The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-10-19
NORTHWEST NOTES.

Fire in the town OF Ontario, Oregon,
asst week, caused loss of $4,000.
Seven buildings were destroyed, in
sludiDg the Rutherford hotel property.
A. VI. Bunce of Lander, WyO., has
been awarded contract for the con
struction of a laundry at the Wind
River Indian school, at a cost OF 81, 59s
The Maxwell land grant trouble has
been settled by allowing those now on
The land TO remain on liberal rentals,
the company to make Improvements.
Henry Parker, Kanaka, believed to
have been more than 100 years old,
lied at Oakland. Cal, last week. He
came to California from Hawaii more
.han fifty years ago.
Norman Wines, a pioneer stage OPP
orator, with mail contracts in Idaho,
Montana, Wyoming, { tab and Nevada,
dropped dead in Los Angeles last
while talking over the telephone.
Ed Towse, editor of the Honolulu
Commercial Advertiser, and Miss Ka-
lie Bohn, daughter Of the late Stephen
Bohn of Cheyenne, were married last
week They will reside in Honolulu.
On account of an increase of business
which necessitates the enlargement OF
The plant, the Colorado Fuel & Iron
company at Pueblo has decided to in.
crease its stock from S13 Oo0, 900 to S25-
200, 900.
A freight train consisting of eight
ears of fruit, one carload of sheep a
Ear of whisky and an oil tank, were
4 burned up at Crows Landing, CAL,
last week, in a wreck caused by mis-
/ placed switch.
The North Beach, Wash, life-saving
station was almost totally destroyed
by lightning last week. The entire
upper story of the house was badly
shattered No one was injured by
the bolt. but the escape of the crew
was miraculous.
Two masked men stopped the stage
one mile from the Camp Bird mills,
near Ouray, Colo, last week. They
were looking for the daily shipment of
bullion from the Camp Bird mine, but
overlooked the box, which contained
s12, 900, representing two days run.
The passengers and mail were not dis
turbed
The Union Pacific broke local
record last week. 1t made the run
from Evanston to Ogden, seventy-six
miles, in eighty minutes, with train
Of nine cars, being the delayed Over.
land Limited. OF the distance covered
eleven miles from Evanston to Wasatch
was on steep, up grade, which made
the run remarkable one.
Commercial men who travel over the
Oregon Short Line for Salt Lake and
Ogden jobbing houses, says the HALEY
Times, say that some of their princi.
pals have us. -i &C than they can
fill in the eet SIX weeks, even by
working highland day. Some Of tn.
houses haye witka.swn their agents
until they eau catch np
) Spokane mining circles are excited
over sensational developments in Re
J public camp. Samples taken from the
} richer portion of the Republic ledge at
: the bottom of the fifty-foot Wine be
/ ing sunk from the 4o0-foot level give
an assay value of S4, 744. The Surprise
q is drifting on five feet of solid ore
j which runs s5s per ton. Recent assay
!. across the face of this drift have run
y as high as S465
!, The body of an unknown girl, about
II years of age, was found in the foo
hills near Laramie last week. TIL
flesh seemed to have been gnawed b.
g wild animals, the head and arms beini
} severed from the body. A good pal
J, of slippers were on the feet. A blu
s macintosh and a well preserved ha
IS were found near the body, but moth
l. ing that tended to establish the ident
y ity of the unfortunate girl.
l. Three of the Union Pacific train rot
l. bers who in July last held up the eas
e bound express near Rock Springs, Wyo
o and relieved the Pacific express me-
e senge of his iron box, containing owe
d Sl25, 900 in cash, have been located i
70 Seattle. dozen detectives are in tn
q city, some of them ranking with tn
1t best known and cleverest in the cour
try. They are scattered about at tn
+ different hotels, under assumed name
% and quietly devoting their time to tn
r hunting down of the gang.
. The gap in the telephone line col
70 Meeting Utah with Montana WI
= closed up Saturday. The line is COZ
as nected at Missoula with one extern
y ing to Puget Sound. so that Salt La
- ers may now talk to people in the 7
- ci6c northwest at the rate of 81. 80 (,
half minute, or SO for five minute
~ or at the rate of about . cents a wor
- In few months connections will
made in Wyoming with lines fro
~ Salt Lake and Denver Then Pug
Sound can talk with residents of
nobscott, Maine.
es s. II. Campbell, fish commissions
ne gave an elegant fish dinner to t
40 Laramie volunteer soldiers just !