The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-04-30
GENERAL NEW b.

men by the resumption of the Edgar
Thompson steel works at Pittsbutg.
About COO men employed in grading
jackson Park for the Worlds Far ID
Chicago. have struck for gu increase OF
wages.
A North Atchison, Kansas, woman
placed revolver to her husbands head
the other night aud made him sign
temperance pledge.
A Michigan veteran has discovered
mislaid paper which entities him to 70
a month back pension from March 20,
1863 The amount foIts up S2Olt.
Malvern Hill, twelve miles below
Richmond, Va, and the scene OF one OF
the most famous battles during the late
war, has been sold to William Il. Hale
Of New York city.
Miss Gabriel Greedy, daughter Of the
lamented Horace Greedy, the founder OF
the New York Tribune. was married
on the 23rd to Rev. Frank Montrose
| Clendenin, of Pleasantville, n. Y.
Great excitement has b, en- caused by
the report that gold has been found
along Sage creek, Piebock county, llo
miles west Of PIERRE, 5. ID. A large
number Of people have started for the
scene.
While an American milionaire's yacht
was steaming through storm on her
way to Villefranche, an enormous wave
deposited seventy. pound turtle on the
deck. 1t was good to eat, and there
fore was eaten.
The Detroit street car drivers and
conductors have struck on account OF the
alleged unjust discharge Of some OF their
number, aud all the street car lines in
the city are tied up. The strikers refuse
to allow q car to be moved, and have
torn up the track in many places.
Influenza is raging in London. One.
third of the members Of the National
Liberal club. and majority of the in.
mates of one OF the largest hotels are
down with the disease. The extension
Of the epidemic Ia favored by the
weather. kilograms from Sheffield re-.
port similar state of affairs.
The ten.gun almored cruiser War.
spite of the British Pacific squadron has
been ordered to the Esquimalt dry.dock
on account of the alleged discovery OF q
structural defect. The Warspite was
launched in 1884, and was supposed to
be the best, as she is the largest armed
cruiser owned by Great Britain.
About 7 o'clock on the morning Of the
the 23rd, Rome was shaken by tremen
dous explosion, which caused the most
intense excitement. When order wai
restored it was discovered that an i'm
mense powder magazine near the city
. had exploded. Very few lives wert
lost, but mauy were wounded. The
: magazine contained twenty-five tons o.
powder. The cause of the explosion II
unknown.
a United States Attorney Milchrist hal
/ made complaint before Judge jenkins
!. in the Federal court at Chicago that Ger
tain employees of Swift & Co., dressed
-. beef shippers, refused to answer cel
. tain questions as to discrimination il
railroad rates in favor OF that finn, pu
to them by the Federal grand jury, OF
). the ground that by so doing they nigh
/. incriminate themselves. The judgerulet
that they must answer.
v A Roman gentlemsn informed Lon
don correspondent that while he hatet
q and despised the Malta, he recognized
j, that the vendetta ives inevitable, ant
). that the leaders in the American TRACED,
i. would die by violence sooner or later
y though perhaps not for two or thre
: years. He said this was the chief rea
son In Italy for Furnishing murder will
:, imprisonment instead Of death, as ven
= delta has always followed the capita
penalty.
% A missing link in the chain Of the It'll
; establishing General Fremont's claim t
;. the island of Aloatraz in San Francisc
!. Bay has been received by W. R. Cover
o Of Findlay, Ohio, who is one of tn
}. claimants under Fremont, he having fur
t nished part of the purchase money
d This missing part Of the title is in tn
n form Of grant from the Mexican Gov
d ernment to Plinio Temple, the man from
whom General Fremont made the pur
chase. The United States Government
n now has possession Of this island AM
Fremont's heirs are sueing for its value
:. which 10 estimated ct $40, COO, 900.
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