The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-10-08
STATE AND COAST.

,on. One over an average Of fourto each
county in the State.
The Elko Independent says sheep man
named Beers, has sold his wool clip of
81 900 pounds to San francisco buyer
at Is cents per pound.
Salton lake, on the Colorado river is 30
miles long by ten wide and its greatest
depth is 80 inches. 1t has fallen rapidly
recently from evaporation, but it is not
beloved that it has changed the climate
of the surrounding country.
Salvador Triobio, an italian miner at
jackson, Amador county Lost his last
dollar Friday night, at the gambling
table, when he pushed the cards away
and placing pistol to his head blew his
brains out.
Some idea OF the vastness of Lucky"
Baldwin's stock farm and vineyard at
Santa Anita, California, may be obtained
from statement Of the fact that the
taxes on the estate last year amounted to
$4,000.
The Storey Ormsby-Douglass Fair
was held at Carson last week from Mon.
day to Saturday and was success though
coming on the heels Of the State Fair at
Reno. Carson will endeavor to hold the
State Fair at that city hereafter.
The new oil we'll at Coalmga, Fresno
county, California, is said to be 300 feet
deep, with flow of twenty barrels. The
company is arranging to bore ten wells,
800 feet deep. in different localities.
The wells will be twelve inches in diane.
ter.
The Rocky Mountain Husbandman
says over $50 persons in Montana are ex.
perimenting this season in the raising of
sugar beets. The next thing necessary
will be to induce some capitalist or asso.
citation Of capitalists to engage In the
erection Of factories
Notice has been given that the incan.
descent light in Reno will be discontinu.
ed after the 30th instant. The Journal
says with the arc lights discontinued in
the streets and the incandescent light
shut off in stores. hotels and private resi-.
dences, Reno will certainly be in the
dark.
Silver State: The time for holding the
Humboldt county Fair has been changed
to October 10, 20, 81, and %. The re.
cent fire made it necessary to secure
other quarters for the pavilion exhibit
and it is understood that the court house
will now be used for that purpose. The
races will also prove good drawing card
and the managers are working energeti.
cally to make the Fair a success.
1t is reported on what seem to be good
that large plant for the man.
ufacture Of tin plate will soon be located
in San Francisco by wealthy manufac.
turer, resident of that city, who does
not wish to have his name appear at this
time. 1t is expected that 1000 hands
will be at work there, manufacturing tin
plate before the end Of the year. The
material will come from Australia Sar
Bernardino and the Black Hills. Reno
Gazette.
On Wednesday Of last week, says tn.
Downieville Messenger, q piece of GOLD
weighing almoit seventeen pounds wa,
found in the Ruby Drift mine. The
piece was found by Thomas Morris while
breasting His attention was attracted
by his shovel, as he thought. getting
caught in the bed rock. Upon investi
CATION he found the nugget. The chunk
was lying near the bed rock, as is the
case with most of the gold in the primary
pliocene channels. The finder was nat
urally some what excited at the discov
cry Of the largest piece Of gold ever found
in that section. The value of the piece
is little over $500. Several large
pieces have been found in this mine be-
fore, but none as large as this.
Judge-"You have been searching fol
this man for long time, l believer"
Detective-Yes, your honor.
Judge-And could find no trace Of
him till yesterday
Detective-No, yonr honor.
Judge-Where did you find him,
Detective-He was working in stort
that does not advertise.
Chicago has 1896 German voters
and 1894 voters are Irishmen. Wher
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