Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-02-03
LATE TELEsRAMs.
EAarERN ".
A rsrrine wind-sssrm naging in
b East.

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NEW Yolx, Feb. "A heavy gale
prevails here to-day and telsgraphio
communication north and south In
In many plnces. In this city
.ipns, hats and wells are flying freely
through the air. Dispatches from out
side report the carrying away OF signs
and steeples.
In Washington the f~isrccst Of the
blasts frightsned many persons who
sought security IN the lower looms OF
their dwellings. The tower OF the
Methodist Church is several feet out OF
perpendicular and great crowds in the
nsivhborhood ars awaiting its fall.
In Philadelphia much damage has
ham done al the Centennial grounds.
The tower OF Agricultural Hall and the
New York State building are consider
ABLY damaged. A thrss-story frame
structurs ON the corner Of llst street and
Elm avenue and q one-story brick build.
ing at the corner OF l3d and Lancaster
streets were blown down. The tin roof
Of the Trans Continental Hotel near the
Centennial grounds was partly carried
away, ~ WAS the roof OF the Farmers
Market.
In Camden the roofs Of six houses ON
9Th street we're blown q distance OF ~
feet.
The heaviest storm Of this winter Ia
raging In the neighborhood OF Rutland.
Vermont. The snow Is drifting and
badly delaying trains.
Al Whitehall and Saratoga the storm
10 reported ss fearful. tho telegraph
wires working badly.
A Montreal (Canada) dispatch says q
| foot OF snow has fallen since. last night.
In Providence. Rhode Island. the gale
was very heavy this afternoon. One Of
the spirss on the tower Of Grace Church
vas blown down. H eUr $50 rHU u
In woonsocket . new brick French
Catholic Church, nearly finished, was
blown down level with the basement
wall.
In New York there II no abatement oil
the storm, which has swept from the
bay and rivers every description OF sail
ing craft. Al the office Of the United
States signal service In this city. the
rate Of wind was reported at CO miles an
hour.
This morning. In Brooklyn. . row oil
private residences were unroofsd.
Dispatches from the interior OF thii
State, east and west OF Halifax and st,
John. state that the storm has been the
ssversst Of the season. Many buildings
were blown down. q large number un'
rooted, and stssplss and chiuneys de-
molishsd. The damage at Baltimore u
estimated at $40, 900. Great damage ID
reported to shipping all along the coast,
DErRorr, Feb. IA terrific storm ol
wind and snow swept over the State lasl
night. and this morning Is the coolest Of
the season.
Paeine Railroad schemes,
WASHINGTON. February 2.-Nr. Storm
appeared to-day before the House Con
mittes on Pacific Railroads in behalf o.
the Southern Pacific Railroad Of Cal
ifornia, combining himself to the Law
points involved. Colonel Scott sait
that IL tho Southern Pacific road woult
open . limo between Fort Yuma and Sar
Gorgonia Pass to the Texas Pacific ant
let Congress control rates on that por
ton Of the road the Texas Pacific woult
use il and build no parallel line. Mr.
Huntington agreed TO this and said b
would do 90 on all the Southern Pacific
roads II allowed TO build east and Il
meet the Texas Pacific. Mr.. RedAelt
OF Arkansas. appeared on behalf Of thu
Little Rock, Mississippi and Texas Rail
roads, asking that sevsnty.hve mile'
should be included In the bill. Secro
tary Vanguard Of New York. appeared
for the st. Louis. Iron Mountain ant
Southern Railroads andprotested against
the proposed aid to the Memphis branch,
stating that his road was ready TO carry
to and from Memphis at the most rsa'
sonabls rates and furnish every facility,
The committee will hear moro oral ar'
gumsnts.
a Desperate Dies with his Boots On,
FoRr Scorr. Kan. Feb. 2.-0n Mon
day evening at Appleton, a small town
twelve miles from this city. during an
alteration In . blacksmith shop be.
tween two brothers named Samuel and
Fayetts Harvey. and . Desperate nam
| ed Davis, Davis drew . revolver on Sam
usl Harvey, threatening to shoot him,
when Fayette going stsalthily behind
Davis, seized q hammer and struck him
q blow on the head. killing him instant
Iv n.vi. fall 9TH his heal In tha