Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1891-01-31
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branch mint established there.
A $500 Masonic temple is to
be built at Albuquerque, N. M.
Epizooty is raging among the
horses in some parts Of California.
Puyallup will have 500, 900 the
atre building ready in about two
weeks.
Black leg is quite prevalent
among cattle on the James Davey
estate in Grass Valley.
The deadlock in the Montana
Legislature is broken, a satisfactory
compromise having been patched
up,
Abner Abbott, a bridge carpenter
was murdered at Seattle for his
money and his body thrown into
the bay.
The Green block, at Spokane
Falls, was Quilted by fire Saturday
night. The losses will aggregate
$4,000.
Nelson vanderlip, a Santa Ana
banker, is charged with perjury in
swearing to a certain deed he knew
to be false.
George w. Clark was seized,
gagged and tied to a tree in the
plaza at San Jose Wednesday night
and robbed of $50.
New Mexico's Legislature has
passed High-license law. Two
thirds of thirty -four dram-shops in
Santa Fe will be closed out.
Two years ago forty sacks Of
seeding oysters were planted in an
arm Of San Diego Bay. To-day
the beds extend over 1000 acres.
The Postoffice at San Rafael was
robbed of stamps to the value of
5000 Monday night, and many let
tiers were rifed Of their contents.
From present appearances the
Portland Oregonian says there will
be twenty-three canneries at work
on the Columbia river this season.
Alfred Call, boss of a street-grad-
ing camp at Spokane Falls, killed
Thomas Hing, another foreman in
Z stable with a pitchfork Monday.
Union Pacific officials have gone
to Eastern Oregon to investigate the
recent outrages on Chinese section
hands employed by the company.
The Government works at the
Dalles, Or, cannot be completed in
less than three years, unless Con-
gress is more liberal in appropria-
lions.
The people of Lodi are watching
for a dog poisoner who killed sever
alanimals one night last week and
it will go hard with him if he is dis
covered.
A strong effort is being made by
the orange-growers Of Southern Cal
ifornia to relieve themselves from
the tyranny Of the buyers and
packers.
John Holmes, who was shot by
Murphy at Yountville, Sunday
night is dead. The other victim of
Murphy's pistol, Vandeleur, will
probably recover.
The successful growing of pine
apples in Paris, San Diego county,
has induced J. H. Banks ia test
their culture there in his foothill
place above the frost and fog line.
About ten days ago two Italians,
residing two miles from Downie-
vile, CAL, killed hog and ate some
of the meat raw. One of them died
Wednesday from trichinosis and
the other cannot live.
Lieutenant Peterson with forty
bucks, squaws and papooses, has ar
rived at San Carlos from Fort Union,
N. M. This is is the band of In
dams taken from San Carlos nearly
a year ago, owing to a threatened
outbreak.
The contract for building fifty
miles Of the Great Northern between
Bonner's ferry on Kootenai and
KoOtenai Falls has been let to Burns
A. Chapman of Seattle. This con-
tact will involve the expenditure
of over II, 100000. ~
The assailant Of Joseph Morrow,
who was SO mysteriously shot near
Elk Grove, has been identified as
T. J. Batty, . step-son of Morrow.
His step-father stabbed him some
years ago at Chico and the shoot
ing was done in revenge.
Large flocks of goldfinches, bull
fnches, European robbins and other
birds, descendants of those import
ed by the Society for the Importa-
ton of Song Birds, have returned
from their winter migration and are
making the orchards in the vicinity
of Portland, Or, vocal with their
songs.
A man named Harris found three
men last Wendesday on n lot owned