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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-23
BASE GALL.

The annexed letter was received by
the Chloride E. 3. Cub on Saturday
last
EUREKA. August Il, 1879.
E. II PRISON S CT. tary:
DEAs Srs-Your favor of the 7Ih ct
baud and uoted. The delay in answer
ing is owing to our having held no meet
ing. In reply. would state to your offer
that we do not think $3.50 enough to
cover half the Expenses to Phoebe aud re.
turn of ten men We are perfectly salts.
fed as TO this ana are Wiling to allow
you $500 TO play the game here. Your
time also tor playing is little close and
We should prefer the games to take place
some time after September 9Th, on dates
that would suit your pleasure Another
Involvement we can Offer is that we cnn
get out O much larger crowd each game
say from 1900 to 1000 people-which l
think would be tlacn preferable to your
nine than in playing to small assem-
blage. In mentioning the bali to be
played With We presume you have made
a mistake in weight. 5H OF. in place
5 oz-5H OF. is the league weight. We
have not the slightest doubt but you
would be pleased with an Eureka audi
ence. al they are in no way partial, and
are extremely ANXIOUS to see a gause be-
tween the two clubs. Should you con-
cIude to accept our offer telegraph us
and we will deposit the 5000 with Pax
ton & Co. The game, as you stipulate,
to be for $500 aside. II you will figure
the expenses OF ten men on trip of this
sort you will find $50 per man is not
enough. Hoping to hear from You favor
atly. | remain, respectfully,
D. G.. ALsToN,
Soy Eureka B. B.Club.
On receipt of this letter the Chloridsrs
met and instructed their Secretary to
write and say that they had made their
proposition to the Eureka Club in ac-
cordance with the propositions made
frat by them (the Eur.kans), and that
they were not anxious to play be'or-
large audiences; that If the Eureka ub
would telegraph by yesterday that the
p, opposition Of the Phoebe Club was &C.
opt. d, all well and good, otherwise it
was of. Yesterday the Chloride Club
rece We'd telegram FROM the Eurekans
stating that they would BIZ willing to
| play on the 9Th, 9th and 7th Of Sept-m
Der. II they would be granted till that
time. and as The Chloriders do no wish
to press them, We suppose the match
game will come off on those days.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-23
STATE ITEMS.

Fire in the mountains near Verdi.
Spring City is beginning to prosper.
A circns will soon visit the Comstock.
Ward shipped last week s1o,l4o in
bullion.
The Gila is likely to become dividend
paying mine.
About rs men are now working in the
Sutro tunnel.
Bishop Whitakers school will reopen
on & IT % instant.
Ssgebrush is getting scarce in ths
viclni.y Of Tuscarora.
The Paradise Valley mill started to
crush ore las, Monday.
The Union shaft is now down 81 feet
below the Ophir 1000 level.
There is not much doing in the mines
OF Downeyvil!e at present.
The second edition Of Harry Mighels
book will DO ready in October.
The mint purchased 10000 ounces of
fine silver in one day last week.
The Gold Killers are putting their
streets IN order for Winter use.
Nothing but preparing for drainage IS
being done in the Sierra Nevada.
John Alvares died suddenly at Little
Valley. at wood camp seven miles from
Transform.
The Sentinel says the impression is
general that none of the strikers will be
punished.
Coyotes are very numerous in Fish
Lake and Monitor valleys, much to the
annoyance of the ranchers.
Silver State: Wells. Fargo & Co. e
Express brought down from Idaho yes.
terday, bullion valued at 81, 113.
Austin Reveille, 10th: For the six days
ending yesterday the mill reduced CT
tons of the assay value of $15.387 Is.
Judging from the bullion shipments in
the Sentinel. large number of thu
mines in Eureka are bullion producers.
An important development is reported
in the Gila mine. 1t has eight feet o.
ore, some of which will go 81. 900 to thu
ton.
The Alexander mine, says the Eelmon
Courier, continues TO look we'll, and tb
company is making regular bullion ship
ments.
!. The Belmont Courier says Mr.. Slushe
, bns put force of men to work preparing
foundation for the mill in Northumber
land District.
The prospects Of Ellsworth Mimi
: District are excellent. In all probabilit
! work will be resumed Ia the mines G
that section shortly.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-23
NOTICE.
Your Memory Ia Short

