Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-07-28

fSpecsol to zAs Lyon Cbxnty Times
Han Ran 0ver Near Elko.
ELKo, July s7.-The freight train
which left here for the West at eigh'
O'Clock last night ran over the body
Of man, cutting it to pieces. Tit
night being dark the body Was moi
discovered in time to prevent the
train from passing over it. As soon
- it was discovered the conductor
backed the train into town aud mott.
fed the coroner of the facts. The
head was severed from the body and
the countenSnce was mangled beyond
recognition. His name is said to be
Costello. and his aye about twenty
six years. It is supposed that he
started for McCslls ranch, where he
has been engaged 1t work, and being
very drunk laid down on the track.
A Jury will be impaneled but it is
clear that the company Is not to
blame in the least.
lnpertsat Mining Suit Decided.
The cass oe Barrows ~ Dsfrees,
which has been occupying the public
attention for come time aud concern
ing the Ownership Of the D~frees
mine in Tuscarora, was finally given
to che Jury yesterday, who returned
. verdict for the plaintiff.
Assessments.
SAN FRANCISCO, July a7.--A ten
dollar assessment is levied on the
Bank Of California, delinquent on the
S0th Of August.
An assessment Of fifty cents per
share is levied on the Lady Washing
ton Mining Company, delinquent
August 2sth.
An assessment Of twenty-five cents
is levied by the Newark Mining
Company. delinquent September LIST.
Lucky Baldwin arrived from the
East yesterday.
License Tax Collector Sinton esti-
mates that the order imposing q tax
on lawyers, doctors, photographers,
oculists and mining secre-
taries will raise t250,000 additional
revenue.
The Silver Discount.
San Francisco, July s7.-The re-
tail merchants met at Dashswsy Hall
10 the number Of eleven this morning
TO further consider the silver dis
count question, but - 30 little inter
sst appeared to be shown in the mat
ter it was resolved to adjourn subject
10 the call of the president. 1t was
incidentally that . num-
Der Of merchants had signed the
adopted at the last meet
ing. but the general impression APP
peared to be that the whole thing had
ended IN smoke.
F oundering 81 . Whaler---One Sea.
nan Drowned and Several In.
jared.
The General Harvey, just in from
Straits, brings intelligence
Of the laundering of the whaling
bark Illinois, Captain Frazer, on the
night of the 18th of April in latitude
81 degrees north, longitude l7S de-
gress west, from n collision with the
ship MArengo. The Illinois filled in
. few minutes and sank. The crew
Of the bark were rescued by boats
from the Marengo with the excep-
ton Of J. winchell (sesman), . IA
tive of Boston, who was drowned.
Several others were injured. The
Marengo lost her head jio-boom and
all her head gear, and Was leaking
some about the bows, but will make
the season.
The crew NJ the Illinois were dis.
tributed among the whaling feet.
Captain Frazer arrived ON the Gen
eral Harvey.
Timely Rescue Of . Crew.
The ship Santa Clara, which ar
rived to-day from New York, reports
that on May 10th, while passing
through the straits of Lemaire, MAS
boarded BY boat containing Henry
@. u. Hnar, second mate. and three
Of the crew Of the British bark
Southern Gross, Thsy reported her
10 Gore roads in distress, having
put back for the Falkland Islands IN
Nay It'll. After reaching 81 degrees
south, or about 70 degrees west. the
crew wanted to abandon the
vessel, but they were driven
to the pumps by the ofHcers.
She was leaking badly aud steadily
gaining on them. On the 18th she
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