The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-05-18
COAST NEWS.

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Secretary.
Mrs. Phoebe Sawyer, who has lived il
Strengthened circumstances in Pomona ha:
inherited several millions Of dollars by
the death Of a nephew in Texas.
A plank OF Port Oxford white cedar is
on exhibition at Portland, Oregon, tina,
is l3 feet long, 20 inches wide and
inches thick. 1t is free from knots.
At Clipper Gap, Placer county, Cal,
there is mandatory for making fruit
boxes for berries and grapes that turns
out an average of 1000 boxes daily.
Grain in Upper Salt River Valley,
ella county, Arizona, is four feet high
and heading The crop promises to be
unusually large and fine this season.
Secretary Tracy has awarded to the
Union Iron Works at San Francisco the
contract for constructing great armored
coast defense vessel, at Il cost of 81 CPS,
600.
About six saloons out of sixty in Santa
Cruz closed up on account of the raising
Of the municipal license fee from Sl2O to
$500 and the new additional county Ii.
cense of $50.
Some grains OF barley dropped near the
line OF the Southern Pacific in Colorado
Desert. They took root and grew to per.
lection without drop OF water, says an
Arizona paper.
A rich strike has been made in the
Champion quartz mine at Nevada City,
A four.foot ledge. has been struck that
will mill 800 per ton. Most of the
stockholders in this company reside in
San Francisco.
Two dudeA at Victoria went out to
fight duel, and one Of them detecting
his second abstracting the ball from
pistol, siezed the weapon, when it ex.
ploded, and the bullet passed through
the seconds hand.
Israel Stops, who few days ago fell
from roof, died at Los Angeles Friday.
Shortly before his dissolution he said to
his wife; "When my soul leaves the
body and enters the other world, l will
let you know by crossing my hands up
on my breast" He kept his word and
died Immediately after giving the sign.
Tom Taylor, a farmer living few
miles south Of town, says the Cottonwood
Register, of the 2lst ult., brought into
our office yesterday one of the most won.
derful freaks of animal nature we have
ever seen. 1t is two fully developed
lambs joined together at the breast bone
with one head. 1t has eight legs, two
tails, and is short from the breast down.
Recently man in Los Angeles came
home and found young man calling on
his wife. The odd part Of it was that
the young man had no pants on. lie
said that he was passing the house and
stepped in to have his pants mended.
The husband said that this explanation
was not up to the market as explanations
went in that section, and kicked the
youth down the steps. II a young man
wants married woman to mend his
pants, in Los Angeles, the proper way is,
take them of and then throw them into
the window and remain on the wal!
chatting pleasantly with the passers by
until the buttons are sewed on.
Gustave Craig, miner in search Of
work, started from Shows hotel, near
Yosemite Valley, week ago last Thurs.
day, to cross the Sierra on foot, says the
Homer Index, his objective point being
Tioga. lie was very unfortunate in the
choice Of trails, and steered for the
toughest places in the mountains. Near
Toulumne Meadows he encountered his
Waterloo, falling over bluff thousand
feet or more on frozen snow. He was
tough.looking citizen when he arrived in
Luudy--as il he had been dragged
through seven cities and Gehenna was
the last one. The map Of ireland was
etched on each cheek and the skin Of his
teeth hung down the back Of his neck.
DR.. Reynolds removed several snags that
were twisted out Of place and repaired
the broken jaw, 70 that the unlncky
miner can eat enough to keep from
starving bat he will have to chew soup
for 4 while.