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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-08-11
RELICS OF PAST AGES.
Traces of Enormous Animals Found
In a Connectfc ut Freestone
Quarry.
Hartford Times. ]


A vessel lust arrived at the dock foot
of Potter street with load of heavy
stone blocks taken from the Portland
freestone quarry has among the cargo
home remarkable specimens of the tracks
Of fossil beasts and birds that once lived
in this valley. These slabs were taken
from a stratum about six or seven inches
thick, lying at a depth of about eighty
feet from the top of the quarry. The
enormous skeletons still partly preserved
under many swamps in New York, New
Jersey. Pennsylvania and other States
probably represent big beast of the
elephant species, which once roamed the
Connecticut valley also. Here are his
tracks in relief. One, which measures
fifteen inches by eleven, and is larger
than the tracks Of any living elephant,
shows the impression of the toes very
distinctly and Enthusiastically, and also
the reverse representation of the impress.
sions of the inner muscular projections of
the bottom of the huge foot. OF these
tracks there are three on single slab
five to six feet long and perhaps yard
or more wide and seven inches thick.
There is no installing these tracks. They
are evidently the tracks of some huge
beast and one of the elephant kind, too
and not any mere accidental formation
by other causes. On one slab in this city
near the creatures tracks is stony heap
Of his odrure, known in geology az
coprolites.
One slab bears the unmistakable tracks
of some big three-toed bird-seemingly
Of the ostrich family. These tracks are
remarkable for being almost perfectly in
straight line-as If the creature had
but one leg; no Indian could step
straighter. The stride is above a foot
and halt. However it may be with
some supposed fossil bird tracks in
the Connecticut valley sandstones, these
certainly are no tracks of the labyrin.
thodon or any other ancient frog; they
are bird tracks.
One slab bears the impress in relief OF
the longitudinal half of tree trunk,
seemingly, according to most observers, a
hickory tree-for its shaggy bark and its
very texture are wonderfully preserved.
The slab was ten feet long and bore the
cast of the tree all the way, but this
specimen is but three feet long--tha,
part of it having been cut off at the
quarry. 1t was evidently large, full
grown tree, possibly aoated down the
river from some place over which it cast
its shade in ages much farther preceding
the supposed birth of Adam than that i.
supposed to precede modern times.
| 1t is said these stones will be pre-
sented, like those given by Mr.. Batter
son, to the Hartford High School.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-08-11

The Piutes say there will be a big crop
Of pine nuts this season. The fattening
Qualities Of these nuts are about equal to
those Of seal blubber. The Virginia En-.
terprise says last year a squaw, who does
chores about town, had with her her
daughter, girl about eleven years of
age. In the beginning Of the pine nut
harvest the pair disappeared. Six weeks
later the mother and daughter returned
to the city. Said lady who had often
given employment to the mother, MARY,
what girl is that you have with you p
" He, he, giggled the squaw, "that my
Jenny" That JENNY" cried the lady,
why, what makes her so fat ?" "He,
he; Jenny eat too many pine NUT" and
abashed poor Jenny hung her head and
chewed the hem of her frock sleeve,
pine nut oil shining from every pore Of
her visible skin.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-08-11

Ruskin says: There is in every ami
mails eye dim image and CLEAN Of hu-
manity, flash of strange light, through
which their life looks out and up to our
great mystery of command over them,
and claims the fellowship of the creature
if not of the SOUL" This moves the ag-
ricultural editor of the Louisville Courier
Journal to suggest that Ruskin would be
good man to train bad bull.
1.-The things We call women are, &C.
cording to Mrs. Swisshelm of Chicago,
"simply small packages of aches and
pains done up in velvet and lace, and
topped off with ostrich plumes."
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-08-11
suLLrvAN-sLADE CONTEST.

