The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1884-07-12
WALKER LAKE RESERVATION.

cf inspection to the Walker Lake Reser.
walton, furnishes the Reno Gazette the
following report:
He SAYS Nelse Hammond, the Indian
agent, i, very popular among the Indians
and is doing a good work in teaching
them industry. Sides says that before
Hammond took charge of the agency
nothing was raised on the reservation.
but that now hundreds of acres on the
west side Of the river are under cultiva-
ton, all the work of the Indians under
the encouragement that agent Hammond
has given them, and the large tracts of
wheat, barley and alfalfa are looking very
fine, and the Indians of that section have
caught the inspiration of industry and
see its benefits. Sides thinks that ii the
Government would make larger appro-
priation for a year or two so as to enable
the Indians to get start i'll agriculture,
every foot of tillabe land would be cult.
waited by them and they would be self
supporting. He says that large In.
dian camp meeting is now in progress at
the reservation, and old WATSON, the In.
dian preacher, is giving the Indians good
advice, telling them to stick to their res
ervations and cultivate the soil. Sides
says that in consequence of high water
no fish are being caught in Walker river
About 500 Indians were i'll attendance at
the camp meeting yesterday when Sides
left, principally from Bodie, Mason Val.
ley and the vicinity of the reservation,
and more were on their way in from
Bishop Creek, Delegations from Austin,
Humboldt and Carson Sink, were ex-
pected, but none had arrived yet. There
is talk of holding camp meeting at the
Pyramid reservation, but the time has
not been decided on yet Sides is doing
good work among the Indians in advising
them to 70 to work.
He Cor EvEN.-The Virginia Enter
prise says that on Tuesday morning,
about 800 o'clock, William Mitchell, a
young man about twenty years of age,
suddenly pulled six-shooter in the faro
room OF Robert Patterson, in the Inter,
national saloon in Virginia, and covering
the dealer, Charley Cavanaugh, and one
or two Others present, put his hand into
the money drawer and took out as much
gold as he could grasp. He had been
playing at the game, and the day before
had lost $50. As he took the money he
muttered something about getting even
or getting his own, then backed from the
room with his pistol still presented. He
went down the stairs into and through
the drinking saloon and so out the front
way upon G street. On reaching {
street, he went up Union street to his
room on B, and passing through a bach
window in his room, became an absent
man, which he has ever since remained
1t was the very boldness of the strok,
that saved young Mitchell No one hac
the slightest thought of robbery having
been committed. If those who saw hin
Fastening out of the place thought any
thing about the circumstances, they
merely thought he had lost some money
and was going out mad.
The Tucson Mining Index says Their
are 100 men in Tombstone thorough,
armed and organized. They are bon
6de citizens of the town, and their pur
pose is to operate, if necessary, in the in
terest of law and order. The tap of tn
bell at the Wilma mill is the signal TO
calling them together. Their attitude il
the trouble existing there between tn
, miners and mine.owners is this: Will
, they do not believe in compelling miner
to work for less than 81 per day, the
, maintain that if any miner, who has
{ family to support, desires to work 70
less, he shall be permitted to do so, with
out interference on the part of those VIII
will only work for the Union rate. Thu
the town is under the control of thos
most interested. and fair play is il
surel to the members of the Union an
non Union men who are necessitated t
either work or starve their families.
REPORTS reaches the White Pine New
: from Hamilton that the Eberhardt Con
! pany are meeting with very encouragir
e prospects in Treasure Hill. The Blu
8 leighs have been again set to work. III
i. formation in the Jennie A, at Viii
!. Pine Mountain, is also said to ha,
g undergone change for the better. Live
n quartz, carrying silver, has been struc
!, in the lower workings Of that mine.
l. IT has become dangerous to eat il
q cream. Some $50 persons were poison'
Il on the Fourth at Brooklyn from eating
|, Cut this out, paste it in your hat, al
). show it to your girl when you take h
e out walking.
& THE Best assortment Of hams, bac
% and lard in the county is now offered
i J. Pouiade, Meadow Valley stre'
). Wholesale and retail; home made a
imported.
AND now the fellows who are will
y to serve the people in the capacity
le county officials, are announcing the
,r selves throug bout the counties in
n State.
III HENRY RAYMOND, for the present ri
ie resenting the Champion Mining Compa
of Mineral Park, Arizona, has put f
le men to work on the company's mines.
pit SAM SToDDARD received from G
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