The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1882-05-20
STATE ITEMS.


to the landing at that point OF large
wood drives.
John S. Mayhugh, Of Elko, has been
appointed agent of the Duck Valley In
dian Reservation.
All is going on well and favorably at
the north end mines. The Union is max
ing regular shipments of ore. The cost
of reducing the ore i. now but SO per
ton.
According to the Bonanza, the popula-
ton of Grantsville at present consists of:
Families with heads at home), 3S; FAM
lilies with heads away, 20; single ladies
and girls, 40; single men and boys, 1873;
Chinese, so.
The Virginia Enterprise says several
very good little gold mines are being de-
veloped in Red Canyon District Small
mills are being set up on some of these,
and from mill tests made of the ore will
undoubtedly be run to profit,
Buena Vista John, the Piute Chief,
says the Silver State, attributes the cool
weather to the sickness of the sun. He
says the luminary is heap sick" and
wonders that the medicine men Of the
pale faces do not cure it, so that we can
have warm weather.
The Virginia FOotlight says the Chron-
icle's particular pet candidate for Gov.
ernor is Dick Dey, Uncle Jimmy's bench.
man. Should the latter desire such a
contamination and should make the
"sack" a factor, Slippery Dick would
make trouble in the race.
A Mason Valley farmer informed a
Reno Gazette reporter that grasshop-
pers in his vicinity are getting down to
their regular summer work. On Sellers
ranch, not far from Reno, they have
made their appearance and promise to be
numerous, large quantities Of eggs and
young ones having been turned up.
The Belmont Courier says the Indians
have appropriated all the available land
in the numerous canyons lying on the
westerly side of Mount Jefferson. In
Richard Hurley's canyon they have five
acres, where they have begun the work
of blowing and sowing. These aborigines
hope to raise good crops of barley, wheat,
potatoes, etc.
Reno Journal: A crazy woman named
Mrs. Brown, attempted to set fire to the
Courthouse yesterday noon, by lighting
some papers under the stairway. 1t was
discovered and extinguished Immediately,
and no damage resulted. The woman
has been around for day or two, annoy,
ing county officials by demanding money
to be sent to San Francisco, or to b.
given home in the hospital. She has Q
little girl with her. The woman is now
in Jail.
The Virginia Chronicle of last Satur
day evening says the output of ore from
the Uuion mine this week is $50 tons
This ore is of good grade. Monday o
Tuesday bullion shipment of $25, O0t
or $50, 900 will be made 1t will be tn
first shipment for the present month
This bullion is now ready, and could b
sent away, but it is not desirable to hav,
it arrive in San Francisco ON Sunday
The bullion yield for May will not fal
below 800. Of this the Chronicle is OF
ficially informed.
The Elko Independent learns that tn
outlook at the various leading mines a
Tuscarora is more satisfactory than coul
reasonably have been anticipated, recen
unexpected developments giving positiv
assurance of lively times this season, a
least. The new discovery in the Contra
has been prospected westward 100 fee
and to the east $50 feet, disclosing at
depth of Is feet 7-foot ledge, an averag
of the ore across its entire face giving a
assay of $50 to the ton. Samples of til
high grade ore from the lead, shown Il:
would assay nearer 81, 900.
Silver State: G. w. Pierce, Of Pal
adise, informs us that the frame of tn
new flour mill at Paradise is up and tina
work is progressing rapidly on the build
ing. 1t is situated on Little Humboldt
about three quarters of a mile below tn
hot springs. Some eight or ten men VIII
had been at work on the ditch, struc
for higher wages, and as the Superb
tendent did not want to assume the r,
sponsibility of complying with their d.
mand, they quit work. They were recei'
ing $40 per month and board, and the
wanted 81 day and board.
A post mortem examination of Judt
Z. w. Hillysr's brain was made in Ca
son Wednesday. The Appeal says Il
original diagnosis of his illness was e
tablished as correct. Late in 1880 judi
Hillyer accidentally ran his head again
the base of a chandelier very violentl
Soon thereafter he would occasional
suffer from violent headaches. In Jul
1881, symptoms of softening of the bra
began to exhibit themselves, which nc
prove to have been caused by grown
tumor, resulting from the concussio
The physicians removed the tumt
weighing four ounces, from the point
the BARN directly under the seat of