Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-12-15

FATAL MINING AccIpENT.-A man
by the name OF John killeen, working
In the Consolidated Virginia mine,
was instantly killed at eleven o'clock
last night, under the following circum-
stances: The men were changing
shifts at the time, and the cage, Oh
which Killeen and a number Of other
miners had embarked, was holsted up
the middle compartment. On step
ping OF the cage killeen, instead Of
turning to the left and passing out OF
the hoisting-works. wheeled around to
the right aud walked into the north
compartment. He fell with lightning
rapidity to the bottom Of the shaft a
distance Of 1900 feet, striking upon the
top Of n cage filled with men,. Those
who were OH the cage at the time de-
scribe the conclusion a being OF the
most frlghtful character. The unfor-
| tunate man was literally mashed Into
a Jelly. His head was torn from his
body, and the various bones OF his
arms, trunk and legs were shattered
Into innumerablc fragments. His
stoutly made shoes were torn Into
shreds. The iron bonnet Of the cage
was considerably bent and broken oy
the collision. 1t Is thought that ut the
time the accident occurred the man
was bewildered so that he did not
know which way he was going. As
soon as possible the remains were
gathered up by piecemeal and wrapped
| up In a blanket, after which they were
brought up out of the mine and con-
veyed to the undertaking establish
mens of Mr.. Andrews, on South Z
street. preparatory to lnterment. The
deceased vas single, a native Of Ire
land. and at the time Of his death was
about 40 years Of age. He has no i'm
| medicate relatives in this country.
| BY industry and economy he had sue
ceeded In accommodating some little
| property, and at the time OF his death
was the owner of q number Of shares
Of Belcher stock. Coroner Holmes
held an inquest upon the remains to-
day.
PosrroSEMENr OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
| GIFT CoNcERr.-lt will be seen by the
| card of Governor Bramlette In our adj
vertising columns that the Fourth
Gilt Concert OF the Public Library OF
Kentucky. announced for December 3,
has been postponed until March 81.
| The reasons for this postponement,
which no doubt had already suggested
| themselves to the public mind, are
| clearly and succinctly stated by Gov.
Bramiette. They are, in brief, the
financial troubles throughout the land,
| the yellow fever epidemic in the South
and the general impression prevalent
| that these causes would compel tho
| postponement now announced. Not
withstandins these drawbacks, tho re-
suit has certainly been surprising.
The manager has now exceeding n
| million OF dollars OH deposit In the
Farmers and Drovers' Bank, and,
| although n half drawing was prac-
| ticable, yet it WAS deemed more salts
| factory to have a short postponement
! ami thus secure a full drawing.
| The business or the Office the last few
days has been simply enormous. Up
wards of $500 letters per day have
been received through the Post.ofiice,
and on Saturday nearly one hundred
thousand dollars in cash were deposit
ed in bank. On yesterday l36 money
packages were received by express.
aud III registered aud over 1000 9th
err letters came by mail, containing In
the aggregate considerably over one
hundred thousand dollars! That the
postponement will be generally ap.
proved, and that 1t will result In a full
drawing March 3lSt, we presume can
not be doubted. That it will occur at
the time named may be regarded a
certain rs fate.
AMUSING ErrSoDE.-Saturday after
noon, a. Hcrne, the actor, was passing
down Union street, Virginia City, Oh
his way to the Opera Ilou!e. he en-
c%ountercd a Chinaman's donkey COM
ing up the street with a load Of wood.
Herne meant to show that donkey that
he was the better man of the two. and
so he seized hold OF the long cared
animal aud toppled him over on his
side. The donkey struggled ener-
getically to regain his feet but 1t was
an impossibility with the load OF wood
OH his back. Hcrnc enjoyed the sport
Immensely although the Chinaman
did not. Officer Cummings, who was
an eye witness Of the affair stepped up
to Herne and told him that he was
compelled to place him under arrest.
Herne replied "don't DO IT." and
added that he had to perform Mt the
matinee In a few moments. The large
hearted actor gave the Chlnaman a five
dollar piece for the trouble he had
caused him, aud even assisted In re-
loading the wood. w%hersupon Cum
mings told him he might depart In
peace. Herne wished good health to
Cummings and family, and expressed q
desire that ''they might live long u
prosper" He, however, gave h
ofic a severe scoring afterwards
during the enactment Of Rip Van Win
kle, at the matinee.
Jimmy Powers, OF
the Parlor Saloon, who has been Sc
riously i'll and confined to his roo for
three or four weeks past with rheu-
matism. Is again ous aud attending to
business. although rather sore and de
lapidated as yet. Jimmy had rather
of a rough deal Of it for II while, but
made out to weather 1t, aud Is ready
to receive tho calls and congratulations
of his friends at the Parlor Saloon,
and take 4 hot Tom and Jerry with
them.
TIE MARKErs.-We notice that our
markets at the present time are sup
piled with all manner OF things. to
delight the appetite. including fat
turkeys. chickens, trout, salt fish, beef
aud mutton, such rs would cause an
Englishman to utter an ejaculation OF
satisfaction. There ia also a very fine
display Of fruits aud vegetables to be
seen at the various groceries and fruit
stands.
MErsonoLoeIcA.-At noon, to-day,
old Boreas was stirring up the snow In
a very lively manner on the top Of Mt.
Davidson, while at the same time In
Oil mn ,h, ,-a,thnr yyas IA mild md