The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1884-05-17

man killed in this county, the present |
year. that we are aware of, is Alexander
Dry of the Muddy. He was killed on
last Saturday by Jack Longstreet. The
facts, or what we have been able to learn
Of them, are these: Some two or three
months ago Dry and Longstreet had
difficulty about horse, and Dry followed
Longstreet and took the horse away from,
him. This difficulty had all been settled
between the men. On Saturday Dry and
Longstreet met at st. Thomas. On that
day they left that place together appar-
emily friends. Longstreet, some time
after their departure, returned to st.
Thomas and told that when he and Dry
had reached the big bend on the Muddy,
between the Maopa Reservation and st.
Thomas, Dry covered him with his gun,
and that he Nongstreet) to protect his
own life was forced into killing Dry. A
trial was held by Justice Megarrigle
of St. Thomas, and there being no wit
nesses as to the killing, Longstreet was
acquitted upon his own testimony. Dry
was the owner of horse ranch on
~
our readers, that about four years ago,
he killed man by the name of Hanly,
who was in charge of P. Kearney's cattle
ranch, that adjoined Dry's ranch. After
the killing he went to st. Thomas and
surrendered himself to the authorities,
and like Longstrcet, in this present in
stance, was acquitted on his own testi-
monv. Later. We learn that there has
been considerable horse-racing down on
the Muddy lately and that Jack Long
street had won about $1,000 from a
rancher. Dry, in turn, won the money
from Longstreet. This explains the
whole matter. Longstreet was at one
time engaged in running saloon at st.
Thomas.
INDIAN WIT. The aborigines of this
section OF country are not altogether de-
void of wit, as the following incident
will show: About dusk the other even.
ing number Of men were sitting on
chairs in front Of saloon, talking about
all things in general, and nothing in par
ticular, when half-drunken Indian came
staggering along, and stopped to listen
to what the conversation was, when one
of the men asked him eff he could tell a
Mormon from white man." 'Yosh,
me can tell um," replied the redman.
Just then certain man man came along,
and the Indian was asked what that man
was? He promptly answered Mormon. y
The next one that came along sort of
puzzled the Indian and he answered,
maybe so Mormon, maybe so whita
man; no can tell" The third the Indian
pronounced to be white man, and the
fourth one Mormon. A party then,
pointing to Bristol millionaire sitting
in a chair, asked the Indian, "What is
this man?'' The party was sitting in the
shade, and the Indian, not being able te
see the man plainly, went over ano
pulled him out OF the chair into the light
and carefully scrutinized the mans face
and head, feeling the back Of the heac
with his hand; then turning and facing
the crowd, the Indian answered, "Mayb'
SO monkey" This answer, so unex
pected, caused peal of laughter among
the crowd, much to the discontinue o
the millionaire. The Indian was correc
in his answers.
Ed. RICE, who was in Salt Lake Cit.
under the care of physicians, died a
about IL o'clock on the 9th instant. H
was in the 29th year Of his age. He wa
sober, industrious young man and hi
relatives in Spring Valley have the sym
patty of their numerous friends. n
Ill -, C.lA T -
AT the Democratic County Conventio
held at the Courthouse Thursday, tn
following named persons were chosen Q
delegates to the Democratic State Coz
vention to be held at Austin, June
1884: R. H. Elan, A. S. Thompson,
h. Patchen, J. c. Lynch and Hon. K. !
Riepe.
THE people Of Silver Reef are expec
ing to hear something definite as to VIII
the Christy Company intend doing on
about the 10th instant. 1t is to be hop,
that the company have arranged affai
satisfactory and will soon be in acti
operation again.
DEhps ~ DhlSlOL LOlS' ouSiSS AAA'
has sent to A. J. Blair the deeds to
lots that have been applied for. Tho
who have applied for deeds can get the
by calling on Mr.. Blair at Bristol
AN effort should be made to preve
the selling Of whiskey to Indians. '
have an idea that it would be an ca
task for the officers to arrest the perso
who do 90.
HINRY CArLIN, who has been engag
in driving stage in the vicinity Of Piocl
has been changed from this end Of
line up to Eureka.
TIE chloriders still complain about
large quantity of water that contin,
seeping through the ground into
mines.
AN auction sale of household furnit
will take place to-day at the residence
Mrs Tiddy, on McCannon street.