The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-15
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THERE was little trouble out at Bris.
,o Thursday afternoon, and the worst Of
Il il. for no cause whatever, but forum.
s,ely without serious result. Joe Travis
and family having been invited by his
b,pther.in law, A. J. Blair, to dine with
them that afternoon, declined, giving as
.b ,ir resmn that their family was 81
l,rge il would Inconvenience Mrs. Blair,
which Mr.. Blair tn"k as an insult, and
nr,bably constituting the declination for
ether reasons, drew his pistol and shot at
Travis, the ball grazing his left side and
entering an awning post Travis then
Jumped at Blair and tpnk the pistol away
ir,,n him Certainly Mr.. Blair could not
have heen in his right mind to have acted
in this m inner.
THE following is respectfully submitted
for the approval Of the school trustees.
The verses may be sung by the children
at the opening and close Of school each
day;
AMI win the f .hters stand,
pistol Ia my 'ck-t
And shs,rs within my hand.
Taen Shen fg ter become.
A by so b Id and free,
l Il g,to ri ,che
And beco ne . school Trustee.
II the trustees should desire, we will
add several IN ire verses to the above.
OaEdoS and Washington Territories
are bad places to go to. Philip Richer,
who has been making a trip through that
country writes to Phoebe, stating that
there is little or no available land in that
country worth taking up. Men in that
country are working for thirty dollars
per month. AL | consider the nsrlves very
fortunate i'll securing sue places. He
advises all in search Of < ,od land. for the
purpose Of taking it up, to keep away
fir ,n Washington Territory and the
Webfoot State.
PfocHE is the possessor OF great ora
TOR, and OF no mean ability, who, for the
intere t Of our citizens, and also for the
purpose Of imparting to them informa'
ton on local subjects, delivers. about
twice a week, Witty and well pointed
speech, which is received with rounds Of
apDlau e, and causes much nierriment.
Let the Red E,yle" spread wide his
wings and keep screaming, and he will
surely occupy Nevada's representative
chair in the House Of Congress.
IT i, pretty well settled fact that the
Utah Western will come into this county
and run down near Bristol, then through
to Pahranagat Valley. The Utah West
ern intends following the example set by
the Car on aud Colorado road; that is, t,
run through rich mineral country, open
ing the country it advances and build
inx up its own trade. The railroad hal
hal number Of men prospecting along
thi. route. and they report it as being
rich mineral belt.
DISTANCES. Il. v. Wertheimer, VIII,
took trip out to Spring Valley weel
ago, attached an odometer to the vehicle
and the following are the distances men
toned by him: From Phoebe to Glissan'
about l23 miles; to Eagle Valley abou
Ia miles; to Spring Valley (Rice's
about 225 miles. From Glissan's t
E.gle Valley nearly ST miles; to Rice
about l0a miles. From Eagle Valley t
Rce's little over miles.
HELIoTRoPIc LIGHT. On Sunday after
noon, at about $50 o'cl' OK number {
our residents went up to the divide O
Meadow Valley street to look at the ligf
OF the heliotrope, which was located a
the mountain 32 miles ca Of town. TIL
reflection from the in -trument was yer
brilliant, and in this country, where II
atmosphere is very clear, can he SEE
with the naked eye for the di.tance
100 miles.
W. B. CLEMENT, superintendent of Il
Martin White, says the Ward Reae
visited Osceola few days ago and toe
look at the Verde mine recent
bonded to r bert Briggs for $1,000
He says $1,000 is no price for it al
that he does not remember to have SEE
ANYTHING in the gold quartz line in Ca
fornia that approaches it.
CHAs. s. KING, editor and prophet
OF the Frisco Times, accompanied
Mr.. McCune, arrived in Phoebe Tuesd'
and spent a few hours, then started
their return to Frisco. They had lie
making trip through S,uthern Ut
and just dropped over into Nevada to s
how dull times really were.
The Mendha mine is surprising t
natives. The ore breast is now l6 {,
in width, four feet Of which will avera
5000 per ton. Supt. Grim brought in
Thursday box Of very good luoki
galena ore.
The fellows on the outside keep
pushing This time it is Hen. Rc
wife, Of Spring Valley, that presen,
HIM with a little token. The squalls
Spring Valley are now pr,digious.
lr is now that we are having our m
delightful weather. The mornings q
e, enings are quite cool, though in
dav time old g. drous his rays down