The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-08-13

iVh thS cuTIeW law VIII DC enforced, ana u
is needed.
Friday the 7th inst. the DeLamar Co.
paid OIL their hands, and the large force Of
men employed places a large amount of
money in circulation.
Bryan badges are to be seen on all our
townsmen who have been fortunate enough
to obtain them. An ample supply will ar.
rive in few days when all will be able to
obtain them, and everybody wants them.
Doc. Hudgens, our popular dentist, re.
turned a few days since, in full cycle attire,
only he was on the front seat of the stage
and his wheel on the hind boot. Doc saws
there is lots of fun on bike, but the towns
are so far apart.
The silver meeting was well attended
last week. An organization was affected
Mr. John Boyle, foreman at the DeLamar
mines, was elected president, Mr.. Salisbury
secretary, and Henry Miles treasurer, and
on the 18th inst. will meet again, when
every patriot in DeLamar will place his
name on the roster.
Archdeacon c. w. Crook, of the Epis.
copal church, spent Tuesday in town. He
held service at Phoebe on Sunday, and his
mission here was to see il there was apy
possibility of maintaining church. The
matter is being discussed and it may result
in the removal to this place of the present
church structure at Phoebe The expense
would be moderate and it appears to us it
should be readily subscribed.
Last Friday morning about o'clock,
Edwin Hall emptied the contents of a shot.
gun at one John Curtis, planting about
seventeen birdshot in the calf of his leg,
hand and neck. The two men occupied
cabins some fifty feet apart and were unac.
quainted with each other. Hall said he did
it because Curtis was looking at him. Hall
was arrested, found to be a subject for a
commission of lunacy to pass upon, and was
sent to Phoebe for that purpose.
Now it looks like we will have fire
company in earnest, the hydrants, hose
carts, hose and fire bell have arrived, and
action will be taken to place the hydrants
IN position at once and company will be
formed. Quite number of our citizens
have had a large experience in the East,
and we expect to form a fire brigade that
will be competent and willing to Jump to
the front IT occasion require. But may the
occasion never come.
The Foresters' lodge met last week to elect
officers for the ensuing term, and after the
election they adjourned to Vietti's hall,
where one of the finest spreads ever seen in
DeLamar was there to greet them, the ladies
doing the honors. DR.. Mayo presided, and
for two hours joy reigned supreme. Many
line addresses were given. Several of the
ladies, when called upon for an address re.
sponded nobly. The lodge is composed of
our leading citizens. 1t is at present the
largest fraternal order in town, and its mum.
bers increase at every meeting.
The irrepressible Dan Baker from State
Line, has been in town for few days on
business, and is visiting old friends, of
which he has host His opinion of the
new camp is that it will be one of the great.
est in the West, and reports daily coma
from there that nearly every claim improves
with depth, and Dan informs us that the
ophir, owned by Clark Bros. and ]. C.
Lynch has the entire width of the shaft at
its lowest workings in ore that assays over
two thousand dollars, and also state that
Charles Lytle's claim on the Nevada side of
the line, is ahead of anything in the camp.
Dan returns on the 18th inst. to resume
work on his own claims which is pronounced
to be fine animals.