The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1884-01-12
sULLIoNyILLE AND pANAcA DOTS


Eagleites during the week.
Miss Sarah Hamblin of Clover Valley
is sojourning in our village.
Houses are being taken from Bullion
vile at the rate of one a day.
Lovers of skating will find beautiful
sheet of ice over at Bullionville.
Brother Sparks has been dealing the
| boys little percentage stud at Mr.
Wedges place during the week.
Brother Gentry is bringing some fat
mutton from across the line to peddle to
our people. Cash must be scarce in Gods
country.
Every few days cargo OF church slaves
arrive from across the line to help re-
move the railroad that was lately pur-
chased by Mr.. Taylor.
Crowbar Dan and professor Zacho are
two of the most enterprising citizens in
Bullionville. Dan is chief-hostler for
Anthony Me. and Zacho is boss broom
concentration.
The last seen of Willie Pulsipher OF
Glover Valley he was going for medical
aid to Salt Lake as fast as horse could
take him. 1t seems Willie got neuralgia
in the head while out in the Bull Valley
country, and some old woman told him
it was dropsy, hence the scare.
| Mrs. John Wedge proposes rafting off
her elegant six.octave parlor organ ON
Wednesday evening. the 10th inst, after
which she will furnish the musicians for
a grand hop at Social Hall. The tickets
for the rattle will be sold at 81 each,
which will also admit the holder to the
dance.
Several Phoebe Indians, with the belle
of the campoody, INDUCED in protracted
war dance Tuesday evening. on the road
between Panaca and Bullionville. Next
morning the sagebrush in the vicinity
was decorated with strips of calico,
beads, paint brushes, looking glasses, and
all the other paraphernalia that goes to
to make up an Indian maiden's toilet
Not long since one OF our Elders had
some washing done in Bullionville by e
Chinese laundry man. Calling in few
days afterward for the clothing, he found
it neatly done up in newspaper, and on
enquiring the charges, the Celestial in
formed him that the price was one dollar
and half. Thinking this rather an ex-
} orbitant price for six pieces he angrily
demanded an explanation, and the China
man a. angrily tore the newspaper from
around the bundle and taking one OF the
} pieces, which happened to be an endow-
: inent robe, by both the extremeties, he
held it up, and said. "What for you
Mormon man fooley me; sewing shirt
j. and drawers together to cheatee China.
man." In vain our Elder tried to ex-
plain matters, but the more he talked
) the more John became excited, and in
sheer disgust with that Chinaman, and
, the heathens in particular, he dropped
, the dollar and half and beat q hasty
, retreat.
Sometimes this girl errs, like Other
scribes, in her report of current events
and local happenings to her beloved
) RECORD. This was the case few weeks
since, when We gladly noted the change
| as we thought, for the better, in oul
Elders, they having seemingly dropped
! for the time-being that moroseness anc
churlishness which previously character
lied their conduct toward outsiders" or
all occasions when a church dance was
: given in the school. house At the tim,
s we wrote, several outsider" -as they
y term them-had been in the habit o
mingling with the Saints and fair Saint
4 esses in the gidy mazes of the waltz; bu
the next party that was given in tn,
e house of prayer respectable young fel
t low was ousted by the presiding Donkey
y because, as he said, it was not customar,
s to allow Gentiles to mingle with such
y respectable and altogether moral assem-
d blage. Ta-ta, Bishop.
We have been informed that the Bool
: of Mormon occupies prominent place ii
our public school.room, and that Brothe
Findlay is in the habit of referring to i
\ occasionally for those revealed truth
}, which are nowhere else to be found out
It side of that holy book. No doubt this
d a very proper procedure, from Mormon
& standpoint, and the teacher may think
+ while cultivating that old maxim, "a
;, you bend the twig, so will the tire
l. grow" that he is serving the Lord b
IS Installing into the youthful minds of hi
/. pupils the Latter.day doctrines of JOSEF
Smith; but We wish to remind MI
- Teacher of his oath Of office, and we ais
~ wish to refreshen the minds of our re
le ligio-mushheaded School Trustees {
\. their oath of Office, as we'll as the fac
l. that our public schools are not secula
d institutions in the fullest sense that tn
II term implies. Read the law, gentleman
N page 1868, Compiled laws, sec. 40: IN
lie books, tracts, or papers of sectarian c
1. UNCONVENTIONAL character shall be use
3. or introduced in any school establishe
III under the provisions Of this act; nc
shall sectarian nor UNCONVENTIONAL do
, trines be taught therein; nor shall an