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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30
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POSTAL MONEY ORDERS.

The bill modifying the postal money
order system passed both Houses of Con.
gress, and there is no cause to doubt that
it cannot but have received the Execu.
tive approval This is an important bill
as it greatly facilitates the business of
sending small moneys by mail, and re-
duces the cost Of such orders. 1t author.
lies the issue Of money orders Of Eve dol.
lars or less, without the corresponding
advices, to be on engraved paper and
known as postal notes, payable to bearer.
The only objection to this plan is that a.
the postal notes are made payable to
bearer. they may be cashed on presenta.
ton without the Identification required
by the present method, though, ., the
amount.is so small, five dollars or under,
the objection is very grave one.
Such notes are not payable after three
months from the time they are issued,
but the holder can, after that time, get
their par value by applying to the Post
Office Department at Washington. For
issuing each note fee Of three cents
will be charged. The bill also author.
ICES the issue Of money orders in demon.
nations Of 500 or less, but none for
more than 500 can be issued. The fol.
lowing are the new rates Of fees fixed on
money orders: For orders not exceed.
ing $40, eight cents; from $40 to SIS,
ten cents; from SIS to $50, fifteen cents;
$50 to $40, twenty cents; $40 to $50,
twenty-five cents; $50 to $50 thirty
cents; $50 to SO, thirty-five cents; go
to $50, forty cents; $50 to 500, forty.
five cents.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

Superintendent Dawson is doing good
work on the States farm. He has thirty.
Eve patients at work on ditch to con-
vey water from the Sullivan ditch to the
grounds. The water in the Asylum
well is very low, making it necessary to
hurry this work as fast as possible. The
job will be completed this week, when
300 inches Of water will be turned in.
This additional supply will give the farm
all the water it can use. The Superin-
tendent has cleared sixty-two acres of
land from sagebrush and rocks, and has
it ready for seed. Commissary Asa Daw.
son has had charge Of the work, and has
worked such Of the patients as were able,
thus making it unnecessary to hire any
labor. Twenty acres of the cleared land
will be planted to potatoes and other
vegetables, and the other forty-two acres
sown to wheat. Besides doing this out
side work the Doctor is identifying the
grounds about the building and will set
out 600 trees this week.-fReno Jour
nal.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

The destruction Of the rebel ram Abe
marie will be remembered by all who
were familiar with the events OF the
civil war Daniel G. George, to whom
Congress awarded medal and whose
case was last year brought again to the
notice Of the United States Senate, fired
the torpedo when within twelve feet Of
the deadly missile. by which the rebel
ram was sunk. "Dan, the brave" as he
is called. escaped with his life, but was
taken prisoner, and was about to be pin
toned by the bayonets of the exasperated
rebels when Captain Cook, of the Abe
marie, rushed to the spot with revolver
in hand and said he would shoot the first
man who attempted to injure Dan. at the
same time declaring that he had been in
the United States Navy for thirty years
and this was was the bravest deed he
bad ever known.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

The Oregonian has received detailed
crop reports from every shipping point
in the Willamette Valley. Summed up
they are as follows: Ninety per cent. Of
the faii-sown wheat was killed or badly
damaged. Enough seed has been secured
from California and from the valley ware
houses to resow all the injured fields,
and about three-fourths have been re-
seeded. The remaining fields will be re-
seeded this week. The acreage will be
about fifteen per cent. greater than last
year, and with favorable weather the
yield will be equal to former years. In
the Umpqua valley over fifty per cent. Of
the fields was frozen out.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

A certain well.known city man, says
the San Francisco Newsletter, had taken
his wife over to visit some friends in
Saucelito, and was returning by the last
boat. He saw his wife in the ladies'
cabin and went outside TO get some fresh
air Feeling as il he would like drink,
he felt in his pocket and found that he
had no smaller change than a twenty.
He knew his wife had some, SO he went
inside to ask her for it. lie saw in the
dim light person exactly corresponding
with MS ;.,fe, and without a moments
hesitation he sat down by her. Putting
his hand upon her arm, he said, Here,
Mary, let me have some change" All
the answer he got was a little startled
jump on the lady's part, and a al How
dare you sir" Thinking that his wife
must be joking, our friend put his arm
around her waist, and said, whats the
use OF fooling. Mary; let me have some
change" And then, in that dim light,
the vail was lifted, and he recognized
not the face OF the wife OF his bosom, but
that Of Laura ID. F.. OF course he
apologized, and was let off without fur.
Their molestation. He found that his
wife had moved to another seat from that
in which he had left her. Moral: ' Be
sure your right, then 90 ahead.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

