Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1891-12-19
COAST ITEMS.

Biackleg is among the cattle OF
Umatilla county, Or.
There are promising evidences of
oil and natural gas about Gilroy.
The total value of the taxable
property of Oregon is 100000.
A female ostrich on exhibition at
Petaluma accidentally broke its
leg and had to be killed.
Borax beds a mile in length, half
a mile in width and eight feet thick,
have been discovered near Ellens-
burg, Wash.
The editor of the Ventura Daily
Observer was assaulted in his office,
Thursday, by Charles T. WATSON, a
Deputy Sheriff.
J. w. Smith, miner at the Ken
nedy mine at Jackson, Amador
county, fell down a shaft 500 feet
Tuesday and was killed.
Mrs. George Ward, Christian
Scientist, is to be prosecuted at San
Bernardino for responsibility for the
death of George Lord, Jr.
A man with handkerchief over
his face entered a faro-room at
Marysyille Thursday evening and
at the point of pistol secured $275.
Soldier Franks house, at Cotton
eva, Mendocino county, the oldest
building in the northern portion of
the county, has been burned. 1t
was built in 1858.
The lima bean ranch of Dixie
Thompson, in Ventura county, is
said to be the largest in the world,
1920 acres being planted to beans.
The crop this year was 103 car
loads.
All the large passenger and freight
steamboats, on the Sound are tied
up at Seattle because of disagree
ment between the Captains and Pr
lots Union and the Engineers AS
ISOLATION.
A tall well-dressed young man,
met with fattering success in pass
ing forged checks on the Farmers
Exchange Bank of San Bernardino
among the business men of Pres
colt, A. T.
The Union Pacific officials, the
owners of the tug which rescued the
steamer Marie off Astoria, have IL
belled the steamer, claiming rea-
sonable amount of salvage. They
claim that the Marie is worth $780,
900.
A dispatch from Paso Robes
says the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company has ordered 500 barrels
of flour sent to Santa Margarita to
be used while constructing tunnel
for the completion of the gap be-
tween that place and Ellwood.
Harris Bros, clothiers of Helena,
Mont, have assigned, with prefer
ences of $350,000, including $780,
600 worth of notes due local banks,
and $4,000 due dealers in New
York. The liabilities are 100000,
and assets are thought to be the
same.
Edward Albertson, the defaulting
cashier of the Fidelity Trust Com
pany Of Tacoma, has been sentenced
to ten years in the Penitentiary, by
Superior Judge Allyn. Fred N.
Chandler, Albertson's friend and ac-
complete, was sentenced to five
years. This enlightenment ease is
of recent occurrence and familiar to
readers.
Owing to the action of the Bos-
ton and Montana Company in roast
ing ores in heaps, the people of
Butte, Mont, are compelled to wear
cloths over their faces while on the
streets to avoid the fumes. A pub
lie meeting has been called. A mob
will go out and put a stop to the
nuisance, and the police and Sheriff
Will not interfere.
Medicine Lodge, Idaho, was re-
Gently the scene of a remarkable
fatality. David Collier and boy
started out for a horseback ride.
Golfers horse soon began bucking,
and, getting beyond control, ran
with such force into the boys horse
as to kill himself and the other an
imal. At the same time Collier
was thrown and had his neck
broken. The boy escaped unhurt.
At San Jose last Tuesday night
in the City Council, Mayor Rucker
filed charges against City Attorney
w. B. Hardy, alleging incompetent
cy and that he had received money
from an individual interested in
connection with suit. Hardy was