The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-05-14

A new postal service will 60 into
effect in Los Angeles about July ] /,
when the Office is moved. IL is in
tended to transport the mails on the
electric cars between Echo Mountain
and Santa Monica, thus insuring a
service every hour each way, and also
making it possible to post mail matter
at much later hour than can be done
now. This will not take the place of
the present service but will be sim
ply supplementary to il.
Matthew Gage has just received a
patent to $40 acres of land half mile
from the business center of Riverside.
which he located under the present
desert act In the early days of River.
side. He spent a large amount OF
money trying to comply with the law
but failing to carry out the letter in
regard to time, was obliged to fight
land Jumpers for a long term Of years.
The land with the water developed by
him is now worth 100000.
The jury in the case Of John Fl.
Harms. alias Karl, the tramp, brought
in verdict finding him guilty of
grand larceny. Harms is the man
who, while camped in the brush in
Yolo county. found the treasure which
Brady and Browning, the bandits. stole
from an express train and buried near
the railroad track. Harms found from
$40, 900 to $50, 900 and squandered 1t
in riotous living. He was vigorously
prosecuted by the Welis-Fargo Express
Company, which lost the money.
There appears to be great demand
in England for California redwood.
and while in California the wood is
very common and is used for building
fences and barns. in England it COM
mands fancy prices. Last week ship
took aboard at Oakland cargo of more
than 1000, 900 feet of redwood, and
another ship was preparing to take on
an even larger load. The shipments
were novelty and speculation, and if
they bring good returns the California
lumbermen will have new avenue of
profit opened to them.
The Pacific Improvement Company
continues the work of sinking the
diamond drill above Solomonville,
Arizona, in search of coal. This work
has been slow owing to combinations
of uDfavorable conditions. The boulder
formation has given much trouble, and
several holes had to be abandoned.
Latterly many of the difficulties have
been overcome and the work of sinking
is now going forward quite satisfac-
tory. A depth Of about 400 feet has
been reached. but the sediment forma.
tion still continues. Until this sedi-
ment formation has been passed of
course nothing can been demonstrated.
The work continues steadily. and it is
understood will not be abandoned until
a depth of 1900 feet has been reached.
The overland express. which oas been
leaving Los Angeles at 7:10 a. M, will
now leave at 1916 a. M. arriving in
Denver, Kansas City and Chicago at
the same hour as formerly, thus
shortening the time three and half
hours and making the through time to
Chicago in vi hours. which is faster
time than thu eastbound limited has
been making. and almost as fast as the
westbound limited. The overland will
carry new Pullman vestibuled sleepers
and Pullman tourist sleepers through
to Chicago every day. There is a new
local to San Bernardino. leaving Los
Angeles every morning at 7:1o, except
Sundays. The train leaving at $40
for San Bernardino has been with
drawn,