loche motes notes notes MOTES from the record of feb 17 i last saturday night a dastardly dasi dast I 1 ardly ardis attempt was made to set fire to the house occupied by bertha martin J on oil lacour street the would be incendiary came to a window in III the rear of the house threw some kerosene cixto AH to a room zoom and set het ef nire fire to it fortunately the fire was dib discoverer coye reft regi by pers pel sons in the bouse housey and was extinguished before doing any material damage 1 it was however a close call for a destructive conflagration the event caused an alarm to which the firemen 11 riemen responded promptly r the tho tracks of tha the would be incendiary were plainly seen in the snow in the rear of the house and tt a charp detective might be abie able lie lle to ferret out the scoundrel and bring him to justice from thib the record offee of feb IS 18 some time ago a scandalous and defamatory leuter letter was sent befit to mrs cory cory coty of bf dry valley and the fact edming to tile the knowledge of her husband litis band bana he set parties to work to ferret out the au tholof the scandalous letter and acco according iding V to corys testimony he found evidence sufficient to satisfy him nim that 0 11 1 delahanty Dela deia De hante abante was the guilty party with the evidente evidence satisfactory to himself himsel f cory presented the defamatory letter to de lafante and demanded that he give a written acknowledgment of df hi guilty which accordi according Dg to decaban leff teer kestli ony uny lie he gave through fear of his ilfe lire delahanty Dela deia hante procured a warrant upon which cory was arrested and the oase tase was heard by justice van fhagen hagen yesterday de be labante testified that cory showed showell him the letter ietter and pistol in hand demanded that he be acknowledge the authorship and that he delahan te fe denied eter eyer having written or instigated tile the scandalous sea letter ietter e t ter cory denied havink having a pistol but admitted that hl he e compelled dela hante to sign agn 1 it I 1 believing 1 that thi at he lle deia delah Dela aube hatate was vas too great a coward to refuse his demand cory also told delahunte Dela deia hante that according to the custom of the country he had forfeited his ilfe lire by his eon ton konduct duct duet we ve have only given an outline of the testimony but we no believe enough ba has been said to give the reader a fair idea of what occurred owing to the conflict in the testimony the court was in doubt what course to pursuer pursue but ninal final finally y discharged the accused itemus ed 1 mr corey in view of the great wrong grong wro nghe he has hai suffered red would be i held b blameless by hll hil good gdud citizens ns if he took the life of ofie ofle the vile pile wr wretch tieh tich who afraid to sf strike ril 4 ape openly ay iy seeks seeks to injure a laly lady in theT nos cowardly manner anner in but before making an accusation bation of so damaging a nature as that which he lie made against al rde ADe labante delahunte dein Dela hante he be hould have bernot berndt been not nob only certain lii in his own mind but able to maka good dod his charge beffre any tribunal the bar of public opinion we apela claim IT 1 that cory wall vali was waa wholly wrong in in I 1 P extorting x a confession from delahunte Dela deia hante without giving him an t anity to explain away anything and everything that pointed to his guilt A confession which is not given voluntarily and without fear or favor is no confession in law indian agent ingalls arrived yesterday ay 2 by y the salt nake lake staga stage rr from 0 m t tho the h e east t is t rit fit at 0 AJ THIEF CANYON this is tile classic nammie name given to a locality iocca ity near we tile outskirt me inhabitants ay iy of bf which wre are izila eadd tobe tone liot not above ii ija te ope evening not long since bince a B mormon normon vendor of herit heril fruit came barrie along niong with witha a ta wagon loaded with produce roduco loduco for the pioche market and hll hil hii all at oneo lie he was accosted by one onci of the denizens of aho canyons who first priced the eggs and t then en asked how many there were in a certain box being told the price and that the box contained wenty twenty dozen lie he quietly remarked dil take these the seand and suiting the action to his words walked onn off with the box of eggs egg it being dark tha mormon was lili iiii unable able abie to follow bollo in pur pursuit amit twit an and d n next ext da day wilena hn officer er undertook to find the alun idil der berhe he was baffled at t every turn and gave up tip the chase chose in despair anthe loth of january tamn lamn laan old bent tent gentleman leman ieman named francis franeis B E evans vans living in pioche mal mai ledat a letter ietter to his wife who lives at t placerville erville ci cal cai ell vil jn in this letter mr evabs evans placeda check fb for fon r 50 drawn in his iiii awn own favor and endorsed aiso also aza a ISO piece land jand five pieces on the baek back dr bf the th letter ietter was plainly written if not called ledfor eal cal for within ten days return to francia francis B evans pioche nevada mr evans wrote lo 10 to his wife on the of jadud january ry and mentioned the forwarding of the money ley in a a letter mailed hereon here an on dor mol the tire loth of Ja january hilary then than ibo the fact became known that the letter ietter containing tb the money hadt hadr either elther been millaid mislaid or feloniously abstracted from the mails f some borne sago ag 0 as our readers hae have bae already been beebi a advised orders were issued at washington for the removal of the land omee office arvill rom belmont to Plo Pio clie elle and afterwards after ards tile the register and ree Rec receiver eiver kIver advertised tided for proposals for removing the books papers etc to this place laa but that is as far as those b officers M c ers ens havo have gone in the matter of comp complying ying with the tho orders sent to them the noncompliance compliance non with this order taken in connection with ii etli other matters matterson matter of griek grievance forwarded to washington from this has resulted in tile the removal the register and receiver A washington dispatch of tiia ath I 1 announces that tile tiie P resift nt had sent to the senate the 0 no ruinations of jio jko jhc foster for re register L and anu J NV wright for receiver sf bf we the land band LandOm ceat at pioche there ean can be no question orl ori that these thes nomina lions ioni will be confirmed b by the senate seriate abonce at onca once As tas oon tebon bon hs as elther either the register or receiver gets glis his commission lie he will ard proceed d ro fobil palin outs take tuko poe slon t sion s 1 9 ji 0 bf f til ill theand theland E and the ariff ys to pioche both the new applin appointees ts aro arc well weli known citizens citizen of fidelie Pi pio plo delie che and lind their appoint luie irie nt wilida wi will lidi ildi give ve general satisfaction sat rat i braction sr action hefel here aj