The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1893-06-08

Highland next Sunday. No organiza.
tion will have it in charge, and there will
be no formality in the gathering. 1t
will be kind Of come-and-goas- YOU
please picnic.
JOB PRINTING in all it's
branches, equal in style to
any, done at this office.
Good beeves are selling in San Fran
cisco at six cents dressed and in Chicago
at six cents live weight, just double the
San Francisco price.
Geo. H. Blanchard, manager of the
Phoebe end of the Nevada Stage Co., re.
ports the grass as fair in the vicinity of
Pony Springs, and cattlemen in that sec.
ton as being busy with the roundup.
The sale of the Reed Tunnel and Min.
ing Co.'S. property at Helene, attached on
account of debt, will not take place next
Saturday as advertised. The case has
been appealed, the representatives of the
Reed interest giving the necessary bonds.
Professor Holden Of the Lick Observa-
tory, San Francisco, telegraphs that it
may be OF general interest to know that
large group Of spots are now nearly
visible on the sun, which can be seen
with the naked eye by the use Of smoked
glass.
Teams are wanted to haul ore from the
April Fool, Magnolia and Monitor mines
in Ferguson district. The "hoodoo"
put upon the camp last year by the So
called representatives of capital" and
"experts' is about laid, and the district
is again rapidly coming to the front.
A meeting of young men was held last
evening at No. 2 Hose House to devise
ways and means for celebrating the 4th
OF July. A committee to solicit sub.
scriptions and arrange programme OF
exercises was appointed, and the meeting
adjourned until Wednesday evening.
Foster, the weather prophet, says q
cool wave will cross the western noun
tains about the 9th, storm wave about
the 18th, and warm waves from the 9Th
to the 18th. He predicted wind storm
for the 7th, which arrived here yesterday
and prevailed the best part of the day
The Phoebe Brass Band will give q
grand ball tomorrow evening at Thomp
sons Opera House. As this is the frs
public entertainment given by the boy
the dance should be well attended. Til,
band is making rapid progress toward
perfection, and should be encouraged b,
our citizens.
As will be seen by a notice elsewhere
meeting of citizens is called for mex
Tuesday evening to take steps towar'
celebrating the Fourth of July in Phoebe
Although our town is dull and bushes
depressed, we ought to be able to maxi
a patriotic display ON the great an,
glorious Fourth.
The Phoebe market is at pr esent wei
supplied with farmers products, an
prices are low. Eggs we're sol
in the street this week for twelve cent
E per dozen, potatoes at two cents pc
8 pound, and -four at 1910 per hundred
q The ranchers growl at these prices, Will
: the housekt epers smile.
Cap. Mathews, who left Panaca som
two months ago for Vanderbilt an
: Southern Lincoln camps, returned las
e Saturday. He says that Vanderbilt
J. overdone, many idle men being there an
but few working. He reports the Pioct
!. colony in that section as not being Ell
:. thusiastic over the outlook, and tn,
many of them will return ere many day
n The Monitor mine in Ferguson distri
d is a world beaten. The ledge is twent
a. four feet in width, and is said to carr
!. ore across the entire face. Monday Ia
a a few shots broke down an enormo
a mass Of ore, estimated at from invent
five to thirty tons. II such mines as Il
Monitor, April Fool and Magnolia we
70 in any portion Of the country except N
= vada, they would set the mining wcr
J" crazy.
Commissioner Edwards and wife
- turned Sunday from Taylor. whittier tn
!. were called by the illness of Mrs.
Mcdonald, sister Of Mr. Edwar,
Matters in Taylor are very quiet, not
" ing doing with the exception
y the work on the Monitor mil
y which employs few men. Mr.. Edwal
!. says that Ely is beginning to pick up
:, little. There is not an idle miner in I
- place, and the people are hopeful that
% sales of the Joanna and Chairman mil
VI will be contaminated.