Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-03-13

awarding bids for mail contracts. No
bid will bs entertained unless ACCOM-
panied either by q guarantee Of personal
performances Of service by the bidder or
by a sworn copy Of the contract under
which the service Is to b performed by
o third party. This means death 70
straw bidders.
The Asnate Idle.
WASHINGTON. March i3.-Senster Nor
ton, Chairman Of the P~rivilsgs.and Elcc-
ton Committee, says tho majority report
Of the committee In Kellogs's case will
not be presented to the Senate to-day.
Tho reason for the delay Is supposed TO
be that owing to the absence Of Rspubli-
can Senators the Democrats constitute
nearly a majority. There 10 other bust.
ness ready for action by the Senate,
which will now have TO await nomina-
tons or executive business.
Mail Natter Destroyed.
TOLEDO. Ohio. March l3.-By = COL
lision on the Buffalo and Chicago rail-
road on the 9Th instant. the postal cars.
containing 10000 ordinary and 500 reg
istered letters, were destroyed. including
registered matter mailed In Ban Fran.
cisco on the evening Of the I'd and morn
ing OF the 81. There was nc ordinary
mail from San Francisco on the train.
Preparing For Service Reform
WASHINGTON. March IL. - General
Gaylord Of the Interior Department has
resigned. It Is understood that at the
Cabinet meeting to-day . committee Of
two members. Evarts and sohurz, was
appointed to franc civil service rules
for adoption by the different depart
ments. II Ii not certain that q session
will DO held before Wednesday evening.
A Democratic Collector Of Customs.
CHICAGO. March l2.-Au Inter 0oean's
Washington special says, Ex-Governor
Aiken OF South Carolina, IN old Wing
who has been acting with the Democrats
for n few years. will be made Collector
Of Customs at Charleston, as another
olive branch to tho old Wing element Of
the South.
vasdsrbiIs's Miiiisns Taken sut 81
Court.
NEw York, March l3.-The contest
ants OF Commodore vandsrbiltis will
have Withdrawn their objections to the
probate. William II. Vanderbilt ar.
ranged matters before the Court opened.
Among counsel were Secretary Evarts.
Judge Matthews, J. b. Black and d. d.
Field.
Horrible Crime Of y Msniae.
TOLEDO, o.. March ls.-This morn.
ing Mitchell Msrriman, Of Rock Creek.
and a former inmate Of the insane
asylum. shot n son. aged IS, fatally
wounding him. and another son, aged
10. probably fatally. and then killed
himself.
Daiumsrs Itsms.
BALrrMonK, March l3.-The ware.
house occupied by ". d. schurtz & Go.
and Jesse Lazar & Co. was burned this
morning.
Gen. Bsbcock. late private secretary
Of President Grant, mas takon charge Of
the Lighthouse District, to which be
was assigned Al Major Of Engineers.
Good News far tho Pennsylvania
Misers.
SCRANTON, Pa, March l2.-The prin'
cipal coal companies operating In this
valley will resume work on full time at
all their mines On Thursday next. They
have been more than half idle for many
months.
MiseellAneous.
NEW YoRx. March l3.-An Atlanta.
Gsorgia, dispatch reports . tornado In
TINT vicinity causing much damage and
tho loss OF two lives.
Dispatches predict Republican sue
ccsses In tho New Hampshire election
to-day. The weather Ia stormy. and
small hopes Of a full vote.
Another report Is to the effect that
Grant will DO given q mission 70 Eng
land.
NEw YoRx, March l3.-Judgo Law
n has overrulsd all points raised for
Joe Goss, the prize fighter. on habeas
corpus, except that relating to identity.
and on this point reference Is ordered.
Not an American vessel OF any de-
scription cleared for the ports In Eng.
land, Ireland or Scotland from New
York during the month Of February.
The losses OF American ships have been
so great this Winter that the ship yaris
Of New England NJ looking forward to
a busy year. especially those which
build wooden vessels Of the bsst class.