The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-06
ALONG The COAST.
Interesting Occurrences From all
Over the Coast.
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONDENSED
Number Of Miscellaneous JottiBEs
BFisny and ourtly Told In This
Column.


petus 70 placer mining in Souther
Oregon.
The estate OF Charles Crocker, d,
ceased. late Vice President Of Tn
Southern Pacific. has been appraised &
seven million dollars.
Articles Of incorporation for an cleo
trio light plan for Sonoma City are bt
ing drawn up and will be filed abou
the LIST Of January.
I. The Board Of Directors Of the Presto
School of Industry exonerated DR.
O'Brien Of all charges made agaius
him, before electing his successor.
w. p. Fulton is hauling lumber ant
piping for the new bath houses at hi
springs at Sespe. Ventura county, sale
to be the largest in Southern Califor
mia.
Judge Carroll Cook Of San Francisco
has decided that nickel-in- the-slo
machine is not a lottery, and heno,
does not come under the ban of tn,
law.
Brick yards at Stockton have CLOSED
down, after the prosperous season they
have had for years. Prices advanced
during the year from 50 to 90 pei
thousand.
Patrick Moore has been admitted to
the County Hospital at Woodland for
total blindness, AZ a result Of drinking
wood alcohol. He is SO years old.
Medical experts are puzzled by the
case.
The California Fuse Works has been
incorporated by William Cliff, Samuel
Al. Eva, James NJ. Eva, Thomasine V.
Eva and Frederick @. Cliff. The
capital stock is $3.50, 900, and is all
paid up.
Judge Elliott, at Ca.hlamet. Wash,
has rendered decision that the Ell.
okomin IL Davigable stream, and
that loggers have right to remove
either natural or artificial distractions
from it.
Captain j. b. Sears, one of the prin.
clpal owners and organizers of the
Union Transportation Company, whose
steamers ply between Stockton and San
Francisco, died recently at Stockton.
at the age Of 90 years.
Fire broke out in the Manuel block.
on North Main street. in the Ganter
photograph gallery at Napa, and before
it was got under control by the local
nre brigade several thousand dollars
worth of goods and fixtures had beeu
destroyed.
10 10 rumored that the Brewers Pro
teoive Association of San Francisco,
concern organized to fight the Brewery
Workmen's Union Of the Pacific Coast.
Will shortly make heavy out in the
price OF beer in order to freeze out the
union breweries.
Thomas w. Blakey, the Superin-
tendent Of the pottery. works, at Stock |
ton, dropped dead recently near his
nome. He was on his way to get |
shaved. The deceased was 81 years of |
age, and native of England. He had
been suffering from heart disease.
1t is now believed the production Of
prunes in Santa Clara county will ex.
coed the estimate OF 90, 900. 900
pounds. Already 46,34S, 900 pounds
have been shipped out of the county
and it is estimated that those vet to be
will run the total for the
season to $4,000, 900 pounds.
Mrs. Walker, of Dayton, Wash.
who got a verdict of $40, 900 in a
damage suit against the o. r. & N.
20. and afterwards compromised the
case with the company for $a5 1000, has
Just received check for $26,9 in
payment of her claim. There was
sl.e69 interest included in the check
Grant Bros. contractors, of Albu.
lurque, N. M. have been awarded the
contract by the Valley railroad for
excavation. to the tunnel through the
Contra Costa hills. The eastern ont ,
Is 1000 feet long and the western 1000
feet long. All disputes as to right OF ,
way have been settled and work will ;
begin at once.
A young man named Garfield Viii. h
iams has been arrested for tapping the 7
MI OF the postoffice at French Gulch.
Miss Hattie Hubbard, the postmisstress, a
las been missing money from the till / Il
or some time past and recently she 4
90 two men to watch. They caught b
leaving with $40 in his DOS. (
ession which he had just stolen. c
The steam schooner Augusta has 3
rived at Seattle, WASH, from Copper P
tiver, after very stormy voyage. Z
george J. Rennick, who came down .
. her, claims to have discovered =
ew route to the Yukon. the location a
I which he will not disclose. He saws a
bat with the exception of thirty miles q
verland. he can go all the way by @
7ater. A
FIRE has destroyed the dwelling of
,avid Hall at Chico. A lamp which p,
ad been left burning in the sick n
bonn OF Mrs. Hall exploded. Before It
% inmates We're aroused they were O.
early suffocated by the smok,. and ii
My escaped in their night clothes. m
lfs. Hall was rescued after much diff. ii
atty. Loss on the buildings and con al
'nts about $4,000; insurance, 81 900. as
In the Superior Court at Bridgeport 20
ames Hopkins has been convicted of -
n murder Of Peter Hayea on October 90
W Copper Mountain. The jury u
80 TO ppnishDlent at Imprisonment Oh
Y j1fe H0pkins is 81 years old and W
" IN Naa abonA 8a The men were 60
lft1laz n Two nsfhgng claims and a Sc
III szle i ~ sorslAn District. They
Anz<aiesl. aIza aopkins killed his no
49, y IL shotgun -