Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-08-11

W tno euect that. On the zIth OF July,
Mrs. Barbara A. Swartz told him she
was in debt, that she could not collect
money due her and that she asked him
to help her out Of her difficulties. She
told him that she held an insurance pol
icy for : 1000 on her house; this would
pay her debts, leave her a balance, and
that she would pay him 500, provided
he would FIRE and destroy her house.
He acceded TO the proposition and she
was to let him know when TO carry il
into effect. On Thursday. August 9th.
she met him in the rear Of her house
and told him to 60 to the stable, borrow
four or five sacks and ill them with hay,
which he did; she furnished him with n
bottle Of ~turpentine, which was found
to be insufficient to 60 the rounds in sat
urating the sacks, and she then told him
where he might get some coal oil. She
told him TO take the sacks into the black
smith shop and place them in different
parts OF the building. a. she did not
want SwArtz (her late husband) TO have
the satisfaction OF having his property
left when she would DO without any;
that she would place eombustibles be-
tween her house and the shop adjoining
and would apply the match and burn her
house when the shop was burning. He
did distribute the hay in different por-
tons OF the blacksmith shop, and when
he fired the first bundle the flames
flashed up in his face and scared him 80
that he ran out, and in doing so he
threw a match upon another bundle,
which failed to ignite the anne. As he
passed out Of the rear Of the shop some
one called ~ fire" He then went 10 the
rear Of Mrs. 81 house and loosened her
COW and calf. while doing 50 she cried
out, "You have made a id botch Of
II after ALL" or words to that effect.
About three hours after the fire was dis
covered she told him that IL arrested he
must not confess, but II he did he must
say II was Dan SvRrtz who employed
him to set IL on fire, to which he agreed.
Bradford took oath on u Bible to the
y~eracity OF the above statement. A
warrant was issued for the arrest OF Mrs.
Swartz last evening. and she was lodged
in the County Jail. She is an old resi-
dent Of Dayton and has for some time
past kept the Travellers Home, Brad
ford had an examination yesterday after
noon in Dayton, plead not guilty, but
was bound over to appear before the
Grand Jury in the sum OF $1,000.
TRoUBLE IN THE Fl,uLY.-Last oven
ing about five O'Clock, at the head OF
the hill where the bus generally stops
to allow the collection OF fares, there
occurred an old.fashioned family spat
between a man and his wife which
served to edity the nsighbors and to re-
lieye the usual monotony Of everyday
life. The lord and master OF the house,
hold arrived home at the above hour,
and something occurring TO displease
him, he proceeded to administer corpo-
raj punishment to the "old woman
After he had pretty well demolished her
he picked her up and threw her out OF
doors. Then he stepped to the wood
shed, procured nm axe, entered the house
again, and having his ara strengthened
by a stern resolve and his mind fortified
with Cutters best (l). by u few well di-
rected blows smashed the old lady's
trunk into splinters. Appearing salts
fed with this last grand move, he came
down town, engaged an eIpressman, re-
turned once moro and commenced TO
Load. First he put in the new lounge,
then he thought the bureau would look
well ON the truck, and then the stove.
In the meantime his better half had re-
gained consciousness, and taking n the
situation at u glance, she rushed for a
convenient club, with which she made a
dive for the team and struck the nigh
horse such n whaek that the poor beast
thought his time for contributing TO the
welfare Of mankind. by resolving into
oleomargarino, had come at last. He
was determined, however, not to die
without a struggle, and with a leap
that would have done credit to a fox
hunter. he started down hill. Then the
trouble began in earnest; the new
lounge, the secondhand bureau and the
old stove were successfully dumped and
reduced to fragments, much to the de-
LIGHT Of the injured wife, who shortly
aitsrward proceeded TO Justice Wnghts
-. .yarrant Tor the
Court anu swots out .sc,r.d h,
y man aIIssI NJ SS;nc at,c,
Constable haikln .n,orad e.. cabin
the team run .S;n,S s.ns,olIy, and her
anu sH"w III @sa"ss 10 Virginia.
ZOOS 49, NJ Sb,arsted conn.
tesol'tn ~, 49, wrieh, viii try and per.
Wy, ~ ~ rsmain Tor Al least a few
AI
uAs' 'o"s
Rack DIAMOND Coal MISE.-This
1t = .,,r.c,;r, considerable
mi"'' ~ 4, 80.
attention IN TINS heisno'oH
uated in the Palmyra District n ABOUT
seventeen miles from Dayton by wagon
81 Tbs ,uner. are Messrs. Emmett.
EJ..,Is anil Dsy, of Lower Gold Hill.
A, ,ha surfacc The seam, on the side hill,
- nh ah,nt one inch or less, and the
- J.c;5sd 10 tunnel an incline be-
- !, Which they did with the most
s.ss,c,ory results. Upon interesting
,he vein. Il was found to be nearly three
feet i'm width. and to yield q quality OF
coal similar in appearance to Scotch and
New Zealand camel coal. specimens Of
1T ~ - Al.