Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-06-19

any iuaiits VIC nave III common With The
old-fashioned Irish gentleman, lone of
the rale ould sort" who held it a sacred
duty to surround himself with a quantity
of impecunious friends and keep open
house till they had, literally, eaten him
out of house and home, it is the sense of
unalloyed delight with which we can
contemplate, (having previously break
tasted at a first-class restaurant,) fell
low creature getting away with square
meal-one with the edges off-especially
when he looks as if he needed it. This
amiable trait in our character caused us
to contemplate with extreme qualification
the spectacle of two buck Indians, about
the girth of Shakspeare's lean apothe-
cary, whom we saw comfortably seated
in the rear of a restaurant, and between
them big pot of coffee, and tin pan
about the size of lava bed, filled to the
brim with provender of every possible
kind. We watched the gradual empty
ing of that mighty pan, till we judged
each buck had concealed about the bulk
of bushel basket full of grub within his
lean and hungry carcass, and as we
eazed, We could have sworn that we saw
those Indians fattening on the spot.
And this reminds us of a story that a
legal friend Of ours, who, among other
engaging qualities was specially valued
for his truthfulness, used to tell about
his Indian. l was camped said he, on
the Greenhorn Mountains, and we had
just got away with powerful supper of
pork and beans, when an old, feeble,
emaciated Indian tottered into camp and
sunk exhausted by the fire. My heart
bled for that p - old Modoc, and hast.
ened to place Jefolo him the balance of
the beans-maybe matter of three or
four quarts, which he disposed of in
about two minutes, and intimated, in
broken Choctaw, that he thought he
could manage little more. Moved by
his imploring look and faltering tone,
l threw him about seven pones OF good
heavy camp-made bread, and proceeded
to amputate some twenty pounds of
venison from the headquarters Of 400.
pound buck "a small one too, for those
parts, assure you, gentlemen and
handed it over. He got away with that
without struggle, and Oliver Twist like,
still hollered for more. gave him the
balance of the quarter, and turned in.
My slumbers, lghtened by the consci-
BUSINESS of having performed a good
action, were sweet and profound, and
rose early, with true mountain appe.
tite, ready to make it mighty warm for a
few pounds of that venison myself
when, 10! the deer had Disappeared
few clearly picked bones lay around the
fire, and in place of the wretched, half
starved old savage that sought the shelter
of my camp the night before, there sat
a young, sleek, handsome Indian, about
eighteen years of age,
A New SOURCE OF wEALTH.-On a
small street in the rear of Meadow Val
ley, nearly opposite Cedar street, has
been struck a mine Of lumber, which is of
immense extent. Tina. the reader may
comprehend what lumber is, we ap-
pend Webster S definition: AN ochreous
brown color, consisting of oxide of iron,
oxide of manganese, silica, alumina and
water. 1t is often used as a pigment,
and sometimes in coloring porcelain. "
Immense quantities of this ore are being
extracted, and that, too, without great
outlay of labor. We saw yesterday a
great amount, which had been drawn up
with common windlass and placed in
bags for future use. The mine is owned
by Frank Nolan and others. The ore is
to be pulverized, mixed with oil and
used as paint The paint of this manu-
facture is to be used in painting the Ray
mond & Ely hosting works. friend
who is practical painter, is satisfied that
this discovery of lumber will prove source
of great wealth. By mixing white lead
with it, lighter colors may be obtained
At present all the paint needed for home
use can be procured from this mine, and
with railroad communication, by which
it may be transported cheaply it can be
shipped to other points with profit. The
supply is apparently inexhaustible.
RAYMOND a. ELY VS.. HERMEs.-The ar.
gument on motion for a new trial will be
heard this morning before District Judge
Fuller. The case has already excited
great public interest by reason of the
great interests involved, and the fact that
the former jury were occupied from late
in March to the Goth of April in hearing
the testimony of witnesses, which was
voluminous, and listening to the argu.
, ment of counsel. On the LIST of May
,, verdict was rendered in favor of the
Hermes. Notice of motion for new
trial was given, and subsequently thai
motion was made. All the papers have
been prepared by counsel for plaintiff
I and defendant respectively, and to-day
a the question will be argued orally. Tn,
highest legal talent on the coast is EN-
ployed by the parties to this suit. Judg,
CARRIER, Colonel Thornton and Mr.. Kelly
: are for the Raymond & Ely; Judge Me
4 Sabin and Pitzer a. Corson are for tn,
r Hermes. Whatever merit either sid
r may have will doubtless be shown in tn,
9 argument to-day on motion for new trial
? CATTLE IN NEvADA.-The appropria
ton of an increased breadth of land il
California formerly used as a stool
\ range) to agricultural purposes, and tn
operation of the law in regard to fence
9 around growing crops in several of tn
J, counties, has compelled the stock men t.
8 drive their cattle across the mountain
into the extensive stock ranges in thi
" State. Immense herds of cattle hav
:, also been driven into this State iron
Texas, and the consequence is that tn
b prices of cattle are lower in Nevada nov
d than they have been for many years
70 The range in this State is immense, an
it will be many years before the Ian
will be needed for anything else thai
4. pasturage for stock. There is no sma
. area of grazing land in Lincoln county
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