The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-12
DE LAMAR DOTS.


afternoon by Pat Bonner.
About half the brick and rock work Of
olsen's new building is in place.
Saturday night last in drunken row. .
man had his knee cap broken which will
probably cripple him for life.
George s. Miller who has been confined to
bed for week or mere from fever, is said to
be in dangerous condition. 4
tuesday was pay day for the April Fool
Mining Company. There are twenty. five
men now employed by this company,
With two pay days the past week our
town has been unusually lively and scraps
of various natures have been common.
Last Saturday was pay day for the De.
Lamar Company and considerable money
was distributed among the merchants of the
town.
The entertainment given last Monday
evening at Purtscher & Vietta's hall was a
grand success. After the entertainment
everyone present remained and INDUCED in
a dance which lasted until p. m.
The Misses O'Donnel, sisters to the
O'Donnel Brothers who have been so very
i'll of late, are reported to be very low,
suffering from the same character of fever
illness as recently affected their brothers.
Eugene Goodrich was in town over pay
day with his photograph, and did good
business. His machine is one of the latest
and best and his collections of music and
other pieces very full and of the latest. 1t
proved quite treat.
The case of Ed. Hing ct al VS.. H. H.
Cooper, which was to have come up before
Justice DeFreiz last Thursday, was changed
to Hike by the defendant on account of
prejudice and also relationship between the
Justice and the defendant.
ID. L. Wertheimer & Co. begin tomorrow,
the work of adding forty feet to their store
building. This will make the building 70
feet long and the largest store in town.
Though full line of goods are already on
hand, more are to be added and when the
fall stock arrives the result will be the best
equipped general store in this section of the
country.
We have heard nothing definite as to
when our schools will open. Two depart
ments have been decided upon, R. N
Higgins to have charge of the grammar, and
Mrs. NJ. Kelly of the primary. In the
absence of a proper building there is q
probability that Purtscher and Vietta's hall
at the lower end of main street will be
rented.
From Mondays Lode.
Mr.. Macarthur had very narrow escape
from being crushed to death in the main
belt at the DeLamar mill. While working
around the machinery he slipped and fell in
the belt, but saved himself from being
crushed between the belt and the wheel by
bracing himself against the timbers, which
threw the belt of.
Lee Snow, an employee at the DsLamar
mill, met with painful accident last Fri,
day. While working around tho barrels
Lee stepped too close to them and large
bolt struck him on the big toe Of the right
foot, breaking his toe between the first and
second joints The wound was dressed BY
DIR. Bjornson and Mr.. Snow 10 able to be
about on crutches.
Last evening at about o'clock the
whistle at the mill sounded the alarm of
fire and soon the town was in great state
of excitement The FIRE was found to be in
the wood pile east of the mill, and the wind
had strong western current, but fortunate
ly the fire was controlled before it had got
well started in the bark. The cause of the
fire is not known.
On Friday d. L. Wertheimer 4 Co.
brought action against H. H. Cooper to re.
cover certain sum of money, alleged to be
due on account, and levied attachments on
the barber shop, occupied by Joe WANNA
and the restaurant building occupied by
Jake the Chinaman.