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Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1899-09-16
Notice to Contractors,

- for Ragtown Toll Road" and addressed TO
the Clerk OF the Board of County Commission
ers, saltwater, Nevada. will be received at
the office Of the County Clerk Of Churchill
p, m. Of Monday, October 2nd, 1899, for furnish
ing all material necessary and keeping in good
condition for public travel for a period OF one
year from date Of contract what is known as
the Ragtown Toll Road, extending from Rag
town to the Well in Churchill county. Nevada
Said contract payable quarterly beginning on
the LIST Monday. in January, 1900. The Board
reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
BY order Of the Board Of County Commission
ers OF Churchill county, Nevada.
VET SMART, Clerk.
Saltwater, New, August IA, 1899.
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In the matter OF the estate of
WarrenD ID. Emerson. decaasrd {

State OF Nevada, In and for the County Of
Washoe.
In the matter OF the estate of
WarrenD. Epperson, deceased.
Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned
has been duly appointed and qualified by the
Second Judicial District Court OF the State of
Nevada In and for Washoe County, as executor
OF the estate OF Warren d Epperson, late OF
said. county. deco ased All creditors having
claims against said estate. ure. required to file
the Clerk Of the Court, within three months OF
the first publication OF this notice.
Dated August l6. 1899.
EUGENE GRISWOLD, Executor.
HAYDoN Il MAEsTlErT1, Attorneys for said
: Executor.
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Only Booze.

Pettigrew of Genoa has been boring
wells at Williams and Aliens in
Churchill in search of arfesian water.
At Williams a depth Of $40 feet was
reached, at Aliens some 500 feet, nary
a drop of water at either place. Ken
lucky papers please copy.
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HEAD END ON.

Wadsworth was greatly excited yes
terday morning by the alarming news
of a head end collision near Clark's.
Regular No. D. passenger train. being
seven and a half hours late. a train
was made up in the Wadsworth yard
Of a coach coupled to engine 1903
with Johnny Wright engineer. J.. F.
Merger fireman, Steele conductor.
This train pulled out Of the yard on the
dot. No. 2's time, and having right of
track, was running along regardless.
Engineer !. H. Penny, fireman Geo.
Williams. engine 1873, were east
bound and on the way to Wadsworth.
All went well to Clarks. but about 800
yards this side of Clarks and at about
the first cut where the rails and road
bed curve to the bank. the engines met
headson. Engineer Wright had seen
the light engine coming ahead on the
main line and put on the emergency
air brake and reversed his engine in
time to lessen the force Of the collis-
ion some but they struck hard. The
pilots Of both engines were smashed to
sp~linters, the boiler heads mashed and
engines and tender jammed together.
They were locked in embrace when
pulled back to the station to clear the
track. Engineer Wright suffered a
badly skinned leg and a sever scalp
wound. His fireman, Merger, escaped
without injury. Engineer Penny re-
cieved a bad cut on the left side iof the
head which required three stitches.
His fireman. Geo. Williams, had his
left leg broken at the thigh, about six
inches above the knee; he suffered a
compound fracture Of the left arm just
above the elbow, and complained of
very sore internally. particularly
in the region Of the ribs. The surgeons
say some Of his ribs may be broken
but they would not state so positively
until they make further examination.
Fireman Williams continued on to The
railroad hospital in charge Of fireman
Blundell. The surgeons say Williams
has a splendid constitution and barring
serious internal injury will soon be up
and around again. He gave his watch
to Constable Golding. The watch
stopped at 8:lo which shows the time
of the collision to the minute. As
soon as the wreck vas reported here. /,
which was a few minutes after 1t had
happened, the wrecker was out and
pushing for the front with Trainmaster
Donelin, Asst. Master Mechanic
Small. and Drs. Kistler and Jackman
on board. None Of the passengers on
No. 2 we're injured. Conductor Steele
was thrown hard against the front door
of the coach and his head was forced
through the glass, cutting several fear
full gashes in his face, his nose being
pealed to the bone and his lips so bad
ly cut he could not speak.
The accident was caused by En-
gineer Penny losing or misplacing his
time card and overlooking No. 2. He
is comparatively a new runner over
this way and said: Al lost my time
card and made a mistake in No. rs
time"
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MARRIED.

