The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1877-09-08


and empowered to receive and collect
So 80 mining tax on the net proceeds of
mines instead Of 81, as extended upon
the mining assessment roll for the pro-
ceeds Of mines A. ID. 1877.
and allowed: E. D. Turner. care of
Squirting in August. SlS; w. L. Mckee.
attendance on Grand Jury and District
Court IN July, $l25; ". L Mckee, sup.
ply tor jail for July. $40; W. l.. Mckee,
summouins Grand Jury, witnesses and
trial jurors in July, 1913; Record Pub.
Co., printing, $50; j. G. Henderson,
filing certificates and warrants, S95 25
j. G. Henderson, extending mining as
sessmen. for first second and third
quarter. 1877, $50; Jos. Percival, salary
as Fire Warden, 800; A. M. Findley.
school census of Panaca, S;25; Giimer Y
Salisbury. $751; j. Eisenmann, repairing
water.p pipe at Courthouse.
The Board then adjourned
QUESTION OF JURISDICTION United
Stat d District Attorney Varlan writes TO
the District Attorney Of Lincoln county
that the attorneys appointed by the
Court to defend Sloan, Newman, Dean
and McManus for the killing of Holland
and Carter are about to have raised the
question of the jurisdiction of United
States Courts in the matter and wanting
TO know If Lincoln county would try
them in case they were discharged by
the United States Court. Answer was
made to him that receu. occurrences in
Phoebe made it evident that merchants
and taxpayers would stand DO more
nonsense; that they were sick of the
ways aud delays of the law and would
take matters in their own hands as no
justice could be melted out otherwise.
WEATHER REPORT FOR AUGUST Mr..
II. Hall, Signal Service Officer at
Phoebe, gives US the following as an alb
straot of his weather report for the
month of August: The highest tempa-
ture was SO deg. on the 18th; the lowest
was 81 deg, on the 3Oth. Monthly
rangs OF temperature was IL degrees; the
greatest daily range was "a degrees.
The total rainfall during the month was
1900 inches; number of days on which
rain fell was two, that of the 10th and
18th. The prevailing wind during the
month was south. The highest barome-
ter for the month was 30O37 inches
the lowest barometer, 29.766 inches.
The barometer is corrected for tempera.
ture, elevation and instrumental errors
JAcKRADBIr ORE. Tho crushing of the
ten tons OF ore from the Jackrabbit mine
was completed at the American Flag mill
on Tuesday last. The assays of the pulp
as made BY Hoffman were S59S47 for the
mill pulp and S601.l4 for the samples
taken by N. NJ. Miller. This is very
healthy ore. and if some of the boys who
are now prospecting around that neigh
borhood do strike mines anywise near Of
equal value We may expect lively times
as the result. Some Of them already
have splendid prospects.
To BE MovEp.--The Floral, OF Alps,
mill is to be moved to Condor Canyon
and put up there by the Insurance Com.
pany to replace the one burned some
time since. jim White and Allen, the
well-known mill builders, have the con.
tract for taking it down and putting it W
in Condor Canyon. so they write here &c
parties whom they have engaged to dc
what mason work - necessary.
LARGEST LOAD YET The Nevada Cen
trail train brought up on Wednesday thu
largest load of bullion that has passed
over the road for long time. Their,
were fourteen bars in all, twelve o
which were from the Raymond & Ell,
mill and the other two from the Ameri
can Flag Mill and belonged to the Alp
Company.
New PROPRIETOR 49, Herman Kraus
gives notice in to-days paper of havin
purchased the interest of his brother
D. j. Krause, in the tobacco and variet
store situated on Main street. opposit
Meadow Valley. and solicts the continue
llon OF the patronage. He will settl
all accounts due by the firm and colee
all outstanding bills.
A LARGE Survive learn from Co
Harry l. Thornton that q sui: has bee
commenced against the Grand Priz
mine, situated at Tuscarora, Nevada,
company Of which Jim Morgan
PRESIDENT, so that we may expect to hea
OF very lively law suit. and one i
which plenty of money will be used.
REMOVAL OF LAND OFFcE.-Tbe bus
hess of the Land Office at Phoebe will
closed up previous 10 September l.
1877, and the documents and archivt
viii be removed to Eureka on that da,
THERE is y letter advertised in N
eureka postoflice for Miss Mage
Morris.