NEW YORK, Aug. THE boxing
match between John L. Sullivan and
Herbert A. Slade, which came off last
evening at Madison Square Garden. and
in which the Maori was knocked out in
three rounds, continues to be the prin-
ciple topic of conversation among down
towers. In the leading sporting circles
the opinion is general that Slade disap-
pointed Jem Mace and that he scarcely
made the fight that his size and training
warranted his friends to expect. An old
prize fighter and trainer gives the follow
ing particulars of the fight: What Sui
Ivan lacked in size and weight was made
up in perfect form. 1t appeared as If
Slade had not had enough work, or ex.
ercise OF the proper kind, for his outline
when stripped did not look compact and
solid, or fit to endure heavy punishment.
The men came from their corners and
spared cautiously for few moments.
Sullivan inclining to be aggressive. Sud-
denly he planted his left square in the
Maori's face, which staggered him.
Quick as fash the Boston Boy followed
him up and drove his right below his OPP
ponent's left ear on the neck, knocking
him against the ropes near his corner.
Slade, however, recovered, and they came
to close quarters. No wrestling being
allowed, the referee called for them to
break apart, which both instantly obeyed.
A little preliminary sparring followed, in
which Sullivan pressed the Maori, and
finally got an opening and sent him down
on the boards by terrific blow, but Slade
sprang up quite lively, when they again
clinehed. After being separated Slade,
Cor some reason, rushed for the ropes,
and received several severe blows on the
back of the neck and final one which
sent him clean through the ropes and
head first off the platform. By the time
he regained the platform the three min.
utes were up. This round made it ap-
parent to all that Slade was already q
whipped man, and it was only question
as to how much punishment he could
stand before he was knocked out. Sui.
livan had scarcely drawn long breath
and had forced the fighting, which
showed he was in splendid condition.
From the outset OF the second round
Slade was on the defensive. Sullivan
pressed him half around the ring and
then knocked him down. After getting
up Sullivan pressed him again, but Slade
appeared to have been woke up and stood
of his antagonist until the three minutes
had hearty expired. when he was knocked
down again by terrific right-hand blow
and the round ended. Slade appeared
to be all broke up and pumped out, but
he came to the scratch for the third
round; yet they had 10 sooner squared
off than Sullivan gave him terrific blow
in the face with his right. Slade was
dazed, but he rushed in and attempted
to clinch with his adversary. He, how
ever, was received by a succession OF
half-arm blows, and finally right-hander
sent the Maori to the floor for the last
time. He fell like bullock, and the
police, seeing the blood gush from hi,
nostrils, announced that the fight must
end. But Slade signifed that he had
enough, and was taken to his corner
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-08-11
MAGGIE MITCaELL's RUM BATH

Maggie Mitchell is accustomed, be.
tween the acts of her performances, to
refresh herself by prescription of her
physician, which it would be we'll for
all hard workers to take advantage of.
This prescription simply involves her be.
ing submitted to sponge bath of rum.
This constituent of the bath is carried
with the baggage in fve-gallon demi.
john, replenished as occasion demands.
The demijohn is sent from the railway to
the theater, where it remains in charge
Of the property man.
Toward the end of last season Miss
Mitchell began to notice that her bath
did mot have the recuperative effect upon
her that it was won't to. The circum.
stance alarmed her very much, as it sug.
gested that the remedy was losing its
value through some deterioration of her
system. Her physician, however, as
sured her that this was not the case.
The fault, he insisted, must rest with the
rum.
But the liquor was OF the very best
quality, a. the bills of the house which
supplied it showed. There happened to
be little left in the demijohn just then,
and the doctor sampled it. Then he
smiled, wrote an order, which he sent ia
the nearest drug store, and after certain
manipulations of the demijohn Of fresh
liquor in connection with package Of
powder, he said, mysteriously, ~ guess
we will know what is the matter with
the stuff by tomorrow.
That evening there was weeping and
wailing and gnashing of teeth in the
property.room. Several Of the attaches
Of the theater were very i'll indeed, and
Miss Mitchell's rum thenceforth resumed
it, pristine strength. When you ask the
doctor for an explanation Of the mystery.
he replies in words to this effect:
swell, you see, an emetic doesn't
spoil liquor for bathing purposes, as water
does; but it hurts it-hurts it pretty
badly for drinking"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-08-11
NEW TO-DAY.
N OTICE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AppLI-
~ CATION for patents for Town Lots, be-
gioning At . post marked No. l, SR cornsr
of tbs Town OF Bristol: Thence U 4 miner Al
monument No. bears TAN degrees q. $40
feet; o mineral monument No. standing at
the northeast corner Of Sixth and Main street.
in the Town OF Bristol, bears N 60.s degrees W
1850 feet
First course, 8 7O1s degrees W 2,s4o feet to
post marked No. 2, corner Town of Bristol
thence, I'D course. N 1917 degrees W 2,el0 feet
to pos. marked No. 3. NV corner Town OF Bris.
tol; thence, Sd course, N 70k degrees & 2 $40
feet to post marked No. 4. NE corner Town Of
Bristol; and thence, 4th course, 8 1917 degrees
2,s40 feet to post No. l, the place Of beginning,
containing one hundredsud sixty acres, and be.
ing the Townsite Of Bristol, Lincoln County,
State Of Nevada. must be made to the under.
signed on or before the 18th day of February,
A. D. 1884, or be forever barred. Bee Compiled
Laws Of the State OF Nevada, p. AIS. vol. q,
section $3.50, act approved February 10th, 1859
Application must be filed with A. J. Blair,
Bristol. Nevada.
HENRY RIvES,
auli-st Trustee Of Townsite Of Bristol.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-08-11