FERGUSON-LEE,-At st. Clair, Nevada
Sept IA, 1899, john b Fersns)a AMI Nettie
NJ. Lee, Judge Trolson officiating,
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~ FOR Sale BY :. criswo!d.
Notice to Creditors.

In the Second Judicial District Court OF the
State OF Nevada, In and for the County Of
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THE LADIES'.

The pleasant effect and safety with
which ladies may use Syrup Of Figs, I'M
der all conditions. makes it their favor
ite REMEDY. TO get the true and genu-
inc article. look for the name OF the
California fig Syrap Co., printed near
the bottom OF the package, For sale by
all druggi 5.
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Failed to Sign.

If the person who wrote a letter on
the 10th inst. to Bonham & Stoddard,
Real Estate Agents at Reno, will write
again and sign his name to the letter
he will receive the required informa-
ton.
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Undertaking Parlors.

J.@F. Crosby will Don resign as
chief blacksmith for the railroad COM
pany and will in connection with his
other business open undertaking parlors,
a branch establishment of the Reno
parlors of G. w. Perkins.
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Pianos Tuned.

W. T. Sharp. experienced piano
maker and tuner, will arrive in Wads-
worth shortly and be ready to do first
class work in his line at reasonable
rates. Now is the chance to have
your piano tuned in first-class style.
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BRGUTCTGS.
dance tonight.

Social dance tonight.
James Say was in town this week.
John Sheehan came in from Chur-
chill last evening.
Ted Clay went to Frisco to hear a
ten pound boy say papa.
Harry Butts, is reported to be in
British Columbia at the present time.
Griswold has some new chairs that
are elegant for the price asked.
P. Laveaga and wife returned
from San Francisco Thursday morn
ing.
The last of the coin presses Of the
the Carson mint was shipped to New
Orleans.
Hop picking Is about ended and our
people will soon return by the carload
from California.
The Reno Red Cross society is ar
ranging to receive the Nevada Volun-
teers on their return from Manila.
The reward for the capture of Indian
Pete, who killed Will Dangberg. o
amounts to eleven hundred dollars.
The Board of Equalization will
meet Monday and all parties desiring
their taxes raised may then make
their kick.
The Carson Appeal says that as
Lake Tahoe never gives up its dead
arrangements are being made to bury
the silvet question there.
FURNITURE For SALE-Mrs. r. H.
Richardson has a few pieces of furni-
ture left, including an oak Chiffonier.
parlor table. dining room chairs refrig-
Gator and washstand, which she wishes
to dispose Of during the next few days.
A movement. is on foot to raise a
purse Of $3.50 to be played for by the
Elko and Tuscarora baseball clubs.
II the parties having the matter in
hand are successful. the game will be
played on the Elko grounds a week
from next Sunday.
County Clerk Porter is compiling a
directory containing the names Of all
residents Of Reno over fifteen years of
age. A canvass of less than half the
town has given over 1900 names.
The new directory will contain a COM
plete map Of the town as well as other
valuable information.
Conductor Hall has received a let
ter from home which speaks Of the big
corr crop in Missouri this year. The
writer bears a strong family resem-
blence to Hall judging from the alb
stract we were permitted to take. He
says: "Our neighbor wanted to get a
couple OF ears of e corn. He went
to the field to pick them. The stalks
were so tall that the ears were beyond
his reach. He boosted his boy up to
get the ears. The boy did not come
down that day, nor the next, nor the
next week. Neighbor died. When
he got to Heaven he asked If his boy
was there. He was told that a boy
answering the description had just
passed through the day before on a
cornstalk.
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| will be in Wadsworth for a few
days yet to finish up what work comes
to me before my visit to Winnemucca
and Lovelock. DR.. n. B. MCDONALD.
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Card of Thanks.

