Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1892-04-16
COAST ITEMS.

A man named Ward escaped
from the Sacramento chain gang
Thursday and struck out for this
State it is thought
Four men of the life saving sta
ton were drowned at the mouth of
the Coquille river, Oregon, this
week Wednesday.
Work on the new stage road
from Reno to Lake Tahoe is pro-
crossing favorably, and the road is
now completed to Whites canyon.
The Tolman Landing and Val
lecitos Railroad Company was in
corporated in San Francisco on the
18th. The road is to be built in
Fresno and San Benito counties,
Cal.
An attempt was made Sunday
morning last to rob a Petaluma
store. The safe was broken open,
but the robbers were frightened
away before they secured the con-
tents.
A dispute over the ownership of
n mining claim at Rio Verde, near
Phoenix, led to a shooting affray
which it is believed will result ia
tally to Captain John King, one of
the claimants.
Lilly Thompson and one of the
young lads who were arrested for
robbing Chinaman in Sacramento
the other night, have been released.
An effort will be made, however, to
convict Bertha Dufour and John
Love.
Elmer Rolifson, young farmer,
was run over by train at Bethany
on the 18th. He jumped while the
train was moving, falling under the
wheels. He was taken to Stockton
on special, but died that after
noon. He leaves a widow and one
child.
Through presence of mind and
disregard for consequences L. NJ.
Valentine was enabled to save the
life of little Emma Schweitzer,
daughter of E. S. Baldwin's winery
superintendent, who had fallen in
to the reservoir near the ranch at
Monrovia.
John hurry, man under SEN
tence to be hanged for the murder
of deputy constable at Oceanside
a couple Of years ago, died of con-
sumption in the county Jail at San
Diego on the 18th. The date of
the hanging had not been fixed, as
it was expected he would die soon.
A case of cruelty in Alameda is
being investigated by the authori-
ties. 1t is claimed that a school
teacher named Bonman gave an
eight year old boy AZ lashes one
morning and 25 lashes more in the
afternoon for calling another boy
liar. The boys back is in terri
BILE condition.
D. w. McWalters, alias Major
"A. H. Nave. was arrested at Santa
Barbara on the evening of the 18th
as he stepped from the train that
arrived from Los Angeles He is
charged with bigamy. He has two
wives living in Santa Barbara, one
in San Diego and another in Cali
fornia City. Sensational develop
,nantc ORC evpontaJ
A lynching bee is likely to be
held at Baker City, Oregon. While
returning home from an election
primary William Humbert was
overtaken by the Bailey brothers,
with whom he had had an alterca-
ton at the polls, and riddled in the
back with bullets. Excitement is
high, and it has been found neces-
sary to order out the militia.
For some weeks past man call
ing himself Rev. Father Malo, of
Dakota, and representing himself
as Catholic priest, has been vic
timizing storekeepers and marry
ing young people at DOca, lrucKee
and other places in California
Officers from several counties are
looking after him. When last seen
he was on train at Auburn bound
for Sacramento, but he left the
train somewhere between those two
points.
Ever since The arrest of train
robber Perry new evidence of his
handiwork are being continually
brought to light. The latest story
comes from Pomona, Last Novem-
Der Mr.. Holden lost satchel
containing about $4,000 in jewelry
and securities while journeying from
Albuquerque to Pomona. No clue
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