Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-09-27
SPIRIT or THE PRESS.

The Reno Gas Company is busy with
large force of men. laying pipes through
all of the principal streets.
An Ogden woman, one day last week.
wrapped herself around 100 peaches.
She has the stones to prove it.
A miner named Hannah, who sold a
mine near Elko for 1000 the other
day. is distributing his money around
Ogden with lavish hand.
An Indians head was recently sold at
auction in Dead wood for 81 in gold. A
correspondent writes, THAT has been
the cheapest head that has been sold
here; the rest brought from $40 to $35
| apiece.
The Constitution of the State Of Oregon
prohibits the State authorities from Gre
ating any debt or debts which in the az
preRate shall exceed $4,000: and the
Governor in his late message ssys that
her Indebtedness amounts to $3.50, 600 OIL.
It is reported about town. says the
Austin Revsille, that the owners OF the
Bunker Hill property, situated in Smoky
Valley, near Minium's station. on the
Belmont road, are about to develop their
mine. Il is said there ia snfficien ore in
sight to pay for the working thereof.
This ledge has not been worked since
1866, the White Pine excitement having
tempted those who were then working il
to go in search of batter prospect.
Board is comparatively cheap at Dead
wood, owing to the lowness Of -four,
bacon, etc.. frst-class restaurant charg.
ing only SO per week for day board.
Many board themselves at q much lower
rate. Mechanics command good wages
carpenters $3.50 and blscksmiths ~
per day. Miners are paid Sc. There
are about twenty-five claims on the Dead
wood and Whitehead which are payinl
: very largely. Many are paying from s.
to $40 per day to the man, while o.
course there are those who do not pay
expenses. Business is greatly overdone
J and many are leaving for the Winter.
, A remarkable story is told of the fear
E full scene at the death OF Charles Rey
nolds. Clusters chief scout. and the les
:, shot on the Missouri River. He wal
8 shot off the back of his horse, and in fall
4 ing caught the horse and killed him. ant
making a breastwork of the beasts body
a he commenced a terrible slaughter of tn
;. Indians. He lay behind his horse. dy
o ing aud still shooting. and every shot h
O fired his deadly aim sent savage to tn
0 devil. When he was taken of the feel
after the fight, twenty-five Indians wer
1t found around him.
!. The Humboldt. (Cal.) Times tells th
. following: A member OF the Humbold
County Pioneers has beard five fee
e in length. 1t has been growing for te
~ years, and had it not been for spell {
in sickness to the possessor it would hsv
of been several inches longer. Already it
~ almost to the ground, and a. the ownt
walked our streets Sunday fort noon Ia!
a. Il crowd Of people surrounded him I
m every turn. and bored him with the usu
at interrogatives incident to such stranl
/. sight. The pioneer, who boasts OF tn
m beard. signifies his intention OF not Q
k posing it to the public gaze only upo
a. each anniversary OF the society OF whis
Ia he 10 respected member.
The San Francisco Morning Hera
=. says: The contsderates or hired runner
D. for these questionable houses 90 to Il
Ia various hotels where people from Il
d. interior stop. and engage board for fe
"a days or week. They thus have the o
I'd portunity of getting acquainted with Il
OF transporting stranger. and tell b
Of where she can get better and mu
ut cheaper Accommodations. The dupe fin
,g herself in bro.hel. kept under the gui
is of lodginR-house. In order to dive
al suspicious Of her Surroundings, she
~ plunged into state Of dissipation al
ai r-vplries. and soon she is lost. Sevei
g. instances OF this kind have been report
OF where the innocent and unwaIy W
n entrapped, and, with the RETURNS
IN reason became 80 ashamed Of their tran
ed ere sion that they refused to retu
&C. home to their friends, and plunged hes