The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1884-06-21


laughter, Mrs. Whetsel, in Washington.
Territory, returned on Saturday last.
She SAYS that country is not wha! it is
reported to be, and that the wonderful
tales in regard to it are nothing but rail.
road yarns. People from the States, who
have been attracted there by the won
derful accounts of the country, she says,
after arriving there are greatly disap.
pointed and retrace their steps back TO
their odd homes. There is no market for
the produce of the farmers. Wheat is
worth only 81 cents bushel and eggs
AMI butter cannot be given away. Mr..
Nhetsel, who is interested in mining
claims in the CGlr d'Alene country, in.
tends leaving there and seeking home
elsewhere as ION as he is able to. The
old lady has greatly improved in health
By her trip AMI looks about twenty years
voun ..r than when she left here.
GOMEZ DlsrRIcr The prospects in
this district are reported by all who have
visited them, as possessing merit. The
claim owned by Clark and Willett con.
tinues looking we'll, and the owners
are taking out goo ore. The Latiner
Buys are also taking out ore, and the
clam owned by Freulenthal gives prom.
Use of proving a valuable claim. The
ledge is said to be about from two to
three feet in width, and contains streak
of about 5ht inches that assays $l4o to
$50 The whole ledge, it Is thought.
Will average about So. The Burrows
claim is also looking WELL
CELEp2ATloS. The people of Meadow
Valley Wash are making grand prepara-
tions for the celebration of the Fourth.
They are determined to have good time
and bushels of sport. They invite every
person to join them in the celebration.
and Joe Conway says there will be a
grand dinner spread for all the guests,
free of charge. The fatted OK will be
roa ,ted and no person will b. allowed to
leave the Wash hungry. Early in the
eveing large balloon will be sent up,
and immedittely after dark gorgeous
predetermined exhibition will be given.
Go and join in the fun.
Earth 2UAKEs.-At $50 on Thursday
morning Phoebe was visited by quite a
strong earthquake shock. The buildings
were we'll shaken. The vibration was
from west to east. On Friday morning,
at quarter to i o'clock, there was another
h., ,kr,f,o,, ha,nfr co,tt, o.,
north. Thi, shock was very perceptible,
arousing the lazy people out of their beds,
and one immndest old sinner pranced out
into the street in his shirt tail. At about
II o'clock in the day another slight shock
was felt.
SOME thirteen months ago Mr.. w. c.
Glissan gave miner horse to go to
Mineral Park, Arizona. He warned the
man that if the horse ever got loose, no
matter where he was, the animal would
return to his old range. The other day
Mr.. Gil san went out into the corral,
where he found the bellmare and the
horse he had given to the man. How
the horse got back across the Colorado is
the puzzler. Mineral Park is distant
some 23) miles from Phoebe.
SIT is an i'll wind that blows nobody
god" Although the severe frost on the
night of The 18th wrought dana &c to the
garden truck in Panaca, it also proved q
blessing in one respect: 1t nipped the
toes OF the girls, causing several yards of
the end OF their toes to rot and drop oti,
hence they will not require so much shoe
leather anil the price Of foot covering
will be greatly reduced The Lord does
all things for the best, sisters.
To kill lice on plants Prof. Chaser, in a
German journal, recommends the follow
ing: Di solve ? o. soft soap in half.p
OF rain.water, make an infusion of u OF.
tobacco in half-pint water, mix together;
add q OF. fusil oil, and half-pnt methy-
lated spirit, and make up the mixture to
aqnart. Sprinkle the leave, of infected
trees with it, and it will kill the lice
without injaring the plants.
SENATOR JONES must entertain great
luminosity toward the p,stnasters. He
Is shipping Pub. Docs. by the carload to
this State. Tons and tons of them are
arriving at the Phoebe office, and many OF
them are dressed to men who are either
deal or have been killed these many
months. Jones is COOL man in his place
hut that place is not in the United States
Senate Oh amber.
AND now there is talk of making use
OF the waters Of the Colorado river 10,
irrigation purposes. Dick Rich has 8
grant scheme On hand and intends turn
ing the water in on the valleys Of Arr
zona and make millions Of acres Of desert
land blossom as the rose.
FRANK WHEELER BLACK Frank ha.
failed in the grocery business down il
old Mexico. He has started in on thu
mines again. There was nothing realized
out Of the failure and Frank is not any
better off financially than when he lef
here.
MEN in search Of employment will d.