The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1878-11-09
NARROW EscApE.-Jimmy Teddy had

NARROW EscAPE.-Jimmy Teddy had
a narrow escape from death Wednes-
day in the Meadow Valley mine. He
had assembled from one of the drifts
and bad made a platform for knocking
down some dirt that he had ON the
sides, about 80 feet above the bottom of
the drift. By loosening this earth, he
had broken an arch of dirt about 40 feet
over his head, which gave way and com.
menced coming down. Teddy became
alarmed in time and jumped from his
platform into chute. as the hole mass,
composed of hundreds Of tons OF rock
and dirt, began to fall. Fortunately this
mass became wedged about three feet
above Teddy's head, and all around him.
He was confined above the chute. The
alarm was given and his companions came
to his rescue. They attempted to release
him by removing some of the dirt. This
only brought more dirt down to fill
| up the vacancy. This alarmed Teddy,
who feared that the whole mass would
become loosened and fall, so he had his
companions quit digging and pass him
timbers through the chute. with which
he succeeded in building platform over
bis head to prevent the dirt from coming
any farther, and and after removing
some of the dirt in front and on the
sides of him he was finally released about
6 o'clock in the evening, the buckets
having been kept running seven hourR
steadily to effect his eascapa.
A HARD CusToMER.-On election day
a stranger, little under the influence of
liquor, went into the San Francisco Res
taurant and ordered his dinner. It was
brought him but nothing on the table ap-
pearsd to suit him-chicken. beef, veal,
etc.. were examined critically and pro-
nounced not No. l. Finally, after Sol.
had exhausted the contents OF his larder,
he succeeded in satisfying his customer,
who made very hearty meal, after which
he arose and throwing up his right hand,
told Sol. to charge it, and he would set
tie the next time he came along. Words
cannot do justice to the feelings of the
restaurant proprietor just about that
time.
As IT STANDs.-From present appear
ances from returns received from the
State the Democrats have probably
elected Adams Lieutenant Governor and
Sessions Superintendent of Public In
struction. Rives is elected District
Judge. County-Henderson Assessor,
Dayton Senator, Wash, Allen and Patton
Assemblymen, Patchen Attorney, Clark
and Eisenmann Commissioners, Shier
Administrator. 1t is very close between
Fish and Fulks. The other county
officers were endorsed and of course
elected.
TEN PAHUgE PRrc1NcT.-Daggett 4
majority, Bradley 2. Mighels 4, Hawley
8, Rule 4, Babcock, Hallock, Crockett.
Murphy. Hatch and Hammond ma
jority each; Rives 4. County-Dayton
20; Assembly vote, Wash 8, Findlay 7,
Crowley -, Allen 16, Patton I6, Dun.
stan ~; Fish four majority, Patchen 6,
Henderson 4, Megarigle 6. Clark 6.
Eisenmann 8.
LAKE VALLEY.-From A. Prairie. the
Following is given as the vote Of Lake
Valley: The democratic State ticket,
with the exception of Elstner, received
6 votes; Hallook received 6. Bourne 4;
Wash, Findlsy and Crowley 5 each;
Fulks 6, Patchen 6. Henderson 8.
PERseNAL.-Con.G ibfried arrived from
Sacramento last Saturday and departed
for Silver Reef on Monday. ]. W.
Wright returned from Portland, Oregon,
along with James Finlayson, and they
are now making Phoebe their head.
quarters.
| BIDs.-All the bids, and there were
several, for carrying the mail from
Phoebe to Bristol were forwarded last
Saturday to the Assistant Postmaster
General at Washington.
CHR1sTY BULLION Christy Mill
& Mining Company shipped from Silve,
Reef from October 3Oth to November 9Th
four bars of bullion valued at 81 ,087. 05
A SCIENTISTS OPINION OF BoD1E.-Dr.
A. B. Stout. who recently visited the
Bodie District, on his return to San
Francisco delivered lecture before the
Academy of Sciences. in which he gave
the result of his examinations of the ores
of that country. The trouble with most
scientists is that they are so "fearfully
scientific" as Derby used to phrase it,
that their Published opinions on geo.
logical subjects are about as unintellig.
able as one of Billy Bricks discourses on
Lost Arts. Not so with DR.. Stout. He
made a thorough exploration of the
Bodie mines, descending shafts and
creeping through tunnels. thus famil-
iarizing himself with the geological for
nation of the country. He disoards the
idea that Bodie Mountain is granite
: formation, but pronounces it semitic. and
calls it "a mountain of its own for
nation" It is an isolated volcano, and