The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-10-31

Ieopie III Maulsoh county, N.Y., WIN
have paid their taxes are entitled to be
married free by the Sheriff.
The egg throwing episode at Virginia a
few nights ago during visit of the A. P.
A. Council from Carson came near causing
a serious riot at Virginia. The citizens of
Virginia deplore the incident.
A few days ago prisoner escaped from
the Reno Jail by setting fire to the building.
A bucket of water extinguished the blaze,
but in the meantime the Jail bird had flown,
making his escape good up to date.
The Mormon church by throwing its vote
solid for one of the political parties can con-
troll the Legislature, elect United States
Senators of its own choosing and frame laws
| for the government of the new State.
The Carson News says that company
has been formed in Carson Valley to
establish pork packing establishment not
far from Gardnerville. The contract for the
building has been let to Muckle & Elliot
and work will soon begin on the proposed
structure.
The citizens of Chicago have adopted
resolutions of sympathy with the struggle
Cuba is making for independence and free
DOM They adopted the first clause in the
grand old document, the Declaration of In
dependence, as starter and say if it were
true in l776, it is to-day.
Taylor the defsulting State Treasurer of
South Dakota was sentenced to two years
imprisonment for embezzling over $500, 900
of the States funds. A woman in San
Francisco was recently sentenced to ten
years Imprisonment for embszzling $50.
She had no ''pull with the authorities and
did not have money enough to hire lawyers
and fix the jury.
The talk about third term for Mr..
Cleveland is not as strong as it was several
weeks ago. It looks somewhat as though his
friends had come to the conclusion that il
would not be advisable to place him in
nomination. 1t may be depended upon that
the fear of defeat is all that would induce
him to reject another nomination. Con
siderations of propriety have little weight
with him or his cuckoo supporters
A young lady walked into store the
other day and on selecting piece of cloth
asked what it was worth. -Four kisses pei
yard" said the polite clerk. The young
lady stood abashed for a moment and then
replied that she would take four yards
The cloth was cut of, nicely wrapped VI
and handed to the fair purchaser, who re-
ceived it with smile and said: Send the
bill around to my grandmother, she will
settle it,"
Much surprise has been expressed in {
; quiet way by naval officials since it was
learned, through the newspapers, that the
state authorities OF Illinois had sold thu
Q brick battleship Illinois, which was such
a conspicuous feature of the National Govern
a ment's exhibit at the Worlds Fair, and tina
8 the money, amere pittance, had been turned
into the Illinois treasury. The counterfeit
battleship in question was at the close o
the exposition turned over to the State o
Illinois, to be used by the state naval mlit
: as drill ship. 1t has been customary il
!, all previous cases in which the Nationa
Government has furnished property to
used by the naval militia of any state t
IS consider the property as sort of loan il
# trust, to be returned to the National Gov
is eminent when no longer needed or used b
Y the militia. An investigation is being mad
a upon Illinois to explain the transaction an
d to give up the money received.