Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-03-25

wAsunoros. March s .-Senatoi
Booth left tho city yesterday for New
York. Before tho final adjournment Of
the Senate. hs will s~ojourn q day or two
at Springfield. Mass. . guest Of Mrs.
Bowlss. and then return to New York.
He will next visit his friends ct Tsrre
Hauts, Indiana, and return 10 California
ON the nrst Of May. He explains his
vote against the caucus resolution sus-
tanning tho Presidents courso In Louis.
lana affairs. on the ground. as stated TO
his friends, that the Senate had no jur.
isdiction In the premises.
KINGSTON. Ont, March 25.-A FIRE
broke out In tho Courthouse at II
o'clock yesterday. and owing to the
heavy gale, the building. q costly struc-
turo. was totally destroyed. Loss,
$I0o. 900
New Yonx. March 25.-At half.past 3
o'clock this morning. q fro WINS discov.
cred In a building occupied by John 8.
Diekerson & Co., importers Of tin, cor
neI OF Cliff and Fulton streets, and Il.
e. Dsitz, lantern manufacturers. Tho
whole building was soon wrapped In
flames. The fire was subdued. The
stock and building were damaged $780,
900.
Tennessee Reforms.
New YoRr, March 25.-A special from
Nashville says tho Legislature has adj
journed. A dozen or moro bill were
passed which will save the State an
nually. millions Of dollars. Among
them, ono taxing railroads ono and q
half per cont. Of their gross earnings,
yielding q rsvsnuo OF about sl35, 900;
another. regulating trial by jury. saving
the State o 500, 900; making it optional
with parties To have jury or not; anoth-
or. taxing losing litigants In civil cases
with costs, saving 100000. There
will DO no change in the ratio Of taxa
ton which remains at 40 cents on
800.
A Huge Zee Field In she Atlantic.
NEW YoRx, March 25.-Tho steam.
ship Cambria from Hamburg. which
arrived yesterday, reports that on the
night Of tho 10th she encountered q
fold Of ice extending in an area OF fiyo
thousand square miles. The vessel
stored south, hoping TO avoid tho ice,
but the captain finally determined to at
tempt o passage through. and tho vessel
was run sixty miles southwark and sew
snty eastward before blue water was
again seen. Tho ice was about three
feet thick. The steamer was not dam.
aged.
Decision Usder the civil Rixhss Act.
TRENTON, N. j.. March 49, United
States Commissioner Shrievo dismissed
tho case Of Peter Katzcnbach. proprietor
OF the Trenton House. sued by two coll
ored men under the Civil Rights law for
prohibiting thom TO play billiards in his
rooms. Tho Commissioner held that
tho complaint was not under the Act,
and that the proprietor Of o billiard
room has tho right to reject my person
from playing billiards in his rooms.
Death Of . Noted Pugiiist- Dcsper.
ate Prise Fight.
Dan Ksrrigan, q noted pugilist, who
fought and defeated A. Kelly, died here
this morning, Of consumption. Kerri-
gan was we'll known on both sides Of
tho Atlantic. aud at one timo hold the
middle weight championship.
A desperate prizo fight for si0o took
place at Port Morris this morning be-
tween Tom Madden and Jack Hayes.
both belonging In this vicinity. Thirty
three rounds were fought, when Hayes
was declared winner. Both men wore
badly punished.
An Cid Heathes.
TORONTO, March 25.-At Barrie. On
tario, yesterday. q man named Slater.
aged ~ years OF age. was found guilty
Of ssducing. his own grand. daughter.
aged II years. Tho jury awarded 5000
J.-so.. so.jpol him