The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-03-26

IMPROVED NRESCH.-Our ieho"
townsman George 7. Finagin has invent
ed q wrench which is big improvement
on the old style monkey wrench, and last
Monday he sent the modal East to Mum
& Co., of the Scientific American, for the
purpose of obtaining patent to it. This
wrench is much lighter than the monkey
wrench. more durable, can easily be
used around machinery where the
monkey wrench cannot, and it will take
nuts in its jaws that the monkey-wrench
will not begin to. The wrench, instead
of screwing, like the old wrench, slides
along the bar, or handle, and can be ad-
iusted to any size nut in q twinkle, and
when it is once set it is firm, theresbeing
no give or play between the jaws. The
slide sets in teeth, and when person de-
aires to to lengthen or shorten the space,
he lifts a small lever attached to the slide,
at the same time, and with the same
hand, pressing on spring that runs
along the lever This spring throws the
slide out of the teeth, and then it can
be moved back and forth at will by the
hand which is holding the lever. This
little wrench has to be seen to be appre-
ciated. 1t has been inspected by all tho
machinists and engineers in this section
of country, and they all unite in pro-
nouncing it the simplest and most perfect
invention of the kind that they have ever
seen and in course of time will supersede
the monkey.wrench. We hope that there
are millions in it for friond George.
IYcEND1ARY.--It is now kown that the
trestle-work of the railroad which was
recently destroyed by fire was not the
work of the redmen, but the doings Of
their pale-face brothers. 1t appears that
there has been number of cattle pois-
oned down at the Meadow Valley mill
by the chemicals used by the mill in
working ore, and then run out in the tail
ing pit. The settlers throughout the
valley, after loosing number of cattle,
requested those in charge of the mill to
permit them to fence in certain ground
and protect their cattle, but this was de.
MED them, on the ground, it is said by
those in charge of the mill, that the fence
would take in a. portion of the failing pit.
What if it did? Certainly the fence
would not have eaten the failing pit up.
The cattle continued to get poisoned and
the settlers, as a warning, went and set
fire to the trestle-work known as the
Meadow Valley dump. In doing this
they made great mistake, for the trestle
belonged to the railroad company, and
in burning it, the cooked they wrong
goose" We understand that threats
have been made to burn the mill. Ger.
tainly the people have right to try and
protect their cattle, but they will never
be able to do 50 by incendious and vandal
practices.
Viking MATcH.--There was grand
walking match down at Bullionvillc on
Monday, between a butcher boy and a
saloon-keeper, who are rivals, the stakes
being that the one defeated in the walk
ing match should relenquish his claims
to certain piece of calico that they were
both infatuated with. They started off
on time, and were going lickity- brindle"
for Benefits Springs, some twenty miles
distant. When they had reached the
lower end of Bullionville man come
out of saloon, with couple of news
papers in hand all ablaze. The crowd
outside at once set up yell of fire.!
and ran toward the saloon. The rivals
heard the yell and turned and looked
to see what was the matter When they
saw the burning newspapers and the
crowd rushing into the saloon they
thought the building was on fire and ran
back to save their property. The matter
hot 4ha -, Is OF n
before they started for the springs.
SAVE Your FINGERS. are inform
ed by an old and experienced miner thai
it is.altogether unnecessary, and very
foolish and dangerous practice, for maj
to try to pick out an unexploded gian
powder cartridge from drill hole, there
by running the IRISH of getting killed o.
manned, and we dare say that every per
son who has had their fingers blown off
or even their heads, will agree with thi
old miner in that respect. By taking ,
piece of giant powder cartridge and plac
ing it in or over the hole containing tn,
unexploded cartridge, piling little dir
around it and then shooting it off, tn
conclusion of the explosion will cause tn,
cartridge in the hole to explode. Their
is only one objection to this method
there is no danger in it.
The following is erich" story toll
about an ex-Pioche clothing merchant
The Deputy U. s. Marshal went up t
Joe's house during the day. He thol
oughly searched it through ever
nook and corner, but failed to root u
any coin. There was a pot of potatoe
setting on the stove boiling, and in tn
pot, under the potatoes, were $4,000
$20pieces. If that Marshal had been
brave man and run his hand down und,
the boiling potatoes, what beautif,
haul he would have made.
SHOT HIMSELF. William Whinnen
better known as Cornish" the sho
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