The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-11-25
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE.

Grain and flour are quite plenti-
full in the market now
j. G. Brown was up from Panaca
on Sunday arranging for the tele-
phone line.
Yesterdays wind ended in furry
of snow about dusk, which came
down at a great rate while it lasted.
The slaughter house belonging to
the Eliza Lawson estate, which
was sold recently, will be torn down
Wood choppers are in demand to
cut cordwood for the mill wood con-
tractors here. Employment can be
found for several.
Several loads of freight for our
merchants arrived yesterday after
noon and for time Main st. took
on its old time lively appearance.
Tammany subscribed $40. 10000
last week for the relief of the starry
ing in Cuba, and the money was
paid up and sent on in few hours
time.
The efforts of Durrant's attorneys
to stay his execution by applying for
an order fixing date for his trial
for the murder of Minnie Williams,
went for nanght. Judge Bahrs
promptly denied the motion.
You have ten days more in which
to pay your taxes. Treasurer
Dooley says the payments are still
slow in coming in. The lust days
will experience rush and the de-
linquent list promises to be large
One feature of the London fire
last week was an immediate rise in
the price of ostrich feathers. Two
feather firms alone are said to have
lost $75, 000and an increase of thirty
per cent inprice w@t the result while
the fire was yet burning.
Poles are being delivered along
the line selected for new telephone
line to Bullionville and Panaca. 1t
will run out over the summit south
of town and along the old ore road
to Bullionville. This route is a mile
or two shorter than the present stage
road.
Another mining deal or two are on
the tapis from Deerlodge and vicinity
Last weeks sale seems to be good
starter. If the new owners will only
put men to work and omen the
ground up with some vigor gener-
al boom will surely result.
The Sante Fe road proposes to add
another fast train to its through Cali
fornia service from Chicago, The
volume of railroad business has not
been so great since 1892 as now,
which is encouraging aud furnishes
good reason for hoping that the con-
struction through from Milford of
Union Pacific route will soon take
place.
Considerable interest is madifest-
ed IN the letting of mail contracts
hereabouts, under the submission
for bids now out by the Postal De-
partment. The experience of the
present contractors however, deter
many hereabouts from sending in
bids. In all probability some out
side party who never saw the coun.
try will be award the contracts. Il
they could only be made to perform
their own contracts it would be I
good thing, but competition is very
likely to cause to work to be suble
at figures even lower than thos,
which now prevail.
End of the Guinon Case.
The boy who killed Charley Jone,
U. ). District Attorney at Carson
two weeks ago has been discharged
by the grandjury.
At the preliminary examination
the boy was held over and few day
later grand jury was called. Onl
four members of this body favore
finding an indictment. This show
the sentiment to have been strongl
in young Guinan's favor. The gran
jury was made up of representa-,
men of Carson.
An effort was made to have Il
matter resubmitted to another gran
jury Immediately, but failed as I'll
Judge refused to call another jul
unless some additional evident
could be secured.
The ending of the case is said
give pretty general satisfaction
Carson.