Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1883-10-27
EXCHANGE CLIPPINGS.


now graded. The road will run to
Globe from Prescott.
Miller has been convicted of the
murder of DR.. Glenn, and the penal
ty of life Imprisonment fixed. An
appeal will be taken.
Rios, the man who was incarcerat-
ed at Guaymas for having killed his
wife and then stabbed himself to
avoid conviction, died in Jail Mon
day.
The residence of Charles Hamer,
at Carlin, New, was destroyed by
fire on the 23d. The fire was caused
by lamp which was accidentally
upset. The loss was over $4,000.
News has been received of the ar
rest of the two men who robbed the
Truckee and Sierra Valley stage last
week. One of them was captured at
Reno, and the other at Wadsworth.
A Mormon leader at Salt Lake
City recently said to visitor: "We
are laboring in every country; as far
as Iceland on the north and New
Zealand on the south. We almost
encircle the globe"
w. NJ. Nelson, who acted as at
torney for Miss Hill in the charges
of adultrey preferred by her against
Senator Sharon and dismissed in the
court on Saturday, has commenced
suit against Sharon to recover
$120,0O0 for alleged slander.
Thirteen of the older and smaller
business houses at Miles City, Mon
tana, were burned October 23d. The
flames were finally checked by blow
ing up a building with powder.
The remainder of the business section
bad narrow escape. Loss $75,000.
insurance unknown.
A living specimen of Rocky
Mountain goat, or ibex, was recently
purchased by Dillon parties from an
Indian, who caught it in the mount
aims near Big Hole. The animal is
about the size and shape of domes-
tic goat, and is covered with a fine
long fleece reaching to its knees.
A fire broke out in buggy Wednes-
day afternoon on the road from Tay-
lor 20 Ward and two nymphs and a
young man narrowly escaped going
up in n blaze of glory. The fire was
caused by the careless use of a cigar.
When a shawl was torn off and thrown
out it was in blaze, and by lively
work what fire remained was extin-
guished.
A freight war is progressing be.
tween the Union Pncific and Denver
and Rio Grsnde from the Missouri
river to Salt Luke. The latter road
was the first to cut rates, dropping
to fifty cents on all classes of freight.
Tha Union Pacific met it and drop
ped to twenty five cents per 100
pounds. The cut will probably not
last long, and Salt Lake merchants
are making the most of it.
An Oreconian special of October
Gath says: Both of the west bound
stages were robbed yesterday, four
miles from Meahama by a single
highwayman. He only found few
dollars among the passengers of the
first stage, but on the second, he Sc
cured Wells Fargo's treasure box;
how much it contained is not yet re-
ported. No resistance was made by
any of the passengers on either stage
A tiendish wretch named Walter
Mcdonald, hailing from Ogden, a
few days ago, at Eagle Rock in Idaho,
went to the apartment of ole of the
ft male employees in hotel and at
the muzzle Of pistol forced her to ac-
him to hisroom. There he
brutally ravished her person and then
fed. He was afterwards arrested in
Utah and lodged in the Jail at Logan.
When taken back to Eagle Rock the
people of that place should see that
be receives a short shrift and speedy