Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-07-29

HURT IN IWt bfuih.- ttsI'Iuat iuIt
noon about half.hasi 10 O'Clock. Alderman
Comsioci. foreman Of the 0phir mine,
walked into the iC00-iooi level Of the mine
Just ~ the fuse leading to y blast had been
lighted. No notice was given to Mr..
Comstock ss he went along unsuspicious
Of danger. ana ia wa iuii upon the liz
zing fuse before he saw the situation. lie
Turned aud daItel down the drift, but be-
fore he had put . dozen feei between him.
self aud the blast u exploded. Strange 70
say he was not seriously injured, although
a good deal stunned. Ills principal hurt
was behind the right knee, where q dying
rock struck him. He was also bit on the
left shoulder blade and on the back Of the
neck. He has since been confined IN his
bed, but will BE- all right o
HorfL ACCOMMODATIONS. Nicholas and
Joseph Bawien. q long aud favorAbly
known In connection with the Washington
House. on the Divide. have Leased al.o the
0olden Eagle Hotel. Main street, lower
Gold Hill. and will run both these favor.
ite hotels In hrst-clsss style. They sci the
best tables the resources Of the country
and the markets will allow Of. and every.
thing Is cooked and served in the most ac-
ceptable style. none but white cooks being
employed. Plenty of excellent, we'll fur
nishej rooms ut both hotels, and ihf mgst
reasonable rates charged Tor either l,oaid
or lodgings, Reed the advertisement In
anoihe, oolumn to-day,
QrIoK woRE.-Mr. Connin the eonirac-
tor. will finish the foundation walls u the
new Masonic building tpnight. He has
been al work Just one month. aud In that
space has laid two granite walls twenty
feet deep by ninety-,ight feet long. and
two cross walls thirty i've feet in length.
The tooi-wall IL six feet broad, and the main
wall starts 81 three fesi fanr inches, tsRer.
INK To two feet al The ion. The corner
stone will be laid on Wednesday next.
1r il better for a man To walk NJ the
hill than get into the bus for Virginia. II
he happens To b" the only passenger-a
rare but distressing occurrence. The
driver stops every few yards IN make q
sarcastic remark al You through the hole
III TIT INDls utu NV NTNuiS W. hfbtN ybu
responsible for the emptiness Of his COM
Portable vehicle. Don't offer him q trade
dollar under these circumstances, II you
don't want To bc found n mangled corpse
by the roadside.
vi-Irons PROM Extraordinarily al.
ternoon the California and Consolidated
Virginia mines were visited by a party
composed of 8. A. Kent, President 81 the
Chicago Corn Exchange. II. Powers. com.
mission merchant, Colonel u. q. Mutt and
Master Harry Mutt. all Of Chicago. To
dsy Mr.. aud Mrs. Powers callel al the
Niws office. aud after going through the
establishment. visited the Rhode Island
mill and other places 81 interest In dold
Hill.
A PLlarr-S PRrlpER.-A colored team.
s,er was hired to convey to tho County
Hospital the. three smallpox patients
found in Virginia during the week. This
COURAGEOUS African seems IN think that
everybody Is ~ indifferent TO danger a.
himself; for he goes about Virginia with
that pcst-tsipted wagon ~ bis. hauling oil
sorts Of goods for unsuspectipg people.
He should be suppressed,
ANOTHER excursion party will ascend
Mount Davidson tomorrow from the Gold
Hill side. II IL sleeper and more difficult
Than by way VI the canyon leading up
from Virginia City. hut the boys and girls
Of Slippery uulch are equal TO the task.
and are guaranteed 10 make the summit
In less time than any party starting stimuli.
~ianeously from the Virginia City side OF
the mountain.
OFFICERS ELrcr. Al the animal meeting
o. the stockholders Of the Dayton Mining
Company. held at San Francisco day
before yesterday. a. \. i, Mtrmop lPresf-
deht.l ". $. Hobart. b. peart lfice-Presi-
DENT Martin White and Charles 7.
Bridge were elected Trustees. VI. T.
Dean was chosen Secretary, aud N. Cana
van, superintendent.