The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1879-03-15

house in this place please come in and |
make settlement, as propose shortly |
to put all unsettled bills in the hands of
attorneys for collection. l will thank all
persons who are indebted to me TO call |
at my store, or write me, before next |
Thursday, the Goth OF the present month. |
Phoebe, March Is, 1879.
T. @. PouJADE.
SCHOOL ExERcIsEs.-A dialogue took
place yesterday afternoon at the Gram
mar School, under the charge of r. 81.
Kline. The principal characters were
sustained by Adolph Jacobs, Mary Ad-
ans, Charley Goodrich, Belle Osborne,
Eddie Freudenthal, Tennie Newton and
Arthur Buck. The piece passed off very
we'll and was frequently app,auded by
large number OF ladies and gentlemen
present.
MAYFLowEH MINE. On the Sd of
March a nesting OF the stockholders OF
the May flower mine took place in San
Francisco, and Delos Lake, 9. B. Gould
and G. Stevens rendered their resigna-
tons as Trustees, which were, accepted,
and H. 81. Day, James M. Day and Frank
Wheeler were elected to fill the vacancies
in the Board. II. II. Day was elected
President and A. j. Blair Vice President.
SroRMs-No Western mail arrived here
Wednesday evening, owing to a heavy
snow-storm in the Sierra Nevada Noun
tains, the snow falling to depth Of six
teen feet. The ranchers around Phoebe
need storm very badly. If rain or
snow storm does not set in there will be
but very little grass the coming Summer
| BULLIoN.-The Nevada Central train
brought up from the Raymond & Ely
mill Monday evening nine bars of bull
lion, valued at SIS, 500. We stated in our
last issue that about $4,000 would be
the product of the 70 tons of ore worked,
and we came within $500 Of it, as SIS, 500
was the product.
Hrs WHEREABOUTS Theo. A. Hale
writes from Nova Scotia that he has sue.
ceeded in forming silver mining COM
pany to work mines in New Hampshire.
He thinks his prospects are good for the
future, but there has been no money in
it so far.
| Hoops.-As the latest mania OF the
| juveniles of Phoebe has got to be that of
trundling around iron hoops, those hav-
ing water barrels hoped with iron will
have to keep bright look out or else
their barrels will commence leaking be-
fore long.
The Chief Engineer wants the men,
bers of the different companies to trun
out to-day at their different houses to
clean up and put their apparatus in
order.
CHR1sTY BULLION. Christy Mill
& Mining Company shipped from Silver
Reef on the 9th and 9Th of March two
bars bullion valued at Sc, 272.28.
DISTRICT CoURT.-The District Court
will not meet in Phoebe until August 4th,
any reports to the contrary notwith-
standing.
S1cK.-John T. Davis, Of Pahranagat
Valley, is very sick. The doctor left for
his place Thursday.
The shade trees around Phoebe are
commencing to bud.
The Carson correspondent of the Vir-
ginia Chronicle gives the vote on the
final passage Of the railroad bill. It will
be seen that Senator Cassidy did moi
vote in favor of the railroads as has been
charged:
The ayes and noes were taken on the
motion for the previous question whethe,
Mr.. Broadman would be allowed to pro.
pose another amendment. vote in the
affirmative meant that the bill should
remain in its original shape. This bill
prepared by the railroads, and which is
not only an insult to the intelligence Of
the State, but a studied and impudenl
piece of trihing with robbed people.
Here is the vote. Keep it every one who
reads it, and know who the men are he
! have been shamefully false to the mos
. solemnly made pledges:
Ayes-Comins, Dayton, Doolin, Far
, rell, Gallagher, Haines, King, Martin
! Perley Powning, Stone, Thompson, ani
!. Westerfield-13.
Nays-Blair, Broadman, Cassidy, Ores
we'll, Gibson, Kaiser, Mcconnell, Meder
Schultz, Shepherd. Stewart, and Wheel
. er-12.
{ A bonanza has been discovered RICH
I here in our harbor. It was supposed
0 that the sponge was extinct in this neigh
Q borhood, having been gathered year
4 ago; but suddenly. and by accident, it i
ascertained that the neighboring bars ar
teeming with sponge Of a superior quail
, ity. We are informed by sponge mer
d chant that few small boats secured be
' tween $4,000 and $4,000 worth O
8 sponge in two days last week, and al
y within a half hours sail of the wharf,
!, Key West (FIa.> Videt:s.
II When the Christy mill in Silver Rec
commenced running the company sur
posed they had in their mines $500 ton
0f ora in SIGHT The fifkean hundra