Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1886-09-25
RDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1856.
COAST ITEMS.


New Monterey is the name Of town laid
out one mile north Of Monterey.
The force at Mare Island is to be increas.
| ed ffty.two men to work on the Alert.
Joe Edwards, disappointed in love, tried
to kill himself in Sacramento Tuesday.
The iron bridge at Anderson, Shasta
county, will be completed by the last Of
next month.
The fruit-growers in the vicinity Of
Knights Landing are talking Of establishing
a cannery.
Sarah Laiten, Of Alturas, committed sui
eide the first OF the week beoause she was
disappointed in love.
A rumor is current in San Jose that J. G.
Fair has purchased the controlling interest
in the New Almsden mines.
The last building in Clifton, a booming
mining town in Lander county, twenty years
ago, was recently destroyed by FIRE.
Unless the Ottawa Government intervenes
| Sproule, the condemned American, will be
hanged at Victoria, b. c., on the first Of
/ October.
Nettie Kip, who was shot by A. G. Boyn.
ton, at Los Angeles last Friday, gives evi
dence of q possible recovery from her
wounds.
1t is reported that gravel containing pay
ing amount OF gold has been found in a
ravine north OF the Harris mine, near Wash.
oe Lake.
Some little excitement is being caused by
discoveries of plumbago as well as gold ore
in the Verdugo Hills, across the arroyo from
Pasadena.
Dan Flowers, Montana stockman, has q
standing offer of Saso,eoo to any one who
will insure his range cattle this Winter and
make good all losses.
The tea cargo Of the ship Zoroya, which
arrived at Victoria. B. c.. the first of the
week, is found to have been badly damaged
and its discharge is stopped.
At Santa Ana raisin. making is in full
blast. Most people are laying down their
own grapes, as there appear to be no buyers
in the field for raisin grapes.
Tramps have become so insolent and
threatening at Santa Rosa that the citizens
talk Of organizing vigilance committee as
the only means to control them.
Richard Hubbard, an old mining expert.
was arrested in Mexican Nogales, A. T.,
Wednesday, charged with assaulting a girl
twelve years old. Hubbard was intoxicated.
J. A. X. Homer, member OF the Ottawa
Parliament, died Monday night at his resi-.
dence in New Westminster, B. B. At one
time he was engaged in the lumber business
at San Francisco.
Three more cases OF unlawful cohabitA.
ton were disposed Of at Salt Lake last
Tuesday. The accused admitted their guilt
with indifference and rather invited senten.
ces Of imprisonment.
The inquest on the body Of w. E. Ruek.
er. who was killed during shooting scrape
between two men at Merced Saturday, re-
suited in 6nding that the killing was done
BY an unknown person.
The Santa Rosa RtpHbTean OF the 7oth
says: A gentleman on his return home on
the Laguna from town few evenings ago,
was attacked by coons. He thinks he mus,
have killed four or 6ve in the fight.
The Carson and Colorado road is to ex.
tend a line from its present terminus TO
connection with the Atlantic and Pacific
road and thus get into Los Angeles. That
will give Los Angeles control Of a large
section Of country. The entrance will be
by the California Southern by way OF the
Cajon Pass.
Saturdays Portland Oyegonian says:
Mining excitements are becoming plentiful
The extraordinary rich specimens from
Starve- out, exhibited yesterday, created great
excitement, and it is said some thirty or forty
persons will leave this week for that section
They have an excitement at La Camas, and
twenty men left there at midnight Thursday
for the vicinity of new mineral find in