Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1892-04-02
COAST ITEMS.

"a wild man" is said to have been
seen in the northern part of Marin
county.
A shipment of strawberries left
Penryn, Placer county, Tuesday, for
Denver.
The trial of the famous Gularte
case at Bakersfield has been again
postponed.
The question of ship canal be-
tween Fresno and Stockton is in the
hands of committee.
H. J. Palmer, who killed c. w.
Phleger at Sacramento, has been
held for trial without bonds.
l. B. Tucker, who assaulted and
robbed a Chinaman at Traver, has
been sent to San Quentin for two
years.
Sealers are much exercised over
the Knutsford communication that
sealers enter the Behring sea at their
own risk.
John Lukra, an old-time pros
pector, has been found dead near
Phoenix, A. T., with indications that
death resulted from suicide.
Jim Turner, gambler, was Sc
verely stabbed by a woman named
Nettie Bowen, at Boise City, Idaho,
Monday, whom he had beaten.
F. w. Duncan, convicted at San
ia Rosa of brutally beating his wife,
was sentenced to two years i'm
prisonment at Folsom, with hard
labor.
Melford, U. T., is 1875 miles from
Phoebe. Mormon teamsters, dur
ing the present exodus, are carrying
passengers between the two points
for 81.
The war between cattle owners
and thieves on the Wyoming ranges
has again broken out, and the rus
tiers are shooting beeves in large
numbers.
Should the Temescal tin mines
justify it, Lloyd Booth, so it is
stated, intends to erect one of the
largest tin plate works in the
United States.
John A. Beaver has been acquitted
of perjury at Fresno in connection
with a statement of the age of an
intended bride. He has yet to an
swer charge of bigamy.
A wild mining excitement has
broken out at Lordsbnrg, a little
town about midway between Los
Angeles and San Bernardino. AS
says of the rock give 81, 800 to the
ton in silver.
Now, that all danger from the high
water of the ella river has passed,
the Yuma Indians have planted a
very large acreage in corn, wheat,
watermelons and beans. The CO.
copah corn planted by the Indians
produces roasting ears" within five
weeks, and always commands good
prices.
Five months ago George Carman
left Santa Ana with $500 of his
wife's money, and was not heard
from until Monday when he turned
up as an attache of theatrical
troupe. His relatives ferreted him
out and made him quit the compa-
ny and become reconciled to his
family. His father is very
wealthy land at Anaheim.
Work on the new branch of the
Southern Pacific Railroad from
Bakersfield to San Miguel by the
way of the oil and asphalt beds
has been commenced. The new
road is to be forty weight miles long,
and is to be eventually extended to
Ammonia, on the Tracy branch, and
when so built will lessen the time
between Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco about two hours.
An unusually sad story surrounds
the death of Miss Mollie Beach, of
Chicago, who died in Arizona, of
pulmonary troubles. She had been
engaged to George Quay of Wash
ington, d. c.. and when it was
found that her visit to the coast was
not beneftting and that she could
live but a short time, her lover
begged that they be married. Miss
Beach finally consented, and their
hands were joined as she lay on her
couch, dressed in her bridal trous-
seau ordered while in health. In a
will she left her husband $4,000.
A mystery surrounds the death
of Trixie Leighton, who was found
in her rooms at Spokane Falls with
a bullet in her brain. Her ALLEGED