck him on the head. The flask
had been attached as a weight to a
wire which was connected with the
bell in the engine-room. The wire
was by some means broken, and the
weight fell as we have stated. Before
the weight reached Juliet, 1t struck an
inch board and crushed 1t. Its striking
the board saved the mans life. As It
Is, Juliet has a severe cut on the scalp,
and the skull bone Is considerably
bruised. DR.. Simpson attended the
wounded man.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-30

CoAsr REUEw.-We have received
. copy Of the Coast ReUie,o, q monthly
magazine devoted to the general insur-
ance and mining interests OF the Pa
clfic Coast published at San Francisco.
Subscription price, "a 80 per year In
advance. It is . we'll edited, we'll
printed publication, and contains a
largo amount Of valuable reading
matter and information relative to the
subjects on which it treats.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-30

BIO OLp TREE.-There Is a chestnut
tree standing on the slope Of Mount
Etna, in the Island Of Sicily, which Is
said to be the Oldest tree Of Its kind
In the world. It is Of colossal dimen-
sions, and Is named the Hundred Cav
alters, on account of the Queen of Ar
ragon and her Court having found
shelter beneath Its branches. 1t Is
nearly two hundred feet In glrth, and
Is thought to be not less than three
hundred years old.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-30

The work of constructing the man.
moth building for the Worlds Peace
Jubilee has been commenced In ear
nest. The proposition made by Mr..
Gilmore, while in England, to invite
Queen Victoria to the festival has been
well received by Influential persons.
The Prince Of Wales, Sir Edward
Cardwell, Minister Of War, and Mr..
William Inman, Of the Inman line,
will be among the city's invited guests.
A bureau for the accommodation OF
strangers has been formed.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-30

RECENT statistics show that In the
United States are 3,637,442 persons
who cannot read. They also show that
between eighty and ninety per cent. of
all the crime committed In the country
Is by those who have little or no edu-
cation. Surely a fearful showing, and
a powerful argument In favor Of free
schools
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-30

In tho United States House Of Rep
resentatives, on the 18th instant, the
Hon. A. A. Sargent introduced a bill
to relieve John n. Scanland, Of San
Francisco, Of the political disabilities
imposed by the third section of the
fourteenth amendment to the Constitu-
ton; which bill was referred to the
Judiciary Committee.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-30

MISS JEAN ISaELow, tho English
poetess, Is described IS buxom, fine
looking woman. somewhere near hor
forties. She has abundance Of soft
brown hair, which she winds In q
graceful fashion Of her own about her
well-shaped head bright eyes, and
lovely changing color, which comes
and goes In her cheeks at the slightest
p%roYocatiOn.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-30
AcoRRHsroNDENr ola London paper

AcoRR1sroNDENr ola London paper
who has just returned from the South
African diamond fields, states that dur
ing the past few months the value Of
the diamonds discovered has averaged
about $4,000 per month, and that
10000 people were engaged in dig
cling. More recently, however, the
supply has been greatly increased, ow-
ing to the discovery Of a small field,
only about twenty acres in extent. but
Of extraordinary richness. The large
arrival of diamonds from South Africa
have caused a perceptlble depreciation
In the value Of those gems In the Lon
don market.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-30
RASTER SUNDAY.

Tomorrow, according to the Chris
tian Church calendar, will be Easter
Sunday, the festival of the resurrection
Of Jesus Christ. In ancient times the
celebration Of Easter lasted eight days,
but 1t was subsequently reduced to
three, and still later to two. Now,
however, the one day Is most generally
observed. 1t was formerly the fayorite
time for performing the rite Of bap-
tism, and Il to a considerable extent
even now. The o~bservances In this
section, In addition to the usual re-
ligious ceremonies peculiar to the day
in the respective churches, include fes-
rivals In the evening for the Sabbath
school children. which are generally
Of q most interesting character. On
this occasion, too, offerings or presents
Of money are made by ths children, or
through them BY the parents, to the
pastor, rs compensation for his kindly
labors In their behalf. Tho most char
acteristic custom incident to the occa-
sion, and the one most widely diffused.
Is the use Of Easter eggs. They are
usually boiled hard and stained with
various colors, generally purple, with
fancy designs traced upon them, and
people mutually make presents OF
them. Sometimns they are eaten, or
else kept as charms or souvenirs Of the
occasion. There can be but little
doubt that the use Of eggs at this par
ticular season was originally symbol
ical Of the revlviacation Of nature
the springing forth Of life In Spring.
Tho practice Is not confined to Chris
tians; the Jews used eggs In the feast
Of the Passover; and it is said that
the Persians, when they keep the fes-
tival of the Solar New Year I'm March,
mutually present each other with col
orsd eggs. From the Christian stand
point, this "feast Of eggs" has been
usually considered as emblematic Of
tho resurrection and Of future life.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-30

KINDLY CONFEDERATE. - Susan B.
Anthony, It Is said, has no husband,
and, although she Is stern she Is mer-
ciful. Various desperate and devoted
men, ensnared by her girlish charms,
have essayed to plunge headlong into
the maelstorm Of matrimony; but with
firm though gentle hand she has with
held them from the fatal leap, nobly
refusing to accept the sacrifice. Susan
b. Anthony Is stern aud she's turned
forty now, so there are not so many
woers.-S. F. Figaro.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-30

