Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1890-04-26
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Tintic, Utah.
High water is threatening the bridges
across the Boise river, Idaho.
Hop-growers met at Sacramento Friday and
organized State Hop-growers' Association.
Tacoma has raised the subsidy Of SIS, 900
for line of steamers from that place to Ash
attic ports.
In Victoria, B. c., no mason or stone-cutter
will work on building where Chinese help
is employed.
Santiago Gonzales, one hundred and six
years old, died on his ranch near Las Vegas
N. M, Sunday.
The Seattle police raided the Alma House
and captured eight thieves and much stolen
goods this week.
The Portland carpenter strikers are gain
ing in numbers. Other building trades are
supporting them.
George H. w. Buggy, who murdered
Dick Louison at Windsor last January, has
been sentenced to hang on the 18th of June.
The Tombstone EpitapA says the band of
renegade Apaches has been increased to TWEEN.
ty-6ve by recent assertions from the reserva-
ton.
A heavy land slide bringing down rocks
and trees occurred at Upper Soda Springs
Monday, and delayed the California and Ore
uo, tyoin ohout aiuht hours
Petroleum in paying quantities has been
found near Gallup, N. NJ. and the people
there believe the fields will prove equal to
those Of Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Charles E. Sitton, prominent druggist
and wealthy man at Portland, committed
suicide Saturday by placing handkerchief
saturated with chloroform over his face.
The steamer Oregon has been held liable
for the deaths of two colored sailors, who
were killed in the collision with the ship
Clan Mackenzie in the Columbia river.
,Camas prairie, Idaho, farmers have suffer
ed much from last Summers grasshppper
raid and the cold Of the past Winter, and
subscriptions are being raised for their re-
lief.
Workmen engaged in excavating for
street extension near Eggleston place, on
the east side of Santa Cruz, Wednesday, dis
covered a can containing 5000 in $40 gold
pieces.
A raffler mo k;l1a5 in
Wednesday, says the Pomona Times, that
measured 7 feet inches long by II inches
around the waist. 1t sported FL rattles and
a butten.
When David Dennee, the Tacoma robber,
was arrested, $Io3 s. were found in his po-
session. The money has been traced to the
Office of the Chief of Police and cannot be
traced farther. 1t is lost.
The remains Of Jacob Binder, who so
ymysteriously disappeared from Sonora, Tuol-
,umne county, five weeks ago, have been
floating at the bottom Of an old mining shaft
about three miles from town.
A miniature Eifle Tower, I25 feet high,
covered entirely with flowers and crowned
by IS candle-power electric light, is
among the floral designs at the sixth annual
Flower Festival at Los Angeles.
Salt Lake has granted franchises two new
street railway companies. By the end of
this summer these with the old companies
will have sixty-hve miles Of electric street
railway in operation. The new Council is
running the city on more liberal plan.
The valuable valise belonging to Rev
Father Bohn, which was lost from the stage
near Lewiston, Idaho, few days ago, was
found in cabin, but of the contents $500 in
coin was gone. Five Cinnamon are under
arrest as accessories, the main thief having
made his escape.
Mrs. Lillian Hastings was granted d.
.vorce from S. c. Hastigs by the Superior
Court at Lakeport last Saturday on the
ground Of desertion, without any almony,
although it is currently reported that she re-
,ceived $4,000 and 5000 month as long as
she remains unmarried.
At Bucks ranch in Plumas county, the
snow is packed twenty feet deep on level.
At Letter Box Judge Clougb, who has just
arrived at Oroville, says he went down stairs
thirty-two steps to get from the snow into
Thomas Townsend's house. The snow there
is twenty-five feet deep and is solidly pack
ed.
Charles M. Potter, at one time foreman Of
the San Francisco Chronicle composing
room, Wednesday took a dose of morphine
at Seattle, from which he died. He was
,disspated. HIS wife had just reached Seat
tie, and when she refused to live with him
he left her with the threat of killing him.
self.
DR. Wo Sing. the principal in the Chinese
smuggling cases, was arrested in Los Angeles