Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-04-15
WESTERN DISPATCHES
Niscellaneous

SAX FRANCISCO. April Is. George
A. Wheeler. the woman stranger. sen.
fenced to DO hanged on Tuesday next.
has aled an appeal in Department II.
The appeal 10 from the order Of the
Court denying defendants motion to set
aside the information; the order Of Court
overruliSg dsfendant's demurrer; the
order denying q new trial; the order dc.
nyins Q motion in arrest OF Judgment;
the order denying q motion for the dis
charge Of defendant, and for the final
Judgment Of conviction rendered.
About noon yesterday. - the steamer
Antsiops, from Pstaluma, was spproach.
ing her berth on the water front, and
when Oh Broadway wharf. abe was run
into BY the steam tug Monarch, which
struck her square on the bow, cutting II
down to the waters edge and entering II
about four feet. The Antelope then ran
to Washington. street wharf In Q leaky
condition. aud . large force OF men was
put on to discharge the freight.
Frank Miller. the frst mate Of the
schooner Stranger. was tried and con.
victed In the United States District
Court on . charge OF beating and wound
ing q seaman named Hans Hansen with
an iron bar an inch think and two feet
long. He was sentenced to four months
imprisonment.
A Chinaman named Wong All Duck,
has been arrested for the murder Of
Wong Duck Hook on February !, 1880,
ON Dupont street. On March IS OF the
same year, Q brother Of the prisoner.
Who was charged Jointly with the muir
der. committed suicide BY hanging him
self in the City Prison. The prisoner
does not understand Why he 10 arrested.
in view OF the fact that n Of his rela.
tivss sacrificed his life on account Of the
murdered man. and that since his
brothers death he has paid 500 to the
relatives Of deceased. on condition thai
he should not DO prosecuted.
MERGED. April l4.-There are three
freight trains and the East.bound over
land train bloekaded here by the wreck
ing OF o freight train about seven miles
south Of this point. A wreckine train
has gone to the scene OF the accident,
but no news has been received yet from
it. There are seven cars Of the track
No damage has been done. except the in
jury to the cars and freight.
SALT LAKE. April l5.-The Denver
and Rio Grands has contracted for l6(
miles Of road in Utah. aud IL now grad
ing the track below this city and In Sa
lima Pass. Lots have been secured il
Salt Lake for . depot and other building
and 1t 10 anticipated that connection vii
be made With Denver next spring.
Arrangements are now being made II
the East with Q view to the extension o
the Utah Western narrow-Rauge int
Nevada. and thence to San Francisco
Thirty-six miles Of this road are alresd!
completed from Salt Lake to Stockton
Utah. This Territory is now In th'
midst Of . lively railroad and mining
boom.
VICTORIA, B. c., April" 14.-Dunsmui
& Digsles' tug Alexander. said to be thu
most powerful on the Pacific waters
made . sati sfsctory trial trip yesterday
The barks Lizzie Ifedals and Signe
have sailed for Portland to load whea
for England. The Sigpet. . wooden
vessel, gets Sos. The bark Odulia. nov
in port. has refused S7s. Cd. for tn
above charter.
The city and wharves present an ami
mated scene Of activity. reminding on
Of the early gold days. Large number
Of men and great quantities OF supple
are being forwarded to the csnneries ant
railway works.