Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-06-14

chimney IL eleven inches In width, carry.
ing ore which mills from 1.500 to
$4,000 per ton. The ore Is the sulphur
ct and ruby peculiar to the lower work
ings OF the Lander Hill mines, which
are the most snowy and brilliant of any
in the State, and the fact that great
lunches OF mineral which are rs per
cent. pure silver bulge out all over the
huge blocks which are now being ex-
trscted. renders them particularly at
tractivs to the eye.
Deputy Sheriff Hayes. who has been
of on official business 10 the STEMS
Mountain country. informs the Silver
State Of the 9th inst. that he saw mil
lions Of army worms between the Toll
House asd Pete Flynn's Station. yester.
day. A strip Of country five miles wide
is literally alive with them. The worms.
two Of which be brought to town. are
about two inches in length, and are COW
cred with hair somewhat like catterpil-
lars. Fortunately there is nothing for
this devastating army to destroy in their
present locality but ssgebrush.
The Virginia Chronicle says: One
night in the early part Of this week, Mr..
Webster, who is building a house sd.
joining his dwelling. heard q noise about
the building. and on going ont found
two respectfully dressed females carrying
of lumber. On giving them notification
that it was his lumber they went of. re-
marking that they were coming back
presently" In few minutes they re-
turned armed with revolvers, and said
they proposed to have that lumber at all
hazards. Mr.. Webster Was driven from
the field, but called Upon bis neighbors
for assistance, and an armed force in
vaded the ground. Here they found the
Amazons In possession. but at the sight
OF superior numbers they beat retreat,
covering their rear with cloud of ex-
pletive3.
John Daley. who formerly resided in
Eureka. was shot at Austin by man
named Neb Dyer. The bullet entered
under the point of the clavicle, on
the right side narrowly missing the right
lung. Its direction was . little down
and backwards, passing near the upper
lobe of the lung and ON through the low.
er portion OF the scapulum aud lodging
under the skin. from which place 1t was
cut out. 1t cut no arteries in it's course
and escaped the trachea and bronchial
tubes. but there is considerable hem
orrhsge from the liberation of the skin
and other parts through which it passed,
which settled on the lunea, causing slight
congestion, but not enough to impair
breathing. Dyer is confined in the
county jail, at Austin, and will not have
an examination till the result of Daley's
injuries are determined.
AT Eureka. W. W. Van vleet. superin n
tendent Of the Kit Carson mine. was ar.
rested for perjury. He had been sum-
moned to appear. before Justice R. M.
Beatty, upon process supplemental to
execution to answer questions concern
ing his property. During his examina-
ton be made statements under oath
which were directly contradictsd by the
evidence Of several Witnesses, whereupon
Crit. Thornton, attorney for the plain
tiff, made q motion to the Court that
Van Vleet be placed In custody until
complaint could be. filed and q warrant
issued for his arrest for perjury. The
motion was granted and the defendant
placed under arrest. John Baker, Van
Vleet's attorney. Immediately got out
writ of habeas corpus and the dsfsn-
dant was taken before Judge Cole, Of the
District Court, who dismissed the writ
and ordered the prisoner to be taken
back to Justice Beatty for examination.
In the meantime complaint had been
filed and warrant issued. The Justice
ordered the defendant to give bonds in
the sum of $1,000 for his appearance.