Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-07-26
GLEANrNGs FROM EXCHANGES.

Col. EDMUND Z. PAULDINe, chief pro-
prietor of the st. Paul Pioneer, died in
New York recently. He was grandson
Of John Paulding, who assisted in the
capture of Major Andre.
CANADIAN parties are contemplating the
erection of telegraph line from Sault
St Mare Canal, via Thunder Bay, TO
Duluth. the wires to be laid in tubes
along the ground.
A YOUNG MAN named Samuel Nix, be-
longing in Toele, was swimming in
Stockton Lake, one day last week, when
he was seized with cramp, sank, and was
drowned before assistance could reach
him. The body was recovered by the
use of giant powder, after being six
hours in the water. What made the sad
circumstance still more melancholy was
the fact. we are informed, that a young
lady to whom he was TO be married in .
short time stood on the edge of the lake
and saw her betrotbed sink to death,
powerless to do single thing to save his
ife.--[ Tribune.
QUITE an excitement was got up yes
terday in the matter of diamond hunting.
John Denen, on Saturday last, picked up
a diamond, and the fact Of the finding
becoming known, prospecting the ground
soon became lively and two additional
precious gems were unearthed. There
is no doubt of more OF the same sort be-
ing at hand, as the surface dirt is of pre-
clsely the same character for a considera-
BILE distance around the spot where the
others were washed out. There is no
Arizona humbug about this, as the gems
are OF the first water. Least there
should be a rush to our diamond field from
the surrounding country, it may be well
to state the diamonds were deposited for
stroyed by fire on the morning Of the 9TH.
/ Grass Valley Union.
MURDER AT SALT LAKE.-H NJ. Gar
vey, well known in mining circles all
/ over this coast, was shot and killed on
the evening OF the 22d inst, by man
named Vim. 3. Sullivan. The circum-
stances. as given by an eyewitness, are
that Garvey was in Wright's saloon,
/ when Sullivan entered and an angry
/ conversation relative to mining matters
ensued. After conversing short time
/ the lie was given, and both men struck
| at the same time. A tussel ensued, Sui
/ livan's head being pushed through one of
the large panes of glass between the
saloon and the Telegraph Office. Sui
! Ivan then cried out, Take him off, -
when the men were separated, and Gar
vey moved toward the back of the saloon
Wright was pushing Sullivan out of the
front door which he had passed, and il
was swung to when Sullivan drew his re.
volyer and pushed back the door. Oul
informant heard Garvey cry out and saw
him croach, and then start on run fol
the back room. Immediately the fata
shot was fired The pistol was again
cooked when this gentleman made grail
Tor it, but Sullivan left the place.
The Heralds account says the ball en-
tered Garvey's back on the right side two
and half inches from the spinal column
on u level with the lower angle OF the
shoulder blade, and ranging upward ap
parently through the root of the RICH
lung passed out from the chest, an incl
below the collar bone and two inches t
the right of the breast bono. Carve.
was native of Iowa, and about 80 year
of age. Sullivan is native of Ireland
about 80 years DID, 5 feet inches higl
and Of muscular build; he is well know
in various mining camps in this State
The event caused great excitement, an
there was some talk of lynch law.