The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-01-31
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE.

Two weeks from to-day will be st, val
entine's Day.
There are one hundred carloads OF live.
stock awaiting cars for shipment west from
Reno.
After few days visit with us here,
Johnny Horton departed for DeLamar on
Fridays stage
John Deck went to DeLamar on Fridays
stage He is to act as clerk in the store OF
j. Purtscher Co.
Seghing and coasting has been first class
all this week especially coastiug which is in
dulged in by many.
The Bullonvlle store is soon to be under
the management of an experienced clerk
from Salt Lake City.
The corral of George B. Warren, located
at the lower end of town, has been leased
for one year to John Boyle
George Nesbitt and John Sher made
flying trip to DeLamar the first of the week
and returned Tuesday evening,
The weather the first part of the week
was about the coolest of the season, moder-
atng somewhat the past few days
]. C. Doughty, late candidate for Congress
on the Populst ticket, is to take position
as teacher in the public school at ElSo.
The Girls Cadet Corps entertainments at
Carson and Virginia City netted 1920.
They had large houses in both towns,
Assemblyman Beck proposes to strike the
obnoxious word "male" from the Constitu-
ton, but it will take four years to do it.
JOS Foster still continues to sell first
class cedar wood delivered and corded at "a
per cord Fry cord aud be convinced.
An extra force of four men were put to
work in the Yuba mine this week. 1t is re-
ported that a fine body of ore has been
struck recently.
''Some women remind us of hens.
"How sou
'They never find anything to-day where
they laid it yesterday"
A large building situated on Meadow
Valley street and property of the estate of
Eliza Lawson, is being torn down to be
N. Ill
A messenger was sent to town Tuesday
from Craw's ranch for medicine for Mrs II.
L. Craw, who was suffering from severe
attack of inflammation of the bowels.
The RECORD acknowledges the receipt of
the report of State Controller Horton for
the year 1894, also Warden Frank Bells re-
port of the State prison for the years 1898
and 1894.
There were three women elected to the
Colorado legislature. 1t is announced that
the ladies held caucus and decided not to
wear their hats during the session OF the
legislature.
Sheriff Prudential personally notified
all parties last Saturday not to throw any
ashes, or rubbish of any kind in the street,
and any one violating this order would have
to pay the expense of having the same
cleaned up.
Az entertainment under the Auspices of
the A. o. L. w. will be given in their
Hall some time next month. The com.
mite having the matter in hand will report
the date of the entertainment in the next is
sue of this paper.
Chinese New Year was ushered in last
Friday night here, with bombs and fire.
crackers and the customary mode Of worship
by our Celestials. Although they do not
feel so iubilant as usual this year, owing to
the reverses their country has sustained at
the hands of Japan, we presume they will
roast as many chichens and pigs and drink
as much Chinese brandy.
An old man by the name OF Henry
Gennard, who has been here for the past
TWO months, disappeared very suddenly
last Sunday night He has been stopping at
Mrs. Decks lodging house for the last six
weeks and has been fed and taken care of
on the strength of stories told by him of a
large fortane he had. 1t is thought by some
that he was demented on the subject of
money as he made will to several persons
Il k,a
ing them portion of the imaginary fortune
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