The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1877-08-18

written ana pupllShed under the lm-
mediate charge of w. W. Bishop, ESQ,
TO whom the confession was delivered by
Bishop Lee. 1t contains nearly 400
large octave pages, very handsomely
bound 10 cloth and leather. The illus
trauons are numerous and have been
engraved expressly for this book by we'll
known artists. They include portraits
OF Lee, bis two favorits wives. Brigham
Young, and several other Mormon
leaders; also full page illustration of
the Mountain Meadow Massacre. The
price of this work is from S275 to SO rs,
according to the style OF binding. That
1t will be very interesting our readers
can judge by the various extracts which
they have read in the RECORD. Mr..
Stevens ID also agent for the Centennial
History Of the United sta'es,' just pub
lished
ANIMAL STATEMENT. -- j. Il. Duff,
Superintendent of the Meadow Valley
mine and mill, has been busy for week
past making out the annual statement of
the working OF the mine, the extraction
and reduction OF ore, the cost of labor
and other necessary expenses, the whole
comprising % budget which has to be
presented at the annual meeting of the
stockholders OF the company. which
takes place August 23i. The statement
will not include about 200 tons of ore
that came from the Meadow Valley mine
which were at the Condor mill at the
time it was destroyed by fire, and which
the Superintendent has not been able
to have reduced or worked yet. Mr..
Duff makes good showing while he has
had charge.
FRUC.-Abundance of water Ions,
cantelopes, peaches, pears. plums. and
all kinds of fruit ripe at this season of
the year, are arriving in town from Utah
in large quantities. Tae fruit this sea-
son coming from Utah il much better
and of finer flavor than it has been for
the last three years and is sold at very
lowprices. One old big.hearted Mormon
farmer informed the "boys" that no
would be in Phoebe again 10 about three
weeks with two wagons loaded with Utah
fruit-one loaded with grapes and the
"
our young men are now busily engaged
in fixing 10 their cabins and making
preparations to have grand blow out"
and settle down for life.
On THE FLAT. Two of the supposed
to be" gentler sex having had a wordy
war Nr some time back, had meeting in
a miners cabin On the Flat Saturday
evening last, and their wordy warfare
changed to that of blows, which they
kept up as long as they could hold their
wind. Exhausted nature at last com
PEELED them to cease hostiliiies. The
proprietor OF the house Immediately
went to work cleaning up, and after an
hours hard labor in sweeping out hair,
ribbons, hairpins ETC., he completed his
task.
NV PATENTS. Through Dewey x
Co., Patent Agents at San Francisco, we
received the following list of U. S. pat
ents, granted to Pacific coaat inye ntors:
Henry NJ. Stow, San Francisco, wood
pavements; Rufus H. Moss. Salem. Ogn.,
pipe coupling; Henry G. Root, Virginia
City, Nevada saw-set and file guide; w.
Stow, Chicago, ILL.,, and Henry NJ. Stow,
S. f., street railroad; Almarin L. Paul,
s. +. (re-issue), self-discharging pulyer-
izing barrel for ores.
REnovED.-The fire. bell belonging to
the Fire Department. the location about
which there has been so much consro-
versy, has at length been removed from
Halpin's building to the top of the house
Of Phoebe Hose Company. The removal
was accomplished last Saturday. Dur
ing the removal a false alarm of fire was
created, causing stir for short time,
but it soon subsidized.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS The public schools
of Phoebe will not open until some time
in the month of September, owing to the
want OF competent teacher. The
County School Superintendent wrote to
the East about three weeks since in re-
gard to having one come here, but has
not received any answer as yet.
PoKER.-A poker game was started in
tho FL Dorado Saloon on Saturday even
ing last. which was kept up without in
PERMISSION, until Monday morning. A
couple of the players continued in the
game during the whole sitting. Con-
siderable money changed hands.
PIcNIo.-A number of our German
citizen amused themselves last Sunday
by having picnic at Highland. I.
being cool and pleasant out there
they enjoyed themselves in the various
games always INDUCED in on such oc.
casions.
LITIGATION. Litigation promises to
be little lively during the next term Of
court. as since the departure of Judge
Rives three suits have been commenced
in the District Court, and there is a
promise of other suits growing out Of
these three.
FIRST SUIT. We notice by the Eursks
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