The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-21
interesting Occurrences From al
Over the Coast.
NEWS OF The WEEK CONDENSED.
4 Number Of misesIlAnssus JOtttnE'
srtsay and Ourtiy Told In This
Column.

daily petroleum product Of 500 barreli
Eight thousand claims have been n
corded with the agent Of the Dominic
government at Dawson City since Ser
TENDER last.
. X. +. Russell. Mgr. Stockton an
Tuolum ne railroad. says the new rail
road will be built 20 Sonora. Cal, be
fore the end Of '9S.
Track laying is finished on the As
toria and Columbia River railroad
from Astoria. Or, 90 Goble, fort!
miles from Portland and sixty mile
from Astoria.
In Los Angeles hay and grain AT,
scarce. and prices are high. Hay i
quoted at $40 for wheat, SIS for cat
and $l5 for harley. In San Francisco
hay is held ut s28 per ton.
A force Of men has been put 70 worl
cleaning the big klamath ditch il
klamath county, Or, and water will
be turned into the ditch earlier thar
usual this season.
The West Side Mill Company in
Olympia, WASH, has increased the
wages IF all of its employees. The
raise in the wages of laborers amounts
to s6 cents day upon the new scale.
Colonel W. Ii. Plummer, commanding
the uniform rank, Knights Of Pythias,
Second regiment, of Spokane, has tele-
graphed to President Mckinley offer
ing the services Of the regiment in case
of war.
The Oriental Steamship Go. have
ordered three vessels for the new line
between Hong.kong. japan and San
Francisco. One, TO be called the
America Maru, has a gross tonnage of
5000.
The budget expenses Of the Mexican
Government, as estimated by Secretary
Limantour, amount to $500. 1889, 484. as
for the fiscal year lS96.99-an increase
of Sl,70s,59S.92 over the previous
year.
Douglas county, Or, cattle- buyers
have been in Coos county looking for
enough cattle for an early spring drive
Although offering good prices. they
found few cattle for sale, the owners
preferring to wait until later IN the
season.
President Corbin Of the Spokane
and Northern railroad has been
granted charter by the Dominion
parliament for his proposed extension
into the Boundary Greek country Of
southern British Columbia. The road
will be built this summer.
= The gap in the Rocky Mountain Bell
Telephone Company's line between
Heron, Mont, and Mullen, Idaho, I2b
miles. is to be closed. making con-
tinuous line from Livingstone, Mont,
to San Francisco. the longest telephone
connection in the world.
The steamship Alameda, from sgd
ney via Auckland and Honolulu.
brought ~. 900. 900 in English sover.
eigns. This is total since last fall
of $lS. 500, 900. and is in payment for
the balance Of trade in favor of the
Pacific coast for wheat, flour, ium Der,
canned goods, etc.
The State election of Washington
this fall will be for the selection of
two congressman. a legislature, two
supreme judges and county officers
The people will also vote on two
constitutional amendments, one relat.
ing to woman suffrage, and the other
to local option in taxation.
The fishing season has opened on the
Columbia, and an Astoria paper says
that the price Of fish will be better
than last year and that cold storage
shipments will be much larger than
ever before. and the prospects are that
there will be fewer non resident fisher
men employed. all of which will tend
to make the season prosperous one.
The acknowledgement of Nevada has
issued card urging the young men of
Nevada to join the militia to place il
On war footing. In the event of war
the United States and Spain
The captains of the various companies
will suspend certain regulations as TO
qualification for membership so that
he companies may increase their nun.
,ers.
Immense sales of yearling sheep have ,
AIKEN place in Crook county, Or. du-.
ng the last week or ten DAYS. As
many as $4,000 head are said to have
hands. The purchaser was ]
W. Blake, representing DR.. Wilson
Il Wyoming. The prices have not been
'iven out, but the Prineville Journal !
8 assured that they were in the neigh.
orhood of $500 head. after shear.
ng.
Mayor Fawcett, of Tacoma, has pre. /;
snted an ordinance to the council ex.
lai ping that there is no longer any a
scessity fo1 first assistant in the 8
gal department, and abolishing such .
'sition. In other words. he says the I
rvices of ex-Judge Stacup are no /
niger needed. When questioned, the q
ayor said his move is in the nature
economy. as he sees no need for two
Iistants to the city attorney at this
10. N
rbe report Of the postmaster of Col Ii
!. WASH, for the fiscal year ending Y
rch 81 last. shows wonderful In. th
lse In business, aud receipts are now So
70 enough to advance the office We
d third to second class. The re. an
'ts for the year were sS025. This ma
effect the change In the class and In
ease the postmaster's salary from the
% % $4,000 per year. beside increas- act