Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1902-12-06

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James Emborg, blacksmith, at
tempted suicide at Wlnnemucca one
day last week, by swallowing big
dose of laudanum. A doctor and a
stomach pump saved him from a
trip up the golden stairs.
]. NJ Fulton, of Reno, has been ap-
pointed Division Freight and Pas
senger Agent for the Southern Pa
cific Co. in charge of the territory
between Corrinne, Utah, and Coltax,
Cal, including the G. Il G. road.
1t seems that Alex. Whitman who
was shot by a woman in Tonopah
last week, is in more serious con-
dition than was expected. 1t turns
out that two bullets entered his
body, the wound from one OF them
being of very serious nature.
Battle Mountain citizens sent a
committee to San Francisco to con-
fer with the railway officials to see
it the plan to cut their town oft the
line cannot be amended. There was
no amendment made, and eventually
the town will be off the line about a
mile and half.
Servantc Tortanato, an Italian.
was accidentally shot and killed i'll n
aloon in Reno last Saturday night.
The shooting was done by an Italian
named Andrew Bertino, who was
shooting at another man. Bertino il
from Dayton, the Italian settlement
on the Carson River.
Thanksgiving night man walked
into saloon at Rynden, a grading
camp near Elko, stood up all hands
at the point of a gun. took 500 from
the cash drawer and walked out.
There were about twenty men in
the saloon at the time. So far there
is no clue to the thief
A deal is practically accomplished
for the amalgamation of all the prin-
cipal extensive Touring mill in
dustries of the Pacific Coast. 1t will
take in the large plants OF Washing
ton, Oregon and California, and will
call into existence one large corpora
ton with a capitalization of $4,000
600.
Harvey Logan, alias Kid Curry,
the Montana train robber and safe
blower, was found guilty. on ten
counts of nineteen count indict-
ment in the Federal Court at Knox
willie, Tenn, last week. Logan is one
of the gang who robbed the First
National Bank of Winnemucca on
September 10Th, 1900.
A serious stabbing ARRAY took
place at Kibby's Station, on the Soda
willie road, Ksmeralda county, last
week Friday. John Williams stab
bed Bod James several times, and the
physician thinks that one wound in
the side will prove fatal. The trouble
occurred over a game of cards. Will
liams is under arrest.
A young lad named Park was
drowned in the Humboldt River
near Lovelock last Saturday. He
was skating with his brother when
the ice gave way and let the elder
boy into the water. In trying to
rescue his brother the younger lad
was drowned. The elder boy was
gotten out of the water alive.
A miner named Nelson had pecul-
lar experience and close call for his
life in Leadville the other day.
While going down shaft in a
bucket, large nail sticking out in
the shaft caught in his rubber coat,
pulled him out of the bucket and held
him suspended in the shaft, 500 feet
from the bottom, until he was res
cued.
Last week Saturday a man named
John Williams stabbed a man by
the name of James Custom in the
abdomen in a saloon at Searchlight.
The wound severed the intestines in
two places, but in spite of this it is
thought the wounded man will re-
cover. Williams, who is considered
a bad man, was overpowered and
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