The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1896-12-23

public school pupils at the Reno high
school building on Thursday afternoon.
Occasional addresses by prominent men
would be of much value to the pupils
and teachers of the public schools. Why
not have them oftener?-Journal.
Thursday afternoon, while working in
in the Vivian mine in Silver City, Alex
Armstrong met with a very severe acct
dent by the premature explosion of six
holes in the iace OF the tunnel. No
homes were broken, and he is only
severely bruised and cut. His escape
from instant death seems miraculous.
Representative Ray, of New York, be-
lieves that the sensationaly publication
of the details OF suicides results in in
rreasing suicide, and he has introduced
u bill making any publication, not de-
voted to medical science, which pub
fishes the picture OF the suicide, or any
details, excepting name, date, and piare
of death, unavailable.
The little four year old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. +. Lothrop was badly
bitten by u dog Thursday. Her lower
lip was torn and her face otherwise
laceratcd by the animals teeth, it being
necessary for Dir. Hanson to take a stitch
in the former wound. The same dog bit
Mr.. and Mrs. II. B. Agler's six year old
son Tuesday. The animal was killed
Silver State.
The men who expected ham and eggs
to drop from the sky and springs OF Oil
rye show mp in their backyards, as oon
as Mckinley was elected, are disap-
pointed and are crying hard times, but
those who believed his election would
be followed by a gradual restoration OF
confidence are going ahead and striving
to develop the country regardless OF the
shrieks OF the calamity howlers.
While Elko is having no boom, yet it
is improving and growing right along.
In the past few months five buildings
have been erected at a cost OF about
81 1000. Eiko county is undoubtedly the
most prosperous county III the state and
the county seat shares in this pros
perity. Elko has two fine church build
ings and two fine school houses, and a
happy prosperous people.
The Presidential election OF a successor
uary 18th, 1897. There will be held All
votes cast 10y the electors at their several
State capitals, of which VIM. Mckinley
Ohio, will receive 272, and W. J. Bryan
OF Nebraska, IT'S. The result OF the Jan
uary election will be officially annouced
by Vice-President Stevenson in the pres
once of beth houses OF Congress, four
weeks after the meeting OF the forty-hve
electoral gatherings.
Trib triumphs over tribulaiions.
Trib strikes out striving athletes strains,
Trib cures the bruises OF all nations,
Trib conquers burns and muscle palms,
Ths Inyo Register says: ]. l.. Black
burn, of Reno. has been in the valley
for the past two weeks buying stock. and
went north on Tuesdays train. At In
dependence he bought 60 head of cattle
at $50 per head from +. Robinson, and
here Mark Watterson sold him twenty
head at the same figure and a car load
OF ew es at $3.50. We are not informed
as to any other purchases made by him.
The Reno Gazette says: J. S. Wheel
err, the San Francisco beef buyer, il il
town. He says he has no idea where
San Francisco is going to buy her beef
sixty days from now. Mr.. Wheeler says
he can not see how beef can be kept
down much longer. He says butcher,
are paying De cents for it and in the
eastern part OF the State paying freight
on it TO San Francisco and selling it for
5la and q cents, in order to break the
price, but it don't break worth IA cent.
Bob Johns. VIM. Dunlap, Fred Dun
lap, j. Il. Axling, Otto Crosby aid Will
Ashby wen; Tor an outing down the riv-
err and near the lakes Sunday. They
took refreshments, liquid and solid,
bait, good cheer and such necessaries,
and had II grand time. Will Ashhy
caught a ia ID trout and it was on
e%XhlnitiGn upon their return. They
ran out OF bait, ut least it was not exhib-
lied Ike lot, of big and little fish.
The Chronicle says: J. +. Mcconnell