Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-06-25

optional. bat unpaid letters will be
charged in the country OF destination
double the rate lowed on prepaid letters.
Tho prepayment Of postal cards. reg
istered articles. newspapers and other
printed papers. will be compulsory.
The treaty provides that there
shall not bo admitted. for conveyance
by mail. any lettor or other packet.
which shall contain either geld or silver
money. jewels or precious articles, or
any other article, whatever, liable to
customs duties.
SO many foreigners reside in this sec
ton. and are in such constant cores.
pondence with their relative countries.
that the new postal regulations with the
above named foreign countries is a
matter Of local interest.
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A NAnnow EscAPE.-A pick boy in
the Belchsr mine. named Frank lie.
Claire. had q very narrow escape from a
violent death, or at least serious injury.
las, evening. He was loading u num-
Der Of long machine drills In q car nj
the s5O.ioot level Of the mine, and had
Just got into tho car. when the engineer
on duty. in taking up the slack OF the
rope, raised the cage from the chairs at
tho station. The drills, projecting over
| the end Of the car, caught Oh tho tim.
bers Of the station. upsetting the car and
stopping the cage. LeClairo jumped up
| between q cross bar on the cage (for the
miners to hold on by in ascending and
descending the shaft and tho s~afetios,
thereby, probably. escaping instant
death. Others on. the station went to
the surface and explained the situation
to tho engineer, who lowered the cage
carefully. without doing amy further
damage. LcClaire was somewhat bruised
about the waist, but not seriously in.
jured. lie has already had some very
rough experiences in the mines,
having been in the great ire
a. tho Yellow Jacket mine six
years ago. where he narrowly escaped
| death. lie was one Of the volunteers
who wont down in the Bslcher mine
last fall to cut of communications
| between tho burning mir shaft and the
mino, and narrowly escaped death at
that time also. He was severely burned.
and inhaled poisonous u IN oinmon
with tho other brave men who risked
their lives, from the effects OF which no
did not recover for a long time. he Is
either ~singularly out Of luck, or else in
extra good luck to run such narrow
| chances and escape 30 often.
ANKLE SrRAISEp. KNEE Ctr. Ere
Between 1 aud . O'Clock last evening q
pile Of 3il2 inch planks, fell over at b
ophir mino and injured " boy named
Henry o'Toolc and a man named Malt
Kelly, who were standing close ny.
he,ly anu aho'ner na m e,i. m,iaS
oPh'' wsre sa~,ns W.. ~ 80,
weIo ".n unf,inn o,o ,n
,e"s ~, h'oun Tha ;n;,,a1 hov
10 a,eu y" 'ho ",.u
ana heiiy were oo'h s,anuhhs oe,"esn
tho plahhs Whien were oeins sa~eu ane
The piie 400 e'ght isst hisn! "h,vn
fell. The boy Ind his nght Ankle
sprained anu his right knee cut uht,i ,ne
cap was exposed: lis ieit knee was Also
considerably bruised anu ss,hhsd hsl'
ly'H injuries were prineipaily from tne
him ouite severely on the leg. about ton
;nchcs above tho knee. His injuries
were mot 40 great. however, as TO de.
mana medical attention. DIR. Z. j..
pY;nc. assisted by DIR. st. George Hop
kins, rendered the necessary surgical
assistance 10 the BOY
DISTRICT Counr - Risiso. Jupdx.-
Tho following business was transacted
in this Court yesterday; Trial jurors
were excused from attendance till 10 A.
y ,o.asv. John ship,on ct nj. VI.
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Thomas IL: MililAms =. M- az.
tered continuing .ho neal'ns az
motion made by tho piain.n u,i ivA,
NJ. on Saturday; also, ei.ensing inc uno
Tor defendant 10 plsau uh.n ,"en ni.
as inc ino'gn sn S,"a r Waw'iI.
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