Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-12-28


cremate any kind Of ore. but it is proba-
bic that some difficulty may be expert
enced in properly applying it. Too much
heat in fact seems thus far to be the
greatest obstacle, the cast-iron bars used
in its interior mechanism melting away
like so much butter.
The Eureka Sentinel of the 23d learns
that the bodies OF two men caved on in
the Richmond mine some time ago, are
expected to be recovered within a day or
| two. Drifts have been run
| in such a way that the whole of the caved
section, with the exception of about 20
feet, has been Thoroughly prospected. 1t
will require but short time 10 go
through the rest, when there is no doubt
that the unfortunate men will be
found
Says the Carson Appeal. Of the 2lst:
We heard it as q report. brought here by
lady from Walker River, yesterday.
that man by the name of Taylor, who
formerly lived here, had been hanged by
a mob, somewhere in the valley of that
river, or on one OF its tributaries. What
for, what on, why, under what circum-
stances. just when, or any other trifling
particular. we did not learn, because our
informant did not know.
On December Goth sad accident was
visited upon the good people Of Lamoille
Valley, and particularly the house OF Mr..
and Mrs. Gilland, says the Elko Inde-
pendent. 4 little daughter OF the family,
aged 16 months, followed one OF the boys
into the field, and stopped on the bank
| OF little creek. After O short interval
| stituted for her, which resulted in find
ing her lifeless body in the pebbly
stream. The bereaved family has the
sympathy of the entire community in
their troubles.
The Coso Mining News. OF the 18th
instant. has the following: It will be
recollected that on the 7th the Los
Angeles stage running out of Caliente
was stopped by one solitary robber and
relieved OF Wells, Fargo & Co.. treasure
box. It contained $1,000 in gold coin
which the robber only succeeded ingetting
| away with temporarily, as he was cap
tured four days afterward near Caliente,
and 81, 200 Of the stolen money recoy-
cred. His capture seems to have been
owing more to the result Of i'll luck than
to the diligence of the officials. 1t ap-
pears that after committing the robbery
his horse, which was a stolen one,
escaped, and the robber in making of
with his booty on foot in the darkness,
stumbled into a ditch, and in falling
broke his leg. He dragged himself into
the brush and repaired damages by i'm.
browsing rude splints. After two days
concealment he succeeded in stealing
another horse, but having to proceed
slowly he was easily captured by the
loser OF the last stolen horse. He waf
conveyed to. the county Jail in Bakers
| field.
The San Francisco Post publishes fol
the benefit OF the unwary, an expose OIL
the fraudulent transactions in stocks
now carried on to some extent in tha
city under the euphonious name OF "put,
and calls" The Post truly says: thi
system as practised in this city is worthy
OF being classed only with mock auctions
the traffic in quack nostroms, and disre
putable confidence games" lis clearl,
shown by the author of the article tina
the business cannot possibly be carried
on without involving fraud, il from nj
other reason, that of the great varia
tons suddenly taking place in the valu
of our mining stocks would, if conducted
honestly, be liable to bankrupt the
wealthiest firms almost any day, and
furthermore, it is we'll known that the
system in San Francisco is practised BY
the veriest shysters who invariably re-
tain their gains, but rarely make goot
their losses. These fellows advertis,
largely, holding out brilliant inducement
to persons OF small means to "try thei
luck, and it Is this class that the warn
ing is chiefly intended to benefit.
The Carson Appeal OF the 2sd has tn
following in relation to change at th
State Prison At meeting of tn
Board of State Prison Commissioner
yesterday, Sam Hodgkinson, ST., lonI
time the Captain of tho Guard, wa
superseded by the temporary appoint
} ment of Mr.. ]. ]. Linn. The majorit,
vote by which he was removed was cas-
by Governor Bradley and Secretary O
State Minor-General Kittrell voting il
the negative. Upon inquiry of th
Governor We learn that the reason TO
displacing Hodekinson is that he il
charged by responsible parties will
being unnecessarily harsh and cruel te
the prisoners. Mr.. Minor, whom W,
subsequently interviewed upon the sub
ject, also said that he had been reliabl,
informed that Hodgkinson had been to,
severe with some OF the convicts and to,
: lenient with others. Also, Mr.. Mino
gave as reason for the removal Of thi
officer that he had been the subject O
unfavorable comment by citizens-th
! impression being that he was an obstacl
in the way Of the experts obtaining
: full and unhindered insight into th
workings OF the Prison-how, we canno
imagine. We give these statements q
they come to US from the Governor an
y the Secretary. OF course such chang
as this can have no influence upon th
> final outcome Of affairs at the Prison
and we attach no significance to it ful
j Their than as it constitutes matter {
news. We understand that the repor
of the Experts will be forthcoming b
j the First OF January or sooner.