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

There ia considerable excitement down
at Silver Reef at present. owing to a
couple of the mining companies attempt
ing to reduce the miners wages from "a
to 81. 50 PEI. day. This trouble has been
brewing for some time, and during the
past two weeks the Miners Union of that
place has held a number of meetings,
and decided to submit to no reduction Of
wages. On Tuesday morning, the LIST
instant, upon the miners going to the
Buckeye mine, rof the Stormont Company,
they were met by Supt. Allen, who in
formed them that all men going into the
mine had to work for 49, 80 per day. Upon
learning this the mon went back to town,
dressed themselves, and then marched
down to the mine in a body and ordered
every man working in it to come on top.
These men then joined the crowd, and
all proceeded to the Savage shaft, and
the men working there also came out Of
the shaft and fell in, line. They then
very orderly and quietly marched to the
Barbee & Walker mine and told the
miners to come on top, which they did,
and also fell in line The Barbee i
Walker Company were given until noon
"Wednesday to- clean up their mill and
then shut her. down. The crowd then
marched over. to town. The .Christy
Company refused to join with the other
companies in the reduction of wages.
Capt. H. s. lubbock, the Superintend-
snt, says that the Christy Companya
mines could afford to pay "a per day, and
that he. thought a. competent miner
earned 81 every day he worked. We do
not apprehend any violence being CON-
mitted by the Union men, for that asso.
citation is well organized and contains
many intelligent and worthy men, who
will be ablelto control the ihot-heads and
prevent them from committing rash acts.
It would have been fat greater saving
to a certain company down there if they
had have employed good practical miners
at 81 per day instead Of incompetent.
Jack Mormons, who know nothing about
mining, and attempt to cut wages down
to SO. SO per day. a-sssr taiyRa Z
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"THnY ALSO SERVE VINO ONLl
STAND AND WAIT"

The Free Press draws this sketch Of
some Of the lively features Of life in
Bodie When a Bodie officer sees =
worthless desperate "spoiling for q
muss " and violating one Of the plainest
provisions Of the law by aourishing his
"gun about in ga rude and threaten
ing manner" trying to provoke bloody
conflict and endangering tho lives of in
nocent ISLANDERS, if asked why hs does
not arrest the walking arsenal, almost in
variably replies "Oh, I'm waiting for
him to do something that is he is
awaiting" for the desperate to shoot
some one. And they invariably keep
waiting till the fatal shot is fred, OF
until the drunken wretch, after terroriz-
ing the town. tires out and retires to
some opium den or bagnio. An officer
was present and :" waiting" for some
minutes before the shooting occurred OF
Friday last, by which one man was al
most instantly killed, another seriously
if not mortally wounded and , thirt
party struck by a spent ball. On tn
aame evening other officers were wait
ing" while q desperate psraded tn
town from one end to the other, with
pistol in each hand, occasionally slam
ming his guns down upon som
counter, ieopardising the lives Of b,
keepers and Understand attendants, j
order to tsrrify them into giving hill
more rum or something to eat.
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STATE ex rel. County Commissioners Of
Storey County vs.. Richard Kirman,
DEMONSTRATION for alternate writ OF
mandate allowed, and order entered re-
quiring defendant to Immediately make
report, as Treasurer of said county, for
the quarter ending December 30, 1880,
according to law, or show cause before
said court on Thursday, February 10, at
10 A. NJ, why he has not done so and
why q peremptory writ of mandamus
should not issue against him.--tTerri-
torial Enterprise.
The Treasurer and Auditor of Lincoln
county have neglected to publish their
reports Of the county finances for over a
year. The law requires the publication
Of the reports. The residents of the
county are unaware of the financial con-
dition of Lincoln county. 1t is strange
that they have not done SO, as the resi-
dents Of this county are DESTROYS of
knowing how the county is financially
situated.
Dick RosEwARNE was ordered out Of
Silver Reef by the Miners Union last
week, and he quit that town last Satur-
day night, after having been waited upon
several times by a committee of the
Union. 1t appears that two men, named
H. Richards and Thomas Granville, re-.
ported to the Union that Rosewarne
spoke unexpectedly of the Union, call
ing its members vile names, etc.; hence
the trouble. Rosewarne denied having
done so and says that Richards and
Granville disliked him and used this
method in troubling him. We have
known Rosewarne for several years,
and during that period have never heard
him talk i'll of any person.
STATE SCHOOL MONEY!. r. Alex
ander, County School Superintendent,
having received 81, l5l.27 in school
money from the State, has apportioned it
as follows amongst the school districts
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SILVER REEP NEWS.
Iror the Phoebe Rsconp.,

