The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-12
SILVER REEF NEWS.
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The Stormont Company is the only |
corporation that has closed down.
. On the I'd the Christy mill turned her
stamps loose on silver sandstone.
Recently several of the boys event
through" at the various faro games.
A great many men are leaving town,
the aspect of which is rather blue just at
present.
David, the bright little son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Julius Jordan, died from pneumonia
On the 9th. The funeral took place the
following day.
Amount Of bullion shipped for the
week ending February 9th, As reported
through Wells, Fargo l. Co.'S express.
was $26, 698.92.
"Mormonising" is i new term very ap-
plicable to the young men who on = Sum
day 60 down to Toquerville to visit the
pretty girls there.
He resembled 4 limpssy dish-rag, ~
he Rugged post for support. He said:
"All whisky's (hic) good, but it (hic) de-
ponds on where you (hic) get it. I must
ev got (hic) mine At the wrong (hic)
place" -...
A concert il to be given in tho school
house on tho night of the 18th inst, for
the benefit Of the public school. The
performers are amateurs. The entertain
ment il to be conducted under tho direc.
ton Of Signer Krause.
The Barbes Walker mill closed down
On the 9Th, ON account Of the piston.rod
breaking and smashing the cylinder. Il
is thought that the time required to MAKE
the necessary repairs to tho machinery
before the mill can start again will DO I
week or two.
A special election will DO held hsre o,
the 10th for the purpose Of electing Jus
tice of the Peace, that Office now beinI
vacant. The position is highly lucra
tive one, being worth at least $35 pc
year, in county scrip, besides incurrin
the curses Of the entire law breaking com
munity. There already are 81 candidate
in the field for the position.
A mining expert expressed his opinio
. to George Miller that all mineral has
growth--gradual development. Georg
replied: eyes, dot is SO. You see, We
de world vas first made evsrydings Va
fat like pail or pancake. Den ate
! avile de mountings he pegins to GRO
up, und after he crows up pig enough d
: mineral he crow up, doc"
In an old poem occurs the followin
line: ''And it boots me to rememb,
Florence Vane." It strikes US forcibl
: that we should have forgotten her ,thel
We-wouldnt get booted for remembers
any young lady. Several years since v
q got booted for not remembering one
l. booted till our nose bled. In anoth
II verse the poet sings about, "his heart
dear pain. A very modest man u
;. doubtedly the poet; yet not very trut
- full one, else he had located the pain
= another spot.
The size attained by icebergs is som
:. times prodigious. From measureme
made upon one, DR.. Hayes estimated
e e to contain 81, 900, 900 cubic feet, while
OF weight must not have been less tn
loo, 200, 900 tons. It was grounded
J. water nearly half mile in depth. VIII
|. then, must have bsen the thickness =
= size Of the glacier from which the m,
had become detached.
b. -
tls London Times: It il not 10 much
soil, climate, or the vast richness of
American continent that the Brit
- agriculturist has to fear, as the eneri
nd the self-confidence, and the inexhausti
invention Of the United States citizens