The Salt Lake Tribune says: Twenty
five miles east of Black Rock station, on
the Utah Central, on Cove Creek, there
are immense deposits Of sulphur in almost
pure state. This has been examined
and reported on by various persons, all of
whom agree in regard to the extent and
value Of the property, while experiments
have been made in digging down, and
also in boring, to depth Of thirty feet,
all the way through sulphur, SO that the
deposit is considered IS almost unlimited
in quantity. One report places the
amount in sight at several million tons,
but be that as it may, the mines are to
be worked and the product will find
ready sale in the market.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-08-11
Notice to Creditors.

LSTATE OF JAMES o. MCCORMICK, DE-
~ CEASED. Noice 10 hereby given by tho
Undersigned, Administrator Of the Estate OF
James 0. Mccormick, to the creditors OF, and to
~ persons having claims against said deceased.
TO exhibit them with the pecesssry vouchers
within four months after the first publication
OF this notice, to said Administrator, at the
once OF Thompson Campbell Attorney for said
Estate, ct Phoebe. In the County Of Lincoln.
State OF Nevada
Dated At Phoebe. July z. 1883.
GEORGE r. WEED,
VI Administrator.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-08-11

The Democrats of Pennsylvania, on the
tariff question, take substantially the
same ground as the OHIO Democrats.
They demand that import duties be SO
adjusted as to provide for the necessities
Of the Government, encourage produc.
tive home industries, and maintain fair
rates Of compensation for labor.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-08-11

France is making it hot for the young
men who decline to marry. This thing
of the men and women living together
without being married is to be stopped.
France is tired of being called nation
of bastards
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-08-11

w. w. Monair, who received the nomin.
alton for Governor Of Minnesota from the
Democrats, declined to accept it. His
successor will be chosen by the State
Central Committee.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-08-11

They have now got the suns distance
from the earth at %, 100, 900 miles. It is
really half mile more, but astronomers
are not swinish in their calculations.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-08-11

Mrs, Hendricks and Mrs. Mcdonald
are said to be better politicians than their
rsspeetive husbands.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-08-11

Hot temper makes many enemies.
Neither a word or o stone once let 90 can
be called back II is all very well for q
man to believe that the earth revolves on
its axis, but when he becomes convinced
that he is himself the axis the less you
have to do with him the better.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-08-11

The "dude lace pin is the latest nov-
city. 1t is made Of gold filagree, With .
head Of pearl and eyes Of sapphire.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-08-11
Eighth day Of September, 1889,

At O'Clock ~, the property mentioned and
described In said Trust Deed, or 90 much
thereof IS may be necessary to pay said inter.
ests and costs of sale, to witt
Those certain Mines, Mining Claims, Quartz
Mill and Machinery, Millsite, Corrals, Boarding
House, Barn, Assay Office, Blacksmith Shop,
and all properties situated In Bristol Mining
District, Lincoln County, State Of Nevada, and
described as follows:
All Of that certain mining claim known Is the
"Ohio" mine.
All Of that certain mining claim known a. the
Nevada" mine.
clsi n known as the "Gipsy" mine
An undivided one-hslf Of that certain mining
claim known - the Contact" mine.
An undivided one-hah Of that certain mining
Tunnel"
The Bristol Silver Mining Company Mill and
Aillsite, containing GAO acres OF land, more or
l-ss.
That certain Ten-stamp Silver Quartz Mill
thereon. with Mill Building. Ore House, Retort
House, Engine Room. appurtenances and ma
chinery includ ng pans, 8 settlers, 7O-horse
power steam engine, boilers, cleanup pan, re.
tort, we'll and we'll fixtures, boarding house
building with furniture, barn, assay office
with furnace and tools, l blacksmith shop with
tools building used a. loo. ling house for en-.
ployes All machinery, tools, implements and
appurtenances now at the mines and mill sfore-
| said. And also all the real estate and interest,
or other claim or demand, ~ we'll in law ~ in
equity, which the said Bristol Silver Mining
ompany now hss, or may hereafter acquire of
| In and to the said premises, with the appurten.
ances.
Dated August LIST, 1888
aull st HENRY T. WELLS, Trustee.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-08-11

