The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-03

OPERATION IEEFoRMED.- iasu Mon |
day Dir. G.. C. Mathews very neatly and |
successfully performed the delicate oper-
alton of extracting the pieces of skull |
mbedded in the brain of John Captain.
who had been injured by blast at the |
Day mine. There were some thirty eight |
pieces of bone taken from out tho brain, |
measuring from over half an inch in |
length down to the size of No. 8 shot. |
The end of one of the large pieces of bone
penetrated the brain matter two inches. |
On Wednesday DR.. Mathews extracted
two more pieces of bone from, Captains
brain, making total of forty pieces.
There was also considerable rock washed
and picked from the brain. These pieces
of bone and rock can be seen at DR.. G.
X. Alexadder's drug store. Since the
operation was performed the patient has
slight hopes of his recovery, yet DIR.
Mathews says should such prove to be
the result, it will be miracle
Now that there is not any water ilow-
Ing through the pipes, and should fire
occur, the only weapon with which the
residents would have TO battle against the
fame would be the Hook and Ladder
Truck, but as the ladders have been
taken from off the truck by the di'ternt
persons whoever felt inclined to use them,
some of the ladders even having been
placed in buildings and locked up, we are
thus deprived Of our only weapon in case
of emergency. There is at present one
ladder standing against Protection Hose
House. another at Phoebe Hose House.
and another has been for months, either
standing against the rear OF 4 saloon
Or locked up in the building 1t Is
IS at least rs little as n person can 10,
after having finished with the use OF the
ladders, especially at the present time, to
replace them back upon the truck.
AZ last the estate of T. L A. Pioche,
who committed suicide nearly twelve
years ago, and after whom this town was
named. is to be settled up The San
Francisco Chronicle says: by \ CON-
promise the Phoebe estate will be divided.
one half among the testamentary legatees
and the remaining hall to the creditors.
most OF whom are IN Europe. chiefly
France. As \ consequence some 1000
acres of land in southern California will
be available for sale The court expenses
amounted to the large sum Of S2l5.Oo.
Judge John A Stanley. who represented
the heirs. receives fee OF SO, 0On. while
McAllister / Bergen secure about four
per cent of the amount secured TO the
general creditors
COMET DISTRICT Is all the 60 and large
amount of travel to and fro Is going On;
teams arriving and departing every day
in the week Even the brethren AZ Pa
naca have the Comet fever and are allrre1
from their CARROT patches by the glowing
accounts Of the fabalOas richness Of the
new finds being uncovered. Thus far
there has been nothing discovered to get
excited abozt, thsagh very rish ore has
has been brought 10 town Stick 10 yOor
cs-rO. patches boys and follow the advice
o. she church and le. mining alone
4 NrNBkE OF the Royal City bOys
were in town last Saturday, Sunday and
Monday. They heard oat At Royal City
that there wo1ld be church services in
toxn on the Sabbath. and they came In
for the purpose OF attending, On learn
ing that there were to be no services.
their disappointment Was Of such magni-
.nde that they were forced to resort 10
the vine cup for the purpose OF drOun-
ing II.
Planning TREEs,-Jim Bother has
planted over 1000 trees around his ranch
in Paranagat Valley this season, Batter
- ~ "a
pride in having nice ranch, Ii the
other ranehers in the valley wO0la follow
Rasler's example, the time IS not far dis
ssas when they would be possessor u
property that could be disposed Of al J
good price,
TlIg Board Of School Trustees call tbs
attention OF the voters OF this District
to the fact that there viii be an elec
ton held on next Thursday. the Sth, iol
the purpose oi getting the approval q
the voters TO purchase bnIldlng iOl
school purposes For fuh particulars
read advertisement,
Tue new mill in the course 81 con
str0eslon at the lower end Of town vii
be completed and in running order il
about month, and il the water-pipes an,
in order it viii be gong under a ial
head OF steam. We learn that Bill
kseler will have charge Of the boarding
house at the mill,
BURNED TO pEATH. AT Hebron, Utah
on Tuesday morning, the residence Q
Mrs. PulsipheL an aged and helpless Of,
Woman, some how Or other got ahre, an,
was burned to the ground, the old lad
being burned in the building, As to tn
manner Of how the house caught fire, u
person knows.
EueENI HowELl's bill appropriation
$1,000 to send a Colorado River Commis
sioner to Washington has passed the As
sembly, and dispatch received iror
Mr.. Howell ipforms US that it passed til
Senate Thursday night, and now await