Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-09-14


,hsss by tho acsnis and ts,trks. An in
spscaor viits this Sgsesy once u year.
Hs sees a ~ Piegahs about, and IL told
The Biackfset nd n6oods are hunting
Buffalo,
wAsHnorox, September II. - The
Red Cloud Commission expect to finish
their examination Of the witnesses here
the present week. Mr.. Samuel Walker
viii continue his tsstimopythis sysning.
Professor Marsh and Commissioner
Smith wsrs sktheC 6fdmishiotefs rooms
to-day. The lsttax, VII, naka q state
msnt occupying lees han' n hour.
P~rofsssos NsnA> desires the personal
attendance u SsTsral ucss wit1sssal
among them Mr.. BREWER. now In Mich.
igan, Who was autographed for this
morning. He has sent . statement, but
Professor Nsrsh desires him to be In.
terroeAtsd NJ msre Nvihseses ere 70
b examined besides those already sum
monsd, unlsss the names 30 Furnished
to-day. NM. Boalsr, chssf contractor.
vas examined a. 10 the purchase and
delivery Of cattle BY him under tho
Freeman contract. For the year ending
Juno 30th last, the whole number OF
cattle purchased was "a, SAC; number
delivered. st Red Cloud, Spotted Tail
and, oshss isessdssi %. COO ths dufSts
cnee having been lost by stampedes,
thefts Of Indians, etc. For cattle de-
livered the Government, 800, $50. The
cost OF the cattle. with expense OF de-
livery, was 1851, 85l; and. deducting
interest on account OF incidental OK.
pensss, there was profit to tho con-
tractors Of $l30.000 With regard to
the contract Of 1874. every head Of cat
lie rsceipted for was delivered.
Mr.. Bosler was questioned IN regard
10 tho weight Of cattle delivered, manner
Of keeping cattlo through the Winter,
etc. He sometimes bid rather high for
beef contracts, because he had but fow
competitors. There are rev cornPsti-
tors, because II takes . large npltL 10
| fulfll contnets. He always paid cash
ON delivery. He never paid any money
10 prevent others from bidding. and
never heard Of the lowest bidder bsing
bought Of. Doctor Coz. Of this city.
Who was ons Of he special Commission
appointed In 1874 10 negotiate with the
| Sioux Indians In relation 70 the surren-
der Of shslr hurting privilsgss 20 Ne,
braska, testified that soon ak9 he 10
turned home, Secretary Delano wrote to
| him, asking II hs lad seen anything
wrong In the matter Of rations, and be
replied he had not. He asked II he
might give bis impression OF what hs
saw In The Indian country. and. permits
sion being given. said be never heard an
Indian complain Of the quality Of the
articles furnished him. There wa great
complaint in the council. and no indian
could speak without arraigning the
Great Father for violating treaties, etc.
The Indians were chronic grufnblsrs.
and in his opinion q little less indul-
gence and Q little more authority by the
Government would be better both for
Indians and tho Government.
The Maine Election.
PORTLAND, September l3.-Portland
gives Conner (Rsp.) 2:.4l6; Roberts
l(Dem.), 2,55l; Democratic majority,
lis; against last years Republican ma
| jority OF 163. Twenty towns give Con-
NOR 5,029; Roberts, 4.0G0. Forty towns
give Conner I 1910; Roberts. 1881.
Last year the same towns gave q Rspub-
lican vote OF l0.9Gi, and 4 Democratic
vote OF g. GG; showing 1,0S9 Republican
majority in 1875, against 2. 1876 In 1874.
Sixty towns give Connor l5,l02; hob
srts, $3.50. Last year the Republican
vote was 1857, and Democratic vote
10, 385.
Ths Haisssa Messsriai asssisg tn
New York.
NV YORK. Sept. 13.-About forty
memben Of the Associated honeerst OF
California met this evening to give ex.
preston to their regret at tho misfor'
tune which overlook the late W. q.
Ralston. A,resolution was adopted de-
claring that the sympathies Of the asso-
citation are In entire accord with those
Of the citizens Of San Francisco, who
have recently borne such emphatic testi-
mony to tho character OF the man and
paid such warm-hsarted tribute TO his
memory. and extending the tsndsrest
sympathy to his bereaved family.
watsr-spsas In verueas- sixsy.
Niss Per~sns Killed ssd nisaing.
MoSrrrLIKR. September 13.-violent
storms have occurred In this neighbor-
hood and great damage has been done
10 crops. A watsr-spout destroyed fifty
houses d 81. Gilman. Nine dead
bodies have been rsooveredand sixty srs
missing ......... ...-,tRcr.