Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-03-11

were many drunken men on the streets
tonight, and free fight occurred in
which a policeman was badly beaten.
The excitement is increasing, and appre-
tensions of disagreeable results are felt.
No one has yet closed or signed the
pledge.
BELLE FoSIAINE, March 9.-Another
saloon succumbed to-day, making six
closed since the Woman's Movement be-
gan. ..f.
NEW YORK, March "a meeting of
clergymen was held in Association Hall
this afternoon to consider what steps are
necessary or advisable to take for the
promotion of the temperance movement.
A committee was appointed to consider
the matter.
BosToN, March 9.-In the first game
of the billiard tournament tonight.
Ubassy beat Daley by 400 to SCI. Ubas-
sy's average was five.
WHEELING, Va, March 9.-During q
gale last night an unknown woman cross
ing the railroad bridge at Bridgeport,
Ohio, wss blown into the river and
drowned.
LEAvENwoRTH, Ks, 9.-Mrs. Carpenter
shot and instantly killed John White, of
the Fifth Infantry, who entered her
kitchen, locked the door and made i'm
proper advances, refusing to go when or
dered out.
ALBANY, n. Y, March 9.-The Cover
nor this evening sent message to the
Legislature announcing the death Of ex-
President Fillmore. Appropriate reso-
lutions were adopted, and joint COM
mittee was appointed to attend the fun
eral.
RICHMOND, Va, March 9.-John E.
Bossieux, President OF the Dollar Saw
ings' Bank, which suspended during the
financial crisis, was to-day thrown into
bankruptcy, and arrested on a criminal
charge concerning his management.
PHILADELPHIA, March 9.-The police
to-day entered complaint against twenty
taverns for keeping the side doors to bars
open, contrary to ordinance.
ELIZABETH, n. j., March "a SUM-
day saloon closing mass meeting is called
here. The Mayors order to close sa-
looms yesterday was generally disre-
garded.
CHICAGO, Mar. l0.-The St. Paul Dis.
patch prints some astounding statements
relative to contracts on postal routes in
the far west, held by G. c. Huntly. The
Dispatch claims that at the outset Hunt
~, by the aid of some Washington con-
federates, procured from the files several
petitions from Montana, and cut off the
names and attached them to petition
for n postal route from Missoula, Mon
tana, to Walla Walia, Washington Terri
tory, 450 miles, through wilderness,
without settlers, and got the contract at
S20,74 per annum, which was subse-
quently increased to So, 232 per annum
that Hunlty Immediately sub-contracted
at $4,000, and pocketed S4s, 900 year
for six years, the mail matter sent over
the route not exceeding eight letters and
papers each mail; that be also obtained
route Alb from Kelton, Utah, to the
Dalles, Oregon, $50 miles, daily trips, at
1924, 900 per annum, and that his last
operation was getting route AZ, 10l from
Boise City, Idaho, to Winnemucca, Ne
vada, $50 miles, at $1,000, of which
100000 was clear profit.
PHILADELPHIA, March l0.-The feeders
in the Evening Telegraph Office having
struck for increased wages when the
first edition was put on the press, they
were promptly discharged and girls now
do the work at the wages paid the men
LARAMIE, March l0.-Last night abou
s O'Clock the prisoners in the penitentia
ry here surprised and overpowered thu
guard, took the keys, opened the Gel
doors of several others, and nine of then
escaped, taking three horses with them
Officers and soldiers are in pursuit, bu
up to noon to-day none of them had beef
recaptured.
BINGHANProN, \. Y, March 10Th
boiler Of the City Water Works explode,
this morning, killing the engineer an,
demolishing the boiler house. The cit.
is now without water. The Mayor ha
called meeting of the Common Council
to appoint special patrol to guar
against fire. 1t will take "a hours t
clear away the wreck yet remaining.
WASHINGTON, March 10.-In the Hous
the memorial OF the Ohio Women's Sui
frage Association protesting agains
Frelinghuysen's bill, regulating the su
frage in Utah, was presented.
BALTIMORE, NJ. D., March 10Th
steamer Edgar Stewart, has been seize
upon libel for seamen's wages.