Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-02-02
COAST ITEMS.

Apostoffice has bean established at Twin
Oaks, San Diego county.
The Sacramento river was never known to
be SO low at this season as it is now.
A party Of railroad engineers leave Port
Townsend, W. T., today for Peru.
Haywoods is to have an incandescent cleo.
trio machine to aid the demand for more
lights.
Marysville saloon keepers want to take
the license power from the Board of Super
visors.
After the 18TH of February the postoffice
at Vogans. Amador county, will be discon-
tinued.
John Clements, at Red Bluff, made an as.
signment this week. to S. P. Freeman fer his
creditors.
The family quarrel over the division Of
Los Angeles county is growing warm and in
teresting.
The Fourth street Electric Motor road at
San Diego to university Heights has been
TIED up indefinitely.
1t is reported that salmon contracts are
being made for 81 rs a case, delivered in
San Francisco.
Montana is endeavoring to pass laws to
suppress all but reputable or "square"
gambling in that Territory.
new postoffice has been established Al
Russell, Sacramento county, with Margaret
Mathew as Postmistress.
The Quito olive ranch near Los Gatos has
contracted with firm near Milpitas to fur
nish this season 80, 900 olive cuttings.
Frank Howard convict in the Oregon
State Prison, chopped off one of his hands
this week, with dull Ratchet rather than
work.
Redwood City turned out last night to
witness the first lighting of the streets with
electricity. Cheers greeted the appearance
Of the lights.
The people of Victoria. B. c., have SUBJ
scribed SEC, 900 toward building the Jubilee
Hospital, and the Government has appropri-
ated the same sum.
o. Bauer, young man, disappeared at
Sacramento suddenly last Monday night.
His hat and memorandum book were found
on tho Volo hrid
The contract for building home for SOL
diers' widows and orphans and army nurses
at Evergreen, seven miles from San Jose has
been fled. 1t is to cost SI2,5oo.
Anaheim the smother Colony" in Los An
geles, is vigorously opposing the county di.
vision proposition. The farmers in the VAL
ley, it is said, are unit in their opposition.
George Swingle is setting out 100 acres
more of almonds on his place between Sac
ramento and Davisville. He says it is i'm
possible to overdo the almond trade in this
country.
The title of the North Pacific Coal Com
pany to considerable portion of its lands in
the coal field at the Roslyn mines, w. T..
is to be contested by citizens of Ellensburg
and Yakima.
Andrew J. Smith, who disappeared from
Daggett, with $4,000 worth Of bullion, and
was supposed to have been murdered, has
gone north, leaving several large bills un-
paid. He was tracked to the railroad.
A bill has been introduced in the Nevada
Assembly restricting all percentage games,
stud horse poker, hockey pokey, etc., also
bill to do away in the future with women
clerks in the Senate and Assembly.
Another artesian we'll was struck at Sono-
ma Thursday. The water flows over b inch
pipe at the rate Of 10000 gallons per "a
hours. This is the fourth artesian we'll that
has been struck inside the incorporated lin
its within the past year.
Ex-Tudge Zane's action before the Supreme
Court of Utah in withdr awing from prosecu-
ting the charges he had made against United
States Marshal Dyer is severely condemned
by the Court, which charges Zane with de.
liberate trifling.
At Spokane Falls, Thursday, the Board of
Trade discussed the matter Of discrimination
in freight rates to Spokane. committee
was appointed to bring test cases, involving
several classes of goods, before the Interstate
Commerce Commissions
The Canadian Pacific Railway will apply
to the British Columbia Legislature for a
charter to build road between Kootenai
Lake and the Columbia river, and steamers
will be put on the Columbia between the
terminus and Revelstoke.
A man named Henderson, an all eyed min
ing expert, is wanted in British Columbia on
charge of swindling. His victims are
mostly poor workingmen. He is supposed
to be in California. He is forty five years