The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-09-11

lican State convention.
IT. 8. Starrett left this afternoon for
Reno to be in attendance at the Repub-
l;can convention which meets tomorrow.
Miss Clara Mcintyre departed this
afternoon for Lovelock to spend n few
DAYS with her sister Miss Matte who is
teaching school at that place.
The primaries held in Tonopah last
Saturday to elect delegates to the Dem
ocratic county convention showed very
plainly how the camps vote will go at
the November election. Five hundred
and seventy-nine votes were cast at the
primaries.
WANTED 5 YOUNG MEN from Lam
der county at once to prepare for posi-
tions 10 the Government ~Service-Rail-
way Mail Clerks, Letter Carriers, Gus
tom House and Departmental Clerks.
etc. Apply to
Interstate Cores. Inst,
Cedar Rapids. Ia.
The proposal that every United States
postofice in the country shall fly the
Stars and Stripes, is an excellent one.
No decoration is more beautiful than the
flag and nothing tends to instill more
love for it and for the country so much
as its constant presence before the youth
OF The land.
Tie Southern Pacific Railroad Com
pa. v hus served notices on all parties
that have baen occupying the compapy's
right.of why at Palisade for business
purposes forbidding them to rebuild on
the company's land. All the buildings
burned in the recent fire at Pi'lisnde
were located On the compiny's right Of
way.
1t is said that Governor Sadler will
not make any appointment to fill the
vacancy on the Supreme Bench caused
by the resignation Of Judge MASSEY.
There are no important cases on the cal
endar and the Court will rot be busy
until next year when the place will he
tiled ~ the election of "A new num-
Carson News.
1t is said that Donnelly mountain has
turned out to be somewhat Of a disap
pointment to the prospectors who hock-
ed there with the expectation OF max
ing a fortune 10 n few days. There are
ouly three or four men at the camp now
and the formation has proven to be very
different from that which was described
10 the first wild rumors.--Ex.
A New York dispatch of the 26th, says:
A man who signs his name George d.
Otis, San Francisco, Cal. has written to
New York police headquarters asking
for information concerning the son oil
General james Ledli. of Austin, Nevada
The letter states hat the General died
at staten Island in 1863 and left a son in
New York city, who is his heir. His son
was a civil engineer.
The fifty mile relay race between the
Reno Wheelmen and a picked California
team at the riverside town Sunday, was
won by the former by a length OF 4
wheel. This race vas closely contested
from the start TO the finish. The Cali.
fornia riders resor.eI to every device
known among professional wheelmeu to
wrest the championship from the sage
brushers on the authority Of a specta'
tor. This is the twelfth successive relay
race won by the Reno Whealmen Club
G. ID. Van Duzer who has just return.
ed from Tonopah informs the Rene
Journal that Monday evening, he walk
ed down one side of the street. then up
the other. going into the saloons. he
counted 1856 men and there were lots AT
home and 10 the outskirts Of town that !
did not count. The saloons were filled
with an orderly crowd listening to music
Money is plentiful, times good, the out
look hopeful.
Bert L.. Hood OF W~innemucca has an.
nouuced himself as "A candidate for the
office of District Attorney before the
Democratic county convention. Bert
was elected to the Office Of District At
torney Of Humboldt county " years
ago and his term of office has been d
good one. He is a lawyer Of ability and
one who can always be found in his
office attending TO the business entrust-
ed to his care. We hope To see Bert
carry off the nomination and as he has
given this Important office for the past
two years. his close personal attention
and us n good term deserves another
he should be reelected.
A Well Known Young Man.