The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-05
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE.

aaAaM
Showery and fairly cool weather
for the week.
w. d. Maynard spent Saturday IN
town on his way home from the Utah
celebration.
The national debt has increased at
the rate of 1925 900 daily for the
last four years.
Most of our Jubilee visitors are
home again and one and all appear
to have enjoyed the outing.
Papers for new trial ofthe case OF
James Nesbitt VS.. w. M. Davidson
have been fled in the District Court
Storms along the telegraph line
threw that connecting link with the
outer world down for seyeaal days
this week.
The Stuttz Theater Company form
ed the attraction, and Spring and
Eagle Valleys were well represented
in town this week.
Bert Dooley returned from Salt
Lake on Friday last. Mrs. Dooley
will remain in Salt Lake for time
yet and take the benefit of medical
treatment.
District Attorney McNamee and
Commissioner James Giles came in
from DeLamar Sunday evening to
attend Mondays meeting and re-
turned on Tuesday evening.
Prof. w. d. Prewitt is in town
and will remain a few days. The
Spring Valley school will not open
until Monday next, or later, on &C
count of the warm weather.
Two loads of goods remaining IL
the store here, were shipped on Sun
day to Nesbitt Il Bro. at DeLamar.
There is a considerable quantity o
goods yet remaining to be shipped
George and Levi Syphus and Geo
Riding are taking down the uppe
story of the Phoebe, Con. Offie'
building on Main st. twill be con
verted into good one story struc
ture.
N. p. Dooley has arranged t.
occupy the Godbe Mercantile Stor
building on Main st. and will begil
moving in shortly. He has larg
shipment of new goods enroute fror
Salt Lake.
Most of the Nevada faro dealer
are making arrangements to go u
and work the mines on the Yukon i
the spring. They take their tool
with them. A double shuttle DO
and the regular layout.
Alexander Jacobs, the original
Mr.. Isaacs in Marion Crawford
novels, has u great reputation as
prophet, and he recently prophesie
that Queen Victoria will live till l9l
that the Prince of Wales will die
1907 and that Sir William Harcou
will become Prime Minister in 1S9
Sheriff Prudential and wife r.
turned last Friday night from the
trip to the Jubilee They went an
returned via Stateline District. L
that route the distance from here
Sulphur Springs is IS miles, vii
watering stations at convenient di
tances along the route. The road
good and the distance forms o.
good days drive.
On Monday afternoon about tN
o'clock, Hyde Wood, who is enga
ed in hauling tailings, or screenin
from the old dump at the Bur
mine to the Summit Mill just belo
met with an accident. While d
ging out the bank, which was til
about ten feet high, slide occurr,
coming SO quickly as to catch Hy
and bury him to the waist.
Beyond bruises to his head a
back and a slight injury to {
ankle he came out all right and '
be at work again in day or two.
Telegraph and telephone pt
are the latest development in
line of manufactures from pal
They are made of pulp in whic
small amount of borax, tallow
other ingredients are mixed III
are cast in mould in the form G
hollow rod of the desired lens
The poles are claimed to be ligl
and stronger than wood, and i
said that the weather does
effect them.