Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1883-05-12
STATE AND COAST NEWS.

CcNcuty -tHEee CdIlOHue VI UuilIOu
were shipped from Salt Lake lest
week.
The real estate transactions in Salt
Lake City, on Monday, amounted to
$4,000.
L. P. Smith has been arrested st
Visalia aud returned to Los Angeles
for swindling and passing forged
checks.
A white woman, q widow, living
near Hslfmoon bay, CAL. was married
to a negro four miles off shore, on the
26tll of last month.
David Abhern, Q negro vaqusro,
was dragged to death by his foot
hanging in the stirrup, at Farming
ton, San Joaquin county.
Two bodies and all the survivors
of the Grappier arrived at Victoria,
Saturday. The survivors give har-
rowing account of the disaster.
Showers, the States evidence in
the Lexington, CAL, murder trial, was
on the stand, Saturday, and told an
intelligent and connected story.
A Chinaman was killed at a mine
at Knights Ferry, CAL, last week by
trap gun which had been set to kill
a suspected sobber of the sluice boxes.
On May TIN at Wilcox, Arizona.
Charles Schneider was fatally wound
ed by W. A. Poindexter, who was
intoxicated. Poindexier is under ar
rest.
Charles Spike, . rancher at Lake
City, CAL, shot and killed Charles
Dslano of the same place Friday night
last. Land trouble caused the shoot
ing.
At Athlone, Merced county, q
Chinsman attempted an outrage on .
thirteen year old girl. He was ar
rested and charged with criminal as
sault.
Jacob Recht shot and killed Levi
Arnold at Hills Ferry, Stanislaus
county, CAL, Saturday. The testi-
mony at the inquest showed that
Recht was right.
On May 7th Miss Fannie Baldwin,
was sdjugsd insane by the Probate
Court OF Pierce county, W. T. and has
been sent to the Territorial Insane
Asylum at Steilacoom.
Henry Willard is at Helena, Mon
tans. He is in the prettiest town that
ever existed in the mountains, and the
only mountain town that bears Q re-
semblance to big business city.
w. Harris, printer, formerly of
the Psnamint News, Coso Mining
News, Bodie Standard, has been de-
vslopiug his mine near Prescott, Arl-
zons, with the result of unearthing .
fine body of rich ore.
A bachelor residing at Center Hill,
Calaverous county, was troubled with
bedbugs and sought to rid his bed of
them by saturating it with coal oil.
He went to bed with q lighted pipe
in his mouth and now mourns the
loss Of his furniture in addition to
suffering from several bad buns.
Chief Lappeus, of the Portland po-
lice has been suspended. Last Wednes-
day night the old charges, which
often been preferred before, of hav-
ing taken bribes In the Carrie Brad.
ley murder case, and winked at
gam mbling and other evils, were again
presented to the Council, and, as
usual, referred to the Committee on
Health and Police. The same charges
were Investigated three months ago
and Lsppeus exonerated.
s. L. Stark was killed and Jake
Eggers severely injured in the Nava-
10 mine Tuscarora, Nevada, Sunday.
AS in the Nevada Block elevator ac-
cidsnt, the safety clutches got cut Of
kilter. Safeties are dangerous when
the guides are allowed to gum up and
get thick with the muck of ancient
grease. Three men, who were work.
in the bottom of the shaft. heard the