Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-08-07

ALMOST FIRE. In small house on
Davis street, in the rear of the point
where Cedar enters Meadow Valley
street, there came near being fire yes
terday afternoon. The house had been
unoccupied for months until few DAYS
ago when it WAS rented by two gentle
men as lodging place. Yesterday about
! p. m. one of the men went to the
house, and on opening the door was sur
/ prlsed to catch the odor of something
burning. Going into another room he
found the ceiling on fire, but only com
mencing to blaze: and it was with diff
Guilty that he could stop destructive fire.
Not less than ten square feet of the cell
ing was burned, but no other damage
| was done. How the fire originated is a
mystery. The door was locked and the
window nailed down, so no one could
have entered the house unless he had a
key with which to unlock the door.
There has been no fire in the house for
several months, and the more we try to
solve the mystery the further we are
| from it.
Cutting. Night before last at about
ii O'Clock loud SCREENINGS were heard in
house of ill-fame on Meadow Valley
street. Officer Mckee immediately
rushed into the house, where he found a
man and woman fighting. He arrested
the man, who gave the name of Vineeas,
and took him to Jail. A physician was
called, and he found the extensors of one
of her wrists severed, the instrument with
which she was cut having gone nearly
to the bone. He found, also, bad bruises
on her knees, breast and neck The
woman states that Ninegas came into the
house and attacked her; she made what
resistance she could, but he threw her
upon the floor, and stamped upon her,
and then cut her with knife, but upon
hearing the officer coming he threw the
knife away. The woman is now
scarcely able to move, but the physician
says that the hurts she received are not
dangerous. The knife wound bled pro-
fusely. Both parties are Spaniards.
South SIDE MINING COMPANY At an
election held on the 4th inst, Stephen
Sherwood was elected President of this
company, L. +. Badgley Vice President,
S. W. Eralt Secretary, and o. P. Sher-
wood Treasurer. d. C. Clark, W. H.
Atkinson and D. II. Whyland were also
elected Trustees. Mr.. Sherwood, the
newly elected President, is the pioneer
of this camp, and is the father OF o. 2.
Sherwood 4. BROTHER, lumber dealers in
this place. he was the locator of the
Panaca mine, and the first Mining Re-
corder Of Meadow Valley (now Ely
Mining District. He has resided here
since 1861
New HOSTING WORKS OF THE RAYMOND
AND Ely Yesterday we attended the
starting of the new machinery for the
Raymond a Ely works. The S0-horse
power engine worked admirably, and
with scarcely any noise. 1t was used
merely to wind upon the reel the ], 400
feet of new wire cable, and then stopped.
The foreman of the mine extended
cordial invitation to partake of viands
which had been procured to signalize
the important event. description of
the works will appear tomorrow.
INJURY TO MINER. yesterday while
Curry Ferguson was being slowly hauled
| out of shaft so as to enable him to eX-
anime the work. premature start was
made by which his thigh was caught be-
| tween the bucket ana the shaft The re.
suit was deep cut on the inside of the
thigh and an ugly bruise on the outside.
DR.. Bishop was called and dressed his
wounds. The patient was doing as well
as could be expected late last evening.
BApoooK FIRE ExrINGU IsHER. - Our
readers are requested to notice the adver-
tisement in our columns of the above
named machine, OF which apparatus
within the past two months several hun
bred have been sold to the mills and
mines at Virginia City and Gold Hill.
| The Crown Point mine alone took 30,
and the Union Mill and Mining Compa>
ny 20. They are said tie be valuable for
| mines.
BENEFIT. At the theater this evening
Mr.. Thorne, who has so often won the
applause of the people Of Phoebe, will
take benefit. Several artistes not be-
longing to the Bella Bird Troupe have
volunteered to assist, and full house
may be expected, for he certainly de-
serves one, and the programme is one
which promises a first rate entertain
ment.
THE fact that the Sheriff was yesterday
authorized to discharge all the keepers
in charge of the Hermes mine was taken
by many as conclusive proof that the lit
igation between the Raymond 4 Ely and
Hermes was at an end Such may be the
case, but it does not necessarily follow.
THy POISONING CAsE.-The little son Of
Mrs. Cadegen, who was poisoned some
DAYS since, is now in a more hopeful con-
dition. The recovery of the child, how
ever, is not regarded as by any means
certain.
A NEW circulating library, imported ci-