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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-11-13
Two Men Killed In Cerro Gordo.

Two Mexicans were shot and In
stantly killed by a countryman named
Antonio Mesa, In Cerro Gerdo on the
9th instant. It occurred Ia this man-
ner: Mesa and one Of the men killed,
named Miranda, were standing at the
bar of Mrs. Moore's dance house ; MI
randa asked Mesa for five dollars he
claimed to be his due. Mesa held a
five dollar bill In his hand, which MI
randa attempted to grab, and In doing
80 tore 1t In two. Mesa told him to
come In the street aud he would pay
him, and, starting out himself. went
some distance up the street to the other
dance house after his revolver, as 1t
afterwards appeared. Miranda, while
standing in the door where the other
had left him, saw Mesa returning with
his revolver In his hand, at which Ni-
randa drew his revolver and tried to
shoot, but his pistol missed fire. Mesa
then fired, but missing Miranda shot
an old Mexican. known as "Old Pr"
through the head, killing him instant.
ly and Immediately firing a second
shot sent a ball through Miranda's
heart. Mesa was soon after arrested
and taken before Judge Van kleek,
with what result VIC have not yet
heard, but he will doubtless be CON-
United for murder. This makes five
men shot, four killed outright, In this
county In as many wceks..-Inyo hide
pcndenL, Noc. 8.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-11-13
InoendiarIsm.

Another attempt was made to burn
Eureka last evening. The club-room
In the real Of the Eureka Hotel wa
fired, and the flames bad made con-
siderable Roadway before being dis
covered. A few minutes later and the
whole building would have been en-
veloped by the %devourlng element.
The burning of 80 large a building a.
the Eureka Hotel would necessarily
have carried the entire town With u.
Fortunately, the proprietor, j. w. FL
Tyson, discovered the fire, and with
the aid Of Thomas Furguson and some
others, speedily extinguished 1t. The
wall inside was found to have been
saturated With coal oil, and hence the
rapid progress Of the flames. There
can be no mistake about this. for the
gentlemen who occupy tho rooms had
Just stepped into the dining hall to
take dinner, leaving everything In the
club oons apparently secure. The
oil had evidently been thrown up
against the wall, and the torch applied.
All who examined the premises were
agreed upon this. But the motive Of
the incendiary was not so clear. II
must, however, have been plumber.
The firing Of the hotel was doubtless
meant to sweep the town, and thus
give the perpetrators Of the d~astardly
attempt ample opportunity to prose-
cute the work Of pillage. When the
facts Of the case became known, there
was universal indignation among the
citizens and property.holders and,
had the guilt been fixed for certain on
any one, he would doubtless have been
obliged to dance at tho end OF a rope
In short order. Several characters
have been "spotted," and the chances
are very favorable for a little ueck.tie
party M Of these nights, II they do
not walk very straight. The people Of
Eureka are In 10 temper to bs trifled
with In matters Of this kind.-Emekd
Sentinel, Nou. IL.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-11-13
Reno Items.

From tho State Journal Of November 1al
We made a flying visit to tho Peavine
mining camp a day or " ago. and
we almost feel constrained to say we
visited a second Comstock. The Pay
master and Poe mines arc looking
splendid. In the Paymaster drifts are
being run north and south on the ledge
both In good ore, the south especially.
Eight men are at work and twenty
five tons Of ore are daily extracted.
The company have 800 tons on the
dump already for the mill, which will
start up pretty soon-in a couple Of
weeks. The Poe Is also looking finely,
the ore improving In quantity and
quality as drifting Is continued. Men
will be put to work on the Nevada
State, adjoining the Poe, tomorrow,
and it is believed that this claim Is
second to none In the district. We
heard good reports from other claims,
and we believe next Spring will wit
ness 4 big excitement in Peavine Min
ing District.
The certificate Of incorporation OF
the Hopkins Gold and Silver Mining
Company was filed yesterday In the
Clerks office. Object: 10 work the
first south extension Of the Paymaster
ledge, Peavine Mining District. Term
of incorporation, fifty years. Capital
stock, $500, 900, divided into $4,000
shares Of the par value OF $l0 each.
Principal place Of business, Reno.
The Trustees for the first three months
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-11-13

