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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-11-04
Ben Butler,s Neglect.

Boston. A suit has been brought in
the Middlesex County Superior Court
by William d. Dlury against Paul
Butler and Adelbert Ames. adm inistra-
tors of the estate of the late General
Benjamin F. Butler. to recover $4,000
for alleged breach of faith and con-
tract by the late General Butler. The
plaintiff claims that in 1889 he paid
General Butler $3.50 as retaining fee
to conduct case for him against the
town of birmingham for the taking
of the plaintiffs land for public pur-
poses. The plaintiff claims that with
OUT Informing him General Butler neg
lected to bring the action against the
town. and i'll the meantime the statute
of limitation of two years expired, and
the Selectmen proceeded to take the
land. The pla intiff brings two counts.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-11-04
FOR THE FARMERS.
Some Interesting News for the
Ruralist
SPOKEN OF IN THIS COLUMN.
A Few Sensible Hints to Suit the Busy
AKrieuIturist.-Its Items That May
Benefit our Readers.
Picking olives.

At the institutes the question is
often asked, How are picked olives
prepared for market? We are pleased
to give the following from III ex-
change:
For six pounds Of olives, dissolve
one pound of q. 7. Lewis concen-
trated I've in six gallons of water; add
four pounds of salt; soak the olives in
this mixture two days, then draw off
aud replace it with the same kind for
two days longer, or until the bitterness
is discharged, drawing the mixture off
several times daily and pouring over
/ the olives. Now draw off the mixture
again and immense the olives in water
from five to eight days, then draw off
the water and put on brine of three
pounds Of salt to six gallons of water,
for two days, or until the last trace of
/ ly0 is removed; finally cover them
with new brine of three pounds of salt
to four and one-half gallons Of water.
The following is another method:
Pick the fruit when fully ripe, but
not soft, having all the olives as near
the same degree of maturity as posi-
bic. Place in a vessel of convenient
size and cover with clear, cold water;
renew the water every day for thirty OF
forty days, or until all bitterness has
been removed. Then place them in
such receptacles as desired, and cover
with brine strong enough to bear VI
an egg. In few days the pickles
will be in prime condition for the table
and will keep indefinitely.
some people may prefer this process
Take a sharp kniie and make three
incisions to the pit of each olive, drop
ping into cold water as you work
Ripe olives should be used When tn,
olives are all cut, place them in new
oak cask, with faucet at the bottom
from which to draw off the water
Cover the fruit with cold water, chang
ing three times day, until the bitter
ness is extracted. II the work is care
/, fully done, at the end of twenty -on
days the olives will be found, upol
testing, to be sweet. If the olives ar
fully covered, but still hard when the,
are cut, this part of the process ma,
require twenty eight days. When th
bitterness is extracted, cover witt
brine made of the purest salt. Let til
olives remain in this brine just lon
enough to make them palatable. Thi
point Of the process will be reached i
! twenty-four or forty eight hours, dc
pending on the strength of the brine.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-11-04
That Rogns Rrandy.

AS result of the press agitation
over the bogus brandy which was
shipped some weeks ago to London,
says the California Fruit Grower, the
Federal government has issued new
circular of instructions 10 collectors
and other government officers. 1t pro.
vides that operators of bonded ware
houses shall file list of all articles
they intend manufacturing, with the
names and quantities of the ingre-
dents. Goods manufactured for export
must be marked in strict accordance
with the formula, and with the trade
name of the goods, and shall bear 10
other designation than those stated.
No mark OF designation of fraudu
lent, misleading or d,ceptive character
shall be allowed. Regarding brandy
and wines i'll bond, these regulations,
if enforced, will effectually protect the
honest producers of the State. AS an
illustration-t the barrels containing the
bogus brandy referred to would under
these rules have been marked as fol
lows: California brandy: brandy one
part, corn spirits seven parts, water
four parts. 1t is not difficult to see
that such mixture, so branded, would
have but sorry chance of being
marketed anywhere at profit. The
new government regulations may bt
expected to do good as far as they go
but do they go far enough How
about those products that will go into
the vaults of the large wholesale liquor
dealers and rectifieIs? 1t looks as
though the government was protecting
the foreign consumer of California
brandy and wines against sophistica
ton, but doing little or nothing fol
the home consumer.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-11-04

