Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-03-07
NEVADA NEWS.

The Consolidated Virginia stock is lot
to be cut up.
The Manhattan Company of Austin
shipped $s4, 2l1 in bullion during Feb
ruary.
The Savage Mining Company are set.
ting 10 place steam hammer weighing
$4,000 pounds.
Colonel J. W. Grassy. private secretary
OF Senator Jones OF Nevada, died in
Washington, on the Goth ultimo, OF pneu.
monia after brief illness.
Steel dies and shoes ore being extern
sively used in the quartz mills on the
Comstock. They ore gradually super.
seding the use Of iron as being less trou.
BILE and more economical.
The Virginia Chronicle and Mayor Cur
RE are after the Comstookian police with
. sharp stick. 1t IL probable that the
aforesaid pointed weapon is greatly
needed.
A Virginia social club gave party and
honest genial Dan de guile. of the En-.
tsrprise. goes into conniption FITS amen.
the toilets and charms OF the lady visit.
ors, At last accounts Dan is better and
will probably recover.
The Virginia folks have formed an or
ganization to take hand in the mex,
6ght In which the Chinese indulge. Tha,
melee will greatly resemble q fight be-
tween school-boys, in which the peda
gogue concludes to take leading part.
@. d. Fitch, mining expert, is en-.
deavoring to inoculats the Comstockers
with the Big Horn fever. It is probable
he will succeed. for the folks at Virginia
are accustomed to take the biggest kind
Of horns.
A Home Protection Association Ii
organized in Virginia City. The mem.
bers are going to look after the two Sings
Sam and Hop. They say they intend
doing nothing but what is legal and right.
but they want the Cinnamon to regard
the laws also.
The Carson Tribune publishes an item
to the effect that the condition Of Mr..
Bollen iGrand Master OF the Masons oil
this State) il most critical. and thai
there were the greatest apprehensions Of
fatal results. The Virginia Enterprise Of
the LIST inst. says: We are glad to say
that, in answer to dispatch sent yester.
day by Mr.. Z. II. Langley of this city
inquiring after Mr.. Bollen's condition,
the dispatch in reply read: "Much
better"
The Consolidated Virginia Mining
Company yesterday. says the Virgins
Enterprise Of the 2lst inst, shipped l07
bars Of bullion, weighing over six tons
and valued at $378, 632.55. This is the
largest single shipment ever made BY
any company ON the Comstock lode
The Belcher company made q ship.
ment OF 1886, 900, however. The worl
of melting and assaying the large amount
of bullion mentioned above was com.
menced on Monday morning and finished
on yesterday morning by II O'Clock, there
also being made during this time 140 ore
assays. This ia undoubtedly the biggest
work ever done on the Pacific Coast in
the way Of melting and assaying silver
bullion. Each month about the time
that Q general cleanup OF the mills is be-
ing made similar "melts" will take place.
The Gold Hill News Of the I'd relates
. oowhiding scraps at Virginia: Early
morning young lady entered the bar
bsr-shop kept by Charley Bsrkman and.
advancing to the chair run by Gus Osssn.
dorff. demanded retraction Of some
scandalous talk about herself put In cir
culation by Ossendorff. This 0ssendorfi
fatty refused, when the woman, drawing
q cowhide from under her shawl, let the
gallant barber have it with all her force
over the head and face. Osssndorff has
been paying some attentions to the
woman. who bears Q good reputation,
and had spent the evening at her resi-
dencs only few days ago; after which,
for some cause. he had put some terrible
SANDERS into circulation in regard to her
character; hence. the retraction demand
cd. and the chastisement he received at
her hands.
AL Peck has commenced suit against
Michael Castle. in which he charges that
in 1879 he and Castle entered into con-
tract whereby Castle agreed to pay his
expenses to and from Virginia City, for
the purpose OF pointing out to Philip
Dsidssheimsr. ct that time Supsrintend.
snt Of tho Ophir mine. whore the ore.
body OF said mine lay; and that il the
rs.body should b. found after nine
months OF regular work in the course
Peck would point out - the course Of
said ore.body. then he. Castle, would de-
liver to Peck one hundred shares oil
Ophir Compsny's stock at the prics Of
$50 per share. Peck. the plaintiff. al
leges that he did 60 to Virginia City and
point ont to Deidssheimer the locality Of
the ore.body. and that the work was for
tims carried on o. he directed II should