The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1884-05-24
BRISTOL ITEMS.

There are, few idle men in Bristol at
present.
May showers aud May flowers in
abundance.
Miss Maggie Leahigh departed for
California on Friday
Mormon teams are hauling away the
bullion as fast as it is made.
A hop for the benefit of the school is
talked of for the 10th of June.
Prince Albert frock coats are Just now
all the rage among the Bristol dudes.
Mrs. Pierson of Phoebe was visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Eddy during the week.
Johnny Quinn departed for Ward and
Taylor during the fore part of the week.
The mail coaches between here and
Eureka are now making something like
regular time.
Mrs. Eugene Blair received dispatch
early in the week as to the precarious
condition of her husband, who is sojourn.
ing in San Diego, California.
Some of our jokers take pleasure in
mimicking love-sick foreigners, but they
should remember that the little Joker
Cupid knows nolanguage.
Messrs. Gilmer and Seibeft arrived in
town Wednesday morning and departed
in the afternoon for Prairie's ranch, from
whence they will return in few days.
The output of bullion from the furnace
during the week has averaged so bars
per twenty-four hours. This must be
highly satisfactory to the Day Company.
The Bristol boys tender their congrat.
ulations to Fred G. Godbe and his young
bride, and wish them all kinds of good
luck and prosperity in their journey
through life.
We learn that Supt. Grim, previous to
his departure, purchased several hundred
tons of ore from the iron mine, belonging
to Johnny Blair. The ore is a frst.class
flux for the Day ores.
We learn that brother Wyman of
Phoebe intends making Bristol his future
home. Come, by all means, brother w.,
or something is liable to occur that may
cause you the loss Of "wee bit" of sleep.
At social at Mrs. Leahigh's, Wednes.
day evening, Mr.. McGrath, of Eureka,
who is quite an accomplished pianoist,
rendered some choice selections on that
instrument. McGrath is a young man
that Eureka may feel proud of.
A love estrangemcnt has been amicably
adjusted during the week, but the
''hoods" getting wind of the affair,
brought cow.bells and other musical in.
struments into requisition Sunday even.
ing, much to the discontinue Of the
bashful youth.
When young ladies receive their beaus
they should not seat them on three.legged
stools, and have them turning summer.
saults over heated stoves, for it gives q
bashful young fellow all he can do, under
the circumstances, to retain his equilib.
rum on pedestal of solid foundation.
A prepossessing young Piute squaw,
who had been the victim of some loath.
some disease, passed over to the happy
hunting grounds last week. The souaw
had occupied, for some months back. the
relationship Of wife to coalburner, but
few days previous to her demise he
turned her adrift, to die among the sage
brush. t....I, w..
A tenderfoot Just from the East while
relating his experience at the breakfast
table few mornings since, said that she
knew New York ditcher that could
drink IS glasses of lager in a day."
Pshaw! the average Bristolian can pun
ish that number of "bracers" before din.
per, and still not have his appetite suffi.
GENTLY whetted to do justice to the meal.
THE bride, of recent date, Mrs. Comp
ton, writes up and requests us to state
that she will not pay any of her hus.
bands debts; that he sold her cattle,
drank up the money, and robbed her Of a
gold watch. She says she is "a poor
woman, has no money, and is only milk
ing one cow now and one of her neices. "
She also states that Compton is her hus.
band no longer. We suppose she has
divorced herself" from him. We hope
Aunt Maggie will never again prevail
upon an unsound man to marry her.
The screenings being hoisted from the
Gold Ledge mine contain large quantity
of big chunks of rich ore. We noticed
that the ore is Of high grade, such as was
taken out in early days. In those days
the miners were not particular and they
would scatter good ore in all directions.
1t will come in good now though. If the
men had only been aware Of it, they
could have made big money chloriding in
the screenings cast aside. -
The weather has been cold and stormy
the most of the week. Several who had
taken down their stoves have replaced
them, 1t looks as though summer was