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Show PIOCIIEDOTS AND DOINUS. The Pioohe Record of the 6ih gives ' these items: Ed, Gillon'a ox-train arrived yesterday yes-terday from the north with a load of salt for the Raymond & Ely company's mill at Bulliooville. The salt is from tho salt marsh up in the Snake range. Wo hear it remarked that times are improving in Ploche, but we fear "the wish ia father to tho thought," as there are fewer men engaged in our mines now than at any previous time for months. We believe the good time so long predicted is not far ahead, however. It was reported on the street last night that one of the litigant mining companies on the district court calendar calen-dar would allow the suit in which it is involved to go by default; but we have no other authority for the report than common rumor. A settler named Matbes, of Spring valley, reduced sn abnormal development develop-ment of impudence on a Piute Indian, last Saturday, by giving him a tound thrashing. If tho Indian was imposed on in tho matter we will give the particulars par-ticulars when responsiby furnished us; but wo have not received them yet. Star district, between here and Salt Lake, is attracting increased interest in Piocho, there being many here who arc interested in ledges in that district. dis-trict. Tho veins seem to improve with development, both in richness and est one, if common reports are to be believed. The town of Shenandoah, luo Liauiug puiut lor iiiese minou, is growing rapidly and business isJbrisk runup high" In-the hundreds, Tbe last Hamilton stage brought in, under charge of a deputy sheriff of White Pino county, two horse thievcB, who were captured in the vicinity of Eureka. The animals, mules and horBes, were stolen from this vioinity, and are on their way back. One of tho thieves is the notorious "Dutch George," who has Btolcn more horses and dodged more officers than any other man in the State. He killed a fellow called " Buffalo Bill " in the early days of Eureka. The name of the other iB Buttler a boy of 17 years of ago, whose parents live near Belmont, Bel-mont, Nye county. The following item is going the rounds of the newspapers : "Around Pioche they havo bored down three or four hundred feet without finding any water, but thoy think as soon as they get a little way further down they shall find some." A well has been sunk over three hundred (eet, in a plain north of the city, without finding find-ing water, but many thiok quite a volume of water would be reached by going a little deeper. An artesian well company is being organized, and tho first work done will be to put machinery ma-chinery over that shaft and bore down to water; after which the most suitable suita-ble spot will be selected to commence boring from the surface. Gentlemen of long experience in boriDg for water are confident tho enterprise will bo crowned with suocess. |