We desire to extend ourN sincere
thanks to the friends and .nelghbors
who SO kindly assisted us during our
late bereavment In the loss Of our baby.
Mr.. AND MRS. !. F. TAYLOR.
Arizona republican., 1899-06-24

few months Alexander Stevens has acted in this capacity MT. Adams
 made these appointments because hs was determined to make a creditabie postcfice, and the salary of his as- sistants has been paid from his owr pocket
 The list of employees is: Homer P. Reynolds, mailing clerk; W. w Orme, assistant mailing clerk; W. P. Medley, money order clerk; c. w Whartman, register and stamp clerk. Miss Pauline Csburne has for a number of years efficiently held the position Of general delivery clerk. George A. Mowry, who has been identified with the depart uent fer thirty years and who has been in the Phoenix postoffice for tweE,-y-fve years is the janitor. The carriers are: C. A Bandy, J. NJ. Hal, E. w. Walden and F. NJ Hewings. The substitutes are J w Bolton and " H Heilman.
 \ snug portion of the postoffice re- ceipts are derived from the 800 lock boxes. The total receipts and dis bursements Of the money order depart ment by the end of this year will be about S300,000 There are about 10,- 900 registered packages handled an nually. Twenty lock pouches Of let ters leave the office daily and twenty six sacks of papers and second-class matter.
 The employees arc now arranged in 3 summer shift One or more of them are on duty from 1 a m. b 9:30 D. m. During winter the service continues through the twenty-four hours of the day. The force is not lessened in the summer. but 2 smaller amount Of mail is handled Each employe is allowed fifteen days leave of absence in the year and it is usually taken during the summer months.
 Under Mr. Adams management the postoff1ce has been thoroughly sys- tematized and attention given to every detail Of the different departments, thereby bringing it to a high standard of efficiency
Arizona republican., 1899-06-24

various Sunday schools, that of the Congregational having taken place on the 14th inst, the Catholic coming next, on the 18th. the Methodist GNorth) on the 20th, the Episcopalian on the 21st. and the Methodist (South) on the 22d Unfortunately for the picnickars of today it is rain.ng The funeral of the late John Raible. who died yesterday morning, took place today at 4 o'clock from the fam fly residence. He was one of the earli- est settlers in Prescott he and Dan Hatz, another old-timer and valued citizen of Prescott. having built the FIeury log house in West Prescott, in which the first territorial legislature sat. He has been large investor in real estate here, and at his death was the owner of number of houses. as well as business property. He leaves a wife and three grown children, two daughters and one son. who is now in California Mir Raib1e was sixty-four years Of age, and died of dropsy.
 The examination Of Mrs. Jones and NJ. Cl1s is to take place on the 29th inst. behind closed doors. She was re- leased on bail. and left the jail in company with her husband. while Mrs. GtOS. W1O returned y6SceIQ9N, was VlS- fling with her husband at the jail.
 A new arrival in Prescott seeking to be admitted to the honorable brother hood of the Prescott bar, is MT. Fred W Morrison of Missouri. who is well known among some of the members of the bar and his friends wish him sue cess and hope he is 'there to stay.'
 Dr. Heavenston and his family leave in the morning fer Los Angeles, where they will take up their, permanent resi- dence in a new home recently pur- chased by him. Miss Florence is billed to play at the Orpheum in that city before very long.
 An evening or two ago the night was made hideous by the almost incessant Jerking and bowling of Q chorus of dogs abca1t tewp, whose owners ought to be summoned to appear before court of competent jurisdiction to show cause why the peace of fellow citizens in their respective neighborhocds shcaId be so disturbed by this annoy ance as to render sleep an unknown quantity Some may say that most of these dogs have no legitimate owners: then. let the dog nuisance he done away with by the energetic aetion Of the pound-keepersi
 LOUIE BEE.
Arizona republican., 1899-06-24
EVADED THE TRIAL
A TechI icalIfy paVeS inc Release
 of Robert GOffSChaIk.

The city recorder is pertGr5ed. Roh-
 ert Gott5chalk, the man accused of
 living with a prostitute. whose hear ing was postponed from Wednesday, was brought before the recorder yes
 teGday. He was represented by At
 torney ! L. B Alexander When Recorder Jchs drew I'D the complaint ha was 50 ec-atic with the thought of
 the city receiving another fine that
 he neglected to affiX the name Of the accused. For this reason Mir. Alex ander demurred, and there was noth-
 ing tC do but to release the prisoner.
 There was number of witnesses present, and the man would have been convicted undoubtedly had 1t not been for the technical irregularity of the complaint. An effort was mada to convict him anyhow.
 Marshall Hooker went down stairs with him to get his effects together. He engaged Gottschalk's attention for about ten minutes in the hopes that in the meantime a new complaint would be drawn But the man was anxious to go. even if he had to leave a few Of his earthly belongings behind He said there was. 9 man just outside Of the city limits who was awaiting him and he would return for the few clothes remaining. Mr Hooker had no means of restraining him and tho man took his departure without stand ing on tho order of going. The last seen of him he was sitting down just north of the cana, on Center street with marked composure eating a va termeIon.
 Mir Hooker returned TO the recorder's office but the new complaint was still being drawn up. No one seriously regards the departure cf Gottschalk. but the city treasurer. who lost a de- Dosit of s20 and the city recorder. As long as GottschaIk is out of the city limits the city officers can't arrest him. But as long as he is On the out side the citizens of Phoenix are sat isfied.
Arizona republican., 1899-06-24
Why?

