Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1872-10-10
NEWS ITEMS.

mediate prospecting of Northern Utah.
The Catholic fair at Eureka has been
very successful; SO says the Sentinel.
The corner stone of the new Masonic
Hall at Reno was laid on the 18th inst.
The new furnace of the Phoenix COM
pany at Eureka, has just been fired. 1t
will smelt so tons of ore per day.
The miners of Dry Canyon, Utah,
have christened their settlement with the
name of Monoville.
Two steamships are being constructed
in England to ply between that country
and France.
H. Crandall. the Republican candidate
for Treasurer in Storey county, has with
drawn. E. Nye has been nominated in
his stead.
A correspondent of the Arizona Miner
speaks in most encouraging terms of the
prospects of Hualapai district.
Many marine disasters occurred on
Lake Huron during the late storm in that
region.
The Alps are to be pierced with tun-
mel, which will be nine miles long and is
to cost $40, 100000.
1t is reported that Gen. w. T. Sher-
man will take up his residence in Port
land, Oregon.
The Emma mine in Cottonwood Can
yon is producing 100 tons of ore per
day.
San Francisco is now rejoicing in the
performance of two superior opera
troups.
The Utah Territorial fair is said by
the Salt Lake papers to be quite sue
cess.
The proceeds of the labor of the State
Prison convicts for the month Of Sept
amounted to $619,93.
A large quantity of mill and hosting
machinery has been shipped from San
Francisco for Silver Mountain district.
The State Register says that the bust.
est time in Csrson City is after night
fall, and intimates that during the day
it is dull indeed.
The total coinage ut the San Francisco
Branch Mint last month was 81 ,264, 500.
The coinage of silver dollars was novel
feature.
The Pacific States of Mexico are
blessed with profusion of copper dol
lars, worth in intrinsic value just ten
cents.
The jury in the Fair case are busy
defending their verdict and it takes all
their time without achieving much of g
success.
The Ingersoll power drill is being
used at the Highland Chief mine. Big
| Cottonwood. 1t is claimed that it will
| do the work of six men.
Thos. A. Seaton has withdrawn as G
! candidate for the Assembly from Lander
county. Thos. j. Tenant will take Mr.
Seaton's place on the Republican ticket
From an article in the New Yorl
| Times it appears that as class the
seamstresses of New York are in {
wretched condition, earning only N
average of So per week.
The most suspicious matter connected
with the diamond excitement is that thu
Arizona papers, which would seem mos
likely to encourage the movement, ap
pear to ridicule the whole affair.
Medical practitioners in Salt Lake
City are required by the city ordinance.
to undergo a professional examination
and procure Certificate of competency
before they are allowed to practice medi
cine in that city.
Adela Castro, young lady who started
from Oakland for Austin has not beer
heard of, and her friends are in much
distress about her. Any information
concerning her will be thankfully re
ceived by N. Barovich, Austin.
An unfortunate American girl recently
committed suicide in London. She was
without money or friends, and in des
pair ended her life before she was twenty
years old. Her name was Alice Blanch,
Oswald.
The New York straight ont Democrat,
State Convention recently held at Albany
numbered Just 81. The GRANTEES hat
better remember Voorhees, advice 'tha
if they wanted to vote for Grant they haC
better do so without holding any tom
fool convention"
An undertaking is projected to suppl,
San Francisco, and intervening country
with water from the Blue Lakes, situated
in Alpine county, ten miles from Silvel
Mountain. In come ction with tn,
water project is that of a narrow guagt
railroad, an undertaking of great import
ance to the people of the eastern slop,
Of the mountains.