Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1891-05-02
COAST ITEMS.

The libel case against the Wave
has been dismissed at San Jose by
Judge King.
TIE burglar shot at Portland, Or,
Sunday night, was William Hayes,
an Eastern crook.
Stanislaus' county's wheat yield
this season promises to reach
100000 bushels.
The residence of Elsie Reynolds,
the Spiritualist, was burned at Los
-Gatos, Tuesday evening.
Governor Ferry, Of Washington,
has resumed his duties after four
months absence from his post.
1t il rumored at Butte, Mont,
that the Anaconda mines have been
sold to the Rothschilds Of Europe.
Hoodlums at the park 1t Glen
Ellen Sunday jumped on three dep
utized officials and beat them Sc
Verely.
Yolo county orchardists are bar
gaining to deliver at packing sheds
peaches and apricots at q cents a
pound.
Private E. Miller, who was shot
by A. ]. Hunt, at Walla Walla, the
latter being lynched by the soldiers
died Monday.
Henry Meyers, a cook, was killed
near Truckee Monday by the East
bound train. He was a member of
Liberty Post G. A. r. San Francisco.
A 1O-acre orange orchard, with
out any buildings upon it, has just
been sold at Riverside for $4,000
per acre, the highest point yet
reached in that market.
It is reported that prominent
man living about twelve miles west
of Eugene, Or, is afflicted with a
well-developed case of CHAMBERS,
contracted while handling diseased
horses.
In the celebrated millionaire
Davis will case at Butte, Mont,
the arguments upon the motion for
a change of venue are concluded,
and the Judge will render his de-
cision to-day.
A census bulletin on the subject
of irrigation in New Mexico shows
that in that Territory there are
3,O85 farms irrigated out Of total
of AHA not including those Of the
Pueblo Indians.
The Southern Pacific is said to
hold an option on the Cuyamac
Road, running from San Diego to
Lakeside, in Ell Cajon Valley. This
is property belonging to the estate
of Governor Waterman.
At Monterey there has been post
ed warning that "Lee Vanburkleo
must provide for his wife and two
children, who are destitute, or he
must suffer the consequences" The
notice is signed "Tar and Feathers"
City Marshal Robinson of Walla
Walla has ordered all the gambling
saloons to be closed, and Mayor
Blalock has issued a proclamation
that saloons can no longer keep
open on Sundays. This is the re-
suit of the recent tragedy in that
town.
Mrs. Stella Wade, whose husband
just before his death, disposed of
5000 to parties at Los Angeles,
because he was determined to pre-
vent her from getting any Of the
money, has succeeded in recovering
something more than $4,000 of the
funds.
A banana tree in the yard of John
Preston at Oroville is said to be put
ting forth leaves, and now promises
to produce a large crop of fruit.
The tree is three years old, ten or
twelve feet high, and last year bore
for the first time, maturing consid-
cradle fruit.
Sunday afternoon workmen who
had been working on H. H. Mayne's
ranch, eight miles south from San
Jose, Cal, boring for oil, noticed a
peculiar odor, and soon became
aware that they had struck flow
Of natural gas. The gas was ignit-
ed, and a Aame five feet high burned
brightly.
Two parties of eolonists arrived
at MERGED this week, one from Hol-
land and the other from Illinois.
The former were twenty-six in num-
: Der and were booked for the Rotter-
dam colony. The Illinois people
numbered thirteen and they are
bound for the Dean colony, four
miles west of MERGED.
The most remarkable case in the
annals of San Quentin history is
the ease of one Slocum. John Slo-
cum was on February 2. 1887, con-
victed of burglary in the first de-
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