The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-10-15
California Correspondence.

luItHO lOI SUNNI Jlluc III CuuoC-
quence of hat little Indian SQUAD
BILE. | have encountered many
little incidents that would be truly
interesting, provided you were pub
fishing q Days DOingS or Police
Gazette.
Virginia City, Nevada, is the first.
This is the Capitol of the State
although a very small city, it has a
very good population. There being
$4,000 miners employed in the diff
erent mines, of which there is a
vast number Of rich paying ones.
The miners have a Union, and no
man is allowed to work for less
than 81 per day. They work by
"shifts," two of which constitute q
day, 4 hours each. To look
at the city, one would readily sup
pose the place could not hold so
many people, but it is estimated
there are 5000 on at each shift,
+ The miners are a Jolly set, having
plenty of coin (all the money in
circulation in Nevada and Califor-
mia is coin) seek the enjoyment so
much courted by hat class, viz:
whisky and women
Several ARRAYS came to my notice
during the three weeks | fingered
there. The most noted one was be-
tween an engineer at the Consolida-
ted Virginia Mine and a" bully
1t appears that the bully wanted to
put a head on the engineer, who
replied that he "was not on the
muscle but was on the Shoot
whereupon the bully said he would
be "heeled' When they met again;
which was three evenings later,
when the bully fired twice, but
without effect, the engineer returned
the fire, killing the bully instantly.
The local editor of the Vrgjnia
EUeniag Chronicle is in unpleasant
predicaments. 1t appears that he
had been denouncing the manner
in which certain lewd women con-
Quoted themselves, and the next
p. NJ, at 3 o'clock, the lady made
her appearance at the office with a
six shooter, backed by u gambler,
and demanded q retraction. The
"LOcal" happened to be out and
they paraded around and finally
came upon him at the corner Of L
and Taylor streets. The represen-
tative of the demi monde charged
him with defamation of character,
and a retraction or bloodshed only
would satisfy her. The fearless
quill driver of the Chronicle stood
his ground like q warrior, and
would take nothing back, and his
pluck completely unnerved the gam
bier who stood with pistol in hand
us if waiting for an opportunity to
open the dance. AS soon as they
found that the quill driver was on
the shoot they dropped it as a bad
job. A day or so after his patience
was tried in q like manner, when he
became out of patience and devoted
half q column to explaining his in
tentions toward this class, and fin
ished by saying that "the next man
dies"
A horrible accident happened at
the Chollar Patosi Mine, which had
u fatal result. The shaft at the
mine is 1,4OO feet deep, and ore is
hoisted by means Of a cage on
which a car is run and then hoisted
to the surface. From various
points along the shaft there are
drifts, and this accident happened
from the one hundred foot level. 1t
appears the man had taken an emp.
ty car off the cage and stepped to
run the loaded one on and in so
doing gave the signal and tried to
get the loaded on before the engin-
eer would start the engine; in this
he was mistaken, for both him and
the car were precipitated a distance
of 1900 feet straight down the
shaft. He was literally torn to
pieces, and shreads Of flesh and
clothing we're found sticking to the
timbers in many places.
THE VIRGINIA BELLIES
here aer the ruination of the beau
tiful city. These women + con
stantly to be seen in several parlor
saloons, which have several gam
bling rooms in the rear, playing
faro, keno, routelle, shaking dice,
playing cards, drinkidg whisky etc.
to an extent which is perfectly i'm
possible to believe. They wear az
many pistols as any man, and fire
quently flourish them at you will
as much defiance as Red Cloud
Spotted Tail, Captain Jack or an!