THERE are hints abroad that an at
tempt to restore the ranking privl-
lege will DO made In Congress this
Winter. So far as Is known no one
fsvors the establishment Of this On
erous tax, unless 1t may be a few men,
bers and politicians who think their
party usefulness Is circumscri6ed by
it. The people are not asking for
It's restoration. The postal depart
ment does not want It. Tho newspa.
pers do not want it. The cash system
has been In force four months and
there are no complaints that it has not
succeeded. Even II there were, 1t
would be unfair TO abandon II after so
short n trial. Its effects upon the de-
partment aud taxation, cannot DO
made apparent In less than a year.
The newspapers were. the chief suffer-
ers, and they arc content. They pay
their postage upon exchanges, just AZ
any business house pays on the papers
it takes, and the mails are relieved to
that extent. Nothing but s%elfshncss.
either personal or partisan, or both,
can advocate the restoration Of this
incubus and worst product Of the
dead-head system.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-11-13
MARK TWAIN"
The American Innocent on the English
Lecture Platform,
tFron the London Tiues, Oct. l4.l

From the London Tiues, Oct. 14.I
Last evening Mark Twain, the we'll
known American humorist, delivered
4 lecture on our Fellow Savages Of
the Sandwich Islands" at the Hanover
Sluare Rooms. There was a very
large audience. including many DRAM
attic aud literary celebrities. both Eng
'lish and American, among whom
Barnum. the Yankee Snowman, now
on a visit to this country, was es-
peclally noticed. Tho lecturer, on
making his appearance upon the plat
form. was warmly greeted. He stated
that It was proposed on that evening
to deliver, aud on the four following
evenings aud on Saturday afternoon
next to repeat. a lecture upon the
Sandwich Islands, the habits and Gus.
toms of tho natives. the character Of
the country aud 10 forth. He should
ask their permission to introduce to
them Mark Twain, q gentleman whose
varied learning, historical accuracy,
v~eneration for the truth and devotion
to science were only equaled BY his
personal comeliness, his graceful
grandeur Of character and native
sweetness of disposition. 1t was Of
himself that lie gave chat vague
and very modest description, and
finding that It was the custom In
this country to Introduce n lecturer,
and not wishing. though he disliked 1t,
to break through that custom. he had
chosen to make the introduction him.
self with the object Of getting in all
the facts. In view OF the liberality Of
England, who had sent to America all
the lecturers she could spare, he had
felt it nothing but right and fair that
the United States, In however imper-
feet a way, should reciprocate the CON-
pliment, and he had, therefore, volun-
tarily thrown himself into the breach.
He was present that evening under
those circumstances, not In his " i'll
significant individual capacity, but rs
a representative and exponent Of the
gratitude OF America, and so firmly
was he Impressed with the importance
of his diplomatic mission that, to make
amends for past neglect, he should liz
sist on sending to Great Britain In fu-
ture fourteen Yankee lecturers for
every one who left these shores.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-11-13
Gone Where the woodblno Twlnsth.
washington dispatch Gin. Com

Senator Stewart. OF Nevada, went
to Europe o year or so ago. aud 1t Is
said, dipped into Emma mine stock.
aided In bulling 1t on the English
market. sold his shares whist the
thing was inflated, pocketed his MIL
lion Of dollars, and came to Washing
ton with his ill.gotten gains. In this
city, as has been before stated. he
started up . so-called palatial man.
sion. The pile Is a huge ne. and has
the proportions OF a palace, and would
probably vie with anything Of that
GLASS, II finished and furnished as pro-
iected ; but the work halts. and the
carpenters aud p%lasterers stand idly
looking on, because, as rumor has 1t,
the weekly pay e for labor are not
made, and now the query Is: "What
has become OF the balance Of that mil
lion dollars the Senator brought from
Englsnd?" A gentleman recently re-
turned from Europe, and who Is intl-
mately acquainted with our Minister
to England, General Schenck, says the
latter gave him an account Of the EN-.
ma mine affair, from which 1t would
appear that Schenck vas largely a
loser In that swindle, and was the vic
tins of the sharpers who got up the
scheme. Our informant states that the
same document shows that Senator
Stewart pocketed the aforementioned
million,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-11-13
A GRANGER.

