Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-11-21


eight o'clock last evening, ut Silver
City, A. Candy got into a shooting
mood and succeeded In shooting two
other men without injury to himself.
Candy was once steward Of Washoe
Engine Company No. 4 at Virginia.
and will be remembered rs having
been ordered away by the Vigilance
Committee about the time Willis the
incendiary was captured and Arthur
Perkins, the murderer, hung. Since
then he has been about Silver City,
and not long ago was employed III the
Silver Hill mine, from which he was
discharged for alleged neglect Of duty.
Candy was In a saloon last evening,
and having been drinking freely, was
inclined to be riotous and troublesome.
Andy Gilmore, foreman Of the Silver
Hill mine. happened to come in, when
Candy stepped up to him, saying,
"You Cd id son Of n bitch, you
discharged me. did you?" and also
using other offensive language. Gil
more replied that he did discharge
him, and endeavored to avoid any ditii-
Guilty, but Candy attempting to draw a
weapon, the saloon keeper put him
out. Gilmore also went out, trying to
moro fully explain matters. when
Candy drew his revolver and com
menced shooting. The first shot hit
Mr.. Helms, an assayer employed III
Harris assay office, who was some
sixty yards or more distant, the ball
lodging in his right thigh, iniiictiug 4
serious, yet not necessarily fatal
wound. As he was firing the second
shot. Gilmore knocked the muzzle OF
the pistol down and received the ball
in the left leg below the knee,
ranging downward. without breaking
auy bones. Before Candy could fire
another shot he was disarmcd and Sc
cured. DIR. Kirby, OF this town. was
Immediately telegraphed for and went
10 the surgical relief Of the wounded.
Candy Is safe In Jail at Dayton.
FspocIous ATTACK b 4 DoG.-This
mornings Enterprise says: A large
dog, looking more like q Newfound-
land than any other breed, made Il
savage attack upon Phil. McDevltt, a
blacksmith employed ut the round
house OF the Virginia and Truckee
Railroad Company, on Tuesday night.
The dog Jumped and caught McDevitt
in the LEFT cheek, near the eye, tearing
out It's orbit and mangling the check
and upper lip In a shocking manner:
DIR. Hopkins was called upon to attend
the injured man, who was nearly crazy
Yesterday, caused by the pain he had
suffered. The same dog made an at
tack upon George Howell yesterday,
but Howell managed to escape being
bitten. The dog belongs IN q white
house near the switch track running
west Of the Hale and Norcross mine.
ArrRNrEp TO BREAK JAI.-Two
transgressors Of the law who had been
looked up in the City Jail, says the
Eaterprise Of this morning, yesterday
managed to escape from confinement
twice during the afternoon, but were
recaptured each time by officer Enders.
In the evening they made u third at
tempt to llberate themselves from cap
tiyity, aud succeeded In removing que
of the bars from their cell. 10 accom-
nlIsh their object they worked indus
triously from 8 to s O'Clock; Chiei
Kelly and officers Enders and Morrow,
who were watching the maneuvers OF
the would-be fail breakers, say that
the performance was rs good rs u play.
The ~culprits, after firing themselves
out with Intellectual efforts to effect a
Jail delivery, gave up the undertaklhg
as o bad job.
The LECTURE. Miss Major Pauline
Cushman's lecture last evening, nc Pr
per's Opera House, giving al account
OF her daring exploits and adventures
during the late wal Of the rebellion,
while In the United States secret SER
yice In the Army Of the Cumberland,
was we'll aud ~fashlouably attended.
The lady arose from q sick bed to
which she had been confined for the
lnst two or three days with n severe
cold. and was in no condition &c lee.
tnre' but she did, nevertheless, receiv-
ing plenty Of applause.
rHx COLUMBUS WAGON RoAp.-We
were gratiied to learn, last evening
q Y the Carson Appeal Of this morn
Ing. that Mr.. Frazier had been success
mi enough to collect somewhere IN TN
n,lobborhood Of fifteen hundred dol
isrs from our citizens, In addition Il
the 81, 900 subscribed by Superinten;
dent Yerington, in behalf Of the V. !
T, r. n. Co. This Is doing well-al
things considered. Now lot goo
neopie find another thousand or hfteel
hundred and the game Is made.
DrsrRABLx CoAL.-The attention o
foundrymsn, blacksmiths, carriag'
MAKERS and others Is called to the ad
yertisement In another column Of j. X
DOYLE, san Francisco, agent for tn
sale Of selected Lehigh, Cumberland
and other varieties OF coal, hard ant
sOfs pig Iron, etc. Read