Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-09-19
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book in Virginia and is meeting with
great success. He takes from fifty to
one hundred orders daily.
I The Portland tOregon) Standard says:
There are As papers published in Oregon
when in reality there ought to be no
more than ten.
The Peoples Territorial Convention,
for the purpose OF nominating a dele
gate for Congress. convenes in Salt Lake
City the 7th Of October.
The demand is so.great for subsidiary
silver coins that the employees Of the
Carson Mint are being worked over time
from one and half to two hours per
day.
The total amount Of taxable property
In Eureka county. according to the as
sessment roll. is S2,9l1 $3.50, of which
81 .6l7, 1873 is real estate and improve.
ments and 81, 294, 1872 personal property.
The Carson Appeal says: Horsemen
complain Of the Reno race-co They
say it is gravelly and hard. The track
at the Carson Park is said to be making
the best course this side Of Sacramento.
Assessor Williamson informs the
White Pine News that his recent assess
ment of the new town OF Ward. amounts
to one hundred thousand dollars of tax
able property.
Hazlett, the pilgrim. is in Virginia
City. The Pilgrim is known in every
printing Office in the United States and
be is just from Washington Territory.
1t is his habit to work for q few days in
an office and then start of on his travels
again.
The Wallapai (Arizona) Enterprise OF
September LIST says: If the population
Of this Territory increases the next two
years in the same ratio that it has in the
last year, two Senators will represent
Arizona in the uppsr House OF Congress-
in 1878.
The great Ell Dorado ditch in Eastern
Oregon is finally completed and Furnish
ing water to quite an extensive amount
Of placer mines. The ditch is nearly
eighty miles long and, through bad man.
agement, has coat some 100000.
An Oakland anti Chinese COMMITTEES
has been inspecting the Chinese cigar
factories of San Francisco aud reports
that the Chinese lepers are engaged In the
manufacture of cigaTs. The leprous
peculiar aud racy favor.
The Yokohama paper brought by the
last steamer impart this interesting bit
OF information: "In Osaka the price of
ice is very high. being about 20 sen for q
kin.' There Ia nothing like knowing
the price of an article.
The Enterprise says: The survey Of
Virginia City which has been going on
| now some two months, is expecting to
be completed by the LIST of November
When 1t is done and the map made, every
body will know where they are.
At ten minutes after seven o'clock on
the evening Of the l2th heavy shock Of
earthquake wac felt at Golconda. The
shocks continued for about FIVE minutes.
shaking things up lively. The shock
seemed TO be from an easterly to west
erly direction.
Governor Stafford Of Arizona offers q
q reward Of $500 for the arrest and do.
livery to the Sheriff of Mohave county
OF Andrew B. Peterson. who murdered
Andrew l.. Byrns, at Cerbat, on the Sd
day OF August. This, with the sum Of
fered by the Supervisors of Mohave
county. makes the reward for the arrest
OF Peterson $500.
The News says: A New Jersey stage.
driver would faint at the manner in
which the drivers OF the bus line be.
tween Gold Hill and Virginia do bust.
ness. In Jersey they will turn q man
out in the middle Of swamp at mid
night IL he happens to be ten cents short
OF his fare. The boys on our bus line
won't let an old man or a lame one walk
up the hill, even if he is without cent.
They may call him bad names, address
him a. "old stiff" or you old linpin'
bum. but they will make him tumble
mp on top while they are abusing him.
One Of the most Hourishing colonies
in Southern California. says the Bulle.
tin, is Riverside, San Bernardino county.
Situated on the banks of the Santa Anna
river, there is sufficient water to irrieate
lou, 600 acres. Although the settlement
is not more than six years old, its orange
aud lemon trees and vines aud other
fruits are bearing large quantities of
fruit. The place was settled chiefly by
thrifty New Englanders. an saloons are
tabooed. Riverside claims to be a model
California town.
4 former resident Of Auburn writes
to the Placer Herald from the Cassisn
mines. Mechanics. British Columbia, that
he thinks with California seasons that
country would be as good as this ever
was. The mines there, be says, are very
rich, but the weather is so cold, and the
seasons so short, that the miners work
under great disadvantages. He tells of
four ounces to the pan. and OF four men
taking out one hundred ounces in two