Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-01-23

FELo DE SEA day or two ago we
published an item In reference to a
man By the name OF Smith. who COM
mlt,sd suicide at Valleys Springs on
Sunday last. The Carson appeal OF
Yesterday contains the following letter
written by himself In explanation Of
the rash act:
Hor STRINGS. Jan. Is.
Dear John : / have arrived here, but
only to die. am coughing up blood
terribly. aud am very weak. Please
come and take care OF me-, and my
money will stand the cost. Mr.. Pearce
has 4 note OF mine on Corbett Bros. for
i've hundred dollars. have acted
very foolishly, and hope the Lord may
have mercy on my soul.
Your friend, a. SMITH.
The letter was addressed to John
Raltt.
A SEVERE WoUSD.-We regret To
learn that Mr. Wood. who received a
severe cut on his LEFT leg night before
last, while attempting to climb on
the giraffe Ia the Belcher mine, will
be laid up several weeks. We are ill.,
formed. by the attending physician.
that the wound Is Of such a character
that Ii will have { o undergo the slough
Ing process aud that considerable time
will be required for IL 10 heal up.
10. o. +. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. In
stsllation meeting held In Gold Hill
on the evening OF January 2ist. the
following officers Of Piute Encamp-
ment. No. 3. I. o. o. f.. were duly
Installed by ID. ID. G.. r., ID. .. Adkin-
son e. T.. +. Msrohn ). w, Benz.
Stern ; ii. T., John Phelan; Treasu-
rer, II. D. Douchy Scribe, "A. Mcr-
ritz; J.. W., X. r. Taylor.
Ink Snow BLocKApE RssEp.-wc
are pleased TO learn that the trains on
the Virginia and Truckee Railroad are
running regularly again. The passen.
ger train from Reno due here at .
o'clock was only five minutes late.
Mr.. Long, OF Gold Hill, Who has
charge OF the business Of shipping ore
by rail, has been sending forward to
the mills large quantities OF ore to-day
PACIFIC CoAsr PioSEERs.-rhe So
clety OF Pacific Coast Pioneers held a
very Interesting meeting at their hall,
Ia Virginia, last night. Four new
members were elected, and four appli'
cations for admission Into the Society
were received. The repairs being
made upon the hall Of the Society are
nearly completed.
BAD wusELISG.-Main street, Low
err Gold Hill. was In a shocking bad
condition to-day. One team'ter's
horse got stalled in the mud and In at
tempting to extricate himself broke
one OF his legs. The other casualties
amounted 10 two broken down wagons,
one belonging TO Simon Osg. and the
other to blanchard.
INFORMATION wANrED.-lf Mr.. d. G.
Blackwood, Of woodside, n. j.. Ia
alive. any information respecting him
will be thankfully received by his wife
and family. lie left his home on the
9th Of December In = state OF partial
insanity. aud has not been heard OF
since. Address Mrs. ID. G. Lakewood.
woodside. Essex county, New Jersey.
DxyuScr.-A splendid horse. belong
Ing TO the Union Mill Co., dropped
down In the harness yesterday. while
hauling wood. In the vicinity OF the
Beleher. lie died Last night. The ma
ture Of the disease which caused Ills de-
mise vas not ascertained.
BnoxES BosE,.-virginia City and
Gold Hill arc, perhaps. the two best
localities for the practice Of surgery to
be found anywhere on the coast. One
OF our leading surgeons. n lew weeks
ago had thirteen fractures on his hands
at one time.
GRAND JuRY.-rhe Grand Jury
were In session yesterday afternoon.
They Ignored the charge OF grand lar.
ceny IN the Dunlap case. The case OF
Miss Mary Butler. charged with in-
fanticlde. occupied the attention Of the
jury to-day.
"PKpno" Is getting to be a very
nonular game In Virginia and Gold
H,li. Our informant tells Us that IL
cost him about eight dollars to learn
the game.