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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-11-12
Lightning Proof.

Women who are afraid of thunder
storms are having their chairs and bed
steads made with glass feet to serve AZ
insulators. What is the matter with
the old-fashioned feather bed where al
the women and children of the family
took refuge in thunderstorm? Or the
dark closet where the preserves were
kept? Perhaps the glass jars made that
secure, but no power on earth even
saved the preserves.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-11-12
Application for a Patent


UNITED STATES LAND orpIoE,
Eureka, Nevada. July 8. 1891.
NJ Office is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
IN Phoebe Consolidated Mining and Reduce
tion Company, by its authorized agent Samuel
I. Godbe. whose post office address Is Phoebe,
Lincoln county, state Of Nevsds, has this day
filed itssapplication for one thousand four hun.
dred and eighty EIGHT ti48S) linear feet of the
"Rainbow" mine or lode, bearing silver, with
surface ground two hundred 1901 feet in width
situated In Ely Mining District, county
Of Lincoln. State of Nevada. and designated
by the field notes and official plat on file In this
Office Is Lot No ~ In township No. N CT
range OF east. Mount Diablo Base and Meridian,
said Lot No. a. being described as follows to-
wit:
Beginning at . post marked Post No US
Survey No ~, thence running, LIST courpe. a
50 degrees as minutes. W 2Sl feet to Post No
U Survey No At, whence the mouth of the
sc NV tunnel bears 81 degrees 20 minutes,
292 feet: thence, and course, N 1910 8 feet to
the line between sections 20 and 81, TIP l, N
81 4. 1883 feet to post No 8 u Survey No At.
whence U 3 Mineral Monument No bears 8 I'd
degrees So minutes, W 1922 feet, and the Sec
ton corner common to sections %, 81, n and
20. TIP /. n r 81 Z, bears . deg ees 70 minutes,
W 2973 feet; thence. 3rd course, N 80 degrees as
minutes. y 28l feetto post No I, U 8 Survey No
~; thence. Attn course. 8 81 degrees 80 minutes,
1883 feet TO the place Of beginning.
Containing SIT acres.
Courses expressed IRON the true meridian
with q magnetic variation OF 10 deg and IS
minutes east.
The nearest known location is the lisa Belle
lode clam ON the south.
Any and all persons claiming adversely any
portion OF said Rainbow mine or surface
ground are required to file their adverse claims
with the Reg ster OF the United States Land
Once at Eureka. In the State OF Nevada, dur
ing the period OF publication hereof, or they
will be debarred By virtue Of the provision Of
the statute,
Up. DUNKI.E. Register.
It 10 hereby ordered that the foregoing no.
tice OF application for . patent be published
In the Phoebe RECORD, weekly newspaper
pnbliehed At Phoebe. Linooln comfy Naxada
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-11-12
for u Patent
No. 976.
UNITED STAT, s LAND CTfICE,
kureEa. Nevada Jl,ly 4 1891


Eureka, Nevada, July $, 1891.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT 1HE
IN Phoebe Consolidated Mining and Reduc-
ton Company, by its authorized agent, sam
uel T. Godbe, whose postotiice address is
Piochl, Lincoln county, state of Nevada, has
this d iy filed its application I, r one Thousand
four hundred and lightweight (4S9) linear
feet of the bryant mine or looe tearii & sill
yer, with surface ground two hundred (20nl
feet in width, situated in Ely Mining District,
county of Lincoln, State OF Nevada, and desis-
mated by the field notes and official plat Oh
file in this office As Lot No. AS, in township
No, l N, range CT OF Mount Diablo Base ard
Meridian; said lot No. i8 being attcr,bed as
follows, to-wit:
Beginning at post marked z, st No. !, Z. s.
Survey No. As, whence the mouth Of tho Hor-
gan tunnel bears s Al degrees IS minutes, l. 314
feet; thence running, LIST course, 30 deglees
45 minutes W 282.9 feet to pcft No. 2, U. s.
Survey No. 43; thence, End course, 81 dc
grees 80 minutes e 1888 fact o post No. 3, U.
s. Survey No. 43. whence o. s Mineral Monu-
ment No. bears 81 degrees 2G minutes, w
1892 feet, and the section corr er common to
sections q, 81, 28 and 80, II N, II CT Il, bears
degree So minutes 1898 feet; thence, 3rd
course, N SO degrees 45 minutes Il 2o2.s feet to
post No. 4, U. s. Survey No. 43; thence, Attn
course, 8 81 degrees 80 minutes, W 1883 feet to
post No. 1. the place of beginning.
Containing $50 acres
Courses expressed from tho true meridian
with a magnetic variation OF 10 degrees and
IS minutes east.
The nearest known locations are the
Half Moon on the north aud the Wac iIgle
lode on the south.
Any and all persons claiming adversely. any
portion of said Bryant Mine or surface
ground, are required to file their adverse
claims with the Register of the United states
Land Office at Eureka, in the tate
Of Nevada, during the period of
publication hereof, or they will be debarred by
wiz fJIn n I'm nptu long n hAA tatrr
J.P. uSKLE, Register.
1t is hereby ordered that the foregoing no.
tice Of application for patent be published in
the Phoebe RECORD. weekly newspaper pub
lished at Phoebe, Lincoln county, Nevada, for
the period Of sixty days item consecutive
weeks).
p DJINKLE Register,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-11-12
The Cucumber Vim

