The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1880-10-16
SILVER REEF NEWS.
For the Phoebe Rrc,pnI

Michael Carbls was buried on Tuesday,
October 5th, by the Masonic Association,
of which he was member. The Odd
Fellows Association also turned out in
full force. The mines and the mills were
all closed down for the day. Over 500
people followed the body of Mr.. Carbis to
the grave. The Masonic burial service
was read in an impressive manner by Mr..
Edward Cults. The greatest sympathy
is felt by all for the bereaved family
On the same date as above Tom For
rest, the cold looded murderer of Mr..
Carbis, was taken by Sheriff Hardy to
st. George and there imprisoned in the
jail. At about o'clock on Monday
morning Sheriff Hardy was walking in
front of the jail, inside of which man
named Bently was on guard in front of
the cell in which Forrest was confined.
Suddenly Sheriff Hardy found himself
surrounded by about fifty masked and
armed men, who demanded from him the
keys of the Jail, as they wanted the pris-
onef. Upon Hardy's refusing to giyeup
theIkeys, the men covered him with shot
guns and pistols, and after throwing him
to the ground, took the keys from his
pocket and entered the jail, disarmed
Bently and unlocked the cell occupied by
Forrest, put rope around the murderers
neck, dragged him out of the Jail and
undertook to hang him on telegraph
pole in front of the building. The pole
not being strong enough, OR the rope not
working well upon it, the executioners
now took Forrest to cottonwood tree,
about a block from the jail, flung the
rope over strong limb and hauled the
prisoner up. When Forrest had ceased
to live, his .executioners Quietly departed.
Sheriff Hardy, from whom we have our
information, requests us to state there
were no outrages such as stabbing, shoot
ing, etc., perpetrated ON the body of For
rest, as has been reported. Neither were
there sneers or SCOTS uttered by the exc
cutioners. The men who took the law
into their own hands did what they had
to do quietly and with due decorum.
Thus Tom Forrest expiated his crime
even before5the earth had fairly settled on
the coffin of his victim. Justice, swift
and sure, was melted out to him, although
without the sanction of the law courts.
The body of Forrest was givena decent
burial in the cemetery at st. George.
Mrs. I. H. Loughry recently arrived in
town from Salt Lake, and will stop over
at the residence of Mrs. johnson, few
days, prior to joining her husband, who
is in charge of the mill at Ell Dorado
Canyon, New.
Matthias Magney, who left here six
weeks ago in the company of Geo. Buch-
ners and James A. Parrish for the Big
Horn country, Wyoming, is supposed to
have been murdered by Parrish.
A. H. Parker, the recently elected JUS
tice Of the Peace, has proved himself per-
fectly competent to fill the bill. His de-
cisions are promptly arrived at and are
just.
Grandmother Krause, the Postmis-
tress, looks wisely over her glasses and
| pokes mail matter through the general
delivery with great precision.
On the Sth and 9th inst. the Reef was
the recipient of regular old-fashioned
rain. Pine Valley Mountain is now
decked in snow.
L. A. Bull, formerly of Phoebe and
Hamilton, but latterly an assayer at the
Reef, died in September, in New York,
of typhoid fever.
In John Fortman's saloon Pete Marker
got himself well marked by John Thomas,
who proved himself better marker than
Marker was.
We are happy to state that Uncle
George Miller, who for sometime past has
been lying dangerously i'll, is rapidly re.
covering.
Amount of bullion shipped for the week
ending October 9th, as reported through
Wells, Fargo & Co., was $3S, 729.46.
John Rice's new residence was recently
rooted. 1t made the carpenter "dizzy.
headed"
The Barbee & walker paid off on the
9TH. f Inc buckeye paid OH on the lOth
There has been no material change ii
the mines for the past week.
| Strange faces come and go.
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A writer says if an editor omits any
thing,he is lazy; if he speaks Of anything
as it is, he is mad; if he smooths down
the rough places, he is bribed; if he calls
things by their proper names, he is unfit
for the position of editor; if he does moi
furnish his readers with jokes, he is
stupid; if he does, he is rattle head
lacking stability; if he condemns the
wrong, he is a good fellow, but lacks
discretion; if he let's wrongs and injurie:
go unmentioned, he is coward; if he in
dulges in personalities, he is blackguard
if he does not his paper is insipid. Ii
short, if he edits paper properly, AMI
sticks to truth and facts, he is fool