Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-06-23

The high priests who have the manipu-
lation of the railroads in Utah. know
how to build the same on the most eco
nomical basis yet revealed to railroad
magnates. 1t is well known that the
Union Pacific company contracted for
the extension of the Utah Southern road
to it's present terminus, agreeing to iron,
stock and furnish q certain amount Of
ready money to complete the road to
that point, on condition of having con-
trolling interest in the road. And now
we prepare to show where the cheap
railroad building comes in. Joe A.
Young being down south with his Uni
ted Order serfs, was let into the little
ring. He issued ukase to the serfs to
gather them together and appear on the
line Of the Utah Southern with teams,
shovels. scrapers, etc. Teams were to
be allowed SO per day and men 81 so.
The Order was to feed them on the grain
they had grown during the Summer,
charging them therefore fifty cents per
day. and crediting them with their labor
on the books of the Order. By this lit
tie operation the railroad ring got the
benefit Of the crop, had the labor Of the
seris for nothing. and pocketed all the
money furnished by the Union Pacific,
and have their half of the Utah Southern
extension clear of all expense beside.
Who says Utah priests cant build cheap
railroads at the expense of their starving
s-rfs and distressed families IFS. l..
Tribune, l6.
A SINGULAR EXECUTION. AT the hang
ing of Frank Smith, colored, which took
place recently in Montague county,
Texas, large crowd gathered at the
place of execution, and after the prison
er had offered up prayer, he addressed
the people in great pen,tence, and ex-
horted all to meet him in heaven. The
Sheriff then adjusted the moose about his
neck, and the guards crowded up to bid
him good-by The Sheriff ordered them
to stand back, bat they refused to do so,
and cooked their guns, swearing that
they would bid him good-by. Some
called out to shoot the rope" CELEBRATE
him" "let him go, etc. The greatest
excitement prevailed, and it was evident
that the sympathy of the entire crowd
was with the doomed man The effort
to release him would have been success.
full had it not been for the doomed man
himself. He was the only man that was
firm and self-possessed. He exhorted
his friends to desist, LET the law tax,
its course said he, II am man, ant
can die like mar. This is no time fol
row; let ms not disgrace ourselves il
this manner" As he said this his fac,
wore a smile, and as he stood upon tn
platform strong and powerful,a head an,
SHOULDERS above any of the others, h.
certainly presented picture of no ordin
airy interest. At signal from tn
Sheriff the preparations were completed
the trap sprung, and he fell and die,
without a struggle. The crowd sool
dispersed, but still muttering against hi
executioners.
The Mica MINE OF RUBY VALLEY.-M
P. Hainrs and Ike Ostreicher returne
yesterday from q visit to mine Of mica
situated fifteen miles north OF the oil
Overland ranch They report the min
eral as cropping out in strata for dis
tance of n quarter of a mile, and aversg
ing in width about twelve feet. Tn
surface rock was quite hard, but at tn
depth OF fifteen feet it's character ha
materially changed. the formation il
winch the strata of mica is encased be
coming quite soft, and the cubes OF min
eral much larger, and quite clear an,
transparent, They brought in some yer,
handsome specimens, some of the sheet
averaging OF inches in size. 1t is per
iectiy colorless and transparent. and cal
readily DO divided into infinitesima
tbicknesses. As it il character of min
erai regarding which but little is know
oy mining men in this country, and AZ i
has been discovered in different localities
In THIS section. We would be glad TO hen
something relative to the peculiar min
erai by which We may be guided in deter
mining the value of such discoveries
Perhaps some Of our contemporaries ar
mica "sharps" and will kindly furnisl
us the desired information. State Min
eralogist Whitehill would confer favo
upon us and the miners Of this part Q
the State by shedding raw Of light upo
this opaque subject. Elko Indspsnd
emit, June le.