A Pittsburgh lady was dangerously
poisoned recently from handling wild
cucumber vine. A physician who was
called in said that persons who are
susceptible to the poison of the vine do
not have to handle it to be poisoned.
Cases are recorded of poisoning by
merely passing in the vicinity Of vine.
1t makes beautiful ornament and the
wonder is that similar cases are not
more frequent"
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Application for a Pate I
No. 975.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE

Eureka, Nevada, July =, 1871.
y OrIUE ID HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
" p.ouhe Consolidated Mining and Re.
II uun q mpany, by its author lied agent,
an II ,no, lie, whose postotfice address is
Pi' ca. uc"'. county, State of Nevada, has
h,a lit, application for one thousand
our huu I'D lightweight tl4sS) linear
tr,t ~ ;oo ''Nrr Eagle mine or lode, bear.
~ Ai,rr "8i ouriace ground two hundred
,hul ir,t ~ width, situated in Ely Mining
tiistri 'nI,rt Of Lincoln, State of Nevada,
nj "a ign tea i'y the field notes and official
plat ~ nj "a this olhoe MS lot number AZ, in
towh-hip uhber | Forth. range 81 east of
DOUBT l. allie Bars aud Meridian: said lot No.
~ t".,'k drs, rIt,d as follows, to.wit:
l'g suing nj N post msrL,d Post No. U. s.
NnsN'y NJ. ~. th'noe rhunins, lst course,
10 ii, -se"e - IA nuits, " 2sJ.I ieyI to Post No.
-. 'ur-'. ",4N, VIII hce The mouth of
the Her autumn bears n 10 d. gr, es 81 min
utts, h tn feet: chct, and courte, N 81 de-
Src.s. 3S minutes h. ii'8 feet to
Post No. 8, U. y. survey No. 40; thence, 3rd
conrae, N. 10 desteoe, a. minutes Il. 2S0.4 feet
o post NO. 4, U, :. survey M. 40, whence U. \.
Mineral Monun cut No. l bears =. 81 degrees .6
minutes, W. 1882 feet, and the section corn,
common to sections 20. 81, ~ and 20, T. / N,
| X, CT II. bears \. degree 35 minutes Il,
229s.2 feet; thence. 4th course, = 50 degrees SO
minutes W., l4ss feet to Post No. / at the
| place Of beginning.
Containing GIG acres.
Courses expressed from the true meridian
| with magDeticsvariation of 10 degrees and b5
minutes east. The nearest known locations
are the Bryan lode on the north and the Es-
| sen .ial lofe on the south.
Any and all persons claiming adversely any
portion of said War Eaglo Mine or surface
ground are required to file their adverse claims
with the Register o. the United ta,es Land Office
at kureks, in the State of Nevada, during the
period Of publication hereof, or they
will be debarred by virtne Of the provisions ui
the Statute.
Up. DUsKLs. Regs;er.
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Notice of Forfeiture.