eggs, fresh meats and oysters to Alas
ka, which he expects 10 land at Daw-
son by Christmas. The party has
twenty EIGHT dogs 10 transport goods
over the Chileoot pass, and expects to
realize 500. 900 by the venture.
Blanche Minerva Kearney and May
Louisa Kearney, Of Livermore, Cal,
have brought suit at Portland. Or, to
set aside the will of their father, e.
Smith Kearney, who died in Portland
in February last, leaving an estate
valued at $l25. 900. He left nearly all
to their step-mother. and they allege
that improper influence caused him to
doubt their legitimacy.
The Santa Clara Board OF Supervis-
ors authorized Sheriff Lyndon to send
an officer to Rosario, Mexico. for the
purpose Of identifying the Dunbar
suspect under arrest there. Deputy
Byron Cottle, now in San Francisco,
expects to sail for Mazatlan on th'
steamer City of Paras. Cottle wal
raised with Durham and would recog
nize him anywhere.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-11-04

The journal of Commerce says the
California prune market is very firm
and the tendency of prices is upward,
owing to the prospect of small Euro
pean crop this year, the consequent en-
largement of the export outlet and the
small stocks of old fruit carried over.
Although the consuming demand has
not started in at Eastern points aud
speculative interest seems to have
been never SO light as at present, it is
reported that considerable business has
already been done for shipment to East
ern markets. In view of the light
consuming demand, however, deliver
les made to date, together with stock
on the way, seem to have satisfied the
immediate needs of the larger buyers,
and at the moment the market for for
ward shipments seems to be rather
quiet.
In the spot market the feeling is
firm, especially on large fruit, which
is in small supply and seems to be
wanted, and though buyers are not in
clined to pay full prices demanded,
stock coming forward, it is understood,
is placed about as fast as it arrives at
satisfactory figures. The unsettled
tone OF the spot market recently was
attributed to the fact that second hands
who made purchases for early delivery
at comparatively low prices were dis
rosed to sell at lower figures than the
goods could be laid down here for al
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-11-04

G. ii. Sessions of Los Angeles, who
is known to Rural readers as one OF
the most progressive and successful
California swine breeders, gives the
Pacific Dairyman few hints on hogs
which are worth the widest publica-
ton.
There is no crop on the farm that
receives so little care nor one that re-
spends to good care or pays better
profit than the hog crop when grown
in a small way.
1t does not pay to grow the long
nosed, nsrrowb backed kind, better
known as razor back, as it takes
lots of feed and long time to mature
them, and the most of the time spent
with them is thrown away.
A well-bred hog will mature in less
than one-half the time and on less than
one-half the feed; or, in other words,
you can grow four well bred hogs Oh
the same feed and in the same time
you would feed one razor back. 1t
may seem out of order to speak Of
razor backs when there are so many
breeders advertising thoroughbred stock
OH the Pacific Coast, but it is suTpris-
ing TO see the numbers Of very common
hogs that are being raised. Evidently
no thought is given to the value of a
thoroughbred male in herd.
1t may seem that $40 to $50 is q
heap" of money to pay for little
pig. He is ready for service at eight
months old, and every litter will be
worth more than double the value of 9
scrub litter.
Select the best sows each year, ant
the second cross will take the form O
the thoroughbred. We have raised /
few razor backs" and fed them b,
the side of the thorougdhb ant
find we are right in the above deduc
tions.
With good thoroughbred male tn
scrubbiest kind of herd can be mad
to look like a thoroughbred herd. b.
starting with good grade sows you
pigs will be good from the first.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-11-04
Size For Size.

The company of one of the opera
houses, at the close of London season.
had arrived at Liverpool to embark for
a continental tour The musical instru-
ments were being shipped with the rest,
and among them was the double bass,
or big fiddle, as it is also called. not
cased as usual, for this member of the
string family will stand u little roug!,
treatment
1t soon attracted the attention of the
jack tals, three or four of whom settled
round, scrutinizln9 it with keen inter.
est BY the order of an officer they soon
dispersed, but not long afterward an.
other bluff seaman was discovered Sc,
cretly watching it with wondering eyes
He was asked his reason for standing
thus idle
Well, yer know" SAID Jack, I'm
just waiting for to see the length of the
bloke's arm that can play that there
fitdle. Musical Anecdotes
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-11-04
Nature's Rattlehoxas.

