Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1883-10-13
STATE AND COAST NEWS.

Wayman 1nursday.
Thomas Dennis went to sleep on
the track at Fresno, Cal, and was
run over and killed.
Joaquin Miller's mother, aged go
was married at Eugene City, Or, to
bluslling youth of 90.
Reports of huge land frauds in
Utah are made by the special land
agents of the Government.
Joseph Smith stabbed Clay Lock-
wood, inficting q serious wound at
Chehslis, W. T., SATURDAY..
Charles Beeler was beheaded by the
cars at bridge No. 20, about twenty
miles from Truckee on Monday.
Chas. Packwood, who eloped with
a young girl from Red Bluff, CAL,
has been arrested in Solano county
for bigamy.
John Disart, conductor on the Pa
louise branch of the Northern Pacific
yesterday killed Jack Hanson, who
was drunk and attacked him.
A skeleton found near Forestville,
Sonoma county, is believed to be that
of William H. Lee, who murdered
his wife nine years ago and dlsap-
peared.
Two farmers near Roseberg, Oregon
announce that they have more apples
than they can dispose of, and invite
poor families to help themselves from
their orchards.
The business men in HALEY, Wood
River, who were burned out at the
fire, will commence building as soon
as they have settled with the insur-
ance companies.
By a premature explosion of two
Thousand pounds of powder 10 blast
on the heavy railroad work near
Bloody Run yesterday in Southern
Oregon, two Cinnamon were killed
and several others badly hurt.
The sloop Star with eleven Chinese
on board from British Columbia was
captured Saturday by the Customs
Inspector at Port Townsend, W. T.
The Chinese acknowledge having
paid SIS per head for their passage.
Competent judges, taking depart
ment reports to the government as
basis, estimate the value of domestic
animals annually destroyed by wolves
in Euaopean Russia at 100000
rubles, or about $12, 100000. To this
great sum must be added the value of
the wild animals which the wolves
kill, the reindeer in Siberia alone
representing high figure. The an
nual loss of human life is never ac-
curately known, but in 1875 the
police reported 16l persons killed by
wolves.
One of the richest strikes known
to the mining history of California
was made at the Nevills, or Nam
moth mine, about three miles south
of Jackson, Amador county, last Sat-
urday. A pocket ofquartz, ofalmost
unparalleled richness, was found less
than one 100 feet from the surface, in
which was contained from 5000 to
100000, and being about two tons
in quantity. Much of this might be
justly termed huge chunks of gold
instead OF gold bearing quartz. Some
of these immense pieces of almost
solid gold were about as heavy as q
man could easily lift from The ground.
The largest piece was of an oval shape,
16x22 inches, and 8 or 7 inches thick.
The gold is almost black, and of the
same character as the former rich
strikes found In the same mine, and
which have heretofore attracted the
attention and interest of the mining
men of all parts of the United States.
We have no doubt, says the Anador
Dispatch, but that this is the richest
find of gold OF this kind ever found
or known in the Unitsd States at one
single time, and will undoubtedly
attract much attention from the min,