Two LARRY EGAN. HIS GRANTEES, AS
signs, heirs, executors or administers or,
and all parties claiming under, from, by or
through him
You are hereby notified that the undersigned,
co owner with you in the mining claim known
as the "Challenge" mine, situated in Highland
Mining district, County of Lincoln. State Of
Nevada has performed the work and made the
expenditures on the said mining claim, re-
quired by section 1924 Of the Revised Statutes
Of the United States, to hold the same for the
year 1890, and the amount due from you, your
grantees assigns or administrator, etc, ON ac-
count of such expenditures OH said mining
claim is the sum of fifty dollars.
And II within ninety days after the pnblica-
ton OF this notice, You fail or refuse to con-
tribute your said proportion of such expendi-
ture as CO owner, your interest in said claims
will become the property OF the subscriber
under said section 1924.
JOHN SHERIDAN.
Phoebe, New, Aug. IS, 1891.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-11-12

1t IL hereby ordered that the foregoing no.
tice of application for . patent be published
In the Phoebe RHcoRD. weekly newspaper
published at Phoebe, Lincoln county, Nevada
for the period Of sixty days item consecutive
we eks). J,PDUNKIF. Registsr
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-11-12

1t is hereby ordered that the foregoing notice
of application for patent be pnb.is he'd in The
Phoebe RECORD, weekly newspaper
published at Phoebe. Lincoln county, Nevada,
for the pericaf sixty days ten consecutive
weeks).
j.. DUNKLE. Register
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II is hereby ordered that the foregoin notice
I application for patent be published in the
tioche RECORD, weekly newspaper publish, d
Phoebe, Lincoln county, Nevada, for ii e
eriod of sixty days item consecutive weeks
JP DUNKLE. RePistsr
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-07-01
RAILWAYS IN FRANCE.
Something About Their Ownership a
Management.

Something About Their Ownership and
Management.
When the network of state RAILWAYS
was created in France, 1t was intended
to serve as an example of economical
management and efficient working for
the great companies. Whether these
expectations have been realized, says
the London Railway News, may be
judged from the results obtained In
1889. By purchases of lines originally,
and subsequent extensions, the state
network now forms a total of about
1850 miles. Their cost was about 800, 00O,-
600, francs, and the receipts last year ex-
ceeded the working expenses by 8, 1885,
697 francs. The net revenue on capital
was consequently little over l per
cent, and as the purchase money was
raised by the treasury at 4 per cent. in
Guiding the sinking fund, the actual
loss on the year was nearly "a, 900, 900
francs. The proportion of working ex-
penses to receipts was 1871 per cent,
while those Of the great companies
ranged from A to 55 per cent. 1t must
be admitted that all the great trunk
lines belong to the companies, but they
have also number of secondary lines,
worked at so or 90 per cent or at a
loss, the construction of which was i'm
posed on them. The companies, how
ever, pay large sum to the state in
form of stamps on their shares and de-
bentures, taxes or transfers, and divi-
dends, etc., while the state lines yield
nothing The experiment can scarcely
be considered a success
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-07-01
A RARY,S MEMORY.
He Hides q Ring and Receivers It Year
Later.

He Hides Ring and Receivers 1t Year
Later.
A curious instance of dormant memo
ry in infancy took place in our family,
says writer In the Irish Times. NV
mother went on visit to my granfa-
Their, who lived in London. She took
with her little brother of mine who
was eleven months old, and his nurse,
who waited on her as maid
One day this nurse brought the baby
into my mothers room and put him on
the floor, which was carpeted all over.
There he crept about and amused him
self according to his lights. When my
mother was dressed, certain ring
that she generally wore was not to be
found. Great search was made but 1t
was never produced, and, the visit over,
they all went away, and it was almost
forgotten. Exactly year after they
again went to visit the grandfather.
This baby was now one year and eleven
months old.
The same nurse took him into the
same room, and my mother saw him,
after looking about him, deliberately
walk up to a certain corner, turn a bit
OF the carpet back and produce the
ring. He never gave any account of the
matter, nor did he, as far as know, re-
member 1t afterward. 1t seems most
likely that he found the ring on the floor
and hid 1t, as in a safe place, under a
corner OF the Brussels carpet where it
was not nailed.
He probably forgot all about 1t till he
SOW the place again, and he was far too
infantile at the time it was missed to
understand what the talk that went
on was about, or to know what the
search, which perhaps he did not notice,
was for
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-07-01
- Ienses of Lee

The curious experiment of making
lens of ice to light pipes and cigars has
been tried with success by skaters in
London. The experiment was first
brought to notice by DIR. Scaresby
when In the polar regions, to the great
establishment of his companions. who
did not understand why the ice did pot
freeze the solar rays. Pref Tyndau
when tutor In the Royal Institution
ON several occasions set FIRE to little
heaps of gunpowder with the rays of an
electric arc concentrated upon the now
der by . lens of ice. His explanation
was that although Ice absorbs rays of
certain waves Of light, and is gradually
melted thereby, other waves are not alb
sorbed, and these latter produce the
heating effect at the focus of the lens.
II l. wholly aQuestion of the relative
motions OF the molecules of frozen
water and the motions of the waves of
light
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-07-01
An Intelligent DOG.

