The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1890-06-21
STATE NEWS.

| at Lake Tahoe.
Iuscarora youngsters are making the |
| acquaintance of scarlet fever
The Good Templer lodge at Truckee
has been increasing its membership rapid
ly of late.
There is no talk of celebrating the
Fourth of July in Truckee this year. and
the disposition seems to be not to do so.
Electric lights are soon to be introduc
ed In the mines and mills of Tuscarora,
as well as a number of offices and stores
Silver State: The river is falling, and
the prospects for big hay crop on the
natural meadows along the river were
never better.
Notwithstanding the volume of water
supplied by the Truckee, Pyramid lake
IS less than ten inches higher than it was
last Summer
White Pine News: There is just now
great deal of prospecting going ON in
| this district, and from every quarter
comes encouraging reports from the pros
pectors
Mammoth folks report that the meas
urements of the Winters snowfall in
that part of the high Sierras foot up to
lS2 feet The amount of each storm
| was measured.
The first drive of logs of the Boca Mill
Company has been completed success
fully, and about 100000 feet of saw
timber is in the pond. Another drive of
| 1000, 600 feet will be made later.
| The Bank of Austin has discontinued
| its ad. in the Revelle because business
is slack" Withdrawing an ad. for such
a reason is like stopping the application
of axle grease because the roads are bad.
The Reno Gazette sugge- is that:
Those young girls who are out on the
side streets evenings learning to smoke
cigarettes with their male escorts should
be looked after by their parents or guard
ians.
| Sheriff McCullough's deputies have
completed the task of assessing Storey
county property, the total valuation
upon which will not exceed that of last
year, which was in the neighborhood of
81, 1856, 900.
Elko Free Press: Quite lot of sack
ed ore is on the depot platform here
awaiting shipment to Salt Lake. 1t is
| part of the ore taken out of the Young
American South mine, at Tascarora, by
Parsons, Bird 4 Co. last FALL
Homer Index: Indians are again ex.
hibiting specimens of the rich cement
with which they have for thirty years
tantalized prospectors. A number of the
bucks who are Gin on it" appear to have
plenty of money.
Uncle Jimmy Clark tells the Elko Free
Press this: On recent trip north they
stopped over night on ranch, and whcr
the lady of the house showed him to 4
room she remarked by way of apology
"You will find the bed kind of hard
We took the hay out of the mattress last
! Winter to feed the starving cattle.
The Carson Tribune says; A footrace
for So, 900 side will take place at the
Carson track on Sunday, June ODD, be
tween Ben Rosenthal of Hawthorne and
Il. Il. Dobbins, California runner. G.
E. Reed of Hawthorne backs Rosentha
and John Furlong of this city is behind
the other man. The stakes are the
largest ever run for in this State, anc
considerable outside money will change
hands,
Carson Tribune: A Carsonite Just re-
| turned from Seattle states that hundred,
are leaving that city for Phoebe, Nevada
daily, reports of wonderful mining deve
| opments having been circulated. The
| great Northwest seems to have the advan
| tage of securing mining news ahead of W
in Western Nevada, of else the report o
| Pioche's prosperity is a myth.
| The scaffold on which the Pottses ar,
to be hanged, is being constructed a
DIacnrviIla Gal IT, will ba cot M thar,
and tried with weights, and then knock
ed down and shipped to Elko. TIL,
hanging will be as private as possible
but very few permits being issued. AL
| sheriffs in the State will be admitted, al
SO the reporters Of the Free Press ant
Independent. A high board fence vii
be built at both ends of the Jail yard t.
shut ont the view from the street anf