The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-09-03

meeting at the courthouse last SATURDAY.
evening as announced. A constitution and
bylaws were adopted. several new names
added to the roll of membership; and later
on series of meetings will be held. The
organization, unlike that Of the same name
At DeLamsr, is uonpartisan, and any voter
willing to support the Democratic nominees
Tor president and vice president, is eligible
to membership
The Boise Statesman, one of the leading
Republican papers Of Idaho, has a guarantee
from the goldbugs Of $40 for each subscriber
LOST oy Its Endorsement Of the gold platform
and Mckinley. 1t is said that the States.
man has lost about 40 per cent of its sub.
scribers and patronage since its fiop into the
goldbug camp.
Justice Bigelow has written Hanna that
the Republicans will carry Nevada and the
Sacramento News says: A man 10 whom
hope springs so eternal at that, is as conf.
IDENTIFY serene as the hodcarrier who. having
fallen from the roof of sky.scraping build.
ing. gathered himself together when
within ten feet OF the ground and exclaimed
nov, here's for a hard bump
The Republican Party organization will
be maintained in Lincoln this fall, looking
OF course to future campaigns. Until three
days ago it did not appear that enough of
the old party was left hereabouts to make up
the five names required for membership in
the State Central Committee. but they have
been found, though they are not all McKin.
ley supporters
Charley Wilson, who escaped from the
Pioche Jail, was at Sun Creek ranch on Sun.
day, the 10th. of Aug, and stayed all night
there. He told the boys how he locked the
Sheriff IN the Jail and made his escape. He
struck out for Idaho when he left the ranch.
1t is more than probable that he passed
through Elko about two weeks ago and stay.
ed all night--Elko Independent.
The following law will be introduced in
the next Congress by request of the Nation.
al Bureau Of Reforms, to defend the families
oi the whole country against the lax divorce
laws of the territories: No divorce shall be
granted ia any Territory for any cause which
shall have occurred out of the Territory,
unless the party applying for the same shall
have resided within the Territory for one
year next preceding the application.
A Stafford concentrating table is in use at
the Summit mill which is said to work bet.
ter on the Old Timer ores than the regular
frue vanners, catching nearly all the heavy
particles contained in the ore
Ernest Rice, the thirteen year old son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Rice of Spring Valley,
died early last Friday morning of conges-
tion of the brain. The nstle fellow some
months ago was effected with the measles
and before he was entirely well, was out in
the hills, got wet took a severe cold and the
brain trouble is supposed to have resulted
from the exposure.
The case of Samuel Davis, of San Fran.
cisco, against the Board OF Commits ioners of
this county brought to compel the Board to
continue the levy OF the as cent interest
tax, provided for in 1873, aud which has
not been levied for the past seven or eight
years, and to pay $1,000 in bonds and inter-
est coupons held by Davis, has been seat
down by the Supreme court for further act
ion in this court. The application was
made here last Spring it will be remem ber-
ed, and the plea of statute of limitations
was made against the claim, which was sus-
tanned. The full decision of the Supreme
court has not been received vet so we do
not know whether we are required to meet
payment Of the interest only, or OF both in.
forest and principal
We hope to print next week, the full
text OF the Purity Of Elections bill 1t oc.
cnpes some five columns of space and needs
to be studied by all. The Carson Appeal
says of it that prospective office seeker
took it up, studied it out and concluded he
stood better chance Of getting into the
State Prison than INFO the Office he wanted,
so abandoned the proposition.
The aspirants for county cfice are form.
ing iuto line. Ten days more and we will
know more to certainty how the local
fight is to be made Last Sunday notice
was telephoned here from DeLamar, to Ger.
tain aspirants for office, to be at DeLamar
the following day They went and it is
said fusion of the Silver party Democrts
aud Popnlists was to result. If so the 10.
cal committeeman of neither of the parties
were summoned to attend hence it would
appear to be some new organization which
is being formed Some plan Of action was
agreed npon and ticket from top to bot
tom ALSO but whether the names will be
presented by convention or by petition does
not seem to be certain, as both courses
have been mentioned, one being that
convention would take place here on
either the 18th or 10Th OF this month
Proper notice Of this will doubtless be given
as indeed it should be, since it is matter
in which the voters are generally concerned.