iFor the Phoebe REconp.l
DIR. Thompson left here few days ago
for grecner pastures.
Al. Grant and Jack Welsh left here a
short time since for Marysvale.
On the Goth ult. wo had Fab Choy.
Chinatown was in = blaze of glory. Il
1t is reported that Miss Kate Dougrey
has bought or is about to buy the Stor-
mont boarding house.
The Social Club gave shiD-dig on the
night of the 2Sth ult. Samuel w. Bar.
mum played on the big fiddle. Ut
The mines arc looking as well as ever.
The new Savage shaft of the Buckeye is
now down to the depth Of 205 feet.
Amount of bullion shipped for the week
ending January goth, as reported through
Wells, Fargo & Co., was SIS, 520.2l.
The Christy mill has been thoroughly
repaired, and looks as bright and neat as
red wagon newly painted. 1t started
up on February LIST. )
Mr. Gibson Clark and Miss Amanda
johnson were married at Washington on
the Goth ult. by the Rev. Mr.. Smith.
They have our best wishes for their fu-
ture happiness. syi
Gen. R. L. Ogden, Superintendent Of
the Barbee & Walker. is contemplating
the erection Of Rowland ore and tail
ings mill, by which it is claimed that ores
can be worked at 81 per ton.
Some of the parents at the Reef attire
their little girls in dresses cut so low
necked at the bottom, for the purpose Of
displaying their legs, that when the poor
children happen to 60 out in wind
storm they are in danger of being choked
to death. ~
The schoolhouse has been fitted up into
a nice little theatre, commodious stage
having been erected with very pretty
scenery. An Amateur Dramatic Associa.
ton is to give the first fandango. It il
supposed that with vast deal Of patience
Juliet will listen to the wanderings Of
Romeo.
A few days since rumor was in circu
lation that tho superintendent Of one o.
| the prominent mines here, acting upor
the advice of the management below, in
tended to close down his mine on the Isl
Of February for the purpose Of reducing
the miners' wages to So or $3.5O per day
providing the superintendents Of tn.
other mines would act in concert with
him-he claiming that the ores nov
being extracted could not be made to pay
at the present status Of miners wages
The rumor land We give it merely a.
rumor, as we are unable to vouch for it
truth or untruth) created quite an excite
ment among the people here. A meetin
Of the Miners Union was held in regar
to the matter, and the decision arrived q
J by the members was !" four dollars da
or nothing" We understand that Capt
. II. s. Lubbock, whose past success /
l the management of the Christy affair
should prove him to be thoroughly con-
petent Of judging a. to whether thea
. mines can be made to pay or not at fou
dollars . day, freely and .emphaticall
: expressed himself against tho reduotio
2 OF wages. ,a'''i .ls.. 80
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A. J. BLAIR, says tho Sentinel Of the
I'd inst, arrived in Eureka last Monday
and departed the next day for the West.
AFTER an absence Of eight months Mr..
W. R. Wilson returned here last Tues
day night. ~ 1.a5 +
THERE has been quite thaw during
the past week, and there is mud every.
where. e-t 't 't,l...s.avqt =. emo
As THIS town boasts Of number Of
billiard sharpa q match would be in order.
SEVERAL Phoebe sports are contemplat,
ing q trip to Cherry Creek. sA KIT
LooK out for St. Valentines day; it il
near at hand. 1865 -tf :
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PERSONAL. u. N. Curtis left Bristol
on Saturday morning last for Eureka,
where he contemplates going into the
commission grain trade. A. J. Blair left
the same day for Salt Lake City, to ar
range with Jack Gilmer in regard to the
Hillside property. Judge Rives, Geo.
w. Baker, Esq, and J. H. Anderson, all
Of Eureka, departed on Tuesday for Eu.
reka via Cherry Creek. B. II. James
loft the same day for Arizona, it being
his intention to locate there.
HOLIDAY PRESENTS. Just received, at
the Golden Rule" Dry Good and Cloth
ing Store, new and select stock of the
latest style of Fine Jewelry--solid gold
and gold plated-of every description,
all Of which is guaranteed to be Of the
best quality and warranted as repre-.
sented. Also good assortment of Spec.
tacles and Eyeglasses. Goods sold
cheap for cash.
stm I. HYMAN,
THE chloridsrs working in the different
mines around Phoebe have large guam
tity Of ore on hand, and e..only waiting
for the Bullionville furnace to start, tc
ship. Several have been unfortunate il
shipping to Dry Valley, as their ore hal
laid on the side track, near the mill, evel
since ice formed. The latter are waiting
for thaw.
CHINESE New, YEAR.--We have beer
greeted all the past week with the mos
hideous Of noises smanating from China
town, consisting of the firing of bombs
firecrackers, etc., which noises wer,
made for the purpose Of informing out
side barbariAns that it was the celebratio,
Of the Celestials' "Fah Choy."
OFFICIAL Census. to tn,
official census returns Nevada has a tota
population of g., 265-42,Ol3 males, 20,
252 females--36, 623 are natives and rs,
642 foreigners. The whites number SO,
574, and the colored 8,69l, including
s, 420 Chinese, 8 Japanese and 2,SO3 In
dams and Half-breeds.
| ATTACHMENT Surf. attachmen
suit was commenced against the Bristo
Mining Company on the 2Sth of Januar
for $l3,877, by which all Of the com
pany's property was levied upon. w
understand that the matter will
shortly arranged to the satisfaction of a
concerned. ,,1s- s1 ,' '-.s..
WHILE THERE'S LIFE THERE'S SoAp.-
The Wanderer" soaped the sid,
walk so successfully last Wednesda
; night that he slipped and fell on his ware,
|, When he arose he remarked that the soa
was strong enough to wash drownin
man ashore.
II County COMMISSIONERS = The Boar
, of County Commissioners hold the
regular monthly meeting on Monds
next, February 7th, at l O'Clock. A
bills must be filed with the County Cler
to-day, Saturday, February 9th.
. GETTING REApY.-There is being la
. new plank sidewalk, and the interior
what is destined to be the location Of Il
Postofice building il also being fitted u
Postmaster Myers will move to his ne
y quarters tomorrow.
o WILDCATS and coyotes are hoveril
J. around Phoebe. A creature Of the fell
: species, between the size Of catamou
and puma was seen day before yeste
day near the works Of Meadow Vail
v No. 8.
l. JOHN BESNErrs, who has been suf'
. ing with inaammatory rheumatism
l. acme time past, is able to be up n
around.
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|; DISTRICT 0OURT y.

