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Newspaper
The Pioche Weekly Record
Location
Pioche, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1877
Page
2
A fragmentary, period-voiced column critiques clipping practices among newspapers, cites the Enterprise and Reconnaissance, laments late notices and credit omissions, and recounts scattered items about Chief Joseph, Utah executions, and a London fashion quip. It blends editorial controversy with assorted dispatches, frontier news, and political jottings.
Sobure receives induction as postmaster while Chandler and Schurz reflect on department efficiency and preparations for a smoother transition. Tyner outlines bureau introductions as he departs Washington, and a Buffalo-Chicago railroad collision destroys mail, underscoring the era’s logistical perils. Cameron resigns from public life citing weariness after a long career and fatigue with office politics.
About 600 men work underground at the Jumioa mine and Bronewick and Swatiago mine supplies. William G. Hyde of Gold Hill is named Grand Representative of the Ancient Order of HIberniana and travels to New York for the convention. A commission on duty temperature at the Comstock Mining Company ends with stockholders assured of prosperity. Bishop Whitaker resigns St. John’s Church post in Gold Hall. Rev. Kant assumes duties. Eureka reports Colonel Taylor’s dust trap trial drawing encores. bullion output: 30,743 pounds on Thursday and 29,000 the next day. Walter Marshall of the Virginia Chronicle arraigned for beating a woman. plea guilty. Judge Moore warns under Stewart’s Act. county plans walls and posts on the Conri-hoar.
An anxious crowd watched the dig and post setting as the accused faced nervy readings and a bail amount of 100 dollars. The trial was postponed to next week while felon’s friends sought relief. Storey county bonds were negotiated at ninety two cents on the dollar yielding about ninety two thousand from a hundred thousand. Meanwhile Eureka notes report Virginia City youths leaving for work, warning locals to delay labor migration until pending litigation settles.
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