Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-12-09
PACIFIC COAST NEWS.
NEVADA.

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The PooE.-The Carson Appeal Of this
morning copies our item of yesterday rel
alive to the Virginia Benevolent Society,
and suggests the propriety Of organizing
similar society at the Capital, and says
that such an organization would mot
only be q relief to worthy objects of char
table assistance but would actually
be relief to the charitably
disposed by precluding the pos
sibility of imposition. The Appeal
further says that frequent cases of what
may be called sporadic medicancy are no.
ticed, and if there was regularly organ
lied charity club all these cases and their
references might be referred to it. More
over, committee whose duty it should
be to look about, in charity's name, for
distressed poor people might bring deal
OF comfort to otherwise comfortless
hearts" AS our city already has such
| society, the managers OF which enjoy the
fullest confidence of the whole commun-
ity, those Of our people who are well-to-
do in the world should strengthen the
hands of this noble organization by lib
eral contributions Virginia Chronicle,
Dec. 4.
A PETIrIoN.-As the time draws near
when Daniel Matheney must pay the
penalty with his life for the murder of
Green, his friends are earnestly at work
endeavoring to save him from tho dread
sentence. A petition has been in circu-
lation setting forth the facts connected
with his case and. already many sigma
lures have been the result. Only a few
days more remain to the condemned man
in which to breath the air of heaven, I'M
less his sentence be committed. We can
not but think it would be in the interest
of justice to commute his sentence to
imprisonment for life. Although on his
own confession his conviction was OBJ
tanned, still there are many suspicious
connected with the really brutal murder,
which incline us to the belief, once be-
foreaxpressed, that with Matheney alive
his Companions in crime (if such exist
could be discovered; while with the ter
mination of his life dies all proof Of the
guilt or completely Of others.-[White
Pine News.
FIRE AND DEArH.--About half-past G
O'Clock, on last Friday morning, coal
oil lamp exploded in the kitchen Of the
Arizona Restaurant. Bill, the Chinese
cook, has been in the habit OF putting
out the light by striking at it with lit
tie sheet iron shovel, such as is used for
turning griddle cakes, and struck little
too close, hitting the lamp hard enough
to break it. He was standing under the
lamp at the time, and the oil, which run
down all over his person, ignited imme-
diately. He ran out into the street tear
ing off his burning clothes with his
hands, and throwing the pieces away
from him. The cry Of "fire!'' reused the
slumbering portion of our population,
and several assisted materially in saving
the building. A terrific wind was raging
at the time, and had the fire got a good
start no human power could have pre-
vented the destruction of the entire
town. The building was saved, but the
Chinaman died from the effects of his
injuries.-[ Silver State, Unionville.
EFFECTS OF THE Cold SNAP.-Fnther
Hyacinthe, he Of Perry's saloon fame,
was much pertdrbed the other morning
on going behind well stocked bar to
find the destruction among liquids of all
kinds slowed there. Bottles Of ale, por-
ter, champagne, cider, and, intact, every
thing was frozen solid. But, being a
philosopher, whilst going upon the
wreck, Hyacinthe remarked: "Of one
thing l am convinced, my whisky won't
freeze. White Pine News, Dec. 6.
KLLED.-Joseph Cole, former resi-
dent of Unionville, and man univer-
sally liked by all who knew him, was
shot and killed by brother Cornishman
named Robert Stevens, who has also re-
sided in these parts, at Cerro Gordo,
California, on the 18th of last month.
Joe worked several years in the Arizona
mine, in this place, and had q great many
friends among the miners Silver
State.