Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-01-11
NEVADA STATE ITEMS.

AMONG the arrivals at the Ormsby
House yesterday was Mr.. J. A. Thomp-
son, Of Woodford's. This is mono other
than the celebrated mountain mail car
rier, ''Snow-shoe Thompson, whose ex-
PLOTS in the Sierras in the early times
are matter of history. He carried the
mail from Genoa to Placerville on snow
shoes, packing as much as seventy-tive
pounds of mail matter from one point to
the other-about seventy-fve miles--in
three days, and returning, light, in DAY
and half. Thompson is compact,
hardy, broad shouldered man, rather
gaunt and brawny and something over
the average size. We should say he was
somewhere between AZ and As years old,
with an intelligent, weather beaten face
and good, round head. His home 10 in
Alpine county, California, now.-[Car-
son Appeal, 7th.
HIDDEN TRAEsuKE.-A story comes to
US from Truckee to the effect that the
colored citizen, JEFF. Hogan, of the MILL
fuous voice, whose cry of fresh trout
and hot coffee" has so often startled the
drowsy passengers of the C. P. at that
point, and Joe Mason, an old resident of
Truckee, have made a revelation which
has thrown the people Of that quiet
mountain town into a fever Of excite
ment. Tho story goes that jeff. was
cook and Joe was cabin boy on priv
ateer or pirate ship which was wrecked
on the Atlantic coast some years ago, all
hands being lost save JEFF. and Joe; that
previous to the wreck several barrels OF
silver and gold and large silver pot
filled with precious jewels were secreted
in a cave somewhere upon the Atlantic
shore. The two .ex-pirates are said to
have been fitted out by citizens Of
Truckee, and, accompanied by two of
their hackers, left by Sunday evening 9
train to look for the hidden treasure
Virginia Chronicle, 18th.
A YOUNG hoodlum stabbed an unof-
tending Chinaman in the back yesterday,
and complaint having been made of ths
matter he will be arrested and brought
before Judge Witherell to-day. 1t is
pretty much time that a severe example
were made Of these bad boys who have
been got into the notion that they may
do what their vicious fancies happen to
suggest to any Chinaman who Gomez
their way. The towns of Nevada ache
for State Reform School Carson Ap.
peal, 7th.
Has BouGHT INA gentleman who
came up from Palisade a few days age
informs US that W L. Pritchard, the eel
sbrated frsighter, has bought an Interest
in the Narrow-Gauge Railroad. Pritch
ard is AN energetic man, and if he hal
really taken an interest in this importan
enterprise it is pretty good sign tina
there is to be no delay in the completion
of the road. IL Eureka Sentinel, 9th.
ANOTHER RACE. - Another race ha
been made OF Salt Lake between Mari
Moore, our Eureka horse, and Walking
John. the Utah favorite. This trial i
for 800 yards, Moore to carry 10
pounds and John 1875. The race was t
have come off yesterday, but on accoun
of bad weather was postponed till Satur
day. Eureka Sentinel, 9th.
TEE County Clerk informs US thu
marriages in Humboldt are on the in
crease. In 1871 the clerk issued II mar
rage Essences; in 1872, 81 were issued
and during the year 1873, just past, Q
couples have been granted the necsssar
documents to enable them to embarl
legally in the housekeeping business. :
Humboldt Register, I'd.
CoNMrTrED.-Gsorge Dietz, the Ger
man shoemaker Of Gold Hill, who wa
declared insane by Beard of Physician
on Monday, was this afternoon com
mitted to the Insane Asylum by Judg
Rising Of the First District Court. Diet
is native Of Hssss Casssl, Germany
aged % years, 10 unmarried, came from
Pennsylvania TO this State about sevel