The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-11-12

Lieutenant Gov. Joseph Poujade left
this week for Carson New. He goes
the usual route by way of Salt Lake.
Mrs. Ryan, wife of engineer Ryan of
the smelling works, arrived by the Per-
ry and Austin stage line this morning.
The festival at the Library last Wednes-
day evening. was combination business
meeting and festival for members only.
The office of the County Collector for
the purpose of collecting taxes now due
will be located in N. z. Dooley, & Cos
store on Main Street.
There will be grand ball given
under the auspisces of the A. o. y. w.
on the night of the Doth inst, at
Browns Hall. 1t will be an invitation
affair.
The Indians have been having a great
pow.wow the other side of the Raymond
& Ely hill mourning for Indian Dawes
death. Dancing and singing are kept up
the whole night.
An appeal to the Supreme Court of
Nevada in the Poujade, vs. Ryan, Min
ing Suit, was perfected Tuesday. This
is a case wherein the Plaintiff appealed
from an order of the District Court
refusing to grant him new trial.
Attention is called to the fact that
w. d. Williams, proprietor of the
Williams House, at Milford, is running
first class hotel at that place, and has
the best accommodation in that town
for the travelling public. The Phoebe
and Milford stage runs to the door.
Every loyal citizen should consider it
his own individual affair to see that the
practice now in vogue of dumping rub
bish next the graveyard, should be
brought to stop. Some measures should
alss be taken to clear the horrid piles
which alas, have already accumulated.
there.
Since the recent arrival of a new sup.
ply Of wire and electric light fittings,
Mr. M. G. Godbe, assisted by Messrs,
Ralph Latey and II. Cowdin, has wired
nearly all the unwired stores in town.
The boys, who are we'll versed in the
latest electric tips, are doing quick and
thorough work.
Messrs. j. Esenmann and Bob Mar
tin have just had two l6 candle power
incandescent lights strung in the street
beween their business houses. 1t for
chilly suggests the question, how long
will it be before men of business and
otherwise, will catch on to the impor.
lance and pleasure in brilliantly illumi-
mated street.?
Many citizens are complaining that
the special 20 cents tax levied for the
purpose of keeping the streets clean is
not being iudiciously spent,if spent atall
in accomplishing that purpose Great
piles Of ashes and rubbish heaped
up at different points on Main Street are
what occasioned the comments.
The only one who was made especially
happy through the Indian Suiside" re-
ported in the RECORD, last issue, was
Leopold Wertheimer who is doing bus
mess ON Main st. Said he to report.
er Of the RECORD few days ago. The
deceased red skin owed me $500
never expected to get, but owing to this
death his Squaw became superstitious
and paid me the bill in full. Great
Moses" said he what blessing twouId
be If we could get few more such
suicides".
Mr.. M. G. Godbe, who has taken the
contract to set in operation the bell
telephone system between Jackrabbit
and Phoebe, is succeeding admirably with
his work. The shelters office, the
Mercantile Co.'S store, and the P. C. NJ.
l. r. Cos Office are already connected,
and several miles Of post holes are dug
reaching from Jackrabbit this way.
This system, when completed, will be of
great value to the mining company in
as.much as it will save valuable time
countless trips between these distant
points that otherwise would have to be
made by rail. The line when complete
will take in about Is miles of country.
A lively time was had at Royal City
day before yesterday. A certain Mrs
Mccullough said to be a high flyer made
some slanderous miner betake himself
from place to place, at the instance of a
loud barking lead.ejector. AS Mrs Nc
would come in at the front door, the
miner would just have taken himself
hence by means Of a rear entrance
In one instance however when there was
no other means Of exit, he is said tc
have actually sunk through crack in
the floor. The story runs thus, Mr..
Miner is said to have made some Sian
derous remark about Mrs. Nc. which
riled the ire Of this charming flyer to
higher than normal state. Her husband
was accordingly sent to avenge the
wrong. As all things here go contrary
to the Sunday School stories. SO die
this. The naughty man pummeled The
true avenger. With this Mrs. Nc
still thirsting for revenge started ouI