Near New Brunswick, N j., says
minerals, are found hollow balls, or
masses, OF yellow iron ore which con
sain loose particles that rattle, when
shakei' like the contents Of "a child's
rattlebox. 1t is thought that when the
concretions OF ore were formed the cen.
tral parts consisted principally Of some
material which afterward dissolved
away, SO that the interior space now
contains only fragments of ore and sand.
When these balls are broken, the frac.
tured edges sometimes show beautiful
bandsfof red and yellow
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-11-04

present free on board quotations from
the Coast, but it is now stated that
most of these cheap lots have been dis
posed Of The spot situation now is
considered to be one of encouragement
to first hands in view of the fact that
there can be little competition from
Europe this year on account of small
nrnrns
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-11-04

Trinity county has again attracted
some attention by tbs announcement
of the discovery of rich scam in the
old Bonanza mine at Minerville. Re-
Gently two men took out in the neigh
borhood of $4,000. To be exact one
day they extracted 23la ounces of gold
and on the next day 1791s ounces.
One piece weighed about s ounces.
The mine belongs to lady, Mrs. ]. II.
ToHrtelotte, and has been good pro-
Queer.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-11-04

An American diplomat at London
says the condition of Spain is even
worse than the correspondents depict.
Whoever is sent to Cuba, he adds. will
attempt to buy off the insurgent lead.
ers. The diplomat further says the
Spanish government is SO hard pressed
for money that it is attempting TO sell
all the public lands and buildings that
can possibly be spared.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-11-04

The eighty second annual meeting OF
the American Board of Commissioners
of Foreign Missions adjourned in New
Haven to meet next year in the First
Congregational Church at Grand
Rapids, Mich.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-11-04

Another section in th. Coast Range
comes forward with claim of having
gold bearing veins. This time it is
Green Valley, Solano county. The
X.Ray, local paper, says that repre-
sentatives from Selby's smelling works
examined the ground last week and
procured samples of the rock for the
purpose Of asssying it, Later ON they
reported that the samples, which
were selected promiscuously from var
ious parts of the hill, assayed from
$3.50 to $3.50 per ton.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-11-04

William E. Gladstone has refused to
act as arbitrator in the great engineers
strike now in progress.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-11-04

The Placerville Nugget says L. 8.
Degolyer, mining expert, has been
examining the Gopher Boulder mine
and other properties for syndicate,
with view to purchase.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-11-04

ThS Pail Mall Gazette, speaking of
the steel market, says: ''We find the
United States not only challenging our
supremacy in neutral markets but even
obtaining foothold in England. The
causes are permanent, and everything
points to the United States remaining
the cheapest steel producing country
in the world"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-11-04

A crocodile takes 80 seconds to turn
completely round.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-11-04

The A. B. Hopkins hydraulic mine
on the Illinois river near Kerbyville,
Southern Oregon, he's been sold to R.
w. Lehman Of Oakland, Cal.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-26
A CUT DOWN.
Cotton Mills TO Curtail
Their Production.
Bay State and Other Con-
Germs are in the Movement.
A Backward Mirket Has Had a
Very Bad Effect on Business.

Boston, May 26 A movement which
may develop in curtailment of produo-
tion among New England cotton mills is
q be inaugurltod the coming month by
the mills OF the Dwight Manufacturing
Company az Chicopee, the Lyman Com
pany at Holyoko and the Great Falls
Manufacturing Company at SOmersworth,
y. n. Inc officials 81 these mills verify
the reported Ctrtalinont giving rs their
reason tao lfCsout unsatisfactory state
Il the cotton goods market The Dwight
mills have "A large foreign trade, lhr.lcu-
larry In China. hut both tins Hnd the
domestic business mas Suffered from the
eXisting coalitions ot business.
All TIE ..itls "a question are engaged
In tnc IN ,4uttlturing OF sheetlng, shirt
Ing ana ur.Ila itC CAP. tll'ZeG in the aggro-
gate at 81, 40. UJO auu operate 311 OOO
splAdiCs ana a. OUT DIUU looms. The back
Waid market Tor goods has been felt ny
these mills m common with others, uOta-
DIy tie salmon Falls On. IL. Company,
Nhicn have already slaCkencd their pace
anu Short timo Will prevail in them dur
Ing June, July ana August. Inquiries
made at the Offices of other mills ELECTED
tlo tact tnat while tnero Is "a general dis.
satisfaction with prevailing conditions
uo concerted plan has been arranged or
~ iOIChed tor cutting down the cotton
go ms production uf this section. Each
mill vii act on it's own account but 10
Will not he surprising II the output OF
cotton cloth Is considerably reduced dur
ing the summer months.
IL is not unlikely that the great Amos
kelg corporation of Manchester, y. H.,
may take action at the coming meeting
OF the directors similar 90 tnat taken last
summer, when q shutdown was ordered,
and it is not considered improbable that
Fail River mills will seo the wisdom of
falling into line as they did last July.
Advocates OF "a general shutdown point
To the meagre showing made in the re-
port of dividends paid by the mills there
Tor the past quarter.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-26
SHE DID NOT FLIRT.
Mrs. Grace L. WoOdmancie Opposes Her
Husbands Petition for Divorce.

