The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-07-04

awhile ago, and the other DAY coupe OF
Prairie's men, while riding over the
range, run upon Old Chief, and found
that his leg had been broken from kick.
They tried to coax the old horso to fol-
low them. He would take step or tuo,
bend his head aronnd and look at his in.
jured limb, then whine The limb must
have been broken several days before the
discovery, for it was badly mortified, and
the old horse was placed out Of agony by
being shot. 1t is supposed that CHI 1
had got iuto one Of the numerous bands
Of horses running ia that locality. and
getting too near the mares, was attacked
by stallion. Chief was q noble old ami
M Il, aud was the pride Of this section.
He always attracted attention as he vent
by. He was a stylish horse. held both
head and tail ~ nil-air. and as he went
sailing through the streets put on more
agony than u blll.headed bachelor does
in dance.roo,n. Though twenty-five
summers had passed over the noble old
horse, when turnel out, he would romp
ani play like c,it 1t was just fun for
him t,, make the trip between Piuche and
Bristol. distance II twenty-five miles.
anl when he was owned by the Hillside
Company, day after day he would make
the round trip --4f Understanding Bris-
tol Us fresh asa daisy They could get
no h,rse 3, travel with him, aud not.
withstandiag they would d 'uhle,up on
him, the oil horse wnul,l wear them all
ont. Cnlef was first owned by A. J.
Blair. or the Alps COMPANY. and we be.
lieve was brought to Ploche by Travis
Jain,s Wright then got him aud sid him
to the Hillside Company. After this
trabls OF the Hillside Compiny begun,
his Satanic N ,jssty only knows whn
was the owuer If Oil Chef. Frank
White then, Ivy some hook ur crouk, got
pose sion Of the old amin Il, AMI otwith.
standing that he has been offered very
god prices for Chief. he Ia. always re.
fused to sell, saying that nothing hut
death should separate the tao old
pnl..' ami when the news was brought
tn ri ,che Of Chiefs death. White drew
his shirt-slecve acros. his eyes and buried
his sorrow IN the n,wing bowl. Many q
sigh went I nth from Oil Cuief's admir-.
ers. anl II they had not forgotten how.
they would have gotten down on their
marrow bmes and uttered prayer in
his behalf; hut a. they had forgotten how
to pray, they said il was q damned
pity" and wanted 10 e. out aud kill all
the stalliousin tho country.
Tue FouRrH. To-day. the "Glorious
Fourth. will be celebrated in an appro-
pyiate way IN Piochs, and will be prin,i-
pal!y devoted ~ the amusement Of the
children. The procession. which will
c,nsist 81 the Are department, will form
at No. hose-house, aud then proceed up
Main street tn NJ. l's building, where
the Juvenile H ,ok and Ladder Company
will take upon their handsomely decor
ated truck the Goddess Of Liberty.
Tne procession will then move up Main
street TO Pauaca Flat. then turn and 20
along McCaunon street out to the scho i.
house, thence down Lscour TO Main, and
thence to Browne Hall, where exercises
bsfitting the occasion will DO gone
through with. Mr.. Joseph Poujade will
read the Declaration OF Independence
and the children will sing. After the
ceren mics the procession will again form.
proceed up Main 10 Meadow Valley,
thence up Meadow alley 10 Cedar. along
Cedar to Main, down Main to No. IL
quarters. where the b 'ys will dump the
fair Goddess Tho circus will then move
to No Is house and disband
BAR s.-The third bar Of bullion was
brought IN from Pahranagat on Thur.
day BY Eugene Howell. It, value was
$s4s. 81. and was 95lb fine. Taking into
consideration the limited milling facii-
ties Of the Company. there are extra good,
work being ,loue. Mr.. Howell came IN,
for the purpose u seeing il some snrt q
arrangements could mt lie made whereby
the l0-sta,np mill at Hike could bs leased
from the Valley 8 NJ. Company. II 10
to he hoped that he will succeed in se.
curing lease " the mill. ,l,l... 81,
TIE county this year i. getting good,
square aud honest assessment. Property
that has heretofore escaped taxation, ros
POLITICAL PURPOSES, has heen assessed
tiis year NJ fair valuation. Deputy
county Assessor r. 8. Clapp knows 10
'rle'hts or enemies. nnd has M favurs to
ask. an,i has dQne the work II assessing
the county .pfrperty In an huuurable
manner. that will be beneficial 10 the
county. Both g.sily and uuvodly had
justice meted out to them.
Dick WASH. Who has '6llsa the po.i.
tion Of foreman Of the Day furnace for
several years, left Bristol during the
week for Jasper, wher~. IL sstisiact..ry a.