The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-01-06

Drarn OF GEo r. MoCoSKEY. On
Tuesday morning news was received from
Hamilton stating that Geo. p McConkey,
who has been Treasurer Of White Pine
county for tn, past six years, had been
found dead in his office, laying between
the county safe and that OF Wells, Fargo
a Co., and that the body had bullet
wound in the left breast; that the county
safe had been opened and robbed. and
that the keys were in Wells, Fargo 4
Co. 5 safe but that the combination was
on. The news of the tragic death of
McConkey. who is well known here, has
been the topic of conversation for the
week. On the first arrival Of the sad
news, every person was surprised, and
from the manner in which the news came,
it looked like case OF suicide, This seems
to have been the prevailing idea from the
first, for all were aware that McConkey
was constantly dealing in stocks, and,
like other county Treasurers in Nevada,
he had appropriated the money placed in
his charge to his own use. Later news
from Hamilton states that the County
Treasurer's books had been examined
and found correct, but that the county's
money was about $4,000 short. Mr..
McConkey, we learn, had his life insured
for $4,000, but we did not learn the
name OF the company. Deceased leaves
wife and two children.
RELOCATING. There were more relo-
eating OF mines done in Phoebe New
Years morning than has ever been done
heretofore in the history Of Phoebe. Not
withstanding that the weather was raw
and cold, the relocaters started in, silent
ly and unbeknown to any one, to climb
the side of the mountains, and men were
quietly sneaking out OF their cabins and
going out and posting up relocation no.
tices until 3 o'clock on the morning of
January LIST. Spring Mountain has been
pretty much all relocated, and much of
the Meadow Valley Companys ground
has been taken up. The Superintendent
of the company says their ground was
taken all under one location, and is not
liable to relocation, while others contend
that the company's ground constitutes
several claims, and were acquired by
purchase, and no matter how large a sum
has been expended on one claim, it will
not answer for assessment work on all
the claims.
New DIsCovERY.--Greatt tales are told
on the streets of wonderful discovery
recently made by Jim Burrows in what
he calls Comet District. This new find
is located on the west side of the High
land range and about ten miles due west
of the Floral Springs. Several samples
of rich ore, which assays in the hundreds,
have been brought to town, and if it is
anything like the description that dis
interested parties have given us, they
getting their information from Burrows,
indeed Jim is most fortunate man. and
he has more rich ore on top of ground
than the trains of Vanderbilt and Gould
would be able to hall for the next fifty
years. There is nothing like being lucky.
The New Year, 1888, was born amidst
the ringing of bells and firing of guns
at IL o'clock Sunday night. If the peo-
pie who sit up to see the old year out
and the new year in would only devote
the time that they waste in tolling bells,
firing guns, and kicking up such an in
feneral racket that it awakes and dis
turbs the whole Of the inhabitants in
town and sets the young children bel
lowing from fright, to prayers and sing
ing hymns, the Lord might smile upon
them and they would certainly have bet.
ter luck during the New Year. h
PARTICULAR attention of the public is
called to notice of the Peoples Market,
under the head Of "New To-day" in
which the proprietor of that establish
ment requests all who are indebted to
it to settle their indebtedness immediate.
ly. Hereafter, all persons dealing with
the Peoples Market will have to settle
their bills on the first of every month.
This is the decision which has been rem
dered by A. Adelman, proprietor, and
will be strictly carried out
On Saturday last load of moutain
trout was brought in from Panguitch
Lake, Utah, by one Of our brethren, and
the fish was rapidly sold at two-bits per
pound, and the Mormon was made happy
by having his pockets filled with coin,
and our residents were made happy by
having their stomachs stuffed with fresh
fish. The man promised to bring in an
other load of the speckled fish at an early
day, . ~. o
I, O. 0. F. OFFICERS. - Phoebe Lodge
No. %, I. o. o. F., have elected and in.
stalled the following officers for the en-.
suing term: ]. Eisenmann, N. G.; H.
r. Gear, Y. g.; O. 9. Mathews, s.; Jas.
Nesbitt, T.; ]. O. Gelabert, w.; s. H.
Carman, r. s. N. G.; 8. Stoddard, l.. s.
n. G.; R. Adams, I. G.; R. Glover, R.
3 Y. G.; R. ], Gordon, L. s. V. g.
ANOTHER old.timer has gone; yes, he
has gone and done it, like many anothe,
foolish fellow. John Jane was married
last Saturday at Marysville, California,
70 Miss Kate Eddy. When Johnny left
here about a month ago, he said he Wa
going in search of situation, and VIC
are clad to learn that he has seem rod ar, az