4 e.
aa:irhe District Court of Lincoln county
met on Saturday January Doth sseI =
q IN. ..:-..a,. ~ 49,. -,
q he ni'nu I VI sne proeeed'ngs OF ths
Court OF January'3d, we're read and iap-
proved, and the following business was
4,a,s.o+.d .isI sstisar3 .t-'iets $3.50,
) Tbs demurror calendar was o.ll.d and
d;.rosaJ of =. folIow, 49, =.
81. II. Anderson ct ais Va. Geo. Russell
et. ais. passed to be takenupst 2 O'clock
I,M. So 80 ,'Eas4. !,
sThos.SW. Brown VS. Meadow Valley
n; 60, y, 80, ~ -, = - y, 80.
&sEly M. Co.'S >. s.,.... .iLsz.ss. Z y
!, = 4 lanes e h'ng OF Waiham 80 g 20, vs..
] E;ssnm.nn y ca CIV, u, IN N. cort;.
ct al. 4. ssSi......,.s sss5If ,1a6iaroS D I
"a, Aaelmal, vs.. JIM Curtis: . y
by sGpuls..om .. counsel n .ne "a ABOVE v
continued mnt;l thu 'Ancu,t 'ts,m ot az.
Court ~ -sSF, 1927 ~ i 800
., Anderson at al vs. Russell az alOr.
dered that Ssplaint;ffa a, hare ';nagwent
arainstsaid defendants. and that \ 5de.
cree be- entered ~ favor of snlaintiifs In
sccordance with the PRAYER Of The com.
plaint. and that ssid decree he ABSOLUTE
And that nm order Of sale hs ;ssued 'unon
said decree. subject to the pavment ii
claims unpaid against the estste Of John
Russell deceased. -. Z ,1z1J 81
~ Court adjourned. until Monday Jsnu
ary 3l.sl ~ ,sssI-7Is - : 800 Il :
- lei,, ~, > s,s,,,, - ., III
e.se '~SeA"i 90
couIS met pursuant % ad1ournment
ns nnt.. Of ths proceedings OF Janu
Ky xssa Were read and approved, and NJ
Du'''e;S apPearllng, Court adjourned.
= WHOLESALE I1onor = 4 GA "a !.
~ -, SsSH' ~ ~ 70 W. C " ~
ny. Grtsna, previous 70 MS return
Psv.nns co,,.otor tor ~. q, :. enannon
-. 49, 49,, os.a o'"'s
te"Sa' WY Nl'lsa g khoV
IRON nun why ne hsd Deen selling hquo
by the wholesale to Hike, Eldorado Can
yon and around Bristol, and making n
returnsef such sales to the Department
Mr.. Curtis informed him that no sale
mat mac nos Pee
adv astonished and Statsd thit he kns,
q such sales and would have Is investi
gate this matter Of defrauding the U. s
nevenue, as no otner person IN Lincol
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Particular attention paid to Family Trade.
All orders for Meats, etc., attended to promptly
and with dispatch. n.i,.et .t.stss'l <, N T.
| ojs5.tf gssg GUS ADELMAN.
All kinds or Colored Printing done
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~S--S ~>~-~S !" $At"AAAFAA0sVs Va 5AAAAssAA AoAAS
became enamorsd with one of the fairest
damsels in tho Valley. As the old story
goes ~ was short courtship and a
speedy marriage. They came to Phoebe,
RECALLED themselves here for awhile and
then returned home. Tho young man
got too much :" tan up his snoot, 10 the
boys took him in charge and planted him
in haystack that night, but the bride
was lodged in . hotel. They had ar.
ranged 20 a. the high contracting parties
might accidently meet in front Of the
brides parents house next morning.
They met, and each one wanted to know
where the other had rested during the
night. Explanations followed, and they
finally took apartments at the hotel. All
went serene until next day, when the
bride wished her dearly beloved" to q
to her former home with her and live.
This he refused, but took her to his
abode. It il not known whether they
have gone to housekeeping or not.
TIE Phoebe cemeteries are in . YER,
bad condition, and it 10 extremely diff
cult to tell where some Of the graves or,
and who were placed in them, - head
boards are strewn in all directions.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-05
A NEW MEXICAN PROSPECT.

