Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-03-11
NEVADA NEWS.

From Thursday to Sunday last no
passenger trains passed Winnemucca.
Frank McNair has been reelected
Chief Engineer of Virginia City.
Sullivan has quarrelsd with his trainer,
who has left him to train himself for the
coming fight.
The deposit Of ore lately found in the
bottom of the shaft of the Succor mine
is rapidly improving rs the work of sink
ing progresses.
A letter from the Typo Consolidated of
February Gath says: Started up furnace
again on the 10th and have made three
shipments, amounting to $l5, 061.2S.
Miss Emily L. Sharon, q niece Of SEN
stor Sharon, was married at Carrollton,
Illinois, a few days ago, to Mr.. Thorne
OF st. Louis.
Jack Gilmer, the irrepressible stage
man, left Eureka ON Sunday morning g
train for Cheyenne. He goes there to
prospect the outlook for stage line to
the Black Hills.
The Nevada brewery at Virginia City
was burglarized. The thieves succeeded
in bursting open Mr.. Recik's safe and
extracting therefrom q quantity of gold
and silver.
The Carson Tribune OF the fourth re.
marks: 1t is rumored about town that a
rich strike has been made in the Empire
mine, Gold Hill. II this be 80 look out
for big jump in the Slippery Gulch
mines.
From the Humboldt Register of the
4th, We learn that u crazy man named
Ault who has been in the employ of the
Northwestern Stage Co. for some time
past, was brought to town yesterday, and
was taken to Stockton.
The Carson Tribune of the 4th says
By this mornings train thirty bars Of
bullion arrived at the Mint from Virgins
and Gold Hill, viz: nine bars from the
Ophir, value, 1871, 1928 and twenty ont
from the Belcher, value, 1929, 422.95.
Captain F. G. Lord Of Virginia City
has received the appointment of Internal
Revenue Collector for the District Of
Nevada, vice George A. King. resigned
Captain Lord has long been connected
with the department in the capacity Of
chief clerk.
The case on which the criminal jury
law was declared unconstitutional was
that Of McClear. taken up from Elkc
county McClear will be remembered AZ
the man convicted OF attempted rapt
committed in Pine Valley near Palisade
His case has been remanded for new
| trial.
@. @. Webster, promising young
man, who has resided at Winnemucca fol-
some time past, left for the Atlantic
States without bidding his numerous
creditors good bye. A telegram was sen
to Elko, and the gay and festive youpe
man was stopped and compelled t
ante up.
The Humboldt Register states that tn
Jersey smelling works started up few
days since and run out twenty -four bar,
of fine bullion. but was compelled e
shut down on account of the supply Of
charcoal giving out. supply Of Goa
has been ordered from Truckee, which
will arrive in a few days. The result
was highly satisfactory and insures th,
success of the district beyond doubt.
The State Controller has issued tn,
following circular fixing the rate OF State
taxes at nine.tenths Of one per cent.
"Ofice OF State Controller, Carson, Ne
vada, March /, 1876.-To the Honorabl.
Board of County Commissioners Gen
| tlemen: The'rate OF taxation for Stat,
purposes for the present fiscal year (l876
is ninety cents on each one hundred dol
lar valuation. Yours respectfully. W,
W. Hobart, State Controller"
The Virginia Enterprise of the ST.
says: Last evening after the sun hat
gone down behind Mount Davidson tn,
peak OF said mountain presented yer,
strange and beautiful appearance. Tn,
wind was in the north and carried from
the top of the mountain long streame
of snow. which being lighted up from
behind by the sun presented the appear
ance of streak Of FIRE. The phenome
non was witnessed by hundreds Of per
sons in the city. and there would no
have been the least difficulty in makinl
a stranger believe that Mount David
son was an active volcano, as it reall,
looked more like that than anything
else.
Yesterday. says the Carson Appeal o
the Sd. the majority of the Suprem,
Court decided the present jury law-o
that part Of il which describes the man
nsr Of challenging jurors in crimina
Recommendation. The case 4
which fhia oninion refars cuma mn M