The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-07
AND PANAcA DOTS

There was social at Mrs. Lanrford'
| wednesday evening where the youn
folks made merry.
Superintendent L. Godbc shut dow
the works on Thursday for few days
IN order to give the engineers an opportu
nifty OF cleaning the boilers.
Buillonvillc is getting to be very ba,
town indeed when its citizens overhau
their Justice and chew his thumb off
but such is life among the ungodlies.
Rumor has it that there is large nun
Der OF Indians congregating in this vicin
ity with hostile intentions; but dam,
rumor is such poor authority to 20 by
that we don't believe anything we hea
nowadays, and only half what we see.
At the 2:3O meeting Sunday afternoon
Bishop Lee spoke very disrespectful o
his neighbors, but it being the first tim,
that he has done so. we will not quot,
his words, and hope the reverend gen
tleman will be more guarded in the use
of expletivcs in the future.
The day after the shooting of the In,
dian the tribe repaired to the grave nea,
Bullionville, and dug up the remains,
during which procedure the sauaws held
an informal wake, chanting their songs
IN monrnful manner and pelting the
boys with clods Of dirt when they inter-
fered with the ceremony.
Your scribe must have been asleep or a
counting last week when three horsemen
mailing from Cherry Creek passed through
Bullionville on their way south, for it
now transpires that one Of the Cavaliers
was magni6ccntly proportioned young
Miss OF twenty, whose sex became known
down the valley in very embarrassing
and altogether unlocked for manner.
Ii Mark Twain were present at the ex.
animation of the Plying Dutchman,"
before the Builionville Justice Tuesday
afternoon, he could draw a picture of
life IN mining camp" that would put
to shame his former productions in that
line, for his Honor, constable and prison.
err. looked like they had been put through
a sausage grinder, not to mention the
esthetic appearance of counsel for de-
PENDANT
In the last issue appeared an item in
the Dots" in regard to the perpetra-
ton Of an unmentionable crime in Bull.
lionville, by a party sailing under the
cognomen Of the Flying Dutchman.
The crime, according to the compliments
oath, was attempted on the Odd Of March,
very nearly a week before we made any
note Of it, and during that time it was
pretty well canvassed through the town,
and to such an extent that this Flying
Dutchman went after the boy who
charged him with the crime, on two diff.
ferent occasions, but the boy stood firm,
IS we can prove by two wituesses
Finding that he could not bulldose the
boy, he attempted to do 80 with us. but
he mistook his man even if we are 4
paper one. Now, as States Prison is
staring this fellow in the face, we will
refrain from passing any opinion as to
his guilt or innocence. What we intend
IS vindication of our reportorial con.
luct, and we think the compliments
bath, Is well as the testimony of another
witness for the State, is sufficient in the
Eyes of any sensible person to exonorate
is from any blame in the matter.
Last Friday was gala day in Bullion.
lille and one to be pleasantly rsmem.
'ered, if it were not for the shocking
ragedy that took place in the evening,
lose to town, when an intoxicated In.
liam, after killing a dog, and SCATTERING
ohm Hearty's leg with bullet, met his
leath at the hands Of infuriated citizens.
\ large number of racemen, with their |
'onies, but in an appearance in the morn
ng, and matches were made and run till |
vening, during which time several hun.
red dollars changed hands, and the bar.
,eeps OF the saloons were kept busy dish. |
ut the fiery fluid to their patrons. There
vere quite number of Indians present |
lso, and they two seemed imbued with |
ne fun, betting their money freely on
heir favorite steeds, and like their white
rothers, they become full of tanglefoot
Whisky, after which they showed a ready
isposition to fight on the slightest provo.
ation. One of them, known in this sec,
ion as Jim Fndlay, from the fact that he
ad worked long time for the gentle.
ian bearing that name, was exception.
lily quarrelsome, and on starting for the
ancheria, he let q war-hoop and was
sen to draw pistol and fire shot,
lille not quite out of town. A great
,any thought that he had fired at a
Dung man who happened to be ahead of
i'm, and whom he had previously
threatened to kill, but large dog of the
iastif species was seen to crawl from
nder a wagon, shot through the back.
ohm Hearty and young Latimer thinking
hat the dog belonged to them jumped on
couple Of horses, each being unarmed,
nd started after the Indian for the pur.
ose of bringing him back. They over
'ok him about half way to Panaca
hen he whirled about and shot fou.
mes at Hearty, the last shot taking ef-
'ct above the knee, and coming out some
ght inches further down. All this took
lace in full view Of large crowd assem-.
led in Bullionville, and a. Hearty was
zen to drop from his horse as the last
Tot was fired, the impression was that
Q was killed, and to avenge his death
oxen men jumped on as many horses
I'D inside of ten minutes the Indian was
corrae riddled with n doyap hulIots