The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-08-16
LOCAL INTELLIGEN CE.
Its Origin and Incidents Connected
Herewith.
RYE PATCH, Aug. Is.


RYE PATCH, Aug. Is.
EDITOR SILVER SrATE:-As the tele-
graph has undoubtedly apprised you,
we have had a fire, totally destroying
Borland's hotel and store, also occu-
pied by the railroad, Wells, Fargo &
CO., and the w. u. Telegraph Company.
1t occurred about 2:l5 P. M, August
18th, and was
FIRST DISCOVERED IN THE HAY
Stored in the corral back of the wash
house. When the alarm was given
las though to allow the fire. fend an
easy victory there were only three
men upon or around the premises,
although the neighbors and railroad Sec
ton men rallied to the rescue as fast
as it was possible for men to, and
worked with hearty good will; but
every effort to save the hotel proved
unavallng. The attempt was not
given up, but fought to the bitter end,
! until it became apparent that the build
ing was doomed, and then the time was
so short that comparatively little was
saved. The total loss foots up $l4, 900,
with 81, 900 insurance in the Fireman's
Fund.- of San Francisco. The occasion
DEVELOPED SEVERAL HERoINEs
Who displayed courage and capaci-
ty to do and dare that challenged the
admiration Of us all. One in particular
who was first on the ground, was ever
in the thickest of the fray, and when
the last effort was made to save the
buildings, presided over the water
trough and dealt out wet blankets until
she might easily have been mistaken
for veritable water nymph. OF course
all the telegraph wires were down, but
as soon as it could be done they were
temporarily connected and put in work
ing order at q P. NJ.
LINE REPAIRER,
Mr.. Jas Bell, arrived from the East.
Upon leaving the train and without at
tempting to ascertain whether he could
not allow the lines to remain as they
were, until permanently repaired, with,
perhaps, some slight alterations, he inn
mediately began pulling them down.
Upon being told by Mr.. Borland, that
his action was, to say the least, hasty
and ill-advised, and aftersome words had
passed between him and those present,
he seemed to become seized with an un-
comfortable appetite for gore. Walk
ing rapidly to his pack, and to our utter
amazement he
BROUGHT OUT HENRY RIFLE,
Which he brought to bear upon the
crowd, and, slowly advancing, threat
ened to fire. Undoubtedly he expected
every man mot one OF whom was armed
with anything more deadly than tooth
pick ITO mizzle, to absquatulate, to pick up
his No. lis and shake the sand from
the same at about the gait displayed by
Sleepy Tom a few days ago, but,
strange to say. they all made for our
modern Chevalier Bayard Heaven save
the mark and he was easily persuaded
TO abandon his intention OF inaugurating
a cemetery in this locality. In sober
earnest he can consider himself fortu-
nate indeed that he left here with
a whole skin, and l doubt
whether there are many camps in the
country where man could go to the
length he did and escape being decor
ated with hempen cravat. Tomake his
conduct still more outrageous and con-
temptible, there were women and child
rem in the immediate vicinity whoselives
would certainly have been endangered
had a shot been fired. ID. +. G.
AskahO BulliOn.
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