The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1890-05-17
SURFACE INDICATIONS.


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A 25 cent poker ante with ceiling
limit is daily occurance.
The furnace will in all probability
start early during the coming week.
Johnny Pugh and Mr.. McCloud are
working under lease at the Mendah, and
making fair wages.
Doc Gibson and Lew Brown, lessee's of
the Onondaga shipped 40 tons of ore to
Salt Lake City that Melted them $l4OO.
A small percentage of lime is now
being used with the concentrations. as
the latter will not smelt profitably alone.
Quite number came in during the
week among which are few business
men in search of legitimate opening.
Boss Weber has opened saloon at
Royal City for the benefit of the thirsty
miners with Jimmy Curtis as bar keeper.
Lew Brown, welland favorably known in
White Pine and this County, is about to
bid farewell to sage land for the land Of
web feet.
Cell Newell, T. Edwards and J. G.
Kelley have been appointed committee
to select uniform for the braves of Pro-
lection Hose Co. No. 9.
The large number of costly marriage
presents received by Mr.. and Mrs. Nc.
Donough ought to be an inducement to
any poor batch to become a benedict in
Phoebe.
Five seconds more by the watch and
the braves of hose Co. No. | would have
been left on their own "dunghill' by the
rustlers of No. 2 at the hotel blaze
Sunday night.
Charles Minolette, owner of pack
train of IA mules, has secured a six
months contract from the Yuba COMPANY
to deliver 100 cords of wood more or less
per month at their hosting works.
w. j. Cook, brother to John Cook, of
the Phoebe Meat Market will replace
Alfred Godbe, as Superintendent of the
Water Works, the latter preferring to
concentrate Bullionville tailings.
The Rice crop never fails in Spring
Valley, Mrs James Rice having been
heard from on the 18th inst. Mother
and daughter are doing we'll with hopes
of the old mans ultimate recovery.
Pay day was unusually quiet among
the sporting fraternity little money being
hazard on chance. Warren and Webers
respective faro games were not patroniz.
ed very extensively The saloons how.
ever did a rushing bar business although
some of the proprietors were unable to
collect scarcely any back debts,
We have been shown the gold and sill
yer medals that one of our enterprising
citizens will donate to the two fortunate
pupils who are highest in department
and studies at the closing exercises of
the Grammar department of our public
schools about two weeks hence. The
medals are beauties of workmanship, and
apart from the prize to be given by the
teacher for spelling, are worth striving
for. In case any of the pupils stand
equally high in department, studies or
spelling, they will be given chance to
draw for the prizes.
The chinese couple who eloped from
here short tin ago, and against whom
a charge of Grand Larceny was made, oc.
cupied the attention of his honor, Judge
Young several days during the
week, and were finally acquitted
through the connivence of friends.
The above is only one case in at
least fifty that We have seen tested in the
last twenty years where the bland and
meek.eyed children from the land of
flowers have confronted each other in a
court of Justice and we have never
known of a single conviction. Verify
chinaman breads law court as the
devil is supposed to dread holy water,
and will compromise with his most bitter
enemy before conviction is reached.
A cutting affray occurred Thursday