The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-05

| RAILROAD Meeting. On Saturday
afternoon there were circulated about
town notices stating that ameeting would
be held the same evening, and that Henry
Rives and G. w. Baker would present
the merits of the Eureka & Colorado q.
z. scheme to the public. Permission
was also given for any other person to
give his views on the subject. H. Rives
called the meeting to order; G. H. Fish
was elected chairman and J. Poujade
secretary. G. w. Baker, of Eureka,
and H. Rives addressed the meeting in
behalf the proposed railroad corporation
as its representatives. They stated that
q bill is now before the Legislature pro-
yiding that Lincoln county shall take
stock to the amount of 500, 900 from
the railroad, giving therefor its bonds
bearing interest at 10 per cent. for twenty
years. After stating the merits of the
bill they asked that a resolution be
passed to the effect that in the sense of
the meeting the bin should become
a law. A. s. Gould being called upon
spoke in favor of the proposition. Voices
calling for J. Poujade brought that gen.
tleman to his feet. He spoke in favor Of
railroads in general, but decidedly
against the bill as it stood; against
subsidies without three-fourths ma
jority in popular election; against fav.
oring any bill concerning public money
without long previous elaboration, and
full, free and fair public discussion, and
asked that no resolution be passed, and
no petition signed whatever until the bill
had been circulated, read and pondered
over by all and publicly discussed, in
order that nothing rash be done. He
also suggested that if the bill should re.
ceive the appreciation Of the people it
should not be until certain amendments
should be made, making that portion of
the contract which the railroad corpora
ton was to fulfill clearer and better de.
fined. Henry Rives again took the floor
to answer the last speaker, and after re.
plying to some of the points advanced,
thanked the audience for their attention
and kept the. floor till the people dis.
persed, the meeting breaking up without
any resolution having been passed and
without an adjournment.
The gentlemen having the railroad pro.
ject in hand on Sunday agreed to have the
bill amended so as to read that the road
shall run at least within five miles Of
i Phoebe, IS miles Of it to be constructed
in Lincoln county before the 500, 900 in
bonds be issued, and that the bonds shall
bear interest at the rate of seven per
cent. per annum instsad Of ten per cent
With these amendments petitions were
circulated throughout Phoebe on Mon
day and extensively signed by the citi.
} zens and property holders, very few re-
fusing to sign. Tho petitions will be for
warded to our representatives in Carson.
IA DANCING SKuLL.--Last Wednesday
most peculiar phenomenon greeted the
eyes Of our reporter. Having the great
railroad project on his mind and othe,
schemes to ponder over, he betook him
: self to the lower part Of town, imagining
he heard the sound Of the shrill whistl,
Of the locomotive in the distance, thu
white steam rushing from it and rising
rapidly toward the sky, the string Of cars
, making its way to Phoebe. and finally the
sound Of the bell, warning bystanders te
move one side or be crushed under tn,
wheels Of the iron horse. At last arriv
| ing at the depot-or the grounds our re
for depot buildings, etc. Cat half ,
). mile below the cemeteries, small whit,
t object, dancing to and fro amid the sage
+. brush, attracted our attention. At ono
n he resolved to see what it was, and ap
j. preaching to within about forty yards Q
the singular apparition, discovered it +
a DO . real human skull swaying over tn
+ ground, seeming suspended BY an invis
n IDLE wire and being pushed hither ant
thither by unseen hands. Our represen
|. tative was glued to the earth, he coul,
not move, his head began to swim and b
trembled with fear, Could the dead
head he saw be ghost, come there
:, dispute the march Of progress Sud
l. denly, coming to himself, he whipped on
% his navy.six and commenced to inyesti
gate. The nearer he approached tn
dancing head, the farther it receded. ]
), seemed an illusion Bound to kno,
n what it was, ye reporter, quick as
|, fash, sent two leaden messengers into th
l. cavity which once lodged the brain.
- stopped Immediately afterwards tw
" Misunderstanding chipmonks emerge
,r from underneath and scampered away
!. They had been searching for food an
10 coming across the skull. poked the
/. heads in the eyes, and in their endeAve
- to extricate themselves had carried ii
n skull from plscs to place, And thus Al
r. other mystery is explained. q5sis (
" The JoYs OF MARRIED L1FE.--Nt
= long since manipulation Of billiard bal
IN became enamorsd with one of the faire
e, damsels in the Valley. As the old sto,
to goes ~ was abort courtship and
~ speedy marriage. They came to Pioch
~ RECALLED themselves here for awhile AZ
- - then returned home. The young m,
~ rot too much "tan up hin snoot. y no Il