Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-08-27

ton is the wors, ever made BY any part,
and was evidently brought about by tn
Water Company in league with othe
monopolists for the purpose of swind
ling the city enormously on the waite
question, and insu,ing jobs so far as De
ponds on the city government.
The committee appointed by the Eng
lish bondhoiders and stockholders of tbs
Erie Railroad to make an inspection Of
the main line and its branches, began lis
labors to-day and expect TO be engaged
three days.
Sr. PAUL, MINI, August 25.-An ex.
press train went through the bridge
about four miles south of this place, in
stantiy killing the conductor A. w.
Locke, the engineer Lorenzo Mannard,
the fireman Ed Kelly. A few passengers
IN the front coach We're slightly bruised
and shaken up, but the rest escaped
without injury. The train was running
at low rate Of speed At the time Of the
accident.
CHICAGO, August 20. A Washington
special says the subject of compensation
to railroads for carrying mails is at pres
ent being considered by tho Postoffice
Department. 1t is well-known that a
majority of railroads are receiving more
pay than they should, owing to the pecu-
liar manipulation of man by the name
of Safely, q full history of whose opera
ton was published in July of last year.
The payment Of railroads for four years
has been based on the weight of the
mails taken for thirty consecutive days.
During the reign of Safely mails were
diverted from neighboring lines, during
the period of weighing. and by this
means the road engaged in weighing
would secure the pay for double, or even
treble. weight of mails actually carried.
Safely was shown up so thoroughly in
his manipulating the mails that the
practice for time stopped, Mr.. Ores
well retired, and when Jewell came in
Safely disappeared. No reform was at
tempted, Notwithstanding the positive
proof of the fact that the railroads have
been drawing pay on the basis made by
Safely's method. 1t is roughly est.
mated by people familiar with Safelys
method that the Government is at nres.
ent paying railroads upwards of 60 per
cent. more than it should. Mr.. Tvner,
the Second Assistant Postmaster Gen
eraI, says he proposes to have re.weiRh-
ing Of mails on all roads where he has
evidence that Safely acted as a special
weieher in order to secure fraudulent
weights. At present large majority of
roads are carrying the mails without
contracts.
CINCINNATI, August g. - Gustave
Humber, of jamestown, Ohio, while in
toxicated last evening attempted to kill
his wife. She fled across the street to
the house of neighbor. Humber fol-
lowed and made an unsuccessful effort
to get in the house by breaking the
windows. He then threatened to return
to the house and kill the child, which
was about eighteen months old, thinking
this threat would induce his wife to come
out, but it failed to have the desired ef
feet. He returned to the house, procured
table-knife, sharpened it upon the
stove, took the infant from the arms of
his little girl twelve years old, laid it
upon the floor, and deliberately cut its
throat from ear to ear. He then threw
the child and knife upon the bed and
went back and told his wife what he had
done. He was afterwards arrested. He
still regrets de did not kill his wife
MEMPHIS, Ten, August 26.-About u
O'Clock last night the Memphis Wood
Works. on Georgia street, together with
large amount of lumber and valuable
machinery, We're totally consumed by fire.
A stable belonging to the company, in
which were n number of wagons and
seven mules, was also burned. So in
tense was the heat that ONE of the steam
fire engines were nearly lost, and only
saved by other engines playing on men
who extricated them, and in ACCOMPLISH
ing this, Captain Roia and one of his
men was severely burned. The fire was
the work of an ineendiary. The total
loss is about S27, 900.
CINCINNATI, August 2G.-Last Tuesday
evening three masked horsemen visited
the residence Of VIM. Mains, farmer
living near New Haven, Indiana. Mains
was absent from b ONE, and the masked
men, who we're under the influence of
liquor, took possession OF the house and
appropriated such articles of value as
they desired to their own use. They
then set fire to the house, entirely de-
stroying it with its contents. Mrs. Mains
fed for fear she would be murdered.