The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-07-02
GENERAL NEWS.

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Senator COLON of Illinois is candi-
date for the Republican nomination for
President in 1892.
General b. f. Butler is reported to be
busily engaged on his memories, much to
the exclusion of his law practice.
Mrs. Leland Stamford has given $780,
900 for the permanent support Of five
kindergartens in San Francisco.
Jay Gould came within an ace Of be.
ing killed while standing on the track Of
one of his New York railroads the other
day.
Secretary Blaine is very fond of whist,
and yet one might judge from the way
he blutled Rudini that his favorite game
was poker,
James Ritter who died recently at Elm
Springs, Ark, weighed $40 pounds, and
required the strength of twelve men to
lower the body into the grave.
An exchange says: Tell woman she
looks fresh, and how she'll smile. Tell
man the same thing and if he doesn't
kick you its because he has corns or
dare not.
Anton Karl, an old and trusted off.
cial of the geological survey, is under ar
rest at Washington charged with EN-
bezzling SO, COO of government funds.
He asserts that while there are apparent
irregularities he never took dollar not
belonging to him.
There is talk in government circles
that Secretary Proctor seriously con-
templates abolishing the division head
quarters and have the entire army di.
vided into departments, each in charge
OF brigadier general, who will transact
business directly with headquarters.
Referring to the boundary dispute be-
tween Great Britain and Venezuela
| Blaine said to DIR. Pulido. the Venezue-
Ian commissioner, that the future great.
ness and undisturbed autonomy of the
western hemisphere demanded that the
mouth of great American river like the
| Orinoco should not be controlled by
foreign maritime and commercial power
like Great Britain"
Salvation Army leaders in Paris have
been selling what they call 'Shares of
Paradise" 81 share for the common is.
sue and $40 for the preferred shares
doubtless carrying corner lots with
then) and now the municipal authori.
ties have ordered judicial investigation,
with view of arraigning the officers Of
the army ON the charge of obtaining
money under false pretenses.
The six soldiers on trial in the civil
court at Walla Walla for lynching A. j,
Hunt were declared not guilty by the
jury. The soldiers were accused of kill
ing Hunt, who was gambler. becaus,
he killed one of their comrades. TIL,
affair has created much excitement il
military circles and the soldiers will nov
be tried by court martial, as it seems tn,
military are not thoroughly satisfied
with the verdict of the jury.
, S. L. Journal: Silver, in the future
, as in the past, will be the thermomete
, by which the welfare and prosperity o
} this country is guiged, When tn
+ price of this commodity" is knocke,
down by gold bugs the whole land is de
pressed. When it advances few cent
because of the expression of the peopl
, on the silver question, business an,
+, trade begins Immediately to brighten up
When silver is lifted from its presen
commercial degradation, and placed on
parity with gold, the United States will
witness a continued system of progress
and peaceful and prosperous people viii
knock the bondholder and the European
shylock silly.
4 In commenting on the coinage of sill
D yer question, the Wall Street Journa
4 says: We understand the silver PROPOSE
ton to be this: Under the law, afte
{ July |, 1891, the treasury shall col
e sufficient silver bullion to provide 70
D the redemption of treasury notes issue,
E against the bullion. 1t is well know
{ that everyone prefers the paper notes t
8 the silver dollars The notes are re
!. deemable in coin, which means gold O
t silver, although the "ceia" in whic
certain government bonds are to be pal
off has been construed to mean gold.
the present coinage OF $1,000, 900 pc
month was continued the treasury woul
gain from seigniorage about $500, 900 pc
month, or So, 600, 900 per annum. If tn
whole 800, 900 ounces Of bullion wer
coined every month the treasury woul
gain about Sl4. 900, 900 per annum. TIL
Washington talk is that as politics
measure it would please the silver me
and give tue treasury more money"
& A special to the Tribune from Boulder
Colorado, s,,s that Fred Albright hs
found the lost vein which for twent
I years has been sought for in vain.
was located in Pomeroy mountain, tw
| miles northwest OF Caribou. The strik
, consists OF q six inch vein Of almos
> solid silver, and the crevice is four fee
) | wide, good and strong. Rich float i
large pieces has been found which ra
$4,000 ounces OF silver 20 the ton, but a
the mountain in this vicinity is covere
| by forty.foot slide, il was impossibl