The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1882-09-09

Miss Fannie Moflatt is expected to re-
turn to Panaca soon.
Vegetable truck and fruit Of all de-
scriptions in town and selling cheaply.
The furnace is running steadily and
turning out the usual amount of bullion.
Anthony McMahon put two men to
work on his Magnolia mine, in Highland,
last week.
There has been few cases of lead
poisoning lately among the employees of
the smelling company.
The days are sultry and warm with the
nights cool enough to sleep comfortably
under heavy pair of blankets.
Watermelons and cucumbers are dan
gerous vegetables in this climate, and
when eaten ought to be partaken of
sparingly.
The employees of the smelling company
return thanks to Supt. Frank Godbe for
his kindness to one of their sick and
destitute companions who, being unable
to procure medical aid, was sent by that
gentleman to Phoebe, where, under the
able care Of Dr. Mathews, he quickly re.
covered.
| We earnestly hope that the frightful
scene that was enacted at Social Hall
Monday evening, whereby poor Coffey
lost his life, may not be altogether lost
on the young men in this neighborhood,
as it was good example OF the evil con.
sequences which invariably follow horse
racing and all other modes OF obtaining
money without giving fair equivalent
in return.
1t is rumored around that other parties
took hand in the shooting Monday
evening besides Coffey and Carpenter.
Now we do not think so for the evidence
at the Coroners inquest went to show
that there was not more than nine shots
fired altogether, some of the witnesses
: putting it at five and seven; and when
Oscar Rice picked up Coffey's pistol after
the shooting, it was empty, and Carpen-
ter's pistol, we have been told. contained
only one load when he reached Bullion.
vile, Immediately after the fight.
!, The word races carries with it metal.
lie ring that is anything but agreeable tc
our ears, and the next time anybody
repeats the word in our presence for the
next month we will treat him to Sui
livan hug with scientific slug or two or
E the side Heretofore when we heard
: Phoebe and Bristol men talking slurringly
Of the fairness of our races we were APP
to think that they were preiudicet
against this section, but they knew
whereof they spoke, which is more THAI
. we can say for ourselves, and when mex
n we write anything about square races
and the good time we are going to have
we want somebody to lie around a corne
:. with stuffed club and give it to US il
! the neck as we pass.
A party lately up from Prescott, Ar
: iona, report that section and the Sal
). Francisco Mountain country to be aliv
!. with criminals Of all grades, they havin
d "dead-headed their way from Ne'
J, Mexico and Colorado over the line q
y road that is now being constructed there
Is So dangerous have this class become tina
'e when person lies down to rest at nigh
n it is with feeling Of insecurity, neve
o equaled in the worst days of India
|. butchery in that blood-stained land, fe
It the Apaches rarely, if ever, made
It night attack; but these vampires Of tn
mountains have become so bold that the
ct will noiselessly enter the camp Of trave
n ers during the small hours, and after r
d moving the sleepers arms, they will {
IN ner known to the fraternity, and if resis
8. ance is offered, they will mercilessl
to riddle them with bullets.
The shooting of Edmund Coffey |
'g Lew Carpenter, at Social Hall, Panaca-
60 while that place was full of people, Mo
no day evening the most disgracef
e; scene that we have ever witnessed in
IT, civilized community. We hold the frien
l.. of both men to blame for this terrib
nd tragedy, for it was quite evident to al
he observer while the men were quarrelil
e. on the veranda of the hall, that if tn,
a. were not separated, fight to the dea
NO was inevitable, as both were prepar
with guns for that purpose. Why tn.
friends did not interfere and prevent I'll
he shocking affair, as they had plenty
iss time to have done so before either o
M pulled pistol, is mystery that we a
~ unable to solve; but we do not propo
ms to enter into the pro and con of the fe;
ne full encounter as the law will do that
ny its own good time; suffice it to say, til