The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-08-27

MS uerHauOTe al OF. OeoiSe, hiiiolu anu
other places.
Bob Martins is the only house in town
that keeps the genuine Live Oak
whisky.
Thomas Mitchell has two nice dwell
ing houses which he wishes to sell cheap
for cash. Call and see him.
Since the near accident of drowning
of one of our young men in the tank at
the summit works bathing has been en-.
tirely suspended.
Shier is making an everlasting cut in
prices. He is selling drugs by retail
cheaper than they can be obtained in
Chicago by the car lot.
The recent cool weather has knocked
the ice cream market into mush, and
our bellies have had to solace themselves
with the old time honored gum.
One of the large tanks at the summit
works has been moved down to the new
works to act in the capacity of punch
bowl for the new locomotive.
Our signal officer at the weather
bureau predicts that we are likely to
have considerable amount of weather
knocking around loose during the com.
ing week.
Lots of kick about prices, but there
shall be no kick coming at Shier's Hes
perian drug store. 1t is and will be the
drug store of the west.
Tom Borealis, Mrs. Watkins and Miss
Nellie Middleton left Sunday by private
conveyance for Ely. Dame rumor says
it is likely there will not be so many on
the return trip.
Dave Service of Hike ha the thumb
of his left hand badly mashed while
leading a horse last Sunday, and came
to town the following day for medical
aid.
There is one good thing about the loco.
motive. Our citizens can always tell to
a dot when half past six in the morning
arrives, which is more than can be said
of the rest of the whistles around town.
Cucumbers are in the market and we
may look forward to the usual waling
and CRASHING of teeth, and general
acrobatic performance by those who in
dulge in the luxury.
Hyman, our wide-awake dry goods
man, has been under the weather for
several days. This time it is not govt,
but general fullness in bellows depart
ment.
1t is not generally known that there i,
poet of no mean order at the Mendha
mine. There is talk of the publication
of his illusions under the title of "The
Mendha Warblings."
The spectacle drummer left town FIJI.
day for other fields. While here he sold
a large quantity and not to have pair
perched upon your nasal organ is to be
out of the social swim.
The weather for the past week has
certainly joined some of the local socie-
ties and taken few degrees. The mini.
mum register of the thermometer has
been As degrees, and the maximum So.
Bob Martins is the only house in
town that keeps the genuine Live Oak
Risky.
A few evenings ago row occurred in
Chinatown necessating the presence of
the police. Deputy Sheriff Sam Smith
was quickly at the scene Of tiouble and
was congratulating himself upon the pos
pect of running in the whole of the
moon-eyed Mongolians. Sam was al
most paralyzed when he came to ia
out that instead of murder being co II,
mitted it was simply man trying t,
evade the payment of bill.
We learn from a reliable source that
California company is about to be. in
operations in this vicinity. For some
time past they have been negotiating for
mining property, and the latest reports
are very favorable for the consumation
of the deal. We will repeat our oft
stated remarks as to the mining outlook
of the entire county, and add that if the
same was near railroad or in any
other mining country we would have
nothing less than an oli.tme boom,
There is certain party on one OF Our
residence streets who keeps his neigh.
bors in tremble lest they be blown to
atoms by giant powder. On several &C.
casions he has fred unnecessary charges
when parties were near by, and last Sum-
day evening while number of young
folks were enjoying themselves II! 'tti tire
immediate vicinity he stepped to the
door of his cabin and deliberately threw
what they supposed to be stick of giant
powder near them. Fortunately it did
not explode or the result might have
proved very seriou-. Life and property
must be respected, and public indigna-
tion has reached that point which the
nuisance must abate or patience will
cease to be a virtue and the highways
will be open to one more globe.trotter.
1t is laughable to hear the comments
emanating from lot Of curbstone squat
tiers. One of our dudes passing down
Main street the other day aourished his
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