The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1879-03-01

zens have been nportuning the School
Trustees to open the schools in the
morning by mining time, claiming that
the children would he better able to
hs there than at present. bu. the Trus-
tees knowing that mining time is liable
10 change, have made up their minds not
m make any change, but have made ar
ranpemerts from Monday morning next
70 have the bell OF No. hose compeny
ring every day fifteen minutes before
school time This will be u great con-
yenience and will enable scholars 10 all
parts OF the town to heHr and to get to
school in time. In our next issue We
will publish the lists, with the standing
of scholars, for the month of February.
AT The grammar school everyother Friday
afternoon spelling matches are held and
some exciting contests take place as to
who shall be the victor. The teachers
OF the primary and grammar schools
have invested in some new first class
rattana, and as consequence order is
preserved remarkably we'll.
ASSEMBLY Observation-Disclosures Allen
has introduced two bills OF importance to
Lincoln county-one authorizing loan
of ten thousand dollars, and the other
levying special tax for current expense
account. The latter PROVISIONS as fol-
lows: "Section 2. At the time OF levy
ing tax for the general State and county
purposes. rs now provided by law. the
County Commissioners of said Lincoln
county may. and they are hereby author
ICED and empowered to levy a special tax
not to exceed $1l0 on each 500 valua-
ton of all taxable property in said
county, including the tax on the proceeds
OF the mines, to te known MS the Current
Expense Fund tax; the proceeds of said
special tax shall go into and form th.
Current Expense Fund of said Lincoln
county"
Iowa BUTTER. roll and tub, at Pou'
jad,'s.
FrrE' M1LL.-Andy Fife arrived her.
Tuesday evening from his mill in Lone
Valley, bringing W tn hlu Ga cnnces in
bullion. amounting to abon' 81 900
Aft,r such steady bard work this is yer.
disconrag. ut the cans- 10 Explained
in the running away Of the bullion into
the tAiirss. These tailings ASSAY from
$50 to $500 per ton. aud some process
will nave to be- 4 vised to make the ore
Yield MP more of i,s bullion instead Of
having it run off in taiiinRs. We hope
Mr. Fife will succeed IN IF cung this OBJ
ject soon as his perseverance h.s-rv' g
success.
HILLSIDE FURNACE. The Hillside fnr
nac- continues running successfully and
will pro ong its run as long as coal lasts;
the supply ia now getting short During
portion of this run 6ve tons of bn lion,
of an average assay value OF $3.50 per
ton, has been run out in "a hours Lots
from chloriders in PHOEBE have worked
weil. Tue working OF the Raymond &
Ely black ore has not been completed;
the assays range from $50 to 1870. and
il is thought that it will yield hand
some profit to the Raymond & Ely Com
pany.
PETTY LARCENY. Several successful
efforts at petty larceny have been made
lately in Phoebe. A gentleman on enter
lug his Office last Monday found pane
Of glass broken out of the rear door,
through which the thief had put his
hand, unlocked the door and entered the
small trifes. On comparing notes with
several other parties he found that they
bad baen burglarized in a similar style.
The officers would be highly gratified il
one or two of these rascals were only
caught.
CHIEF ENdINEER.-On Wednesday
next, March 5th, the firemen of Phoebe
will hold ON election for the purpose Of
selecting a Chief Engineer to fill tbs
vacancy occasioned by the resignation Of
George W. Arnold. John o. Gsabert is
the prominent man for the position
While Chief Engineer is being elected
an election might as we'll bs held for {
First Assistant. "a the First Assistant
has left for Utah.
COUNTY CoMMrssIoNERs.- Boart
OF County Commissioners hold their reg
ular monthly meeting Monday, the 81
instant. at one o'clock. All bills mus
be presented to the Clerk to-day. Oh
Saturday. the 221 ultimo, the Commits
sioners, on the petitions of the residents
formed two townships. one at TEN Pa
hute and the other at FL Dorado Canyon
A Justice Of the Peace was appointed TO
each place.
SHUT DowN.-In consequence Of tn
borrowed pump breaking in the Wine
the compressor Of the Raymond & Eli
had to shut down Tuesday evening. Thi
throws thirty men out of employment
for the present. A new pump has bee
telegraphed for and is expected to arriy
by express Sunday evening.
STATE ARMS. General Sabin wrot
over here few days since iuquiring i
regard to the State arms formerly use
BY the Lexington Guard. They wer
found to have been stored since Decen
Der, 1876. at the monthly rental of 81
tor storage. A report was made to tht