Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-06-14

IL Is thought by some that We have
county government, which may be so. but
al present, however, it is nothing more
nor less than burlesque, and unless
remedy is speedily applied the sooner
we fall back on first principles the better.
IL any one can tell what benefit is de.
rived from the excuse of government
We now have he must go deeper. for Ger.
fanny 1t Is not apparent to the superficial
observer nor yet to the naked eve. We
are reminded of the fact nov and then
that such government exists by our off,
GERS going through the form of making
arrests. who well know while doing az
that nothing serious is meant and that
they are presuming upon a great deal:
that within few hours at most the
offender will be again shifting the Oman
air as though nothing had occurred.
This being an incontrovertible fact the
question naturally arises: why make anv
arrests at all? Further, as an officer
with nothing to do is worse than a use.
less expense why have officers. When
criminals are turned loose on account Of
the inability Of the county 10 nav their
board, and no attempt is made 10 remedy
the evil, It Ia quite time to dispense with
officers of every description-ihe people
| can take care of themselves aud dispensa
with 6gure-head and the expense that il
necessarily incurred. A nice state of AZ
fairs surely. Taxes are to be collected
all the same. yet the object for which
taxes are levied and collected is in the
present instance matter of secondary
consideration when it should be of the
hrst Importance. How long this state of
affairs will be endured by the people of
this county does not appear. but it GER
tainly calls for prompt action. For the
crime of murder W. E. Griffin has come
forward and signified his willingness to
pay the board OF all such where pro.
vision is not made by the county. so in
future there will be no excuse for turn
Ing them loose on the community. or
permitting them to escaps in any man
ner. For minor offences however. wa
are wholly without remedy. The OBJ
lectionabls feature about this latter class
Is that some are arrested while Others
are allowed to escape.
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The Wallapai Enterprise thus expa-
tiates. They called him Brigham and
he was minstrel. He was an English.
man and he e1asperated his MATCHES.
And sing why, bless you, he would sing
like six-bit teakettle from morning to
night, and all night too. He wasn't
prejudiced against the Irish, not he. if
he did belong to the country that on
pressed them. He'd sing "Herin!
Herin! ONE of my child'oodr' hours at
q stretch, and then he'd make the welkin
ring ring with Larry Ho Brien." And
it was really pitiful to see how often the
poor fellow would see his fathers ghost.
and ask some invisible fair one, "Des.
demonia! Desdemonia w'er's that AN
kercher l give yer?' But there was one |
drawback. He would keep us awake.
He's gone now. joy go with him. We
understand that Phoebe has got him now.
and If Phoebe will just keep him, we |
will bear the pangs of separation meekly
out of regard for Pioche.''
The WEATHER.-What big difference
the weather makes with us in the way
we enjoy ourselves. A few days ago
when the disagreeable wind was making
US angry it didn't seem as if there was
anything worth living for; we didn't
care whether the Meadow Valley pump
ever arrived or not. We felt as if we had
no more interest in anything on this
earth and had serious thoughts of read
ing patent Office report. or some other
romance, but we are Glad
now that we did not for the sun ia now
doing its level best in the way of press
ing down its heated rays on US mortaIs.
making everything pleasant and agree.
able. The thermometer yesterday marked
S5 degrees in the shade.
BATH PARK.-We yesterday received
from M. McCluskey an invitation to the
Opening of Bath Park on Thursday.
June 9Th, on Long Island, near Fort
Hamilton. By the programme We see
that several special trains and steam
boats were to be on hand ON the occas-
lon. 1t being received little behind
lime and the distance greater than a
half-hour's travel, we had to deprive
ourselves OF the pleasure of being pres
emit.
BouoUETs.-We were talking about
small bouquet that we had on hand,
on Sunday. but yesterday we
were called to view a mass of flowers
covering the inside of bath tub) lust
received by Colonel Sabin and Ed. Cuts
from San Francisco by express. Con-
sidering the distance they travelled they
were remarkably we'll preserved and pre-
sented pretty appearance.
HOMEMADE CIDER.-Harvey Trepas-
kis, surprised the RECORD office yester-
day by appearing there with lot of
homemade cider from the store of T. G.
Poujade, The boys sampled it, pro.
nouncing it "wano" for the heated term.
Mr.. Poujade is making this cider in
Phoebe out of the best apples that can be
found. It makes splendid Summer
drink.
FoR BELLEv1LLE.-A party VI five,
consisting of James Walk and wife, Mrs.
Joe Pattep, Mrs. Haggett and A. McAvoy.
left in one of McAvoy' s wagons for Belle.
vile, Esmeralda County, Nevada. Nc
Avoy will return to Phoebe but the bal
ance will remain at Belleville.
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