The St. Adams fVt.) Messenger tells
a good dog story. The owner of a dog
in that town has brother who Is quite
sick, living in the suburbs. During 8
recent dark and stormy night he de-
elded to send his dog to the brothers
residence to learn his condition. A
note of inquiry was written and given
to the dog-his master opening The
front door and pointing in The direction
which the dog should take. The mes
senger- trotted ncrrily away, and in
about one hour and half returned. and
made his presence known by barking
at the front door. The dog brought an
answer in the shape of letter from
the wife of the sick brother replying to
the inquiry made. much TO the gratif-
cation Of the household receiving the
news.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-07-01
To all Friends of Political Reform.

The Peoples party has been formed under
the most favorable auspices, and gives prom
Use of an carly emancipation from the thraIl-
dom or the money power and other monopo-
lists But this emancipation cannot be secur-
ed without special and extraordinary effort re-
curing large outlay in the preparation Of
documents, arranging meetings and ctAer le-
Ultimate and proper purposes 10 this end
every earnest friend of political and economic
reform and every reform organization is urged
u contribute AT ONCE AND LITERALLY. Don't
delay moment. Send the money NOW Bring
the matter up in your organizations at once.
a few dollars contributed now when the pr,.
iiminary work Is 10 be done, may do more good
than hundreds of dollars just before election.
when ii is too late to organize and agitate. Re-
NIT all contributions To the secretary of the
national committee. ROBERT SCHInIING.
* Market street. Milwaukee. Wis.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-07-01

bank .of the river, occasionally
turning TO snap and growI at
the steel trap that held one hind
foot in vise-like grip. Smith ran
up and secured the end of the
chain without trouble, but as he
stopped to fasten it to a tree the fun
commenced. The bear, with savage
growl, turned and made rush for him.
He lodged behind the tree just In time
to save himself from an embrace that
would have been fatal: In moment
the bear had turned and was after him
again, and then began a race around
the tree, Smith all the time holding on
to the chain Finally they got away
from the tree and nearer the bank Of
river. Smith caught his foot under a
vine and fell. He rose quickly, the
bear stumbled, and then some way,
Smith says he will never know Just
how it happened, he found himself
astride the animals back. He still held
to the chain. Bruin tried to shake of
his rider, but getting a firm hold on the
long hair of the beast Smith held on.
A new idea suddenly entered the head
OF the bear, and with another growl he
f1AAA6O0 AAoO Vic TlVcT. oIl1l the now
thoroughly frightened hunter held on.
and the bear, with only his nose above
water, struck out for the opposite bank
OF the river. He swan about one hun
dred feet from the bank, and then,
seeming to realize that he was handi-
capped by the weight on his back, he
turned and went back. AS the bear
struggled up the muddy bank Smith
leaped off, and wrapping the end of the
chain attached to the steel trap around
small tree he fastened it, and then he
had bruin captive. He lost no time
In going after help, but when he re-
turned In an hour the bear was gone.
The animal had pulled it's captive foot
out OF the trap. A quantity of skin
and flesh had been pulled off the bears
leg, but it was loose and gone. Smith
did not attempt to find the animal
again He says bear-hunting is not his
ncC1InofiOO
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-07-01
COSTLY WIGS

The Three That Vice President Moresa
Wears and How He wears Then.
Few people who look at Vice Presi-
dent Morton, ever so closely, suspect
that he wears q wig, says Washington
letter to the Indianapolis Journal. He
Is often complimented by persons who
talk Of his personal appearance for the
beautiful iron-gray hair he wears. It Il
just a little more gray than dark-sbout
two-thirds gray. Il harmonixes per
fectly with his gray eyes and light eye
brovs and eyelashes. His hatris always
in perfect order, brushed slightly down
on his forehead But he wears q wig,
AL the same; and II is the best wig ever
worn In Washington.
''Vioe President Morton has three
wigs" said one of his most intimate
senatorial friends TO me the other dAy.
HE had them made in Paris, and they
cost Seventy-hve dollars apiece. About
the first OF evory month he dons q wig
closely cropped, resem bling . new hair
cut. His friends suppose he has just
gotten out of tho BARRIERS chair. Two
weeks later he puts ON his second wig,
which has hair little longer, and ap-
pears to have passed two weeks from
the BARRIERS hands. A couple Of weeks
later he dons another wig, the Same
color as the other two. This one makes
him look as though he was sliQhtly In
need of haircut. A few days later he
again dons his shortcut wig, and he
appears to have just come from the
barber again. Mr.. Morton told me he
invested two hundred and twenty-five
dollars for three new wigs about every
two years, and that he always gets
them from the same man In Paris.
Wigs are Mr.. Morton's extrGva0ance,
but they appear to be good investments,
for they are the abandonment ever saw"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-07-01
FLOATING SAND.
The Singular Phenomenon Witnessed on
the Connecticnt Riyer

