Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1901-10-12
ABOUT THE STATE AND ELSEWHERE.
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changes, Without Credit.

The Nevada State Fair came Out
$4,000 in debt.
Jack Haverly, the famous min
strel, died in Salt Lake City last
week.
About 30 miners passed through
Carson this week on their way to
Tonopah.
Five hundred dollars have been
subscribed to the Reno Mckinley
monument fund.
Another oil company has filed
articles of incorporation with the
Clerk of Elko county.
Washoe county will soon have a
new Jail, which is to cost something
over $4,000, according to bids offered
and accepted.
Last Monday Vim. Black. of Gard
nerville, was sentenced to one year
in the State Prison for selling whis-
KY to Indians.
How to pay bills amounting to
$4,000 with $4,000 is question con-
fronting the County Commissioners
of Storey county.
A. r. Burnside died in Bodie last
week, Friday. He had been in poor
health long time. He was an old
resident of Mono county.
A. c.. Pratt, whose whereabouts
were unknown to his wife and
friends for some weeks, has turned
up all right near Grass Valley, Cal.
Wedekind City boasts of steadily
increasing population. The town
now contains three hosting works,
2o frame houses and number of
tents.
U. S. Surveyor General Kyle has
appointed Ralph K. Arnold United
States Deputy Surveyor to reside at
Butler City, which is better known
as Tonopah.
Tonopah is to have a water sys-
tenn. To this end pipe line will be
laid from point in Ralston Valley,
near Rye Patch, about IL miles
northeast of town.
While trying to board an engine
near Carlin last Sunday morning,
brakeman B. H. Miller fell under the
wheels and had his left foot so badly
crushed as to make amputation
necessary.
George S. Nixon has been ap-
pointed State Agent for the South
ern Pacific Company. The position
was held by the late Evan Williams,
and his death necessitated the new
appointment.
The new cold storage plant in
Reno proposes to also conduct a
gigantic Strengthening department
and expects to supply many of the
butchers of Carson and other towns
with beef daily.
A Chicago woman gave birth to
four children, one day last week.
The Two Million Club of that city
will probably proceed to honor her
with a life membership, emitting
dues and initiation fee.
J. F. Anderson, President of the
Tonopah Mining Company, states
that Manager ]. II. Jenkins has
made arrangements tor machinery
and supplies to open the mines as
soon as the leases fall in.
Thomas Riley, foreman of the
Sierra Nevada mine at Virginia,
died at his residence there last Fri
day. The cause of his death was
miners consumption, from which he
had long been a sufferer.
Ben Wisenberger was being low
cred down the shaft of the Golden
Kagle mine, at Hayden Hill, Lassen
county, Cal, last week Friday, when
he fell from the rope to the 4oo-toot
level and was instantly killed.
The Dexter Company, of Tusca-
rora, made good record last month,
with $4,000 worth of gold bullion
and cyanides valued at approximate
ly $1,000. For several months past
the output has been about the same
Two surveying parties are now
engaged in locating the most feas
ible point for tunnel through the
Sierras on the west side of the
mountains One party is on the
Yuba and the other on the Ameri