The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-01-29
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preci us metals valued at g, $40, 536
during the year 1890.
The Board Of Commissi pneIs of Wash.
oe county has extended the time for re.
ceiving proposals for bridging the Truck.
ee near the marble works at Reno to
February 2, at noon.
Thieves enterel Abe Cohens tailor
shop at Carson sometime during last
Friday night and stole in the neighbor.
hood Of $500 worth of cloth. No Legs.
lators are suspected.
We are pleased to note that Sol Hips
store is again open for business. We
learn that Sol has made satisfactory ar.
rangements With his creditors below to
continue business at the old stand, -
White Pine News.
Silver Stat Tie Bliss water suit is
still occupyin. h time of the District
Court. Judging rom the humble Of law.
yers engaged a; d experts on hand, it will
cost money enough to buy the water OF
the Humboldt river at 81 an inch for
the next ten year
Harry Colin. s,n OF +. !. Colin, the
mining man Ct lu.carora, was acciden-
tally shot in the left arm while out hunt
ing near Reed ranch, twenty miles
south of Tuscan ,ra. The young man is
very badly hurt and will likely lose his
arm.
Reno Journal There was falling off
of nearly half million dollars in the
assessment valu,'i,n Of personal proper.
ty in Humboldt county last year as com.
pared with 1889, yet it paid into the
Treasury for the support of the State
Government over $4,000 in 1890, or
within about 81 200 as much as Ormshy
and Storey counties combined.
Virginia Chronicle: The Electric
Light Company has a force of men at
work loading .he poles with extra wires
to introduce the incandescent light sys.
tenn in Virginia This is the best light
modern science offers to modern cyiliza-
ton, and it is the safest Virginia is to
be congratulated upon its introduction.
The Carson Appeal says the Washoe
delegation are already taking the meas
urement of the Capitol building and
State Prison. II Powning starts after
them, to Reno they will 60 to certain.
ty, and the people of Carson had better
submit gracefully, as it is only ques.
ton of time with Reno when she will
have all of Carson.
The mills now at work upon Comstock
ore are the Nevada, rnnning about p
stamps out of complement Of GO, the
Mexican with ~ out of a, the Bruins.
wick with 30 of 70, and the Eureka
working its full power of GO stamps. The
Morgan mill is running on tailings. The
Nevada mill last Saturday shut off it.
electric power, and is now running ex
clusively by sthe energy developed by
the Pelton wheel
By the accidental discharge of blast
Frank Hammond was instantly killed il
the Occidental mine at Virginia City, on
the afternoon Of the 23rd inst. He ani
his partner had fired round of holes
and on returning and examining, one ap
peared not to have gone off. They wtr;
about to leave it when Hammond touched
it once more with a drill and it went off
Eammond's partner, Lawrence Diehl
was standing Immediately behind hin
and escaped with only scratch Will,
Hammond's body was terribly nangled
The Carson Tribune thus describes
chestnut party" recently given in tina
place: AS the guests arrived they wer,
ornamanted with highly polished an,
decorated chestnuts; chestnut bell
chimed out in each room, and then fol
lowed the rendition of moss.backe,
songs; recital of sere and yellow lea
poetry, almanac jokes, etc. The old
time dances were gone through with
and there was fun galore for all. Their
was nothing ehestnutty about the cola
ton, however 1t was fresh and sub
stantial and carried Joy to the inne
man or woman.
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