The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-29

Last Tuesday the town was thrown into
a great state of excitement as dense vol
umes OF smoke and huge sheets of flames
were seen issuing from the Hillside; but,
as it was, about sixty cords OF wood above
the works had caught fire, and from
town, a person would suppose all the
buildings were ablaze. Though at times
the hoisting-works were greatly endan-
gered, and but for the wind veering in
the opposite direction, and by the untir.
ing efforts of the men who worked nobly,
the works would have been beds of ashes
Fortunately everything escaped the fire
fiend, with the exception Of the wood
and portions of the car-track.
Last week Henry Gargels, an employe
at the furnace, had two horses stolen
from him. He Immediately procured an
animal and went in pursuit of the thieves,
overtaking them about eighty miles
northwest from here, on the old freight
road. On targets coming upon them
they fell down on their knees and sued for
their lives. Obtaining such easy posses
sion Of his property, and taking pity upon
them, targets did not mete out to the
miscreants the punishment they so richly
deserved.
The Hillside furnace is doing big work,
running through about As tons Of ore per
day, and turning out on an average seven
tons OF bullion OF the assay value Of $425.
Machinery, in connection with the
roasters of the Bristol Company, to the
amount Of thirty tons, is expected in
every day by the way of Eureka.
A large patent whim, to be placed on
the Mendha mine of the Hillside Com
pany, is en- route from below.
The east ore-body on the 9th level Of
the Hillside has been improving greatly
the last few days.
The artesian we'll of the Bristol S. M.
Company is down 200 feet, with 100 feet
of water.
A NEW KIND.--One of our citizens, the
other day, was observed sitting on box,
appearing to be gnawing something which
he held in both of his hands. After he had
been there for some time, gnawing at the
article he held in his hands, he was OBJ
to fall off of the box by several persons,
as though in faint, and the men rushed
over to his assistance. They found that
the man had really tainted and by his
side laid plug of tobacco, while teeth
laid scattered around in all direction. The
man was taken into the drug store and
restoratives applied, and after two hours
labor with him they brought him to. He
stated that he had purchased a plug of
tobacco Of certain merchant, recon-
mended IS being new kind, the very
best, and while trying to bite chew off,
he pulled out all his teeth, and becoming
exhausted in his efforts to secure mouth
full of the weed, he tainted. The plug of
tobacco was dissected and in the middle
of it was found several plies of ticking,
perhaps piece of the skirt of some
dusky North Carolina belle who worked
in the factory. He now chews fne.cut.
PIocHE School CENSUS. -. School
Census Marshal George T. German, for
Phoebe School District No. l, makes the
following report as the returns of the
| school census of this district for the year
1880: Number Of children between six
and Is years of age not attending school,
II; total number of children as attending
private school, 6S; total number of chill
dren attending public school, lis; mum.
Der of children between and years of
age, A; number of children under 81
born in Nevada, 242; number of children
between the age of l8 and 81 years Of age,
IL; number Of children under 6 years,
100; children between and Is years,
26O; girls between and Is years, ll9;
boys between 6 and is years, al.
CONCENTRATING Works. The train Of
the Nevada Central went down to Bull.
lionville Tuesday, conveying some work
done at the Raymond l. Ely shops for the
making of three additional tables foI
Montgomery's concentrating works.
With these three additional tables there
will be seven at work, and if we are cor.
rectly informed, Montgomery will be able
to concentrate at the rate of seventy toni
Of tailings per day. He has met with
great success SO far in his concentrating
operations, and he fully deserves it.
The individual who carries the mai
from Clover Valley to Shoal Creek, Utah.
undertook to drive some cattle from the
former place to the latter. He tied thu
mailbag on the horse and drove hin