The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-12-27
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE.
rHappyNew Year to all.

FHappNNew Year to all.
Turkeys were plentiful in town on Mon
day and at reasonable prices.
John Saviour, the Bristol mining man,
was in town for the holidays.
1t turned off cold on Monday, and was
fair to middliug Christmas weather after
ALL
DIR. Bjornson and family leaves tomorrow
for DeLamar and will reside there perma-
nently.
M. Cohen has moved from his residence
on Main street to A. Adleman's house on
McCannon street.
Mrs. Kelly, the teacher of the DeLamar
school, is spending the holiday vacation
with her folks here.
Miss Nevada Conway is up from the
Wash, and is spending the holidays with
Mrs. J. McDonough
DIR. Campbell was called to Panaca last
Friday to attend Mrs. George X. Riding,
who was seriously ill.
Geo. H. Williams departed on Saturdays
Milford stage to spend the holidays with
his father at Milford.
Mrs. H. Stewart and family arrived last
Thursday evening from the Las Vegas ranch
and are visiting with Mrs. M. Carman.
Mountain mistletoe, which grows on the
cedars hereabouts, was in use, and will be
for the balance of the week about town, for
the old time holiday purposes. Very good
specimens, though not at all plentiful, are
found hereabouts, fairly studded with the
white berries of coed size.
Bert Dooley left hastily for San Francisco
on Tuesdays stage, called there by the very
serious illness of his mother who though in
feeble health for some time past, had sud-
denly grown worse. Serious doubt is
entertained of her recovery.
Sunday evening A. s. Thompson met with
very painful accident and one which he
came nearly loosing the sight of his right
eye. While going into his store room he
tripped and fell against scale, severely
cutting deep cash over his right eye. DR..
Campbell dressed the wound and taking
seven stitches. The patient is improving
rapidly and will be about again in short
time.
A case involving the title of the Southern
Pacific Company to the water front of Oak.
land is now before the Supreme Court of the
United States. The grant was originally
made in 1852 to the town of Oakland, to
enable it to create harbor and construct
wharves. The grant was conveyed to
Horace w. Carpenter by the Trustees of
Oakland. Carpenter transferred his title to
the railroad company, and the suit now
pending is to determine the validity of that
title.
The recent survey of the boundary line
between this state and California, resulted
in loss to Nevada of strip of territory
five miles in length with breadth of one
third of mile. The new survey gives to
Nevada triangular slice of the Golden
State so miles in length by one third of a
mile in breadth, while the latter takes from
Nevada similar tract 60 miles in length by |
one-third of a mile in width The boundary |
line follows the Tooth meridian to its inter-
section with the Both parallel of latitude
which fells within the water of lake Tahoe
whence it runs at an obtuse angle to the
Colorado river on the 35th parallel of lati.
tude.
j. B. Clinton died at Salt Lake City,
Utah, on Friday Mast. His family here
were notified by wire and arranged for a
proper disposition of the remains. Deceased
was an old timer here, where he leaves
wife and four grown daughters. He was a
miner and prospector usually working for
himself. Two years ago he was taken down
with miners consumption, and failing, after
several months effort, to improve set out
for the Hot Springs near Milford, and
thence went to Salt Lake. He improved
for time, then succummed to the inevi.
table and passed quietly away.
Professor Foster, our weather prophet
says that the next storm wave will reach
the Pacific Coast about January LIST. cross
the western mountain by the close of the
End, the great central valleys from the 3rd
TO 9th and the eastern states about the 7th.
The second storm wave Of January will reach
the Pacific Coast on the 9TH cross the west
srn mountain country by the close Of the 9Th
and the eastern states about the 10Th.
Warm waves will cross the western noun.
ain country about LIST and 7th. Cool waves
will cross the western mountain country
bout 4th to 10th, and the eastern states Sth
md l4th.
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