All persons knowing themselves in
debted to the Golden Rule Dry-Goods
and Clothing Store, are requested to
make payment II bills are not settled
by the last OF this month, ali bills will be
placed in the Constable's hands to en-
force collection, as We are winding up
business. j. RosENBLuM,
'lm r.. LYMAN, Agt
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-23
FRIDAYS QUOTATIONS.

BIZ W. U. TELEoRAPH Co.
$50 Ophir-s6 35@
9i5 Mexican SO sax
$50 Gould & Curry-l1h 1lsa
IS Best b Belcher-l8A 1875
las California--4.65 AGO
100 savage-l2a
1856 Con virgiuia-4.G5
300 Chollar-6A
40 Potosi AZ
1876 Hale g. Norcross-13H 1871
90 Grown Point-4.95
$50 Yellow Jacket-lGh
lac Kentuck-4
125 Alpha-23k "a
285 Belcher-4. 70 AGO
ITO Confdence-11
$40 Sierra Nevada-40 39e
10 Utah-l9A
1870 Bullion 6h 6's
40 Exchequer-6A
~ Overman-8h
1871 Justices 05 $40
1i45 Union.-so Soh sok 81 62M 62s. SO 5Sa 6ok
leo Alts--6k
1880 Raymond &.Ely-9oo TIC zoe 7ocslo
100 Day-25c
100 Hillsdc--1h
e. A. A. A. A. Bourbon Whisky,
foreign and domestic Brandy, Gin,
Sherry, Port, Claret, Cal. White Wine
and Anheuser iSt. Louis> Beer on ice
Rainbow Cigars, that can't be beat. a,
Panaca Saloon, No. 1000 Main street
Only one price! one bit!! go as yor
please" but don't nsgleot to pay al
you co."
CHANGES III PIECES AT PoUJADE's.-Re
auctions: fairbanks Lard, 5.lb. cans
to 81; los to So Citron. to so cents pc
Id. Honey, in jsrs, to Is cents. Toile
Soap. fancy bars, to 25 cents esUh.
Advanced ammond's Fresh Butte
to 81 per roll.
Assessor HENDERSON returned iron
Hike and Tenn Pahute Thursday night
JoT Travis arrived here Thursday o.
tour OF inspection Of the roads.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-23

Particular attention paid to Family Trade.
All orders for Meats, etc., attended to promptly
and with dispatch.
js6.tf Gus ADELMAN.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-23

DEINC DESTROYS OF CLOSING
ID aut our business In Phoebe and Bullion
vile, we wish to dispose Of our entire stock or
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-23

The annexed letter was received by
the Chloride E. 3. Cub on Saturday
last
Sharp County record., 1879-08-28
An American Invention in England.

The late Thomas Blanchard's inyen-
ton of machine for turning gun-StOckS
was heartily ridiculed in the British Par
lament when some members moved a
resolution for purchasing number Of
them. on the ground that Americans
were surprising the English in gun man
ufacture. One very incredulous men,
Der made so much opposition, declaring
that the very idea of turning a gm-stock
was absurd, that the resolution was
withdrawn, and a committee appointed
to come to this country and look into the
matter. They reported the facts to be
as first stated, whereupOn the incredu-
lous member declared that the Ameri
cans might have got up something to
work their soft woods, but it would never
stand the test of hard wood. This gen
tleman was finally sent over to decide
upon the merits Of the machine. Select
inc three rough stocks of the hardest,
toughest timber he could find, he went
to the Springfield Armory incognito,
brought his stocks to the stOcking-roOm,
and inquired of the Overseer if he would
grant him the favor Of turning them.
Without making the least alteration of
the machine the overSeer ran the stocks
through in a few minutes, and then went
on with his woyk as though nothing un-
usual had happened. The Englishman
examined the stocks, and found they
were turned all the better for being of
hard wood. After musing a while he
frankly confessed who he was, why he
came, and his thorough conviction of
the utility of the machine. Before he
left the city he gave an order in behalf
of the British Government for this and
the accompanying machines, some six
or eight, which amounted to $4,000.
The machines were built at Chicopee,
shipped to England, and have been in
use there from that day to this.
Sharp County record., 1879-08-28

