Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1903-02-07
State News

Sierra Summit from the recent storms.
Col. Maxon, of Reno, had his should
er dislocated in sleighinE accident the
other night.
Wadsworth will be on the map until
Eext Summer, after which the town will
be side-tracked.
Jerry Quinlan, of Virginia City, has
been appointed Captain of the Guards
at the State prison.
Over 10000 tons of tailings at the De-
Lamar mill are being worked. They are
said to average $2.35 ton.
A Phoebe sport is said to have gambled
off his watch, residence, wife and baby
in poker game the other night.
Jeffries has announced that he will
fight Corbett to finish for purse OF
$4,000, the fight to take place at Carson
Elko will be lighted by electricity the
coming year. The power will be gener-
ated from the waters of Lamoille Creek.
Joseph Wolfsenberger, aged q years,
and native of Nevada, died suddenly
at Empire, Wednesday evening of last
week.
A bill for removing the county seat of
Nve from Belmont to Tonopah will be
introduced at the present legislative
session.
In the hearing of Phillips and Butts,
accused of robbing the G. P. depot last
week, some damaging evidence is COM
ing to light
The Oregon Short Line will build
new two-story brick and stone depot at
Salt Lake 1t will be started in March
and cost $4,000
Angel Camp is the name of new min
ing district seventy miles northeast of
Tonopah, The ore is said to carry gold
values exclusively.
James Peckham, the crack bicycle
rider, and Villa Mihils, both of Reno,
eloped and were married at Oakland
last week Thursday,
The town of Reno has got an elephant
or its hands in the shape of subway
that leaks like sieve. The cementing
will have to be done over again.
Some very rich gold quartz is being
extracted from the Wide West mine at
Cherry Greek and piled on the dump,
awaiting the erection of mill.
There are twenty-three men employed
in the Glasgow and Western Company's
Adelaide mine at Golconda, and there
are large quantities of pay rock on the
dumps.
Word from Sacramento says Garfield
Doane, who was so seriously injured in
that city few weeks ago, was somewhat
improved, although by no means out of
danger.
1t is said that the Southern Pacific
will soon have a new man in charge of
its advertising department, Mr.. Frank
J. Bramhall from similar position on
the Michigan Central.
Aaron (Farmer) Treadway died at his
last week. He came to Nevada when it
was rated as part of Utah Territory,
and was aged 8S years.
The people of Abel, Lake county, Ore
gon, lost day in the shuttle last week
and closed their stores and held church
services ON Monday, under the impress
ion that it was Sunday
Mr.. Newands is authority for the
statement that William f. Sharon has
already announced himself as a candi-
date for United States Senator ON the
Fusion ticket to succeed William NJ
Stewart.
The Iris claim, at Deerlodge, owned
by Geo. Moody and MIilt Cameron, is
developing nicely. The shaft has at
tanned a depth of ninety feet. and the
ore now at the bottom is now six feet in
width, the average assay being about 1924
in gold
Shortly before midnight Wednesday
night two masked men walked into the
Wieland saloon, in Reno, lined up fifteen
men and the barkeeper, took $57 from
the cash register and a diamond pin
from the barkeeper and made their es-
cape.
The recount OF the votes cast in
Washe county at the recent election
give John w. Wright, Republican,, ten
majority over J. E. Souchereau, Fusion
nominee for the Assembly. The Com
missioners gave Mr. Wright a certificate
of election, and it is now mp to the As
% M hlx. To snnt him in rlaca of Mr. Son.