The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1877-05-12
AccIDENT.-On Sunday last the train


for Bullionville took along number of
passengers, who alighted at Condor
Canyon for the purpose OF having some
sport cunning, for which they had made
preparations. After having all the fun
possible in that line and the tramp max
ing them hungry, they entered Mrs.
Lehish's clearinghouse and ordered
dinner. While eating dinner the train
returned from Builionville, waited Il
while, gave several alarm whistles, and
no one coming forth from the house to
ask the engineer, Sam Stoddard to wait
a short time, and Sam not knowing they
were in the house, and thinking they
might have strolled along to the water
tank, sounded the final whistle and
started the train, and not finding any
passengers along the road the train
came on to town. Those that were eat
ing their dinner on seeing the train start
| along, realized their situation at once,
and started to procure some vehicle in
which to return to town. They pro-
cured wagon and horses belonging to
Ham mond, the milkman, which was
| loaded up with seven grown persons and
little girl, with which they started back
| to Phoebe. The first accident that oc-
CURED was the coming off of one of the
tires OF q wheel, which had to be fas-
tened with wire and rope to keep it in
place and the wheel from breaking
down. After this little stoppage Theo.
Hale took the reins, and whilst driving
the animals, they going at a very slow
pace, he stood up III the wagon to touch
them up with the whip, when the wagon
struck rock, throwing MIR. Hale out head
foremost among the horses, they starting
at once to run, drawing the wagon over
him. The animals were stopped after
very short run, and Mr.. Hale picked up
and placed in the wagon, which brought
him to town feeling bruised and very
sore. Doctor Lee was called to attend
him and found that where the wheels
had passed over his thigh the muscles
and tendons had been mashed so fiat
that it was wonderful that no bones had
been broken. The shoulder was also
severely injured. Proper remedies were
applied and the patient made as CON-
Portable as possible. On Monday morn
ing the wounded and bruised places were
found swollen and very much dscolored,
but Mr.. Hale was no worse, and after
q lapse of several days put in an ap-
pearance on the streets again. 1t ia
almoet miracle that the enormous
weight in the wagon did not cause a
fracture to some OF the bones of the leg
as it was, he may be very thankful that he
was not killed outright, When the team
started to run at the time of the accident
some of the occupants, thinking there
was going to be smash-up, jumped out
of the wagon, expecting to alight easy,
but were considerably astonished to find
themselves turning end over end like
acrobats in a circus turning hand
springs. Newcomers in Phoebe have no.
yet become acquainted with the soil and
have not learned to select soft spot on
which to jump.
SCHOOL MARsHALs REpoRT.-W give
herewith the report of the Phoebe Schoo
District, taken by W. Fl. Henderson
School Census Marshal: Numbers o.
boys between aud IS years of age 1903
I number of girls 80; total number Of
children between and 10 years of az,
1856. Number OF children under year.
of age 12l. number of children between
Y IS and q years Of age 10. number o
, children between and 6 So, number o
children between and 6 attending
!, public school g. Total number of chill
dren reported as attending public schoo
l05; attending private schools 81. Mum
Der between 6 and Is years of age no
= attending any school So.
8 MEADOW VALLEY PuMp.-Sincs las
g September the community Of Phoebe ha
. alternately been depressed and ovel
q joyed by news to the effect that th
n pumping machinery of the Meadow Va
70 Icy mine was not going to be placed i
position or that it was going to b,
Rumors, however. on Saturday last seel
IL to fix it settled fact that arrangement
10 have been made with the foundry in So
k Francisco for settlement of their il
"a debtedness and for the finishing of ii
pumping apparatus and erection OF II
, same over the Meadow Valley min,
g TRYING THE HOSE During the fl
10 fire that occurred at the State Bar
= building three weeks ago some of Il
"a couplings were blown off the hose b
ID longing to Protection Hose Compar
D. by the pressure of the water. On SUI
O. day last this company resolved to te
N their hose 80 as to have any defecti
couplings fixed that a like accide
- should not again occur at FIR
" They accordingly subjected abo
30 four hundred feet Of hose to strol
e. water pressure, all of it standing the pre-
"a sure we'll except two sections.
rs INDIANS IN TowN--The scare on q
-, q. count of the sn( D-pox case that Q
an Cured in the Indian camp bavi
nd abated, the Aborisinees have during {
past week been gradually crawling in
p;ocha aoain The Sheriff having co