The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-03-28
BULLIONviLLEA AND PANAcA DOTS

Sunshine and clouds, with old boreas
whistling a hornpipe at odd intervals
has been the composition of the weather
in this section during the week.
| AT the earnest solicitation OF an old
friend we refrain from fulfilling our
promise of last week of giving a list of
those of our citizens who have withdrawn
from the Latter-day fraud. On some
future occasion, however, we may do So
Billy Gedling says that hunting is an
improbable business, as he cannot get
over bit apiece for mallard ducks, which
will scarcely pay for the ammunition
used in killing them.
Quartz Sparks is sharing the fate of
all sportsmen in his battle with the tickle
Goddess of Chance, in Silver Reef that
is, he is flush one day, and down to bed
rock with nary color on the next.
McLane and Zachow having finished
concentrating at Bulionville have gone
to Dry Valley to see what they can find
around the old mill at that place.
Brick makers from Salt Lake are en-
pected in Bullonville in about week.
1t will take about $1,000 brick to build
the Stedefelt furnace that the teaching
company is going to erect.
Mr.. Bailey, who is in partnership with
Nesbitt and other parties at Silver Reef
in teaching the Leeds tailings, spent sew
eral days in Bullionville during the week
familiarizing himself with the process as
conducted by Mr. Russell. Mr. Bailey
is teaching the Reef tailings on the Rus
sell process, and working them up to
As per cent, and expects to do better, as
they contain no base metals worth speak.
ing of. AS the Reef ore is free milling
and costs only trife for crushing, and
as there are thousands of tons of it that
will assay from SIS to S25, Mr.. Bailey
seems confident that teaching will eventu-
ally take the place of the matchmaking
process, in which case the gentleman
predicts many years of prosperity for
that camp.
Brother Ronnow turned himself loose
at the meeting house on Sunday on the
polygamy question. After unbuttonng
his paper necktie and adjusting his vest
he hiccoughed something like the follow
ing trash: 81 believe that we are right,
and that those of our people who feel
like going into polygamy have divine
| whit tn lp o,nt,,1oy nt,,ra &C
this persecution that is being heaped
upon the chosen of the Lord in Utah is
that the wolves who go prowlng around
their dwellings in the guise of officers of
the law invariably pick out the wealthy
class for victims, hoping,no doubt, there.
by to make some money out of the en-.
terprise." Brother Ronnow must have
known, if he reads any periodicals out.
side of the News" that he was telling a
falsehood when he gave utterance to the
above, for 1t is the poor and ignorant
Mormons who have thus far reached the
penltentiary for the crime of polygamy.
1t is reported that some of those horrid
Utah officials are coming to Panaca for
the purpose OF arresting several of ouI
church leaders and taking them over into
Utah, where they will be hung up by
their heels until they are dead, dead. A;
Brother Jennings OF Salt Lake City re-
marked, that us Mormons would either
have to obey the laws, get out of the
, country Or fight us girls decided to dc
the latter, and for the purpose of protect
, ing our leaders from the officers of tn,
law at all hazards. Yes, us girls hav,
organized military company. l though
that | was to be elected captain, but tn,
other girls all protested They said tina
was too blood. thirsty, and would kill al
, Gentiles, and this defeated me for tn
captaincy, for every girl, would you be
lieve, had Gentle teller or two tina
they didn't want slaughtered. | wa
appointed Disorderly Sergeant. Every
thing pertaining to military affairs is lei
to me. | am to, drill the girls and keel
, them in trim. The company uniform vii
consist of the Bloomer dress. The pant
will be green and the frock red. ] lool
very lovely in my uniform. The only OBJ
| JeClloH W ~, 10 lldI ~ one lOUh ~
fiat in the back. But this can be easil,
remedied, for instead of wearing the cart
ridge boxes on top of our skirts, we will
place them beneath, thus improving ou
rear appearance. Us girls never did ad
: mire fiat appearing things-not even thu
youths of Bullionville. Then there il
another great advantage to be derived
from placing the cartridge boxes beneath
our skirts. Those United States Mar
shals are a low set Of fellows. They ar
always crawling up behind people whel
= they want to arrest them. These rascal,
| fellows will probably be crawling up be
|, hind our little company to kill all u
girls, but upon beholding the substantial
backing that the members possess, it will
/, strike terror to their cowardly hearts an,
: they will flee swifter and in greater dis
n order than Joe Johnston and his regula
| troons did at the time thew were IN thei