One If the Districts of the Future.
The Los Vegas Gazette says that in the
southwestern corner of New Mexico is a
range known as the Florida Mountains,
which seems likely to be the scene of the
biggest mineral developments in the Ter
ritory. As yet there is little known of the
district, for it has not been safe to venture
into the mountains until within the past
two months on account of the Indians.
The mountains are from IL to IA miles
long and about eight miles wide, gradually
rising up till the main peaks attain an al
titude of from 5000 to 10, 200 feet. On
account of the great abundance of good
water, with easy trails these mountains
we're selected by Victoria and his band as
their hiding place, and prospectors have
been safe to remain there, only since the
death of the renegade chief. However,
there were men hazardous enough to risk
their lives in prospecting for years; it was
known that rich mineral deposits were
there to be found. Already there are many
prospectors at work, and men are daily
going in from Silver City and other points
in the southern part Of the Territory and
from different camps in Arizona. The
general opinion is that when the real rich
ness of the region is made known there
will be a great rush and the Florida pro
nounced Flor-ee-do) Mountains will be
the "craze of the spring. The rapidly
approaching junction of the Santa Fe with
the Southern Pacific road will bring
thousands of men from the East and from
the West.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-05
PACIFIC COAST ADvICES.
The TriaI Of wheeler Commenced
Theory of Defense viii De In
sanity-The Trial OF Gray. for the
Murder of Theodore NJ
Santa barbara.
Especial to the SENTINEL. ]

SAN FRANcIsco, Feb. 4.-The trial OF
Wheeler began to-day, the prosecution IN
Producing witnesses to prove the crlme'
The theory of the defense will be INSANITY.
They claim that Wheeler, believing Pei-
ham, Miss Tillson's fance, to be a gam
bier and a thoroughly bad man, and be-
lieving her to be pure and chaste, for 1t is
claimed that he did not regard his reia-
tons with her as lowering her, deliberate
ly strangled her to keep her from the con-
tamination of Peckham. The defense
claim that Wheeler did not believe he was
doing wrong, and that his mind had been
so wrought upon by the contemplation OF
what he considered her ruin, that 1t be-
came unhinged, and he was a monomanlac
on that subject.
SANTA BARBARA, Feb. 4.-The trial OF
Clarence Grey for the murder OF Theodore
Clancy, late editor of the Santa Barbara
Press, began this morning, Judge s. c..
Denison presiding. The defense moved
for a continuance on the ground OF sick
ness and absence of one Of the witnesses,
which was overruled. The defense chal-
lenged the entire panel Of the jury on the
ground that the list of jurors was not prop
erly prepared and drawn by the Board OF
Supervisors. The entire afternoon was
consumed in introducing testimony on the
subject, and arguments on the questions
were deferred until tomorrow.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-05
AN OPINION.

