The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-03-17
PACIFIC COAST NEWS.
Important information Gathered
Around the Coast.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
a SUMMARY Of Late Events rhas Are
Boiled Down 20 suit our Busy
Readers.

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ern California has begun.
Permission has been granted for the
erection Of smelter at Los Angeles.
Ii cost s4l77 TO make this years
assessment in Douglas county, Oregon.
!. N. Hosg. the newly appointed
Postmaster at Redlands, is rs years Of
age.
Everett. Wash. is soon TO have a
public library that will be in the city
hall.
The Friends Church of Whittier is
collecting funds for the starving
Cubans.
The Citizens Bank of Corona has
decreased its capital from $50. 900 to
$40, 900.
A 20.pound son was born to the wife
Of Gustave Zeisler. in Walla Walla.
the other day.
An effort is being made to organize
local court of the independent Order
OF Foresters In Visalia.
Whittier has voted to incorporate.
There was q majority Of so votes in
favor Of the proposition.
San Luis 0bispo county, since Au-
gust. has paid bounty on 1000 squiT-
Iel tails at cents each.
Henry o. Haines, Los Angeles
carriage dealer, 10 insolvent. Liabili-
ties, sl8.927; assets, 5000.
The engine of new ten.stamp mill
at Johannesburg blew mp recently. but
fortunately killing or injuring no one.
A demented man is alarming the
women and children around Jerome.
A. 7. He roams about the neighbor-
ing hills.
Thomas X. Butler. who for 10 years.
has lived the life of hermit, near
Hamilton. in Skagit county, WASH,
10 to be tried to determine bis sanity.
be fanojes he is well.to-do miner.
The W. G. T. U. Of Salem have de-
cided to make arrangements for me-
mortal services in the near future TO
she late Frances K. Willard. Resolu-
tions of respect for her memory were
adopted.
Friday. May 90. is the date set for
the hanging of George Owens, who
killed his wife. wounded his daughter
and shot himself in Modesto last De-
cember. The execution win be at San
Quentin.
A scow belonging to the city Of Seat 4
tie and loaded with 100 tons of coal
sank in Lake Washington one day last
week. As yet it has not been sug-
gested that she was either torpedoed
or Undermined.
The statement prepared BY the
United States Assay Office shows that
the production Of gold in Idaho during
1897 was 90. 626, 1854. silver, $7.I03,-
saI. Total. sis.729.s This is an |
increase over 1896 Of 81. 1888. 040.
The San Francisco Free Public Lii.
brary Bulletin. just issued, shows that 1
there are ut present in the main library I
SO,4S7 books; in branch 1901, in
branch 2 ll64. in branch 5 s596, in
branch 1897, and in branch s l452;
total, 100. 1877. The number of books
issued for home use in January was
S4.S2l. Tor use in the libraries, average
daily use. 100. There are ont 2I,l9
borrowers cards.
]. L. Miller has commenced suit
against the Netherland Mining Com
pany to recover $25, da images for
non-fulfillment Of contract. The
plaintiff alleges that he leased mining
property in Nevada county to the de-
PENDANT to be worked ON shares, and
although the defendant had taken out
and milled much valuable ore from
the mine, they had failed to pay him
bis share Of the profits.
The case of Charles White, of Col.
fax, Wash, has been puzzling the
medical fraternity for two years.
White has been lying in bed with the
lower part Of his body, from the hips
down, absolutely helpless. and his
limbs swollen to twice their natural
size. His arms and the upper part of
his body are strong and apparently
sound. and he spends his time in max.
ing fancy brides and halters.
II is feared that Miss Eva Looney,
VI Lane county Or, was ON the ill.
fated Clara Nevada. Miss Looney left
Albany several weeks ago for Skagway.
going on the Corona, which was
wrecked, and wrote afterwards that
she would return by the next boat,
which was the Clara Nevada. Nothing
has been heard from her since, and the
Albany Democrat is informed that there
10 pretty good evidence that she boarded
the Clara Nevada at Skagway.
Two young girls living near Wilbur.
IN Marion county, Or, decided the
other day that they would have little
fun. so they put on mems clothing and
went around among their neiQhbors.
One farmer saw them aud concluded
that they were escaped reform school
boys and cot together posse, armed
and equipped. TO capture them. Among
the force was the father of one of the
girls. There was great surprise when
their identity was established.
Judge Budd has given his decision
IN the case Of the people vs.. Beach and
Feet. charged with exploding dynam.
lite in dead slough near Stockton.
The court held that no crime had been
uommitted,a the statute did not apply
to dead waters or waters which had no
communication with other waters.
This decision 10 very important one,
and means that man may kill the
nan in private pond by any means he
chooses The prisoners were dis
charged.
Il can Be stated definitely that Stan.