Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-10-29
NEVAnA STATE ITEMS.

BILL DAVIS. who fought Tom Daley at
Port Wine, California, fifteen years ago,
and who defeated big Patsey Daley (af-
forwards killed in the Yellow Jacket
mine) in prize fight in Rileys Ravine'
south of American Flat and about five
miles from this city, in 1864, and who |
subsequently fought in the ring IN the |
Atlantic States, returned TO this city this
morning, saws the Virginia Chronicle OF
Saturday, after an absence of nine years.
Davis is one of the best feeling and most
polished and thoroughbred gentlemen
who ever stepped aside to bruise hu-
man being in the prize rIng, and oecom-
ing disguised with that kind OF business
and the associations it led him into, he
dropped the ring and its brutal assoeia-
tons several years ago and took 10 the
sea as mate of vessel running out OF
New York. For the past four or hve
years he has been in China and Japan
In one of the principal seaports OF the
latter named country he was United
States Marshal for two years. Quitting
that position be took to the sea again,
and latterly has been captain OF a steamer
plying the waters of the Occident. Mr..
Davis will probably settle down here and
90 into business of some kind. He is
much more aeshy than when he left this
city, and now looks more like grave
and dignifed Senator than prize
fighter.
The Virginia Chronicle, of the 18th,
saws: When the Check Man came up to
REFUND the money obtained on the bogus
checks signed IS. P Jones'" all save one
OF those from whom he obtained money
were in favor of letting the matter drop
that one insisted upon a vigorous prose
cution, and the Check Man was indicted
for obtaining money by false pretenses
and yesterday he was tried and the jur!
found him not guilty in less than fiv'
minutes. Counsel for the defense wa
| providing over some higher court decis
ions, and found that in order to convic
of such an offense it must be shown tina
the party from whom the money or good
was obtained must himself be entirel
> innocent Of any participation in any al
, tempt to defraud in the transaction i
question. The Check Man obtained III
money on unstamped checks, and til
J party receiving such checks is by la
y presumed to have intended to evade Ii
revenue law, and is subject to a fine {
$50. As the Check Man was acquitted
y il is rumored that he will prosecute III
It prosecuting witness for an evasion {
t Uncle SANS revenue laws in receiving i
exchange for money or other valuabes
clean check which those laws required I
be stamped.
We had the pleasure, last evening, {
y meeting Mayor Brown, of 1t. Louis, VIII,
d says the Reno journal, has been inspec
f ing the Peavine mines for day or Nv,
' He is very favorably impressed with IL
a new district-so much SO that he is d.
l. termined to spend few scads himse
>. in reaching its lower levels. He wei
down to San Francisco this morning, b
, will return here again next week
: remain a day or so before he leaves #
IS home.
! SINCE the late destructive fire at Silv
r City, says the Virginia Enterprise, Il
people Of that town are considering Il
| utility Of constructing works OF son
:, kind by means of which to do bat,
II with any fire that may break out in t
t. future.
! Ex-CHIEF justice LEWIS, who has ia
en- up his residence in Virginia City, h
been quite i'll lately.