The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-01-01
STATE ITEMS.

STATE ITEMS.
The delinquent tax of Nye county is
over 81, 900.
The Indians are anxious to work now.
The pine-nut supply is exhausted.
The Reno people have revived the tar
bucket to take the place of the Justice
Court.
The Eureka Sentinel learns from Mr.
A. w. Davis that Typo is ON the road to
prosperity.
Jim Fair gave all the little children
candy on Xmas. You bot! Colonel Jim
is a great man.
There was -four famine in Belmont
last week. The Courier says those who
had crackers to sell did land office bust
ness.
Another shooting affair occurred in
Grantsville last evening between two
Mexicans. One of them received very
serious wound.
Belmont Courier: The work of devel-
opment in the Barcelona mine is progress.
ing finely, and the head of the north drift
shows rich ore.
Journal The lightning train from the
west, a few mornings ago, ran over and
killed three fine mich cows, belonging to
Mr.. Larcombe, about two miles west of
Beno.
The Times Review says there are
great many Mexican dollars in circula-
ton in Tuscarora, and it has been dis
covered that many Of them are not
genuine.
Belmont Courier: The vaqueros say
that, SO far as this Winter, they have
seen but few coyotes on the ranges in this
county. At this time last year they were
very numerous.
The Star & Grove Silver Mining Com
pany, at Lewis, have declared their
regular monthly dividend of $4,000,
payable on the 3Oth ult. This is the
second dividend from this mine.
The Carson Tribune says that c. s.
Varian Of Reno, was recently offered the
editorship Of the Enterprise, in the place
of Fred Hart who is about to step down
and out, but Mr.. Varian declined the
position.
The conviction of Garrick, the default
ing ex-Treasurer of Storey county, was
surprise to many people who had an idea
that justice was not to be looked for from
Comstock jury. The verdict does
Storey county credit.
Eureka Sentinel: Hon. Geo. w. Me r
rill, Assemblyman.s elect from Eureka
county, has been spoken Of frequently by
the press of Nevada, since his election
was assured, as being first choice for
Speaker. We believe he will have no
opposition.
The Messenger, of Battle Mountain,
says the engineering parties for the Ne
vada Southern are preparing to take the
field at once. Mr.. Hudson, Division En-
gineer, will leave Immediately to COM
mence cross sectioning, and others will
follow soon.
Gazette: Seventeen Norman stations,
as fine as ever were curried, arrived at
the stock farm Of ]. A. Perry in October
last, direct from France. Eight or ten
Of these horses are to be brought to Reno
and will arrive here in January. They
will be sold to the first corners.
Battle Mountain Messenger: The lEtna
mill at Galena, started up last Monday
on ore from Silver point. The mill has
been thoroughly overhauled and is in
splendid shape for long run. A good
supply Of ore is ON hand and Supt Strong
expects to keep the mill steadily EN-.
ployed for some time to come.
In Virginia City, at 9 o'clock on the
morning Of the Oath, Mathew Patterson
and Dussault, opposition wood dealers,
fell to paying Washoe compliments to
one another. Patterson pulled pistol
and shot over Dussault's head. A clinch
followed and both fell down, when Pat.
terson shot Dussault through the BODY
The latter picked up shovel and beat
Patterson over the head, so that he died
at ten. It is thought that Dussault can
not recover He is unmarried, and thirty.
|ssix years Of age.