The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1886-04-03
nuLLroNvlLLe AND pas.cA pors

The Company tramway has be en- made
ready for start.
Panaca is donning her Spring dress,
while Bullionville looks ragged and dirty.
Jim Picrson has rented his ranch in
Pahranagat to John Bottomdeld for five
years.
The Smelling Company will most like.
~ resume Operations in Bullionyille
about the 18th Of the month.
Bullionville, or at least two.thirds Of
it, INDUCED in a good old fashioned
drunk on Tue'dsy evening.
A party up from Dixie Country likens
the stampede of The rolylanists on the
approach of stranger 10 a lot of wild
cattle making the willows snap.
RnmOr sayetb that the belle of the
the Wash and a fllxey haired youth of
Panaca intend 10 splice blankets on the
full OF the moon. Fortunate fellow.
John Evans self bumper for the tram.
way buckets was practically tested OH
Tuesday, and worked admirably. The
bumper has been adopted by the Smelt.
ing Company, and patent applied for.
jim Pierson, Charley Hasel and John
Alfred departed for Pahransgat Valley
on Tuesday. Mr.. Person took down
several hundred fruit trees and some
grape vines TO be planted on his ranch.
We have been having such diversity
OF entertainments here of late, such as
rag bees, quilting bees, post.ofiice bees.
with kissing al side dish, that your
correspondent is unequal to the occasion,
at least in reportoiial sense.
The large ditch upon which tine able
bodied men OF Panaca have been EN-.
ployed for tie past few weeks, was com.
pleted on Saturday. Tho ditch is about
TWO miles in length, and will drain the
swamp pretty dry. 1t will also very ma.
terially help the health of this section by
removing the germs Of disease from the
swamp.
Messrs. Fred Godbe, Zicho, Anderson,
York and J.. c. Kelly departed for Hike
and TEN Pahute GU Wednesday. As
each Of the above mentioned capitalists
are equipped with breech. loading shot
gnn, two six-shooLers and bowie. knife,
hopes are entertained Of their safe pass.
age through Pahranagat Valley.
A polygamist who is the owner Of four.
teen daughters. but who is not overly
possessed Of worldly goods. said to US
not long since: Young man, you are
foolish, sinfully so, may say. for lead.
ing single life, when you might have a
half dozen nice young girls to keep
you company" Taking a Retrospective
view Of our lonely and misspent life, and
the cabin on the hillside, we ventured
the remark that perhaps one would do to
start with, when our Utah friend slapped
us on the back with the astonishing ex.
clamation take three and its bargain.
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SETTLERS GUIDE. Henry N. Copp.
the land lawyer of Washington, has just
issued the tenth edition OF his Settlers
Guide. 1t contains much valuable in.
formation about the redemption, home.
stead, desert and other land laws. 1t
will tell you who il entitled to enter
land; how continuous your residence
must be; what improvements you must
make; what adiiavits you must swear to;
all about contests; also about State lands,
stone, timber and mineral lands, desert
entries, saline, railroad, ccal, townsite
and other lands; scrip, warrant and other
entries, etc Mr. Copp wishes to secure
the address Of every Mexican War vet.
eran.
A NV SANDSTONE FIND. Great OK.
element has prevailed for several days
over new strike in the hills southeast Of
Silver Reef. The fine is near Virgin City,
twelve miles distant. Ed. Cripps made
the first discovery and samples he
brought to the Reef assayed from SS4 to
Sllo IN silver per ton. The formation is
that in the Reef mines. The Frisco
Times reports quite stampede Of pros
pectors there.
A letter resolved at the RECORD office,
making complaint as to the Moapa Res.
ervation, stating that it is n useless ex.
pense to the Government, is all very true,
but as the communication is written more
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