For ofil.aeads. Letter. H. ada. Csrds
veaceers, snd ali kinds Of Jeb Prina.
Ing, either Fancy or Plain, apply Il
the Record OMse.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-08-11
Trustees Sale.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. THAT PUR.
IN suant to the authority vested in me in and
by . certain Deed Of Trust, executed by the
Bristol Silver Mining Company to me, bearing
date June 18th, 1882. and recorded In Lincoln
County, Nevada Records, In Book P, Pages an
to 27s. default having occurred In the payment
Of the interest due December 18th, 1882, on the
notes lred by said Trust Deed, In the sum
Of Fifteen Thousand Dollars 1 will sell. at pub.
lie auction, to the highest bidder at the Board.
ing House ( the said Company in Bristol, Lin.
coin County, Nevada, on the
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-08-11
Married.

At Phoebe, August 7th, Charles Ball to Miss
Mary Z. Mcintyre.
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Notice Of Tendency of Suit.

JOSEPHINE BEAM, PLAINTIFF, vs.. WAL.
q TER BEAN. Defend ant The said Defend
ant Will hereby take notice that suit has been
Defendant, and ia now pending in the District
Court OF the sixth Judicial District Of the State
Q: Nevada. in an I for the County If Lincoln, to
obtain decree of said Conrt dissolyjng the
ponds DC OF matrimony existing between said
~ mum ana defendant. . d awarding the cus-
that II sal Defendant does not appear and make
DEFENSE on the First day of the August Term
OF said Court, A. d. 1888, said suit will be
heard and decided at that term, in accordance
WIZ tne statute Of the State Of Nevada In such
case made and provided,
THOMPSON CAMPBELL,
myI-om Attorney for Plaintiff.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-08-11

0ecs week In your own town. Terms and &c
wvv outnt FREQ. Addrsss H. HALlRsr / Co.,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-08-11
ALE and PORTER.

LNahlsH ALE AND PORTER, IN STONE
~ or Glass Bottles, sold by the Dozen or |
1ottle, st tbs Pansca Saloon, ANON
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-03-23
The Silver Wedding.

The Presbyterian church was crowded
last evening, in honor of the occasion of
the silver wedding of the respected pastor
and his esteemed wife, which it was an.
nounced would be celebrated at that time
and place. Messrs W. H. Burke and ].
s. Watson acted as ushers, and Ma ior
Lyon, B. NJ. Hicks and W. NJ. Lloyu. a
groomsmen, and their wives as brides
maids. Upon taking their places, Rev.
]. H. Hartman made some extended re-
marks upon the past married life OF the
couple, after which they received the con-
gratulations of their friends. The pres
ents were few but valuable, and consisted
of full silver tea set, valued at CTS. by 4
number of friends, silver and cut glass
pickle castor, by their Oldest son, Mute, q
basket containing two hundred new silver
dollars, with card stating it was to make
additions to the pastors library, and
basket containing thirty five silver dol
lars with which to add to Mrs. Fannins.s
tea service. The occasion was highly
pleasing to all present, and will be laid
up in the archives of memory with all
who participated as one of the happaess
social events of the year
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-03-23
Educational Matters.

