The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-06-12
STATE NEWS NOTES.

There are thirty-four pupils in the To-
nopah school.
Inc Times is the name of a new paper
soon to be launched at Phoebe.
The Bonanza says Frank Golden is hav-
ing a $4,000 building constructed In To-
nopah.
j. A. Ball, an old and respected resident
of Belmont, Nye county, died in Carson
yesterday.
Another case of smallpox has been re-
ported in Reno. the victim being Mrs.
Phil Jacobs.
A.. E.. Chandler and Albert Wolf of the
State University are measuring the flow
of the Carson river and its tributaries.
President stubbs of the State University
has gone to Chicago. where he will visit
with his brother. J. C. Stubs, until Au.
gust.
MI GicCtIlC ROVER
Company Is preparing to put a wire from
their power house to Tuscarora, a dis
tance Of 1870 miles.
The l~unatic, Freeman, who escaped
from the State hospital at Reno a few
days ago, was captured at Truckee and
returned to the asylum.
Edward A. Audrey of Virginia City, who
successfully passed the examination for
admission as cadet, has gone to West
Point to enter the military academy.
The city of Reno, including its imme
date vicinity. has now a population of
about 5000. The Journal says this is
proven by the school census returns.
George E. Clark of Reveille, Nye coun-
ty. was found dead at that place the
other day. He had been dead a week,
having committed suicide rather than go
to the county hospital.
The Tonopah Water and Improvement
Company has a force of men sinking wells
and digging a ditch for the pipe line.
They expect to have the pipe laid into
the own inside of thirty days.
Fifty thousand trout were planted In
the Truckee In the vicinity of the Sparks
ranch Monday. Seventy-fve thousand
more will be planted in various parts of
the river in the next few weeks.
All the seats In the Tonopah Mining Ex-
change nave been sold. One hundred dol
lars was offered a member for his seat,
but was refused. Work on the building
will be commenced In a few days.
Three boys went into the powder house
at the Raymond g. Ely mine at Phoebe
and set two cans of powder on fire. Two
Of them received burns which may prove
fatal. but the third escaped unframed.
Several cases of smallpox are reported
In Elko. The public schools have been
closed. and the State Board of Health
has instructed the local quarantine off,
Ger to quarantine all infected houses. Two
OF the patients have been removed to the
pesthouse.
John Day. a miner working In the VAL
ley View shaft at Tonopah. met with q
serious accident last Saturday. There
were a couple Of shovels and a few drills
in a bucket In which Mr.. Day was riding
to the surface, and he was impaled upon
the handle of one of the shovels. He is In
a critical condition.
Martin Roach. an old time resident OF
Truckee. wal struck by a passenger train
near that place and seriously hurt. Mr.
Roach is almost Leaf and was walking
along the railroad track. when the train
came upon him at full speed. He had not
| time to save himself before the pilot OF
the engine had struck him, and he was
| thrown quite a distance to one side Of the
track. His condition Is quite serious.
o. e. s Notice.
Silver State Chapter No. 9, o. E. s.,
will hold a stated meeting Thursday.
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