The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-25
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
NEW YORK, December 20.

her passengers four German mechanics,
exiled On account Of their Socialistic ten.
denotes. The exiled band were met al
Castle Garden bp . committee of the
Socialists organization Of city, and taken
Turner'S Hail. All Of them will DO taken
care Of and supplied with employment by
the organization here. The experiences
of one of them, Grielenberg, illustrates
the hardships suffered III Germany by
those who have fallen under the ban.
He was first expelled from Berlin, and
having family to support, he sought
work as d compositor in Hamburg, and
was lucky enough to obtain situation.
Alter he had worked short time he was
tapped on the shoulder by the foreman
and told that ON account of being a
Socialist his services would no longer be
required. From thence he went to Frank.
fort, where he met with a similar expe.
rience. He was finally banished from
the ERpire. A number of Socialists
representing all professions, are expected
shortly from Berlin. among whom are
some well known Jews.
In the shooting gallery at No. 4s
Chatam street early this morning,
Charles Westerfeld, OF No. l25 Monroe
street. made wager that he could put q
bullet through the hat of the barkeeper,
who was asleep at one end of tho gallery.
Just as Westfeld fired the barkeeper,
named Warganzau, changed his position,
and the bullet struck him in the head,
inaicting probable fatal wound.
The World. speaking of John w.
Mackay's arrival in Paris, says at tho
conclusion of his prolonged tour in the
East, he is expected to settle in New
York.
WAsHINoroN, December 20.
The plates surrendered by Brockway
have just arrived. Chief Drummond, of
the Secret Service Department, says that
Brockway maintained that as counterfeit
money is made to sell, he did not under
take any small work; that he always did
work that would not affect poor people,
always combining his operations to prom.
inent banks. By SO doing, he said poor
people were not affected, as the banks
had sinking funds, and could make their
loss good.
San Francisco, December. 20.
Henry Quinders. of this city, aged ID,
while duck hunting in skiff, near New.
ark, Alameda county yesterday, drew his
gun towards him by the muzzle. He
died this morning.
On account Of the loud talk on the
street, regarding the late deal in Alta,
w. F. Meyers President of the company,
called . meeting of the trustees, to be
held at 10 o'clock this morning to begin
an official investigation. Although q
majority of Alta trustees were in town
no quorum was present. At the meeting,
Messrs. Cook, Graves and Wood being
absent, President Meyers accordingly ad-
journed themeeting until tomorrow after.
noon at o'clock, and measures will be
taken to force unwilling persons Of the
directory to be present. A meeting Of
the stockholders Of the company has also
been called for Tuesday evening by
Archie Borland, Lucky Baldwin, G. w.
Grayson, H. NJ. Levy and Morris Hoe.
finch. Important business will be
brought before the meeting in connection
with recent transactions.
The hydraulic pumping engine, fol
draining the Chollar. Norcross and Savage
shafts, the largest Of the kind ever built,
has just been completed at the Ridson
Iron Works in this city, where it will b.
on exhibition tonight, lighted up BY
electricity. The engine occupies spac,
IS feet by 20 feet, and weight between
200 and 300 tons which the underground
machinery will increase to about ], 00(
tons in all. The engine accumulate
water at 1000 pounds pressure to tn
square inch in the reservoir at the surfac,
( sixty feet high, from which it will b
conducted by pipe 24OO feet to the bot
tom Of the shaft. there to operate tn
pump. which will raise the seepage waite
! 800 feet to the Sutro tunnel, into whicl
it will be discharged. The water whicl
does the work returns to the surface b,
another pipe. The system can be ex
tended to 5000 feet in depth, or tax
. water from mines half mile away, b,
the system Of extending pipes. The new
system is intended to dispense with tn
heavy and cumbersome pump-rod hereto
fore used. The engine is COMPOUND