The Singular Phenomenon Witnessed on
the Connecticut River.
1t is well known that a needle can he
placed gently upon the water SO as
to fioat, the force of capillary attrac-
ton producing a surface tension so as
to prevent its sinking. This principal
apparently accounts for the following
phenomenon described by Mr. j. c.
Graham in the American Journal of
Science: lie saw sand being removed
from bar jutting ont from an island
in the Connecticut river, The erosion.
carried on from the side of the bar
against which the current did not
strike, took place by gentle ripple
waves splashing up against the sand
bar (which was at an angle OF about
one hundred and fifty degrees to the
surface of the waterl and upon the re-
firing of each wave a little float of sand
would be on the water. At fist these
were about the size Of silver quarter
OF a dollar, but by the union of num-
Der some floats would be formed of
about six inches square. These blotehes
were so numerous as To D.4 very notice
able Ia roEv1hg up the river, and could
be traced for half mile or more below
the bank from which the sand came.
although this was bat sew wards
long. If one Of the blotches were dis
turbed by touching or the too violent
action of the wares, it would tInnied5.
ately separate, the particles at once
falling TO the river bottom.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-07-01
snarrn,x Enrinears-

The town clock at Sarnia, Ont,
stopped one morning not long ago, and
on investigation the hands were found
securely tied down by strands of Irvine
and grass. The mischief had been done
by pair of sparrows. Desiring to
build nest In the angle of The hands,
the movement of which interfered with
their plans, they tied the hands 10 each
other, and to the framework, in such a
manner that it took considerable time
and labor to remove the distractions.
The engineering skill displayed, and
the amount of industry and persever-
ence exhibited makes the feat quite
phenomenal IN bird annals.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-07-01
Tn. Allianee and Polltlcs.

1t is strange to hear these old croak-
ers over the country and in town say,
yes the alliance has gone into politics.
1t has quit the democratic party and
gone off with third party. Now the
question comes up with us, was the al
lance not already in politics. If 1t quit
the democratic party + certainly was
in politics ard just simply changes aoi,
itics, quits the bosses and ringsters Of
the democratic party and forms : party
of its own. It is amusing to hear our
opponents bemoan ths fact that the al
lance and K. of L. have gone Into poll,
tics and then in the next breath tell
you 10 stick to the democratic party:
plainly showing that it is only certain
kind of politics that he objects to you
going nto.-Alliance Vindicatog
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-07-01
A aEAR-aAck RIDE.
The Exciting Adventure of Beaver Trap
per in Alabama.

per in Alabama.
Beaver gaclc' Smith, the hunter and
trapper, who Foains All oyer Georgia and
Alabama trapping beaver and otter.
had an exciting adventure with big
black bear not long ago, says a Bir-
minghan (Ala.) correspondent of the
his traps along the banks of the Talla-
poosa river, In Randolph county, and
had been catching . number of fine,
fat beaver. One morning he went to
one OF his traps, which Was . mile
down the river from his camp, and was
surprised to find that he had caught q
bear instead Of beaver. He was lust
In time, as the bear had pulled the light
steel trap from It's fastenings and was
making on with the trap hanging to his
foot with q grip he could not shake OF.
Smith had left his gun at the camp,
and, seeing that the bear was In an
ugly humOr and disposed to show fight;
bis First Impulse was to let It go. But
It would caff1.F OH his steel trap. and
steel traps cost money. Then jazz sci:
suddenly remembered that strolling
Snowman who WAS In the neighhorhood
had offered him fifty dollars Tor 8 live
bear. This decided him; he would cap
ture the bear alive and secure the mon
~. Saith decided the safest and best
plan to capture the sRi1nal would be to
get held Of one end Of the steei-trap
chain and Hasten it securely to tree.
This would hold bruin until he could 20
and get heIp enough to tie him. The
lReaE vas Walking OF down the