The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1890-01-11
HIGH WATER.
o" valley Wash and the South.
-" part Of the County Flooded by
the late Rains.

ne amount OF rain that fell in Mead.
0" valley Wash and Dutch Flat Can.
yon last month was greater than has
peen known in that section since the
Time OF the oldest settlers, and was the
cause OF big flood down the wash which
did great damage.
Inc Hood reached its greatest beiobt
ABOUT the 23rd of December and the
body OF water that came down Dntcb
FIAT canyon into the Wash was 40 feet
VIDE and feet high, and carried every.
'ning before it. At Jos. Conaway's place,
where the Wash is exceedingly wide
'ne damage was slight, only tearing up
all the fences and washing away a part
OF the rock wall; at j. Colburn's nlace
IL tore away all the rock walls and left
the high banks looking as if hydrulic
pump had been at work on them. Can.
Gardens orchard was very badly dam.
aged, and the Tule Swamp owned bv
John Herman, lying just above his place
and which has just been reclaimed is
total wreck and no hopes of retaining
1t again. Kiernan's new VINEYARD
on the left hand side of the Wash.
consisting of l75 new vines, put out two
years ago, were all torn up by the roots
and washed away. His old orchard. on
the right hand side, was too high up for
the water to do much damage. At st.
Thomas the water flooded the meadow
lands and damaged about 200 gallons of
wine for Robt. Logan. All the farming
land of Bunkerville is total loss, and It
is very doubtful if any of it can be re-.
claimed. All the irrigating bitches are
so badly washed and cut up that it will
be impossible to so construct them again
as to get the water on the lands, - that
is what used to be their lands, for they
are nothing but gravel and driftwood.
The Rio Virgin river is higher than
ever known before, and overfowed the
bank in numerous places. A horse with
saddle was washed ashore at the Muddy,
and search failed to reveal anything of
its owner or rider.
The mail rider could not get through
for week, and J. Colburn was four
days at j. Conaway's waiting for the
flood to subside SO he could get home,
and when he did attempt to cross the
creek on the gravel crossing his team had
to swim and the -four which he had,
fioated in the bed of the wagon. He
managed to get across the ditch but il
was close shave.
The amount of damage done by the
flood cannot be estimated, for most Of
the damages are of such nature al
will be impossible ever to repair
All of the irrigating bitches in the south
ern part of the Wash are so cut out thai
the land adjacent to and dependent or
them for water are now worthless
The settlers of Bunkerville think yer,
seriously of moving to some other place
"La grippe" is the name of new dis
ease that is causing much uneasiness al
over the country. A large number O
deaths have occurred from it in the prin
cipal cities of Europe and the United
States. The schools have closed in Lon
don, Paris, New York and Chicago, ant
at the latter place 10000 people ar,
down with it. 1t has made its appear
ance in Ogden, Salt. Lake, Virginia City
Carson and other places on the coast. L
is sort of influenza. Although no case
have as yet made their appearance il
Phoebe, the following prescription for thu
disease furnished by the New Yorl
Board of Health will bear to be kept il
mind: "Spray the affected membrane,
with l0.per cent. solution of quinint
freely and frequently, and take four OIL
five times day pill made as follows
Quinine, three grains; camphor, one.hal
grain; extract of belladonna, one. fourth
grain.
JUSTICES Court. -The Justices court
was engaged Thursday afternoon with
the case of Mrs P. H. Taylor vs.. Ernest L
Godbe, suit brought to recover $l4. 40,
claimed to be due for room rent.
This was the second trial of the case and
the jury, after being out only short
time, returned verdict as before, in
favor of the defendant.
An incoming passenger on the stage
from Utah reports that the work Of
grading the U. p. Extension from Milford