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

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night, with his shirt-tail flying in tn
breeze, and the only garment he had on
a man was seen making Decline acros
lots from Panaca for Bullionville, Will
in the distance another man could b
seen, armed with shotgun. The Pc
nacan, on going into his house late tina
night, discovered that his prospect hol
had been relocated by another man, ant
immediately went for his gun; but tn
jumper didn't stop to argue the case. HI
at once started for Bullionville, neglect
ing to put on his clothes.
| CUTTING MACHINE. The Phoebe bar
Der has purchased hair-cutting machine
1t acts like one of the little lawn mowers
The barber catches it by the handle anc
draws it over a fellows head. 1t oper
ates over fiat heads best. Persons desir
ing to have this machine tried on theil
noodles will do we'll to tie theirears under
their chin, thus neutrality-suspicious..
Day CoMpANY.-The work at the mine
is being pushed and everything is being
put in such shape that large amounts Of
ore can be extracted and hoisted at short
notice. There are large quantities of ore
and charcoal being piled on the dump Of
the furnace at Bristol.
PET OF THE PErrIcoATs. The younp
Mormon ladies residing throughout our
valleys during the week have sent Sol
Brisacher large number of bouquets of
cultivated flowers and fruit blossoms.
Good looks will captivate the girls every
time
The train made one trip to Bullionville
during the week, bringing down load of
.ore. This cleans up pretty much all the
ore extracted by chloriders, and the cars
will probably not make another trip for
a week or two.
Work will be pushed ahead at Osceola
this summer. Godbe & Hampton, who
own twenty placer claims in that district,
intend bringing water into their claims
and working them.
The blackboard driver coming in from
Silver Reef on Thursday evening, killed
rattlesnake out near the Alps mine with
thirteen rattles and button on the best
end of the snake.
A NUMBER of the young ladies' of Pa
naca are attending the Conference now be-
ing held at st. George, and while there,
we are informed, several of them will be
married.
Full many gem OF purest ray serene
The dark unfanthomed caves of ocean bear;
Full many bug was born to bite unseen,
And waste his fragrance on The midnight cir.
The mail on and after May LIST will
leave Phoebe on Sundays, Tuesdays and
Thursdays, at 10 o'clock in the morning.
The mill Of the Meadow Valley Com
pany is now running steadily and turning
out considerable bullion.
BULLION. $50, 2ss.74 in bullion was
shipped by Wells, Fargo & Co.'S Express
during the week.
About two years ago in neighborhood
in johnson county, Ca, an unusual
drought threatened destruction and desol-
alton. A morning was appointed for all
the neighbors to meet and unite in peti.
ton for rain. Every man in the vicinity
joined in but Sprag Paul, once the
bully" of johnson county in its dark
days and before the Administration of
the lamented johnson. Paul said it was
an insult to God and upon that ground
he refused. just about noon o little
billowy cloud began to hover over the
house of the wicked. With breathless
anxiety and eager expectation did Paul
watch, and behold, ere long the cooling
drops began to cover the thirsty earth
beneath, and for two hours it poured in
heavy torrents. 1t is positively stated
that no rain fell except on Sprag Paul.
the man who refused to ask God to do
his duty.
The farmers Of Canada are scarcely less
astute in money making devices than the
Yankee peddlsrs whose wooden nutmeQs
have become historic. The latest device.
which is reported to be getting alarming.
ly common in some parts of the Dominion.
is the preparation and sale of galvan.
AoS-t ooocSAs 4LlS lutCICSUluS drClClo OF
merchandise is made in rolls, the outsides
of which are Of the primest product of
the dairy, plastered on in thin layers
over huge Jumps Of lard, sleeps fat, etc.
of the poorest quality.
1t is the experience of a tolerably close
observer that teetotalism dries up the
heart, deadens the generous impulses,
and produces cold, calculating, Cassius
style of man, without many weaknesses,
no doubt, but with mighty little warmth
or sympathy. In other words, he would
go to moderate drinker for help and
sympathy sooner than to a man whose
heart has been brought up on cold water.
"Be confirmed as Consul at that South
American ethyl" he cried. "Of course
I'll be confirmed. Yes, 1 know every
Senator in the lot despises me. But I've
fixed it. The day my case comes up be-
fore the Senate the newspapers are to an
nounce the outbreak of the cholera,