Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-08-05
ARRIVAL. AND DEPARTURES.


Piers OrERA HOUSE, -JoHS Nc
CULLoUeu AND "RIcuARD III" To-
NIoHT.-rhls evening the famous Cali
fornia Theater Company will appear
in Richard ILL.," and John McCul-
Tough himself will put In his first ap-
pearance for the present season. In the
role Of the hump backed tyrant Rich
ard. In this character Mccullough is
chief. and not to be eyce,led no. not
even In the burlesQue OF 1t. The bal
ance OF the cast Is excellent, rs may be
seen by reference TO programmes, Mrs.
Bates p%ersonating Queen Elizabeth,
Miss Helen Tracy, Lady Anne; Mrs.
Judah, the Duchess Of York. etc. y
large number Of seats in the dress
circle were already ngaged this morli-
ing. showing that the numerous friends
of Mr.. Mccullough are bent on giving
him n full and hearty welcome. y
succession of choice plays will be put
upon the stage, such n will suit well
the tastes of our critical theatre goers.
The old rates OF admission are restored.
but fifty cents extra has to be charged
for reserved seats.
IScESpIARIsM.-At 4 little after 3
o'clock this morning a man sleeping
In n room over the office at the c OF
the Union Market, c street. Virginia,
detected the smell Of fire, and getting
I'D, discovered the lining over the desk
In the office to be In a blaze. He I'M
medlately extingulslied the fire, which
IL he had not discovered In time
would have given him a pretty hot
berth In a few minutes more. Ihere
can be but little doubt that the tre
was tho work Of an lncendiary. There
seems also to have been an attempt
TO set fire to the Empire lodging house
ON the Divide night before last. Quite
a quantity Of old papers were piled
against the side of the house and set on
fire, scorching IL quite a distance each
way. and apparently going out Of
itself. The people Of Virginia will d"
well to be on their guard. for rs dry
and hot rs il Is at present, should 4
fire get we'll started, IL could not help
doing much damage before IL could Dc
extinguished.
The DEATH OF JAMES CooK.-ln u
Saturdays issue We gave a short ae-
count of the terrible accident whereby
James Cook came to his death, but as
the paper was already going to press,
we had no time for particulars. he
had come u Of the Crown Point mine
where he was working. was just paid
off. and FASTENED up toward Virginia
where he boarded. The up train RON
Carson was coming along II COOK
did "a so many have done before nun
Notwithstanding the prohibition OF tue
railroad company-jumped on ooaru
one of the fiat ears rs the train was
nassing Main street station. He io1t
his footing and fell between two ol the
cars. resulting in both legs oeins gu.
of above the knee, and severe ihluflSs
abou, the head and body. from the en-
fects Of which he died almost imineul-
ately. His body was sent 70 larson
Yesterday morning, where his
motber and brother and sister reside.
He was thirty-two years OF age, anu
his funeral took place yesterday.
SEVERE AccIDEST.-About : O'CLOCK
last evening. Mr.. Lowell, the virginia
secretary of the Savage Mining Com
pany, was on his return from "ashoe
in n buggy. driving two horses; wnen
nassing along tho Ophir Graue neur
tho old Alpha works. his horses LOON
tr;,b, ut something and commenced
nlnnsiug and kicking furlously; Inc
bugcy was upset over the graue anu
Wslowell was thrown head nrst
down the steep hillside among tne
shorn stones. both he and the buggy
rollino down nearly or quite 10 inc
American Flat Grade, fifty or Sixty
wards below, while the horses ran on
ut a tearing pace toward Nlrs'iia;;
The buggy was badly broken up, anu
MIR. Lowell received n severe cut ON
the left check below the eye, besides
about the body. He was fortunate IN
not being killed outright. DR.. Hall
rendered what surgical assistance was
necessary and Mr.. Lowell was soon
able to proceed to Virginia.
KSrrRSEp.-A portion Of the party
of ladies and gents from Gold Hill. In
Guiding one NEWS typo, who went
over to Lake Tahoe on 4 rusticating
visit two or three weeks ago, returned
Yesterday morning looking as healthy
and black a. Piutcs. They had a glo-
r;ons good time over there. making
their Headquarters at Mckinney 8
sugar Pine Point. and hunted, romped'
bosted and fished to their hearts con-
tent. They had trout three times .
,Iay. trout between meals. II trout
for lunch, and brought back a few 70
keep up their appetite a lew aays
longer. They ate fish so much .ht mn
their faces and noses are covered WIZ
little white scales. They PROMISED 70
catch US a trout and we were maae
happy In receiving the coveted hsh'
We have devoured him.
DRowSEp.-A little daughter o ).
". Sanford, County Commissioner OIL
Churchill county, aged seven years.
was accidentally drowned In the
slough Of Carson River. near Stillwa-
ter, on the 9th Of last mouth. SO says
the Rsgfsssr.