Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-05-07

OF an attendant or companion. the Gym
osure OF all eyes. He is apparently On
Inc shacy side Of sixty. and stands six
feet three or four inches in hight. He
is as straight as flagstaff. with broad,
square shoulders, supporting one Of those
massive, intellectual heais-a type OF
the statesmen of the last century, and
IN striking contrast with the crooked
ioai-of-bread craniums Of the representa-
tiVes OF the present generation.
A man calling himself Profess J.
W. Brazleton lately blked the good folks
OF Prescott, Arizona. The Miner says:
Those who failed to go and see the man
eat fire, drink bot lead and swallow a
wagon wheel, at the courthouse missed
good thing. He performs o trick very
neatly. The sharpest and keenest eye
in the house couldn't detect how he did
1t until IT was all over, when it suddenly
dawned upon them that they bad all
been sold, and the fellow had gone with
their cash, the collection Of which con-
stituted the entire performance. We
never saw lot of men take an imposi-
ton more good naturediy, however, each
seemed to consider it good joke on all
except himself, and he felt privileged to
make fun Of them over il. The Miner
office acknowledges the corn, il was there
In force, and was not merely sold but
given away.
Last Saturday evening, says the Virg
Chronicle Of the lst, a drunken man en-
tered the house Of lady residing on B
street near Silver, and in the absence Of
her husband made himself perfectly at
home. The lady requested him to leave
the house immediately, because if her
husband should arrive and find him there
he would receive no very gentle treat
ment. Notwithstanding this warning,
the fellow remained until her husband
arrived, and when informed by his wife
OF the condition Of affairs, he started in
and experimental in a general manner
with the fellow that would stay. He con-
verted him into football, a lump of
dough, piece Of waste rock under a
stamp battery of two feet loaded with No.
IA boots, well nailed, etc. Finally he
allowed him to depart, sorer but
wiser man. The blood was smeared all
over his bat and coat, so he took them
oil and left them in front OF tho house.
Next morning the presence Of the bloody
rags and clothes caused may passer-by to
think that there had been another man
for breakfast. and that we were fast COM
ing back to the good old days when such
meal was provided regularly every
morning.
A spirituaiistic pianist has been as
tonishing the Comstockers. The vir-
ginia Chronicle says: Last evening Jesse
Sheppard, the spiritualisic pianist gave
concert at the residence Of a private
gentleman in this city. There were
about seventyfve ladies and gentlemen
present. The power of Mr.. Shepard on
the piano is indisputable. He claims to
be an inspiratonal performer and vocal
list, and says that he never has definite
idea of what he is going to play or how
he will play it. He comprehends only
in outline the piece selected, and while
in an apparently semi-conscious state, his
hands strike the keys with precision and
great rapidity. Two operatic overtures
were performed by Mr.. Shepard, by
special request. he giving his audience
the choice of selecting from forty operas,
Italian, French, German, Russian and
Spanish. The Egyptian March," one
of Shepard's specialities, is weird,
barbaric and magnificent. 1t began with
an imitation Of the sounds of battle, in
which the booming of the cannon, clash
ing of the cymbals, shields, and the
bugle calls were intensely real. Later
on the violence increased and the strokes
on the piano keys shook the doors and
windows of the entire room. When the
tumult reached its climax violent crash
was heard, and the piano was lifted sew
eral times six or seven inches from the
floor and came down each time with
heavy thud, and the strings vibrated as
though every one OF them had been
pulled up by many different fingers and
then allowed to slip. As all this took |
place IN totally dark room it was al |
most terrifying, and one lady present
came near fainting. When the gas was
relit everything appeared in perfect
order. Mr.. Shepard's voice is phe-
nomenal one, ranging between four &C.
taves, from low d to high D. His sing
ing last evening was excellent,