The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1880-02-28
STATE ITEMS.

Reno is in raptures over the first
sleighipg OF the season.
Esmeralda county is moving to the
front with her rich mines.
Parson Kelly is employed as a reporter
on the San Francisco Chronicle.
Pritchard, the condemned murderer in
the Ormsby county Jail, denies that he
attempted to escape.
Elbow District is the latest find in
Esmeralda county. The Herald pro-
nounces it promising camp.
Some very fair looking ore is now be-
ing obtained from the crossout on the
1850 level OF the Lady Washington.
Reveille: During the past week the
Manhattan mill has reduced 1899 tons
OF ore of the assay value of $36, s3O,l2
Eureka Sentinel: Mr.. G.. II. Badly,
late Justice of the Peace in Lincoln
county. has located permanently in Eu-
reka.
1t is said that ex-senator Broadman of
Washoe county is candidate for the
Office of United States Senator to succeed
Sharon.
The Sutro opium smokers are being
ratified up by the officers of the law.
There is neither rest nor security for the
"pipe-htter.
Eureka sentinel: 1t was reported on
tho streets yesterday that the Metamoras
Company had struck a body of ore at o
depth of 800 feet.
Attorney Wellington Stewart has en-.
tered q suit against Carson, asking for
81, 900 damages for injuries sustained by
his wife in falling over an exposed
cistsrn cap.
The uprise from the 240O level OF the
Union Consolidated, through the ore
slopes, has been completed, passing
through rich ore all the way up to the
level above.
Silver State: Some ffty.one sacks of
rich gold and silver bearing ore, from
Silver City. were shipped from this place
to John Taylor & Co., San Francisco, to-
day. The ore is said to be worth about
$500 per ton.
The Lyon County Times says the
blusstone works OF Dayton are running
en- full time, yet they car hardly supply
the demand tor their products. II the
milling business revives to any extent
the coming Summer the works will have
to be enlarged.
Reno journal: A gentleman we'll in
formed in railroad matters informs us
that q heavy wind now would blow down
most Of the snow sheds ON the noun
tsins, IS they are covered with snow to
such q depth that wind could easily
topple them over.
A family in Virginia City who gave q
tramp job of saving wood the other
day. found, after he had got hia pay and
left, that he bad carried oil tho hard and
knotty sticks to the water closet, where
he had thrown them into and nearly
filed up the vault.
Virginia Footlight: There are thirty.
two teachers employed in the public
schools Of this city, OF which number
three are gentlemen and twenty mine are
lady teachers. The amount paid out OF
the school fund monthly, for teachers
salaries is SO. 345.
Tho Austin Rsveills wants to know
why some entsrprising cattle men do
not visit that section to purchase cattle.
1t says that there are lots OF stock men
in that vicinity who would sell stock
cattle il they could find purchasers. and
the animals are in tolerable good condi-
ton.
Virginia Chronicle: Peter Lawler, bet.
ter known as Dublin Pete" who claims
to be the champion lightweight of Cali
fornia and Nevada. has challenged James
Rodda to fight, according to the Queens
bury rule, in small.Rlove fight. or in
an eightesn-foot ring. for from $500 to
$1,000.
A Chinaman who has been acting as
interpreter in the opium smoking cases,
in Virginia City, that have been on trial
during the past two or three days in the
Court of Justice Moses yesterday came
up missing. His house was found vacant
and his clothes and other belongings had
been cut to pieces. Search was made
about Chinatown for the man, bat nc
one could be found who knew anything
about bin. Officer Underwood, Of China
town, thinks the man has either been
killed or run out of the CITY.
Ward Reflex: A portion of the materia
to be used in the work Of bringing watsl
into Osceola. we learn from Jake Hen
dsrsou. the stage driver between Ward
and Osceola, has arrived on the ground
This is the first tangible evidence going
to show that the projectors mean bust
ness. Work will doubtless commence IL
earnest - soon as Spring opens. Thu
ditch will be at least eight miles lonf
and will afford employment for large
number Of men. When these works ar