The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-02-02

d"y n''rilI9 charlie kAVes
stood patiently for an hour holding the
Wlghtnan team on Main street
Thought If he couldn't go out to the
ranch he could ride in the wagon any,
way.
The DIsPArcH returns thanks to Gov
ernor Jones for a copy of his inaugural
message, to Secretary of State Howell
Tor a copy OF the reports of o. II. Gray,
and to Snrveyor-G General Pratt for a
copy OF Surveyor-General Jones' las,
report.
Senator Skaggs has introduced a bill
to prevent free passes, free Transports
ton or discrimination in passenger rates
being granted to or accepted by public
officers. Skagga is the youngest man in
the State Senate.
Somebody has discovered the curious
TACT that the reluctance OF women to tell
their ages is no modern constituencies.
1t is as old as the hills. In the Old Tes-
%tllnent, although great numbers OF NO
mea are mentioned, there is but one
Sarah, A~braham's ~wife-whose age is
recorded.
G. E. Skinner, the Reno photographer
is pronounced one OF the best artists in
his line on the coast. A look at his
samples will convince you and lie guar
antees every picture. Call On Mr..
Skinner when you 90 to Reno and he
will take pleasure in showing you his
work.
In the Nevada Senate Gregovitch gave
notice hat at an early date he will in
trodllce a bill to create a fire depart
ment fund(empowers county commits
sioners to levy and collect u tax of not
tn exceed one per cent upon the assessed
value OF property within any unincor-
porated town, tor the benefit of the fire
department in such town.
AT the beginning OF the session Senator
Gregovich of Eureka presented to Lieu
tenant Governor Saddler, who is Presi-
dent Of the Senate, u beautiful gavel OF
handsome polished mahogany and ar
tistically banded by silver from Eureka
county. President Saddler is naturally
very proud of his gift which is elegant
and appropriate.-News.
The report of business failures in 1893
as compared with 1894 is favorable and
indicates a turn in the tide of depression
which has prevailed since 1892. Brad
streets says the failures in 1894 we're II,
72l against Is 500 in 1893, an increase OF
lS per cent, The liabilities represented
by the failures in 1895 were $149, 800 ,434
and the assets 1919, 925 ,O67, a decrease
of SO and 20 per CEN respectfully as
compared with 1898.
Weather prophet Hicks says:
Drizzle-drazzle, decks a snow,
Thunder, billiards., close together,
These our portion as we go
Through the February weather,
Ice a-slipping, crushing, crashing,
Boats and bridges moving, smash
ing,
Boreas battling hand to hand.
With the winds from Switzerland
Staes still in the upper skies,
But c~loud-concealed from mortal eyes.
When the timid colonial clergymen
we're afraid to criticise Aron Burr's trea-
son, they asked Lorenzo Dow what he
though of Burr's II He raised
both hands like a great V and shouted
aaron Burr mean! Why, | could take
the little end OF nothing whitfield down
to a point, punch out the pith of a hair
and put in 10000 such traitor souls, as
his, shake 'em up, and they'd rattle"
The corrupt legislator can measure him
self by ttis standard.
4 press dispatch in the Examiner
saws: The Silver Senators were greatly
ANNOYED to-day over the absence of Sem
ator Jones OF Nevada, whoses presence
at the meeting of the Finance Commit
tee would have secured a majority of its
membership for a free coinage bill, which
would have been reported and without
doubt secured strength enough in tho
Senate to have passed that body. SEN
ator Jones was telegraphed to come to
Washington at the earliest moment,
ana it is vet possible that the Finance
Committee NAV TAXI further action on