Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1891-07-04
COAST ITEMS.

1890
was the hottest day experienced in
California for many years.
Ranch fires in the neighborhood
of Sonoma have been doing consid-
cradle damage to pastures and
fencing.
The citizens of Blaine, Wash, in
mass meeting have protested
against employing Chinese in the
cannery at Semeahmoo, opposite
Blaine.
George Knight, an old and re-
spected citizen of Mariposa, was
shot by a Chinaman, two miles
southeast of that town last Satur-
Gay evening.
Edward L. Spencer, formerly a
Fresno deputy constable, Wednes-
day at Stockton pleaded guilty of
burglary, and was sentenced to five
years at San Quentin.
The Portland Citizens's Commit
tee of One Hundred has perma-
nently organized to procure purifica-
ton of politics as far as possible
and destroy ring rule.
Two white men near LOOMS,
while driving along the road last
Tuesday evening, were shot with
bird shot by three Cinnamon. The
shooting was unprovoked.
Hale, who assassinated Mrs. Lot
tie Mcdowell, and who was recently
convicted at MERGED of the crime,
has received life sentence to Fol-
som. An appeal will be made in his
case.
George Simmonds, young Eng
lishman, was drowned in lake
near Creston, San Luis Obispo,
Sunday. He dove and became en-
tangled in the weeds at the bottom.
He was married and much esteemed.
C. M. Bradshaw, Collector of Gus
toms for Puget Sound district, is
charged with borrowing money from
the Government. Although he
paid it all back the offense will
probably cost him the loss of his
position.
The contract for the construction
of the first twenty-five miles of the
mountain road from Fresno has been
let, and the first shovelful of earth
is to be thrown to-day, the 4th. The
road runs into rich mineral and
timber belt.
A couple of Pasadena, Cal, ladies
have invested in straight saddles
and short skirts, and have set the
example for their set of riding
horseback astride. They claim to
find it great improvement over the
old method.
The grain crop in the San Jacinto
Valley covers 10000 acres, largely
wheat. with much barley, and the
yield is estimated at an average of
ten or twelve sacks to the acre, an
aggregate of 5000 carloads, worth
about 81, 100000.
Two men were captured near
Freeport, eight miles below Sacra-
mento, this week and charged with
committing depredations. While |
handcuffed they started to run, but
the arresting officer filled them with
No. A shot, badly wounding one.
Sadie Devine is suing Harry E.
Rose, son of Senator Rose of Los
Angeles, for divorce. She claims
that she is the wife of Rose, having
been openly recognized and intro
duced as such. The defendant has
legal wife, and charges that the
suit is for blackmail.
An Italian coal burner named G.
Dinucci; while endeavoring to ex-
tinguish grass fire on the James
Bidwell place, near Healdsburg was
overcome by the heat and fell into
the flames, receiving such injuries
that he died short time after being
rescued.
At Bakersfield, in the case of Mrs.
Rand against the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company, praying for &c.
600 damages for the killing of her
husband on March "a, 1889, the
Superior Court of Kern county sus-
tanned the defendants motion for a
non-suit, and the cause was dis
missed.
Last Saturday ex-Justice James
II. Wright of Prescott, A. t., at
tempted to shoot Adjutant. General
Gill of Phoenix, against whom
Wright had secured an indictment
for libel when Gill was editing
Phoenix paper. Bystanders pre-
vented any shooting, but so bolster
Gus did the Judge become that he
was taken to Jail. He was fined SIS