Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-07-09
Desperate Asssmps % Feb IN IL.
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Desperate Attempts % ksb IN IL
CINCINNATI. July "a dispatch 70
the Superintendent Of the Adams EI.
press Company in this city, says q des.
psrats attempt was made to rob express
messenger Burke. ct Long Point. H.,
on the vandalia road, last night. The
engine and car were cut loose and the
engineer killed. Burke barricadsd the
doors and kept the robbers At bay until
help arrived.
TrRas HAurr. Ind, July 9.-Ths fol-
lowing particulars Of the attempted q.
press robbery on the vandalia road last
night. have been received: Az train No.
s.. engineer Amss and conductor Farley.
stopped at Long Point. for water. two
men boarded the locomotive and or.
dered the engineer 10 pull out. The en-.
gineer was at first b~swildered, but com.
pretending the situation, said "All
right" The robbers then said we will
run this thing ourselves. and both ut
that instant fred. One shot killed the
engineer. Ths fireman. who was on
the tank. Immediately jumped and run
to the rear Of the train to notify the train
men. During the proceedings at the
engine . confederate had detached the
Adams express car. Tho robbers then
ran the engine two miles east and
stopped. and returned to the express
car and asked to DO let in. Mes
ssnger Burke refused to let them
In, and they commenced firing
into tho car. The conductor and train
men coming TO the rescue, the robbers
Hed. The train msn speak in fattoring
terms Of tho bravery displayed BY mos.
senger Burke under the trying circum.
stances. There Is intense feeling among
railroad men over the tragical death Of
engineer Amss, and should the psrpe.
traitors be caught II Is believed Il will cost
tho State nothing TO prosecute them.
Several suspicious persons are already
under arrest, and every effort Is being
made by the Railroad Company to bring
tho robbers to justice.
Appsinted Receiver.
NEw Yonx. July "a Milford. Pa.
dispatch states that on Wednesday
night a bill in equity was fled In the
County Clerks Office by the Farmers
Loan and Trust Company. against the
Erie Railroad Company, upon oonsoli.
dated mortgages for $50. 600, 900. and
tho Court Of Common Pleas, Of Pike
county. yesterday appointed President
Jewett as receiver. The proceedings were
auxiliary to like proceedings in New
York upon the same mortgages.
The Risek liiiIs-PeIitieaI Assess
ments.
CHICAGO. juno "a Sioux City
says that gold hunters are lesv.
Ing that city daily for tho Black Hills.
A Washington special says the Re
publican Congressional Committee
It's Secretary, 10 sending out to
III the Federal officials Of the country
. demand for sno per cent. Of their sal.
.ri,s for the carrying on Of the Fall
campaign.
An Unfsundel Runsr.
NEw YoRK. Juno 9.-The Eroiug
.oa says . sensation story 10 the effect
hat T. II. Ecclss, member OF tho Stock
Exchange and Gold Exchange had do
or attempted TO defraud the
National Mechanics Banking Associa-
lion and tho Third National Bank and
had ~absconded, Is proved TO have been
groundless by the return Of Mr.. Eoclss
yesterday afternoon on the Saratoga
express train.
Died In = sswsr.
Nkw YoRx. July 9.-while workmen
were engaged lately in In carrying the
main sewer under the Dannemors pris.
on, they camo upon the skeleton Of o
man lying in the bottom Of the sewer
and submerged In the hlth. An exam.
after II had been removed, re-
the fact that the remains were
those Of wilkins, the Albany express
who had died after escaping
from the corridors Of the prison.
OF she Edissriai Exssr.
sieaists.
MORN PLATTE, Nsb.. July o.-Ths
editors editorial excursion reached here
last evening. and were received in the
most cordial manner by the citizens and
tho Union Pacific Directors who met
them here. The party met with q most
reception at many places
along the line between Omaha and this
point. Citizens turned out en- masse
and furnished carriages al Fremont and
for Q ride through those
A. many stations the agricul.
Iural products were abundsntly dis
and the party are ~ astonishsd
rs delighted at the fertility Of the Platte
beyond their expectation. To-
Jay thcy will view 200. 900 head Of cat
lie hsrdsd along the line between this
md Cheyenne. Tho train proceeded
at 8 A. NJ. everybody In the
best Of health and spirits.
Attsnptsd Bank Robbery.
Albany. July 9.-This morning about
I when an employee Of tho First Ma.
lional Bank In this city went into tho
to eItinguish the light, he discov.
prsd somo burglars tools. They had
boen working on the masonry OF the
vault and were frightened away. leaving
heir tools behind. An entrance 10 the
hank was effected by breaking In . door
In the back part Of the building. Tho
collar Of another store was entered,