Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-09-07
COAST ITEMS.

Colasa is arresting and jailing the Saliva
zion Army followers.
1t is unlawful to kill pheasants in British
Columbia until 1890.
A smooth forger worked Stockton pretty
thoroughly last week.
The Victoria, B. c., sealing schooner
Theresa has been wrecked near Cape Beale.
A man named Norton while on spree at
Knights Landing, jumped into the river and
was drowned
Trains will be running on the Donahue
branch between Santa Rosa and Sebastopol
within thirty days.
Children at IIollsteI amuse themselves by
seeing who dare stay on the track the longest
when train is coming.
Washington Territory Republicans have
nominated c. P. Ferry for Governor and John
L. Wilson for Congress.
The Fresno Knights Templar will take to
Washington 200 cartons of raisins 10 distri-
butte during the Conclaye.
Walter Redding. who was convicted of
setting fire to house in Fresno, has been
sent to Folsom for eight years.
Mrs. Pickell, who keeps a hotel in San
Diego, attempted to commit suicide Wednes-
day by gashing her arms with razor.
Joe Euingsworth was not permitted to
marry Virgie Harcourt. the girl whom he is
charged with assaulting at Los Angeles.
Thomas Allen mistook M. Gillet for a
deer near Markham's Mills, Sonolna county,
while hunting Saturday and fatally shot him.
Fresno's wheat yield this season is about
three million bags, 20 per cent. more than
last year, though The quality is not SO good.
The jury at Brighton has exonsrated T. C.
Perkins, from whose kick tramp died Tues
day. The tramp was very abusive to Perkins
in his own house.
A lone robber captured the south and north
bound stages near Linkville, Or, Tuesday
night, and presumably obtained considerable
money. He was young fellow and wore
no mask.
The largest bar of gold ever cast in the
world was turned out at the United States
Assay Office at Helena, NJ. T., Wednesday.
1t weighed 500 pounds and is worth little
over 100000.
Three tough cases from Truckee were seen
in Grass Valley last Friday night. The
1901" were called to order and the Truckee
contingent just managed to save their necks
by taking to the woods.
The grape growers about Florin, Sacra-
mento county, are highly elated over the high
prices received for their fruit in the East.
Black Moroccos brought $500 ton Monday,
Tokays about s2oo and Muscats $3.50.
A violent rain and hail-storm swept over
San Carlos. A. t., Monday. Two-thirds of
the soldiers quarters were blown down, and
several hundred dollars worth Of tents and
other Government property was destroyed.
The lighthouse keeper at Tillamook Rock
got some soil last Spring and started gar
den on a fiat shelf of basalt. He planted
potatoes, turnips and radishes. The first
named did not do well, but the rest gave a
fine yield.
The Idaho Statesman Of August a7th says:
Saturday, in Shoshone, two ranchers got into
. difficulty about water. Jack Campbell,
Sheriff Of Logan county, arrested them and
put both in Jail. A short time afterward he
returned to the Jail and found that one had
killed the other.
The principal work Of posses in search of
Morales, the Santa Ana Valley desperate, is
to get "valuable information as to his where
shouts" At least, that is the daily report
of their discoveries for the past week. But
notwithstanding the heavy rewards, the out
law has not been discovered.
The sealing owners at Victoria denounce
the story telegraphed to San Francisco SEN
;sational journal that an organized raid was
contemplated by them upon the seal islands
in Behring Sea, The piratical character Of
the undertaking stamped the story with false
hood, and it was not credited in this country.
St. Augustine's fiesta was inaugurated at
Tucson last week, and gambling and bull
fights are the order of the day. On Sunday
four bulls were turned into the arena and tor
tured by matadors, but the City Marshal pre-
vented them from killing the animals. Fully
two thousand Mexican gamblers are in
Tucson.
The Scott Valley stage while coming
down the mountain grade about six miles
from Yreka, became unmanageable by the
brake bar breaking, when the driver was
thrown and the team ran away and upset the
stage. Nearly every one Of the passengers
received bruises and Commissions of painful