are frequently robbed of their food and
perish. the overgrOwn birds beak get
TING the larger share Of food. The COW
blackbird can not be any great layer, or
their eggs are discarded by the other
birds thus imposed upon, for the species
is not very plentiful. Eggs dropped in
MAY and June keep much better than
those dropped later in the season. The
reason is that the fowls are in better
condition. After the middle OF July,
the close summer heats and sultry nights
come on. and the birds are more or less
exhausted. The mOlting season Is
close at hand. and the whole system Is
preparing for change, the recovery
from which is a question Of time and
care. By this time, if left unheeded,
their roOsting-placeS have become foul
and infested with vermin. From this
time out, stimulantS and mild
tonics should be given to the
perpetual layers as required. 10
be thoroughly profitable, these
fowls should not be kept overthe second
winter. unless it be in exceptional cases.
There is no brood of fowls that accepts
management as readily as the Brahmas.
They Weld to confinement, in time, place
and food, without repining, yet they are
tender, and require more care and fore
thought in feeding than any of the other
races of sitters. Perfect eggs, after once
obtained. should be set up on, end in
good, sweet, clean oats, and kept in
cool place, and there will he found little
difficulty in saving them to obtain a fair
price at the fall markets. They must
possess good, thick, perfect shells, or
they will not keep.-C0r. Country Gen.
t7pJ31l
Sharp County record., 1879-08-28

and other Illuminating oils, both in their
raw and refined state, are taxed $I.0O
per 100 pounds.
Let us turn now to the effect OF the
new tariff on those articles Of conSump-
ton which. in most countries, detray a
large portion Of the revenue, viz, alco-
holic beverages, tea. coffee, and tobac-
co. Beer of all kinds pays 81 per 100
kilos. Spirits Of every sort, including
cognac. arrack, and rum, whether in
glaSs or wood, are subject to a duty OF
Sl2. Wine and cider, and all other az
tificial drinks, if in casks bear an impOSt
of So, and if in TASKS, of 2l2 per 100
kilOs. The duty levied on coffee Is $40
for the same unit of quantity, and on
cocoa in the bean, $50; while tea pays
the heavy impost Of S25. Finally, to-
bacco in the leaf is taxed S2l.25 per 200
pounds weight. If manufactured in ci-
gars and cigarettes it must pay $3.50,
and in the form Of chewing or smoking
tobacco or snuff, 80.
Such, as regards its main features, Is
summary Of the measure which repre-
sents a complete revolution in the eco
nomical policy of the German empire:
The final passage Of the law was hailed
by Bismarck and his following in kind
of patriotic pean, as the certain pana-
cea for all their country's ills. On the
other hand, two steadfast and earnest
men rose up to protest against a system
which they believed would lead the en-
pire on to ruin by greatly augmenting
the evils which it sought to remedy. DR..
Lasker looked upon the tariff as the be-
ginning, not Of peace, but OF strife, and
Dr. Dclbruck, in an impressive speech,
undertook to demonstrate that it would
grievously injure export industries, and
raise the price Of the com
monest necessaries of life.-NeW York
SHu
Sharp County record., 1879-08-28
A Remarkable Escape.