In addition 10 the many other advant-
ages possessed by Hawthorne, says the
Bulletin, there is a fine ledge Of marble
on the divide between Big and Little
Squaw Creeks. 1t is distant only four
and half miles from that town, and can
be brought in easily. There are three
different varieties-a clear white, gray
and black. The white is soft and can be
sawed and dressed with ease when first
taken out, becoming hard after short
exposure to the air. The gray and black
are very dense and firm.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

The Plumas California; Bulletin says:
about two weeks ago mention was
made Of man named Dean finding
piece Of gold in little spring on the East
East branch. Yesterday morning he
found chunks of gold and quartz mixed,
and pieces Of pure gold ranging in value
from one to six dollars. On space Of
ten fee. each way s25 worth OF gold was
picked up on the surface"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

We would like to see some one try the
English method Of stacking, says the
Coluss. CAL, Sun. They stack straw
and green grass. just cut, in layers. Say
six inches Of green grass to three feet Of
straw. This grass cures in the stack and
sends its aroma all through the straw SO
a. to give it all the favor Of hay, and it
also adds greatly to the strength Of the
straw. Stacked in this way with fresh
cut alfalfa, = straw stack would be al
most as valuable as all hay. The En-
glish save all their straw this way, and
in that wet climate the straw cannot
be nearly so good as ours.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

A petition was circulated in Eureka,
and the Sentinel says freely signed, ask
ing that DIR. Dawson be not removed
from the SUPPLEMENTARY Of the Insane
Asylum, in which situation he has given
satisfaction, without allowing him first a
full hearing Of the charges preferred
against him and an opportunity of dis
proving them.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

The whistling craze is spreading among
the women of Texas so rapidly that the
State seems to be one vast cage of birds.
1t is said that young lawyer recently
went to call on his atiianced. Thinking
to surprise him she slipped up behind
him as he sat in the parlor and clapped
her hands over his eyes while she wits.
tied the "Mocking Bird beautifully.
He was so disguised when he saw who
it was that the only words he uttered
were: GOOD day."
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

Rutland. VT, is to have a monument
to her citizen soldiers which will have
some unique feature about it. The plan
is for fire-proof library building of mar.
bic, in whose main hall shall be, not tab.
lets Of brass or marble, as usual, but a
great book Of vellun, bound in metal and
written in India ink, page devoted to
the history Of each soldier, which shall
there be written in imperishable letters.
This book, placed upon an elevated stand.
will be the central point Of the hall.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

1t is understood, says the Virginia En-
terprise, that regular monthly visiting
day viii shortly be designated for the
north end mines, when all who are inter
ested may go into the lower levels and
take look for themselves.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

The States Of Virginia and North Car
DINA were visited by snowstorm last
Tuesday. At Greenboro. North Car
olina, the snow fell to depth Of two
feet on the level. and at Weldon, South
Carolina, the snow fell ten inches deep.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

1t is estimated that there are five
times as many insects as there are species
Of all other living things put together.
The oak alone gives shelter and support
to $50 species Of insects, and 200 kinds
make their home in pine trees. In lS49,
Alexander Won Humboldt estimated that
the number OF species preserved in col
lections to be between 10000 aud no..
600, but scientific men now say that there
must be something like $1,000 species.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

Reports from the north say that Una
tilla Indians have gone off on frolic and
are hunting the poor white mans hair
These Oregon reds are wise Indians and
know how to make the Government pun
gle up the rations to them.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

The Stag dump Of the abandoned Horn
Silver smelters at Frisco, Utah, is said to
have been 30 imperfectly worked as to
retain unextracted silver to the average
assay value of 81 per ton. The right to
extract the precious metal from the old
furnace refuse, has been granted by the
company superintendent to two individu-
ais, who have now constructed TEN.
porary furnace, and are making there
from four bars Of bullion per day,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

Mr.. Robert Beverly, a well-known
resident and landowner of Fauquier
county, Va, says he has in his possession
natural curiosity in the shape Of q
mouse that sings, chirps, and has the
other peculiarities of the bird kind,
minus the feathers and conformation. 1t
MARBLES similar to hooking bird, and
its notes are Of equal sweetness to either
that or canary.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

The Bulletin, the paper published at
Hawthorne, the new county seat Of Es-
meralda county, made its appearance on
the Dist instant 1t is newsy and live
ly paper, and Mr.. John NJ. Campbell is
the editor and proprietor.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

The pistol which Cincinnati woman
swore was the one with which her hus.
band threatened to shoot her proved to
be beer faucet. The husband was dis.
charged, Of course, but it was Eve min.
utes before the Court could quell thu
laughter which the exhibition Of the pis.
tOl caused.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

