The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-03

me ore as they could carry on horseback.
lhey maze the trip and returned with aoou'
Sixty pounds OF ore which assayed ana 1ound
IL 10 run about $500 in gold and S3ooo In
"iVers Az the end of that week a German VINO
worked Tor me went up 10 Nevada CITY and colo
the story OF the. assay, and a lot OF men-George
Hearst among the number-followed Walsh
ah9 WoodwOrth on the second trip, ana the ex-
cltement then commenced. That was the hrst
test made OF the ore from that property, ana
inc oeads from the assay are now In the mint
I'D Ihis city properly atlested. ComstocK look
OUT tnese samples referred to, and was al tue
Tins Worklng these croppipgs out at ne opn'r
~ erauie.". Prior TO his leaving Engiauu lot
the united States, Mr.. Atwood owneu nurner-
GUS ZINC works in lhe aforementioned country
anu produced more OF that metal IMAM all the
otner works in.the country combined A tariI
was then levied on zinc by Great Britaip.
which was subsequently Withdrawn, and that
actien Hooded the market with zinc from
France and other countries and drove .Mr:
Atwood out OF business.
b. a. Carroll, formerly an Under Sheriff In
New YORK City, who was at the New western
yesterday says that the automatic sailo"s
upon which the murderer JACK Cronin was
nanged In Connecticut recently, ana aDont
which so much has been said In the papers,
simply an improvement upon the Colorado
hydraulic gali0ws," said he, "and was built by
a convict. from Stamford Conn.,, who was an
ingenious mechanic, and who was recently
pardaped. The difference between the Elbows
mentioned and the Colorado machlne lies III
the use OF quantity OF shot In the cy1lnder OF
the FORMER, which Is substituted Tor the ny
draulic features of the latter. weight equal
10 3l2 pounds attached 10 one end oil the rope
and suddenly dropped jerked the victim into
the air with a force equal TO a blow OF that
weight being applied directly TO the neck. The
peculiarity of the galfows lies in the method OF
controlling the:weight. The victim was placed
upon an iron plate TWO feet square and his
weight released a valve at the bottom OF ne
cylinder containing fifty pounds OF shot. Inc
shotthen ran out and after certain quantity
of itt1ad escaped line connection holding the
weight was relieved aud the body shot into the
air."
w. s.. Holt, a prominent Grand Army man OF
Milwaukee, Wis, who was at The Occidental
yesterday, says that the posts In his State are
making particularly strong efforts to secure
the passage by Congress OF the Dill which Tor
bids any person from using the national nag.
either by printing, painting or aff1Alng on SAID
flag, or otherwise attaching to the same, any
advertisement or public display. "The judi
ciary Committee of the House," said Mr..
holt, ITO. which: the bill was referred. agreed
with It's purpose. and believes the enactment OF
the me asure would in no wise prevent or re-
strict the display Of the flag at all times and in
all proper placss In the usual manner, except
as above stated. What we believe. ana the fact
that we have succeeded in convincing the com.
mlrtee OF, is that the national flag should not be
used and displayed for the purpose of proInot-
ing private BUSINESS interests of any kind. We
believe that The bill Will become a law"