Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-12-28

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COAST nAAss rePor' 'h IsisAon
Of the Huron, showing hal Ivan oNeiil'
. fisherman OF Mays Heads. discovered the
Huron coming on shore at l:S0 O'Clock on
the morning the disaster occurred. She
drifted and pounded along the outer edge
/ Of the bar and finally struck broadside on
IL, He heard shouts and screams on board
the stranded vessel /; saw rockets SO up,
followed by burning signals from end 70
end. 20 that even the light rigging and
men could be plainly seen. A boat on
the starboard side. full Of men. disap'
pearsd when the foremost fell. TIT
shouting and screaming continued,
and In about an hour and = quarter
after he first discovered the ship the sig
ns,iinG sessed anu ~ ~. 49,;
.,J ~, not rc,nrn m The wreck I'M sfter
sunrise. lie knew where the keeper Of
the life saving station lived only Two sho
IT, m,ra ~ 90 snJ return inside Of Roam.
oke Island. and vet he remained silent and
Indifferent for three hours. The report
concludes : Z" It Is shocking 10 record that
ont Of ninety-one bodies found. abou,
twelve Of whom we're officers. not . single
trinket. such ~ would be deemed . relic
by tho relatives Of tho dead. was found on
the bodies. Watches and chains. money.
and even finger rings. had been stripped
on by thoso who trst found the bodies a
they washed up. GOOD evidence OF THIS u
found In the case Of Lieutenant Simonus,
whose third and fourth hngers OF his left
hand had been scratched and gouged by
the body robbers In their haste TO secure
their ~ill.gotten goods"
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WASHINGTON, December T.-The Post'
Ofico Department to-day issued orders
increasing tho mail service between Fort
Worth. Texas, and Fort Coneho. New
Ae,ieo, from SIX nmes Wen %a
n.. Tbs nrr,cpt service. which costs
$4,000 per year, corresponds precisely
With the number OF malls that are con.
ynyed BY the Texas racine isaiirosd 70 u
from Fort Worth. and some curiosity IL
expressed, both In regard 70 the necessi,
" for This increased inland service anu
~ to much OF the recent haii mi,iioh
appropriation will be LETT Tor mo establish
ment OF an entirely new service whsre
mail facilities arc urgently needed, II sucn
large portions continue To be Distributed
TO swell tho profits OF old contractors
The department Intends 10 nave inc mAiIs
carried between Fort worth anu una,
Caliiornia, under o conuae. uurins .no
Nv, Th:ra arc tonr contrsr,s. one OF
which extends from Mesilla, New Mexico,
to San Diego. ~ present. The pay for ser
vice between Fort Worth and Yuma agsfe-
49, $1,000 ~ ~ pS n.m non,,.s a' [,.ani,ss ,bs,
ZACH lid shall be accompanied by a bond
for $3.50, 900 and a certified check for &c..
| 600 a security against failure to execute
the contract and commence service. Bid.
! dsrs for this routs are therefore not likely
10 be very numerous.
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FARxviLLE. Va, Dec. ia shocking
tragedy occurred here here to-day. Colonel
william Randolph Berkeley, an eminent
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once eonVsrs'ns VII" n".e' mum
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c.,nns, Rorts,.x 90, mn 10 .nswer IN On
opeuIng the dsor a shot was fred from
without. and the Colonel fell back with q