Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-09-10


innate can be formed OF all the dog holes
and private bar rooms 10 be found in
that altitudinsl city OF sin. The dog
Reries on the Divide and east Of G street
are as numerous as the bugs in the bo-
tells before the FIRE, and it will be safe to
estimate the number Of drinking places
within the limits Of Virginia City OF 500,
that leaving out the bagnios and private
saloons. And what will they do with
their boys?
Simon b. Cameron. grandson Of the
Hon. Simon Cameron. OF Pennsylvania,
and nephew of the Secretary Of War. has
joined the detachment Of the Wheeler
Expedition operating in the neighbor-
hood OF Carson. Mr.. Cameron is civil
attschee and one Of the metf biologists
OF the expedition. Three parties, of the
expedition leave Carson soon, each IN
der charge Of q Lieutenant. They will
be out about two months, or until some
severe weather sets in.
Along the San Joaquin Valley the
Southern Pacific railroad runs over level
ground. and 10 straight as an arrow for
miles in many places. The broken and
elevated pass Of Tehachape through the
southern arm OF the Sierra Nevada ne.
cessited, however, the boring OF series
OF difficult and expensive tunnels. and
the northern arm Of the Sierra Madre
required the boring OF the longest rail-
road tunnel on the coast, through ex-
ceedingly dangerous ground, not only on
| account OF the existence OF petroleum in
| the formation, but also OH account of its
uncertain nature and tendency to cave.
The San Francisco News Letter says:
There is a. gentleman residing on Pine
street in this city whb has monomania
for electricity. His house is one vast
electric battery. and his mortal COIL can
never be sbuffled of there. Doors are
op med by electricity. breakfast is cooked
boots are blacked. his wife is hugged-
all by the snbtle fluid. The other day,
just for joke, he attached the wires of
n Dinety.hve cell Rumkoff battery to his
door-bell, and then went down town.
When he returned he found his rich old
uncle, who only comes over from Oak
land once a year, tangled up. in a knot
around the bell-knob and still swearing
family. The old gentleman is in q
critical condition, and has willed his
property entire to an orphan asylum.
A correspondent OF the Pittsb urgh
Chronicle has been visiting Two Bears
and the Blackfeet at Standing Rock on
the upper Missouri. He gives this &C.
count Of q sacrifice to the Indian Devil :
IA dog il killed by torture. and divided
into four parts, which are put into four
kettles and set on the Are till boiled
tender, or till he is supposed to bs az
tender rs dog ought to be. A young
squaw supposed to represent chastity,
strips herself entirely nude. and to the
sound OF u low chant by her associates,
and vigorous beating on q drum or tom
tom, performs apecuiar dance with q
| sldelong motion around the fire on
which are the kettles containing the
pieces Of dog. all the time muttering
SOME incantation. At signal the
young braves, or old ones either, in turn
step up TO one Of the kettles, and reach.
ing in haad and arm, take out piece OF
| boiling meat, tear of a mouthful, and
swallow it. They keep taking out the
scaiding mess aud eating it till the skin
OF the hands, hps, aud mouth hang loose
in whitened shreds, and all this time no
sign of pain dnds an expression on any
face, AMI the seething morsels are slowly
masticated aud deliberately swallowed
with composure absolutely diabolical.
The miserable dupes, like those of many
another religious delusion, feel them
selves and evince insensibility to pain,
they will convince the Evil One that it is
not worth while to waste his time in At.
flicting them.
The survey OF the northern boundary
of the United States has been for some
time going on under the direction OF
Joint Commissioners representing the
| United States and Great Britain. From
a report by the British Com missioner, it
appears that the work having been com.
pleted between the Pacific Coast and
Akamina. on the Rock Mountains, il is
now going on from the north. western
point Of the Lake Of the Woods to those
mountains. This boundary is run along
the 49th parallel OF latitude, and the
| Commissioners have examined and
signed duplicate lists of forty one az.
Economical stations at which observa.
tons were taken, and placed 1888 monu.
ments on the boundary. They have also
made in duplicate twenty -four maps
"a set for each country showing the
Typographical features of the country
through which the boundary line Iuns,
and indicating the relative positions of
these monuments. These maps are
drawn on scale Of one inch to two
miles. The Commissioners have also
signed certificate that these monu.
ments are on the mark the boundary
stipulated by the treaty OF 1918, and de.
clarlng further that it is agreed that in
the intervals between the monuments
the boundary line has the curvature of
a parallel Of 40 degrees north latitude,
aud that characteristic shall determine
all questions which may arise with refer
ence to the boundary at any point. In
case OF any Of the monuments being OBJ
liberated. the lost sites are to be recov-
cred by their recorded position relatively
to the next unobit.ra,ed marks.
Eight OF these monuments are in an ex-
tensive swamp, and are OF compare
lively temporary character. being forty
foot poles driven down twenty feet. The
Commissioners do not think it will be
considered necessary to maintain these,
or to incur the great expense of substi-
tuting permanent monuments. The
other monuments are iron pillars, crosses
and mounds. and the Commissioners
recommend that they should be- in.
spected periodically. SO as to take n.ces.
sary measures for their preaerxatinn