The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-07
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE.

on business today.
Charley Swindler was up from
Meadow Valley Wash yesterday.
Henry and Ed. Prudential came
in from Comet to spend the 4th.
Miss Annie Clinton went to De,
Lamar on Saturday to spend the
4th.
Mrs. L. Il. McNamee and Miss
Polly Powell of DeLamar are visit.
ing in town for few days.
Justice of the Peace Hartung has
his registry books open. He can
be found at his shop on Main st.
whenever wanted.
Jack McDonough, who has been
trying Colorado for year or two
returned here on Thursday. He will
remain either here or at DeLamar
Geo. HI. Williams left yesterday
for Salt Lake where he will enter
the hospital for a time for treat
ment of an old lead trouble.
Supt T. H. Oman of the Della.
mar Company was an outgoing pas
senger on Friday, for short trip
to Salt Lake, and returned yester-
day.
Jim Knight came in from Deer
lodge yesterday to volunteer for the
company now being formed at Elko
and is today passing health
examination.
The volunteers going to the front
from DeLamar have created vacan-
cies in the DeLamar mine and mill.
Places are open for number of
hardrock miners there.
Swiss Bob of Spring Valley has
sold out his ranch and cattle to r.
Andrus of st. George. The con-
sideration is said to be $4,000 90 part
of which is paid down.
Gus Anderson, representing Hew-
lett Bros, of Salt Lake; and Chas.
Levy of San Francisco, took in
Phoebe on Saturday enroute to De-
Lamar. They came from Milford
by private conveyance.
Bob Lund and Mr.. Hand, min
ing expect, came over from State
line on Tuesday and are looking
around here. 1t Is rumored that
Mr.. Hand is inspecting the couatry
generally in the interests of railroad
extensions.
The appointment of j. Il. Emmit
as U. s. Marshal for Nevada, to
succeed G. M. Humphrey, present
incumbent, is announced. Mr..
Emmit is an old Nevadan and has
filed a number of official positions
in and around Storey and Washoe
counties in years past.
As the season advances, interest
in the Omaha exposition increases,
all the railroads have given reduced
rates and the attendance is increas-
ing everyday. Round trip tickets
from Salt Lake to Omaha and return,
good until November cost $4S.00.
Thus far DeLamar has sent six
teen volunteers to the Elko Com
pany during the past week. Sever
al more applied and failed to pass
the medical examination. One of
the boys who went over wired back
from Elko that they wanted twenty
more from DeLamar for the same
company.
The mail contract from here to
Sunnyside was awarded to the Mid
land Mail Co. of Clinton, Mo.
They bid it in at $S14.0O, a sum less
than It can be operated for. They
failed to sublet so far, and Clifford
the recent carrior viii operate it by
the month, for the present.
There has been some confusion in
the minds of many people as to the
spelling ofthe word Manila. Some
have spelled it with one "ln and
some with two. Now the word
cosaes that it is spelled without any
q" at all. Dewy knocked ssr' out
OF Manila on the LIST. of May.
The county teachers institute
opens at Panaca tomorrow and will
continue for three days. State Sup't
Of Public instruction H. C. Cutting
expects to arrive by the last day so
as 10 attend. Most Of the teachers
throughout the northern part of the
county at last viii be in attend
ance.