Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1892-07-16
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head of cattle into Elko county
from New Mexico.
Walter Peacock, young man "a
years of age, was run over by a
train and killed near Brighton June
ton, Cal, Wednesday.
Sausalito has pet seal of the
leopard variety. 1t is owned by
George Quinn and is trained to
shake hands with it's fippers.
A miner named Bronzich fell
distance of over 100 feet in the Cal
averas Consolidated gold mine,
Tuesday, and was probably fatally
injured.
The citizens of Seattle and Ia
coma declared a quarantine against
Victoria, B. c., until all danger
from the spread of smallpox is
passed.
A fine skeleton of the California
gray whale has been added to the
collection in the museum of the
Academy of Sciences at San Fran
cisco this week.
Thursday Mrs. Wickers, of Wal
nut Grove, Cal, swore out warrant
against her husband for threatening
to kill her and their three children.
Wickers is now in Jail.
The Bank of California has de-
clared the regularly quarterly divi-
dend of SO rs per share, equal to
Is cents per annum on its capital
stock, payable on July Is.
Mary A. Brannigan, a young
woman 81 years of age, died in San
Francisco Thursday from peritoni
tbs, 'caused by an abortion. The Of
ficials are looking into the matter.
A man who was struck by light
ming in Montana and killed, turns
out to be the murderer of Mrs.
Greenwood, at Napa, about year
ago. He was electrocuted by the
Lord.
There are rumors of strike at
the Union Iron Works at the Por-
trero. Irving M. Scott says the talk
is all bosh, and that no general re-
duction of wages has been or will
be made.
The celebrated case of Lizzie
Ralston VS.. F. w. Sharon and F. G.
Newlands, Trustees of the Sharon
estate has been decided in favor of
the defendant. The suit involves
about 100000.
Belle Miles, San Francisco
courtesan, has been acquitted of the
charge of abducting Annie Holden
for immoral purposes. 1t was APP
parent that Annie had no character
to lose when she first met Belle.
R. J. Woodward, Ventura farm
er, started for New York in bal
loon on the 18th. Instead of going
in that direction a current of wind
took him out to sea, and he will
probably never be heard of again.
Ollie Hutchins and J. E. Wells,
the forgers who beat Miss Dick out
of $4,000, were held to answer be-
fore the Superior Court of San
Francisco, Wednesday morning,
with bail fixed at $4,000 in each
case.
The Elko Postoffice has been re-
d. ID from a Presidential office
with a fixed salary, to fourth-class
office, which receives percentage
on the amount of stamps cancelled.
The low price of silver is depopu-
lating the State.
At Spokane, Wash, July 18th,
in attempting to release his son-in-
law, Ed Harris, from the custody of
three Deputy Sheriffs, William Mas
terson, a notorious leader of a gang
of horse thieves, was shot dead in
the Pacific Hotel.
A Sacramento tough took a widow
woman from Woodland to a house
of shady reputation in Sacramento
Thursday night, and would proba-
bly, have robbed her had not the po-
lice found her just in time. The
woman is little off since the death
of her husband.
In fit of temporary insanity on
the morning of the 18th, George
Hammond, an old man 50 years of
age, suicided at Claremont, near
Oakland, by slashing his throat
from ear to ear. The deed was
done at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. J. T. Moore, just beyond the
Ainsworth place.
Governor Wiley, of Idaho, We'd
nesday, issued proclamation de-
claring martial law in Shoshone
county the seat of the minino riots