The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1890-08-16
LOCAL.

the cooler Tuesday night about 10
o'clock for using abusive and foul Lam
guage ON the street. The assistance
of three young men were called into
requisition by our Deputy Sheriff to
land him at the Jail. The drunk was
undecided about going in after getting
to the door, but concluded the crowd
was too much for him, so took his lodg.
ing in the west cell. He was liberated
next morning and took Is mile walk
to Royal city to quiet his nerves.
After the examination of the Raymond
4 Ely, now being made by Prof Maynard
is finished, the water will be allowed to
raise to the top of the level and nothing
will be done on the water level until
Prof. Maynard makes his report to the
New York parties. Much depends on
the report for the welfare Of Phoebe and
we hope that it will be such a Que that
active operations will be resumed at the
water level.
The sporting fraternity in the eastern
part of the State are unable to solve the
following card problem: IA and B are
playing casino. At the close of the last
deal A has eight and B two to go. A
holds cards, spades, big and little casino
and one ace. B holds three aces. Which
wins the gamer" The disputed point
hangs on which ace has the preference,
if any. Possibly some Of our card sports
can decide.
From joni Roeder We learn that there
are 80 men on the pay roll Of the South.
western Mining Company at FL Dorado
Canyon in the southern part of the coun.
ty. The mines Of the company are look.
ing exceedingly well and that they are
doing good is attested by the fact that
they paid in to the County Treasury for
bullion tax over $3.50 for the last quarter.
Geo. B. Warren has secured contract
for 40, 600 bushels Of coal. He left
Wednesday with load of men to start
in burning. The coal camp is five miles
above Spring Valley, on. heavy timber
ed mountain and the company pays IA
cents bushel where burned. Contracts
to haul the coal TO town will be let as
soon as the first pit is burned.
The heat this year in FL Dorado Can.
yon has been hotter than ever known
before by any of the old settlers. 100
degrees in the shade at o'clock in the
morning the first Of this month and l35
| at 2 O'Clock. No ice water to be had
and ants as bed.fellows, good compari.
son for the comfort of the FL Doradoites,
Whew
Last Sunday at Ely Indian AL cut ,
man named Bliss seven times with 9
knife. The trouble arose over prosti
tute of that place. Bliss is in Q precar
ioas condition and we understand Indi
an AL isD under arrest 1t !seems thai
White Pine county calls Lincoln county
on all kind Of scrapes.
Mr.. j. w. Waldron and wife were VI
from Clover Valley Saturday. Mr.
Waldron has large contract on tn
railroad which includes one tunnel. H
was up on business connected with tn
road. He thinks that his part of tn,
contract will be completed by the Is
Of October.
The settlers Of the Muddy Valley loo
: for an uprising of the Indians there an
also say that their herds Of stock hav
shown no material increase in the las
year due to the depredations of the II
) dams. The Indians are very aggressiv
, and trouble is undoubtedly brewing
Q no good.
A party of picknickers went to Eag
Valley Sunday and disported among h
orchards and shade trees of that beaut
full valley. 1t started to rain ON the
. return and all iwere treated to goc
shower bath.
Freight has arrived steadily during Il
i week for our merchants, but no remed
= has been made by the forwarding Co.
y Milford in regard to shipping receip
. and our merchants have good cause
. complain.
: Judge Wells, Of the District Coul
:. has made orders for the drawing Of
grand and petit jury to appear at t
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