Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-07-13
COAST ITEMS.


Extensive forest fires are raging near Grass
Valley.
Banning shipped II,a47 pounds of black
berries in June.
Los Angeles collected 5000 fares on the
cable cars July 9TH.
Shut Wah the San Francisco Chinese forger,
has been arrested at Portland
The Yuma Sentinel says figs are so plen,i-
full as to be a drug in The market.
The volcano cones south Of Mono Lake
are giving signs of a coming eruption.
The Parkfield oil we'll at San Lucas, Mon
terey county, is yielding large supply.
Sonoma county fruit-growers are trying to
establish permanent fruit exhibit at Santa
Rosa.
Pete Olsen, the Napa murderer, has been
captured again. This time at Lordsburg,
N. NJ.
The Goblin moth is said to be destroying
=, the apple crop of Honey Lake Valley, Lassen
q county.
Contractor Nc Cormack. who disappeared
NJ from Tacoma last week, has been arrested al.
Walla Walla.
Jacob Zimmerman, wealthy rancher, has
Just been robbed Of $4,000 by bunco sharps
at Portland, Or.
Tuolumne county fruit sold in Lundy is
not choice, but the Homer Index says the
price is frst-class
Sunday night an entire block was burned
in the Chinese quarter at Fresno. The loss
is estimated at $4,000.
Monterey has spotted, or "pinto" man.
His skin is dark, but it is covered with white
spots from head 10 foot.
During the past week FIVE applications
for State land have been filed at Carson,
embracing I,I5o.77 acres.
Judge Deadly has urged the Legislature Of
Washington 10 make the term Of the Judges
ten years, with yearly salary Of $4,000.
The French flag ship, dpwipg "a feet g
inches Of water, was successfully taken on
the stone dock at Mare Island Wednesday.
Miss Kate Fennell killed friend, whom
she was visiting, Mrs. Carol, near Albany,
Or Saturday, with gun neither knew was
loaded.
w. =. Wheeling and Thomas Honford, at
Lancaster, Los Angeles county. have been
held for trial for the murder of William
Tweedy
Mrs. NJ. A. Mckinley, Postmis.ress at
Winters, has sued A. j. Divibhss for Sic, 900.
he having charged that she withheld and
opened his mail.
Farmers in Washington township, Yolo
county, complain Of trading boats that 60 up
and down the river selling liquor, getting the
field hands drunk.
r. d. Johnson, well-to-do citizen Of Pa
louise City, W. T., killed his wife. son and
daughter and then himself-,he result OF
religious fanaticism.
An early opening OF much valuable lands
on the Puyallup Reservation TO white settlers
is expected after the return Of the Senatorial
Committee from Alaska.
John Orme of Phoenix, Ariz has sold $50
hogs for ST. 500, says The Herald. He finds
twice the profit in raising porkers that there
is in daAbling in alfalfa or wheat.
Some years ago John Mcclure took up
piece Of cactus land in Tuna Canyon, Los
Angeles county, and set it to grapes. Last
spring he refused $4,000 for the place.
Mrs. Waters, accused Of numbering her
babe in Kansas, has been released at Port
land, where she had been arrested, on a writ
OF habeas corpus, and has gone to Gilman,
w. T.
Farmer Stewart killed three cougars in his
corral last week, near Cottage Grove, Lane
: county, Oregon. They were so eorged with
fresh pork that they could not scale the fence
in time 10 escape Stewards deadly riAe.
Frank NJ. Harris and his alleged wife Belle
Z Harris, were arrested, at Los Angeles on q
charge of blackmail. A trap was laid 10
the wife Of an Eastern capitalist. into which
she fell and was despoiled Of her jewelry.
She confessed to her husband and the arrests
followed.
The Portland Board OF Charities tried to
induce the street beggars, blind hand organ
grinders and pencil peddlers and the like to
accept aid and leave The street. but found
that most Of them were making handsome
wages begging and couldn't be hired for any
reasonable sum to give up their lucrative oc
cnpalions.
Two ranch hands at Blacks Station, Volo
e.. 10, ihs IL