The trial of the petition of divorce brought
by William A. Woodmancie against his wife,
Grace l.. Woodmancic, which was begun on
Monday last, was resumed this morning and
concluded. The petitioner charged his wife
with grossly improper conduct Among other
things, the petitioner alleged that his wife
was never desirous Of his company and pre-
ferred to go skating and TO entertainments
alone, and that she was constantly flirting
with street car conductors and motormen.
Mrs. Woodmancie denied that sha hirted
from the bay window of her husbands home
in Johnston with street car men. Her hus-
band worked in his fathers store across the
way from her house and she met the car con
ductors in the store. As 10 going skating
Mrs. Woodmancie said she always went in
the company OF her husbands cousin.
The testimony showed that the mother Of
the petitioner had taken quite active steps in
an ondoavor TO regulate the life of her
daughter.inlaw.
There was considerable testimony of con-
tlicting nature as TO severe sickness Mrs
Noodmancie suffered from just previous to
her leaving her husbands home.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-26
DIED IN LAWYERS OFFICE.


New York. May 26-Mrs Catherine
Peltier, of No. 361 West l26th street, died
suddenly yesterday afternoon in the Office
Of her lawyer, Alfred T. Lightfoot, on the
sixth floor OF No. 40 Wall street.
Mrs Peltier's brother, Joseph Young,
died about six months ago, leaving her nm
estate of several thousand dollars. The
body has been In vault In Greenwood
cemetery since the funeral, and yesterday
Mrs. Peltier called To- consult with her
lawyer about the purchase of burial
plot. She reached she Office at half past
twelve o'clock, and during a conversation
of half an hour Mr.. Lightfoot noticed that
she flushed and palcd alternately.
"My head feels queer, she said at last,
and a moment later she slipped To- the
floor unconscious.
A messenger was sent for DIR. Baisch,
of No. l37 Broadway, and'h he worked over
her for half an hour without success Sho
died at half past one o'clock. The cause
Of death was apoplexy. Coroner's physi-
clan O'Hanlon gave "A permit for the re-
moval of the body TO an undertakcr's in
Greenwich street.
Mrs. Peltier was forty years old. Her
husband. Lawrence Peltier, Is i'm the
decorating business.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-26
Loss of $4,000 in Prop
erty Results From Il.
Mr.. Ladd Who Carried it
SuStainS Severe Burns.
Dank Buildings in IN. Neighboc-
hood Deiuged With Water.

Nowburyport May 26 "A fire which
resulted from the explosion of lamp IN
Charles W LaGd's barber shop on the
second floor of Washington hail building,
this forenoon. caused less ul S-0,Wo to
that bull ling ana surrounding propvr.y.
The damHgJ was caused M iY ny Naier.
A IL the losses were well insured
air l. ad vas looking lutOaC closet with
a zig It,d lamp at about IL o ClOcb, when
tho au.p cXi l1ded. ar lid I was burneI
annd che articles IN the clOsct caught fire.
4 ne II .a.cS ate t.o.r r way through the ilOur
abcNc. Iue lire dep ,rtment pOsrcd oceans
OF water into the bulidiug ana in trying
10 sage sucrou suing properly Gt!ulol t-e
Mechanics Bank and the 5.crcLui Js Bank
huiidiug. After "a short bus SlgOr u
fight. the flames were cXtiGguisEtu.
Among other occupants OF tao uuildlLg
were !. wits express; Western Gniua
Telegraph Company: Carers rcstnu-
rant; American c!ub, Francis r.. CUilin
NJ. N. .Iones and Page H. Stone, lawyers
aud several lodges, which had rooms on
Tie upper illors.
The Mechanics Bank was more seri
onsiy damaged than the Merchants ana IN
both cas- 5 tne loss amounted mostly from
water
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-26
DDING WAS STOPPED.
The Bride Elects Father Said the
Young Woman Was Under Age.

