Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1901-08-31
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and the State prison rs inmates.
A scheme is on foot to construct
an electric railway from Eureka to
Ely.
In Winnemucca a disease 1s pre-
valent which somewhat resembles
typhoid fever.
The Wells Jockey Club will have
two days racing this Fall, with
purses amounting to $500.
P. L. Flanagan, of Reno, shipped
last week to Chicago 100 cars of
lambs. Zach car contained lao.
The assessment roll of Churchill
county foots up 100000 this year, as
against $628, 600 last year, an increase
of $262,ooo.
The Tonopah Miners Union will
celebrate Labor Day in a becoming
manner. They have prepared an
elaborate programme.
Between sixty and seventy teams
are hauling ore from Tonopah to the
railroad, but they are not keeping
up with the output by half.
The Reno public schools will re-
open next Monday. Sixteen teachers
are employed and an attendance of
over 600 children is expected.
The Carson wheelmen have organ
ized club and are making arrange
ments for race with the Oak Park
team, of Sacramento, next month.
An inch of rain fell at Belmont,
Nye county, in twenty minutes on
the 9th instant This is claimed to be
the State record for precipitation.
Fifty thousand rainbow trout from
the hatchery at Tallac, Lake Tahoe,
were taken to Riverton, CAL, last
week and planted in the American
river.
A new inter bed has been discov-
cred in the vicinity of Lovelock,
which is equally as rich as the beds
now being worked by the America
Company.
The citizens of Bishop, Cal, have
organized COMMITTEE of las" and
have driven out of town four persons
known to be engaged in selling liquor
to Indians.
Quite a serious wreck occurred
near Amedee one day last week. The
south-bound N. G. o. train jumped
the track and several passengers
were injured, but none seriously.
twenty-five special game wardens
have been appointed, most of whom
will be stationed about Washoe Lake.
The Ormsby County Game Associa-
ton is evidently determined that the
laws shall be enforced.
Louis Dean, beef buyer for the
Western Meat Company, is in the
eastern part of the State looking for
cattle to feed. He has bought good
many and will begin shipping from
Lovelock the middle of September.
w. F. Hassel was discharged last
Saturday from Washoe's bastile.
Hassell was convicted six months
ago of embezzling money from sew
eral people. He has paid the penalty
and can now go and work" other
towns.
II ~ n1o~L fn~S,zor1xy of th 70
United States regular army, but
now retired, has been appointed and
has accepted the position of military
instructor at the State University,
at Reno. He is expected to arrive
about Sept. 22d.
Deputy Sheriff Rose has on exhibit
ton at the SherifPs office, in Winnie
mucca, a cucumber measuring four
feet from tip to tip. 1t is the largest
ever seen thereabouts and is entitled
to the State championship in the Gu
embarrassing line, we believe.
Joe Kelley, conducting the grocery
store in Carson known as J. Kelley
4 Co., has made voluntarily assign
ment for the benefit of all his credit.
ors, who are said to be few in mum.
Der and whose claims are small. A
receiver will be placed in charge.
George Wedekind, the discovereI
of the famous mine of his name
owns 100 acres of land near the claim
which he has thrown open to pros
pectors. He states that anything