Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-12-10
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

nH.Rp TIMES. "-Sometimes there is
oood reason for the cry OF ''hard times"
- other times it is but the insane rawlings
- those who know not when they are
doing well; and the walls of class who
are eternally hunting work and hoping
that they may not ind it. We often hear
men wishing for the good old days of
40 and 80; but as far back as 1850, when
,he country seemed flooded with money,
and nothing less than half-ounce dig
rings would suffice, we heard the cry Of
..bard times" and numbers OF men were
,r;,bout food or the means of obtaining
Il So it was then, is now, and probably
aver will be. While on the subject OF
hard times, let us institute comparison
bstueen the wages of the laborers on
th;s coast and those in other lands. Four
dollars per day is the ruling rate here,
while sixty cents day is considered
GOOD wages for working man in any of
the European countries except Great
Britain, where wages are somewhat
higher. In the Tyrol silk region. and
in Italy, they often do not get more than
ten cents. In the country in Germany
ten cents is the common pay. Women
there often get but five cents. In swee-
den. men often work from four O'Clock
in the morning till nine in the evening,
and do not get any more. During the
war many poor women in Berlin were
hired to knit stockings for the soldiers
at five cents. The profits OF the poor
who keep petty shops, sell trinkets in
the streets or act as suffers, do not aver.
age more than three or four per cent
BARRIERS in Berlin, since the raising of
their prices, get five cents for hair cut
ting and two and half cents for shaving.
Servants at hotels get from three to eight
dollars month. Servant girls in pri-
vate families often get but ten dollars q
wear. Sometimes these classes cannot
get work at any price.
SHARP PRAcrICE.-The other morning
a man went into restaurant and called
for his breakfast, saying that Mr.. -
would pay for it. The proprietor de-
clined to issue meal under such cir
cumstances, rs the party of the second
part had left orders at the restaurant not
to trust the individual first referred to on
his account. Our hero next presented q
pair of blankets as collateral, and upon
this security secured two meals, when by
accident it was discovered that the blan-
kets had been purloined from the gentle
man whose name had been used without
authority. Truly may it be said that an
empty stomach stills the voice of con-
science, but brightens the wits wonder
fully.
QUIEr.-Everything in Phoebe is glid-
ing along in its accustomed channel. An
era Of good feeling seems to have set in,
and so little do our denizens interfere
with each other that the records OF the
Justices Court have nothing to show of
criminal nature; the camp being re-
markably healthy, there is no great de-
mand for the services of gentlemen of
the medical profession; the infrequency
Of deadly combats and accidents leaves
the surgeons with no broken limbs to set
ng serenity leaves rye local" little upon
which to found an item. But who
IAN say but that the present calm is not
he forerunner Of storm upon the So
,ial sea Of Phoebe?
The WEATHER.-Now that the snow
has ceased to fall, We are enabled to say
that it was not less than two feet deep.
Yesterday morning the sun shone out
bright and beautiful, and the tempera-
ture was quite mild and pleasant. The
snow that had accumulated on roofs and
sidewalks was being shoveled off all day
yesterday. The mild temperature caused
a thaw yesterday, and il it continues as
warm for few days we are somewhat APP
prehensive that portions of the town may
be overlooked by the melting of the snow.
A little work done now to divert the flow
of water, II it does come, may save
trouble and expense.
BELMoNT.-Mr. Henry Farrell some
days since sent US samples of ore from
the Belmont mine, which were yesterday
assayed by T. r. Butler, and showed
yield Of 50, S2S.59 to the ton. The Bel
mont only recently began to attract at
tention; but under the superintendsnce
Of Mr.. Cassell Gan old friend and practi-
cal miner) is now taking rank among the
best mines in the State. We wish him
con tinued success.
The DEclsIoN.-On the first page Of
to-day's paper we publish the first install
ment Of Judge Beatty's decision in the
case Of the Raymond and Ely VS.. the
ihentucky Mining Company. The pub
Aeatlon OF the decision will not be COM
pleted probably before Sunday morning.
AS the decision will be valuable for ref
erence in future, the propriety of pre-
serving files of the RECORD containing it
Will suggest itself to our readers.
The following numbers Tin the Ladies'
Fair ticket) are entitled to the prizes
printed thereon: LIST prize, No. 313, 500;
"a prize No 1913, $75; Sd prize, No. 94S,
s5o; 4th prize, No. 4s9, $25. The above
prizes can be had upon presentation of
tickets to Rev. Father Monteverdy.
J. G. MAYNARD,