THE INANGAHU DISTRICT.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1280, 5 September 1872, Page 2

THE INANGAHU DIST RICT.

j [FROM-»'di^bwlr ebRUBSPO^irENT.] j...i Y.'\ '-■) "'U>-A. a^FW'i^ptoSo- -| The Costello mystery remains still rihl jsolved,; thotigh ra ifurtherstepfhas; been .taken towards olearingdtup^ and in a fewhours probablythe real' truth will be dis^ r ■covered; A-man 'named- Charles Sibree£ jbetter 'known' as' Yankee' Charley". has' : been arrest^i and "charged with murder^ ing I,th1 ,the v toissiug i .'man''l;hom^s jCbs^eilp, T 1 The' iaocuse^-was .brought before the Rey sident'* 1 Magistrate,*, yiesterday,: and ! ;-rer. marLd£d.-tiiLioAmbu:cuv_(.Wedne3day.)^by. which time th,e ( naan Yorkey n who ha"a already made I ' so* maiiy contradictory statements, be brought up frpm "NVestpdrt. Hft 1 latest story: .Ulthat he'J^lped 5 Bibrle to bury Costello's 1 body after the niurabr had been committed, and, he alleges that he will point out' tbe^spot. If'hedoe3 so, there .pan- jbe \ little .doubt jqf the guilb of? the accused, but it. is very questionable whether] fthia, isi .not /another : delusion or deliberate fa,lse, ; statement. , There are certain othir'circumstaiices that give some kind, of icolof ;to ; -the story, one of .'.which, is ftliat '.clogs h'aye be,en liangingj about Sibree's hut, and not be driven away.-.iASf'may he imagined*- the' public arej considerably, excited >' on' theT subject, and the case has created the greatest interests if '" '■ I -; n ' :: ' ;> •-■' '■'•-" For some unexplained reason or other, a complete Roper River rush is setting in, though on what possible ground it" is hard to say. So . it is, hpweyer, ; and a yery large number of; miners are leaving the district to try their fortunes vin. the new El. Dorado. , t What is the worst part.of it is that amongst them are many of the most valuable class, of diggers men who have saved a few-pounds, and 'could afford to prospect or open up new ground. Distance seems to lend enchantment to the view in this case, and a fair stampede is setting in. Once there, too, it will be impossible for. many to get back, and, with the summer approaching, , it will go 1

*.•' i \'.^~~ _.-.r, ■<.'• hard with many there is too great cause tb fear. \ 'I ' ', v \ \ The lat(3ly-appoijited medical man, Dr yßiiilmer,! liasv arrived and took formal to-day. Apropos hi the hospitaij'the neglect of the Nelson Government in this respect is inhuman and scandalous. The building is just JJ^yJLOft^nd^^ that'serves as a T ward'for the patients, quarterflffur r t<be ( yi»f dsm^p, /the jkii^hen, cook-house and all. Very recently there ..were.4lu:ee-patients in^hw^denj-^iMf-of whom— a poor fellqWjnamed Fitzgeralddied on Sunday lirtt'.- The place is so crowded that the patients almost touch each other, and^fthtst|a-Bcreen or a»ight else to hide the^d|ingja§onies from either patient, and fia>aiyl|iiyin^ the wardsman room to get round the beds. The. com•tnittee are most' active -and piinstaKing, but they meet with no 'encouragement from the Government,' who ' have . only cbhtril?tited lilOO to the institution since it has been -opened. The, whole of the balance has been furnished either by private subscriptions' or "by the pro^eejds of entertainments given in aid: '' :'' '' : ""'" .1 The- weather has taken ;Wtf/agreeable change for the better; arid something like spring has set in. The^rcjads .have benefited grieatjy ' k in \ consequence,, ; '^pd ' t the mud of a week ' ago has' preuy well disappeared. Should this, continua,, the road to Square Town r will, lajjlj bq much the longer,*' and the 'prophecies; of : evil may not be fulfilled. ' • '"- ' ' !> A" mseting was~*held: la^t .(Monday) riightij'at Barkei!i(;Hbtei,' t c P^il 0 *? of establishing : a' Jpckey plubj au&makrag arrarigemenfe -for 'ra^ t there,4ii.npgi(the coming season. i A gqod many attended, iattcT'it' was 'rCB^Ved td 7 es^attjsi|i tK^;clu.b f offfijrithy spi^e" t^elye ! r b^' f qurj^e^ intl,mStirig their' liitentipiibf , Jbecpfli^ mg raemr bers. The subscription ' was fixed a£ 1)3 3s yearly, ( ,and; r all desiring,; tq u ;become members must tlo so during the present nfontK. ..'lPwaj Slsba^ifeed 'to? communicate with MfEocnfortf the proprietor of JfoneL *t; Fern Flat,., f that, . :^ ; peculiirly adapted for a race-course^; with* Tittw^to making terms for its use. Th^^is a chance of the tramway to BlacOKgint f be'irig r^^scitaUd^teMll. . Al^av^bbn't one-half of the necesaary capital has been bubscribed, x <and tKerff iff every p'rospectiof the balancebe'ing^gb^'withSot' difficulty. This w,ork wiE sbe a; great convenience if completed, and after hanging fire, so long it 13 to* be hoped that it will be finished at last. In mining niatters t^re is not much Btirring, but c tKer«i'ate .authenticated reports of a littre^SfnlldcVnkin the alluvial at .Soldier's and at Devil's Creek,, ..At f the former place one party havierb^eh 1 particularly successful, and at -the latter a few have had no cause to cpmplaiu'of illfortune. The Ajax crushing is proceeding with every prospect of good' resultt/ a^d the Westland Company's plant is-abtfu>to crush, for. the Ingle woo.cL at L 2 njarfon I am irifofmed." The' stone' beih^ got from the Just in Time, at Boatman's, is exceedingly promising, arid-It is saio! that some Charleston speculators are making strong efforts to purchase 1 a cposiderdble' interest in this unquestionably rich claim. Some very good alluvial ground has been opened at Burkes Creek, Boatman's, and a nice little parcel of about 250z was got there a few weeks ago. 1 'It -is^reported that a nugget of about Goz was ; lately ob^ tamed in this district, but' l cannot trace its correctness. The fl lnviKbie,'Nb. 1 south, Anderson's line, aW^Mwng^'capitai stone, and will crnsh- < »'l < A'nders6n'srf'The, reefs generally are lppki#g) wel), and conI fidence is being, rabidly t restored. In rei ferring to the carriage of ?he machinery for the IJuited.Ba.nd o,f j Happijnf^my last I letter, T made an error. It should have been ; fpr .the ßand of -Hope,] / OT i) i isrr