Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-08-20
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upon q certain man there who, he felt
sure, had committed the theft So going /,
into Craig's place he found the fellow
sitting there. He borrowed shotgun OF
Craig and loaded it right there on the
spot: then he wrote few lines to the
suspected party, telling him he would
shoot him if he didn't produce the
money and specimens. Wolfe then step
ped back a few PAGES and waited for his
victim to read the note. Having run bis
eye over it, he asked Wolfe what it
meant, and the latter replied it meant
exactly what il said, and that, II he
didn't produce the money and speci-
mems, he would shoot him on the spot.
Seeing that Wolfe was desperately in
earnest, he confessed that he had taken
$50, but that was all. Lag down $40
and the specimens, said Wolfe. 'or
your time has come. Then the fellow
wanted to hand them to Wolfe, but the |
latter ordered him to lay them down
where he was and leave, aud so he ex-
tracted from his clothes the $40 and the !
specimens and laid them down, and then |
Wolfe ordered him away, and he stood
not upon the order of his going. That is
the way they make thieves disgorge up
in the mountains. Daily Butte Record,
l4th instant.
THERE is great suffering in the Eastern
States at this time in consequence Of the
drouth. The Boston Journal of Chemis-
try for August says on this subject: " 1t
is seldom a drouth so severe is felt in
this section in June and July as has been
experienced this season. Our hills are
bare and brown; our brooks have dried
up, and springs cease to bubble from the
earth, our herds of cattle find scanty
heritage in the fields, and corn, brought
from the prairies of the West, is fed to
them freely over large part of New
England. Our hay crop will be a scanty
one; but corn. which withstands drouth
remarkably, does not seem to suffer seri
, ously. All the different VA sties of fruits
have been injured by the absence of rain,
but there Is much to be thankful for. We
shall have enough of the products of
! mother earth, so that when the time
honored festival of " Thanksgiving Day"
comes round, in November, we shall not
pass it by and refuse to observe it.
An extraordinary dental operation is
! told by New York exchange: Not long
ago the old male hippopotamus at the
=. Gardens suffered much from decayed
e tooth. In former times he would have
i been shot, as was poor "Chunee, the
: elephant at Exeter Change. Mr.. Bart.
I lett, Superintendent of the Geological
. Gardens. with his ever ready talent in
meeting all emergencies, determined to
pull out the tooth. He ordered the
blacksmith to make pair of tooth for
CO.. ceps, and tremendous pair they were.
a. The "bite y of the forceps just fitted the
:, tooth OF the hippo. By skillful manage
ment Bartlett managed to seize Master
IS Hippo's tooth as he put his head through
d the bars. The hippo. roared frightfully,
4 pulled one way, Bartlett and the keepers
pulled the other, and at last out came the
y y tooth, and the hippo. soon got we'll again.
5. The difference between the cost Of
re narrow.gauge and ordinary four-feet
le Observation-Disclosures gauge is rather
+. more than most people imagine--that is
n if we are to take the word of writer in
va the Financier There are now fifteen
ar narrow-gauge railroads in operation in
"a the United States, having 700 miles Of
Va track, and there are no less than twenty
N organizations, and 1850 miles undel
a. process of construction. The roads
h have been planned and constructed il
m the past two years. The cost, through
is level country, is $4,000 mile, includ
at ing equipment of rolling stock, while tn,
r. broad.gauge costs from S35, 900 to $40,
n. per mile.
Ne Az overland traveller writes to Mil
Mt waukee paper long complaints of the dan
e. gers incurred from gamblers, thieves ant
nd desperadoes throughout the entire jour
a. ney. He says: Their operations cove
y; the whole field; spoilers dog the steps o
Ell persons leaving San Francisco, and b,
means of the telegraph and other agen
cies only known to the initiated. the des
R, peradoes along the line are advised of an
80 game that may be passing over the road
10 One gang, numbering from four to ten
49, usually rides only from one station to an
we other. when they are relieved by others
is one, however, remaining quietly on boar
"a all the time for observation.
CHI In the vicinity of Lassen Buttes, i
in this State, there has recently been dis
ng covered q number OF beautiful little va
~. leys in which there are a number G
VI. small lakes or pools. The water in tn
,a' lakes is perfectly clear, and contain
90 neither fish nor any kind of animal lifs
'le The locality shows recent signs Of vo
III canic action. In many places may b
ee seen the trunks of trees torn from thei
H. ~. roots and partially covered with heaps {
ny lava rocks. iIllI
lse LEWIS J. DRIBBLEsBy, fifty-eight veal
OF of age the man recently arrested for roll
e. bling the stage between Grass Valley an
Colfax, was sent to the State Prison i
de September, 1865, for twelve years, fo
,ar highway robbery in Sierra county. l
10 August, 1871, Governor Haight con
Ina muted his sentence to six years, and h
Of was discharged in September, 1877
! Governor Booth has now restored him
iii citizenship. in order that his testimon
nd may be made available.
ing DIR. GEORGE McKINsrBY, states IL
San Diego Union, was the first Sheriff
California. In 1847 he was appointed
me that office by John N. Sinclaire, Alcalt
ase of the Sacramento District. He levit
he one Of the largest attachments on recor'
un the same being in suit brought by II