Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-05-13
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WARRINGTON, NAY ia peutiou hhs
ossn received here from California ask
Ing Congress TO appoint . joint commit
10 to sit In San Francisco during recess
% inquire into the affairs Of the Central
Pacific Railroad Company. the affairs OF
he Arm Of Charles Croker 4 Co., and
81 the Contract and Finance Company.
The petition also asks that legislation
DO postponed until after the commission
have reported the facts. the petitioners
10 make good q series Of allegations con-
tainsd in the petition. The petitioners
Allegs that the various gifts and sub
uidiss 10 the Central Pacific have ex-
In value $l25. 600. 900, bssidss
the bonds issued and secured BY mort.
gAgss on the road TO the amount OF
ia, 600, 900 more. They say the con-
struction il OF the fimsisst character and
that the road rs constructed could DO
built for SIS, OO0. 900. The petition
charges that the managers OF the COM
pany-whom 1t names a. Leland STAN
ford, Marx Hopkins. @. p. Huntington
and Charles Crocker-formsd n Arm
Is Charles Croker 4 Company,
which all tho managers were men,
bsrs, and that they let to this company .
contract for building the road at most
s~1travagant prices. dividing the profits
among themselves.
The Great Exhibisisn.
PlnApELPHIA. May l2.-The paying
visitors TO the Centennial opening on
Wednesday numbered 7G.133, and, al
the crowd was greater than IL 10
likely to DO again during the Summer.
the hotel accommodations proved ado
The work Of preparation con-
briskly in the bslatcd department.
4 large number Of foreign paintings by
masters have just arrived. and
ffty carloads on the Pennsylvania Rail-
road track and three vessels at the
wharyss are filed with belated exhibits.
. few days moro promise to complete
all the departments. Iowa shows, among
The exhibits in Agricultural Hall. spsci.
mems Of soils Of thirty counties, in glass
tubes six feet long. showing the depth
Of loan. Oregon exhibits rich in wheat.
oats. woods and dried fruits. Washing
ton Territory shows the tallsst wheat
and oats exhibited. CALIFORNIA; prodi-
gies Of cacti excite general wonder.
Treat Floods In New IIsmpshirs
and vermest.
LANCASTER, N. H.. May 12.-Ths
water In the Connecticut river Is rising
At the rate Of an inch Al hour and is
now higher than for twenty-five years.
The entire valley Of the Connecticut
is q broad sheet OF water from
Northumberland to Dalton. Travel Is
entirely suspended on tho Boston. Con.
cord and Montreal Railroad between
South Lancaster and Graveton Junction.
and on the Grand Trunk Railway. . dis
lance OF twenty miles. Tho toll bridge
across the Connecticut. here and at
Northumberland. are greatly endangered
and arc being loaded with rocks to
keep them from floating. Many dwell.
lings along the river are surrounded with
water.
LEWISTON. n. H.. May 12.--R. G.
Pengrass & Co.'S main boom broke this
morning, letting 1900. 900 feet OF luni-
bsr ovsr tho falls. A big jam formed at
The bridge. and tho water In the river
rose two inches IN hour until this morn
Ing. The boom ut Lisbon was also car.
risd away.
wHrrE RIVER JUNCTION, w., May IL.
ALI the low lands and meadows north
Of here to Barnert are under water.
Wrecks Of buildings, wool, hay, etc.,
are constantly passing down. The toll.
at Pisrmont was swept away last
night. The water 10 mp 10 the chords OF
The bridge at Fairles. The depot at
Bradford is surrounded by water and
several buildings noar by are flooded.
The bridge bstween West Lebanon and
Hartford In in q weak condition. No
trains have arrived from Newport since
night. Several miles Of the
and 2. railroad track between Brad.
ford and Nswbury are three feet under
Coasrsss Yesterday.
WASHINGTON. May l2.-In tho Senate
Today Sargent presented q petition OF
The citizens Of California relative TO the
Pacific Railroad. No other bu-
Of importance was transacted be-
lore the adjournment, which was to
Monday next.
Tho entire session OF the House was
10 a discussion Of the Post.ofico
Appropriation bill.
Dem Psdrs's asvsments.
PnnApKLrnIA, May 12.-Tho Emper-
Or and Empress Of Brazil and suite.
sixteen persons, left this
morning for St. Louis. After visiting
and the Mammoth Cave the
party ON Thursday will leave for New
Orleans and return 70 Washington by
way OF Mobile, Montgomery and Knox.
ils. The tour will be completed by
to Niagara Falls, Toronto. Mon
real, Quebec, White mountains. Bos-
on. Saratoga, Albany and New York.
MiseeIlaneoua.
Officer Kayssr Of the San Francisco
police arrived In Brooklyn yesterday.
in custody John Hollihan, who
murdered William Russell in the latter
in 1871.
Judge Spisr Of New York has dissolved
he temporary injunction obtained by
Rufus Hatch against Sydney Dillon and
lay Gould. restraining them from taking
my steps tending to tho dissolution Of
no Pacific Mail Steamship Company.
George A. Benedict. n Of the most
sditors Of the West and for
many years connected with the Herald
4 Cleveland. Ohio, died yesterday morn
. long illness.
The London Times Of yesterday has q
congrstulstory editorial on the
Iucsesstul opening Of the American Cen.
snniL Exhibition.