Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1890-06-28

Good Indian ponies can be bought for $sa
head at Ellensburg, Wash.
Michigan capitalists are to erect a large
box factory near Riverside, Cal.
Lumber dealers at Santa Cruz, Call, have
formed combination to increase prices.
The Salt Lake papers say that city will
have population of 100, 900 by the close Of
.thisyear.
Charles Bell, the negro carriace.driver
who attempted to kill his wife at ,Coluss,
mas been captured.
c. H. Raymond, Fresno printer, is
charged with embezslement, and he has
skipped the country.
The total yield of the cherry crop on John
Bidwell,s ranch at Chico, CAL, this year
was z4s.ooo pounds.
A very rich vein of ore has been struck in
the old James Harron mine, in Auberry Val.
ley, Fresno county, Cal.
The United States District Court at Seattle
is now engaged in trying Herbert F. Beecher
ON indictments Of extortion and embezzle-
ment.
August Roenig, who killed Henry Berger
near ;Firebaugh's Ferry last April. has been
found guilty, and will be given life sen.
tence.
All Lin, skirmisher from large camp of
Chinese aliens at Ensenada, was captured
near Tia Jnana Monday and taken to San
Diego.
A valuable horse was killed at Fresno
Saturday by catfish which the animal
swallowed while drinking at a way side
trough.
Portland says its population will be under
stated from 5000 to IL. 900 and the Chamber
of Commerce will take action in the matter
at once.
A colored girl at Whittier, Los Angeles
county, in writing persists in forming her
letters upside down. tits freak her teacher
cannot correct.
The entire business portion of Cerrilos,
N. M, fifty miles north Of Albuquerque, was
destroyed by FIRE Monday. The loss will
probably reach $Ioo, 900.
Pott & Kettle is the odd name of wine
making firm that has been formed at Cuca-
,monga. Robert Pott and George Kettle are
the members Of the firm.
The Santa Ana Free Press says the plucking
of the feathers IF the ostriches on the Full
erton ranch has commenced. There are $50
birds and the yield is larger than usual.
While H. L. Williams was boring for
water at SUNDERLAND, CAL. he struck fine
flow Of gas. At depth Of thrty-sx feet
the pressure is forty pounds to the square
inch.
Fires are burning in the foothills east Of
MERGED. Already many thousand acres Of
grass land have been swept over. Several
farmers In the valleys have lost their hay.
stacks.
]. F. Williams, an old miner, is in Albu-
querque. He .characterizes the story of the
Adams diggings, which at several times has
been revived in Arizona and New Mexico,
creating = great deal of excitement, as a
myth.
Four pests, namely, the Goblin moth, black
spot, woody and green aphis. are said to be
At work in the Willamette Valley on the ap.
pies, and unless prompt work is done to get
rid Of the pests, there will be no good fruit
in the valley.
Two Indians have been arrested for the
murder Of Bullock, the Indian fisherman,
near Wawona. They say Bullock as med
ticine man failed to cure one Of the chiefs
who had the grippe, and, according to Gus
tom, Bullock had to die.
During the absence Of the manager Of the
,Gebhardt- Langtry farm. near Middleton, a
number Of the employees became intoxicated,
and in quarrel an Indian was shot by
groom called Frenchy. Two arrests have
been made. The Indian will recover.
A street-car driver named Mckee at Stock
ton has sued the Street Railroad Company
for 1880, which he claims is due him for
overwork, according to section of the Code
which provides heavy forfeitules for COMPEL.
ing . man to do more than twelve hours
work per day.
The great cantilever bridge at Needles
was tested on the 18th Of June says the
Bssoe. First ten large Pittsburg engines
were run out on the bridge and allowed to
stand there. Then 4 double header train
load Of coal was run on to it. The grand
structure didn't culver. The test was salts
factory.