Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-09-25
Phoebe Items.

We copy the annexed items from
The Phoebe Record of Tuesday:
YESTERDAY morning a sal accident
occurred. Three young gentlemen
went gu or town some distance on
NE itiShlsnG road, to practice
shooting with a Henry rifle. When
they had reached a point opr,si,e 10
II ravine in which is situated Law.
sons slaushter-house, about a quarter
OF a mile west of the Record office.
they placed a target OH one end of n
wood pile about six feet high. This
wood pile is on the On
posite side of the road from The
Slaughter-house, which is about three
hundred yards distant from it. The
target vas llaced on the end of the
pile opposite to the ravinp. and the
markSinen went out toward the val.
ley about $50 yards.
Atterthev had been firing for some
time, one OF them went up to the tar
get Tor some il"poSe, and whilst there
ne heard a ma groan. He went IN
to the road toward the slaughter.
house. and found a man, who said he
was shot, lying by The roadside. The
young mar called his COMPANIONS.
and the three took tiis wounded man
to the slaughter-house. His name is
CHARLES Horton, and he was einuloy-
ed by Lila lawson. He had been
sitting IN the door of his cabin vnpu
suddenly hc felt that he was sho.. lie
arose anu attempted to walk into
town: but after having come about
nifty yards, he becam"eXEauSted, and
fell by the wavside. The ball had en-
tered the back of the left thigh. and
] ~ y yDf al ., .li., -
eight inches, ranging downward. One
OF the three unfortunate markSmen
hurriedlv ran into town. and pro-
cured a conveyance, ana the wound
ed mar was taken to the County Hos
pital. The wound, whic is a very
painful one, has been examined aud
IS pronounced to be dangerous.
ACCIDENT TO A MINER.-On Sunday
night, i'll the shaft OF the Amador
Tunnel, an accident happened to John
{. BaStien. He was on the 242- foot
level, and was going down to work
on the II O'Clock shift. There is a
bucket attached to each end of the
rope. which is raised and lowered bv
m II of II windlass. Bastien stepped
into the bucket which was to take INN
down; but the bucket at the other end
| WI tllc loIt ldu DtNIl ttldtisttl, UIltt-
wares to either Bastien or the wind
Eastman. and down vert the bucket
through the dark shaft to the bottom,
10 feet below, at a terrific speed.
WindlaSSnan Cotton, when he COM
pretended the situation. seized the
rope; but it slipped through his hands
with a rapldltv which nothing could
stop. IIoWcVer, though the rope was
burning his hands and tearing the
"rSh from his fingers, he held on to.
the last-and Il long time, indeed,
those few seconds seemed to him
and succeeded in partially breaking
the fati of his fellow workman. BaS-
ten WAS hoisted to the top in a sense
less state, and conveyed to his cabin
on McCannon street. DIR. Bergstein
was called, and he examined the in
iurieS. which are sever but not Seri-
Gus. There is a shallow cut on the
left side of the back about ten inches
long, and the calf of the left leg is
badly mashed ~.
YESTERDAY. in the District Court,
Mr.. NJ. McMahon. Il resident of Hike,
on hearing that the trial of Wilcox,
in which trial he vas to be Il witness,
would not come of urtll to-day, in
formed the Court that he !'a! been
here too long already that ta.rte WAS
no use in staying longer, ecauSe
Wilcox would get free as the :eSt had
done; and that he was going back to
Hike. He started out of the Court
room, and MIR. Mulverhill, who was
in about the same position as McMa-
hon. said that he wasn't going to stay
either. The Judge thought otherwise.
however, and hv his ordcr the Sheriff
followed the gentle zen named, and
prevailed on them to return. McMa-
hon WAS sent to i'il for contempt, and
Mulverhill was given into The custody
Of the Sheriff un il he should give
N0ndS for his appearance. Finally.
however, the latter. whose oilense
was comparativ ysli@ht, a allowed
to go out ON his " recognlZance.