Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1888-01-04

this season.
Ferns are popular table decoration
at dinners.
n New Orleans barber shaves by
machinery
We use 1000, 100000 tin cans in this
country every year.
There are more sheep in Texas than
any other State in the Union.
Many of the best dressed women in
New York have discarded the hustle.
Eight dollars per month is the low
est pension paid to old soldiers in the
United States.
The school house in Barfield dis
trict, Mecced county, eight miles from
Turlock, was destroyed by flee yester-
day.
John Lendinghaus and Fred John
son, two well.known merchants Of
Chehalis, w. T., were drowned a few
miles from that town.
Salt Lake merchants complain that
freight from California is more than a
week overdue. The trouble is said to
be owing to the blockade.
Poison oakland not small.pox-is
now said to be the matter with the
patient at Walnut Creek, Contra Costa
county. The people had good scare.
A fire at Spokane Falls, w. T., last
night destroyed Dawson s. Haver-
man'r tobacco store and Strauss gun
store. Loss about $4,000; insurance,
$1,000
At Santa Barbara contract has
been let for Holly water-works outfit
a new wharf is to be built, and 10
mile branch of the Southern Pacific
westward began running from the city
The Mexican troops are still having
occasional conflicts with the Yaquis
Indians, Chico Vanadero Little
Poisoner the abelest warrior of the
Yaqui tribe, since the shooting of Ca
jeme, is at the head of the Yaquis.
r. e. Hogan was arrested at Santa
Rosa yesterday morning for attempt.
ing to murder one of his employees,
but was dismissed on the plea of occa.
sional insanity and the failure of his
would be victim to appear.
Deeds were recorded yesterday for
seved blocks of property IN East Port
land, Or, from different parts to
Charles Crocker for the Southern Pa
ciiic Railroad. The price is $130, 600
Santa Barbara has just continued
for two miles of street-paving and
eighty feet wide. Bituminous rock,
with crushed stone foundation, is to
be used. The contract price is $780,
OOO
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria owes
the Czar such grudge for his contin.
ued antagOnism that he is stated to
bave cleared out of the place at Sofia
every portrait of Alexander / AMI ii
which had been placed there in the
davs of the Russo-Bulgarian friend
ship.
The corporation of the city of Lon
don has voted the freedom of the city
to the Marquis of Harrington IN recog
niClon of his services in defense of the
empire. The Gladstonian members OF
the corporation opposed the motion
The formal vote showed meager
minority.
A 70-year old journeyman chimney.
sweep has just been sent TO Jail for
the fourth time since last Christmas
by the Magistrates of Stanford, North
amptonshre, for uol supporting his
wife, who was drawing relief from the
parish. The old man was sent 10 iail
for two months, although it was
shown that his employer simly gave
him board and lodging.
The English Board Of Trade has
made report, In which it alleges that
the number Of paupers IN the country
now is only 24.7 to the 1000, while in
1870 there were AZ to the 900, and
that the total number has fallen from
100000 to 697,000, while HE popala
tion has increased by 100000. In
London, it is alleged, there are now
ouly 81 panper to /, ,000 inhabitants.
leste.day u large number of rail-
J. 8d y ,ders were sent to Arazona.
from the Plaoervill and Sacramento