The editor Of the Territorial Enter
prise, who, In the political campaign
of last year, arrogated to himself the
control Of the Republican party In
this State. and unceremonlously read
out Of its communion each and every
member thereof who did not accord
with his views on the Senatorial quss-
ton, has illustrated his natural pro-
psnsity to kick over the traces and
turned Granger. He Is not a man
"'dyed with the soil and fragrant OF
tho stable" but, to use his own words,
a person dissatisfied with present po-
litical conditions" Goodman Is q
chronic bolter, q constitutional fence
straddler. and an ambitious time
server. The animus Of his editorial
In this mornings Enterprise, Is pal
pable to the most obtuse. He doesn't
want Stewart, belong, or Sharon
elected Senator. Oh, no! They are
monopolists, corruptionists aud in-
capables. "The character and ante
cedents Of the next candidate must in-
spire general confidence" say. this
political seer and he might have ad-
ded, who so worthlly fills the bill az
Joe Goodman, the writer hereof.
He paves the way for his own
elevation. Now, let all the
hosts who followed the leader
ship Of this famous oourtier
last year give loud acclaim 70 the new
champion of the Grangers-"ot men
dissatisfied with present political con-
dltions." Sound the hewgsg! Hail to
the chief! the whilom oourtler, but
now warllke champion, gaudy with
the trappings Of his nowly-found lead
ership. Joe begins early. He "wants
to be a farmer, and with the farmers
stand" He Il q labor champion. Ask
the Typographical and Miners Unions
II he Isn't their chosen captain. Hail
to the conquering hero! Everybody
will want to join this new organiza-
ton Of Changers, with Joe Goodman
at the head Of the line. At present.
like that Of Wards, It Is here q com
pany Of officers. In this State the pri,
Yates have not yet been obtained.
How pleasant to be at least a corporal
In the new Grange Of men not "dyed
with the soil nor fragrant Of the sta.
ble." This kind OF a Grange suits
Goodman; he always did abomlnate
hard work, hayseed. ct al. Who
wouldn't be one OF Goodman's Gran
gers? Hail to the chief and bis re-
~tainers! For
"Tho King has come to marshal US,
III all HID proud array"
He wants to be . farmer cuss,
Without the smell Of hay.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-11-13

TIE steamer Atlas, which sailed
from Boston for Liverpool yesterday.
had on board 200 Storage passengers,
a large proportion OF whom were OPP
eratives and mechanics returned to
tho Old World In search Of work.
Some forty Of thi, number were from
the mills at Fall River, Mass. Who
shall say the outlook Is not bad
enough, when we see the tide Of emi
grafton Europeward tending.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-11-13

The sweetest words Schuyler Colfax
ever. uttered were addressed to a Sun.
day school class at South Bend not
long since. My dear children said
the Christian statesman, "as you value
your interests for time and for eterni-
ty, always shun a liar" The dear
children were deeply affected, and
turning their backs to the speaker,
went-anl wept.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-11-13
PACIFIC COAST PIONEERS.

THE REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE 50.
i cicty Of Pacific Coast Pioneers will be held
on the second and Fourth Thursdays OF every
month, at their Hall, on North Is street. Hour
Of meeting, IN O'Clock p. T..
The Board of Directors will meet every Fourth
Wednesday In each month, at the ONCE OF the
President, No. a South q street. Time OF
meeting. ~ O'Clock r. 4.
Virginia City, September 10. 1873.
T.B. STORER, Secretary.
noll N
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-11-13
LPHA CONsOLIDATEn MUNIN1

A LP1tA CONSOLIDATED MINING
"A, Company.-Location Of principal place Of
buslness, San Francisco, California.
Location OF works, Gold uill, Storey county,
State OF Nevada.
Notice Is hereby given, that at q meeting Of
the Directors, held on the 1lrh day Of Novem.
Der, 1873, an assessment (No. O. OF Three Dollars
per share was levied upon the capital stock Of
the corporation. payable Immediately, In United
States gold coin, TO the Secretary. at the ONCE
Of the Company. Room No. IL, Hayward's
CO, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
rsInain unpaid on Monday, December Is, 1878,
VIII be delinquent, and advertised for sale at
public auction, and unless payment Is made
before, will be sold on MONDAY, tho 9th
day OF January, 1874, to pay the delinquent
assessment, together with costs OF advertising
and expenses Of sale.
WILLIAM WILLIS. Secretary.
Offce-Room No. II Hayward's Building, 4lp
California street, Ban Franclrco, Cal. no1S I'd
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-11-13

THE Springfield Republicans says Of
Senator Thurman after the result OF
the Ohio election, that probably a
surgical operation will now DO neecs-
sary to get the notion out OF his head
that he Is in danger Of being the next
President"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-11-13

LIE VERNER, Of the Paris Observ-
atory, announces By cablesram to tie
Smithsonian Institute At Washington,
the discovery of a comet at Marseilles
BY II. Copuera, In right ascension l6
hours and % minutes, %declinatlon plus
81 degrees and Is minutes, moving
toward the southwest.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-11-13
Admitting Gent and Ladies'.

