The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-05-16
THE CAMELL1A. = Ferdinand vi Of


Spain, while suffering under the heredi-
tary melancholy from which he subse-
quently died, was pacing to and fro one
December day in the year 1889, in his
bedroom in the Palace Royal of Madrid.
He was interrupted by the entrance of
Maria Theresa, his Queen, who bounded
gayly into the room. In her hand she
held flower of dazzling wilderness,
| which she presented to her hu Island. "a
beautiful flower, but scentless," exclaimed
the King, folding in his arms the wife
| whom he passionately loved. "It is the
new flower of the Philippines" said the
Queen. II have kept the best for you.'
The flower which Maria Theresa brought
| to her husband a century and half ago |
had been presented to her the previous
day by Jesuit missionary just returned |
from the Indies. Craving an audience |
from his sovereign, he brought his offer
ing, small shrub with glossy green
leaves, on which blossomed two magnih-
cent white flowers. which he had brought
from the island of Lpzon, one of the Phil.
lippine group. 1t was about three feet
in height and grew in vase OF mother,
of.pearl, The Jesuit donor was named
Camelia. Cuttings from the shrub were
carefully cultivated in the lighthouses OF
! Ell Buen Retro at Madrid. Though it
was introduced in Spain toward the end
of 1899, the new flower of Father Ca.
: mella remained for long time in
state OF semi-obscurty, as the possessors
jealously guarded it lest it should be.
come common. But the monopoly was
gradually relaxed, and the camellia now
9 blooms nearly as universally as other
r beautiful ornaments of the flower gar
). den. Home Journal.
8 THE EUREKA CoN.-The new reduction
k works of the Eureka Con. Company, says
u the Sentinel are fast approaching COM
q pletion. The masonry work connected
;e with the new furnace is completed, and
p Yesterday the dome and smoke-stack
N were set and were being riveted in place.
ID Supt. Robbins confidently believes that
ID he will be able to commence the furnac
es ing of ores on Monday next, and the few
e. side issues which then remain unfinished
can afterwards be completed without an!
n. material interruption to the working Q
;, the furnace. While the new plant vii
- have for while but one furnace, yet Il
ne other respects it is extensive and proha
he bly one of the most complete on the ia
40 cifc Coast. Should the future justif
hs the erection of additional furnaces the le
in cation of the present one is such tina
N. new ones can be readily and PRACTICAL
he added. The company's mine continue
ga to look we'll, and several hundred tons
nd ore is there awaiting an opportunity !
al be received at the new works, all tt
eat bins and available space for ore there b
ii. ing glutted.
his THE CHA MONSTERS PoIsoN.-Tl
Tombstone Record says: Sunday eve
ing ing DR.. Matthews was summoned by t.
nal egram to Fairbank to attend Color
uld Yeager, who was reported seriously
rem Owing to the delay in the telegram,
ons doctor did not reach the patient for 81
ven eral hours after his death, which h
The been very sudden. 1t appears that Y
tn, ger had been fooling with ella monst
the and in attempting to open the creatur
Ties mouth was bitten on the right thun
yet Instantly the poison took effect and,
has though every convenient remedy was
the Piled, he lived but few hours. An
are, quest was subsequently held and
dict rendered in accordance with
ma above facts. As this is the third
!. fourth death which has occurred IN
.,''' Territory from the bites OF .his reptile
der, should set at rest at once and forever
arse theory so prevalent that their bite IS
is poisonous. Colonel Yeager will be
y OF membered as one of a party to so
ork. what romantic marriage that took P
ats in Tombstone year or two since.
The White Pine Reflex says:
IN people Of Colorado appear to be aliv'
s ~. the danger that threatens the silver
il'hs terest. From letter received by 10
NOV Briggs from M. H. Slater, Of Leadv
was Secretary Of the National Bi-met
IN Coinage Association. we learn tina
o a,so meeting was hurriedly called IN l
o"'" vile on the 18th ult., county orga'
ton effected, and 900 raised tol
hina. good of the cause. committee wa
ia to pointed to solicit, and, says the )
49,. tary, the subscription in the county
mole doubtless be doubled. This leads
. havs Secretary to believe that sic, 900 or
''.leu can be raised in the State and asks
cal vada and other silver producers t.
likewise, in order to stand off the
in mendous efforts being made in the
M IN The Secretary is informed that Si0'
early Gaa tho silver ;nterests. Wake up
coun- "e"' VIZ =.
ment TIL Dun GLEN MINES. Ste
Thomas, who came from Dun
60 in Thursday, reports to the Silver Stat
pretty Ross mine as looking WE'LL ana th'
lat no as running steadily on gold
hy at Quartz. Thomas and Hendra are
ing the Good EIope mine, and hav
rotary about forty tons OF ore out. mu'
for a which is rich in gold. Heretofore
have been reducing the ore in an ar
hut thew have concluded to ship