Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1877-07-21
STATE NEWS.

county is $72, A.
State Senator Ross was married in
Reno Wednesday evening.
The North Carson mine is expected
to resume work next week.
Eureka county's Indebtedness, less
cash on hand, is $1S,2l9 81.
The grand jury of Humboldt coun-
ty have found twenty true bills up to
date.
Two ounces of chloral-hydrate end
ended the life of NJ. B. Howard at
Ellsworth.
There was shipped from Ploche
during the past week bullion valued
at 1888 SIS.
A carload of antimony ore was
shipped from Winnemucca to San
francisco The other day.
Hiram Comas and J. B. Ruckner,
recently pardoned, robbed tn" Idaho
stage in Humboldt county in 1878.
Man Town, the Chinaman who
killed Wong Ha in Austin, has been
sentenced to the State Prison for rs
years.
The race track at Reno is being
put in splendid condition. Horse
men say it is faster by several Sec
onds that it WAS last year.
The Silver Prize Mining Company
has been incorporated IN San Fran
cisco, to operate in Tuscarora dis
trict. Capital, S1O,oO0,0oO.
At Cornacopia recently Marion o.
Stewart, aged thirteen years, was so
badly injured by being kicked by a
horse that h- died the next day.
The Reno Gazette understands that
Dean g. Wheeler have sold their sui
phur and cinnabar mine, near Steam
boat Springs, to A. p. Humbert.
A German named Jacob Gruber,
about so years of age, was run over
and killed by the lightning train
Wednesday between Boca and Verdi.
Such a widespread and numerous
horde of grassl'oppers has never be-
fore been seen in ,he Reese river
country since its settlement by the
whites.
The directors of the Meat Shipping
Company have selected 90 acres Of
land just below the new prison at
Reno. and will commence the cree
ton of buildings Immediately.
The Silver State understands that
the citizens of Winnemucca have eff
fected an organization tor the purpose
of Kidding that community of the
thieves and Migrants who infest it.
By vote of three to two the Board
of Pardons refused to grant COM
mutation of the sentence of William
Huff Thompson, convicted in Hum
b ,ldt county of the murder of VIII
liam McRlvcy. Thomp son will be
banged.
The Reveile learns from parties re-
turned from the new mining camp
near Silver creek, north Of Austin,
that claims are being located, town
] laid out, wafer privileges gobbled up,
and the claimants are jubiIant over
the brilliant prospects ahead.
The Reno Journal says the farmers
Of Washoe valley are out Of luck this
season. They will he poorly reward
ed tor their labors, as not over half
the usual crop will he produced. The
frost about the last of June cut down
potatoes aud injured barley ana
wheat.
Belmont Courier: The prospect of
Belmont mines is most encouraging.
Progressing in the Ell Dorado South
finely and the management are push
ing things at a lively rate. In the
Belmont some pretty rich rock has
been struck and the chances look IA
vorable for the opening out OF IA fine
ore body before great while. At
Spanish Belt the int tunnel is being
pushed along rs fast as possible. In
Jefferson and Jet districts the pros
poets are also very favorable. We
think the day is not far distant when
considerable bullion will be shipped
from the mines in and around this
section.