The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-06
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE.

Governor Jones continues to improve.
Call at the Record office for job printing.
BoRN.-At Phoebe. New, on the 4th inst.
to the wife Of Alden Ferguson, son.
Some effort was made at sleigh riding on
Monday but the thinness and lightness OF
the snow made it questionable pleasure.
The party who took "McClures Monthly
Magazine" from Kleins saloon on Tuesday is
respectfully asked to return it to the Record
Office for the owner.
At Panaca last Sunday the 10 months old
child OF Charles Mathews, Jr. died after an
illness of some time, from complication of
bowel and stomach troubles.
The furry of last Sunday ended in a fall
Of four inches of light snow. Monday
morning opened clear and bright, but much
colder than for the past few weeks.
Henry Eilers is having his old saloon
building on Lacour street taken down and is
constructing an ice house in the rear Of his
present place Of business on Main street.
Bert Dooley is having the old family resi-
dence, on Panaca Flat, thoroughly reno
waited and overhauled. Coming events
cast their shadows BEFORE" it is said.
Senator Teller is said to have telegraphed
this advice to Colorado mineow "Hold
on to your silver properties. The price OF
the white metal will reach IS cents by April
l, 1885,"
The United States Senate, since the adj
mission of the Utah Senators, stands polti.
cally; Republicans A; Democrats, &c.,
Populists, 6; total, SO. Delaware has but
one senator.
The Recorders Office did large business
last month, due principally to the location
Of mining claims. The receipts of the office
were larger than during any one month for
ten years past.
II the Pope were to melt down all the
medals, chains, vessels and other objects
preserved in the Vatican, the amount of
gold obtained would make more coins than
the whole Of the present European circula-
ton.
Effort is still being made to have the
Pyramid Lake and the Walker River Indian
reservations thrown open to settlers. SEN
ator w. NJ. Stewart has introduced a bill
for that purpose.
This year, '96, is right side up which
ever way you turn it. Upside down and
bottom side up, it is still SO. As we will
have no year like it for q century, when few
Of US will be here, this must be the year for
boom.
Rev. Father Manion arrived last evening
from DeLamar and will hold religious ser.
vices next Sunday at the Catholic Church
at 10 o'clock in the morning. and Sunday
School at two in the afternoon. No even.
ing services will be held
The San Francisco Argus offers to pro.
duce the man who stole the tin treasure
box from the V. & T. express car near
Carson a little over two years ago, providing
Superintendent Yerington will pay sufficient
reward, and guarantees conviction.
The Board Of Commissioners of Douglass
county fixed the taxes for 1896 at 81. 76 on
the 800 valuation The Courier says the
tax is apportioned as follows: State 80
cents, school 40, general 80, road 40, hos.
pital 10, contingent 5. This is the same as
last year.
Jim Townsend says in his Homer Index
Never insult man with harsh words when
he wants to borrow money. 1t is just as
easy and eyer so much pleasanter to lie to
him and tell him you haven't got it. He
may know you are liar, but he can't deny
that you are gentleman.
The Republican papers have now reached
the conclusion that H. F. Bartine has
joined the Silver party. There seems
to be very few leaders left in the Republi
can ranks this year in Nevada. Nothing
but big Wall street sack can possibly in.
ject any life into the corpse now, says the
Appeal.
The Venezuela commission has now &C.
tually got to work upon it's investigation
Venezuela will help the commission to all
the facts which its government possesses,
and probably the English government will
do the same. The dispute will probably
finally be settled along the lines determined
by this commission. Boston Globe.
Apeculisrly lucky runaway occurred last
evening when grain team ran down Main
st.. and brought up against large tree
standing in front Of China Fred's wash
house on lower Main st. The wagon
tongue struck the tree CHANGING blow. shot
up in the air and the wagon smashed against
the tree with force sufficient to throw il
20 degrees out OF plumb, though it is over q
foot in diameter, while the horses plunged
madlv. one on each side. struggling to get
away. The only injury sustained was a
broken neck yoke ring and broken strap,
snd the wonder Is that the whole outfit was
not converted into kindIing wood.