The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-08-28

ington D. G. Thursday. He looks we'll
and reports a pleasant trip.
Jack Frost stuck a knife into a colored
mar named smith at Reno Wednesday
night. Smith will recover.
Uncle George Frazer was in town this
week and said the road to Olinghouse
would be fixed at once.
John T. Walker arrived from the
southern country Thursday. He will
visit here for a week or SO.
The Stockton Mail and Sacramento
Pee have Knocked the bottom out OF
the fake gold boom in Trinity county.
A strong lodge OF Workmen will be
organized here Judging by the number
who have expressed intention Of joining.
The Park tailings in six-mile canyon
will be worked by the cyanide process.
A force OF 90 men is engaged there now.
Grain has taken a jump in prices in
Carson Valley. Wheat is at the top
notch and, barley and oats have adj
vanced from SO to $6 per ton.
|. A New York physician announces
that he has discovered a cure for con-
sumption by electricity, and claims to
have cured a dozen hopeless cases COM
pletely.
The Battle Mountain copper mines
are, coming to the front. Teams are
getting ready to haul ore to the railroad
for shipment ana the outlook generally
is good. y
The Austin Game and Fish Club has
been organized in Austin and will
endeavor to stock that part of the
country with game and fish. W. D..
Jones is the President.
A ride down Frank Free canyon is
interesting to the tourist for the first
trip. We do not think the ladies would
enjoy it. Itllooks 1000 feet from some
of the precipices to the plains below.
Mr.. Stockdale, a San Francisco cleo
t~rician, spent several days here looking
over town and making estimates Of the
amount Of electrical apparatus that will
be required for the light plant.
II a man says that he can prosper as
well, whether the community prospers
or not, it Is evident that his prosperity
is dishonest, for all honest business
suffers when the community suffers.
John Babcock killed a rattlesnake this
week but he says it came from under
Mechanics cabin. The boys see snakes
up there at times but they don't always
like to own up as to the particular place.
G. w. Williams nearly stepped or a
RATHER which had entered his domicile
and installed itself at the head of mis-
bed. Williams thinks if he had made
one more step he would have died from
snakebite.
The condition of Rev. Father Henne-
berry, who is suffering from a stroke OF
paralysis, is reported by the Virginia
papers very critical, and there dosn't
seem to be the hope Of his recovery that
was entertained when he was first
stricken down.
Ninety thousand young trout were
taken from Tahoe and planted in Dom
ner Lake the other day. This will
make l05 900 fish that has been put
in there this summer. About two
months ago $4,000 Lake Superior trout
were taken to Bonner.
The owners of the placer claims are
experimenting with much success. John
Sheehan put through a ton that went
about $40. Tom Groten put through
about a ton that gave him $l7. John
Driscoll has ten tons ready to put
through and is taking ont more. Fred
Younghans says he will oon try ten
tons.
The S. P. Company are putting in
wire fences at the principal stations
along the line of the road, particularly
where there are fuel supplies. Some
fear is expressed that the fire hydrants
in the western part OF town may be
fenced in so as to be involvement and
cause trouble and delay in case of fire.
No doubt the officials who have charge
of the work will see that the dydrants
can be easily and conveniently reached.