Lincoln County record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1900-1905, 1901-10-04
State News
There are several cases of typhoid
fever at Winnemucca.

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fever at Winnemucca.
During the recent storm depth
of fourteen inches of snow fell on
The Sierras summit.
George Wedekind, discoverer of
the mine of that name in Washoe
county, is dangerously i'll at Reno.
The Carson Wheelmen were VIC
torous over the Sacramento team in
the fifty mile relay bicycle race at
Carson.
81 The eeunty authorities of Washoe
says the Ledger, are moving in the
matter Of keeping the waters OF the
Truckee river clear as possible.
Proposals for carrying the mails
of the United States in Nevada will
be received at the Office of the
Second Assistant Postmaster General
until December 3, 1901
Lovelock Argus: Ross Wright,
prominent stockman of Ruby Valley
Elko county, arrived Wednesday
evening (of last week. to make ar
rangements to have $50 head of
cattle fed here for the market.
The Nevada stase normal school
has Just been accredited. In other
words its graduates have been given
the right to teach in the public
schools of California. without the
necessity for examinations.
Jim Darrah, who went to Manila
with the Nevada cavalary, is getting
rich in the Philippines. With the
money he had when discharged he
opened bakery at Cavite and is
now doing business worth 81 600
month.
A young man named Charles
Derby was drowned Friday noon at
Marmol "a short distance above Verdi.
His brother threw a rope to him and
in reaching for it he fell into the
stream. His body was carried over
the dam and was not fonnd for two
hours.
Silver State: Ole Anderson, a
county hospital patient, died this
morning Of dropsy. Deceased was
native of Sweden, aged 81 years,
and was quite we'll known in the
southern part of the county. He
was brought here from Lovelock
about four months ago.
Mr.. Sparks is attending the State
fair at Salem this week, and wires
home as follows: "'Lelax' wins
grand sweepstake over all bee
breeds. Competition very strong
in Durhams. Iconsider I thisa grea
victory for the Herefords." "Lela'
is a yearling, son of the celebrated
.sDale" that sold for $7500.-Journal
Elko independent: Saturda.
afternoon a trough freight train wa
passing through Deeth at rapi'
rate when an unknown man RAJ
from across the street and thre'
himself under the cars. he wa
still alive when picked up and wa
put on freight train and starte
for the hospital, but died befoi
reaching here.
Virginia Enterprise: Frda
Sheriff Randall arrested Tom WI
liams in Gold Hill and took him
Dayton, where he was placed IN lal
Williams is Secretary OF the Miner
Union at Yerington and was So
to this city with money to pay son
expenses incurred during the
cent trouble at the bluestone min
1t is alleged that instead OF payil
the money over he spent it, hen
his arrest. The amount taken
said to be $3.50.
A. j. Mcdonnell, who return
from San Francisco Friday, broue
news of the death of Warren
Sheridan, who committed suicide
Manila recently. "Sherry," as
was familiarly known. served otol
county one term as a COMMISSION
and he almost bankrupted the coul
giving supplies to poor people.
also worked in the mines and
superintendent of the Phil Sheria
He made and lost several forum
but did not know the value OF moi
and in late years suffered mi
hardships. Enterprise
There is perhaps, no part OF
United States which has been
little explored as the Great DIS