Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-10-11
GENERAL ITEMS.

driven Oy CnafleS MCDONNELL, was al
tackled near Buckeye yesterday MORN
Ing by four masked men armed with
shotguns and revolvers. They sprang
from an ambush, one man taking the
lead horses by the bits and N the
wheelers. Another covered Mcconnell
with a double barreled gun, while the
fourth man invited the passengers to
step out from the coach aud demanded
Wells. Fargo s. Co.'S treasure box and
what loose coin they had. They all
Wells, Fargo s. Co.'S box
contained 1892. and about $4,000
were In the hands OF the passengers.
One Chlnaman had $1,000 around his
waist In = belt, which the robbers cut.
The other passengers had small sums,
and are now here without q dollar.
Sheriff Hall and a posse Of men are after
the robbers. Wells. Fargo & Co. have
offered a reward Of $3.50 for each ar
rest, and one fourth Of the amount OF
the treasure recovered.
That 5000 which Pomeroy gave
State Senator York, Of the Kansas
Legislature last year, as a bride for
his iYork's) vote and Influence In che
then pending Senatorial contest. Is
still a bone Of contention. Pomeroy
being indebted to several parties
n suit in garnishment was brought
sometime ago In the District Court Of
Topeka against the State Treasurer to
recover the redoubtable corruption
fund, which was supposed to be In his
possession. Yesterday the Treasurer
filed an answer, declaring that the
money was not in his possession, he
having returned 1t to tho Lieutenant
Governor, from whom he originally
received It. Personal suits have been
brought against the Treasurer and
Lieutenant Governor. Like the back
pay grab this other corruption fund
Is both difficult to get hold Of aud to
get rid Of.
A DISPATCH from Texas says Gov.
Davis and party have just arrived
FROM the Indian conference at Fort
Sill. The chiefs Santana and Big Tree
were released on condition that II the
Klowas or any other Indians at any
time hereafter raided on Texas, they,
together with the raiders wonld be ar
rested. Troops are to be at once post
ell along the Texas frontier bordering
on the reservation Of the Indians who
have recently raided into Texas, and
they will be turned w to the State
All captives and horses
stolen from Texas arc to be returned
to their owners. Agents have been
by the United States to call
the roll daily, and only three days
rations are to be Issued at n time.
TELEoRAMs received last evening at
the Signal Office, In Washington, from
the obscrvatories at Key West and
Punta Rosa, Florida, state that a most
destructive cyclone swept over these
stations on the 9Th instant. AT Key
West the wind reached Il velocity Of
eighty miles an hour, aud at Punto
Rosa ninety miles. At the latter sta
ton the sea rose fourteen feet above
tide level, overwhelming the land and
washing away every movable thing.
The few inhabitants OF Punta Rosa are
entirely without drinking water.
MIR. HoHNE (colored) Secretary Of
State OF South Carolina, has been ad-
united into the South Carolina Uni
versity. whereat three Of It's principal
professors have taken umbrage aud re-
signed their offices. 1t would seem
from this that the said educational In
stitutiou sadly needed reconstruction.
There is no great loss without some
small gain," and In this loss Of the
blue bloods Of South Carolina to the
Institute, we can dimly perceive a
gain to the %self.respect and common
sense Of all C%hristendom.
A DISPATCH from Chico, CAL, says
that the Independent movement In
Butte county Is boiling hot. Promi-
nent Republicans and Democrats
openly declare for McKinstry and the
Independent movement. Some OF the
Republican County Central Committee
have resigned and 60 for the Independ-
euts. The Chico Enterprise has also
declared for the Independents. Gen.
eral Bidwell 10 among the most prom
inent Of the Independents there.
How. ALI CUMMINGS, Governor Of
Utah under the Administration Of
James Buchanan, died at his residence
near Atlanta, Ga, yesterday.
HuBERr gets a majority Of 53 votes
over Bauer for City Treasurer Of San
Francisco.
The Republicans Of France are daily
becoming more hopeful.
Tie railway from Bombay to Madras
has just been completed.
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