Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-05-09
NEVADA NEWS.


NEVADA NEWS.
The United States District Court meets
to-day at Carson.
The Eureka folks have made move
toward preparing to celebrate becoming
ly the approaching Fourth Of July.
Smelling operations are being resumed
at Eureka. The Atlas furnace was being
fired last Saturday.
Edgar Pierce, who stands charged with
smbezzlement Of money from the U s.
Postal Department, not putting in an
appearance before the U. S. Grand Jury,
has forfeited his bail A true bill of in.
dictment was found against him.
The passenger trains going east now
adays are filed with persons going to
the Centennial. Berths in the sleepers
are engaged ahea for several days, and
a traveller who has not taken the pre-
caution to engage berth week before
he set out must sleep in his seat il at
all.
We learn says the Virginia Enterprise,
through a gentleman connected with the
mint at Carson City that an order has
been received from headquarters in
structing the Superintendent to coin no
more trade-dollars. We presume the
mint will now be run at making" halves, "
quarters" and other small change for a
time.
On the "a inst, at Blue Canyon,
eleven miles east OF Promontory, yes
terday, a train ran over bull and ditch
ed eleven cars. A couple of tramps, who
had secreted themselves on the trucks
beneath the cars, were instantly killed.
The fireman and one of the .brakesmen
were severely injured, the engineer es-
Gaping with some slight bruises. The
cars are badly wrecked.
W. T. Burns while fishing in the
Humboldt river, above town, caught a
strange fish. 1t is about two feet long
and its head of comical shape, mea.
sures ten inches in circumference. II
has a pair of formidable jaws thickly set
with powerful teeth, and has prominent
fin above and below. running the entire
length of the body.
The Reno Journal OF the 4lh says DR..
Bishop yesterday shipped portion of
the machinery belonging TO quatz mill
which he proposes putting up on the
Monarch mine. near Pyramid Lake. The
balance of the machinery will to for
warded to-day. The mill is small one,
only having capacity of working three
tons a day. Ii was intended for a
4-stamp mill, but only two work in the
battery.
On last week large body of water
was struck in the Sutro tunnel. At first
the flow was equal to about one hundred
miners inches. few hours later it ran
about thirty-fve inches, and has kept
that volume ever since. The water is
supposed to have come from q two-ioot
crevlce, of unknown depth, which the
drills discovered. 1t is expected that a
large body of water will be met with in q
few days, and trench is being dug in
the tunnel to be in readiness for the
Hood.
just about now Virginia seems TO be
producing some interesting specimens of
totally depraved human beings. The
latest addition to the black list is one
John Belcher. who. if what is charged be
true, Is a brute SO inconceivably vile that
hanging him would be graceful token
OF appreciation on the part of the
public. This person is lying in the City
Jail on charge of having attempted to
outraged little girl hardly seven years
of age. The alledged crime was COM
mitted in an clubhouse in the yard of the
Ashland House on the Divide. The de-
tails are to filthy for publication. Bel
cher 10 thirty years old.
Johnny Antoine, little Portuguese
boy, OF Gold Hill, is the champion bald
head of the Pacific slope. The little fel-
low is now eight years old, was born
as bald as billiard ball, and to this
time has never been favored with q
single hair on his Uranium. He has
more fun than any other boy in Slippery
Gulch, by teasing the other little boys
until they want to pull his hair and
can't; and when he gets married can
wink at his wife's lady friends with per.
feet safety. as there will be no aair
under his hat to pull.
At the municipal election in Virginia
City John s. Koneen was elected Mayor
by majority of 80; ]. C. Currie. Treas
urer. by majority Of 562; B. F. Lackey,
Chief OF Police, 45S; Mr.. Lachlen, As.
SCISSOR. by majority of 2l3; Mr.. Com
stock, Alderman in the First Ward, by a
majority of A; Mr.. Pottle, in the Sec
ond Ward, by a majority of A. Mr.. Nc
Kay. in the Third Ward, by majority
Of 1874; and Mr.. Gallean. in the Fourth
Ward, by q majority of g. Politically
the new Mayor, Treasurer and one Alder
man are Democrats. The Chief OF Po-
lice, Assessor and three Aldermen are
Republicans.
A correspondent of the Silver State
writes that decided change for the
better is apparent in Unionville. Times
are getting lively and more money in cir
culation. Every body who cares to work
and is able to do SO can find employ
ment. The Arizona mills are in full