The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-04-18
NARROW ESCAPE AND THRILLING
ADVENTURES.

trlends, Eugene howell and Joe Hender-
son, met with numerous mshaps while
on their way to Hike. They stopped at
Bennett Springs, and while Joe walked
out on the end Of the plank to dip up
bucket of water, the end of the plank on
terra TRINA flew up and the end that Joe
was on, as he was in the act of dipping
up the acqua fluid, went down, and Joe,
who probably mistook himself for little
green frog, dove headforemost into to the
spring. The pellucid water was immedi-
transformed in color to that OF the stream
that is known as the Missouri river, and
leaves the idea in ones mind that since
Joe come to this country he has not been
in the habit of indulging in swimming
contests. A long pole, with hook on
the end of it, was got by Howell, who
employed himself for some time probing
around in the spring with it for the un.
ceeded in fastening the hook into hole in
the seat of Joe's pantaloons, and with the
assistance of the young lady who is in
charge of the place, Joe's body was
landed. The rescuers then set to work
restoring poor Joe to life. His body was
placed across barrel, and one of the
rescuers took hold of his heels, the other
grabbed him by the hair of the head and
for fifteen minutes the lifeless body was
rolled on the barrel, but it did no good, as
the water would not emit from the body.
They next resorted to patting him on the
stomach with broad pieces of plank, but
this remedy proved ineffective as the first
| to start flow of water. After applying
| all the unctions and lotions they ever
heard Of for restoring a drowned man,
without beneficial results, the weary
would-be resuscitators dragged the body
into the house and stood it on its head in
the corner. Completely exhausted, the
young lady and Howell sit at the table,
slipping cup of tea, for the purpose of
quieting their nerves, and they failed to
observe the body in the corner sprung
aleak, and not until the furniture was
| floating around the room did the tea
slippers become aware of the inundation
that was taking place, when they fled in
utter dismay, and after the deluge had
subsidized, they returned to the house,
where they found Joe standing up by the
fire drying his clothes. After repairing
all damages occasioned by the sudden
bath, Henderson and Howell left for the
supply train, which they overlook at
dark, and camped with Dow, Miller and
and another Chinaman. The next morn.
ing the train pulled out for Hike, with
Henderson and Howell in the lead. They
had not proceeded far, when Henderson
was seen to throw the reins in the air,
Jump out of the wagon, and make for the
rear, yelling at the top of his voice,
snakes! snakes! snakes!'' The cry o.
snakes so excited Prof. Dow, a nephew
of General Neal Dow, and chip from of
the old block, that he grabbed up waite
bucket instead of his gun, and rushed t.
the front, yelling, "Whos afraid o
snakes. I've been sleeping with snake
for the last twenty years. Show 'em t,
me and let me slaughter EN-. I'm tn,
King of Snakes" The bucket was ther
seen to shoot out of BOWS hand. Tn,
battle was now opened in real earnest
for the rear guard had advanced to thu
front, thoroughly equipped with the mu
nitions of war, and terrific fusillad
was opened on the snakes. One half o
the warriors fired their rocks at tn
snakes, while the other half stormed tn
bucket. After the smoke of battle hat
cleared away, the dead on the field gath
cred up, the result of the conflict was
ruined bucket and little dead garter
snake. The train then proceeded to Hik'
without further molestation.
MARRIED.-On last Sunday afternoon
: at Osceola, 10 Huff, Of bennington, Utah
t aged 81, weight l25 pounds, was marrie
to widow Mckee, relict of ex.Sheriff W
L. Mckee Of this county. On the new
y of the marriage reaching Phoebe, it S
e shattered the nervous system of Deput
| Sheriff Sam Smith that he was nro