The English Press falls into many err
rors in speaking Of American affairs, II
in it's appreciation of II present great
ness, and forecast Of what is to be the
future destiny of this Nation, deals most
literally by us, as the following extract,
from the London Daily News, shows:
She (the United Statesl has also over
come, to a large extent, the perpetual
drawback of distances. The Pacific
Ocean is linked to the Atlantic by a rail-
way and telegraph, and both sides OF the
vast continent are within speaking dis
lance of the teeming centers OF Asiatlc
and European and commercial life. Scope
enough for production and ~self-support
there is in America, %supposing the outside
world shut out; but, Notwithstanding the
81 disease of distance" which was once the
bugbear of enterprise in commercial as
well as military matters, American markets
are of interest to London, to st. Peters
burg, to Hongkong, to Melbourne. The
scope of American is bounded
by no ocean and limited by no nationality.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-05

~ ~ liz oENAANEL.l
LONDON, Feb. Am the House OF Com
mons yesterday, after the removal Of Par
nell by the Sergeant-at-Arms, assisted bv
five other officers, Finnegan was suspended
for defying the chair, by a vote of 405 to 2.
The Home Rulers again refused to vote,
and the Speaker named twenty-seven of
them, who were suspended by a vote Of
4l0 to 6. They individually declined to
leave the house, only yielding to superior
force. They were emoved singly by the
Sergeant-at-Arms. The conduct OF he
Home Rulers was in accordance with a res
olution taken at a meeting yesterday after
noon, to adopt the course recommended
by A. NJ. Sullivan. that the Irish members
should remain in their seats instead OF 90
ing into the lobbies in divisions.
One hundred and fifty Conservatives.
including the whole of the late Cabinet,
except Lord Cairns, met with Beaconsield
to-day to consider Gladstone's resolution.
1t is understood that ii was agreed to give
undivided support to the Northcote amend.
ment. A fourth party also supported the
amendment. Beaconstield pointed out the
great decline in the decency and dignity OF
the House OF Commons since the retire
ment OF his Cabinet, and said it was neces-
sary that the CONSERVATIVES should do all
IN their power to restore the dignity OF the
house OF commons by supporting the
government as lar as they are able by put
ting down obstruction in the House.
CRY Of MEXICO, Jan. 26.-yia Havana.
Feb. 3.-Joseph Brennan, a contractor on
the Tehauntepec Inter-ocean Railway, was
shot and seriously wounded. The assassin
fired from an ambuscade.
There has been severely cold weather
throughout the Republic. Some persons
have been frozen to death at Pueblo and
Matamoras.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-05
.mrr coopER,s RULE OF LIFE.

rhave made it the rule OF my life never
RIM in debt. When ! began business l
sosoived that / would never place myself
- ne mercy OF the banks and to my strict
sdharapce to that rule | attribute my sue
go which has been great, much greater
thsn 7 ever anticipated. To my people up
IN The Institute-young men and young
women-I am continually saying, Never
run in debt, pay as you go."-Peter cooper.
Mr.. Cooper notes that panics occur
a. the rate of about one in every ten years,
and he attributes such calamities chlehy
10 the credit system in public and private
6panciering. He has advised some changes
in the currency of the nation which rave
scanned 10 us to tend to the the very
nanics which he deplores, but no one has
more prudently managed his own private
affairs. or is able to give more wholesome
advice to others concerning the manage
mept Of their business, than the veneer
able millionaire whose thrift and liberal
itv have erected Cooper Institute as their
monument. A very large per cent OF busi-
nessmenfail, but the percentage OF failures
will be very small among the young men
who heed Mr.. Cooper's advice, Never
run in debt; pay as you CO." The credit
system is the curse of the country, and
could it be removed the thrift OF the
United States would exceed even that OF
&ha
the people Of France. 1t encourages 'ne
extravagances which prepares the way
for panics. The abolition OF the credi'
system would probably prevent the oc.
currence of another panic ike that Oh
1873 calamity which many are begin
ming to predict to be near repetition
The person who adopts Peter Cooper's
rule of life, strictly adhering to the cash
system Of business, will never have reason
to regret it.
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Hard to satisfy.

The other morning when a milk dealer
delivered the usual quantity of so-called
to a new customer up town, he was met
with the accusation
Il found the milk you left yesterday
composed of about half water"
The dealer uttered apology Of some sort
and buried away. Next morning the Gus
toner looked very serious, and said
81 found the milk you left yesterday had
a great deal of chalk in it,"
The dealer tried to look astonished, and
went away saying he would see about it.
Next morning his customer met him with !:
81 found the milk you left yesterday
largely composed Of som earthly matter"
"See here - said the dealer, as he
squared off, what sort of a family are
you? I've given you three kinds of milk
in as many days, and yet you are no nearer
being satisfied than at first. I've only got
one more kind, and if you find fault with
that you'll have to get a new milkman."-
Wall Street News.