The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-28

sary entertainment Thursday evening at
their Hall on Main street, Mr.. r. II.
Elan opening the ceremonies by few
very appropriate remarks for the occa-
sion, and dispelling many of the absurd
ideas that people who know nothing in
regard to the Order of Odd Fellowship
generally form from the ridiculous stories
that are scattered broad cast throughout
the land, and giving the wives of mar.
ried members an inkling to the fact that
the lodge was not responsible for their
husbands keeping out late of nights.
After the remarks of Mr.. Elan, owing to
the large crowd assembled in the hall of
the Order, which was filled to overflow
ing, the gathering adjourned to Browns
Hall, where a regular ball was Inaugural
ted. The hall was filled with ladies' and
gentlemen, and what was first intended
for little social gathering for the men,
bers Of the Order and few invited guests
developed into one of the largest and
most brilliant balls that has been held in
Phoebe for several years, the floor being
filled with merry and happy dancers. 1t
was surprising where the large number
of ladies, so handsomely and richly
dressed, whose grace and beauty did
more than all else to enhance the pleas
ures OF the evening, came from. We
were not aware that there were near so
many charming creatures in Phoebe. At
half-past IL o'clock the guests were in
vited to retire to the San Jose House,
where splendid collation. was spread,
and partake of one of the finest lunches
ever spread in Phoebe. After the lunch
con the guests all returned to the hall,
and the terpsichorean art was INDUCED
in until near o'clock next morning, the
guests retiring delighted with the pleas
ures they had INDUCED, and the men,
bers of Phoebe Lodge feeling happy in
knowing that they had been the means
of affording such large number of peo-
pie an evenings enjoyment.
OPENING LETTERS BY MIsTAKE.-It
may be of interest to persons who receive,
by mistake or otherwise. letters not in
tended for them to know that they
should take second thought before
breaking them open, and read section
| l, 224 of the postal laws of 1879, wherein
it is prescribed that the penalty attached
to the act of opening by any person of a
letter received from postOtfice, and not
| addressed to such person, but intended
for another, shall be fine of not over
$500, or imprisonment at hard labor fol
not over one year, or both.
THE gold mines over in Osceola Dis.
trict are now presenting better appear
ance than they have since discovery.
Considerable gold is being taken out and
sold by the claim owners that the public
never hear Of 1t is only the thousand
dollar nuggets that the public hear about
ABOUT quarter to 0 o'clock Friday
morning the fire-alarm bell was sounded
occasioned by fire on McCannon street
Fortunately, however, it was soon ex
tinguished, withot the aid of the fir,
companies, snd the damage oecasionet
did not amount to anything.
ALLEN G. CAMPBELL has been il
Frisco, Utah, visiting the mines in tina
vicinity. The Frisco ''Times" says h
expressed himself as being well please,
with the outlook in Copper Gulch an,
seems confident of showing up big min
on the Cactus ground.
A. X. GRIM, the newly appointe'
Superintendent of the Day Company, i
liable to drop in town at any moment
Letters from San Francisco say that h
will be up here about the first of tn
month.
Mr.. GEO. LEWIS Of White River, Ny
county, is very sick. A courier arrive
in Phoebe on Wednesday for DR.. Geo. c
Mathews, who at once departed fo
Lewis ranch, eighty miles distant.
If the clerk of the weather would onl
dish us out our snow-storms and col
weather in the winter instead of durin
the spring, it would give greater satisfat
ton to the public at large.
The newly discovered gold mines OF
at Cave Valley, we are informed by
man recently from that locality, are nc
going to amount to such Hades of
sight as at first supposed.
MORE freight teams arrived in tow
the past week than for long time. Til
most of the teams left on their return
the terminus loaded with ore.
: The Eureka Sentinel" looks for e,
tensive developments to be made in som
of the Prospect Mountain mines befol
many weeks roll by.
) THE roads leading to Milford. also
! the lower portion of this county, are sal
, to be in wretched condition, owing
the late storms.
THERE is now very little matte b
e longing to the Day Company left
Bristol. 1t has been pretty much q
shipped.
OWING to good development of sever
of the prospects in Comet District, tn
locality is beginning to again attract q
e tention.