The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1879-02-01

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TaE LATEST Doc SToRY.-There is
| dog at Taupo' and also young pig, and
these afford curious example OF animal
sagacity and confidence in the bona fde
| OF each other. These two animals live
at the native pah on the opposite side of
Tapuaeharuru, and the dog discovered
some happy hunting grounds on the
other side, and informed the pig The
| pig, being only two months old, informed
the dog that be could not swim across
the river, which at that point debouches
from the lake, but that in time he hoped
to share the adventures of his canine
friend. The dog settled the difficulty.
He went into the river, standing up to
his neck in water, and crouched down;
the pig got on his back, clasping his
neck with his fore legs. The dog then
swan across, thus carrying his chum
over. Regularly every morning the two
would in this way go across and forage
around Tapuaeharuru, returning to the
pah at night; and if the dog was ready
to 90 home before the pig, he would wait
till his friend came down to be ferried
over. The truth of this story is vohched
for by several who have watched the
movements of the pair for some weeks
past New Zealand Paper.
Among the passengers on the Rich
mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Rail-
road last night arriving from Washington
were two who attracted more than ordin-
ary attention. They were Mr.. Charles
S. Kline, aged sevepty-one years, and
his bride, nee Parker, aged twenty.
They eloped from Charles City county
on last Wednesday, and married in
Washington, D. O., on Thursday. The
bridal couple then took flying trip
North. and are now on their way home.
Mr.. Kline IS good looking gentleman,
tall, erect and we'll preserved, and the
bride is beautiful and accomplished
brunette. Miss Parker had been visit
ing friends in Charles City, where she
met her future husband. The couple
eloped, it seems, not because they had
to, but because they could. The old
gentleman said he was gay and festive,
and thought running off to get married
more romantic than staying at home.
The happy pair stopped last night at the
St. Charles.-[ Richmond State.
ORIGIN OF BILLIARDs.-It may be in
teresting to billiards players to know
somewhat of the origin of the game. In
the latter part OF the sixteenth century a
London pawn-broker, William Kerr, was
in the habit Of amusing himself, in wet
weather when there were no customers,
with pushing about three balls on the
counter with yard measure. This sug.
gested board with side pockets. An
old manuscript says: "Master VIM. Ker,
did make one board whereby game is
played with three balls, and all the young
men were greatly recreated thereat,
chiefly the young clergymen from St.
Paules; hence one of ye strokes was
named canon. having been by one Of
ye said clergymen invented. The game
: is now known by the name of "billysrd'
because William or Bill Kerr did frs
: play with yard measure. The stick ii
now called kew or kue.'" The ole
> bill.yard is modernized into billiard ant
"kew" into cue. 1t may be added tha
; many "bilker" plays billiards now.
D The great estate of the capitalist, e
o B. Ward, of Detroit, seems to have van
0 ished. When he dropped dead in tn
: streets of that city in 1875 he was con
!! sidered worth $50, 900, 900, enough to pro
I vide for all his wives and children. But
as the Detroit News says: Limitation
proposes and Hardpan disposes." Th
i Ward estate has been gradually resumin
}, specie payments until it is now foun
o actually insufficient to meet his liabi
ties. The property which he had give
to Mrs. Ward is also swallowed up an
b his family, at all times unnecessaril
It large, is left without provision for il
n comfort or even maintenance. IF War
1t had lived he might have brought at Leaf
10 solvency out of his chaos by giving som
is value to blocks of iron mines and rollin
10 mill stocks which is now entirely wortl
t. less. 1t would be interesting, by tt
d way. to know how many lawyers ha,
rs already got rich trying to find out exaotl
N what this property is WORTH Graphi