A Philadelphia editor thinks the enc.
mics Of General Grant ought not to OBJ.
iect to having him put on the 2.cent
postage stamp, as that is the only way
ever contrived to get him licked.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

The spirit of PROCESS has at last pen.
etrated to the Buddhist religion--at least
in japan, where the Bones are begin.
ming to think that the stern asceticism of
their faith is rather out of date. Accord.
ingly grand meeting Of the chief priests
Of the empire is to be held in order to re.
move certain restrictions and alter vari-
Gus rules, such as enforced celibacy and
yegetarianism.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

Muhlenburg county, Kentucky, has a
pig with the right hind leg at least one.
third shorter than the other three, with
the foot precisely like that Of dog, eyes
like cat, and horn similar to that Of 4
rhinoceros where the snout should be.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

"When any man." says the George
town tCol.) Courier, whether from the
New England States or Texas, comes into
the country with two old steers and
branding iron, and in six years owns one
Of the largest herds in the Territory, we
honestly think there is something wrong"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

The reigning beauty Of ireland is .
Belfast mill girl Crowds, it is said, sur.
round the mill daily to see her - she
takes her departure.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

Postmaster-General Howe died at his
home in Wisconsin last Sunday His
death was caused by cold.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

Tho Reverend Father O'Connor, who
died recently at Philadelphia, provided
in his will for his faithful dog.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

Dispatches say that extensive gold and
silver deposits have been discovered at
the north end Of vancouver Island.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

Last year 1871 Jews in Vienna became
Roman Catholics.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

Several Of the soldiers who have been
doing duty at Gar6eld's grave as guards,
have become insane.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

We ought not to Judge Of . mans
merits by bis qualifications, but by tho
use he makes Of them.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

Liquor is an elevator that has down
ward tendency.-tN. Y. Commercial.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

The ministsring hand OF . gentle
woman has been felt again-this time in
Rhode Island school. A child whistled.
The teacher asked who it was, and fail.
ing to find out logged the whsle school,
with one exception, girl who chose to
be turned out instead. There were fifty.
eight scholars. and ffty.seven Of them
got FIVE blows apiece with . rattan.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

The only rose without thorns is frien,
ship.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

st. Louis girls who go to cooking
schools won't permit their names TO be
known. They are afraid that when their
lovers find it out they vii! want 70 marry
right of, and then they can't have any
more fun.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

Many Of the halfbreed Cherokee
women are cultivated in mind, beautiful
in person, industrious in habit, and will
compare well with the more favored
women in the North and East. They
have magnificent heads Of hair, long and
black, all their own. and with jet.black
eyes and pearly teeth, dressed in that
fashionable attire in which they all love
70 appear, they would not be recognized
in Eastern drawing rooms - that part OF
the original inhabitants Of country known
as squaws.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

There are eleven States in which
women can vote for school directors.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30
STARRED.

At Bristol. Nevada. March seth. By Justice J.
B. enithson. Geo. d. HaSssrty to Miss Nary
Tucker.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30
WARD ITEMS.
IRON ,hs Reaer Of The .sih..

A letter from Osceola says Axle & Eel
senthal's gold quartz mine is looking line
The ledge has been stripped for 100 feet
and is from 3 TO 10 feet wide. The ore,
it il claimed, viii mill between $40 and
$50 per ton.
Orders for over G, 900 shares Of Martin
White stock were sent from Ward Mon.
day.-some limited and some without
limit.
For the week ending Monday the
Martin White Mining Company shipped
bullion valued at sll,7lS.S9
The report comes from Hamilton that
the Sweetwater Mining Company viii
pay its miners and mill men only So a
day.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30

Mr.. 'o'Raaerty has frequently had oc-
cssion to rebuke his boy Teddy for fail.
ing 10 have the kindling wood ready tn
light the fire in the morning. A few
nights ago 0'Raferty said 70 Teddy.
What is it. me bye, that you have to
do the first thing in the morning. II
know well enough, fayther. what have
to 10 the first thing in the morning." re-.
piled Teddy laughing. "What 10 it, ye
.palpeen" The first thing have 70
do in the morning 10 to get the kindling
ready the night before. "-(Teras Siftings.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-30
NOTICE.

ITO WHOM IT NAY ooNcsRN-suis will b
COMMENCED fer the recovery Of oil Della.
quent Taxes II not paid within sixty Days from
date hereof. By order Board County Con-
missioner.
Phoebe, Nevada, March Oh, lOee.
T4ONP0ON CA2P0ELL,
DISCREET Atsesney. Lincoln County,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-14
Newspapers in School.