Johnnie-Papa, why is it that Me Kee's Cash Store is always busy?
 Papa-Because it is no longer a doubt that the Cash Store is under selling them all.
 Johnrie-Why can't these big stores sell just as cheap as McKee's Cash Store?
 Papa-There are a good many req sons why:
 First The big stores are selling on credit and must add the loss of bad accounts to the price of goods which makes them higher
 Second. They are at such an enor- mous expense, big rents, bookksepers. solicitors and collectors. All takes money and must be charged in the price of goods.
 Third McKee's Cash Store 6is- counts all bills for cash; buys goods as cheap and don't credit any man, woman or child; has a very small ex- pense account and is in position, too and does undersel1 them all
 No old goods to work off on the public. Everything cool new and fresh and clean at the store that's al ways busy and has electric fans for everybody. Every one of our custom CTS are getting presents absolutely free
Arizona republican., 1899-06-24
FIRE TUCSON
Timely Assistance Saved inc Less
 of Considerable Property.

Tl:e fire department of Tucson was called out Thursday evening shortly after five o'clock by fire in the base ment of the building near tie junction of Congress street and Madison Lane, says the Star. Dense volumes of smoke Tere rolling up from the base mem. but after hard fghtthe fire men exti1iguished the blaze with little damage to the building or contents.
 The fire started in that portion Of the basement containing stock of the OIeson store. A great deal of combus- tble material was stored here. sucn as hay fer packing toys fn boxes. etc. It is probable that the fire was caused by spontaneous combustion arising from tine hay being wet by water dr1p- ping through the floor above from the ice cream and confectionery store be longing 10 Mr Robbins. Tho latter sui fcrad some damage from the removal of his goods from the store and the loss of ssa1.uts stored in the basement. Last evening Oison's loss could not b'' a@ccrtained. as 10 examination could be made of the basement Water and smoke. however. diii no little damage to tl:,. stock Loss is covered by in sTrance.
 The property belongs to Mrs. Sanford who resides in Washington. The building suffered but little damage.
Arizona republican., 1899-06-24
FISH PREVARlCATION
George Dewey's Brother Puts inc
 Inn. Ke eper 10 Shame.

Harry A. Wright arrived at the Forj yesterday from Concord. New Harp shire 4 number of years ago Mr Wright travelled through the south with Charles Francis Dewey, brother Of Admiral Dewey. He. tells B story He and Mir. Dewey arrived at small town in the eastern part Of Alabama, the name which he has long since for gotten They stopped at an inn. tn. proprietor of which was man rum 1 Jenkins. Jenkins had peculiar char acteristic. He always agreed perfectly with anything 2 guest said, 10 matter how inconsistent, and he was never known to get into an argument M- Wright learned this and seeing Dewey on the outside wagered s that he couldn't get into an argument Wigh Jenkins. Dewey accepted the lbe5. He walked into the inn and engaged in a conversation with the proprietor. He soon branched off on T fish story. for which the New EnglanGsr is ia nous
 What kind Of fish dye have about hers?" asked Dewey. T suspect we have larger ones tn cur country" he continued.
 Jenkins thought so, too. He WAS brought up in New Hampshirs and knew all about it.
 I've caught trout in the streams back there which weighed six pounds" remarked Dewey.
 Why, yes" said Jenkins. I've seen ieH that weighed twenty"
 Twenty" said Dewey; i've seen some of them that wcigh7d 100 pounds.
 What did I say?" asked Jenkins. Why twenty pounds nothing. meant 1902
 '9The trout I've sean." Dgwey con tinUed, crawl out CT the banks in the evening" Jenkins had seen them frequently.
 And they used to break ons-Inca fishing polss"
 That's nothing," said Jenkins: we used to he'd them with inch ropes
 Why" declared Dewey, we had to tie the ropes to trees" Jenkins knew it and Dewey was beginning 10 fear he would lose his bet. A happy thought prompted him
 ''Sometimes they would jerk the tree out by the roots"
 FFWhy, yes" Jenkins replied. My in that way"
 But the fish I've seen lived cut of trout scramble from the river bank to our cowpen a half mile off and drive all the cattle from the Dan.'
 You're a d-d liar" said Jenkins i've followed your gait long enough.
Arizona republican., 1899-06-24
THE POST OFFICE
its General Business Condi ion h. dicafes Prospect v in Phoenix.