One day recently, as Frank Carr OF
West HopkintOn was engaged IN saw
inc lumber in his mill at that place, he
had occasion to lift trap in the floor,
lust over the fume which the water
flowed into, and through a spout siXfeet
long on to an iron wheel, revolving hOri-
zontallv. and which furnished power to
move the machinery. The water was
about six feet deep in the fume, and the
wheel was encased in a close, circular
box, within which it trevOlved with great
velocity. Mr.. Carr's attention being
called away, he neglected to close the
trap. His two little girls, the one six
and the other three years old, were play
inc in another part Of the mill, but soon
tripped along to the near neighborhood
of the open trap, which they did not see,
and the Youngest accidentally fell into
the fume and was carried through the
spout into the revolving wheel. At the
instant the little girl disappeared her
sister exclaimed, ''Papa, sissyis killed."
Mr.. Carr looked and took in the situa-
ton at the first glance. He sprang and
closed the gate which shut the upper
water from the fume, then rushed be
low and, as soon as he could, removed
the covering to the wheel-boX. 1t took
but few moments to do that, but in the
meantime the wheel had revOlved one or
two hundred times, and all the water
had passed out Of the flume. Strange as
it may seem, he found the missing girl
closely packed in the wheel-bOX, and
nniniured, without a scratch or bruise
1t could not have been less than 10 min
utes that the little Girl was in the fume,
spout and wheel, and her escape from
death seemed almost miraculOuS.-COR-
cord Cor. Boston JOurRnl.
Sharp County record., 1879-08-28
A Humming.Bird's Nest.

Recently humming-bird's nest was
found by some persons who had sutti-
cient natural curiosity to overcome their
compassion, and who captured the nest,
two young hummers and the old one,
took them home and had them stuffed,
They are to be sent to museum
of natural curiOSitieS in Lon
don. The nest is built on a little twig,
and scarcely the size of half an English
walnut. Both nest and twig are cover
ed with little patches of lichen until it is
almost impossible to tell one from the
other, and the nest looks like a kind of
natural excrescence on the twig. The
nest is pliable, like tiny cup of velvet,
and the inside is lined with white sub
stance, as rich and soft as white silk.
The little birds are about the size Of
humble bees, very pretty, and they sit
on Il little perch just outside the nest,
Mith open bills, while the old bird hOv-
ers over them to feed them.-Elizabeth
IN. j. Journal
Sharp County record., 1879-08-28
Making AdObes.

At Springer, a new station on the
Cimarron River, | saw by the side Of the
stream MeXicanS making adobes, the
sun-dried brick which constitutes al
most entirely the building material Of
the Mexican region. Six men were at
work. Five of them dug the hard clay
from the bank with picks, puddled it to
mud in the creek and mixed it with
straw and carried it on bearers to the
level spot, where the sixth man worked.
He had mold, a bOttomlesss box four
teen inches long and eight inches square
at the ends. He laid this on the ground,
filled it with the material brought him,
using his hands as scoop, and leveled
it even with the top of the mold; then
he lifted the mold, leaving the block Of
clay to be baked hard in the sun. The
Mexican finds his brickyard everywhere
there is water to mix with the soil. He
has not far to 90 to find long grass, if
straw is not accessible. Poles cut in the
creek bottoms on the mountain sides
make the rafters to lay side by side, and
on them put a roof of adobe mud.
Should he want a better window than an
open lattice, he finds in the foothills
sheets of mica for his panes. He builds
his house by instinct as deity as the
beaver, and the architecture, like his
pedigree. is a mixture of Spanish-Moor-
ish and Indian PueblO.-LaS VegaS (N.
M.) Cor. Boston Herdld..
Sharp County record., 1879-08-28
The Egyptian Lotus.

1t will doubtless be Of interest to some
of your readers to know that the true
Egyptian lotus is also native of Hi
n0is, Indiana. Iowa and Wisconsin. Hav-
inc been shown some of these beautiful
flowers at the Palmer House, | called on
Mr.. GutzlOe, florist, and learned from
him that it is the real lotus, in all re-
spects similar to that of Egypt, and a
native of Europe and America as well as
of Africa. The plant grows in water
from four to ten feet in depth, and, while
the large round leaf rests upon the sur
face of the water, the stem that bears
the flower rises from one to three feet
above the water. 1t is somewhat rare,
and is found in groups, but never with
the waterlily. The nut, which is eaten
as a stimulant in Egypt by the Lotus
eaters" somewhat resembles an acorn
in appearance, and grows in seed-car-
rier somewhat like the waterlily of the
Illinois River, quite a number being
found in each crown, which is from three
to six inches in diameter. The flower
is very beautiful and fragrant, and the
stalk is filled with a very remarkable
fiber of extraordinary tineness and
strength. The lotus will not grow in
standing water, neither where there is
too strong a current. 1t is found in some
places in the waters of the Calumet
Car. CHicn0O Tribune
Sharp County record., 1879-08-28

