The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-10-12

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brandy can be made from wet elm saw
dust, and a discouraged prohibitionist
asks what chance the good cause will
have when a nan can go forth with Il
rip-saw and get drunk on a fence rail?-
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OF 1890 convicts in the state peniten-
tiary of Texas there is not a printer or
newspaper man, while there are minis
ters, doctors, bankers, BARRIERS, photog-
raphers, bar-keepers, preachers, cooks
and members OF all professions and
callings.
The Union Pacific and Northwestern
contemplate a fast train between Chi
cage and San Francisco to compete with
the fast train that will be put on by the
Sante Fe, October 29th. 1t is proposed
to beat the Santa Fe's best time 10y sew
eral hours.
Tom Halliday, now sheriff OF Malheur
county, Oregon, has been spending sew
eral weeks here and in Churchill county
visiting friends and relatives. He is
one of the old timers and was engaged
in teaming here in the younger days OF
III town pioneers.
A Mr.. Swan, of Loveland, Col, has
raised a potata that weighs So pounds
and 10 ounces. The potatoe is of the
Maggie Murphy variety, and is equiva-
lent in weight to IL bushels OF ordina-
ry potatoes. The spni measures rs
inches in length and Ii inches in diam
eter.
In some parts OF the country there are
malicious persons who throw lacks in
the roadway to annoy bicycle riders by
perforating the pneumatic tires. To
meet this difficulty it has been proposed
to attach a magnet in front of the for
ward wheel, with the object Of picking
up tacks as the machine rolls along.
The Reese River Reveille says ef our
pastor: Rev. T. l.. Bellam arrived in
Austin Monday evening from Wads-
worth and at 7 pm. held services in St.
Georges Episcopal church. The Rever-
end gentlem is an eloquent talker and
preached an interesting sermon TO the
large congregation that had assembled.
1t is time that people who want a
tirst-class picture went to c. +. Skinner,
Reno, because he is u No. l artist and
allows none but the best of work to
leave his gallery, He guarantees all
work, Do not patronize a travelling
for 81 per dozen than you can reliably
get anywhere else.
The Sacramento Bee is out for Mayor
B. U. Steinman for reelection. passin-
by the regular Republican nominee be-
it thinks the present Mayor tn
better man for the position. The Bee
never was a hide-bound party party, and
in this instance it seems TO be acting for
what it considers the best interests OF
As the Reno girls wear boomers, r.
They are ready to combine,
And to challenge all creation
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In spite of President C. P. Hunting
emphatic declarations to the con
trary, the Southern Pacific has been
considering the advisability of with
drawing one of the daily trains ON til.
run. 1t is said that the COM
pany has about made up its mind to
limit the service to one train a day after
10Th.
On Monday night a mar was fond
lying alongside the railroad track near
Floriston with both OF his legs crushed
almost into "a pulp aud hanging to the
body only by shreds of muscle. He
was found by Engineer Cronan at
O'Clock Tuesday morning and taken to
Truckee where he died. His name l.
William Westring. He worked for
Thomas Hill of Verdi and started for
San Francisco. While drunk he lost
his railroad ticket an was put off at
Floriston.
The Sacramento Bee says: "The id.a
of erecting Il mortuary chapel at the
Catholic Cemetery in memory OF the
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