Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-09-27
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

The Burlington (vt.) Fee Pres says ;
At Essex Junction yesterday. q young
apple peddlsr, O boy Of twelve years,
son Of George Chase. switchman at the
station. sold an apple TO a man In a car.
As the boy handed IL mp to the purchas-
or, the man, reaching down through the
car window. caught the boys wrist, II Is
supposed in fun. and lifted him from
the ground. The car was then in mo.
ton, and when released the lad fell with
enc foot upon the rail under the car.
the wheels OF which passed over and
crushed his foot and ankle. Physicians
were sent for. and a~mputatsd tho leg
nine inches above the ankle joint. Who
the passenger was whose reckless and
criminal act thus resulted In crippling
for LIE = promising lad Is not known.
While several Of Major Jones' rangers
were passing through Round Rock. on
their way to Austin. Texas, recently.
they were accostsd by n man who said
be would ~personats O desperate named
Owens, for whom the rangers had var
rant. just to see what they would do.
Nevil. who had charge OF the party, re-
piled that he would take Ovens person.
ator along; a II was probable he would
answer the purpose as well. On arriv-
ing at Austin Il was found that the man
was Owens himself. who had brought
about his arrest by his own hardihood.
A landlord In Day City. Michigan. has
some tenants In one OF his houses which
be wishes to get rid Of. but just how to
accomplish that object 10 what puzzles
him. He has ordered them out. but
they will not depart; he has taken oil
the doors and taken out the windows.
and still they tarry ; and as q last resort
he set fire to the house. 50 rumor says.
but they sxtinguished the incipient con-
f~iagration and still abide in the house.
Ten Texan cattle breeders nlone own
l,O25, 900 cattle. besides horses and
mules. aud havo 0S3.000 asres OF in
closed pssturage. In 1870 the statistics
showed that the State contained 49,
605 horses, 1882 mules and asses,
AS. 05S mich cows. l32. 400 oxen. anil
2.933.0i5 other cattle or for all tho
owners la the State. only 2.469. 900
more than are nov owned by ton men
alone.
Theirs was always known A. o skep-
tic; but no left behind him q paper.
containing q number Of detached refec.
tons on his own life and on politics.
In It he sets out by observing that for
some years past. be has thought much
about religion. aud Inns become convinc-
Ell that II IL the basis OF every organized
society. He will. therefore. die believ-
ing in o God. q and eternal, the Gro
ator Of all things, whose mercy he i'm.
plores for his soul.
Statistics show that the number Of
suicides In Italy il far greater than In
ether countries. During last year that
country enumerated 1.4S7, against 400
In England. csc in Prussia. lG5 In Ba-
varia, 783 In Austria. l20 In Sweden
and % in Belgium. Even France fell
much short OF Italy In the number OF
her people voluntarily rssigning life.
Sicily. Of all italian provinces, was tho
most prolific In suicides.
A Maine girl left her clothing In ali
open boat In order to frightsn her par.
ents. who opposed her marriage to Jake.
They found the clothes and took them
home. She hal TO stay in tho woods
until II got dark. and then she went
home, clothed in q pockst.handker.
chief and bushes. She says 1t was u
Maine trick.
Paris has IL that James Gordon Ben
nett has found q new love over the Seas,
and his fianceo Is declared TO be n
fronch woman. u resident Of the Fan
bourg St. German. owning the blood OF
tho old noblssss. The future Mrs. Ben
nett, II Is asserted, cannot speak n word
Of English. but no ran speak French
fluently.
A workman in the piano factory
which was burned In New York the
other day. says: III wo had had four
pals Of water. We could have put ont
the fire: but the pump wanted repair.
ing for over q year and there was no
water to be got"
m. .ao.t.t f.vae has ,nala TIA amman.