The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1886-08-28
STATE NEWS.


Tuscarora.
If Nevada had only sufficient Offices to |
supply the demand. what good State
she would be.
The papers throughout the State are |
unanimous that those who furnish In |
dams liquor should hs punished, but |
somehow those creatures are seldom
caught.
The White Pine News says that the
Monitor mine Of Taylor laid off twenty
miners last week, the instructions from
the London Office being to suspend all
dead work.
The Lyon County Times says reports
from Aurora are very discouraging, and
Mason Valley ranchers are accordingly
dependent for fear they will have no
market for their crops.
The wool shipments from Winnemucca
to Boston this season aggregate 4l7,6lO
pounds. The prices paid averaged from
four to six cents per pound more than
last year, making difference of at least
$50, 900 in favor Of producers.
The Putes, Washes and Shoshones
are going to hold grand joint fandango
at Reno about the end Of this month, to
last week. johnson Sides says it is go.
ing to be particularly gay and festive
affair and has got him a new plug hat in
honor Of the occasion.
A Yuma, A. T., special dispatch of
the 18th inst, to the Sacramento Bee,
says; Judge J. F, Lewis, formerly
Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court in
Nevada, died this morning on the train
here" The superstition that he was
killed by Indians is therefore unfounded.
Belmont Courier: 1t would be well
for prospectors in Nye county to pay
more attention to the discovery Of gold
mines. 1t is well known fact that
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numerous lodges exist in Western and
Southern Nye and in the Toiyabo range
that carries ores rich in gold.
Bishop Whitaker's School for Girls
opened its fall term August 20, with
the same teachers as last year except
Miss Dean who has gone east and will
soon be married to Mr.. Morrelli. Two
new teachers will be added to the staff,
Mrs. Q. T. Chester and Miss Emma G.
Wall. Miss Pease will be in charge Of
the school as principal. Nine teachers
will be employed the coming year and
the prospects are that there will be |
very large attendance.
Abiding to the cartoon recently pub
lished in the San Francisco Argus, repre-
senting John w. Mackay sitting in hi
Virginia City Office and controlling tn,
submarine cable telegraph lines Of tn
world, while behind him stands Uncl,
Sam patting him on the back, and q fe
male figure belted with the name Nevad,
holding aloft wreath labeled U. s. Sena
torship, the Carson Index says the mos
natural question in the world is, "Whs
does it mean!' The Argus is not tn
} kind of paper to print John Mackay'
picture or anybody's picture for nothing
) Somebody had to put up for it. 1t woul'
crafty the natural curiosity Of . grea
many Nevada people to know wheths
the money came out of Mackay's poke
D or not, and whether he ordered the pub
J location Of the picture. --Tuscarora. Timei
Review.
. The custom Of painting the face .
, common among the Indians as seen ever
day on the streets Of Reno has its origi
in q well.known need Of nature. Tn
!, sun and wind have no harsh effect upo
:, . we'll painted face, as many ladies know
who have tried it upon camping triE
A Gazette reporter learned to-day froI
. johnson Sides, the interpreter, that a
b the face paints used by both Piutes an
9 Washoes are earth paints mixed wit
grease. Any kind Of strong butter, lart
II hair oil or fats Of any kind are uset
v The red comes from the foot Of tn
d Geiger grade, the yellow comes froI
Pyramid Lake and the white from
mountain back Of j. 0. Gregory's plat
below Wadsworth and many other place
= Black paint is made from pitch pin
=" stumps that are burned and the so'
scraped of. The black paints are put {
.. with sticks and the others arc daubed {
.. with the hands. None Of them a