Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1890-11-22
COAST ITEMS.
Professional burglars are operat-

Arizona has 701 miles of irrigat-
ing canals that furnish water to
10000 acres.
John Garrison, bachelor rancher,
near Canyon City, Grant Co, Or,
was burned to death in his cabin on
Monday.
A company of Iowa capitalists in
tend to start a barrel factory at Salt
Lake City that will turn out 500
barrels day.
Andrew Marie and Jules Rodgers
have. been placed under lock and
key at Portland for securing money
on forged checks.
The potato crop in the Petaluma
section is not over two-thirds the
usual yield, but is generally of fine
quality and good size.
August Olsen, Mrs. Ivett's brother
has been placed under arrest at Mer-
ced and. charged with the murder Of
John l.. .Ivett on the 10th inst.
lis reported that the Denver and
Rio Grande is making arrangements
to extend its New Mexico division
to Albuquerque during the coming
season.
The orange crop in the vicinity of
Oroyille it is estimated will amount
to twenty-five carloads. Oroville
favors holding a citrus fair in San
Francisco.
George La Blanche was whipped
by George Kessler, Butte, Mont,
Monday. La Blanche loston foul
which be deliberately committed
seeing that he was worsted.
The peculiar phenomenon of a
wild grapevine grated to roses,
which bore four varieties Of these
flowers, was presented to the Horti-
cultural Convention at Santa Cruz
Thursday.
Che United States Grand jury, in
session at Helena, Mont, has in
,dicted William Patterson, formerly
Postmaster at Red Lodge, Missoula
county, on a charge of setting fire
to the posteffiee there.
The arizona Stock Groaver predicts
that yearling steers will be worth
$40 a head before 1893, also that
prime beef will bring s cents per
pound before the 4th of July, 1891.
It is now from q to 4 cents.
Wellington Stewart, who was SEN
aenced to fourteen years in the Pen
itentiary for a criminal assault on
young girls in San Diego, has been
released on his own recognizances.
The Supreme Court had granted
new trial in the case.
An Eastern company with a large
amount of capital, is negotiating
for the purchase of the military road
lands now belonging to the Oregon
and California Land Company, and
lying along the line of the road east
of Eugene City, Or, and settlers
will be brought from the East.
Professor c. H. Allen says that
last year four tons of prunes grown
in the Santa Cruz Mountains, and
sold to San Francisco parties for 81
cents per pound, had been packed
.uplin a neat manner, given a French
appearing label and sold for 25
cents per pound under the Bordeaux
label.
A farmer driving a team with
load Of hay was halted by a high
'wayman near Portland, Or, Thurs
day evening. ~ hauled that hay
twenty-seven miles to get my
money" replied the farmer, "and l
ara not going to give it to you. Let
80. my horse or l will put bullet
into you" The highwayman let
him pass.
E. +. Scott, a merchant of Max
we'll, was taken to Colusa by Depu-
4y Sheriff Thompson on a charge
of criminal libel preferred by Mrs.
DR.. Robe, Postmistress at that place.
Scott is an ex-Postmaster, and no.
tices were posted giving the post
office a bad name and telling of
gross misconduct on the part Of the
Postmistress,
The cases against the Chinese at
San Rafael for catching small fish
with bag nets have been postponed
until next March, owing to the ex-
henstion of the venire in obtaining
= jury. The defendants are con-
ducting an enormous shrimp-fshing
business at Point San Pedro, in
Marin county, and should the case
be decided against them it will
threw about three hundred Chinese