Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-03-17
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A Ma. Fatally stabbed.
SYRACUSE. n. Y, March l7.-Last
Saturday night a man named Smith
was stabbed and killed BY two brothers
named Andres, with whom there had
been a dispute concerning a game Of
cards. The Andres brothers were ar
rested.
Decliaes I~nereased Pay.
NEW YoRY. March l7.-Clarkson N.
Potter declines to receive his increased
pay as a member Of the Forty-second
Congress.
steamers Overdue.
Some fifteen steamers are now over
due here from two to ten days. No
anxiety, however, Is felt for them, ex-
cept the Niagara from Bermuda.
Celebration Of u. Pa.riek's Day.
Elaborate preparations have been
made by Irish societies for the celeora-
tlon Of St. Patrick's day. 1t Is Z
pected that thirty thousand men Will
parade. The Courts of this city and
Brooklyn are adjourned over till to-
morrow.
The Medsc Trouble.
Assistant Secretary Cowan. during
an Interview, reported fiom Washing
ton, said the Modoc trouble was the re-
suit of bad management and was In
great part the fault Of the Indian office.
No disturbances with other Indiansar
apprehended.
Declines Indinu Commi.siouershiP.
Considerable disappointment Is ex-
pressed at Gen. Cowan's d%eclinatlon Of
the Indian Commissionership.
suieided.
INDIANAPOLIS, March l7.-Charles
Hunt, the well-known tobacconist, sui
cided this morning at his store by
shooting himself. Financial troubles
are the alleged cause.
Postmaster.
In a letter to the Sergeant-at-Arms
of the House of Representatives, Post
master Jones Of this city says that his
resignation was not due to political
causes, as he was In perfect accord
with the President, but arose from a
desire to be freed from the responsi.
bility to which he Is subjected by the
d%efalcations Of his subordinates.
Ceun,erfsit Railroad stock.
1t was rumored on Saturday evening
that counterfeit stock of the Toledo,
Wabash and Western Railroad, and Of
the Pittsburg and Fort Wayne Rail-
road, had been negotiated In Wall
street, asa that three or four firms had
been victimized. including the Contl-
mental Bank and the house Of Kuhn,
Loeb & Co. Details are expected to-
day. 1t is stated, however, that the
extent Of tho forgeries may not 60 be-
you'd $50, 900.
Tweed Gives n Dinner.
New York, March 17.-Wm NJ.
Tweed gave a dinner to sixty-two Of
his old associates ut the Americas Club
House, Greenwich, Conn.,. on Friday
night.
wooden vesseis.
Large numbers OF orders are being
received from Europe to purchase
wooden vessels to replace the iron
ones lost In the last years gales, and
some brokers say they find it impossi-
BILE to fill their commissions fast
enough.
Caldwell Case.
CHICAGO, March IA Washington
special says there has been considera-
BILE figuring by Senators both yester-
day and to-day as to whether Caldwell
will be turned out after all. The ger
eral conclusion as to the vote on the
Morton resolution Is that 1t will be
lost by a vote of 80 to 40. the majority
of the Democrats voting against 1t.
On the Alcorn substitute expelling
Caldwell, the vote Is put down as 80
to 81. It requires a two-thirds vote to
succeed. The debate this week may
completely change their figures, but II
a,vote were to be taken tomorrow 1t u
conceded that the above will be the re,