Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-07-31
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The winnemucca Silver State OF The
2lst instant relates the following: a
strapping siI-footer. hsiliDG from tue
classic region OF Missouri, entered r.
w. Johnson's store last evening shortiy
after the arrival OF the immigrant train.
and called for twenty cents worm OF
crackers. which he paid for In fracnonai
currency. The obligipg CLERK took the
sbin-plasters, after which he INFORMED
the Piker that be did not more than pay
first cost on the article sold him. ana
ventured the information that currency
was not worth more than eighty'six ana
eighiy-seven cents on the dollar. cur
rencyv' exclaimed the Missourian.
"what's that?" "Greenbacks. replied
the clerk. do you purtend to tell me. F."
said the ex Confederate, that green
backs are worth no more nor that In this
countryP" "Yes, SIR" said the clerk.
THAT is their value here" "Then,'
said the man who fought with Sterling
Price, with good deal Of emphasis. "Ill
be dog rotted II amt agoin' right back
to Missoury, where money is money, and
preenbacks are worth hundred cents on
the dollar. Amt the war over in
this we're country yet?" ard away he
skedaddled to the cars TO tell his fellow
travellers that money wasn't worth more
than seven bits on the dollar in this part
OF tho country.
The Panamint News was informed re-
Gently that the Citizens party" who
had been after the Mexican highway
men, had succeeded in capturing two
more of the band, which are believed to
be the last of them. The citizens bad
made arrangements with some herders,
near HAWAI- Meadows, to drive the rob.
beers from the mountains in the direc-
ton where they were herding their stock
Appearing in sight. day or two after,
the herders opened fire upon them and
killed one, when the other gave himself
up, but before the pursuing party could
come up to the herders the latter had go
rope around the Mexican's neck ant
hauled him up to tree. When our in
formant passed the spot, on his wa.
here, he saw the Mexican hanging Their
still.
The Sutro Independent maintains tina
tho passion for gambling is one Of th,
frailties Of the human family. Th
masses Of the people delight in takinI
chances; they want to try their luck. ant
as a result We find games of chance car
ried on in almost every part Of the worl'
publicly where the law permits it. 81
cretly where it Is prohibited. No statut
has yet been devised which could sue
cessfully stopit. Not only do we fin
regular gambling establishments widel
patronized. but the public eagerly invest
in lottery tickets. rallies and ventures c
all sorts; it bets on elections; on steam
, ship, boat and horse races; on men, dos
bull, cock or any other kind Of fights; i
fact, on any thing which one or the othe
, side may come out best.
Last May the Sutro Tunnel Company
in order to push forward the work a
| rapidly as possible. offered the following
r premiums Ito be divided pro rata) to tn
hands employed in the tunnel. For eac
foot over three hundred drived durin
q the month, So; over four hundred feet
t $40 per foot; and over FIVE hundred feet
., $40 per foot. The order has held eve
!. since. and on the last payday the sur
OF 1886 was divided among the worh
t men, the header having been advance
Il three hundred and sixty seven feet dul
ing the month OF June. This month. a
atwo days stoppage was occasioned b
n the celebration Of the Fourth of July an
!, a defect in the electric batteries. the sam
+" bounties has been offered for all wor
4 over two hundred and fifty feet.
., The Gold Hill News of the 26th wan
. to know who can beat it. and says; Ye
y terday man named Mcfarland carrie
. seventy-five pounds OF rock 10 the suu
- init of Mount Davidson and back, in OF
hour and thirty eight minutes. On Il
way down he picked up an old Dutt
:" oven and added it to his load, just
N hold himself level. Mcfarland is ste,
or ard OF Monumental Engine Co. No.
"a from whose place he started on his ra
y, against time yesterday. Twenty dolla
d was the sum he made by his little tri
70 He is of the opinion that he can car
ID sixty pounds weight to any other IN,
. in Virginia's forty, and beat him in
similar race to that OF yesterday.
The Gold Hill News tells how it ha
pened thus: While the driver Of I
Is, Nevada Brewery wagon was moving
be key Of beer in front of Piper's saloo
8, Virginia, on Saturday, the bung 9
~ loose and the beer flew around in all
M rections, to the great amusement Of I
spectators and the disgust OF the driv,
When asked how the accident happens
he replied: "Vell, l don't vas kn,
- exactly how dem tines vas happens.
er shust vas roll dem parcels arount abo
10 a leedle, ven l drinks makes dem pu,
en- holes loose from dem blugs, unit
l. peer makes dem Gus, unit squirt
uo rount. Colt fur tam der heissen "
IL ter"
The Carson Tribune thinks it wo,
OF do we'll to form protective society, or
to least. meet and organize court Of
of quiry as to how many idle persons 2
,u cure the necessaries OF life. The weat
;" is inten sely hot, and the wooden hon
In proportionately dry. so that frs in
more thickly populated portion OF
town would bs particularly hard
he subdue.
~. The Panamint News OF the 2lst inst
NJ has had reported to IL on very relis
OF authority that George Hearst, Of
Francisco. has purchased several ini
In tho lately organized Lookout Distr
he some twenty-five miles west from I
i'll camp. The ore there 10 argentiferc
an Of hne smelling character and b
grade.
On the 18th instant young n
named Quigley perished from thirst.
es tween Calico Mountain and Look
N, District. In Panamint Valley.
es John Harrihill. o Virginia waiter,
been sent to prison for Ave months
striking L. G. Currie In the face witt
ng goblet.
'n' Sutro Tunnel had, on the 23d IN
reached length Of 10,1SA feet, and
tered a stratum OF greensboro porphy
A'o Allied with pyrites,