The territorial superintendent desires
to inform all school districts in the coun-
tics where districts are continued that
they should held their annual meetings
under the law, and vote such taxes as
they think necessary, as heretofore The
officers elected should be chosen to hold
until June 80, 1884, if their term should
expire in year under the present law,
The new school year ends at that date.
This applies especially to Hutchinson,
Yaukton. Clay, Union, Turner, Lincoln,
Mlnnehaha. Moody, Lake, Brookings,
Deuel., Cass, Barnes, Walsh, Pembina
and Lawrence Counties. In the other
counties the levy of taxes Is not necessary,
since the township school board will be
chosen in time to do that. They had bet
ter elect officers, however, to fill all Va
cancies, since these will have duties to
perform. All district officers qualify Is
heretofore, the treasurer by bond and
oath, the director and clerk by oath, and
sll then are filed with the county clerk,
and not with the district clerk.
The school law is in the printers hands
and will be issued within three weeks.
Blanks will be sent out as rapidly as pos
sible. The superintendent requests news
papers to copy this.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-03-23
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
UnhOnOred and Unsung.

Yesterday afternoon Daniel Curtis and
Arthur Powell discovered the dead body
of a womsn out in the prairie about four
miles northwest of town, within short
distance of Mr.. Powell's house, which
proved to be that OF Lou Baldwin. wo-
man of bad repute who has been about
jamestown for several months The cir
cumstances, so far as we lave been able
to learn up to this writing, seem to be
that she left the house of Mrs. Mcdonald
in this city last Saturday evening after
dark, soon after, as will be remembered,
the wind blew up very cold. She said
she was gong to farm house out in that
direction, and 1t seems that after travel
ing four miles in the moonlight in the
severely cold wind laden with driving
snow she became bewildered and exhaust
ed and laid down TO die, with no other
attendance than The wierd whistling of
the cold wind and the pitiless beating of
the driving snow. She was about 30
years old, and hut little seems to be
known of her history. With all the exc
Grafton OF society for her manner of life
the circumstances of her death will
excite feeling of pity from the better
side of humanity The dark and dismal
surroundings of her death is still another
deep and impressive admonition to girls
to beware of and shun the paths that
lead down to shame and death, to a dis
honored grave, disowned by kindred and
spurned by the world.
The body was brought in late last night
and left at A Stclnbach's, the undertaken,
where coroner Eager will hold an inquest
this morning at 5 O'Clock.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-03-23
The Coroner's Jury.

The inquest held by coroner Eager yes
terdav over Lucinda Baldwin, whose
dead body was found on the prairie north
west of town the day before developed
some facts in addition to those given IN
the Alert Yesterday morning, from which
it appears from letters found in her pos
session that she had seen better and more
respectable days. and perhaps drifted into
the maelstrom in which she ended her
days upon earth by a multiplicity of cir
cumstances, which, though not justify
ing are to some extent palliating. 1t ap-
pears from memorandum that her
maidel name was Lucinda Tanning, and
that she was married to John f. G. Bald
win April q, '66 but does not show where
farther than Eat the parsonage" A
legal document in her possession shows
that she was granted a divorce from her
husband on the charge of descrtion May
26, 1879, by the circuit court of Bucna
Vista county. Iowa, which is signed bv
Judge Ed. X. Duffy. Letters from Sis
ter named Amanda Morse, at Fl. Steele,
Wyoming Territory were also found.
Also letter from law firm IN Lake
City, Minnesota, dated July 3, 1877, in
reference to giving her children into
family named Pratt. Other letters speak
of the children going to school etc. Some
wisps of hair were found carefully wrap
ped up IN papers, but nothing to show
how many she had fur tl,er than the plur-
al form of expression which indicates.
there were more than one. She seems to
have made painting profession to some
extent, as some bills from q firm in
Mitchell for materials for that kind of
work were found among her effects to-
gether with some printed cards which
read "Mrs. l.. J. Baldwin, Cameo Oil
Paintings, Canton, Dakota" She seems
to have fallen in exhaustion where her
body was found and TO have struggled
with death some before yielding to its
grasp. One arm lay outstretched and
the other across her forhead as if to pro-
tect her eyes from the cutting snow which
was driven with great force by the wind
on that stormy night. After considering
the circumstances and hearing the evi
dence the jury rendered the following
verdict:
"That Lucinda Baldwin came to her
death by freezing from having exposed
herself to the weather on the prairie
about 311a miles from jamestown, d. r.,
on the night of March II, 1883.
T. ". FIELDS,
" l.. b. MINER, Jury.
w. l.. SANFORD,