AFTER the recent election In New
Hampshire the Republicans In Con-
cord fired a salute In honor of the vic
tory. A cannon that was In use burs-
ted and killed two men who were fir
ing the gun, and blew all of the front
windows out of the hotel near by.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-30

The origin Of the title "The Thun-
derer," by which the London Times is
known, was from a writer beginning a
leading article with the phrase, We
Numbered forth the other day." etc.
Some Of the Times contemporaries,
In referring to this expression, called
the Tins, "The T%hunderer," and
though nearly so years have elapsed
the title still clings to IL.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-30

TIE Supreme Court Of the United
States having decided that a husband
eau recover damages for the loss Of his
wife, proportionately to her useful
ness and capacity to earn money, a
Boston man whose wife persisted In a
recent railway accident was allowed
by the discriminating jury exactly elk
cents.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-30

JAPANESE women whose lovers are
faithless, rise at 2 o'clock In t 10 MORN
ing and drive nails into sacred trees,
vowing that when her lover dies she
will pull them ont. She believes that
the god, to save his tree, will strike her
lover dead. This Is a little worse than
lying awake nights to hate people.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-30

SERIOUS apprehensions are felt at
Washington that a collision will take
place between Canadian and American
fishermen during the coming Spring,
and our Government will dispatch a
naval force to the fishing grounds,
with instructions to the officers to
avoid all attempts to be drawn into
difficulty.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-30

JESSE MEYERS leaned against a shaft
revolving 300 times per minute, in a
slaughter house, In Muncy, Indiana.
He undresied in about two seconds,
but strange to say, he was not at all
injured. No:a stitch Of clothing re-
manned upon him.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-30

The Ohio House Of Representatives
have unanimously adopted a resolu-
ton asking Congress to grant 800
bounty to every Union soldier honor
ably discharged on account Of sickness
or disease, prior to the expiration Of
two years. service In the late war.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-30

The Alpine Chronicle says: We have
a young lady composition, not vet
"sweet SIXTEEN" who has SET a solid
column ofthis paper in one afternoon,
and that day the sun went down be-
hind the mountains before O'Clock.
She came into this Office before she was
fourteen.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-30
Deaths.

RoDoERs-In Gold Hill, March %, James
Rodgers, o native Of Cornwall, England, aged
Is years.
THE ~funcrnal will take place on Sunday, slst
instant, from Masonic Hall, Gold Hill, under tho
auspices Of Silver Star Lodge No. 8, F.. and A.
NJ, OF which deceased was q member. All
Master Masons and friends and acquaintance
are invited to attend.l
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-03-26
A STRANGER.

Alone, alone sit alone,
know no one, ] am unknown.
With mine no heart will intertwine-
No other soul communes with mine.
There is mask on every face,
That makes me stranger to my race
There is wall round every heart,
That fences them from me apart.
My proffered faith engenders doubts
My hearts own love meets hate without.
give my trust and am deceived
My SOULS own truth is not believed.
One loving heart-one kindred mind
seek in vain through life to find;
All hearts my sympathies elude-
Earth's life is one great solitude.
sit alone in another sphere,
A better world comes lowering near.
A higher life, higher love
Floats through the ETHEREAL space above
Though live alone, there glows within
A pure, bright light that purges sin.
An inner sunshine fills the air
A love divine is everywhere.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-03-26
Roses Elopement,
Mr.. Emmerson's Surprise.


TT WAS dull time in Wall street one
IL sultry afternoon in August. Business
was over for the day, but Mr.. Emmerson
still fingered in his Office, perhaps because
no pleasant home called him away. Certainly
the little room, with its piles of account
books and swarm of flies, could have
possessed no attraction for any but a
homeless man.
The day had been one of unprecedented
success even to Mr.. Emmerson. A lucky
bid on gold had resulted in a small fortune,
an oil well had sprung into existence on a
tract which its former possessor had sold
for a song as barren waste, and some
railroad stock in which he had numerous
shares advanced beyond all expectation.
Yet no evidence of exultation was visible
in his appearance, and farther than giving
the little flower-girl who daily brought her
choicest bouquets TO the wealthy broker,
double price for her roses-he was guilty
Of no departure from his usual methodical
ways. If any man in Wall street had
cause for satisfaction and self-congratulation
it was Mr.. Emmerson, when he remembered
the struggles by which he attained his
present commercial eminence. 1t was well
known among his acquaintance, that not
many years before he had returned penniless
to his native city after short residence in
Europe, which had proved neither credtable
nor profitable. He was no misanthrope,
but cloud of care or sorrow seemed TO
hang around his happiest moments; and
although his constant reserve secured him
from the intrusions of the curious, rumol
had generally assigned an unhappy mar.
riage as the cause; but beyond that ol
speculation society had no resource.
Young Harry Waltham stepped into the
Office on his way down town this afternoon
and was warmly welcomed.
t'Well, Harry, how has the world used
you to-dayg" Mr.. Emmerson inquired
shaking hands with his friend.
Cuisines has been unusually dull at our
place, thank you. heard of your streel
eof fortune with genuine pleasure. Wher
Atkins told me fit this morning, said
If there Is man in New York who deserves
snccess, IT is my friend Emmerson ~