Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-07-13
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

iUtn lDsthnt.
Captain John S. Young. OF the Emmett
Guard, OF Virginia City, has resigned
command. He has been Captain Of the
Emmett Guard for eleven years.
Wells. Fargo & Co. brought down from
Idaho on the 9Th. three bars Of bullion
valued at SO. 900, from the Monarch mine
near Rocky Bar. The mine is owned
and worked by an Indianapolis company,
to whom the bnllion was shipped,
The Reno Journal says q contract has
been let for building steamboat to ply
on Pyramid Lake. Capt. F. G.. Coudray.
out the Truckee river from Wadsworth
to the lake. and carry freight and pas
senRers from the railroad to the new
mines.
Bliss. Warrington & Co. have received
their new iron boat for use on Lake Ia
hoe. II comes up in sections, and is so
hauled to the lake. where it will be put
together by competent builder, and by
the LIST of August will be launched Oh
the dark blue waters OF that lovely lake.
1t is expected that the new boat will
make over twenty mi an hour.
The men who were burne' and mutt
lated BY the explosion ., ths cannon at
Carson on the 4th are thought to be in o
fair way Of recovery. Mr.. Tilton's hand
is greatly swollen and his eyes are in
very bad condition. There is great
danger OF his losing his sight. Mr.
Henderson's hands are very painful.
His sight will not be permanently in.
jured. Mr.. Reed is recovering from the
shock.
A rumor in San Francisco, to the effect
that the bonanza mines were flooded
with water, having been telegraphed to
the Gold Hill News, a reporter of that
paper, on the authority of Colonel Fair,
Superintendent of the Consolidated Vir.
ginia and California mines, pronounces
the story totally false and with no foun-
dation whatever. He says there is not a
washbasin full Of water flooding the big
bonanzas.
The two Barcelona mines continue to
yield ore OF high grade, the face Of the
openings showing as well as ever, Both
companies are shipping ore to the Jeffer-
son mill, and the yield is proving salts.
factory, though we are not able to give
the exact amount per ton. The diamond
drill 10 at work on the South Barcelona,
some three hundred feet east Of the
present workings in the mine. About
one hundred feet Of the joint tunnel is
completed.
OPIUM SMOKING. This horrible, dis.
gushing and dirty habit, introduced by
one Of the flthiest races on earth, is be-
coming quite prevalent in Phoebe. The
effects OF this dreadful drug on continued
smokers of it, are fearful. aud the de-
licious sensations produced by it, pic.
tured in romances only, are all bosh.
Persons INDUCING in this habit are not
only destroying their health, but are IL
able to catch other diseases from con.
tamination with the filthy Chinese.
Baldwin, the eIposer Of spirtualis,ic
manifestations. has issued q challenge Of
$500 that he could expose any manifest.
atoms known to mediums, it was taken
up by man named Schimmons, who ia
a medium. He offered to eat ten grains
OF strychnine, Baldwin to consume the
same amount. In San Francisco on
Wednesday night, at the performance.
Baldwin stated that he would
not accept the challenge, as Schimmons
was confirmed strychnine- eater and
could swallow the poison with impuniiy,
while it would kill him.
II Is asserted as curious fact that the
Piuies, unlike other tribes. do not seem
10 have lost in numbers because OF con.
tact with the whites. An old Virginian
who carried on the business Of trader
with the Indians in 1872 informs the
Gold Hui News that the tribe has in
creased good deal since that time.
This anomaly in Indian history he at.
tributes to the virtue of the women.
Death is the Piute penalty inflicted fol-
slips from the path of rec,itude, and the
consequence is that there are no half
breeds and no disease. They are re.
markable healthy race, and as they never
work ifEthey can help it. they remain fa
and contented.
The Pacific Coast Pioneers held a
meeting on the 7th at Virginia. Tb,
principal business was the election O
officers. After an exciting struggle tb,
following gentlemen were chosen
President, G. E. DeLong Vice Presi
dents: Vir9inia-John Knox, j. w
Myers, NJ. Holmes. Gold H,ll-williau
Meserye, Augustus Tyrrell. Ormsb,
county-A. d. Treadway. Lyon. W
Grier. Washoe-S. A McMeans. Eu
reka-G, II. Hall. For Secretary Lee
Mclown aud Charles Rawson wer,
nominated. McGown was elected
Treasurer, j. P. Smith; Marshal. w. d
| @. Gibson; Librarian, W. f. Stewart
Directors, F. Morrill,. Will Thomas, W
f. Shepard and All Doten.
The Helena Independents Fort Eli
dispatch of June 3Oth, states that spe
cial courier was dispatched to Gibbon tn
day previous, ordering him to procee,
direct to the forks of the Tongue rive
and cooperate with the movements o
General Terry and Crook. 1t was also
stated that Gen. Terry was to hav,
entire control of the forces operating il
the Indian country, A previous dispatc
from Fort Laramie states that the officer
OF that post speak in terms of unmea
sured condemnation of Gen. Crook
behavior, and denounce his retreat in tn
face OF the savage enemy as cowardly
The Crows called Crook the Squaw Chief
aud say he's afraid to fight. The In
dependents dispatch gives differen
version OF the fight of the 18th from
the eastern letter writer's. Geners
Crooks command was completed
surprised and panic stricken, and fo
time the rout and confusion wa
terrific.
} The California papers are all maxim
fun OF the gunnery displayed on the Bs
OF SIN Francisco in the recent sha
battle. The Sacramento Bee says: +"