Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-11
DEATH OF A. N. HlllHuusE.
A Leading Attorney and Citizen
Passes Away.
E.r.ka Ssntinel. D,e.mber ..

Esrska .Ssntinsi, December Q.
1t is with the profoundest sorrow that
We are called upon to chronicle the death
Of Hon. Adelbert Milton Hillhouse. an
old and highly esteemed citizen OF
Eureka and OF Eastern Nevada. He
breathed his last at ll:3O A. ". yester'
day surrounded BY family and friends
He passed away calm and peacefully,
and without apparent pain, having been
unconscious for twenty hours prior to
his death. He had been sick q little
over n week. The pbysicians had
abandoned all hope OF his recovery
three days ago. The immediate cause
Of his death was an abscess in the lower
bowels, terminating in srysipslas and
blood poisoning. His case Is repre-
ssn,ed a. being almost identical with
that which resulted in the death OF
General Cotton OF San Francisco. Every
thing was done for the unfortunate suff-
srer that medical science and skill,
coupled with kind and attentive nursing,
could suggest. but oil to no purpose.
Mr.. Hillhouse was universally re-
spectsd aud beloved for his many noble
traits Of head and heart. and his untime-
iy taking of. in the very prime OF q Wig
orous manhood and q useful life. has
cast q deep gloom over the entire com.
muuity, and awakened q sympathetic
response from all points in the State.
In the death OF A. n. Hillhouse Eureka
and the State lose . true friend and
q prominent. enterprisipg citizen. His
loss cannot be repaired. for there can
never DO another like him. One OF the
brightest ornaments has been plucked
from the legal fraternity OF Nevada. and
Q er~eat.souled. generous gentleman and
devoted friend has gone never to return.
Deceased was born neal Chillicothe.
Ohio. in June. lSil. and was therefore
in his t%hirty-ninth year at the IN OF
| his death. Both Of his parents died
when he was O mere child. He was
mainly reared by IN older brother, still
living. aud q resident OF Burlington,
Iowa. The older brother and beneiac'
tor, who Is the father OF S. ii. Hillhouse
OF Austin, took q lively interest in A.
NJ, and watched his upward career and
great success in life with commend
able pride. 1t is related that the
two brothers had corresponded regu'
larly twice q month with each other
for many years. Judge hillhouss
studied law ut Greenfield. Ohio.
and after completing his education.
practiced for q time in Burlington. Iowa,
before coming to this coast. He reached
Nevada in the hummer Of 1864, settling
at Austin. In 1869 be went with the
rush to White Pine aud finally located
in Eureka in 1872. While q resident oil
Austin he served two terms as City At
torney, discharging every duty incum.
bent upon him with marked ability and
fidelity. He rose rapidly in his chosen
profession. and soon became the nc.
knowlsdged head Of the bar in Eastern
Nevada. For twelve years be had been
associated with most Of the heavy min
ing and other important litigation IN
this section OF the State. His great abil.
| ity a. an attorney also created q demand
for his services in adjoining States and
Territories, whittier he had frequent
calls. He was the Democratic candi.
date for Supreme Judge in 1874, and
two years ago received the vote Of the
Democratic members OF the Legislature
for United States Senator in opposition
to the Hon. j. P. Jones. He was very
popular throughout the State, and nun
bered among his Jealous friends all who
kaew him.
A few days after the death OF W. Il
CLARK, last month. another old citizen,
aud at whose obsequles be ofieiatsd ri
one Of the pail bearers, Mr.. Hillhous'
executed . new will. bequeathing hi
estate to his wife and children. Hi
life was insured for $40. 900 in the New
England Mutual. OF Boston, and only
few days before he was stricken down b,
had spoken to the agent for $1,000
more as q holiday present to his family
Judge Hillhouse leaves Q brother ant
two sisters in the East, q wife and three
children In Eureka. and a nephew. s
N. Hillhouse. in Austin, beside a hos
Of warm personal friends all over thu
Pacific coast. to mourn his loss. HI
family and relatives. both here and else
where. have the sincere sympathy OF thi'
entire community in their sad sffiction