The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-05-28

and Tansen Bonner. who were of the
Inflated party.
The bogus nobleman who has been
central attraction in Pasadena, Pomona
and other Southern California towns
Of late, whose name is now known to
be Charles j. Van Arnold. but whose
assumed cognomen was Baron Karl
r. A. Won Seinitz." was arrested for
carrying concealed weapons. 1t is
strongly intimated in police circles
that be is suspected Of graver offenses
than that of carrying a concealed gun.
Mayor Carlson, of san Diego. said
the people who are backing him to
build bis proposed railroad from San
Diego to an Eastern connection at or
near Yuma are not willing to have
their names made public. But if he
can raise the $4S0.00 guarantee the
road will be built and none of the
guarantee will be payable until after
the road has been year in operation.
He is also working 10 secure steam
ship line between Japan and San
Diego.
The Santa Fe's engineering crops
is now at Congress, Ariz., on the Santa
Fe, Prescott. and Phoenix railway,
and almost midway between Victor
and Silver City, NJ NJ. The engineers,
it is said, are busy running line from
Congress 20 the Colorado river. The
belief that tho Santa Fe is preparing
to drop the Atlantic and Pacific by
building across the gap in its system
is becoming stronger with every de-
velopment.
A libel has been fled in the United
States District Court by the owners OF
the steamship Transit against Captain
Lulow Of the Monterey, claiming
damages Of $40, 000 The Transit col
lided with the Monterey while the lat
ter vessel was lying at anchor in this
babor ON April 18th. The Goven nent
ON April 21st libeled the Transit for
the same collision, claiming the Mon.
teIey was damaged to the extent of
$1,000.
The Two Republics Of the City Of
Mexico reports that A. E. Miliken, a
mining man, has just effected the
transfer to a syndicate of Colorado and
Kansas City capitalists of half inter-
est in the Jesus Maria mine in the
State Of Durango for $1.000.0 600. The
condition OF the sale. in addition to
the handsome consideration which he
is largely to receive in cash, il that
Improvement to the amount of ST.
500, 900 are to be made forthwith in
the property Of his associates.
The fish from Cuyamaca Lake. San
Diego county. just liberated in the
lakes near Sacramento and Folsom,
consisted of thirty big.mouthed bass,
weighing from one to five pounds
each; forty small ones from four
inches upwads, and 100 yellow perch.
The big bass will soon be ready to
spawn, and will furnish from 1000 to
5000 eggs for each female, SO that a
good start will be mads this year.
The law provides heavy penalty for
catching fish thus planted within three
years of the time in which they are
put into any waters.
After all the setbacks received early
in the season the sealing sohooners
which operated along the North Pa.
citic Coast have been most successful.
Bad weather and trouble with Indian
crews when the sohooners first went
out babe fair to completely demoralize
operations, but toward the end seals
were plentiful and the sealers mere
than made up for the time lost. AL
the sealers are now in, and compila
tion shows that the catch will exceed
last years by 5000 skins. Last year,
catch was 6124. this years will b.
close upon 5000.
Many sections of Grant county
Oregon. are organizing for the purpose
of keeping out sheep from the OUTSIDE
counties. The ranchers are deter
mined to protect their home range, anC
are going to do so. If unlawful mean
have to be resorted to. Grant couI ty
they state. furnished feed for at leas
$50. 900 sheep from neighboring ooun
ties last season, and as result. hat
there been a severe cold winter. one
half the stock in Grant county woul,
have persisted for want of sufficien
feed to sustain life.