The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-01

Lewis Sharp OF Cherry, Nye
County, was in town last Friday.
Geo. Moody has bsan commission
ed by the Governor, as Notary Public
for Lincoln County
Three loads of merchandise wer
shipped from Nesbitt 4 Bros store on
Monday to DeLamar
Yesterdays stage was late again
on account of delayed trains at Mill
ford through cattle shipments.
When a mining town is reduced
to one saloon it indicates pretty
dull state of affairs. That's the case
with Phoebe just now.
Mrs. Geo. S. Sawyer was called
hurriedly to DeLamar on Monday
by the illness there of her daughter
Mrs. Matte Clark.
Home made root beer is the town
fashion this Summer and it is rap
idly diminishing the demand for I'M
ported bottled soda.
james Nesbitt and family left yes
terday for DeLamar to take up their
permanent residence there. The
store building on Main st. is closed.
Deerlodge prospectors are work
ing away and believe implicitly in
the future of their section. They are
making move for direct postal
facilities.
Al. Liston is having a commodious
lumber building erected at the Cliff
Springs station ON the DeLamar
road. 1t will furnish accommoda-
tons to travellers in stopping over
night there and will be appreciated
by the public.
County scrip is changing hands al
thirty five and forty cents on the
dollar. These are the certificates
against the General fund, heretofore
worthless but now worth something
under the new redemption law.
Sam Wertheimer came up from
DeLamar last Thursday evening and
at once set about shipping his bar
fixtures from the Palace saloon, tc
DeLamar. The teams left with the
outfit on Monday and another empty
building exists on Main st.
Now that the cattle sales are over
we wish some of our ranchers would
arrange to supply us with fresh beef
There has been scarcity of the ar
ticle for the past few weeks and there
are people enough here now to make
Improbable to supply at regular in
tervals
Though the local line between
here and Bennett Spring has been
discontinued, passengers from De.
Lamar here need not lose day
through having to go via Panaca.
Doc. Dorrel ut Bennett has arranged
to bring passengers through to this
place when desired.
The assessment roll this year will
contain fully as many names at thai
OF last year. Though n number Of
land entries have been forfeited ii
the southern part of the county
others have been made sufficient Il
offset the loss. They are small il
value as rule bat add greatly tC
the work of the Assessors and Trea
surer's Offices.
If Phoebe wants to celebrate til,
4th. this year in noisy manner. J
Eisenmann offers to supply 50(
pounds of giant powder for use OF
the occasion, if committee vii
take charge of it so as to guard a
gainst accidents. Not many of II,
are left but if the stuff is distributed
around we could "make the hill
resound" if we couldn't "make Rom
Howl" on that day.
The new woman" of San Fran
cisco have an elephant on their hand
in the shape OF Hindoo, who
called "The Bramacharin. Whe
he first arrived they slobbered al
over him and said he was darling
now they call him lunatic, whicl
he undoubtedly is. He preache
theosophy, reincarnation and simila
stuff, and does it in his shirt tail
with night cap on, which pleasei
the ancient cacklers, who never be
fore had a chance to inspect a mar
in undress uniform. -Bodie Miner
Index.