Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-07-06
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Indians in Plumas county ask 81 day in
the fields.
Burglars raided several houses at Fresno
Monday night.
Rust has done great injury to wheat in
Lake county. Cal.
The First National Bank Of Reno is to
have new brick building.
An Inyo farmer is preparing to sow fax
and hemp on large scale.
Burglars made big haul of shoes from
a store at Fresno Saturday night.
Coyotes have done great injury to stock.
men in Eastern Nevada this season.
The sales of real estate in Salt Lake for
June will reach 81 900, 900. says the Herald.
Senator Jones Of Nevada has given $40,
600 for building new pier at Santa Monica.
Eastern Nevada cattlemen are selling stock
and moving of on accoun. of the scarcity OF
feed.
Last fall number of orange trees were
planted at Florence, Idaho. They are grow
ing nicely.
A Willows jury estimated the value Of a
mans rib that was knocked to pieces in a
fight at only $50.
A movement is on foot at Fresno to get the
BOARD OF Trade of that city to establish a
free labor agency.
Peter Barger killed his late mistress for
deserving him and bit off the ear Of his rival
at Tacoma on Tuesday.
A field Of eighteen acres Of grain has been
totally destroyed by squirrels at Indian VAL
ley, San Luis Obispo county.
Helena, NJ. T., capitalists, disguised at
the water supply, have formed new water
company and extensive works will be erected.
Three Nebraska men bought ranch near
Salem, Oregon, last week for $2s, 900. They
intend to start a stock farm for blooded
horses.
A grain FIRE northwest Of Huron caused a
loss of about s., 1000 this week and about
twenty acres Of wheat were burned over near
MERGED.
William Tweedy, wealthy cattle man Of
Lancaster, Los Angeles county, was shot
and killed by W. c. Wheeling Monday at
Maynard.
!. D. Fiske, owner Of the Fresno Opera
House, has entered suit against the Rtp1dH-
ran for having published that the building
was unsafe.
A bridegroom failed to make his appear.
ance at .he appointed hour for his marriage
at Saukafail Saturday. 1t is believed he has
gone to Honolulu.
At Rockford, w. T.. gold has been dis.
covered in the cistern Of the water works.
Intense excitement prevails and claims are
being staked everywhere.
A gas we'll has been dug thirty miles east
Of Ukiah that sends out 1900, 900 feet Of
gas in twenty -four hours. 1t is proposed to
pipe 1t to the town and use It.
Judicial proceedings have begun to take
away from Mr.. and Mrs. Fix at Sebastopot,
Carrie Sterling, the little girl who was so
cruelty trea ted by the two recently.
Two ladies who went riding at Astoria
were found unconscious on the beach where
the team had thrown them. Miss Lizzie
Writ died, never having recovered conscious
ness.
1t is thought that Tulare Lake, CAL, will
20 completely dry this summer. The water
is not over six feet deep anywhere, and all
the fish are dead except the perch, and they
are dying.
One mile south Of Hogan, NJ. T., near the
top Of Flat Butte, is large deposit Of pet
fi6ed clans. There are also beds on Dry
creek and near Sun river. They consist Of
pctri6ed beds, many feet in thickness, with
clans imbedded throughout the sedimen,ary
deposit.
A gambler went to Woodland last week to
get place to start faro game, SO as to fleece
the harvest hands after they were paid off,
He was refused a location, and left town.
The Mail gave him the following send Of:
"He is an accomplished robber."
Bryson, under sentence to death for killing
Mrs. Lundstrom, near Helena, NJ. T., last
fall, has the death watch set, and Saturday
an attempt to smuggle poison to him by
means of fellow prisoner and paper
covered novel was detected. The written
directions to Bryson were by woman.
The Burbank Times says chicken raising
would be profitable there if the blackbirds
could be kept away. They are SO numerous
and pugnacious that they drive all the chick
ems away from their food troughs and devour
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