Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1888-05-26
COAST ITEMS.


Tacoma, w. T., wants more residenc,
buildings
The San Jose canneries are rushing the pes
crop SO as to handle fruit.
The Linseed Oil Company will erect work.
at Portland at an early date.
The third Mormon temple built in Utal
was dedicated at Manti Tuesday.
A railroad from the White Sulphur Spring,
near Naps county, to St. Helena is talked Of
Henry Schussler, Napa Institute student
was drowned while bathing Sunday after
noon.
Henry Penrod, the armed printer Of
Portland, is to join dime museum in Kan.
sas City.
The Beca Ice Company is enlarging its
dam so as to have an ice pond nearly one
mile square.
Paine defeated Ball in the sculling match
at Victoria Saturday. He made three miles
with turn in 2O:5o.
Two Cinnamon, who were arrested near
1sleton for illegal fishing, have been fined
$50 or MY Gays IN prison.
Miss Nela Twigg, Portland servant girl
seventeen years old, has fallen heir to for
tune of 500 900 in England.
1t is stated that w. B. Carr, expects to
cut and stack 100, 900 tons of hay on his
ranch in Kern county this year.
The Signal calls upon the people of Dav.
isvile to form Vigilance Committee and
clean the town Of rough characters.
w. J. Morgan, the County Treasurer OF
Butte, who absconded with $4,000, is said
ts be keeping store at Whitby, Ontario.
All the trout at the United States Breed
ing Station on the McCleud river have been
turned loose into the public waters of the
State.
A special car with eggs and fry Of shad
for planting in the waters Of the Salt Lake
basin will reach Salt Lake some time next
month.
Redding became the county seat of Shasta
in fact Saturday. The county effects were
brought from Shasta and the officials were
serenaded
Stephen Hansderf has lost his wife, who
arrived in San Francisco on the Sth of May,
and does not know where she is. He is at
Riverside.
An explosion Of gas in a store at Chico,
wrecked show window and burned the
plumber through whose carelessness the &C.
cident happened.
The movement to have Indian Agent Eels I
removed from the PuyalluP Reservation
proves to be part of a scheme to get posses
sisn of Indian lands.
Active work with proper machinery will
be begun in the Livermere coal mines next
month. The vein is five feet wide, and is be.
Geved to be excellent coal.
Washington Territory has elected SIX del.
egates to the Chicago Convention, though en-.
titled to but two, and there is dispute over
which Of them are entitled to sit.
Farmers on White river, in King county, |
w. T., and on Stuck river, in Pierce county, |
are at war. The latter turned the water of
the Stuck river into the White River Valley. !
G. T. Miles, sneak, thief, whose depreda.
tons were confined to hotels has been i'm |
prisoned at Santa Ana for petty larceny and |
bound ever on the charge of grand larceny. !
Parties who have purchased agricultural
land from the State of Oregon under the
Swamp Land Act are suing settlers in the
United States Court to eject them from the
land.
The rate paid for surveying by the Nation
al Government is SO small that nobody will
do work in Oregon for it, and much land
that settlers would gladly take up lies I'M
surveyed.
Evidence Of sensational character is be-
ing given in the arson case at Walla Walla,
w. 7. The whole crowd arrested appears
to have followed incendiarism as business
for years.
Marcus D. Borruck, Governor Waterman's
private Secretary, Wednesday at Sacramento
filed amended complaints against the pub
fishers Of the Daily and Weekly Bee, in his
suits for $5o,o each.
Bids for the construction of 1000 foot
trestle on the Columbia river bottom, oppo.
site Vancouver, w. T., an So foot span bridge
across Columbia Slough and 5000 hewn ties
have been advertised for.
A brakeman named J. F. Brown, aged
about forty FIVE years, was killed while walk
ing on the top of freight train at Summit,
Tuesday. He was caught under snowshed
and had the top of his head taken of.
Won Sutliff, farmer near Chico, took his
Winchester Sunday and practiced at people
passing on the read. He fired ten times,
fortunately dong no injury. He was insane,
and after struggle was overpowered.
Pyle and Hum, who were tried at Walla
Walla, w. T., for burning the Aurora Hotel
last March, have been found guilty of mur.
der in the first degree. George Herold, who
was in the hotel at the time Of the fire,
was burned to death.
Frank Wilson, a fisherman at San Juan by
the Sea, Les Angeles county, was shot and
killed Thursday by Alfred H. Wolff. Wolf
believed he had grievance of domestic
character. Wolff is the same person who
shot Swede named Peterson, at San Fran
els