The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-04-30
10 CAL INTELLIGENCE.

Ike Jennings, who has been III Washing
ton City for the last fifteen months, mus
have unbosomed himself and disclosed
the true inwardness of the mail contrac
between Phoebe and Mineral Park, Ari
for the telegraph informs us that the mat
ter will be investigated. Every person
here knew that this contract was FRAUD
on the Government, so were several of the
postal officials at Washington fully cog
INFANT of that fact. Ike Jennings wa:
sub-contractor of the daily mail service
between Phoebe and Mineral Park, and
ex-senator Dorsey was the original con.
tractor Jennings was running the mail
between these two points, also running q
large number of bills for supplies, and at
the same time laboring under the delusion
that he was making money. But this
hallucination Of Mr.. Jennings was soon
dispelled, for one fine morning a letter
arrived in Phoebe from the Postal Depart
ment at Washington, informing him that
certain amount double what the sub
contract called for) would be deducted
form his quarterly pay for not carrying the
mail through on schedule time. This
was an astonisher to Jennings, whose SUBJ
contract did not more than pay expenses
and he at once threw up his contract and
started post-haste for Washington, where
he has remained ever since trying to get
moneydue him, but failing to secure it,
he has exposed Brady and the ring to the
new administration We will bet q
strawberry to a peck of pine-nuts that
Brady wishes he hadn't swindled Jen-
nings.
Ell DoRADo.-A young man came up
from Ell Dorado the other day and re-
ports matters down there as being rather
quiet at present. A few of the prospects
are looking fair, but that is all, yet the
prospectors themselves are doing con-
siderable work. Flies mill run only a
few days, then closed down for the want
OF something to run on. He states that
few miners arrived there short while
ago from Phoebe, having been engaged in
Phoebe by Joe Henderson and sent down
there to work. Upon their arrival at Ell
Dorado Fife informed the men that he
was not in need of help, neither had he
sent for any miners at all. He simply
wrote to Henderson, asking that if he
needed any men, if he could get them in
Phoebe, but never requested him to en-
ploy any for him. Both money and pro.
visions are scarce at the CANYON. The
Fife outfit does not amount to ANYTHING.
TRI-wEEKLY.-The Postal Department
at Washington has notified Postmaster
Meyers that the mail service between
Phoebe and Eureka will be tri-weekly
after the first of May. We understand
that an effort is being made to have the
mail between Phoebe and Eureka, also be.
tween Phoebe and Silver Reef, cut down
to once week, theh have daily mail
from Phoebe to Milford. By this plan the
mail service'to Phoebe will cost the Gov.
eminent about one-half of what it has
been heretofore, and the Phoebe mail from
the East will arrive here two days sooner
than it now does, while the Western mail
will arrive but about eight hours later
than at present. The Osceola mail con.
Meeting with the Phoebe line will be tri.
weekly. The time allotted for carrying
the mail from Phoebe to Eureka is sixty
hours.
ARM BRoKEN.-John Wilson, of Pa.
naca, got his arm broken Sunday morn.
ing He was engaged inshauling load
of charcoal to Dry Valley He was driv-
ing the team, and noticing something
wrong with the harness, he got down
from the load and stepped on the double
tree while the horses were in motion
ms loot slipped and he fell between one
OF the horses and the singletree, the front
wheel OF the wagon going over his arm
and breaking it, The horses stopped
Just as the hind wheel reached the arm.
He was brought to Phoebe an Monday
afternoon.
UTAH SOUTHERN R. R.-Bishop Sharp
Managing Director Of the Utah Southern
Railroad Company, accompanied by sew
eral persons connected with that road.
is expected to arrive here any day for
the purpose of looking into the Feasibility |
OF extending branch road from the main |
line to Phoebe and Bullionville. If it can
be proven to these gentlemen that this |
section OF country can offer sufficient sup.
port for railroad, it will not be long until |
branch is extended to Phoebe.
WOOD CONTRACT. j. R. Duff, Super.
lntendent of the Meadow Valley Com
pany, gives notice that he has a contract
to let for supplying the mill in Dry |
Valley with from 200 to $50 cords of best |
cedar wood per month. Also contract |
Tor hauling tailings from the pit to the
mill. All proposals must be sent in be.
fore the 18th Of May.
Ic.-There will be picnic down
at Delmoi's ranch and Condor CANYON
next Monday. The cars will leave the
Divide at the head of Meadow Valley
street promptly at 9 o'clock in the
morning. All persons are cordially in.
making.
AN open LETTER. An open letter will
be found under the head of "New To.
DaV" for the banef,t of 4bo a,,bE. -: -