Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1872-11-06

is experienced in finding wagon strong
enough TO transport it to its destination.
IVA. Enterprise, 30th.
John Ludwig, Superintendent OF the
copper mine in Mason Valley, ESmeralda
county, was in this city last night, and
says that politically Ludwig thinks) E'-
merada is nip and tuck" the main
fight being there as everywhere else IN
the State, on the Legislative ticket.-lVa.
Chronicle, 30th.
Wood is very scarce in Reno just now,
In fact it is simply impossible to get any
and there is no likelihood of getting any
for two or three weeks. the railroad
company having Withdrawn all the cars
used for that purpose in this county to
the w. P. R. r. SO that they can haul
the grain Of the farmers of the San
Joaquin valley to tide water.-lReno
Crescent.
A movement has been inaugurvted in
this city to raise liberal purses for three
DAYS racing over the Virginia Course
the races to come off shortly after cleo
ton. From the encouragement met with
Yesterday and to-day, it is believed that
from 81, 500 to $4,000 can be raised in
few DAYS. The Intention is to offer purses
for runners and trotters.- Va. Chroni-
Gle, 30th.
There is said to be considerable excite
ment among the people residing at Sara
toga, Cal, over reported discoveries Of
rich deposits of silver ore in the noun
tains back of that place. The Santa
Cruz Sentinel says that Senator Maclay
writes that the indications are better than
the Gould & Curry at the start. and that
the mountains between Saratoga and
Santa Cruz are full of rich silver ore.
School statistics of the State Of Ore
gon for the year ending pril l., 1872,
show the following: Total number Of
persons in the State. over 4 and under
20 years of age, is SO, 512; of these 1924
are males and 17,73S are females. The
average attendance at the schools in the
State is II, l20. The number of teachers
in the State is 19S--to whom was paid
the sum of $6S, 597 80, Of which SCI, Sl2.
90 came from the State and county fund.
The total number Of legal voters in the
State is 1G, 20S.
The following is a specimen Of the
notes received by Judge Louderback of
the San Francisco Police Court from ex-
asperated hoodlums of that city, who
Indignantly object to the Judges severe
sentences: to Louderback-Sir. You
son Of, you wicket hatred scoun-
dre, You will be way lade yet yon are
too severe in your punishment, You will
come up by round turn in time, we are
laying fou you. FARE PLAY"
The Forty-third Congress does not
meet until the first of December, 1873,
unless sooner called together in extra.
ordinary session. BY the act of January
%, 1867, a new Congress was required
to assemble on March 4, Immediately on
the adjournm ant of its predecessor. An
law is still in force. 1t was repealed
however, by the thirtieth section of the
Deficiency Appropriation Act, approved
April 30, 1871.
The liquor saloons in Chicago, with
few exceptions, We're closed on Sunday
but, says the Tribune, the drug stores
did a heavy business in whisky nnC
brandy prescriptions, and there was
remarkable exodns of thirsty souls from
the precincts of the city to the saloon
beyond the municipal limits. TIL
apothecaries, says reporter of the sam
journal, were radiant. They We're con
tinunlly relieving human distress from
bottles labelled 'laudanum and caste
oil. The ailment known as druggists
pain in the stomach" ragged fearfuly.
Yesterday morning a man by the nam
Of X efe, who keeps the n WORK Hous
in Spring Valley, while under the influ
ence Of liquor, maltreated his bet err hal
to such a degree that she WAS compete,
to retreat to toll house near by an
solicit protection from the k eper If tn
toll gate. The belligerant husband fol
lowed and nude a violent attack upo
the toll gate keeper. During the encoun
ter the hotel ke' per was 50 badly worste
that he was compiled to maintain a r.
cumbent position during the remainde
of the day.-[V Va. Enterprise, 3Oth.
DIR. George Robinson, Of New Yorl
has made an invention of great impor
ance. Agalvanic current passed throug
a platinum wire heats it t. white haa
and by attaching non-conductiug handl,
to wire connected with small batter
) it may be drawn through the trunk of
large tree as easily as a piece of toug
thread is drawn through bar of brow
soap. This invention promises to
away with many of the uses of the sa
, and AK. We are as yet only beginnir
to utilize electricity. Science has v
greater triumphs in store than tho