The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-07-16
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county Wouiu De worked.
They are getting sick enough over at
Dugway to require the establishment at
that place of drug store
Ground is being broken at Mssoula,
Mont, for the foundation of the new
Iron mountain concentration.
The consolidation of Portland, East
Portland and Albina into one city was
consummated on the 9th, by the recently
elected city officials assuming their re.
spective offices.
The explorers of Death Valley have
had hard time of it lately. Two of the
survey party reached Calico on the 9TH.
They we're well exhausted by the heat
and from thirst Some days the Their
mometer wasl24 deg. A dog with them
died from the heat
A patriotic sheep herder footed it from
Mount Rose to Reno-about twenty
miles-to celebrate the Fourth of July,
but arrived Just twenty.four hours too
late. He lost his reckoning and thought
the 9Th was the 18th, and got into Reno
Sunday morning.
The sale of the great De Lamar group
Of mines at De Lamar, Idaho, is the
largest deal ever made in Idaho. 1t was
placed in England at the rate of So, 900,
900, divided into 400, shares, Cap.
tain De Lamar receiving 204, 900. The
stock before being issued was sold at
a private sa,e'at premium of 7 shillings
a share.
United States Marshal Pinkham, of
Idaho, recently arrested John II. Stone
of Spokane and charged him with cut
ting timber on government lands. He is
quite wealthy, being worth 5000, 900,
and it is reported that the greater part
Of his wealth was gained by timber cut
in Idaho. He gave bonds for his ap-
pearance.
Postmaster Cowan of Dixon, in the
Snake river country, Wyoming, has
been found $1,000 short in his money
order department. and it is claimed that
he was card fiend and bought poker
chips with money orders. Cowan is
probably the man who charged three
cents for two-cent stamps, on account Of
high freight rates.
United States Attorney General Miller
has given an opinion that all claims for
horses and other property lost in sup.
pressing Indian hostlities in Oregon and
and Washington in 1855 and 1856, filed
since June 80, 1874, are barred under
the provisions of the act of March 30,
1873.
Carson Appeal: Mr.. Aube of this city
has piece of marble at his saloon on
King street which is a curiosity. 1t has
number of figures on it which are
unique. There is a fish, a COW, a
woman's head, mans head and several
other imprints upon it. The marble was
found in Pinenut Valley and is of good
quality. t
The Carson mint will continue to run
full handed, the employees having con
sented to accepted a reduction of 10 pei
cent in wages, good thing for both
the town and the employees. With the
reduction of 10 per cent the Carson mint
is paying larger wages than any Other
mint in the United States. Another
thing, the Carson mint will be the only
mint to continue coinage, which speaks
well for its efficient work.
Central Nevadan; Nearly three weeks
ago the miners at Pittsburg went out OF
strike against the food furgished then
by the company's Chinese boarding
house. On Monday afternoon last al
the men quit work in the mines and ,
majority them came to Battle Noun
tain. A meeting was held Tuesday
night, and letter sent to the supeain
tendent. The reply was not satisfac
tory and a second message was sent
Thursday morning, to which an answer
was expected in the afternoon.
The Sacramento News speaks thus Of
the beef sold there: Say" said mar
to the butcher of whom he purchased his
daily supply of meat, that last piece oil
steak ! bought of you muct have been
from steer old enough to vote" WAS
it tough!' inquired the man 81 meat.
Tough, hardly cut it" "Oh, is that
all' Well, you ought 20 Iave heard
another man kicking day or two ago.
He bought piece of meat that he said
was so tough he couldn't get his fork in
the gravy.
The reservation at Fort McDermitt
has been thrown open for settlement,
says the Silver State, and plats will be
Ned at the State Land Office on the 9Th
Of July. The Indians want the land
themselves, however, and are moving on
it and taking possession. The act Of
Congress throwing the reservation open
makes special provisions for the Indians,
and if one Of them takes possession of a
piece of land he can hold it for twenty.
five years. at the end Of which time the
government will give him a title to it,
The reservation comprises six townships,
and good part Of it lie fine natural
meadow land.
The Peoples Advocate. reports a rich
gold discovery having been made in