Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-06-02


and "bears" the past few months. He
goes over 10 Hamilton in day or 30.
Trains were started on the 10Th ult.
on the Eureka Consolidated Railroad.
and the hauling of ore com menced from
the mine to the furnaces. The smelling
works will be started up by the first of
tho month.
At Carson Patrick O'Neill, who was
Frustrated by stroke Of paralysis while
undergoing an examination in the coun-
ty courtroom and taken to county hos
pitsl, died there on the 9th Of May.
The Carson folks keep inviting the in
habitants Of the neighboripg towns to
participate in the Carson celebration Of
the Centennial. Some OF them seem in
clined to accept; others not.
Elijah Cooking. the man who was ac-
cidentally shot at Austin, is better. The
Reveille says his condition is much i'm
proved, and strong hopes Of his COM
plete recovery from his wound are enter
tnined.
Mr.. NJ. Hamilton, OF Washoe Valley,
was on the Goth thrown from his buggy
and severely injured. Mr.. H. is sixty
five years OF age, but the doctor, finding
no internal injuries, thinks that with
close attention he will recover.
A new stage line is about to be estab-
lished between Virginia City and Gold
Hill and Columbus. The new route by
the way Of Dayton will be the road
driven over. This will cut off several
miles Of the distance. and will prove to
be a much more pleasant route than the
one formerly travelled.
T. F. Miller. sentenced to the State
Prison from Storey county for assault
with intent to commit bodily harm, has
been pardoned. He had only about
four months to serve. The pardon car.
ries with it restoration to citizenship, of
course, which is considerable to Mr..
Miller.
An indictment having been found
against Edgar Pierce for robbing the
mails. the bondsmen OF that young man
have been summoned to appear and
pungle down the amount OF his bail,
$4,000, or produce Pierce before the
Court.
John j. Macklin committed suicide at
Reno on the Goth instant. Deceased
was short-card player. by which he
had earned living for years. He has
been in Reno about four months, having
come from Susanville. He has q brother
either in Red Bluff or San Francisco.
Deceased was over fifty years OF age.
He leaves no effects.
From the Jersey mine in Humboldt
county another shipment OF $1,000
pounds of bullion was made, making the
shipments for the week $4,000 pounds,
which is doing remarkably we'll for a
starter. The furnace is running steadily
and turning out q goodly number of bars
daily. With proper management there
is no doubt OF the success OF the enter
prise.
The State Board of Education met in
the Governors Office in the State Capitol
on tho Goth. Mr.. Kelley moved the
adoption of the Sheldon Readers. Car
ried-Ayes, Bradley and Kelley; No,
Day. SO the long mooted question OF
School Readers is at last settled. The
new readers will be introduced in our
public schools on the LIST of September
next, the beginning of the school year.
The case Of James L. johnson, tried
and convicted of the murder of Ryan in
Lander county last year, was appealed
to the Supreme Court. The ground Of
appeal was the unconstitutionaiity Of the
act of last session, known as The Jury
Act. The Supreme Court has passed
upon the case, and affirming its decision
in the MoClear case, pronounced las.
January, has reversed the judgment oil
the Court and remanded the case for @
new trial.
The Virginia Enterprise in its mining
review Of May 9th says: The develop.
ment on the 20OO.foot level of tue I'm.
perial is most promising. and it is now
considered almost certain that very
large and valuable deposit has been
found, one in which they will be breast
ing out and putting in "square sets " al
no distant day. This development ia
most encouraging to all deep miners. As
the deposit Is but about 100 feet from
the Alpha line that company may ye.
come in for share of the new bonanza,
The Reno Journal of the 9th says
The owners OF the Monarch mine, near
Pyramid Lake. are considerably elated
over the prospects. The prospecting
mill is busy clattering away, and big
chunk of amalRam will be brought in
this evening. One hundred pounds oil
the rock were run through day before
| yesterday, and seven ounces of amalgam,
which was run into little bar 945 fine
yesterday, was the result. Several oil
the principal owners leave Reno this
morning for trip to the mine. They
declare that the prospect warrants them
in saying that they will have one of the
best mines in the State. The ore is free
milling and will work forty dollars to
| the ton.
The members of the Miners Unions
of Virginia City, Gold Hill and Silver
City on the 25th ult. had grand parade
and reunion at Gold Hill. The News
says: Shortly after 6 o'clock last even
ing members of the Virginia Miners
Union to the number of two or thre,
hundred lett their hall in that city and
headed by brass band, marched through
G street to the Divide, where they wer,
met by the Gold Hill Union. All thel
marched to Lower Gold Hill to meet th,
Silver City Union, when they counter
marched to the hall Of the Miners
Union at Gold Hill. where took plac'
the exercises and festivities of the an
nusl reunion of the miners Of the Com
stock range. As the miners marched
through @ street they attracted thronl
Of spectators that blackened oil the side
walks, and all the way down to the plac
where they met the miners from Silve
City sidevalka porohea and balcOuie