Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-01-22
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

Inc v. r pay car, says tue Elko lnde-
Il dent Of the 18th, past east on Satur-
day and past komeward yesterday. All
the employees OF the company were paid
two months salary, and are correspond
ing'y happy.
"Garry" Lansing, says the Virginia
Chronicle Of the 18th, employed for some
weeks past at the freight depot of the
Virginia and Truckee Railroad Company,
yesterday sustained compound fracture
Of the leg, just above the ankle, while
engaged in handling heavy boz. He
was taken to the hospital.
Up to noon to-day. says the Reveille
Of the 18th. LEGO shares of the stock of
the Manhattan Co. had been ordered at
the Bank. This represents 5000,
which Is very large sum for a small
community like Austin. and shows that
there must be considerable number OF
rusty twenty dollar pieces slowed away
in old stockings and under cabin floors.
The larger portion Of this amount is or.
dered BY men working in the mines of
the company.
One Of our physicians, says the Los
Angeles Express. told green and litter
ate reporter. the other day. that the
Chinaman who was killed two weeks ago,
as it was supposed by blow. really died
OF poison, for they had discovered arse
J MIC in his stomach. $50 that really he
was," continued the physician, "in
articnlo mortis before he received the
blow That's strange. said the re-
porter. with vacant stare; II thought
he was in house on N;ggar alley and
not at Mortis'."
DR.. Sheridan, says the Reveille, claims
to have invented Q machine for coastinq
on bare ground, which he calls roller
coasting Sled" 1t 10 an ingeniously
constructed structure OF wheels, pulleys,
belts. weights and smokestacks. 1t only
weighs four tons and only requires two
engineers and one fireman to run it.
Every family should have one, as it is
one OF the simplest things ever invented,
and there is no danger Of it's exploding
unless the water ia allowed to get too low
in the boiler.
On Saturday, says the Virginia Chron.
icle, some Cinnamon came to Coroner
Mayer and asked him to come and see
Alb Fung, who was shot the other night
in Chinatown. The Coroner prepared
to accompany them. but before starting
happened to ask. "When did be diep"
"Oh," replied one Of the Cinnamon,
"he no dead yet; but be alice same dead
mamie die belly SOON" The Coroner
took on his coat again and said he
thought he would wait until the man had
permanently turned his toes up. The
Celestials were surprised.
George F. Dinsmore has got q big
bonanza. says the Reveills. as the follow
ing will show: He, In conjunction with
other parties. owns the Phunician lode,
situated in Bunker Hill district, for
which proceedings TO obtain patent are
now pending. Last week lot OF rock
from this lode was brought in and tested
at the assay office Of the Manhattan mill,
which gave the following results: First |
class-silver per tom $1,4l3.98; gold
per ton. 5000. 80; total. $1,613.9l. Sec.
ond-class silver per ton, $69. 30; gold |
per ton, $62.79; total, $13269. The |
ledge Is four feet in width and the ore |
10 free milling ore, in view Of which it ia |
big mine If the ore would not average
over 500 per ton.
Az William Phillips and two other men |
we're working 10 the Overman pump.
shaft. says the Gold Hill News Of the
18th, about 10 o'clock last night, a plank
became detached from some point over.
head and fell down the shalt. It de- |
scended endwise, and in passing the |
men. struck the one mentioned, on the |
leg below the knee. inficting q cut about
four inches long. and 30 deep that the |
bone was exposed. DR., Kirby. who |
dressed the wound. says it looked as II |
made by spike, which probably was |
driven in the plank. No large arteries
having been severed, the wound bled |
comparatively little.
The jury in the Pickett case, saws the
Reveille, being locked up in the, Court
room, and the room being required for
the services Of the Episcopal Church, |
yesterday, the jurors magnanimously
consented to allow the services TO On |
on and also attend them In body. There
IS no other comfortable room in which
they could stay during the services, and
they therefore made virtue of necessity,
ana attended morning and evening ser.
vice and the Sunday School. One iury.
man was 30 affected and brought 90
much under the influence of saving
grace. that as soon az church adjourned
he threw pack Of cards aud about a
quart OF beans out OF the window, whs,a
they were gobbled up by a vatohfnl
Fiute. The services Of the Sheriff were
required to prevent the juror from being
sent AFTER the cards and beans. by his in.
dignant fellow-jusymen-as it was the
only deck OF cards they possessed.
Professor Flint, says the Gold Hill
News OF the 18th. has made arrangements
to hold spelling match at the old gram.
mar school building. An admission fec
OF twenty-five cents will be charged, and
whatever is collected at the door will be
awarded to the best speller. The match
will be decided by giving out thirty or
more words, to be written on Sins of
paper by those competing for the prize.
In case OF tie, second, or II neces.
sary, third Lis. OF words will be given
out. Webster's dictionary edition Of
1879 will be the authority by which the
orthography Of all words shall be de-
cided. We understand that three ladies
or gentlemen will be selected from The
audience to act as referees, and TO pre.
vent any suspicion OF unfsirness. II
should be their duty TO select the test
words. In this connection We vonid
suggest that none OF the words spslled
at the late match In Virginia, be selected
AZ the coming one; as also that the names
OF towns, scientific. medical and other
terms OF rare occurrence in the vritinoa
OF good authors, be avoided. For the
purpose OF adding spice to the sxercises.
there will be n nre1iminoru ..s-L