-" Chevaliers Of the press. Down
with the despotism of the Dictionary"
Glass in American history stand up.
Read! Gwen Jorj Uashingtun wuz at
Vale Forj, hiz tlups wur in ned oy fud,
klothing and hker, 1t wuz we're kold
wethur and fu ov them had shuz on thar
fet, But Jorj Uashingtun's kurj nevur
fald, and at last Kongress sent him
supliz, and he chact the eneme ovur to
M Jerze and wipt him at the batel NV
Trentun.n That'll do, boys. Run out,
now and play.-Philadelphi0 Bulletin.
Sharp County record., 1879-08-28
A TRUE GYPN ,
Finding a Long Lost Cba,
tircumstantiaI =,

Finding a Long Lost C,,,
CireumstantiaI' :
From the New Ya,,
WILKEsBARRE, Pa
sequal to the mysterio,,.
of a child in this city 'e 4
veloped, and the facts >.
light, transcend in som. :
story of the loss of Chit
another illustration a a
while circumstantial =
overwhelming, innoceDS.,-.
vail. During the term ]
ney of Wilkesbarre ~
several years ago, a low.
OF age, strangely disaDr.
parents home on Brew.
mother was distracted /,
support an accusation Of
that the father, Nora,
murdered it in order IA to
the responsibility Of its nd
MISLEADING CIRcDl
Mayor Kearney at o.,
about ferreting out the y
force of detectives uDor
parents track, and 6rT
his immediate friends t5r
vinced of the guilt Of +
would soon hang him h
der. He believed that
possession sufficient evil
than substantiate the sto~
neighbOrs and by himself
had murdered his child m
disposed of the corpse.
first Indignantly repeIsl
His character until tht
untarnished. When h
however, that the wife Of
peared to entertain a III.
gave way to apparent IT,
inc on insanity. In the
Mayor was active, and W,
a theory, sustained BY
yincible train of eyideD
show the guilt of the psi
The Mayor was truly sns
victions, but ere he had
investigations he was as
down by death. (
FOUND IN A NEIGHBORI
Years have passed bya
stance has long since ceass
of wonderment. A few
peddler, an old acquaintn
lily to which the missing j
ed, CHANGED to be trayen.l
ity of Tunkhannock, in
county, and discovered
child. He at once cOnyg
gence to the parents in T3
they repaired to the plae
fully identified it, but the
it in charge refused to grt
parents returned to WIZ
procuring a warrant III
DonOhue, are now in Que1
Efforts will be made to V
duCtOrS.
Sharp County record., 1879-08-28
Whistler, the artist who had 4 Wordv

Whistler, the artist who had wOrdy
difficulty with Ruskin, had later pecu-
mary difficulty with his creditors. A
pleasant friend, calling one day, said,
81 congratulate you on your getting so
well through your difficulties with your
creditors" 'Not my difficulties re-
piled Whistler, fourishing his white
lock and grinning; "their difficulties,
not mine, dear boy-HetrS -
Sharp County record., 1879-08-28
A Fortune Awaiting al

