Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-09-19
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.


California's net gain in population
since January lst foots up to nearly fifty
thousand.
The receipts OF treasure at San Fran
cisco from Oregon during the month of
August embraced $3.50, 400 in gold coin
and $50, 900 in gold dust.
Among the employees of the Sutro
Tunnel is o young man named Banks,
son of General N. P. Banks, of Massa.
chusetts. He holds the post Of assistant
engineer. .. .....4..
A drove OF three hundred and fifty
head of splendid stock cattle passed
through Elko on the 18th ON their way
to Battle Mountain. They we're recent
ly purchased by gentleman of that
place from parties at Deeth.
The directors of the Arizona Mining
Company have levied an assessment of
81 per share on the capital stock of the
corporation. The Arizona is The famous
Knoxville mine, under the control OF
John G. Fall.
The absolute total Of the public debts
owed in California, including State,
county and town Indebtedness, is only
Sis. 900 900, sum little larger than
that owed by the city Of Cincinnati
alone; while the value OF property in the
State amounts to $764, 63l, 524.
The following figures will be found to
be within two or three hundred of those
contained in the Assessors report: Vir.
ginia, including the people in the can.
yons east OF the town, North Virginia and
two or three ranches on the Truckee
Meadows. -, 1856; Gold Hill, 6,0s0. To.
: tai, 10 ,46G.
There were three divorces granted by
Judge Rising. Of the District Court. First
Judicial District, Saturday. and one ap.
: plcation continued One decree was
: granted on the ground of extreme cruel.
~, and the others for desertion In all
three instances "the men were to
blame.
, The value of farms in California, by
: the census of 1870, amounted to $l4l,-
240, OPS; while in 1860 her farms were OF
: the value only of $4s. TAG, SOi. 1t thus
appears that the actual value of product.
i've farms had nearly trebled in ten yeal &,
! a rate of increase absolutely without a
/ parallel except in the new and rich agri.
q cultural States OF Iowa. Kansas, Mime.
!, sofa and Nebraska.
!. The Morgan mill, lately purchased by
3 the Pacific Mill and Mining Company
was started up on the 18th on Consoli
dated Virginia ore, and is adding the
a thunder of its forty stamps to the music
!. of the mills which are nsing their al
chemical power in turning stone into
$ silver and gold. Within sixty days tn,
d new California mill will join the choru,
/. of Three Million month"
It On Saturday evening last, as j. W
+ McCormac. time-keeper at the Rocl
|, Island mine. was returning from Viz
ginia City to his home at American Fla,
he was assaulted when crossing tn
u Divide by three highwaymen, who, ate
!, desperate struggle. overpowered hin
l and succeeded in relieving him of $4S i
=, coin. He was unable to identity th
y robbers, owing to the fact Of their beip
masked.
. William Brown, a miner in the Sutr
- tunnel, was quite seriously injured b
the cave at the header Saturday moor
Of He, with the underground foreman, wi
is engaged in putting up set Of timber
Ia which had been torn down by bias
- when he was caved upon. His right Il
10 was broken in two places, o cash cut
10 the right thigh four inches long an
is three inches deep, his right ankle frat
h. tured, and he received cut in the heat
His leg was terribly swollen yesterda
but It is hoped he will recover, and Wit
,o out its loss.
I'm The following, from the Reno Journs
ng will no doubt be matter of great su
,ar prise to many: The San Francis,
od Chronicle had q war correspondent
de the front during the late Indian ~
pleasantness and it made the o
nouncement with it's usual flourish
trumpets, but 1t neglected to make j
~ tie statement. which friend of on
aei told us yesterday. The corresponds
va. got hold of an officers uniform by son
RI. means and dsad.headed his way as
commissioned officer TO the scene OF wa
o" tie afterward made his boast OF b
"clever trick" Too enterprising
half.
=. james s. Giles, the defaulting Pc,
=. master OF Prescott. who was caught Of,
" chase of 200 miles. is now in Jail
Prescott, where he was "leading ci
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