Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1877-08-18
STATE NEWS.

Eleven prisoners devour beans In
Wasnoe county jail.
Reno public schools will open Au-
gust 2'th.
They ship lumber from Reno to
B Iiville by teams.
Eureka Consolidated furnaces are
turni z out and shipping an average
of 25 tons Of bullion daily.
NJ. Harris store IN Genoa was rob
bed last Saturday night of clothing
and je~elry to the value of about
S24O.
The Genoa News has heard that a
sheep-heider at Big Meadows, E,mer-
alba county, was killed recently 10y a
grizzly bear.
Az amicable adjustment has been
made of the litigation between the
De Frees and the Grand Prize min
ing companies, Tuscarora, the latter
company agreeing to deed the "de-
batable ground" after obtaining
patent for it.
A farmer writing to the Silver State
from Paradise valley under date OF
Aug. IL, SAYS: The whole header and
harvesting rorce is now 10 active OPP
GRAFTON. The grain crop is the light
est ever harvested in the valley.
Superintendent Jones was in Reno
the oth7r day. He reports the Jones
g. Kinkead shaft at Pyramid down
1870 feet, having passed through sew
eral rich streaks of ore. He will
commence prosecuting on Sunday,
when the 20O-foot level will lie open
ed, and lie confidently expects t" de-
velop something valuable.
A pale face named Greeley was
convicted TART week at Typo Of sel,,ig
whisky to Indians upon the testImo-
ny of several squaws, who stated III
Court that what Greeley gave them
made them "iller time heap drunk"
and the Sun is heartily glad OF the
conviction.
Wennemucca Silver State: Three
ChIndmen Who it appears, regardless
of law, were using giant pnwder for
the purpose Of killing fish, were
! blown up by the premature explo-
sion of cartridge on the river bel"w
the race track to-day. One of them,
AS We 60 to press Is reported dead,
another had his leg broken and the
third had one of his arms almost
blown off.
Carson Appeal: II. II. CT rk, who
has been ON a prospecting tour f"r
several weeks at Walker Lake, on the
line OF the proposed extension Of the
Virginia and Truckee railroad, re-
turned here with very exalted opIn-
| ion of the section of the country he
visited. He reports having seen the
| finest belt of mineral land ever OBJ
served by the human eye, AMI says
that the railroad Is completed t"that
poipt, the focking of miners to the
part If Walker Lake he refers to vii
be the means nj unearthing some
mineral treasures. Mr.. Clark has To-
Gated a mine there, bearing gold
and silver, aud will return there soon.
There is plenty of timber ard water
throughout that whole section.
The Leeds nine, which has been
looking remarkably well of late, aud
has been yielding plenty of bullion
at very moderate expenses, has come
to the trent as dividend payer. On
Saturday the Directors met and de-
ciared dividend of twenty cents per
share, payable August goth. The
mine Is altogether out of debta d has
enough money on hand, without
regard to August shipments, to pay
the dividend and leave fat surplus
in the treasury. Shipments are com
ing in at the rate OF $1,000 week,
without prospect of cessation.
FOLLOWING are Democratic n0mi-
nees in San Francisco: For NJ, yor,
A. j. Bryant; District Attorney, Jnr.
S. Enos; Chief of Police, Thomas b.
Agnew; County Clerk, Louis Kap-
Ian; Treasurer, Charles Hubert; Au-
ditor, George F. Maynari; Surveyor,
W. P. Humphreys; Supt. of Streets,
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