The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-30
STATE ITEMS.

money TO run a newspaper in Nevada
The inmates Of the State prison are
preparing an entertainment among them
selves for the Fourth OF July.
One Of the Oldest vaqueros in the
country, Old Miguel, native Of South
America, died at the hospital at Winnie
mucca last Saturday.
The Eureka Sentinel says an earth
quake shock at Hamilton, recently, rat
tied crockery and frightened women out
of their houses, but did no damage.
Edward Rafferty,, who recently killed
public woman named Jennie McDon.
aid, at Candelaria, has been sentenced
TO the State Prison at Carson for ten
years.
The Monroe & Linton mine, located in
Osceola District, says the Ward Reflex,
is reported to have been sold again, this
time to Salt Lake parties. The owners
could have sold it a number OF times, no
doubt, but they would never pull to-
gether,
The Winnemucca Silver State says:
J. II. Macmillan has brought up some
very fine specimens Of ore from the
Grizzly mine at Star. The ore consists
principally of black sulphurets OF silver,
which assay several thousand dollars TO
the ton.
The Reno Gazette says the dread ais
ease, blackleg, is now very destructive
among the young stock on the Last
Chance range, between Genessee and
Honey Lake valleys. The stock men are
moving out most of their young cattle;
feed is good, and older cattle and dairy
cows are doing well.
A year ago the valuation Of the TWEEN
ty-nine leading mines on the Comstoek
was S3,O6I, $40. These same mines are
to-day quoted at S7,5S7, $50, but during
the past year the assessments levied
upon them amounted to 3,l79, $40,
which leaves 81, 36i,Sl0 as the actual in
crease for the year.
The Reno Journal says the cost Of
maintaining the Asylum for Nay was
four cents per patient per day less than
the average rate for the preceding six
months. There are at present al in-
mates-l0S males and SO females. Dur
ing the past two months there have been
seven admitted, two discharged. two dis
charged on trial, one died, and one at
tempted elopement(9.
Hon. w. c. Grimes, of Churchill
county, was in town Yesterday, says the
Reno Journal He says the outlook in
his section is not at all encouraging there
being no market for the produce of the
farms, the construction CT the Carson &
Colorado road having driven eff the
teams. Barley is almost dead stock and
is only quoted at Il cents per pound.
j. n. Wallace shot and killed his
father-in-law, Arthur Beebe, at Camp %,
a station on the C. 2. r. r., about six
teen miles west of Reno, Thursday night
between ten and eleven o'clock. Wal
lace had been bothered with wildcats
around his premises, and alleges that
after retiring this night he heard noise
about the chicken house, thought it was
caused by wildcats, got up and saw Mr..
Beebe, mistook him for wildcat. and
shot him, death resulting from the wound
half an hour later. 1t was probably an
accident, but how one man can mistake
another, and on moonlight night, too,
for wildcat is almost beyond compre-
hension. Mr.. Beebe was 56 years of age,
and came out from Michigan last Fall to
visit his daughter, Mrs. Wallace The
funeral services will take place from the
Baptist Church this morning at | l o'clock.
Il Reno journal