The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1898-03-09

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turned Monday night.
Nevada Lodge No. l, Knights OF Py-
thias OF Virginia will celebrate its silver
anniversary, VIZ, twenty-five years, on
the Odd of this month.
A fish trap has been put In at the
electric light dam, above Reno, and IT Is
said one hundred pounds OF trout are
caught nearly every night.
Major General Carnahan rendered the
President the services OF $4,000 inform
Rank knights OF Pythias in the United
States when required for war.
A favorable report has been made in
the House on a proposed constitutional
amendment making the terms OF Con-
gressmen four years instead OF two.
State Superintendent of Schools, II. c.
Cutting spent Monday in town and left
here yesterday to pay an official visit to
the Churchill County schools.
Edison's newly found process for the
cheap extraction OF gold from ore without
the use of water is to be put to the test
on some claims he has in New Mexico.
In a certain little country town there
is u family Of the name OF Button. II
contains five children, who are known
among their friends as 1.-THE Five Button
Kids"
A chinawoman sent from here to Reno
for selling whisky to Indians committed
suicide in the Jail there last week. She
had been sick nearly all the time she
was in Jail.
Monday night at Winnemucca an In
dian named Joe Sioux took five shots
with a rife at Sheriff McDeid, without
hitting him. The Indian was drunk
and resisted arrest. 1t is believed he is
in the Limbo country by this time.
Jim, there's only n jim, got blooded
and went calling the other day, telling
SNOWFALL to bring up the rear with his
cards. When he had called at AZ places
he found his list exhausted and asked
Snow how many cards he bad left.
"Five, Massa Jim, two jacks, two deuces
and an ace"
A. C. May, Deputy United States Rev
enue Collector for Nevada, reports that
he sold 500 retail liquor licences SO far
this year. The Virginia Report remarks
that this furnishes a boozeshop for every
twenty voters in the State and states that
a distillery would be a better scheme
than a beet sugar factory or wooden mill.
Joe Effricks and Luke kearney have
jumped a claim belonging to Tomtiroton
and Fred Plane. Tom says he will
probably go them a lawsuit but he
thinks the old way OF settling with claim
jumpers should never have been drop
ped. lie expects to see it come into
vogue il jumping continues.
Things were rather lively on Main
obtVVb Noihioy hislt vi aetouit VI sew
eral fights which seemingly grew out OF
an attachment suit commenced in the
Justice Court that day. Several prom
inent citizens are wearing court plaster
on their noses through no fault of their
own, they allege, and the matter is not
yet settled. The town awaits develop
ments which doubtless will be more
interesting.
A man with Il observation-disclosures
yourself kind OF a look went into Ed
shorts the other night and told him TO
make him a ''bunch of shingles" Ed
didn't know what it was and the stran-
ger told him a little sugar and a bit OF
lemon and Il taste OF cinnamon and lots
OF whiskey. When it was fixed and the
fellow drank it Ed asked him why it was
so named. The stranger told him be-
cause it was on the house, just as he
slid through the door ahead OF a beer
mallet.
Polish up my rusty sabre, dig me up
my blunderbuss; I'll forsake this field
OF labor and will fight the Spanish cuss.
I'll have one of. moderation, for my
spirits sorely tried naught will soothe
my perturbation but a piece OF Spanish
hide. I'm Il warrior Do you hear me?
Clear the track! Don't stop the way.
Those who know me best of ali fear me:
when start there's ito pay! TuIn
me loose once, lie me at 'em and you'll
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