The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1880-09-04

Colonel Tom Scott says in his report to
the stockholders Of the Texas Pacific
Railroad, that under existing contracts a
Southern Pacific Railroad will be COM
pleted from San Francisco and the Gulf
of California to New Orleans by the end
of 1882. He proposes to meet the
Southern Pacific at Ell Paso, and thence
run into Mexico. Concerning the trade
of Mexico he says: ''The completion Of
your road to Ell Paso will, it is believed,
secure very important trade from the
Republic of Mexico, nation with q
population exceeding 10000, 900 Of peo-
pie, or more than ten times that Of the |
Pacific Coast States and Territories. A
line Of railway extending from Ell Paso
southsardly to the City Of Mexico. with
branch westwardly to the Gulf o. @ il.
fornia, will undoubtedly be constr, cted
within few years. :" y It is be-
lieved that this Mexican traffic will, with
in very few years after the completion
of your road, be of greater volume, and
more remunerative than the Pacific Coast
business" 1t is apparent that the Texas
Pacific Company does not intend to con-
tinue beyond Ell Paso on the route to the
Pacific, preferring to develop the northern
states Of Mexico. There is certainly no
sufficient inducement to continue a road
parallel with the Southern Pacific at
present, and will not be for years to
come. The latest intelligence from the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
is that the line will be continued from
Albuquerque in westerly direction
across Arizona, leaving Prescott some
distance to the south. The route across
California is not yet determined upon.
Prescott will be connected by branch
line to the Atchison road on the north,
and to the Southern Pacific on the south.
A man whose name we have been un-
able to learn and who resided on the
Thomas Hilles ranch, at the mouth of
the Pomponio creek, on the coast, has
been missing for more than week past,
and fears are entertained that he has
either been foully dealt with, or else made
away with himself. He is supposed to
be Norwegian by birth, is without
family and had a crop put in on the above
ranch. He was last seen engaged in cut
ting his grain one day about week ago,
when suddenly he was found missing,
while the horses were found loose in the
grain field. Search was made for him by
the neighbors, but without avail. A
Chinese cook was the only person living
, with him, and he says the man acted
, strangely one day, ill-treating his horses
{ and himself, and that he suddenly left.
{ Some suspicion seems to have attached
D to the Chinaman, as it is understood he
, has told different story about the affair.
, It is rumored now that the Chinaman
has gone too, he not having been taken
Q into custody by any one, which would
. seem to be careless way Of doing bust
t ness on the part Of the officers. On Sun
i. day last large force turned out ane
n secured the surrounding country, tn
a beach and creek, to find the missing maj
dead or alive, but no trace Of him coul'
be discovered The affair is shrouded il
,r mystery, and some official ought to try
O at least, to solve it.-[San Mateo journal
II A Baltimore clairvoyant now gives tn
following account Of the North Pole
The Pole is situated on an island, havin
y gradual rise from the waters edge
about the middle Of it. On some part
:, 8 Of it appear only bare rocks; on 9TH
! parts it has abundand vegetation. Abo.
. half of it, the east side, is covered wit
fruit trees. In some parts they grow
dense thickets; in some they grow not
: close together, and have grass thickly il
!" terspersed among them. The fruit CO..
sists of oranges, lemons, bananas, coco
IL nuts, and other tropical fruits. Th
!; part Of the Pole is inhabited by beetle
r;. white and black ants, grasshoppers al
4, many other kinds Of insects, all unusual
!. large; also by many different species
- the monkey tribe. On the west side
~ the island the vegetation is not so dena
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