The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-07-30
The Shea locomotive for the Jack.
rabbit road is expected in next week.


Hyman, the dry goods merchant o
Main street, is laid up with bad foot
He says it is bunion, but it partakes
more of the character of govt
These of our townsmen who took ii
the races and amusements at Panaca or
the 9th remained over for the 25tt
also, coming home on Sunday.
Those in need of dental work can tt
Accommodated by calling on DIR. Grt,s, al
the McMahon building on Main ST., tie
will remain but short time.
Floyd, special agent of the Montat a
Mail Company, came in from Ely tn, $.
day evening on business connected with
the Revcille route running from Ely,
Nevada, and which the company appear
to have difficulty in soliciting.
We call your attention to the new ad
of the Phoebe Hotel, formerly the San
Jose Ilouse, Whlch Is now re.opened,
thoroughly renovated and re-furnished
IN Tine style, and is under its old man.
agement, Mrs. James Pierson.
A party Of surveyors in the employ {, f
the Denver & Rio Grande Ry. Co., was
at Yoacham's ranch in Meadow Valley
Wash last Saturday. This may be more
significant than at first appears and We
hope something substantial may result
A general Knockout was INDUCED in
by number of parties in the small hours
OF Sunday night, who were doubtless
winding mp the celebration of the 24th.
From the first round it was clearly
shown they were thoroughly versed in
the manly art.
Parents and others having the care of
girls are directed to the advertisement
this week Of st. Mary's Academy at Salt
Lake City, Utah. The rates at this in
stitution are moderate and the course of
study is thorough and comprehensive.
Quite pleasant gathering assembled
at the residence OF Senator George s
Sawyer Wednesday evening to celebrate
the sixteenth birthday of his son, George
G. Sawyer. A very agreeable time was
spent and many kind wishes for his f..
ture prosperity and happine We're ten.
dered him
All the parties sued last week for IL
censes for selling liquor, after thinking
over the situation, have paid their fines
and taken out retail licenses and now it
is said that for the next three months we
are to get whisky at cents drink.
SO much fer opposition in the business.
The tracklayers engaged in laying
rails on the Jackrabbit road near town
were treated to shock of electricity
during the thunder storm Monday after
noon. No damage was done beyond a
slight shock, but the rest of the day the
mon were nervous about handling the
steel.
The Dugway excitement, urged so
forcibly by the Salt Lake papers only
few weeks ago, has dwindled to such
point that the line of stage running there
from Stockton has been discontinued
entirely, and we now hear little of the
place. So it is with every boom that
hasn't anything substantial to justify it.
w. l.. Cook, superintendent of the
water company, was around among the
boys Saturday setting en- up with
seven by nine smile, on the strength of
telegram stating that he was the father
OF bouncing girl. Ais well, and he
will proceed to Beaver, Utah, next week
to see the new arrival,
J. Elsenmann received quite an as.
sortment of seasonable goods, consisting
Of grain bags, bag Irvine, all kinds Of
manila rope, which, owing to the present
low eastern price, will be sold here for
less than ever before. Also a limited
quantity of Mason's self.sealing fruit
jars at -. 25 per dozen.
M. j. Stewart, who has just arrived
from the lower end of the county, rc-
ports that grasshoppers have almost en-
tirely devastated everything in that
section. On the Harris and Crosby
ranches on the Muddy they have destroyed
everything. The grasshoppers appear
TO be travelling northward up Meadow
Valley Wash.
Ed. Robinson, Of Patterson district,
was in town during the week. He re-
ports the mines in that district as hav.
ing most prosperous outlook. Mr..
Robinson brought some handsamples
into town which assay very well in lead
and iron. The ore in the Patterson dis.
trict has heretofore been of q milling
but he now has some good
ore.
1t is seldom woman can be found
who has the courage to brutally mu.-
der an innocent mouse, but for GER
tainty we have one in Phoebe. A few
days ago married lady found a mouse
had fallen into wash boiler. With
hands and with malice afore-