Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-03-29
Eh,. Suicide at Union Pass,
Arizona.

;bls Suicide at Union Pass.
Arizona.
,om a private letter, just re-
sd % by = citizen Of this place,
% st the following facts In regard
suicide which occurred at
on pass. Arizona, a few days
y" clarence Todd cut his
,at last night from ear to ear,
I'll then stabbed himself In the
# About IL o'clock the same
ht M he cot out Of bed, woke up
nortner. and told him he had
IRmed he would die before
rning. His partner told him it
a nightmare, and to return
bed In about an hour after
,rning to bed, he jumped up
|fectly wild, and threw himself
. the fire. His partner. being
Ike, jumped up and pulled him
then another man, named
Gibson. tried to clinch Todd,
on the latter knocked him
I'm and had bruised him con-
erably before his partner could
him off; Todd then drew a
,ath knife and started after his
finer. all who were in the house
ming outside; his partner
nched and held him some
nutes, and, no one coming to
assistance, he pushed him to
side and sprang out of the
or, closing it after him. Looking
rough the window, his partner
" him strike himself with the
bife in the neck, severing the
guIar vein, after which, and with
e last of his physical strength,
plunged the blade into his
kart, and fell, instantly expiring.
Bid was dellrious from excessive
finking."-Pioche Record, 25th
st.
We were personally acquainted
18th deceased, although we had
st track of him for several years.
y 1854 he resided in Gold Hill,
! this State, where he was engaged
! the saloon business in company
kith a young man by the name of
hase. While laboring under an
ttack of delirium treInens, Chase
so com mitted suicide by jumping
Fom the upper story Of Campbelrs
|(otel at Truckee. At the time
Fe knew them. they were both
lne looking, promising young
ben. Their fate is a sad warning
3 all young men who have an
Inclination to acquire a taste for
trong drink. Clarence Todd was
brother of Sam Todd, who, in the
arly days, was engaged in mercan.
lie pursuits at Yankee Jim.
and who at a latter
'sriod was the proprietor of one
I the principal hotels in San
Francisco.
WILLARD VS.. HUBER. Our
'ioche readers may be interested
n knowing that in the above
lamed case the Judgment of the
district Court is reversed. The
plnion, which is by Belknap and
oncurred in by the other men,
'ers of the Supreme Court, has
his among its concluding senten-
es: "lf Huber located the four
hundred feet in his own name in
''ursuance of the alleged partner
NIP ne did so under an implied
romlse TO convey to the COM
'lainants their interest in 1t upon
e4uest. The complainants at
nee acquired a right to a specific
eriormance, and that right could
e enforced in equity without a
feVlous reqWest.-Cdrson Appeal.
GOLD DUsT.-We have seen a
NV ounces of gold dust from the
lggings IN Congress Gulch. 1t is
rlneipaiiy "coare gold" and is
'orth Sls an ounce. Its appear
nee brought up in the minds of
~ Callfornians "reminiscences of
ne days of "lang syne" in the
'olden State, when "dust" was
urrency, and an ounce a day was
,serage pay for rocking the era
ie.'-Silrer State.
SUDDEN DEATH.--David Malioy,
Jug resident of Eastern Neva-
=, ana holding the position Of
ustlce OF the Peace from Treasure
was found dead in his
80 last Wednesday, at his house
Independence Valley. His
eatn Is supposed to have been
.used by heart disease.-EIkO In
ependent.