Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1890-10-18
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River Valley.
Footpads are doing a profitable
business at Phoenix, A. L.
More than 10000 sheep are feed
ing on Table mountain, Nye coun-
ty, New.
Mrs. Rich, who was shot during
the raid on a saloon in Lake county
last week, died Tuesday.
The Portland Oregonian is erect
ing fine building and getting its
sandstone from Arizona.
Much difficulty is met at Fresno
in securing a Jury to try Stillman,
who killed John D. Fiske.
A fourth flow of gas was struck
at depth of 1,4O0 feet at Stockton
Thursday 1t burns to a height OF
three feet.
Forest fires in the lower range Of
mountains near Wallowa Valley.
Or, have ruined immense tracts OF
valuable timber.
The copper mines of the Seven
Devils district in Idaho are claimed
to be second only to those of the
Lake Superior region.
It took forty-three rounds to de-
eide glove contest between Daniel
Needham and Billy Mahan at Seat
tie Wednesday night.
CITY Justice Walter G. Lockwood
has been indicted by the Los An
geles Grand Jury on the charge of
embezzling county money.
C. H. Goodrich and Miss Annie
Reese entered into marriage con-
tract at Fresno Monday, the contract
being verbatim copy Of the Sharon
Hill contract.
Frank Mesa, while carelessly
handling a pistol, accidentally shot
and instantly killed his stepson,
William earliest, at Healdsburg, on
Monday night.
The Yuba river is cutting a new
channel at Marysville, and consid-
cradle pile-driving will have to be
done to divert the stream back in
to its original bed.
The Pasadena Star says some rich
specimens of platinum have been
found in the mountains near AFRO
20 Seco. They have been sent to
Los Angeles for assaying.
Judge Patterson, a prominent
citizen of Whatcom, Wash, has
mysteriously disappeared from Ia
coma, and his friends are greatly
alarmed, fearing foul play.
The concrete piers to the steel
bridge building across the William
cite river at. Salem, Or, are settling
under their own weight and will
probably have to be rebuilt.
Thursday at Oroville, a camper
let his fire get beyond his control.
1t burned house belonging to A.
Pabst, and about three hundred feet
of the bridge across Stony creek.
Mrs. Frank Dickman is under ar
rest at Seattle charged with having
three husbands, all living, to whom
she was legally married and from
neither one of whom has she been
divorced.
The warm weather during the
past ten days has been just the
thing for the bean thrashers of
California, and the output is good.
It transpires that the late rains
did next to no damage.
The condition of the strike of
miners at Great Fall, Mont, is un-
changed. Thesseason is late and
the contractors can cease work with
out much loss, therefore it is be-
lieved the strike will fail.
The little daughter of Mr.. Bull,
whose family were going across the
mountains from Baker City, Or, to
Coos Bay, was dragged quarter of
a mile by a horse over the rough
road, her foot having caught in the
,stirrup, and was killed.
The stage was robbed Sunday
night eighteen miles north of Ukiah,
and Wells, Fargo & Co.'s box and
the United State mail were broken
into. The robber was caught at
,Cloverdale Tuesday. He is but
eighteen years old and admits that
he committed the crime.
On the 9th of October, A. Ross,
q railroad employee, threw piece
of coal from an engine while pass
ing Blue Canyon. The coal struck
William H. Durkee and killed him.
Ross was Wednesday dismissed
from custody, at Dutch Flat, the
killing being declared accidental.