Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-04-29
LATE TELEeaAMs.
Terrible Fire In OshkeAh, wiseor
sin-rhRos Lives Lost.

Terrible Ytrs In Oshkoah, WILSON,.
sia-ThFss Lives Loaf
MnwAuEIE, April 2s.--One-third Of
the city Of Oshkosh Ia in ashes. The
engines have all stopped. and tho best
one il burned up. They are nov blow
ing up buildings. hoping TO NV some
part OF the city. The citizens are ap-
plying to neiehboring cities for help.
Osuxosu, Wis.,, 0 p. M.-A terrible
ire has been rigging all the afternoon.
All the newspaper Offices, banks. tele-
graph Offices. Hardins's Opera House,
the Post Once. the U~niversallst Church.
all the hotsls but one. and nearly all the
business portion Of the city, ars gone.
II il utterly impossible to estimate tho
loss. Two men have been killed by
falling walls. Tho city in in the widest
state Of frenzy. The fire In now under
control. The burnt district IL nearly q
milo square.
10 M.-A fro broke out this eve
ming In Morgan & Brothers sawmill,
burning that and n dozen other saw and
shiugle mills, on Sawdust avenue. and
millions Of feet Of lumber and hundreds
Of houses. The burnt district is u mile
and o half long and half n milo wide.
Thoe lives are reported lost, aud hun
dreds Of families arc homeless. Nearly
all tho business houses arc burned. in
GLIDING oil tho banks. There Is not a
dry goods store standing on the north
side now. II is impossible to give the
loss tonight. The city il in the hands
Of u mob. and extra police are on duty.
The Attorney Generals Letter oil
Re~iEnatisn and the P~residencs
Reply JudEe rierrcPont Appoin'
sed to shc Vacancy.
The following Is the letter Of resigna.
ton Of Attorney General Williams and
the reply Of the President ::
DEPARTMENT or JusTicg.
Washington. ID. g., April o..
To tho Presidcnt-Sir /: l hereby re-
sign tho Office Of Attorney General Of
the United States, to take effect on tho
18th proIimo. I cannot dissolve our
official relations without thanking you
for the many acts Of friendship and con.
fdence with which you have honored
me, and expressing for you personally
my very high regard and esteem. Very
respectfully, GEO. II. WILLIAMS.
EXECUTIVE MANSION.
Washington April 49,
Hon. George II. Williams, Attorney
General OF tho United States-Dear Sir,
In accepting your resignation Of the
office OF Attorney General. to take effect
May 10. 1876. as rendered by your letter
OF the 22d Of April, allow mo to express
my appreciation Of the ability. zeal AMI
efficiency with which the trust connded
to your charge has been performed. My
sincere friendship accompanies you In
the new field OF life you have chosen,
and best wishes for your success. Very
respectfully. U. S. GRlsr.
Tho President having rendered tho
| position Of Attorney General to Judge
Edwards Pierrcpont OF Now York, thai
gentleman has accepted It.
The freaks o. the Unien Paein,
Railroad Cleared.
OMAHA. April 2s.-At 80 this after
noon tho last break ON the Union Pacific
Railroad was closed, near Green River
and all trains waiting at that point pass
cd over the new bridges, cast and west
Two immigrant trains which left omah'
on Sunday, with over q thousand passen
gers. have gone through without trans
fcrring; also the express trains leaving
hero Monday noon. There is now nc
interruption to the regular moyemoni
Of trains between Omaha and San
Francisco.
Den Alfonso Mobbed.
vienna. April 2s.-violont demon
STATIONS have boon mado against Dor
Alfonso, who il residing at Gratz. The
mob attacked his villa and tho polic'
wsro called upon to protect 1t, and SOW
eral rioters wero arrested.
LONDON. April pa special dispatch
to the Duly Ne,es says Don Alfonso wa,
insulted aud beaten by tho rioters. ant
tho police had to clear tho streets with
| bayonets.