The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-06-03

Two men named Lewis and Far.
rell brothers-in-law, quarreled in
California. Farrell went to the
house of Lewis and advanced threat.
eningly, with a single-tree in his
hand. Lewis took rifle and fred,
shooting Farrell. Lewis was tried
for murder and the Court, in charg-
ing thejury, said that Lewis might
have evaded trouble had he retreat
ed and, upon that instruction, he
was convicted. Lewis appealed to
the Supreme Court and was granted
a new trial. The Supreme Court
held that man in his own house is
not required to retreat from any ag-
gressor, even if the life of the aggres-
sor is in the balance.
1t has been held for ages in Eng
land and, also in the United States,
that mans house is his castle and
that he has the right to defend it
against any and all corners. The
Supreme Court of California has
sustained that law by holding that
a man has the legal right to defend
himself while in his own house from
any and all aggressors even at the
cost of the lives of the assailants.
In the Gold Dust mine at Mercur
Utah, recently the shaft in the lower
workings passed through nine feet
of paying ore and stopped at stra-
tum of lime, supposed to be the foot
wall. Last week it was thought best
to sink the shaft deeper in order to
connect with other workings, and
then it was discovered that the lime
stratum was only few inches thick
and under it was found twenty-five
feet more of the best ore ever found
in the property. Another lime stra.
tum has now been encountered, but
whether it is the footwall or the
covering of another large ore body
is not yet known.-Scientifc Press
The Sacramento Bee in comment.
ing on the gift of Astor of over
800, 900 to a London charity fund
says: 1t will soon be his turn to lend
a cool half million or so to that
Napoleon of all dead beats, the Prince
of Wales, and the doors will fly oper
to him. For your titled English
society cannot tolerate an American
no matter how rich he may be, unit
he has first been plucked by the roy
al hummer.
Andy McWilliams, we'll known
in Reno, rolled off the bank of the
ditch running through Chinatown
the other day while in a drunken
condition and foated into the
Truckee river and was drowned
A Chinaman saw him roll in anC
ran to his assistance, but the rive
current had picked him up befor,
he could do anything for him, anC
McWilliams was drowned.-Ind.
Butte, Montana is having a reigl
of terror from burglars, holdups anC
murderers. The past few weeks hay,
witnessed large number of burg
lars few murders and holdups b,
the score by a band of organized
men. A vigilance committee ha
been formed and 100 men will assis
the authorities in cleaning the tow
of the thugs and they intend to d
it up in short order.
} The San Francisco Post hopes tina
the Oregon thieves who stole th
body of a deceased banker in th
| expectation of securing big ransor
are doubtless now convinced that
is almost as difficult to get none
from dead banker as it is from on
in the flesh.
An expert in penmanship employ
ed in the Fair will case draws $40
day, and already has been at wor
more than three months, says til
Chicago Times-Herald. There is n
doubt that he is an expert.