The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-12-05
FROM DELAMAR.

Charley Culverwell has leased the Helene
Saw Mill.
Johnny Horton starts assessment work on
the Nevada Spy claim to-day.
Coal oil is still held at premium and
fresh eggs are almost unknown here of late
After weeks visit with his parents at
Phoebe Dave Wertheimer returned home
Sunday.
Notice the new ad of D. L. Wertheimer
& Co. this week. It's we'll worth your time
to visit their store.
Another shipment of ore to Salt Lake from
the April Fool mine will be made in ten
days or two weeks.
Day after tomorrow will be pay day for
the DeLamar Company and we can look for
lively day or two thereafter.
Doc Gibson and Lew Dunlap are doing the
assessment work on the fraction between
the April Fool and Gold Cup claims.
The DeLamar Company is having good
supplies of cordwood put in at its pump
stations in anticipation of bad weather
John Vietta has a saw mill enroute from
Chicago and hopes to be cutting lumber in
the mountains ten miles south Of here within
forty days.
f. f. Prudential was down from Phoebe
Monday arranging for the necessary annual
work on his claims in this District, of which
he owns number.
Frank Wilson and w. J. Dooley went to
Phoebe and Bullionville on Monday to look
up machinery for use in connection with the
April Fool Pipe line.
Jennings. the carpenter whose foot was
cut with an adj at the mill two weeks ago,
has gone to Salt Lake for further medical
assistance and to recuperute.
It's about time to think of Christmas
presents. Call at Shier's drug store and see
if there isn't something to strike your fancy
in his stock Of novelties and things.
We're on the verge of flour famine.
Neighbors are running around borrowing
from one another and no shipment of this
necessary article is known to be on the road.
We have new resident physician, and it
is understood others are looking in this d.
rection. With a new drug store and new
doctor our health ought to improve some
what
The scarcity of lumber forces stone into
use here for building purposes. Lime and
water come high. Small houses in the
nature of cabins are growing plentiful with
dry stone walls and earth roofs but it takes
from $500 to $500 to buy one.
A masked ball for the Holidays is being
talked of. 1t promises to carry and to be
first class affair." There is no time to lose
however, as good many of the costumes
would probably be sent away Tor.
With the short days, rough roads and
bad weather, the bullion coach can't make
Milford in two days from here with any
comfort A safe has been stationed at
Panaca, and the coach now takes three days
for the trip up, laying over one night at
Panaca and one night at Desert Springs
The arrivals by the bullion coach this
evening will be: Supt. Ralph Nichols, H.
X. Wheeler who is to take position in the
cyanide department Of the mill, Mrs. ]. NJ.
Meehau and Mr.. and Mrs. w. f. Hindry of
Leadville, Colo. Mr.. Hindry will take the
position of mill foreman with the DeLamar
Company.
A ball was given by the Order of Foresters
on Tuesday evening. The hall was crowded
dancing was kept up until four in the morn
ing and those in attendance say the affair
was more enjoyable even than that Of
Thanksgiving night last week. Social
gatherings of this nature promise to become
frequent this winter.
Thanksgiving Nights ball by the !. o. 0.
F, Lodge here was grand success.
Each committee did good work and full
house was the result Turkey feastings in
the afternoon tended Of aid the light and
festive dance. The Order is on q substan.
tial footing here and its Hall in the Vietti
building, when finished up. will be gem.
Dense volumes Of smoke filing every room
woke the occupants OF the Company Office at
six o'clock Tuesday morning. All thought
the building was on fire and scurried around
to find where. Under considerable excite.
ment the smoke was traced to the furnace in
the basement, where the hampers were
foud turned the wrong way, sending smoke,
instead Of hot air into every room in the
house.