Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-06-01

ASUrui WARNING. = Ex-Postmaster
Barnes informs us that be heard a snap
ping noise IN his Office on one Of the
shelves, which attracted his attention,
and ON looking up he saw bunch of
matches blazing. Not a ray OF sunshine
penetrated The room, but be soon dis
covered the cause OF the self-ignition.
The matches were put up i'll the block
fern. and, when taken from the package,
had paper closely pasted over the
friction ends. This had been slipped off,
which resulted in the matches bursting
asundsr. the conclusion setting them
afre. They were among papers and
other inhammable material, and might
have been set blazing in the nighttime
inste ad Of day time, when destructive
confagration would have probably en-
sued Such warnings should not pass
unheeded. Matches should always be
kept in metallic receptacles.
A BOLD ATTEMPT AT RoBBERY.-Night
before last, at late hour, miner was
returning from one Of the minesin which
he had been working. walking along on
the track of the railroad, and had reached
the sanmit of the divide, when he was
confronted by two men who ordered him
to throw up his hands" His money
was then demanded, and he was agree
ably relieved to ascertain that that was
all they wanted, for he hadn't red,
which the would-be robbers admitted
after carefully searching all his pockets.
I fha of tho
villains for being caught out without coin
he was allowed to depart. This hoodlum-
ism will continue until n little hemp is
called into requisition.
There's luck in odd numbers, says Ror!
0'More.
So many have tried them because they wer,
There IS luck in the even, another will say
Whether even or odd, you II find 1t will pay"
The author of the above lines is be
lieved to be the lucky typo who
drew the $4,000 prize in the Oma
ha lottery the other day, and al
, the prints" in the RECORD Office ar,
"hopping mad because they didn't hav,
!, ticket there too. But they are going t.
get even by buying ticket piece in tn
, grand gift concert" to Re drawn in Vir
ginia City shortly. II. r. Breakey, tn
resident agent here, says he has been no
tilted to forward his unsold tickets i'm
mediately, as the drawing is soon to tax
? place. Hurry up and take chance TO
!, the $50, 900 prize.
. The VARIETIES. = From some over
/. sight, notice of the performances of tn
: Varieties night before last were omitted
Then, as last night, the hall was CROWDS
with delighted spectators. There wa
! not an unoccupied seat last night. TIL
singing and dancing were excellent, an
/ the performances were loudly applaude
throughout the entertainment.
n The back streets of the city are actual
4 filed with everything calculated TO bree
. disease-dead hogs. dead dogs, dead cat,
e and all other kinds of denominations.
Y the Commissioners..have no legal au,horit
r to act, they would be justified in assum
l. ing little responsibility.
Miss MINNIE STANTON, young lady {
accomplishment, whose home is
!. Phoebe, but who, for the past year, h,
Q been attending Mrs. Mills seminary
@ Oakland, CAL, is expected by her moth,
n to arrive to-day.
" IMPROVEMENTS. We noticed yeslerda
!. three houses on Meadow Valley sire,
v being so completely repaired and ren,
r. waited as to equal new buildings. I'll
old fronts were being torn out and +
placed by much hansomer ones 1t VI
n be great improvement to that part
le the street.
J. PEnsoNAL-We regret to learn that II
It wife of W. s. Travis, our worthy Sheri
y is dangerously i'll. We sincerely hol
that facts, on her account, are exagge
ated. and she will soon be in her wontt
health again.
u EVERYTHING rich and racy in the pi
y" torial and literary line can to-day
L found at the news depot Of Charlie
IS Wiederhold. He has some new public
e tons of great attractiveness. Drop
l. and make your Sunday selection.
The following passengers left Ham
80 ton yesterday for Phoebe: Judge G. {
al Berry and wife, Miss Stanton, and MI
ig Conaghan.