Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1872-10-31
STATE ITEMS.

that city and settle in Phoebe.
At the Carson races, Pill-Box beat
Bundle-and-Go. Time: Isl, 1:52, AND
l:51a4.
The Ophir (Virginia) Mining Compa,
nv has levied an assessment of S. pei
share.
E.. F. Bean is now the sole proprietor
of the Virginia Chronicle. John J. Ginr
remains on the editorial staff.
The number of registered voters in
Storey county is 5,007, a little more thar
there was four years ago-at the Pre- ST.
dental election.-G. H. News.
The grading of the road around the
American Flat tunnel has been COM
pleted, and in few days at most the
blockade will be raised.-G H. News.
The Carson Appeal says, the buildings
now being erected in town are going
ahead as fast as possible; in fact, as fast
as material can be had or mechanics OBJ
tanned.
H. C. Johnson has accepted the chal.
lenge from Mr. Adams to run foot race
in this city of one hundred yard heats,
best three in ive.-[ Virginia Enterprise
oath.
The Gold Killers are enjoying an ava
lanehe of spiritualistic lectures. DR.
West, Mrs. Crdge and Mrs. F. 7. Young
are the dispensers of this kind of pabu-
lum.
Wood in Virginia. since the burning of
the American Flat Tunnel, is selling at
S25 per cord, and we doubt not the price
will be considerably advanced before the
road is in running order again Carson
Register, "a.
The new steamer sent East for by
Washoe Engine Company, No. 4, Vir-
ginia, will he shipped on the LIST of No.
vember and sent over the big railroad in
hurry. She is frst-class Button q
Blake machine, and costs $500 G..
II. News.
Gov. Booth and J. P. Jones spoke at
Dayton on the 25th: Gov. Woods at Car
son on the 26th. Col NJ. N Stone adj
dressed the citizens Of Virginia City on
the 26th General Il. NJ. Clarke those of
Genoa on the Goth.
About II O'Clock yesterday, one of the
coache. of the Virginia and Truckee Rail-
road Company, standing on the main
track, caught fire from the heat of the
stove in the rear end. Fortunately, it
was discovered in time by Mr.. Ardery,
who succeeded in subduing the flames.
Damage riAing.-Carson Appeal, 25th.
The supply of water in Gold Hill, as
well as Virginia City, has become very
scarce during the last three or four weeks.
and is likely to be so for while longer,
or until the rising of the springs will give
better supply. Several of the wells
about town have given out.-Gold Hill
News.
Colonel NJ. N. Stone. of Virginia City,
while on his way back from Empire,
whore he had been addressing a Demo
cratic meeting last evening, was stopped
by two hiohwavmen and robbed Of a gold
watch and chain and $50 in coin. He
did not inquire the political proclivitiee
of the foo,pads. H. News.
We learn from the Enterprise That the
work OF erecting the new Odd Fellows
building, on the corner of G and Smitl
streets, is going forward rapidly. AL
ready the building is beginning to as
snme magnificent proportions. Tn,
walls have been laid three stories high
and if the weather continues favorable
in ten days the building will be ready TO,
roofing.
l.. Rhodes, teamster who was in tn,
employ of Flunkhous, hauling lumbe
from General Marlette's mill, north O
Carson, came to his death about
o'clock last evening Ee was about t,
unload, when the binding chain thai
held the lumber in place gave way, anC
nearly the entire load fell from the wag
on. covering and almost instantly killing
the poor unfortunate teamster. Carson
Register, 49,
The business portion of Rowland Fla
was burned on the morning of the 23d a
daylight The fire caught from stow,
in Pat Hanleys hotel Mrs. Hanley and
daughter wee badly burned.
Further particulars of the Howlant
Flat fire says that fifteen buildings wer,
burned, viz; Odd Fellows Hall, Hanley'.
Hotel, Bradley's saloon, Thorpe's, Let
ticks, Reeds and Raymond's dwellings
Grays stable, Graves photographic
gallery, Browns shoe shop, Van d.,
mart,s carpenters shop and the buildings
of Mcfarland II Son were all damaged
--[Virg. Enterprise Gath.
Like Monitor, Belmont, in Nye coun
ty, Nevada, says the Alpine Monitor. has
had its ups and downs, but is, as We
learn from the Commercial Herald, now
in fair way to vindicate the good fame
conceded it when first located. After an
interregnum of four or five years, during
which the mines were left in ideness and
the mills and other costly improvements
made suffered to go to decay, this dis.
tr,ct is teeming with busy life, and will
very soon be brought into the category
OF large producers. We also learn from
the same source that the Columbus Dis.
trict has lately sprung into life and
stands now one Of the most promising
districts in Nevada.
T. A. Washburn, engineer of the Doug.
lass Mill, in Gold Hill, has invented a
safety candlestick, which will be an adj.
equate protection to mines and BOARDING
houses against the possibility of fire
originating from lighted candle. His
invention consists of a common miners
candlestick, to the inside of the handle
of which is attached steel spring, bav.
ing plate which covers the socket of
the candlestick when not in use. When
ever a candle is inserted in the socket.
the plate is pushed aside, but continues