Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1872-12-27

ahu hot iar from tne county doSpital.
Thomas Tilley, wood-chopper, was
among the first who found the body. He
rose about 5 o'clock, and being told that
drunken man lay in the road, went to
the spot indicated, and found the dead
body. There were no evidences of
struggle. Deceased was lying with his
left hand under his head he was froth-
ing and bleeding at the mouth; the body
was quite warm and timber, and did not
appear to have been dead long. Ti.ley
gave notice to Coroner Philson, who
summoned a jury of inquest. In addi-
ton to the testimony of Tilley, George
Miller, bartender at the Philadelphia
Brewery, testified that deceased was
native of Bavaria, and he thought he
was about AZ years of age. r. w. Allen,
of the City Club Rooms, testified that de-
ceased had been doing general work for
him for about six weeks; that he had
been of temperate habits while working
for him; saw deceased about 2 O'Clock
yesterday morning, when he appeared to
be well never heard him complain of
being sick; said he came here from Idaho
City; think he was a charcoal burner; he
was perfectly sober when he left the sa-
loon. DR.. ID. L. Deal, who assisted in
making a post mortem examination on
the body, testified that he found conges-
ton of both lungs, and large quantity
Of blood etfussd around the lungs, caused
l,xrf In nf s,f
sells of the left lung; in his opinion this
was sufficient to cause death; there were
no external marks of violence on the
body. The jury returned verdict in
accordance with the facts as testified to
by the several witnesses. His friends
raised money for his burial, and he will
be inferred at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
He WAS known to several parties here,
and bore II good reputation as a sober
and industrious man.
PREsENTArloN.-Ye Yesterday at noon Mr..
W. A. Clark, Superintendent of the
Hermes Silver Mining Co., was the re-
cipient Of two magnificent presents from
the miners in his employ. A large party
of gentlemen assembled at the house of
-,
inc herlnes WORKS. ana MI. W. Z. Mar
ley made the opening speech. His re-
marks were very appropriate, and were
well received The presents consisted
Oh mashlhceht SILK banner with a fringe
OF floche ouiilon' ana silver service,
Inscribed, ITO w. H. Clark, of the Ray
a. II m
mond x ELY; from the Miners. The
s'iVer set was gotten up by Messrs. Van
voinn eoM b 81 a " 81 zoo anu ,he
Clark. in response. made a few remark,
but said that speech-making was not his
1orte' ana he would be compelled to call
, NJ th n Safo;a u Jug -. AZ ~. . W Sup,
irta,J on5 dal;n:roa sIort ;', ,Uon .nu
snoaa,' So, ,',aI s So -. mp u
tboso ,,rasant At..n .ha ,ne.a,, a,nons
NJ C,arl, oan,o 80 ~ proop e. ~,
,rasantad ,ha p,; me i n.;th Uoe amy amy
r;o,rs in ahund.nna NJ C,arL i'a.
oiSavs horna w p;oo,,a tho 80 ~ aI:' =.
had worI;no MON H;s ,rnrl, NOV N.
T;gbtmer shaft ond athsr m;nes in thi, s
cann bauino ,;var an,,,,onn,ant 70 e.
many has o;ye1 him q stro1a hold mo,
Tho H,;nors 81 his dis,r;nt al ~ uhnn
onnrac;oto hin, fnl,y
CoNvIvIALITY AND lNTEMPERANcE.-Tht
Christmas HOLIDAYS have given rise to .
oreot amount NJ conv;v;al;tv which mn,
I,, -
ronco ~ +h;S f.St;va sooso, R,t N,
s;obt of half n dozer mon b.,n,..S,v in
toy;coted and ,v;no nnon tbe sidewalks
exposed to the inclemencv of the weather
ram;,ds ~. forc;b,v that .tbero 10 ~,
v;co which in ona b,ocl and owfu, o,,f
:, -, 3D.
swallows up 30 much Oh nope ana happ'
ness as intemperance; it blights all tina
is good, it blasts all that is great, il
humanity; the man of honor it betray
into infamy, the man Of virtue into sin
it touches the manly frame, and it il
clothed with corruption; it seizes the in
tellect, and its Divine lineaments arc
blotted out forever; 1t breathe
u thau ora h,ostad: = daStrnrs Tho tan
derest ties of social life, exiles the swee
endearments of home, and robs the cart
OF ITS loveIiness: ouch IS the picsur
thonnb we NAV ha caSi;nn the sea , y
trnth in a barren waste and among th