The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-09-24
Local Intelligence.

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ended.
Geo. w. Richard was in from Pahran.
agat Valley Friday.
Flour is scarce article in the market
and commands good price.
John Roeder returned from trip to
White Pine county on Monday.
Our population is constantly increasing
by the arrival Of men in search of work.
Jake Colburn was up from Meadow
Valley Wash Monday attending to bust
ness in town.
New Hay sells for SIS ton, at which
figure the ranchers say there is Just
enough in it to keep man poor
AL Thorne Is now employed as night
Waterman at the Raymond Works, and
Charley Behr exercises ike night vir.
gil at the summit grounds.
The miner, VIM. Benson, who was
sent from here last year suffering from
paralysis IL said to be steadily failing
and that his end may come at any time.
Pay day being deferred has caused
notable falling off of old DRINKS on the
streets, but this trifle i'll be remedied
as soon "a little wherewith can be OBJ.
tanned.
Lieutenant Governor Poujade won the
second prize at the shabby ,genteel
party in Virginia City the other evening.
He wore the best suit he had before he
was elected to office.
Considerable rain fell during Monday
night and also on Tuesday. With a.
general storm at this season, it is
reasonable to hope for beautiful Indian
Summer between this aud the winter
months.
Jack Wheatley was in from Silver
King district Saturday. He returned
Sunday and with several men will attend
to the annual work on the Wheatley
Bros. mines there, of which there are
about seven.
j. ii. Odds, agent for the Patif States
Savings, Loan and Building Company,
of San Francisco, CAL, left on Fridays
stage. having appointed T. j. Osborne as
local agent to represent the Company's
interests in this section.
We are enjoying boom in the out
tide camps evidently, whether we are
experiencing it here or not, and inquiries
are frequent by mail from old timers
who desire to return, and who will, it
the slightest provocation is held out.
Most of the ore left at the summit
works when closed down last spring was
on the yard back of the works, and off
the line of railway. 1t is found as cheap
to move it to the new site by teams as
by rail and a number of teams are now
engaged in the work.
The smelling works and the town of
flee are to be connected by a line of tele.
phone, strung on the electric light poles.
The Bell system will be used and NAV
eventually be extended along the line TO
Highland and the Day mines, which
would certainly facilitate business.
Mrs. P. B. McKeon has received
large addition to her stock of millinery,
ribbons, and laces. Everything is new
neat and prices are low For bar
gain or something nobby in that line of
goods give the place call. First door
above the Odd Fellows Building, Main
st.
What Islander is this they're circulat.
ing about us on the outside. We hear
"tnat each Phoebe saloon keeper has in.
vested in a pick handle or two, and that
blood is swept out of the saloons daily"
We refute this as nearly an untruth,
but are bound to admit that our new
arrivals evidently believe a man must
drink as well as eat, in order to live,
and that water is best when used for
purely medicinal purposes
Friday nights ball given to raise
funds with which to purchase pole and
flag for the school house, though well at.
tended, was not patronized to the ex.
tent hoped for and the receipts conse.
quently fell somewhat short. Seven
sets occupied the floor most of the time
and all went well until the closing hour
at two in the morning. After paying all
expenses purse Of $50 was left which
will be used for the purpose named. A
20 foot flag and fifty foot pole have been
ordered, and the next move will be a
flag raising" which will be conducted
under appropriate exercises.
c. o. Perry, of San Francisco, arrived
on Saturdays stage from Milford. He
expects to remain several weeks in this
vicinity attending to work being done
on his claims in Highland district, of
which he holds three. About six men
are employed there now and the out
look is quite promising. Arizona noun.
tain, it is believed, will yet be relied on
to furnish better ore for smelling, and
more of it than has yet been found in