The herald., 1897-10-17
Both purchasers are now here, arrang

Both purchasers are now here, arrang-
ing for the development of the claims.
Mr.. Hunter has pledged himself not to
have his hair cut or be shaved rltil he
makes fortune from the above claims.
j. I. Cove, veteran miner and mine
owner of Helena, Mont, is in Randsburg
for the purpose of investing in mining
property. He Is favorably impressed
with the mining outlook in this district
Postmaster Austin Young has applied
to Samuel Flint, superintendent of the
railway mail service, to have the mail
sent direct from trains No. Is, 10 and 20
Of the Southern Pacific on train No. "a of
the Atlantic and Pacific, via Mojave to
Randsburg (via Kramer), which arrang-
ment when completed will bring more
than three-quarters Of Randsburg's mail
to its destination six hours earlier than
by the route it now travels.
Patrick and William Neelan were ex-
amined before Justice E. B. Maginnis on
last Saturday and bound over to the su-
perior court on a charge of grand lar
ceny. On August 4th one Of the clerks
at w. c. Wilson's store found the lock
on the door of his powder magazine bro
ken and some of the powder gone. One
>,
through third party, sold to w. L.
Adams some powder. Upon the delivery
Of the powder the officers took charge of
lit and arrested the criminals
The firm of Broadwell & Co. of Ian
caster and Garlock, will, in a few days,
move their Lancaster store to Rands-
burg. A commodious building is now
being constructed on Butte avenue, next
to Col. r. T. Haffords which they will
occupy.
]. w. Rice of Mojave has taken the
place of o. H. Lockhart in hauling the
freight that comes by the way of the
Southern Pacific company.
j. w. Lambert proprietor of the St.
Elmo hotel, reports that his last week s
business was the best since he leased the
hotel. The travel to Randsburg via Mo-
Jave stage lines is larger than for many
months past
JOHANNESBURG
H. A. Darling, president Of the Johan-
| nesburg Water ard Milling company,
was here this week TO attend to tine in
terests of his company.
Work on the Kramer and Johannes
burk railroad is progressing rapidly and
it is confidently predicted that the grad
irsg and track laying will be completed
by November Is.
Water is furnished consumers for so
cents per barrel, ard, the new we'll dis
covered last week will, owing to its high
elevation, furnish water by gravity to
all parts Of Ran6sburg district.
The machinery for the stamp mill has
| arrived at Kramer and will be en- the
ground in few days. The grading is
completed and work is ig1 active opera
tiop on the large tank.
The Wood dry concentrator and. pull
verizer connected Herewith Is actively
at work on the Alameda property and
working oE ore from that mine. 1t is
| doing even better than Mr.. Woodantici-
pated ard solves the problem Of dry re-
duction in desert mines. Of lowest grade
ore.
BAKERSFIELD
The semi-annual session Of the San
Joaquin Valley Medical society was held
| in this city last Tuesday and was very
| interesting event. Many valuable pa
pers were presented and discussed. DR..
j. H. Fulkerson of Bakersfield gave an
interesting treatise or "Hysteria," and
DR.. A. ]. Pedlar Of Fresno another on
Castro Intestinal Antisepsis." DR.. J.