The best String and Brass Band In the State
has been engaged for the occasion.
The ball and all Its surroundings will be under
the direct management Of members OF the
Miners Union At Gold Hill, gentlemen fully
conversant with every detail in connection with
the entertainment, and promise to make this
the finest and most recherche ball OF the season.
Participators In tho ball can obtain supper At
any hour during tho night In the Immediate
nelghborhood Of the hall. oc22 I'd
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-11-13
ATTENTION, CALEDONIANS

A MEETING OF THE VIRGINIA GALE.
n DOMAIN Club will be held at Miners Union
Hall, B street, Virginia, THURSDAY EVEN.
ING. November 18th, ut z o'clock. A full and
prompt attendance OF the members 10 requested.
nol2 I'd HECTOR DOW. II. C..
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-11-13

YESTERDAY President Grant ap-
pointed William Gilleson as Postmas-
ter at Austin, New, rics Robert Allen.
deceased,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-11-13

A RIZONA AND UTAH MINING
"A Company-Locatlon OF principal place Of
business, San Francisco. California.
Location OF works, Gold Hill Mining District,
Storey county, State OF Nevada.
Notice 10 hereby given that at q meeting Of the
Board Of Directors, hold on the 18th day OF Nc.
yembor, 1873, an assessment NO. u Of Fifty
Gents per share was levied upon the capital
stock OF the corporation, payable Immediately.
In United States gold coin, 70 the Secretary, at
the Office OF the company, Room %, No. 40 CAL
ifornla street, San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
1873, will be delinquent. and advertised for sale
at public auction, and unless payment Is made
before, will be sold on the ID day OF January,
1874, to pay the delinquent assessment, together
with costs Of advertising and expenses OF sale.
BY order Of the Directors.
glG JOSEPH MAGUfRE, Secretary.
Ofiec-Room No. % Hayward's Building, 40
California street. San Francisco. Cal. nol3 I'd
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-11-13
CHECK LOST!

CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT NO. 1851,
~ drawn by the Bank Of California, Gold Hill,
In favor OF L. C. HILL, for the sum Of $40, 10
lost. Payment OF the eame has been stopped.
The finder will confer Q favor BY leaving Il at
this cMco or at the Bank. no11 lws
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-11-13

The fashionable virtue for next win
ter will be economy.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-11-13
Births.
NEW TO-DAY.

HERN-In Virginia City, November II, to the
wife Of G. A. Hsrn, . daughter.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-11-13
LIST OF LETTERS

DEMAINING IN PIE GOLD HILL POST.
IL Office November -. 1873. II not called for In
one month they will be sent to the Dead Letter
Office Wnshinnfnn
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-01-11
THE QUESTION SETTLED.

The Courier of last Saturday, has n
other long-Winded editorial on the sub
ject of registration in this parish. Con-
sidering there were 1850 registered vo-
tiers out Of a population of 28,611, we
think the registration was pretty effect
ually done. At any rate, every body
registered who wanted to; unless they
wantedthe Registrarto cote their houses
and persuade them to register-which
the law does not require.
But, without entering into a%nyfurther
argument, we find a solution of the
whole matter prepared by n of the
C0agier's own party. There were two
United States Supervisors in this parish
at the last election, to-wit: Mr.. Bernard
Martin, a Republican, and Mr.. E. S.
Andrus, q Democrat of the straitest
sect. Mr. Andrus stood high in the
Bourbon ranks here, and would still
stand high if the ranks were not broken;
and he was the right-bower, so to
speak, of the Democratic candidate for
sheriff; and he supported the straight
Democratic-nominated ticket right
straight through. We mention these
things to show that Mr.. Andrus was a
leader in the party, had the party's con-
fidence, and consequently must have
known what the party did in the late
political campaign.
Now they have had Mr.. Andrus down
in the city lately making oaths, and
here is what he is reported in the New
| Orleans Republican to have said:
IN 81. ~Landry-United States Supervisor E.
L. Andrew swears he was i1timidated from
performing his lawful duty. Some five hun
dred men were compelled to vote the Demo-
cratic ticket on pain of arepetitiOn of the terrible
massacre of 1868. About 1900, by the same sort
of intimidation, were deferred from voting.
There is a candor about this oath that
pleases us. When Mr.. Andrus had the
oath put to him, he came out fairly and
sQuarely and stated that his, the Demo-
cratic party, did it. And he ought to
know. The same thing was done i'll
some localities, we have been told, in
1870; but we saw no use in making a
fuss about it, as there was no n to
suear to it. In this instance, however,
the sworn testimony comes direct from
the Democratic camp. The 1900, who
"were deferred from voting" by the
Democrats, added to the 400 who did
vote, would about make up the active
mass of registered voters in this par
ish and If the votes of the five hun
bred men who were compelled to vote
the Democratic ticket" were taken
away from that ticket the Democrats
would have one member less in the Leg
islature.
We cannot see that the COurier'S pal
aver needs any further comment, fo1
this oath settles the whole question.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-01-11

