The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1880-02-14

WAS participant IN the lato Brea' CIV"
war. Every one knows that in the State
of Missouri duriug that time that fami-
lies were on opposing sides; brothers
fought against brothers. and fathers were
opposed to their children. Our citizen
was a married man. having one child--a
daughter. His wife's relatives were
nearly oil engaged in the army opposed
to the one in which he fought, and, OF
course, were more or less bitter against
each other. 80 that towards the close OF
the war, he received n letter. purporting
to have been written by his wife, saying
that in consequence OF his having been
engaged in the war on the side opposed
to her feelings, and that Of her faniiys,
she never wanted to SEQ his face again,
requesting him to avoid coming to the
place where she was, and that she would
sudeayor to keep away from where no
was. He complied With what NO sup
posed was her request, and at the close
OF the war he came to the Facinc Ooss!'
wandering here aud there, and at Iast'
AZ We have mentioned. locating IN LIN
roln county. where he has met with mere
or less success by his e1ernons. MOI
long since, one of his nelgaDors, wen &c,
ousintsd with his history. went East' ana
accidentally came across the wiie'
mot knowing who she was) and child,
NOV a grown woman. married and hnv-
ing children) and in conversing with
her. she stated her name and that she
did not know whether her husband was
alive or dead, not having heard from him
since be was in the army. After talking
some time, the visitor to the States dis.
covered that it was his neighbor who was
the husband, and that the letter the IN.
fortunate husband had received had not
been written by the wife. but by her
brother, she knowing nothing OF 1t until
related to her by the visitor. The result
was that few days SINCE tho husband
received letters both from wife and
daughter, and goes East in short time
to DO again united to the wife from whom
he has been separated over 10 years by
tho dastardly action Of brother.
RICH SrRIKE.-A rich strike WAS made
in tho Hillside mine. ct Bristol, the lat.
ter part of this week. A large body Of
high grade ore was encountered in the
sinking of winzs No. l, frsm Arst oross-
cut. thirty feet from the incline on west
7th level. Tho trend of the vein seems
to be north and south. The ore il diff.
ferent from any ever seen in the dis
trict. being Of a dark color and rssembl-
ing waste, but on close scrutiny the rock
il seen to carry great deal OF antimonial
silver, and heavy in lead Assays OF tbs
whole ore body average 1864 sample as
saws going up in the thousands. The OK.
tent OF the ore body has not yet been as
contained, as no walls have been found
This should be glad tidings to the as
ssssed stockholders.
A FALSE ALARM.-On Monday evening
the Chief Engineer tried some Of the fir
plugs on Main street, and not finding th'
water flowing. hs naturally supposed it II
b. frozen in the pipe. The alarm wa
given that the main pipe was frozen, sn'
men wore set to work uncovering 1t ant
for the purpose OF thswing it out. Ate
they had dug half the night and portion
of the next day they reached the pipe
aud found that it was not frozen, bu
that the water had been turned OF. Boz
Glover had made . mistake; he intende,
shutting the water off from Meadow Val
lev street, and instead had shut 1t Of
from Main street.
In Town. j. E. Spencer. Of Pyrami
Lake Indian Reservation, was in town o
Tuesday. on his way to the Maopa Rel
ervation, which IL under the supervisio
of the Agent at Pyramid Lake. Th
notice in tho RECORD in regard to the p'
tition in circulation to appoint a res
dent Indian Agent, has had the desire
effect to wake up the gents at Pyrami
Lake, none of them having been here Il
four years previous.
Aoo1DENT.--We are informed by Il
pony.ridsr that Charley Dodge, who
employed in hauling ore from the mil
to the mill at Hike, accidentally fell
his wagon on to ood-pile. striking b
left side against stick of wood and 1t
thought broke one Of his ribs. He 90
fers considerable pain from It.
SkAT1Na.-Tussday . number Of q
boys hearing that there WAS good poi
OF lee on the fiat near Dslnoi's ran
went down on the traia that nornin
They enjoyed themselves skating
about an hour or so, and then w
obliged to return ON account of the sn,
storm.
ExEcHTRrx SALE. - We publish tod
notice Of the exscutrix Of the estate
Charles A. Wiederhold. deceased, to ,
effect that on Saturday. tho 18th day
March, 1880, the real estate belonging
said estate will DO sold at public aucti,
for cash, to the highest bidder.
AssrssMENT.-Ths assessment notice
of the Hillside Mining Company will
found under the head OF New To.ds
Delinquent in Office March 9Th, day
sale April 9th.
In SERVICE. The Grand Jury still