The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-15

SO help you God" The above 10 the torn
of oath prescribed by statute, and duly
administered on all proper occasions, but
few days since one OF our officers, who
10 entitled to administer oaths, had be.
fore HIM ons of our Israelite citizens.
aud hkin. joke about as we'll az he ad.
mires his hash at regular intervals,
thouet. it would DO some fun to adj
rnnIst, new form OF oath. and accord
ingiy be reci'ed the following: You
sol mnly swear that you will sp ak tbr
truth, tho whole truth, and nothing bu1
III" truth. so beIp you Jesus Christ"
When our Jewish acquaintance heard the
Tune Of Je-us Christ substituted in place
of God, hr WAS astound, d aud .1clairn d,
what ,sh dali Wh.r- upoa III. I'D
minister of o,t.s xpiaiu-d 10 him thai
n uew law had been passed VIII reby ali
OF the } wish faith werr required to
wear b, u su- Christ Z" Just at III,
imt another McLl pres. ut burst INTO -
h"ars- iaush nbd Rsv- the Ike swa,.
upon which the Isrntlite 50, med TO b,
much relieved. pr f'rrirg to take an oath
u th- Old ;orm
STAB GAZING In company with q
nuubrr Of ladies aud Rentl men W. had
the pl'asnre Of receiving al invitation 10
pas. Thursday 'vening tor the purpose
Of sitting mp to see the shower Of stars
arranged TO take place that evening by
professor Tice, Of St. Louis. The
meteots were not TO commence throwing
themselves around until about l a. m,
and previous to that time the company
on hand amused themselves by various
games, and in partaking Of u splendid
collation. spread by the fnmily Of the
host, Finally, after waiting the proper
time, the exhibition of the falling m-te
ors commenced, but in such slow and
uncertain manner that it reminded one
of wet Fourth OF July fireworks going
of. Occasionally meteor would flash
for second aud disappear, and then
some time would elapse fore another
would be s,ep. unit finally the entire
| party concluded tbs Professor had made
a failure OF his exhibition OF tue shower
Of metecrs; hut they came to the con-
oluaion to allow Professor Tee % IN tce
them ut any time into such COMPANY,
aud they would not require that the stars
shon d tall either.
THE following came from Bodir and is
written by al old resident of Phoebe: II
have b ard so much talk lately in regard
to old Phoebe ,hs, am getting little
excited knd have . hankeriDg TO COME
over and se- II. | have heard, indirect
~. that the Raymond Il Ely had struck
auoth.r large oudy Of ore aud could, 1t
they shed, psy dividends again. !
wish. If you have time, you would write
and tell me all the news" We will state
to all tho old residents of Phoebe now
abroad that there is NO truth in the
above. Although the present residents
here hope to sss it verified before many
months elspse, there is nothing just OF
the present moment that would Justify
such assertion.
LOST OR SToLEN.-Ths other evening a
rancher named Kershaw WAS in Phoebe
and unfortunately lost his purse ous Of
his pocket. The purse contained a check
and $25 so in coin. Hs Immediately
stopped payment on the check and the
next morning the purse was found by q
Chinaman but when handed to Kershaw
no coin was inside. The Chinaman says
it was not in the purse when he picked il
up.
FIRE DELEGATES. The Board of Fire
Delegates of Phoebe held their regsla,
monthly meeting Wednesday evening, al
which they transacted their ysgula,
monthly business, allowing bills. etc. J
| O. Gelabert was empowered by the
Board to examine all the fre-plugs and
to have them Immediately placed in such
condition that they will not become
frozen during the winter.
ST.. JuL1EN.-W understand that th'
celebrated trotting horse St. Julien
owned by Bob. Morrow, who exhibited
bim in q trot before General Grant il
which he beat Rarus' time. IL the hors,
that WAS pr scented to Morrow by Ton
Andrews. at the TIM Tom was foreman
of ,he Raymond & Ely mine
N j. DEvINg feels very much elntrd u
the arrival of the new coal burner and b
advise all those rso-utly married, or tn
numerous coupl.s Who contemplate get
ting married. to call OF his abode ant
take Io"k at the ynung game.cocs
then take pattern after him.
SOLD The property Known A. D
Mnrry's Rr Gerry store, on Meadow Vail.
street, was sold y the Sheriff for tax
and costs. The original owner can Re
dreu the properly in six months ny p.y
ing +ighs+ Oh per cent to the tax,s an
costs far which it was sold.
PROCLAMATION We pub ish to day til
thanksgiving proclaim ton issued b
Governor Kinkead, and he designate
the 27th day of November as the day f
which the oitizens Of this State wi
render thanks to the Almighty for b
? many mercies.
MEXICO. excitement in regard
gold and silver mining In NJ xico b.
I reached Pioche and number Of the res
D lees spirits are ALREADY FITTING therns-lv
:. out to make the trim We hope they w