Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-01-24

Monday
Ed. Willis, Jim Wright, N. Poi
OF Walker river are in town.
Judge Croker is confined to his
house with stomach troubles.
Born-In Fish Lake, January 10th,
to the wife of Nap Baker, q son.
Mrs. DR.. Counsellor left for tide
water last week III search of health.
On Monday C. E. Counsellor was
admitted to citizenshipin the pistrici
Court.
Ohio Moses, G. L. Woolford, and
A. C. Martell came in from Pine
Grove
L. P. Davis, assistant Secretary
of the last State Senate, died in
Eureka last week.
No matter how fortunate miner
snay be, he can't help getting into
hole occasionally.
The semi-annual apportlonment OF
state school money gives Esmeralda
county 1880 90.
Judge Curran, George AGneson,
and Jim Compston, came in from
Sweetwater Saturday.
Miss George Johnson, court steno-
grapher of Inyo county, is taking the
testimony in the Waddell & Hamlen
case.
The new years count of the public
moneys in the United States sub
treasury at San Francisco showed
$42, 403, 12S 80.
Nevada will elect full State ticket
this year; also Legislative, County
and Township officers. Already the
boys are beginning to buzz.
The Governor of New York, in his
message to the Legislature, declared
shat State for the first time in more
than IS years was free from debt.
Governor Markham of California
has issued proclamation designating
January 9th as public holiday to
celebrate the opening of the Midwin-
ter Fair.
A Juror from Sweetwater ate such
hearty meal at Tom Sharps the
other day that he bursted all the but
tons off. A needle and thread and a
few pins fixed him up o X.
w. H. Thomas, Ed Read, Dan
Robb, w. E. Hill, Fred Corkill, Sam
WATSON, Nap Baker, Jack Hall, VIM.
Eva and number of other south
enders were in town yesterday.
Judge Curran of Sweetwater was
being examined as juror Monday.
Mr.. Reddy asked him what Office, if
any, he held, and he replied, "Justice
of the Peace, by the grace of God .
Miss Laura Tilden, the first young
lady to pass a law examination in
Nevada, defended Sacramento man
accused of stealing four bales Of hay.
She fought ably for her client, but he
was held.
We have received complimentary
aickets to an amateur performances OF
East Lynne, to take place at Green
field February 1st. G. H. Groves
and Mrs. Jim Smart take the leading
parts, with Mrs Melarkey as Barba-
ra Hare.
While Thos. Purcell was loading
gun at Marietta last Tuesday, the
cartridge exploded and piece of the
shell struck him in the face, making
a very painful wound. Mr. Purcells
many friends will be pleased to learn
that the wound is not serious.
A mommoth nugget OF ore from
the Diamond mine at Eureka went
through Reno last week to San Fran
cisco, where it will be exhibited at
the Midwinter Fair. 1t was piece
of solid galena, weighing $3.50 lbs,
and valued at something over $500
Contrary to the general belief that
Ireland leads the world in its fond
ness for potatoes, statistics show
that the people of Germany and Bel
GUM are the greatest potato eaters;
the consumption in these countries
annually exceeds 1000 pounds per
head of population.
The Truckee Republican is proud
of an icicle 40 feet long and four feet
thick at the big end. Huh! It's a