The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1884-09-20

to-day 18th inst.), in company with Mr..
J. Burrows and an Indian boy that stays
at Bennett Springs, the boy saw jack.
rabbit and killed it with shotgun,
He picket up the rabbit and gave it to
me. Not wishing to haul up to Comet
any unnecessary weight, and desiring to
preserve the rabbit in rs good state a.
20 sible, concluded to take the eptrails
out. l walked up the road about 90
wards, to where there was cedar tree
and Quilted it. When I came to his
heart it was palpitating 80 hard that I
called the Buys attention to it. and told
him tn put his finger on it, which he did.
when he sid, He heap jump l took
the heart out and was going to throw it
away when | felt it humping in nv
hand. looked at it and it was palm.
tsting so that it would raise itself clear of
the palm Of my hand. 1 called Mr. Bur.
rows attention to it, who was sitting in
the wagon about 80 feet from where I
was, and he could see the heart Jump up
from where he was. I held it in nv
hand until got tired of holding it and
put it on sagebrush-still palpitating.
| then walked over to the wagon and
washed the blood off my hands and went
back to the tree to get my shotgun, and
took look at the heart to see if was
yet FACILITATING as hard az ever, and it
was. The boy and myself thou ht we
would see the business out and see how
long the heart wonld keep us there, for
it had been FACILITATING then at least ten
minutes in the open air. We watched
it quite while, and seeing no abatement
in the palpitation, we got up and left the
heart still palpitating on the sagebrush,
and for all know to the contrary it is
still going"
WATER ON OScEoLA's WHEEL. For a
few days past, with but little foundation
to build upon, it has been noised around
that Bishop Black of Utah, says the
Taylor Reflex, had taken the contract
to bring water into the Osceola placers,
that he would commence work immed.
ately, and before winter sets in there
would be connection between the pro.
posed ditch and one of the creeks. For
corroborative evidence we wrote to res.
ident of Osceola. This is his reply:
There is report here that Bishop Black
has the contract to bring in the ditch
He told J. G. Turner, from whom he
bought supplies. that he had the con.
tract, also told others the same, but
Hampton told me there was no sure thing
on it going through, so you can form
your own opinion in regard to the mat.
ter"
On Monday next the Republicans will
hold their primaries, and as there is not
any contest in their ranks, it will be
cold day for old buns. No free drinks,
free board, ETC., will they receive on that
day. 1t is not any use for them to loiter
around town in fond anticipation Of reap.
ing harvest on that day, for if they do,
they are doomed to dire disappointment.
True, it is very unpretty for the Repnb-
leans to treat the "bone and sinew" OF
the American nation in such despicable
manner, and it i, certainly an outrage on
the 'bulwark" of the United States, but
such IS really the case, so all old DRINKS
who are for sale might just as well clear
out.
IHE circus came and departed. OF
course it was not the best circus in the
world, but all things considering, it was
TAR, and the children all thought it the
Slrantest affair that ever was In the
afternoon it was slimly attended, but in
the evening there were so many there
that extra seats had to be put up. A
number of ranchers and their families
We're IN town on Saturday to attend, but
.he circus did not arrive till Sunday. A
re" OF the outsiders stopped over in
town. They were bound to see that
circus or bust. Many of them did BOTH
Closed Dows.-The Day mine at
Royal City has been closed down for the
present, and all hands discharged, owing
to the low grade of the ore. The Mendha
NINE at Highland continues working
luli force Of men, both in extracting ore
anu prospecting The mine is looking
nne and the allotted amount of ore is be.
daily.
The Democratic County Convention
will be held at the courthouse on Wednes.
DAY, and convenes at IL o'clock A. NJ. Of
That day. There has always been fun at
the Democratic County Conventions held
, IN this county, 30 the attendance to the
political show will be large.