The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-10-01
STATE AND COAST.

Reno is over iun with Dunco steere's
lree-card monte sharps and other men,
bers Of the sporting fraternity.
Mrs. Fairs will has been read. The
deceased lady leaves 81, 100000 to each
of her daughters, and $500, 600 each to
her sons.
The President has appointed W. w.
Morrow, of California, as United States
District Judge for Northern California,
vice Hoffman, deceased.
Officer Nash, who was shot by Ortiz in
Reno Thursday, is improving, although
his physicians have failed to locate the
bullet as yet.
The Reno journal, owing to press OF
work during fair season comes out in
considerably enlarged form and presents
an unusually neat appearance.
The State Fair opened at Reno, on the
2lst int. with a good attendance in
every department, and the whole affair
promises to be great success.
The Times, published at HALEY, Idaho
states that rich strike has been made
in the Buttersup mine, near that place,
and that this property will soon be class.
ed among Idaho's dividend payers.
Active work in restoring old Fort SUIT.
ter in California has commenced, and by
the method followed it is said that when
completed the structure will look just
like the old structure which in early days
afforded shelter to so many early pic.
neers.
As result of preaching at the State
Penitentiary at Salem, Or, and the cir.
culation of religious tracts among the
convicts two have been converted, bapti'
zed and taken into the Church Of Christ.
One of the convicts is murderer and the
other larcenist.
The Chloride Belt says: A gentleman
who was recently in Big Pine, lnyo
county, says that in many instances ap.
Piles, peaches, etc., will not be gathered
from the trees. The supply exceeds the
demand at q cents per pound, and the
natives refuse to sell at less figure.
Virginia Chronicle. During the shoot
ing scrape at Trucke last week between
John Tillman and James Groggins, John
Thurman, a bystander was wounded.
He refused to let physician locate the
bullet, but said if it had struck woman
in the same place it would have missed
her. Thurman is undecided whether
when he RECEIVERS to pose as freak or
start a pawnbroker shop.
Last week at Truckee, CAL. q request
to settle saloon bill resulted in shoot.
ing scrap, in which dozen shots were
exchanged between the parties, neither
suffering more than a scare. 1t must
have been an old bill, as a request tt
settle an account of that character fire.
quently results in row, especially IL
this wild and woolly west.
! Silver atate.A-Coal has been found OF
Antelope Creek, a distance of SIS mile
from Idaho Falls. The men who dis
covered noticed indications at the top O
badger hole, and on digging, struck
vein which led onto blue slate floating
1t is reported as being good coal.
Times: The total valuation in Lyo
county is $l,592,775 OF this amour
1906, 249 is real estate and possessor
claims; $25, IT'S is improvements on rel
estate assessed to others than owners {
the real estate; $500, 900 is personal pr
perty and exclusive Of money and solver
debts; $50, 545 is money and solver
credits.
Three thousand tons Of coal, stored
Fresno, CAL, by the s. P. Railroad WI
destroyed by fire last week. The fire r
suited from spontaneous combustit
through being piled there for some tim
and the flames though fought with eng
mes, could not be mastered, but grad
ally made away with all but what cou
} beremoved from the sides Of the pile.
The Nevada City Transcript publish
an open letter signed by thirty leadil
business and mining men Of North Bloc
field, charging Sheriff Dunster with
competency and cowardice, in failing
arrest George Clarke last week, suspe'
> ed of the murder Of Superintendent CT
. avotti. Dunster replies that he perforl
;. his duty as far as warranted by the {
. velopments at the time.
During game of base ball at Cars
on the Goth inst, a young man nam
IS Stanley, aged about 20 years, was stru
). on the spinal column at the neck, b,
v pitched ball and almost instantly kill
d He was at the bat and the pitcher, ma
/. ed Urtle, sent moderately swift b
/, with an out curve. Stanley lodged
is was caught on the neck, and straight'
l. ing up, dropped the bat. He was call
d on to run base, but answered run
a. me-" and, stepping back. sat down. q
immediately fell forward dead. I
game was being played by local mines
~ the Silver State grounds.
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