There is an estate wort
600 awaiting Rosa Dietch
and the OSwego Times i
the statement that a rewa
offered for information th
her discovery by Mr.. d.
making an industrious
lost heiress. The stOryF
tic and interesting. Aborl
the Dietche family from
many, arrived in New IG
lily scattered, and one Oft
shortly afterwards marrla
in Syracuse. After becOI
of one child, Catharine'
his wife and went to
Weedsport, where the fan 5
Mrs. Nol, three years
turned to Syracuse and
ment in the family Of
Fisgate. This is as far d
traced. 1t has been aSce5
ter the separation Henry
to Chicago, and by hard
Gal habits amassed a Ian:
or twenty years since he7 he
and, after a lingering ilIl1
his death-bed he repenled
full conduct toward his
and willed her his vast e y
inc to $50, 900. This VII p I
to probate, and during VI
of time has never been Y
legatee. The interes y.
swelled the amount llnln
tbe handsome sum of Sla /;
ward. The gentlemal
search of Mrs. NOll is al {
He says his sister is nov. now
of age, and the dauglllsI s1. i
Mrs. Noll's personal / aRPat I, L
scribed as follows: Ian ,
eyes, dark brown halr, L. ' q
ing appearance.-BF BF@ 6
press. s
Sharp County record., 1879-08-28
On tho GREAT

On the great pau! i'li |;
Minnesota, cOmprlsllsS4 llsS4.I
acres of grain, 10 s'D /
cut 1000 acres a day, y,,,oI,
steam threshers are enlPIb lpb
this year will be solnsS' Ds"
and 25 bushels per acl,, ..aosi
of grain will be a89 snlpp''
the season comnleli0'-
Sharp County record., 1879-08-28

In the police cO.llii 4:
prosecutor, impeaclllns,,
a young woman OrGos eo5,.
court: "As for this iell,I /
breath like a pestlleslllVt;, p !, /
an ironing -boardIlt ,
while to tell what Slle ,, !, I,
periodical appearances ICES u n,
1865. In 1875 she wa wa d h,
moralities committed Ian,
street, The PrT1, PrtTTl,
with Tehemence? ,1tl.
protest against this ,v,ine wine
the fireside-this P}p' y /
secrets of private life. 4
Sharp County record., 1879-08-28
FARM TOPICS.

INFLUENCE OF THE STOCK AND
GRAFT.-In budding or grating trees it
is folly TO Use a diseased stock, as twill,
in nine cases out of ten, communicate
the disease to the graft. Also avoid un-
healthy buds, as a graft taken from
diseased tree is liable to affect the stock;
for instance. a bud from a peach tree
having the yellows will convey this dis
ease to the stock. The following gen
eral rules contain the whole matter In
nutshell: In a favorable climate and
soil, where the greatest growth, dura-
ton and development in any fruit is de-
sired .lchOose a stock Of a closely similar
nature to the graft, as an apple Seeding
for an apple and pear Seeding for
pear. If, however, dwarf trees that
come into bearing very young are re-
uuired, then employ for stock an al
lied species of slower growth, and if the
soil and climate be unfayOrable, use
stock adapted to the soil, or one which
will. lv its harder roots, endure the
cold.-N. 7. World.
SALT. SULPHUR AND CHARCOAL FOR
PIGs.-We have observed that when
pigs are fed a great deal Of hearty food,
they are fond of salt and charcoal. Pigs
are often affected with Indigestion, and
the sa14and charcoal are good remedies.
We can not very well mix these things
with their food in the right proportion,
and, moreover, it would not be best to
attempt to force pig to eat them unless
it wanted to. or else its appetite might
be destroyed and harm come from the
experiment; but by mixing the salt and
charcoal together, and putting them in
box accessible to the pigs, they will
eat no more than they require. There
is no danger in putting either salt, char
coal or sui phur, where the pigs can get
them, but to mix them in their food
might injure them, especially if any one
of them should possess a voraciOuS ap-
petite. Hogs will eat considerable
quantity of sui phur, and it is exceeding
" healthful to them as purifier of the
blood, and to help them to get rid Of
the vermin which infest their bodies in
side and out. We want the pics we are
going to eat to have plenty Of sulphur,
at least all they will take. Their flesh
makes better food.-F D. Curtis, in Ru-
raj NelC Yorker.
Sharp County record., 1879-08-28

apolis mills is 10000 Oi
day. Buildings are r!Irl
which this amount W."