Probably the best criterion of the general business condition of Q city
 or town is it's postoffice It will be
 gratifying to those interested in the welfare of Phoenix to feel the pulse of its prosperity through an acquaintance with the advance made by the post office in the year which ends on July l. That is the end of a postoffice year and in that time the business here has made the remarkable increase of ten per cent.
 A Republican representative made the office a visit yesterday. The first impression made upon visitor is the systematic manner of operating the business Clerks and carriers work like clockwork In fact there is Bundy clock near the door and every clerk or carrier reporting for duty in the morning turns a register which shows the postmaster every evening, to the minute whether the emplOye is prompt. A minute lost in a postoffice may at times mean a great deal, and cnly by this exacting method of time ing are satisfactory results assured. or the 10000 letters which are handled in the postoffice in twenty-four hours there is an average Of oniy four mis- takes And of all the foreign out going letters only about twenty mis- takes are made in a month.
 A quarterly report is made by the postmaster and the government com- piles a report in July of each year. From these reports it is learned that the local postoffice is con5ucted on as cheap a basis as any in the United States, in the proportion of business The expenses are fcrty-fiye per cent of the gross receipts leaving net profit of ffty-five per cent, as resi- due to the government. There are some offices in this country which transact about an equal amount of business with the Phoenix postOff1ce, in which the expenses are as high as seventy per cent of the gross receipts The total amount of money derived from the sa.e of stamps in a year will by July amount to about S21, 900 and the total receipts will be about $1, 900 more. For salaries to clerks S6,75O is expended annually. From July 1 Pos master Adams al- lowance will be S2.600 annually. ar increase of $100. This increase is the result of an act ofNcongress and 1S based upon the increased amount Cf postcffice receipts.
 When Mr Adams accepted the posi- tion of postmaster he was soon aware that the business must be conducted in d systematic manner in order to avoid many errors and to give satisfae- tion of the patrons. He appointed W C. Foster as his assistant, and when MT. Foster was made city assessor Charles Herman was appointed. For
Arizona republican., 1899-06-24

l had gone a short distance he threw jstones at his mother and the latter Iappealed to Lueivas, who was standing
 near to punish him. lie gailantiy re-
 sponded. He caught the boy after ha had first obtained rope The
 witnesses ill the case differ on the story from that point. Wi5- nesses for the defense ad- mitted that Lueivas hung the boy to q tree. They say he tied one end about his waist and threw the other around "a branch of the tree. He pulled on
 that end but the strain on the boy was net great because the man ep-
 ployed his other hand in gently rais- ing him. He was let down soon after and asked if he would be a good boy.
 but he only cried. refusing to answer, so the hoistfng process was repeated. At this Juncture George
 Brooks interfered and Lueivas was subsequently arrested by Officer Thoman
 But the witnesses for the prosecu- tion had another version of the hang ing. They had previously testified that 1t was Lueivas' first intention to choke the boy with the rope. He first tied il about his waist. later about his legs and finally about his neck. An indig- nant crowd had gathered at the scene near the AIalicopI x Phoenix depot when Lteivas was enjO.ned 10 disc0n- tinue his hanging.
 The recorder found him guilty and fined him $20. He censured Lueiva5, saying that the next time he was called upon to punish another persons child he should refuse, especially if tha child was young, and under no clrcur- stance should he punish a child hv hanging. The woman was also given a lecture. If she wanted her children punished she should do it herself