Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1891-05-20
THE WEEKS NEWS

SAW ~ " SONO
The V. Il T, shops new employ as
large force of workmen as at any
time during the past 10 years.
Willie Murphy of Genoa has chal.
lenged Patsy Hanitan of Empire, to
1o0-yard foot race for 800 side.
Ex-Governor Adams of Colorado
has presented 100000 to the Unlver
sity of Denver tor its further endow.
ment.
George Rutherford has retired from
the editorship of the Silver State aud
Banker Nixon is astride of his own
tripod,
The men in the State Printing Office
were laid off last Tuesday evening.
All the Legislative work has been
finished up.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. w. Esden of Wads-
worth left last Wednesday for Walker
Lake Reservation to take charge of the
trading post.
Judge Cheney contemplates making
material Improvements ON the Judge
Bigelow place recently purchased by
him. Reno Journal
1t is rumored, says the Carson Tri-
une, that an employe of the V. Il T.
shops won one-fiith of the capital prize
in the May drawing.
The Plutes of Mason and Saline val
leys are attacked by la grippe, and
their is scarcely buck, squaw or
papoose that is not down with it.
1t is hard for the unprejudced OBJ
server to tell which talks the loudest,
party of men playing draw pedro or
a party of young women playing
whist.
The oldest postmaster in the country
in point of service is Roswell Beard
sley, who was appointed ut North
Lansing, Tompkins county, N. Y, on
June 28, 1928, and still holds the office.
The Tribune says: Nearly 500 yards
OF new carpet have been received by
the Capitol Commissioners, 1t will
cover the offices OF the Governor, Sec
rotary of State, Controller and Attor-
ney-General.
S. F. Report: Colonel E. d, Boyle,
the well-known mining superinten-
dent, has the sympathy of wide circle
of friends and acquaintance in his
bereavement, cansed by the death of
his daughter
The Austin Reveille says: John
Murphy and Mike Ryan have obtained
permission from the COMMISSIONS to
clean the sewer running through Main
street, for the quicksilver that may be
found therein.
At Dayton last Wednesday in the
District Court, in the case of the State
of Nevada VS.. the Sutro Tunnel Com
pany, judgment was ordered entered
for tax, delinquency, penalty and costs,
as prayed for in the complaint.
1t is rumored that Secretary Noble
is to resign shortly, and that Carter of
Montana, now Com missioner of the
General Land Office. will be appointed
Secretary of the Interier. Secretary
Noble and the President do not agree.
Joe Harlow, ex-State Printer, is 60
ing into the job printing business at
Seattle, Washington, and ]. E. Nc
Kinnon, pressman on the Virginia
Chronicle for many years, is to be
associated with him. So says the
Chronicle.
A horse thief who had been captured
by a Texas Constable overpowered the
latter while on his way to Jail, hand
cuffed him to wire fence, robbed him
of $40, traded hats with him, took his
horse, wished him good-day and rode
away serenely.
There is rumor that the present
line of the G. p. across the Sierra is
to be abandoned and detour made
from Wadsworth and the mountains
crossed at Beckwith pass. The line
would then pass eight or nine miles
north of Reno.
A valuable horse was killed by
lightning In John Clarke's stable at
Bishop during the storm of Tuesday
night. On the same night brood
mare heavy with foal and two-year-
old colt owned by James Jones were