The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1880-09-18
SILVER REEF NEWS.
Weather cooler.

Weather cooler.
Yaps! yapsl! yaps!.!
The Stormont Company paid OF on the
10th inst.
Captain Lubbock left here on the 18th
for Beaver.
Mrs. Gamble left here to-day for her
old home in Sandy.
The Miners Union are to give grand
ball on the 22d inst.
Siegel & Marks have made an assign
ment to Henry Siegel
Chas. H. Bowen has been admitted to
to the bar-he's an attorney.
7. c. Poujade leaves here on Tuesday
next for Cedar City, thence to Pinto and
Phoebe.
Amount of bullion shipped for the week
ending Sept. 18th, as reported through
Wells, Fargo & Co, is $40, l5S.SS.
On the sth instant a supposed China
man broke into Alb. Pollys cabin, dur
ing Abs absence therefrom, and pur-
Joined purse containing Sll.
Joe Hoag and Shoemaker returned from
Marysvale, bringing with them glowing
accounts of the new camp and specula-
lions of its probable future.
Monday night cave occurred in the
Stormont mine, burying Chas Morse, one
of the miners employed there. The I'M
| fortunate man was taken out with dis
located hip and bad cut over the right
eye.
Uncle Billy Wakefield, Supt. of the
Barbee & Walker mill, has resigned and
left for Salt Lake. The best wishes Of
hundreds of friends in this community
follow Uncle Billy. Geo. T. Rives is now
in charge of the mill.
Sunday night Chas. Hoffman, miner
in the Buckeye, met with severe acct
dent. A rock in the ceiling of the drift
in which he was working fell to the floor,
breaking plank, piece of which flew
up, striking Hoffman in the face with
such force as to knock him dow and seri.
ously injure him.
| J. J. Halpin has sold his residence to
General Ogden, Supt. of the Barbee &
Walker Mining Co. Mr.. Halpin intend:
to close out his business here as soon as
possible, with view of seeking new
fields to conquer. As Johnny is one Of
the liveliest and most enterprising mer,
chants that ever located at the Reef, his
many friends and the general public car
ill-afford to lose him. Mrs. Halpin leaves
here in few days for San Francisco.
In the Salt Lake Tribune, of Sept. Sth
is an article headed, ."Lost in the Colo
rado," which represents that Jim Cronar
and Simon Woolf were probably lost or
their trip from Stones Ferry to Ell Do
RADIO Canyon, about five weeks since, o.
4 nothing had been heard from them. There
is no truth in the article; Julius Jordan
| Of the Reef Ia partner of Woolf), havinl
received letter from Woolf announcing
that Cronan and himself had safel,
reached their destination.
Sunday night wicked young NAL
named Bowen mistook Geo. Miller, VIII
was asleep in his chair in front of tn
saloon, for big mushroom that neede'
irrigation. So he got bucket of waite
and soused George from head to foot
George grunted, and Bowen having dis
covered his mistake, fled across the street
The now thoroughly awakened and infu
rated George wildly gesticulated and ex
claimed: ooh, mine rhematics Oh, yo
id loafer! I'm all vet drough. Nov
of / only had mine pishtol along mi
me I kills you only to kowick! Neve
koms to mine house again, you d.
loafer, or shoots you on sight! Oh, min
rheumatics; und the id water make
me took cold like the divol!" The
George, with his back bumped up, wen
into the house to change is clothes.
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