Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1886-05-22
STATE AND COAST NEWS.


Barbara goes to the jury to-day.
Mrs. Lizzie Simmons horsewhipped
L. P. Pierce at Los Angeles Sunday.
Stalks of wheat measuring seven feet
six inches were exhibited at vacaville.
A "white LABOR vegetable market at
Gridley has been closed for lack ofsup.
port.
Counterfeit notes of the Consolidated
Bank OF Canada have been afoat at
Fresno.
Monrovia is the name of a new town
site lald out in the foothills Of Los Ang.
ales county.
The tusk OF a mastadon was unearth.
ed Saturday about quarter of mile
from Rio Vista.
The warm weather has melted the
snow in the mountains and the rivers
are rising rapidly.
Another good flow Of oil has been
struck at Puente, Los Angeles county,
at depth OF $50 feet.
Eugene Shipley died at Eureka, New,
yesterday. He was run over by two
wagons loaded with wood.
Iohn Lemon, an old resident of Placer
county, was run over by the cars near
Colfax Tuesday and killed.
BIS. Murphy, a merchant Of Concord,
Contra Costa county, recently appointed
Postmaster, killed himself Tuesday.
Mchal Keefe, who murdered his wife
last fall. has been sentenced by the Su.
perior Court at Vallejo to be hanged
July 9Th.
Constable Rice killed an Indian at
San Diego, Sunday night, while en-
deavoring to arrest him. A coroner's
jury exonerated Rice.
The Kamloop Indians Of Idaho are
endeavoring to keep back the encroach-
ing tide white immigrants. Three hun
dred are reported on the war path.
Austin Kelley, who was acquitted re.
Gently of the charge Of numbering his
mother.in-law in El Dorado county,
died Sunday, at Folsom, OF ofconsumPtion.
John Sylvester, Swiss, was arreted for
drunkenness at Yreka last monday, and
Tuesday morning was found dead, hav-
ing hanged himself with leather belt.
John A. Flowers, at Salt Lake We'd
nesday shot his wife and his mother.in
law, and in scuffle with his brother.in
law, accidentally shot and killed him.
self.
Judge Zane Of Utah refuses to grant
naturalization papers unless the appli-
cant promises to obey the laws OF the
United States with reference to poly
gamy.
Miss Rose Patterson and Miss Frozie
were thrown from buggy at San Jose
Wednesday, and both sustained concus-
sion of the brain. Miss Patterson's
skull was fractured.
P. Hoey, rich rancher, was arrest
ed at Sacramento Tuesday on a chaage
of criminally assaulting two married
women at Reuters Station. He says it
is blackmailing scheme.
A San Diego lad named Allen sprang
into the river Tuesday to assist his
younger brother, who had got beyond
his depths, and was drowned. The
little fellow got out safely.
Dave McComas, a prominent mining
man, at Lordsburg, N. NJ, GONZALES
cling from typhoid fever, took advantage
Of his sleeping attendant and drank
ice water, which had been prohibited
by the physician. NTcComas' death
followed shortly afterward.
Five Socialists were arrested in San
Francisco while haranguing a crowd,
on a charge of misdemeaner. One Of
them advocated going to Mob Hill and
sacking the residences of Stanford,
Crocker and Flood, and distributing
what money and valuables found among
themselves.
Cattle are reported to be suffering
from the long draught in Texas. In
some localities rain has not fallen since
September. An estimate places the
rate of mortality by thirst and starva-
ton at goo head per day. Fully 10000
carcasses cover the plains, and the at
mosphere as one passes along the Texas
Pacific west of Big Springs is terrible.
An old lady named Smith died in
Marysville few days ago, and the Pub
lie Administrator took possession OF her
house, and searched the premises. In an
old apple box in the kitchen, along with
variety of other junk, was found an
old stocking wrapped around some
heavy object, which proved to be one
hundred $40 pieces. The stocking was
wrapped about the coin, and then
number Of pins, grown old with rust,
stuck in to hold it together, thus prov.
ing that it had been that way for years.