The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1877-03-24
STATE ITEMS.

MhJOr Watklust ouo VI tue Ouiteu
States Inspectors of Indian Agencies,
passed last evening, says the Silver State
of the 10th. on his way to Pyramid Lake
aud Walker River RsseI atoms. He was
accompanied by Captain Palmer, Indian
Agent at Maggie Greek Reservation, near
Carlip, who inquired for Nachez. the
Piute Chief and farmer, with view Of
getting the Inspector to take an interest
in bis behalf and assist him in getting in
a crop on his ranch on the Big Meadows.
The Enterprise Of the 18th says the
first strawberries of the season arrived at
Virginia on Saturday morning. They
were shipped from San Francisco and
were very fine. They sold readily at
$l.25 per pound. AT the present price
they are luxury in which but the
wealthy or the reckless few are likely to
indulge. With such weather as prevailed
in the city yesterday strawberries do not
seem out of place, even though snow
banks are still visible on the slopes OF
Mount Davidson and on the sides of
most of the surrounding hills.
The case Of Marshall, says the vir-
einia Chronicle of the 18th, who was
tried for woman-beating in Moses court
yesterday, resulted in the acquittal Of
the defendant by the jury. The woman
had baen an inmate of house on d
street. but Marshall had promised to
take her out and live with her as hus-
band If she would leave the life she was
living. She screened him as much as
possible while on the witness stand, and
although she had black eye from the
stroke Of his fist, she swore that she had
first bitten his hand while intoxicated,
and that the stroke was accidental.
Virginia Enterprise: The Piutes intend
having grand fandango shortly on
Walker river 10 celebration Of the arrival
or at least the near approach of Spring.
The Indians living in this region will
attend in force, and their ancient
enemies, the Washoes, residing in the
neighborhood Of Carson City. will be in
vited to attend the grand "Spring open
ing in order to see the fashions and
that the annual funeral" of the ira.
ditional Ratchet may be duly observed.
The Piuts bellies Of the towns of the
Comstock will no doubt create great
sensation among their rural friends by
the gaudiness of their calico gowns, while
the bucks" will probably attract equal
attention by the gorgeousness of their
blankets, the altitude of their "plug"
hats and their superior adroitness in the
manipulation of the cards in Piute poker
Virginia Footliaht: There was report
current on the streets that the JUS
tice Company was going to weed
out by the wholesale certain nationality
OF men who had been detected in steal
ing the richest OF the ore and carving il
of in their dinner buckets. The ore in
the Justice varies good denl, some OF it
being as rich as any on the cad, while
the average of what is milled does not
work up to much above thirty dollars a
ton. Some streaks are worth thousand
dollars ION, and it is such that the
miners are reported to have loaded their
dinner pals. There are about six hun.
dred men employed in the Justice, and
would be singular if in that number some
were not found who would improve the
opportunity to double their monthly in
come by peculation. II miner were to
take but tive pounds dey OF the thou
ssnd-dollar rock, at the end of the m ontb
ewould have seventy-fve dollars worth,
which, added to his monthly salary.
would be quite neat little income for
an unskilled miner.
Virginia Chronicle: A large-sized
photograph exposed in Manning's win.
dow. on South @ street, for some days
past, has attracted considerable attention.
II is taken from drawing by J. B.
Pitohford, chief engineer of the Chollar.
Norcross'Savags Combination shaft.
showing the ''skeet." the vehicle used to
raise the rock from the bottom of the
smart. The skeet is large sheet-iron
box. capable of holding about six car.
LOADS OF rock. Being attached to two reels
1t raises to the surface, in o round trip.
Twelve times as much as single engine
with car and cage. II does not require
TO DO handled in any way. as it runs
smoothly along the guides, is never re-
moved from the shaft and is self.dump.
ing. Introduced at tho Combination
shaft by Superintendent 1. L. Reoua
about year ago. it has been thoroughly
tested and found to be the best CON.
triyaucs known for raising large GUAM
titles OF rock in an expeditions and eco.
nomlcal manner. The photograph gives
nve views OF the skeet, two OF which |
show It in a dumping position; q third /
view shows it going down the shaft, and |
the other shows the skeet by itself.