The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-01-16
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE.

Judge Talbot is holding sitting OF the
District Court at Eko.
Mr. Smith, rep. esenting the Con. impie'
ment Co. Of Milford, was in town yester-
day.
Alec. Harrison and Duncan Mcdonald went |
out on Friday to the new discoveries east OF
Spring Valley.
VIM. LLOYD aud John X. Cook started |
westward on prospecting trip this morn
ing to be gone about week
Misses Minnie and Annie Carman,
Mrs. o. P. Sherwood and Ed. Prudential
returned from DeLamar on Friday.
Bob Leroy, F. W. Dickle and jim
went out last Friday to prospect IN the
locality of the reported strikes, II miles
east of Spring Valley.
Utah now has member of the House
who can vote, and as quick as her legisla-
ture can elect them she will have two sen.
ators. So much for the Presidents procla-
nation declaring Utah the forty-6fth state
of the Union.
The objections to the night ride between
Milford, Phoebe and DeLamar has caused }.
A Denton to establish day route through
for the convenience of passengers, etc.
Stock and wagons for this purpose went out
on the road this morning.
Henry Prudential returned to-day to
resume work on the Lynden mine at Comet
District. The returns received from the
last car Of ore shipped are quite satisfactory,
and the next shipment will be composed OF
two cars Of twenty-five tons.
Eighteen miles is the longest distance on
record at which a mans voice has been
heard. This occurred in the Grand Canyon
Of Colorado where one man shouted the
name OF Bob at one end, his voice being
plainly heard at the other end, which is
eighteen miles away.
'Distance lends enchantment, ETC., finds
an illustration in the fact OF our neighbor at
DeLamar publishing in its last issue, with
credit to the Los Angeles Tribune, an article
on the southern part of this county, which,
with different heading, the Los Angeles
paper copied bodily from the Records issue
Of December 18th.
BismarkIsays; ''If / reckon up the rare
minutes of real happiness in my life lido moi
believe they would make more than twenty
four hours in all. l remember really hap
by moment in my youth, and that was wheI
shot my first hare. In later years it CAV
me pleasure to see my plantations thriving
and at home took pleasure in my wife ant
children"
The State School Superintendent ha
been asked to investigate the school censu
returns Of Storey County. 1t is intimate
that the returns are stuffed and that goo
deal of money is fraudulently paid to tina
county. and that other counties suffer ther'
by. The investigation is asked to TAX
place before the next apportionment I
school money is made.
B. F. Miller the White Pine stage mai
is arranging to start fast freight and pa
senger line between Milford and DeLama
He expects to get under way by March Is
Stock and stages used up north will
utilized. Two trips week will be ma
between the points named. A branch Ii
from here to Bennett to connect with t
through stage will also be run.
The man who kicks about accepting We
out silver coins will do well to familiar
himself with decision of the U. s.
preme Court rendered last week, decari
that silver coins are legal tender as long
they bear the semblauce Of the coin.
course this decision referred only to CO
worn by circulation. Mutilated and
faced coins are not legal tender, even
they are new.
Reno is meeting with growls on
county government The commissioner
appears, bought building to be used a
pest house for $25, and let contract to
move it for $3.50. There was no cor
tition whatever, as the job was let privai
and while the bill for $3.50 was allowed
another person one of the commissio
presented an order to the county treas
and drew the money
The Virginia Truckee railroad com
refuses to pay the amount claimed sg
1t for taxes, but offers a smaller
While the county has a salaried officer
the State another TO protect the RICH
the public in the courts, special alto
have been employed at cost of Sle'
bring the suit. The total tax is S., 1863
as the expense in addition to the fee O
special counsel viii be three or four
red dollars, how much will the taxI
gain by refusing the amount offered b.
railroad company