Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-09-13
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS

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The new st. Panl's Church, Virginia. +
Is fast approaching. completion. '
Work on the Catholic Church in Wiz
ginia is progressing slowly. La
The washoe Typographical Union has
a membership of fifty -four.
Carson has a regularly organized band
Of young thieves.
W. g. Dewey has been appointed
Superintendent Of Public Instruction for
Lyon county.
The Democrats are proposing that
Wren and Ellis, the candidates for Con-
gress, stump the State together.
The stamps Of the the "Old Smoky"
mill were set In motion last Monday by
the Stafford Company OF Treasure Hill.
The California society for the pre-
vention OF cruelty to children has filed
its articles Of incorporation aud 10 ready
for business.
McDonough, the Gould & Curry
miner charged with outraging three
little girls, has waived on examination
and given bail for his appearance to
answer before the Grand Jury.
A letter has been received in San Fran.
cisco from Palisade by Chief Ellis. an
nouncing that the two boys who tried to |
wreck the railroad train IN that vicinity |
ara not San Francisco Youths.
G. G. Thomas, an old-time resident
and mining superintendent on the Com
stock range. has returned to Virginia
after on absence Of four years in Cali
fornia.
The Virginia Enterprise says notwith-
standing the great number Of new build
inps erected this Summer, rents are still
kept up. The prices charged for stores.
shops, saloons and business Offices are
az high AZ at any time In the history OF
that town.
In the Utah mine, Virginia. at depth
Of 800 feet. they have reached the same
character Of stratiAed rock as is seen in
the quarry on the hill above the works.
This sedimentary rock probably forms a
! cap over the lead.
} The Elko Independent Of the 7th says;
. i" Yesterday mornings snow storm was
(. unusually heavy at Diamond Springs for
0 this time OF the year. The snow fell
= quite lively, aud in q short time the
: mountains Of that vicinity were clothed
In robes OF white.
A movement Is on foot for the com
d biuation OF the quicksilver interests OF
s the coast, with view to secure better
4 prices for the products OF the mines
!. The mine.owners assert that II Is
losing business to produce the metal FOL
!, 45o per pound.
The Montana Territorial Fair opens q
n Helena on the 25th, aud lasts six days
10 It is designed to make the Fair special,
No attractive this year, and to that end par
:. t,cuiar attention has been given to tn
= distribution OF awards In the ditferen
departments In order to create genera
interest in the entire display.
!, An immense amount OF fruit is bein
dried is Utah at present. and it is est
y mated by dealers that fully twenty.hv
J. toua OF peaches and apricots alone. wi
Q. be shipped from the Territory to tn
Eastern citiss this coming fall an
70 winter.
O. There is very bitter feeling e1istin
OF among the Black Hills miners again
the Peace Commissioners, and the otht
!. day when they were going from Che.
~ snns to Fort Laramie, they were hoote
III at by the incoming miners, who to
OF them they hoped the Indians would tai
their d-n scalps before they got throul
with their cowardiy peace mission.
us The hosting works on the Comstos
'. are adopting new kind OF steam whistl
ne known as the one, three, five whis.l
The Comstock papers speak Of the soul
emitted by 1t ~ music. III 1t Is music
on the cslliops sort, it's no wonder that
he many men walk into the shafts i'll t
10 Coms,ock mines. Death in its most hi
ribls form is preferable to the lingeri
torture Of steam music.
ms We hear, says the Carson Tribune,
ard rumor that certain chronic sorehea,
the have determined on getting upa People
or Independent county ticket. Itis to
NO hoped that such will not be done. Ith
boon tried heretofore and failed on eve
Wy occasion. All can not be public officer
ny and il there Is any one on the Kepub
can ticket that lgood and true party M
can not support. let them drop easy, bl
IN. on no account attempt TO break the par
~ for there ia nothing in il.
bic II Is . fact probably not general
known. says the Sentinel, that Eureka
provided with seven separate and distin
- Rraveyards. 1t is but little over 8
:" wears since the first graveyard was starts
ia Eureka, and now there are attached
it seven comfortable and well-appointe
1as hotels for corpses. What an eviden
IAN does this fact present Of the marvcloV
progress made by our town in the sho
space OF six years! The future OF TOW
In with seven araveyards is assured.
IT, Morris Dening, who was cut in Il
nd head with an NJ last Wednesday at Hal
ilton, and who has been employed abo
the saloon Of Mrs. Kelly for sevel
rty months, lit out sometime Wednesd
an. night, taking with him some $40 Of Nj
Kslly's money. The madam feels We
bad about the matter, not 80 much
=, account Of the loss Of the money. but
" the ingratitude Of Dening. who had
81 csived such kind treatment and ma
favors from her.
hos ~. G. Fairbank informs the Win
~, mucca Silver State that cattle aud hor
are dying along the Humboldt river
the vicinity Of his ranch. Quite .
Mis- siderable number Of cattle have died
last week four horses succumbsd. !