The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-02-28
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Weld quite a revenue to the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The
districts, in which the members of the
church have control, use the church
for school purposes, charging good sub
stantial rent for the building. Then the
trustees will employ none as teachers ex-
cept members of the Mormon Church. |
The first qualification necessary as a
teacher with them, is that such person |
must stand well in the church, and as to |
competency of a teacher, that is matter |
of little or no consideration with them. |
The church receives from these teachers |
one-tenth of their salaries. We arejn. |
formed, in one instance, the church uses
for its own purposes the wood purchased
with school money In outside districts,
where the school house is owned by the
public, the building is used for church
purposes, but not one cent of rent has
ever been paid for the use OF the school
houses by the church. There is not an
instance where rent is paid for churches
for school purposes, but that if this coin
so paid ont had been applied to erecting
school buildings, the said districts would
own their own school houses to-day. But
the Lords people in Salt Lake City must
be kept in luxury and wealth. And what
church people would not go and do like
wise if they but had the power.
A HANDSOME BADGES. d. Smith re.
ceived very handsome badge from the
Cotton Exposition at New Orleans. The
badge was sent by Alex. Wood and Felix
Knight. The groundwork is of white
silk, very likely intended as represent
ative of cotton. On the top of the badge,
handsomely woven in colored silk, in
which great taste is displayed, in large
letters, is the inscription, Souvenir of
the Worlds Industrial and Cotton Cen.
tennial Exposition. Then follows the
Louisiana at-of-arms, with handsome
flag hanging on each side. On top of the
coat arms, woven in black silk is a
large eagle, with uplifted wings, and is
surrounded by thirteen stars. The eagle
and stars are set in a golden glory. A
good sized photograph Of Cleveland
woven in black silk, is beneath the coat.
of-arms. At the end of the badge, and
Just under Cleveland's photo, is a golden
crescent, with New Orleans, in red let
ters, upon it, Beneath the crescent are
the figures "lSS4-lSS5." The badge then
tapers to point, from which red tassel
bangles. The badge, from tip to tip, is
not quite foot in length, and about two
inches in width. 1t is as handsome
apiece of work of the the kind as we have
ever seen, and there is no room for i'm
provement except, perhaps, that little
gold bug, with IN. Y" branded on it,
would have made very appropriate pir
for President.elect Cleveland's shirt
bosom.
We will suggest, with view of facili
Eating the rapid transit of the mails tt
Phoebe, 80 that they may be carried
through somewhere near schedule time
that the stage company draw off its larg,
American 6? horses and put on bull
teams. There may then be a possible
show of the stages making time. We ar
unaware of an instance during the pas
two months when the mail from the nort
arrived on time, and yet the traveller
report the roads in excellent condition.
TO BE MARRIED. The invitations G
approaching marriage of Miss Sophi
Armer, eldist daughter OF our old e,
fellow townsman Morris Armer, to MI
Henry Brownstone, have been issued
The wedding will take place in San Fral
cisco on Sunday, March Sth. TIL
RECORD, along with the numerous Pioch
friends of the to-be bride. wish HI
happy married life, and that she will a
ways be surrounded with plenty, peat
and happiness.
SEVERAL years ago the people of
/ Dorado Canyon made application for
school district, but it was denied the
on the ground that many of the childrt
were half breeds. Yet Bunkerville ar
Mesquite have school districts, and the
are half-breeds there. One of the scho
trustees of Mesquite district has thr
wives-two white squaws and one r,
one--and the red squaw is the superi
of the whites.
THERE are quite number of Utah pc
pie travelling through this county
Southern California. A string of S
wagons, containing a family each, frc
Parowan, passed through Bullionvl
during the week to Los Angeles count
They believe that they will be safer the
than Zion, where the milk and hon
grows on the sage bushes.
THE sale of the personal property
the Parker estate, at Parker Static
brought good prices. The cattle sold
$50 per head, Geo. Hagerty purchase
the herd The band of horses was 81
to I. c. Poujade of Ward. All propel
sold brought good prices. A number
tended the sale from White Pine ooun
THERE is very favorable reports fly
around in regard to prospects in
neighborhood of town. There is moth
so healthy for prospect as for the ow
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