A TEN-THOUsANn DOLLAR BIBLE
In the book store Of Mr.. BOuton, on
Broadway, there is now on exhibition
what is certainly the most valuable copy
of the Holy Bible eve compiled. It
represents the industrious toll for thir-
ty years of all English collector of Bib
lical prints, etchings, engravings, Origi-
nal drawings in oil and water eolors,
and authoritative OF curious editions of
the Scriptures, and is now roughly val
ued at $4,000, though its real price
may very likely prove to be much high
er. The complete text used is that Of
DR.. Kilto's edition of King James's
Bible; but this is but a fractional part
of the sixty huge volumes through which
it is spread. Sometimes the reader will
turn over fifty eonsecutivepage of Illus
trations between these scattered frag-
ments. Such subjects as "Susana and
the Elders o." Danielin the Lions DEM
are enriched with scenes of illustrations
drawn fr0mevegy field of art-the con-
vent missals of The medieval ages, the
strange, fanciful, strikinglY false draw
ing Of the Italian masters, the ~grotesdue
works of Dutch and German painters.
and the later and more truthful efforts
of modern artists. In all, this wonder
full monument of loving devotion to a
worthy hobby includes no less than 3d.
900 illustrations of various kinds, some
of them worth from $50 to 800 each.
and extracts from some thirty editions
of the sacred text. Such q treasure
ought speedily to find a purchaser in
some of our few great libraries, where
it would be an nfailing spring of de-
light and instruction to artists and men
Of letters.-[New York Herald.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-01-11
How She Did It.

ga from the Indianapolis Journal, Dec. %.
In the village of Darlington, Mont
gOmery county lives a mar named Best,
who has been accustomed to spend too
liberal q share of his time and money at
the saloon, where he was always cor
daily welcomed by the saloon-keeper,
despite the urgent entTeatleS OF the
neglected wife that her husband should
not be furnished any Intoxicating drink.
On Christmas day, Best, as usual, re-
paired to the saloon. whittier he was
soon followed by his wife, who, finding
all her entreaties vain, desparing of any
good results from the influence of moral
suasion, and enragcd at the contemptu-
Gus manner with which her appeals had
been treated, seized a poker and began
to demolish such light articles within
her reach as lamps and mirrors. The
husband, enraged at this treatment OF
his friend, seized his wife, dragged her
to the door and kicked her into the
street. The two worthless then locked
the door, armed themselyes-one with
o revolver and the other with q shot
gun, and threatened to shoot her, should
she attempt to force an entrance. Moth
ing daunted, the now thoroughly en-
ragged woman renewed the struggle,
appealing to the crowd which had been
collected by her cries to procure her an
AK, that she might batter down, the
door. Some one threw her the desired
weapon, and armed with it she adyan-
ced boldly upon the enemy's works, des-
pite their threats, carried the OutWOrks
by storm, and having gained an en-
trance, alone alone and single-handed,
proceeded to demolish everything with
in reach, the two cowardly brutes mean
while mcnacing her with gun and pis-
toll, but ft airing even to lay a hand upon
her. When Mrs. Best had completed
the work of destruction among bottles,
decanters and glasses, smashed out the
windows, and made the room almost, if
not quite untenantable, she Withdrew
unharmed, to cool her wrath in the
solacing thought that she had at least
temporarily put q stop to the operations
worthless husband we have not been
able to learn.