The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1884-05-31
BRISTOL ITEMS.

CISCO on W eunesuay stage.
Mr. Flagg, the enterprising foreman of
the Day mine, visits the furnace every
few days.
Jack O'Brien is going to be foreman of
the Tempest and s. C. Webster OF the
Iron mine.
Mr.. Barbara, of Eureka, of the firm of
Barton, Tore. & Co., was in town dur
ing the week.
The Day Company get their bullion
hauled to the terminus of the Utah Cen.
trail for So per ton.
Johnny Quinn, just in from Taylor,
predicts lively times for that camp dur
ing the summer months.
There are some pretty copper speci-
mems from the lead we'll of the furnace
ON exhibition at McCarter's.
The departure of the belle of the camp
for California last week caused some of
the young mems turnips to 60 pit-a-pat.
This time it is Mr.. Barton that is the
lucky man, Mrs. B. having presented
him with baby girl Wednesday even
ing. q.
Foreman Walsh is about to erect a
bath. house, adjoining the furnace, for the
benefit of the employees. This is as it
should be. -. b.. -.e..r s... 4.
There seems to be considerable dissat.
isfaction among the employees at the fur
mace. and strike for the old wages is
anticipated
Johnny Blair put six men to work dur
ing the week-three on the Tempest and
three on the Iron mine-and it is more
than probable that large force will be
put on the former claim inside of few
months.
The postofiice seems to be the favorite
resort of our young bloods, which is no
more than natural. for through that in
stitution they receive their billet.doux,
but there are those who say the attrac-
ton lies elsewhere.
When young couple become SO for
getful of external objects in the 'sma'
wee hours" as not to notice the disap.
pearance Of old Luna, they leave them.
selves liable to be talked about by the
employees of the furnace. .
A bright little four. year.old came rush.
ing into our sanctum few days since,
and wanted to know if "Mr - was a
du.hude," and when we inquired the
cause of her anxiety she said that her
sister, Miss -, would no. marry any
du.hudes." Tough on the du.hudes,
A well.informed Eastlander COMPOUNDED
a student of analytical chemistry here
not long since by propounding the fol.
lowing geographical conundrums: What
is Stag! What is hux? What is galena?
What is cupeling, etc. This intelligence
on the part Of our Eastern friends ac.
counts, in great measure, for those
verbose editorials that we see occasion.
ally in the Eastern journals on the min
ing industry Of this coast.
The RECORD should be careful in as.
serting that none of our citizens would
accept the enoluments of a Lincoln
county Office, for now every other man
that You meet seems to think it Is duty
to sacrifice himself for the peoples good
by representing them this fall in the
Senate or House of Representatives. Oh,
no, Mr.. RECORD, there will be no lack of
material at the sacri6cial altar when the
proper time arrives. r
Mrs. Eugene Blair, with her infant,
departed on Monday for the sick bed Of
her husband at San Francisco, to which
place he was brought from San Diego.
At the time Of Mrs. Blair's departure it
was storlning hail, but, with q true
woman's love and devotion, she braved
the elements, and the fatigue of long
ride on blackboard, in order to have a
last look at the mate who was stricken
from her side in the first few months Of
their wedlock.
Dudes are generally set down as shall.
low.pated coxcombs, whose aim in life
seems to center on the captivation of
some silly school girl, but there is a
specimen of the genius homo in Bristol
that has shown an inclination to wander
into broader fields and pastures new in
the favorite avocation Of the MASKING
fraternity. The modus operandi in this
new departure is accomplished in this
wise: A call is made upon young lady,
and alter the state of the weather is dis.
cussed to some length, she is shown a
photo of very beautiful woman and in.
formed that the picture is that of his in.
tended, whereupon he heaves deep
sigh and casts languishing glance on his
victim. We shall duly report on the
success, if any, attending this new de.
parture. .
There was fun on the Bristol, and no
mistake, last Monday, the principal actor
being no less parsonage than that poor,
demented character, Col. Compton, Of
| Meadow Valley Wash. Ga the colonels
arrival he was at once arrested and a
pair of darby bracelets put on his wrists,
after which be was given q trial before q
Jury, the charge being desertion from the