The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1878-08-31
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
MEETING OF DAY CRED1roRs, : The

creditors of the Day S. NJ. Company,
met on Monday evening last. pursuant
to call, at the Office of the Raymond &
Ely Company. Statements respecting
the financial standing of the company
we're made, from which it appears that
there is still outstanding and unpaid on
the last assessment $4,000 shares. II
this is all paid in by the end of thirty
days, when the time expires. it will still
leave an outstanding indebtedness of
$4,000 to raise, which another assess.
nent will have to be levied This latter
assessment will take sixty days to collect
and cannot be levied unit! the other one
expires. so that before the money to nav
creditors can be raised ninety days would
expire. The proposition made to the
creditors is to give ninety days time, let
the mine be started to work on light
scale and pay its own running expenses,
the assessments going to pay the old in
debtedness. The meeting received these
propositions, very little being said or
any objections made to them, but no
conclusion was arrived Ut, and the meet.
ing was dismissed with instructions to
think over the mattar and come to some
conclusion in reference to it, so as ar.
engagements could be made to start up
work. Another meeting was held on
Tuesday, but the miners, as body, re-
fused to make any compromise, demand
ing their pay or nothing could be done.
The meeting then closed. 1t is now pro-
posed to let tho miners foreclose their
liens aud await the laws delay for their
money. j. B. McGee left Phoebe yester.
day with tho intention of starting up the
mine to-day, number of the miners
having concluded to take time checks at
nineny days. for their claims against the
Company. and some of them disposed of
the same for seventy-five cents on the
dollar. cash.
PASSED THRoGH.-J. B. Van Hagen
and William Kenner, brother Of "Red"
Kenner, who was thrown from his horse
and killed near Cherry Greek short
time ago. passed through here Tuesday
Oh their way to Cherry Creek to look
after the remains of Red. Although Red
Kenner was a wild and reckless 'sport"
and has lived in the mountains tor
number OF years, he never forgot his
old mother back in the States, and after
selling his mining property down at
Silver Reef for some $55, 900 or $50, 900.
ne took trip home, purchased his
mother q Moe and comfortable home
stead and gave her nearly $4,000 to
Keep her from want in her old age, then
returned to his wild mountain home
With light heart, knowing that his
mother was we'll provided for for the
balance Of her DAYS on this earth. No
matter how man. Reds sins may be his
kindness to his mother will obliterate
them all to the eyes of the people.
SUDDEN EATH.-Thomas Belden, an
old resident of Nevada. died on Sunday,
the 18th inst, near st Thomas. on the
Muddy. Mr.. Jennings and some of the
other residents of St. Thomas, bearing
that he was sick started with a wagon
containing medicines. etc.. for Belden's
camp and found him just returning from
herding some cattle. He complained of
having had a violent pain in the breast.
but said that il had about gone away and
that be was feeling all right, SO they all
camped and slept during the night, but
when they awoke in the morning Belden
was dead. He was &C years old, native
OF Massachusetts. and had with his
family, when young, emierated to
Michigan. He was we'll liked by all the
Inhabitants around st. Thomas and the
M8ddy.
GIANT CAps.-We do not know how
sney get hold of them, but they do.
Some little boys on Cedar street obtained
10 some manner box of caps on Mon
oay' OF the giant powder species, and as
Is usually the case. commenced to pick
~ tnem With q nail to see what was in
SIDE. One of the caps exploded in the
hands OF ono of the boys; but luckily it
was held 80 that it only tore off q little |
nesh from the finger and did not do any |
other injury. The rest of the bows con.
Guided that they did not want to inyesti.
gate any further.
A Coon BROTHER have before ma |
afeceipt of Sister M. Frederick, of Saint
Aary's School, Virginia City for 1912,
% having been received August Oath
from William Mcintyre. for the board
and tuition of his sisters Mary and
Maggie. When it is recollected that the
COY who sent the money is only about
nt'een years Of age. and that he boards
and educates two sisters besides support.
ing himself. va think, with many others,
mat the little fellow is entitled to great
amount of praise.
HoRsEs STOLEN jim Pierson had
twenty-five or thirty head OF horses
stolen from the herding grounds near bis
ranch in Spring Valley. They were
stolen by a band Of horse
!aa'eves, who were in that vicinity few
Jays previous to the horses being missed,
y; mLs.ter-The horses have been recovered.