Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-03-08
NEWS NOTES.

to be revived and published as Demo-
cratic morning sheet.
There are only about thirty members
left Of the once mighty tribe Of Choctaws,
near New Orleans.
The value Of pig iron produced in this
country is now greater than the value of
gold silver and copper combined.
Senator White, of California, will be the
youngest member in the upper house OF
Congress. He has just turned forty.
The buttons of the wedding dress of 4
New York millionaires daughter recently |
married. were made OF jewels and cost 500
each
Herculite the new French explosive, is
so powerful that half a pound of it in a
recent test displaced a stone weighing
thirty tons.
The grand jury of Cattlesburg, Ky, has
indicted number of society ladies for the
oifense of gambling, in having played
pedro" for prizes.
A street car in Minneapolis ran over a
dog the other day, and the owner Of the
animal has brought suit for $1,000 damages
against the company.
DR.. Gatling, inventor of the famous gun
has succeeded in attaching an electric
motor to a gun and claims to be able to
fire 1000 shots "A minute.
Wolves and coyotes are committing
great depredations al nong stock in Mon
tana. They are said To be worse this
winter than for many seasons past.
A 30-ton telescope, 80 feet long and
feet in diameter has just been finished by
firm in Cleveland, Ohio, for the Govern
ment observatory at Washington.
The second Peary arctic expedition will
set out from Philadelphia next June
About ten men will constitute the party
and they expect to be gone two years.
A committee of the California Assembly
has made a report recommending the
impeachment of Attorney General Hart Of
that State for wilful neglect of official
duties.
1t has become neces 5ary to place guard
around Mr.. Blane's grave at Oak Hill
cemetery to prevent curious people from
despoiling the mound of its covering Of
flowers
The militia forces of the United States,
according to the latest returns, aggregate
112,4O6 men. Every State and Territory,
with the exception of Utah, has,an organ
lied militia.
Mrs. Sophie Penny, wife of john Penny, |
residing near Napa, died as a result from
eating canned tomatoes. The whole |
family of six were sickened from the poison
from the can, but the remainder of the
family are now out of danger.
Three men have been arrested in San
Francisco for violating the internal rev.
enue laws. They received brandy in
barrels marked sherry, and emptied it
into whisky barrels on which the revenue
stamps had not been destroyed and sold |
it in that form.
Mr.. Cley Glands check for u cents has
been received by II Baltimore importer in |
payment of the duty on pair of foreign
gloves recently received from abroad for
the President-elect. The importer intends
to retain the document as II souvenir,
instead of cashing it.
Mexico has been investig ating the out
break of Yaqui Indians and finds that it |
was due to systematic robbery by petty
officials. This takes much of the blame |
from the Yaquis, and had more of them
survived the putting down of the uprising
the vindication would doubtless have
eheered them nightly.
The Indiana, the greatest Of the nations |
prospective battleships, is about ready for |
launching at the Cramps shipyard The
thickest armor plates ever put ON an |
American warship have been placed on the
Indiana The plates, which are of nickel |
steel, are fourteen inches thick six feet |
high, sixteen feet long and weigh about |
twenty-six tons each.
During the Columbian Exposition at !
Chicago forty-four days are to be set
apart and designated by the names of the
States. Particular attention will be called |
to the State exhibit, and in the evening a
play will be presented whose scenes are
laid, at least in part in the State to which |
the day has been devoted. Both Wisconsin
and Minnesota have appliedfor Yon Yonsen
and it is probable that this highly success
full dialect comedy will be seen twice at
the Worlds Fair grounds