Bridgeport, Conn, May 26.-The police
interiered with "a halleiujah wedding at
Salvation Army barracks Iast night and
the joyful event enued abruptly. The
bridegroom saw his bride-elect taken
from the platform by two policemen and
led away to cell at headquarters, fol-
lowed by "a crowd
Tho contracting narties were Annie
Brady, Salvation lassie of less than soy.
enteen summers, and Walter Nicholson.
whose age IL twenty y-one years They have
teen members Of the army for three
months. Ensign Brewer and his licuten-
ants arranged for u hallelujah wedding
last night
Mis- Brady has not lived with her par.
enJs Tor six years. She has mado her
home with Mrs. Theresa Luckner one Of
the organizers of the Helping Hand Mis-.
sion, and came To regard her as her guar
tiap. Mrs. Luokner gave her consent TO
he union,
Thomas Brady, the girls father, made
complaint t) Prosecuting Attorney
Bartlett last evening, and asked that the
ceremony pc stopped. Mr.. Brady said that
the girl was not seventeen years of age.
that he was her legal guardian and She
WIS incorrigibe. The prosecutor found
that Mrs. Luckner had never been ap-
pointed guardian over the girl by the
probate court and warned the Salvation
Army.
The street parade preceding the cere-
mony was held. but Nicholson and his
bride did not appear. Major Samuel L.
Brengle Of the National Headauartcrs of
the Army in New York was present in
the barracks To perform tine ceremony,
when the messenger came from the police
prohibiting the ceremony.
Major Brengle had hardly finished the
announcement TO the audience that the
wedding would not take place when
Detective Arnold and Cronan pushed
their way through the throng.
Mr. Brady and the girl 5 two brothers
are Catholics. They saidsthat they would
never consent 20 her marriage outside the
Catholic cnurch.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-26
Eriel Released.

Pitcher Friol Of the Providence Baseball
CluD was given his release by President
Draper last night. The action was pnr.
italy due 10 the fact that Providence has
rs full quota of pitchers at present and
Eardly thought II leGessnry To- carry any
unnecessary expense. Friol was asked to-
go TO Pawtucket but refused: hence tic
matter eliminated In his obtaining his
release. Friel Is - years old, and las
been IN Eastern League companies since
last spring. Originally he came from
Renova, Penn, and In 80 played at
Pawnee, y. y, going 20 Rochester in
'gi and later was traded for Tom Loyett
Thus far this season Eriol has not
pitched a game
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-26
New Prlc. Lis, Agreed To.

Marlboro, May % The employees of
the > Ii. Howe Manufacturing COMPANY
have reached an agreement with the firm
and on Thursday morning new price
list will be signed by which "A general ne
dnction ot hve per cent will 90 into
effect IBe ealppanx which nlnnrates four
Factories and employs 5000 hands. some
time ago, asked the employed 20 accent
10 per cent reduction in wages. Several
conferences were held and the company
was informed that 10 perc cent reduction
would not he acceted. Per cent comrrise
price is the result The differences which
have broken out In other shCo factories
will probably be amicably settled when
tho result in Hows's factory becomes
known.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-26
Veteran Firemen's Meeting.

The Providence Veteran Fircmcn held an
enjoyable meeting last evening. Mrs. Charles
Harwood, president Of the ladies' auxiliary,
presented the association with S35, which was
received with thanks 4 committee was ap.
pointed 90 make arrangements for the Me.
mortal day excr isas, 60 be held I'm the hall on
Sunday, juno lJ II was voted TO attend the
anniversary Of the ladies' auxiliary next Fri.
day evening. Delegate samuel Carpenter re-.
viewed the business OF the recent meeting Of
the New England League, held in Boston, and
an old leather fire bucket, formerly owned by
Deacon James II. Read, was presented by
James Snow, Jr. An invitation from Lynn.
Mass. 60 attond the Fourth Of July muster
in that city was declined.