The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-03-17
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE.
To-day is st. Patrick's day.

10 Ots dNtlth
The thermometer touched zert
Monday morning.
Foster the weather prophet pre-
dict storm on the % and "a of this
month for the Coast.
Assessor Prudential went to De-
Lamar on Tuesday and will remain
there until he finishes assessing the
town.
The DeLamar mill at Mercur Utah
recently completed, has crushing
capacity of 1000 tons of ore in twenty
four hours.
The Taylor Dramatic Company
will be here the latter part of the
month. The press of Utah speak
we'll Of their performance.
You can always tell in a theater
what girls have been kissed by the
way their lips get dry when there is
any of it being done on the stage.
Justice of the Peace H. Hartung,
in tina case of the State VS. Mrs. Chas
Roeden decided that the jury's ver-
dict was informal and discharged
the defendant.
Henry Lee was up from Panaca
on Sunday. He returned home Mon
day with his sister Clara who has
been stopping with Mrs. G. o. Ne
we'll
From the report of the State Con.
troller for the year 1897 we find that
Lincoln County paid A per cent Of
the Gaming licences collected in the
State.
Some one got into the back Of
Franks carpenter shop Saturday
night on Main Street and stole the
gun and box of cartridges that
Franks had put there the previous
day the gun was one that Henry
Thsis used when he killed himself
BENZ. Sanders came up from De-
Lamar on Sunday. He now has an
Office here as well as at DeLamal
and is prepared to expound and
grind out all the law any one wants
and in any quantity.
A seven year old lad in Indian
apolis, sent his savings. 4S cents to
Secretary Long to help build a new
warship. The Brooklyn Eagle thinks
youngster may have builded stronger
than he knew. If every boy were to
send 10 cents we could make pretty
good start with a successor for the
Maine.
County Commissioner James Giles
came up from DeLamar, Monday
to attend the meeting of the Board
of County Commissioners held
over from the previoes meet
ing to wait the coming of
District Attorney McNamee
from Salt Lake to consider the
levy of the As cent interest tax.
The meeting was continued till next
Monday, when Mr. McNamee will
be present and the matter will be
taken up.
White Pine News--A considerable
excitement was caused on the street
last week about 5 o'clock by an un-
provoked attack made by Frank
Wayne, Ely's veteran timer, on DR..
Hammond. The doctor was disturbed
by man shouting outside of his
Office and went out to see what was
the trouble. He was met by WAYNE
whose shop is next door, and who
was raving around and uttering
threats against the doctor as the man
who has caused all his troubles
The doctor had never had any words
with the man before and as a means
of self defence got his gun from his
Office, whereupon Wayne retreated
to his shop. A short time afterward
he reappeared on the street CARRYING
a small box under bis arm. He was
met by Sheriff Scott, who had heard
OF the trouble and search revealed
a big A calibre navy revolver in the
box. He was taken into custody
and lodged in Jail, where he remain
ed until Monday morning. Then, rs
no complaint had been madeagainst
him he was released. In Justice to
Mr.. Wayne it should said that he
went to DE-. Hammond on the ias-
ter's return from Cherry Greek, and
apologized; and as he has agreed to
behave himself in the future, the af-
lair has been dropped.