The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-04-23
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The remains OF General SpiLo.a, who |
died on Monday at Washington, have
been taken to New York.
The President has appointed Enos Fl.
Nebeker of Indiana United States treas
urer, vice Houston, resigned.
Three hundred people from Western
Kansas left for the west C, a OF Mexico
last fall and 200 more from the same
section are about to join them.
1t has come to light that that the con.
tract alien labor law Is being hagrantly
viol ted in Omaha by certain large con-
Germs in that city.
Alexander Foote, negro who MUIR
dered j j. Meadows at Bluefeld, West
Virginia, was taken from Jail at Prince
town, Mercer County, Virginia, and
hanged to tree.
1t is estimated that there are always
so, 600 Americans in Italy, aud that there
are now about ten times as many Italians
in this country. The Americans 60 to
Italy to spend monty, and the Italians
come to America to make money.
The choice of a successor 10 General
Albert Pike az Grand Commander of the
Southern Jurisdiction of Scottish Rite
Masonry will not be made until year
from next autumn, when the Supreme
council of that order m,eis in Washing
ton City.
The Brewers journal says there is
over 800, 900, 900 Of English capital in.
vested in breweres in the United States.
The total sales OF the eighty
breweries and malt houses controlled by
British gold for 1890 were 1921, 100
barrels. OF nearly one fifth of the total
production of the whole country.
A Pennsylvania law makes swearing
an otfense punishable by fine or impris-
onment Elk Mayor G, w. Stroh of Sun
barry was arrested, charged with swear
So cents an oath with costs, making $40
in all, which made him swear worse than
ever.
James H. Moore, of Fort Worth, Tex,
whose cattle interests are the largest in
the southwest, tells the San Francisco
papers that the days of cattle kings and
cowboys are numbered. The small
farmer is slowly but steadily crowdipg
them out, and in few years they will
be gone, like the buffalo and Indian.
Two Kansas towns have elected women
prohibitiopists as police judges. The
way of the transgressor will be hard in
those towns. Justice will not be TEN.
pered with mercy for those who looked
upon the beer when it was brown, and
men of family will have to get home
from the lodge in good season and con.
dition.
There seems to be no doubt that 75,.
900 mine workers in Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania regions will stop work on the LIST
of May, affecting 100000 persons di.
rectly and hundreds of thousands in.
directly. As the workers of the
country will also demand eight hours
per day. the continuance of work after
May lst seems impossible.
Needles Eye: On account of the great
mortality among them, the Mojave In.
dams called council Of war last Wed.
nesday night, and discussed at great
length the i'll success of their medicine
men in the treatment Of la grippe. 1t is
now confidently expected that the NOR
tally will be confined almost entirely to
their medical fraternity. They pro.
pose killing off few extra doctors.
The ordance officers at the War de-
partment have been earnestly at work
for weeks past preparing to give effect to
some of the more important provisions Of
the fertilization appropriation act, which
will go into operation after June Goth.
To avoid loss of time, most of the adver.
tisements for proposals to supply mater
ial have been prepared aud will be issued
in advance of the beginning of the new
fiscal year. Congress appropriated
100000 for the procurement Of the
necessary forgings, aud material will be
assembled at the Watervliet factory, and
finished guns turned out.
Great excitement was caused at Black.
foot, Idaho, over the killing by Indians
of two unknown white emigrants who
were encamped annie below that place.
Nothing could be learned as to the cause
of the tragedy, Their bodies were found
by a party of men, and q number Of
Indians were seen taking to the hills
east of there. Business is suspended and
the citizens are up in arms. About 100
armed mounted men have left the city to
demand the surrender of the guilty par.
ties. Should the Indians refuse, trouble
is sure to follow, as the posse are all de.
termined men. The government and
adjutant general have been tclegraphed
to in regard to the affair
Another exploring party in search of
the north pole will start from Washing.
ton May lst. Civil Engineer Robert f.
Perry proposes to get there long before
DR.. Nansen, the Norwegian. who thinks
he can reach the pole by drifting about
the Polar sea. Peavy's plan is TO travel
up through the heart of Greenland, his