The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-03-31
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE.

The latest dispatches indicate
very strongly that war with Spain
may begin at any moment.
Jimmy Clark of Stateline, sailed
from Victoria b. @. last week bound
for the Klondike country.
T. j. Osborne and j, Eisenmann
took run to DeLamar this week
and returned yesterday.
There are two kinds of women.
One sits and signs about her wrongs
while the other raves and snorts
about her rights.
Dick Morton came in last Friday
from his home in Carson, expecting
to stay awhile around the scenes OF
his early youth.
Loading is quite plentiful at the
Summit mill for Milford, and no
teams have been turned offunloaded
for some time past.
A ton and half OF selected ore
from the Charley Ross mine at Eagle
Valley District, marketed at Salt
Lake two weeks ago, Melted over
$l35O.OO.
DIR. w. j. Nelson is expected
down shortly to personally superin-
tend operations at the mines and
the erection of the mill at the new
town Of Nelson.
An exchange says that 10 800 fools
and 100 wise men are going to the
Klondike this spring. The fools will
work the mines and the wise men
will work the fools.
Notwithstanding the favorable
outlook, Phoebe real estate is still
dropping-in chunks. Last Satur-
days wind battered out the old but
cher shot building on the north side
Meadow Valley st.
Clarence Berry, the man who re-
turned from Klondike last summer
with $50. 900, has been sued by ].
Bethel Of Fresno, for $25, 900 on ac-
count of the loss of his right eye in
afght with Berry six years ago.
A militia company has been or
ganized at Elko with the following
officers: Captain, G.. E. Sanders;
first lieutenant, Walter Henderson;
second lieutenant. w. HI. O'Neil:
junior second lieutenant, Fl. N. Rid
die; L. Wintermantel was chosen
orderly sergeant.
A big strike ofthe Union Printers
is threatened in San Francisco to
commence on April 4th. The men
have demanded ten hours pay for
nine hours work and their employers
have refused to grant it. Forty eight
printing establishments will be clos.
ed.
The present standstll in mining
affairs at Stateline is said to be more
the fault of the mill than of the
mines. Plentyof $40. ore is ready to
be mined but is claimed the mill
neyerhasdone good work since it was
started and that its capacity is toe
small tobe profitable.
j. A. sDenton has leased the din.
ing room of the Nevada Hotel to Mrs
G. 0. Newell and the change in man,
agement will take place Tomorrow
April LIST. Mrs. Newell has had long
experience in this line of bushes.
and may be expected to run as good
house as this section of county car
possibly afford.
Jack Smithson was in last Fr;da,
from Stateline to see about the re-
suit of the test run on a ten to,
shipment of ore from the Burro min,
there, which is being reduced nov
at the Summit mill The object i
to see what extraction can be obtain
ed by concentrating and cyanidinp
as the burro ore carries good pel
centage of lead. The Burro is re
cognized as one of the best claims i
Stateiine and the results will be ,
interest to all claim owners there.
The seven months old child of Mi
aud Mrs. Joe Matli, died last Tues
day morning at Maths ranch som
20 miles north of town. The caus
Of death is understood but was til
result OF the disease which has affec
ed 50 many children hereabouts q
ATE, seeming TO effect the brain
The body was brought here and th,
funeral took place on Friday after
noon.