Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1891-05-09
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grant rights-of-way for the proposed
Mountain Road.
Charles Watkins, twelve years o
age, is held in 81 600 bonds at Hol
lister, on the charge of arson.
The machinery for the Chino Val
ley Beet-sugar Mill has arrived al
Ontario, from Germany via New
Orleans.
The body of Louis Munson, late
editor of the Banning Herald, was
cremated at Rosedale Cemetery al
Los Angeles Saturday.
Pickpockets made something of a
haul at the reception to President
Harrison at Sacramento Saturday
One man losta 81, 500 diamond pin.
A Board of Army officers is be-
ing convened at Walla Walla to in
vestigate the recent lynching Of
Hunt by the soldiers in garrison at
Walla Walla.
The Collector at Port Angeles,
Wash, has seized the British tug
Pilot under the statute prohibiting
foreign tugs from towing American
vessels in American waters.
The Albuquerque Foundry and
Machine Company's works were de-
stroyed by fire Monday. The fire
originated in the boiler-room and
was no doubt the work or some il
cendiary.
An Indian known as 10 commit
ted suicide by eating wild parsnip
at Reno Saturday. The cause of
his shutting off was that a white
man had interfered with his domes-
tic relations.
A deposit of $4,000 has been
made in Victoria, B. c., as the first
payment of total sum of 81 $780,
900 offered for the purchase of the
Silver King mine on Load Mountain,
West Kootenay.
Stockton has lodge of colored
Masons. For infraction of the
rules the Master of the lodge was
suspended recently, and he has TAX
en- and retains possession of the
paraphernalia of the lodge.
The people along Corte MADEIRA
creek. near Tamalpais. have the
past week been throwing fish out
of the creek with pitchforks, when
the tide is low. The creek is filled
with fish, carp and shad predomi-
mating.
The colored man, Thomas Cor
don, whose dead body was found
lear Coulterville last Monday, and
whose death was attributed to In
dams, it is now ascertained was
murdered by William James, a
white man.
Attorney John Trumbull has been
arrested at Port Townsend on a
charge of aiding and abetting the
entering of Chinese into the United
States by procuring and selling at
Victoria certificates of entry. They
brought $50 to $50.
At several points above Albu-
querque, N. NJ, the waters of the
Rio Grande are running over the
bank and devastating the fields
The dixie still holds having again
been repaired, but it is said that the
dixie is merely pile of sand sur
mounted by grass sod.
Dan Gordon, a colored man living
near Coultersville, at an Indian
rancheria, was found Monday with
his throat cut. He was rather
hard character when in liquor, and
it is supposed that a debauch, which
was participated in by himself and
the Indians, ended as above.
John Davey, who lives near
Placerville, Wednesday was en-
gagged in spraying his orchard trees,
using for the purpose beam-cylin-
der spraying pump, and while in
the act Of pumping the cylinder ex-
ploded and one of the flying frag-
ments tore away one-half of his
head, killing him instantly.
The Ventura Press says: It is
said that guano when applied to
land will destroy the wild morning
glory, which abounds in places in
this country. Those who have had
experience state that salt has rather
an injurious effect upon the land
and does not have the desired effect
upon the pest. Guano costs $35
. ton and several farmers will try it
soon.
The steamer Bert, from the west
coast of Vancouver Island, has
reached Victoria, B. c., and brings