The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-11-26

Our Fire Department is neglected The
hose cart has basked in the sun against the
eide Of a Main st. business house, where it
was left the night OF the wood bark fire below
the peLamar mill six weeks ago. /: is a
friend liable to be called upon for active
service at any moment and shonld receive
better care and treatment.
The question Of when and where the
townsite ease will be heard continues to in.
terest those who have made substantial i'm
proyements upon the disputed territory.
To-day, in the Circuit Court at Carson, the
question comes up as to whether that court
or the District ICourt of this county shall
entertain jurisdiction of the subject matter.
The DeLamar company has under cor
struction on the mountain side second
bunk, or lodging house, for some of its en-
ployees. This one is being built OF brick,
and its comfortableness will be particularly
appreciated during the cold, long nights now
so near to us. The cost to each man per
month is barely sufficient to reimburse the
company for the expense in keeping the
| building in good order.
| A petition signed by majority of the
parente and others in town having control OF
children of school age, was presented to the
Board Of School Trustees for this district on
Tuesday, asking for the appointment OF
Miss 0'Brien as principal of our schools FOL
the coming session. Miss O'Brien has had
seven years experience in several capacities
as teacher, partly in this Stats, and has
given excellent satisfaction, and will doubt
less be employed
The April Fool Mill has been obliged t.
hang up it's stamps several times during tn
past week for want of water The develop
ment of Jones and others on their millsit
claim adjoining the claim Of the April Foe
people is supposed to have caused tn
shortage, though such a result was neve
looked for by the April Fool people whe
Jones work began. Theicase is in coul
however and will probaly be tried at tn
approaching setting of the District Court.
David Casper, one of the leading mercl
ants of Elko, has filed criminal complain
against one Simon Abrams, charging hi
with embezzlement. Casper, last Septen
Der fitted Abrams out with load of dl
d goods and other merchandise to peddle her
t worth about $4,000. Abrams appears to ha'
l. sold the goods, RENTED $40 to Casper al
q fled to Canada with the remainder Tn
n makes two embezzlements of peddlers on
10 fits which have occurred here in the pa
e three months.
j. &. Seeley forgot two checks here Ia
week, one was in the name of John Roed
! for SIS, the other in the name of Hen
Saddler of Salt Lake, for SS5. Seel
passed the $35 check on Mike Owens, bu
keeper at Petty's saloon, and later attempt
+, to pass the other on one of our business re
resentatives, and call down some chang
=. His work is said to have been crude, Al
= Saturday afternoon found him in Jail ava
, ing preliminary District Attorney {
: borne came down from Phoebe that evonin
:. and on Monday Seeley did penance in t
Justices court on the Sadler check, and W
:, bound over to appear before the grand iu
with bonds fixed at $1,000 He failed
furnish the bail and will languish in t
= 4 A. \ &
so ,' - :,
= month, when The grand jury is expected
sit at Phoebe. The Roeder check will
. presented against him when the grand iu
meets