Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-10-24
CALIFORNIA ITEMS.

IAlifu hUiR iIsmSs
Last Sunday a man In the employ OF
Samuel Snead, who was hunting cattle
in the tuls east Of Dixon. found the
skelston Of a human body. near which
were also discovered a pistol. knife and
several other objects. From these the
remains were soon identified as those OF
Sslig Ettlinger. a brother OF Ben. Ill
tlipgsr. and a fine young mai who un.
happily became insane and wandered
away from home here and was lost IN
the month Of February. 1874. all pre-.
vious attempts to discover the place aud
manner OF his death having failed. The
remains had been Submerged at tho time
Of very high water since the unfortunate
man persisted. and only the moro indie
structibls portions remained. such as
we're recovered have been sent to Nan
Francisco for internent.
On Sunday. as Mrs. Cook. Of Suffer
vile, was returning home from church,
her horse fell when she was near home,
and she was thrown ont OF her buggy.
alighting upon her head and shoulders
in such a manner that she Was rendered
inssnsibls and her collar bone fractured.
Before shs had recovered sufficiently to
be able TO move. Nick Thielen and Hen
~ Greenwald. who were driving by. dis
covered her and promptly conveyed her
to tho nearest house. where she received
such attention that she presently be-
came as comfortable as could be ex
pected.
In his testimony in the Nineteenth
District Court. San Francisco. yesterday,
in the injunction suit OF Louis A. lm-
haus ct oil. W. A. Roman ct ais, MIR.
Roman testified that he had soil 1919
copies Of '.The Dance OF Life !" that he
had 400 bound copies still ON hand. and
that the sheets for 6OO0 more copies
were still in the hands Of the binders.
lie was ont thus far $500 in the bust
ness. The case was argued and submit
ted. Mrs. DIR. J. Milton Bowers tssti-
fled positively that she had written the
book.
A young man az Sacramento was re-
Gently engaged to DO married to a lady
who was the widow Of his brother. Hell
father. who resides at San Francisco,
proposed to make him a present Of ST.
900 ON the happy occasion, but the
graceless fellow drew 5000 Of the
money and a few days aeo quietly took
his departure from ably
for sons point in Nevada. Doubtless n
fortunate escape for the young roman.
A Pstaluma dispatch Of Sunday says I:
This morning about 4 o'clock n shoot.
ing ARRAY occurred in q China house, in
which Constable Frank Abel aud n
Chinaman were dangerously wounded.
zach receiving two shots. Among the
many rumors ailoat, the most plausible
explanation is that the officer was called
in to quell n disturbance and found 1t
necessary to use violence. No other
white man was present. The condition
Of Abel is very Precarious.
About Si5 1000 worth Of gold dust per
week Is sent down to tho mint from the
Lava Beds. This is taken out by China
men. About this rate has been taken
out all Summer. Sixty thousand dol
lars per month II q pretty good sum to
be taken out Of diggings that white men
refuse to work or have anything to do
with.
Last Tuesday night some daring fsl.
low, without the fear Of the law before
his eyes, broke intqunder Sheriff Welch's
room at the Jail, Orovills. and stole the
blankets off the bed. II was probably
done about q o'clock in the evening.
while all the officers were at their sup.
per.
The earnings Of tho North Pacific
Coast Railroad for the five months end
iag September 30th aggregated $780,
O39 GO. and the expenses were Sll0,
437 %, leaving q balance Of net earn
ings Of S5i.GO. "a. The road has not
enough rolling stock to do its business.
ALos Angeles dispatch Of yesterday
says: A meeting Of the Junta Patriotica
De Juarex u this city was held yester-
day. for the purpose Of raising funds to
assist the Republic OF Mexico in pay
ing its debt TO the citizens Of the United
States.
Al Anaheim = ifty.mile mustang race
will take place in November. The rival
horses are owned by DR.. Wise Of Los
Angeles aud Sheriff C%ovarrubias OF
Santa Barbara.
Hugh Lyle. who lived on the south
Fork Of the Cottonwood. was bitten by
a ~raitlssnake. while out hunting on Sat.
uriay. lie died before medical aid could
reach him.
Mrs. Pinney is still testifying in Court
TO lths brutality Of her husband. Ac-
cording to her story the man il unfit to
live.