The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-12-16

ers' offal is burned at 50 much per cubic
yard, is to have a cry of opposition
raised against it. The neighborhood
complains of poisonous fumes and cases
of sickness caused by it. The matter
will be presented to the Board Of
Health.
State Superintendent of Public In
stIuction Black, in talk before the
county institute at Stockton, asserted
that he did not believe in life diplom-
as, nor in any certificate to teach
which had life of more than six
years. He also advocates separate ex-
eminations for teachers of different
grades in the schools.
Louis Smith, aged 5 years. was ac-
cidentally killed while hunting with q
companion in South Slough at Vallejo.
The two were in boat when flock
OF ducks was sighted. Young Smith
reached for his gun, the muzzle Of
which was pointing towards him.
The hammer caught, and it was dis
charged, instantly killing the boy.
Morton & Lippitt. the provision
merchants of San Francisco, are pre-
pairing to make = fight against the
Health department. Some time ago
Health Inspectors seized quantity of
canned goods belonging to the COM
planning firm which was condemned.
The goods were tested by experts who
claim that the canned goods were pure
and fit for food.
A young man who has been known
in Oakland as Robert Mcdowell is
wanted by the police for having passed
three bogus checks upon J. r. Foster
and securing other funds in a ques-
tionable manner. Mcdowell won the
confidence of number of men about
Oakland, representing that he worked
for d. Appleton as agent in San Fran
cisco, and for Charles Brown 81 Son OF
Baltimore.
Yet no trace of Andrew Sweetzer,
the missing president of the Cordelia
Wine Company, has been found. He
was last seen in row boat off Sausa-
Tito and it was thought that he had
been carried out to sea. His brother
chartered the tug Sea Witch and a
search was made of the ocean as far as
the Farallones, but without success.
1t is now thought that Sweetzer was
picked up by some outgoing vessel.
The mercantile firm known as The
Chaffee Company, which has been in
existence in Ventura since 1868, has
just been dissolved. L. A. Chsffee, the
manager, acquiring proprietorship, alb
sorbing the interests of the establish
ment of the heirs to the vast estate of
W. b. Chaffee, deceased, in settlement
of Leslie Chaffee's portion, who will
hereafter conduct the business, which
is the largest in Ventura county.
The A. S. Kerry Lumber Company
of Seattle, WASH, has announced that
it would construct three sawmills in
Alaska this winter to meet the antici.
pated large demand for lumber for
boats to ascend the Yukon next spring.
One mill will be located on Tagish,
one ON Lake Bennett and one on Marish
Lake. The material for the mills will
be carried in ON sleds The daily out
put of the mills will be 5000 feet.
The fair at the Mechanics Pavilion
in San Francisco, January 24th, to
celebrate the anniversary of the dis
oovery of gold in California by William
Marshall, is now certainty. The
Mechanics Institute has accepted the
bond of 81 900 of the Miners Asocia-
ton. If the fair is success, $500
rental for the Pavilion will be paid,
but if the fair is failure no rental
will be paid according to the agree
ment with the Institute.