Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-08-21
NEVADA ITEMS.

The Battle Mountain Messenger oi Sat.
urday relates the following /: James
Dunphy and Henry Cornwall went cut
TO William Dunphy's ranch q few days
since to enjoy o hunt and fsh. The day
after getting there James went down to
the river to take . 1sh. and after some
little time Henry got Ion son and
started to hunt him. James returned
In the evening but had not seen him.
Henry got lost In the hills and wandered
over considerable country In search OF
water, and slept that night In the sage
brush. The coyotes annoyed him n
great deal and he was compelled to get
up several times 10 stone them away.
The next day he was very weak. hungry
and thirsty. lie would sit down . few
moments 10 rest and then start on again
to hunt for water, following trails and
rambling around. When found no was
in sight OF the house. but too near sx.
hausted to get there. His throat was
parchsd, Al his tongue protruding from
his mouth. aud very much swollen. and
80 near exhausted that had he been
found two hours later II would have
been next to impossible to have saved
him. IIo was put on n horse and car
risd 10 the house. and frst given q very
little wator. which IL was very difficult
20 swallow. lie was for two days AMI
nights without water or food Of any
kind. lie ,ays he must have been era.
| w, for ls does not remember what he
did or where he went toward the last.
lilo has almost entirely recovered. though
he still has q strange. dignity feeling
about the head.
Recently when Bishop W. OF Nevada
visited Tybo. the services were held In u
hall. which adjoins q place where thu
growls Of the tiger nrs constantly heard.
Just US the reverend gentleman had
finished all impressive prayer. and In
the silence which always follows IN or.
ison. in pious congregations, and before
Amen could bs said, q loud voice
from the adjoining apartment shouted
solemnly. "keno." A smile am over
the faces Of the pious, and the worthy
Bishop did his best to preserve his sqnil.
ibrium.
The Ward Refer says: We learn
tom J. NJ. Bozarth that prospecting
has been renewed for placer claims about
five miles TO the EAST OF 0sceola. with
fair prospects Of striking something.
A shaft is ut present being sunk through
gravel, which has reached u depth Of
twenty feet. aud colors found almost tho
entire distance. lie says they take out
three buckets Of water to one Of dirt.
and, on reaching bedrock. thinks they
will have water enough for all purposes.
provided they have any use for II.
Tho prisoners charged with tho muir.
der " Benjamin Holland. at the Maopi
Indian Reservation. In June last. wtro
brought before the United States Grand
Jury in Carson yesterday. and two BILLS
for murder were found against them.
They srs ordered to plead IN tho United
States Co.rt ON the 27th instant. The
names Of the prisoners are c. A. New
man. William Dean. Isaac McManus
and Jerry Sloan.
Eureka is thronged with unemployed
men. They saunisr MP and down tho
streets, haunt the Dirtrict and Justices
~conrt.rooms, lounge around the fur.
nacss, or gather Ia groups and discuss
the situation. The majority OF them
are strangers, who have smigrated from
camps south Of town aud sought Eureka
Us the most availablsi point to procure
work.