To assist the study Of children by
having them read the newspaper Ia
the public schools at stated hours,
and under the supervision of teach
ers, is not a new idea. 1t is on trial
in different parts of the country, and
has just found a warm, practical ad-
vocate In Superintendent Luckey. Of
the Pittsburg public schools. In a
recent convention Of Pennsylvania
teachers,t that gentleman opposed the
use of any and all spelling books.
because he contended that a word
standing by itself was dead, while
in q sentence it had life. He ridi-
culsd the reading lesson TO be found
in the school, and wanted the news-
paper substituted for the prosy read
ers dealing with unrealities and
teaching nothing. He stated that in
Pittsburgh's public schools the geo
graphy was only q book ofreference,
the daily news papers being the
means by which geography was
taught Through being made famil.
lar with the news the children as.
ISOLATED places and events readily
and seldom forgot either. If the
pupils of our schools can be taught
to read more readily and under.
standiDgly in the columns of news.
papers than in the pages Of the tire
some, dull reading books, the jour.
mails should be adopted. As q rule
the Juveniles know more Of the par.
ticulsr workings of life than they
receive credit for. Fairy tales may
find firm believers in the nursery
but they. get laughed to scsrn in the
school room. Boys take an interest
in what their fathers talk, be it war
politics. or a financial failure.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-14
The Man and the Goat.

There was a man on the North
Side. He lived there. He had a
goat named Billy. Billy knew more
than the man did, for Billy was an
educated goat, and the man was not
an educated goat. Billy knew how
to read and write in a way of his
own, always sat at a table with the
family. and chewed tobacco just like
a Christian. Billy had a shaggy
coat, aud was a playful goat. That
was the reason his master loved hun.
Billy sometimes played roots on the
old man. One day when the man
was leaning out the window up
stairs, Billy butted him. He fell
out and hit on a baby carriage, xiii.
ing a pair OF valuable twins belong
ing to a neigiibor. The Coroner's
jury held Billy over, but the man
fixed it and got him off. But the
man was sore where Billy had but
ted him. Real sore. But he told
Billy it would be all right for him
He wanted revenge When Billy
asked for some soup at supper that
night tneinan put In soue d. Mantle,
instead Of meat. Billy ate it. Ii
Exploded Billy is dead now. The
man was blown galleywest aud
crooked. He is dead now. They
are both dead. This lisa true story
Chicago Herald.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-14

If you are sick Hop Bitters viii
surely aid Nature in making you
we'll when all else fails.
If you are costive er dyspeptic, OF
are suffering from any other OF the
numerous diseases of the stomach
or bowels, 1t is your own fault If you
remain i'll, for Hop Buffers are a SOW
ereign remedy in all such com
plants.
Ii you are wasting away with an,
form of Kidney disease, stop tempt
ing Death this moment, and turf
for a cure to Hop Bitters.
If you are sick with that terribl.
sickness, Nervousness, you will fire.
a Balm in Gileadn in the use o
Hop Bitters.
If you are a %trequenter, or a resi-
dent of a miasmatic district, barri
cade your system against the scourg'
of all countries-malarial, epiden.
ic, bilious aud intermittent fevers-
by the 8 of Hop Bisters.
If you have rough, pimply, OF
sallow skin, bad breath, pains anG
aches, and feel miserable generally
Hop Bitters will give you fair skin
rich blood, and sweetest breath
health and comfort.
In short they cure all diseases O
the Stomach, Bowels, Blood. Liver.
Nerves, Kidneys, Bright's Disease
$500 will be paid for IA case they vii
not cure or help.
That poor, bedridden, invalid wife
sister, mother, or daughter, can b.
made the pi, ture of health by a few
bottles of Hop Bitters. costing but /
tritie. Will you let them suffer?
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-14
Escaping a Blizzard on the Plains.

| was in Cheyenne after Jim had
got rich and persuaded him to give
me that dog of his'n, Bose. | was
out huntin' one day near Laramie
when one of them Hurricanes come
up and | die MT know what to do. 1t
was perrairie all around. | could
see the storm acomin, bout two miles
off. Ii | run it would keteh me. II
| staid thar it was death. So | jes
took and showed ole Bcse's nose agin
a bank and yelled rats" You orter
have e that dog scratch. He
throwed dirt behing him like a break
ing pillow drawn by twenty yoke OF
oxen. held on to his tail and he
scratched. We hadn't got in the
ground more'n two hundred feet
when the storm struck US. But Bose
kept scratchin'. | let him go on for
a mile or so, when | told him to let
up, which he did, surprisedest dog
you ever seed because he hadn't
caught up with the rat. got back
to the top of ground, went to Lara.
mie and started the story. that ! had
found a cave. | made 100000 10y
shown tourists the cave, but lost il
all in speculatin' in mines.