Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1888-07-28
COAST ITEMS.

Sausalite, CAL, is threatened with water
famine.
Lincoln county is swarning with grass.
hoppers.
Portland i. arranging to send twelve lepers
TO China.
sharp earthquake was felt at Tucson,
Wednesday.
Washous on the Atlantic and Pacific
road are reported in New Mexico.
colusa farmers hire boys with sling shots
10 drive away birds from their oreharss.
The Truekee paper says there are 6oo, 900
young trout at the Tahoe hatchery ready for
distribution.
Pine Grove. Idaho, is quite a place fer
wool. The shipments this season fsot up
zoe, 900 pounds.
The Assessor Of Contra Costa, Cal, est
mates the yield Of wine this year will be
1890, 600 gallons.
The boiler makers Of Seattle are on
strike for their wages to be increased from IS
cents to 20 cents per hour.
Stryehnine applied to watermelon Is being
used with good results IN California In get.
ting rid Of the rabbit pest.
Some Of the solano county, Cal. farmers
express lively interest in the scheme to
import eolored farm laborers.
United States Consul Stevens At Victoria,
B. c., says that 7,S54 Chinese have been
landed within the past six weeks.
Large forest fires are reported in the high
er mountains IN the neiehborhood Of Grass
Valley, destroying valuable timber.
Stock owners in Lincoln county near the
Utah line are rcsorting TO divers and sundry
lodges TO avoid legitimate assessment
John Ryne, former Comstock tinsmith,
but now a resident OF Bellevue, Idaho. isre.
ported to be one OF the heirs TO $40, 600, goo
estate.
The Fishers saloon, the Fishermen's can
merry and the headquarters OF the Upper As
toria Republicans were destroyed by fire al
Astoria Sunday night.
r. H. Barclay, of Burbank, Los Angeles
county, picked a single branch from black.
berry bush, last week, that had 1900 full.
size berries attached.
A California company with SIS, 900, 900
Nominal capital is about 10 expend $1,000
600 in plant for developing iron, coal and
limestone deposits in Utah.
The first carload of fresh halibut shipped
East from Astoria was sold by auction at
Bostsn on July 18TH for 1917 cents pound.
The result is quite satisfactory.
The Livernore Valley, Cal, grape grow.
ers have decided to dispose of their grapes
by means otherwise than wine making, un
less they can realize $40 ton for them.
The Lick Observatory did some capital
work in taking observations OF the moon
during the late total eclipse. Forty seven
drawings were made with the large equato
rial alone.
Lee Sykes, alias w. R. Short, has been
arrested at Bakersfield, charged with the
robbery Of stage and murder Of a passen.
ger named Henderson, in Shasta county,
some months ago.
A squaw has confessed that she accompa-
MED TWO Indians who killed Miller and Iring.
two bachelor farmers in Cowichan District,
B. c., two years ago. The murder has
hitherto been a mystery.
George Mathena, James Costello and c.
Massen, brakemen charged with destroying
railroad property at Sacramento several ,
weeks ago, had second trial in the Super. !
or Court Wednesday and were convicted.
A farmer Of TemPleton, Cal, bough, four
cans OF squirrel poison and distributed it
where it would do the mos good. The next
day he counted 1900 dead squirrels, IS
skunks, coyotes and his favorile bird dog
Charles Dogan, Butte county, CAL, far.
mer, who about ten years ago began farming
on rented land, has 6,ooo, 900 pounds OF
wheat 10 sell this year, worth about 500, ooo |
His capital when he began was an extra
shirt
Tuesday was the forty first anniversary OF
the settlement Of Utah by Mormon pioneers,
and for the FIRST time in the history Of the
Territory the GeRtles joined in the celebra
tisn. A better state OF feeling has obtained
growth among Msrmons and Gentiles.
Last Wednesday Jacob Baker rode up to
G. c. Bushes house, on the San Bernardino
Ranch. near Tombstone, Arizon, and shot
Bushes dog. He abused Bush and asked if
be wanted 10 fight. Bush was not around
and kept out OF his way. A few hours later
Baker returned and rene wed his abuse, and
Bush shot him dead.
Jesse D. Carr has had a large force en-.
gagged in building fence 10 inclsse IS 900
acres Of Cove rnment land in Modoc, county,
Cal. The feAce for twenty FIVE miles is a
solid stone wall, FIVE feet broad at the base
and Ave feet high. The remaining twenty
miles OF the total Of forty five miles is OF
wire and stone ledge. 1t cost $2S 900.
Agents Of the Government Land Department
have ordered the removal Of the fence.
Advice TO Mothers.