Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-07-16

full explanation of the present d. preston
so at variance with their emphatic state
ments, and brands the state of affairs as
the result of a most dreadful conspiracy.
In another coiuma the News Letter in
dustriously writes up JAS. r. Keene,
landing bis foresight in predicting the
present state of affairs and styles him
the biggest man in the Stock Board. ."
The strength shown by the leading
stock, this morning has put the street in
much better humor and the panic an
ticipated to-day seems likely to blow
over.
There was another case of small pox
in the City Prison this morning. causing
much excitement among the prisoners
EUREKA, July 10 1T is rumored that
the Richmond Mining Company will
suspend operations on the irst of Au-
gust. The great decline in silver is an
nounced as the reason. Among other
things. we hear that the management
are inclined to continue active operations
provided that all the men in the employ
of the Company would stand redu ction
| of fifty cents day each on their wages
while the present low figures for silver
| shall rule, with the understanding that
| the price of labor should be advanced to
the old rates whenever the silver market
would warrant the change. 1t is hardly
probable. however, that such an arrange.
ment could be effected with the miners
for the reasons that they we'll understand
the difficulty of getting wages advanced
when once cut down.
SAN FRANcIsCo, July 15.-At % min.
utes past three o'clock this morning q
fire broke out in cooper shop on Ore
gon Street between Davis and Drumm
another cooper shop. end in few min,
utes the buildings adjoining were on fire.
The fierceness of the flames in the shops
baffled all efforts to save anything and
the attention of the frelnen were di-
rected to prevent the spread of the fire
among o number of frame buildings COM
posing the block bounded by Davis,
jackson, Drumm and Oregon streets
Six buildings were burned on jackson
street beside the cooper-shop, which tx
tended through to Oregon street;
butcher-shop and tenement-house, the
residence of eight families, were de
stroyed on Oregon street. besides two
cooper-shops. Two of the buildings OF
Jackson street were used as sailor board
ing houses. About fifteen families hav,
been burned out of their homes by th,
fire, and it is rumored three chlldrer
were burned. The origin of the fire ii
attributed by some TO the carelessness o
the night Waterman in the cooper shops
The loss is probably about 5000 ant
| is partially insured
The municipal authorities have final,
taken possession of the Alamo Squar,
in the Western Addition, which has beef
forcibly held by adverse claimants. TIL,
police force found the building on tn
ground occubied by armed men, who
threatened to shoot. hut upon the hous
being attcked, fled without firing. Th
building was then demolished and tn
material removed from the square.
SAN Diego, July .-Advices from
Lower California report everythin,
reasonably prosperous, the placer mine
at Japa yielding quite well. A mer
chant returning from there to this cit,
with $4,000 in gold dust, was stopped a
the Mexican Custom House at Tiajuani
and had to pay $3.50 duty on the amour
which was considered rather extortion
ate,