The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-05-05
BULLIONviLLE AND PANaCa DOTS
News items aro a. scarce As son nice.

There were several foot.races in Bull
lionville last Saturday.
April billiards. bring forth May
cyclones, with vengeance.
The Bullionville boys contemplate Civ.
ing grand ball at their school-house on
the 22d.
Gambling money, as the sports term
it, is exceedingly scarce in Bullionville
just now.
In lieu Of picnic on May Day, dance
was given in the village school-house for
the enjoyment of the children.
The brethren made merry Tuesday
night at their place of worship to the en-
livening strains of couple of violins.
The Bullion boys get together OCCASION
ally and make things howl since the ac.
QUESTION to their band of an Arkansaw
flute.
The fruit crop in panaca has been
slightly damaged thus far by the late
cold spell, with the exception of the early
apricots, which are all destroyed.
The Bullionville Mongolians are forti.
flying their opium lair with shotguns and
pistols in anticipation of a raid from the
Justice Of the Peace of that precinct.
As compounder of that palatable bev-
erage, the American cocktail. Sid Hell.
lowell, of Charley STEMS popular EN-.
porium, has but few equals in the State.
G. Odell, of the Smelling Company's
store in Bullionville, took advantage on
May Day Of the rebate on tobacco, cigars
and cigarettes, to the amount of seventy.
one dollars.
Mr.. Wedge has sown two acres of an
early variety of watermelon for the bene-
fit of the thirsty Piochers when they
visit this sanity burgh during the ap.
preaching summer.
Bishop Lee admonished the young PEG.
pie at the church hop on Tuesday night
to refrain from round dancing. This un.
reasonable request put damper on what
otherwise would have been a most pleas.
ant party.
We have never seen SO many wild
ducks as there is at present in the slough.
They are as thick as bullrushes and
might fatten many poor mans pot if it
were not for the game law, which went
into effect on the first of April.
A red.hot "around. the stove" discus.
sion takes place nightly in Bullionville
over the respective merits of the rival
pugalists to the rank of "World Champ
ion, and the illustrated papers are anxi-
ously awaited each week for an account
of the doings of those worthless
While contemplating the beautiful
range lately purchased in Salt Lake City
by our estimable townslady, Mrs. John
Wedge, we could not help but contrast
it with the pot-hooks and hangers used
by our ancestors. Verify, science is all.
Omnipotent even in the kitchen.
Charley Stein, the enterprising saloon
ist, has transferred his allegiance from
Phoebe to Ballionville; not so much on
account of the business advantages of the
latter place over the former, but because
he feels more at home with our people,
from whom he can occasionally get re.
hgious consolation.
Johnny Hickman has made bet of 500
with party in Bullionville that he can
ride wild horse, during the performance
of which he agrees to retain under each
foot silver half.dollar. The bet causes
considerable speculation among horsemen
here, opinion being about evenly divided
as to Hickman's ability to perform the
feat.
Bullionvilie stands in great need of
"cooler" for the reception of unruly and
abusive DRINKS. As it is nobody is he.
yond the reach Of their vile tongues; but
on Sunday last one of our citizens set this
class of beings wholesome example by
knocking one of them down, and from
the effects of the blow he nearly bled to
death.
While conversing with well known
resident of Phoebe, short time back, we
were asked the question: "Why is it
that the Latter.Day Saints exclude re-
spectacle acquaintance from their so.
cial gatherings for" said he, show
would it work for instance, if the Catho-
lies were to give a ball, and let it be
understood that nobody was wanted
there unless they were Catholics? Why,
sir, if such thing was to occur, there
would be howl raised from one end of
the land to the other, and the sect would
be called fanatical and bigoted!" We
were unable to answer the gentleman,
but hope that some of the brethren are
competent to throw some light on the
subject.
CHANGE OF TEXT Books. MIR. Young,
State Superintendent Of Schools, init
mates that there will soon be an order