Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-06-29

fortunately, no n was hurt. Tho gi-
rafie and back-action. however. were
knocked into kindlins-wood. The gi-
raffe and back.action had both been
loaded at the foot Of the incline, and
had been hoisted up to within twenty
i've feet OF the top. when the cable sud-
denly parted. Giraffe and cars went
down to the bottom OF the incline at a
tremendous rate Of speed. and running
into its rocky face ut the bottom. were
splintered into q thousand fragments.
Luckily. after loading the cars, the men
had assembled the incline in order to get
some drinking water. and for the pur-
pose Of cooling OF for q few minutes.
Thus they were all out Of the way Of
harm. Had thcy remained at the bot
tom several Of them must have been
killed or terribly injured. One man.
Johnny Smith, was on the giraffe when
the cable broke, but the sudden jar
threw him OF; and by this fortunate ac-
cident his life was undoubtedly saved.
Why the cable should have parted as 1t
did, Is one OF those things that are
"past finding OUT" as up to the mo-
ment 1t broke IL was considered per-
fectly safe.
TnoUpLE At THE 0Pum.-we under
stand that for two or three days past
there has been some ''clash Of authori-
ty'' at tho ophir mine. As WI under
stand the matter. the Trustees are three
for retaining Curtis. the present Super.
intendcnt. and three for Lissak. and
each party il bound to have things Its
own way. Last Saturday afternoon. for
some reason. the shift OF men sent down
into the mine at three o'clock was hoist
ed out at six in the evening. Tho Cur.
It's party. however. held possession Of
the mine, and yesterday had with them
n force Of armed policemen, in order to
guard against any armed assault by tho
| opposition. A. II. .Lissak, Jr., who
claims TO have been appointed Superin-
tendent, has sent a dispatch to Virginia
from San Francisco, where he ut present
is. notifying the public that Captain
Curtis has been suspended Us Superin-
tendent. and that no checks drawn by
him will be honored. How the wrangle
will end remains to be seen. The Curtis
party is. we believe. at present in pos
session Of the mine.
The CoNEr.-The new comet Is now
visible to the naked eye in this region.
Our pure, transparent atmosphere gives
us great advantages as observers OF ce-
| lestial phenomena. strikes in the
| comet line, and other developments in
the upper levels Of the universe.
Last night all who knew where to look
for the comet found II. As yet II pre-
sents no very striking or startling up
pearance. II is merely a murky star-a
star that seems in need Of snufing-
with a mere ~prcmonitory symptom OF q
tail. This tail is a hazy streak, a few
inches in length, projected in the direc-
ton OF the north star. The stranger
with the tail is TO be found lower down
aud moro 10 the west Of the north star
than one would expect from the descrip-
tons that have been given Of its place
in the heavens. With a good opera
glass. we should think 1t might now be
seen very distinctly.
A CRAzr woNAS.-Up ut Virginia last
night a woman. supposed to have been a
little off in the upper story-nts in her
garret-was seen running about the
streets, hiding behind posts and in door
ways. In this way she lodged about
from street TO street and at last departed
''like a beautiful dream" no one knew
whittier. After all she may not have
been crazy. The poor creature may
have only suspected that her husband
had gone 10 the lodge" A man mp
there also acted u little ''wild." in that
he drew n six.shooter and was going to
exterminate n gentleman who acciden-
tally jostled him. Such facility in the
use Of the siI-shooter should attract
special notice from the officers OF the
law.
DISTRICT CoURr - RISING, JupoE.-
The District Court met ut Virginia at 10
o'clock this morning and transacted the
following business. Nathan Solomon
w. Savage Mining Company; the time
for pleading vas extended III days igUaI
this date. Guerrero ct ais, VI. Peta-
nelli, hearing Of the matter was con-
tinued until Thursday next. Court ad-
journed until Thursday, July I'd. AL
those who desire to become naturalized
citizens should make 1t n point to be
present at that time, rs there Is only
certain days ON which such business
can be attended 10. and II is an assist
ance to the court to have rs many ap-
ply at one time as possible.
CoMrLINESTARY.-we are the pleased
recipient Of n complimentary ticket to
the grand ball Of the Sarsheld Guard,
Gold Hill, to be given on the evening OF
July 3d-ne1t Friday evening. The
Sarsfelds are determined on this occa
sion to sustain their good reputation in
such matters. and will give a ball worth
going to. They have secured the best
band in the State, and every arrange
ment possible will be made to enhance
the pleasure Of the guests.
RuMoIEp SrRiKr, 1t was reported on
tho street this morning that quite IN
important strike has been made in the
Hale and Norcross mine. For some
time they have been following some
small strcaks Of rich ore. II is said that
one Of these has led TO what promises to
be q largo and rich body OF ore. We
hope that the new development may
prove all that is claimed for 1t.
The RouSD-uousx ELrcrRrcAL PuEso-
MESA.-we understand that the boys at
the ro~und-house Of the Virginia and
Truckee Railroad Company, are still
prospecting the electrical phenomena
lately observed there. They have finally
concluded that il is caused by the locomo-
tiyes blowing of steam. The vibration
of the atmosphere charges the smoke
stacks in some way.
PROGRAMME ron THE ForRru.-In
another column Of to-day's NEWS will be
found the programme for the coming
Fourth Of July Celebration in this town.
II needs no explanation. A glance at
this programme shows that we are to
La,, a celebration worthy OF Gold Hill