Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1903-03-21
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burned to death in her residence near
Ruby Hill last week. The building was
entirely consumed by flames, and only a
bunch of bones remained to tell the fate
of the unfortunate woman.
w. Mcneil, miner, shot and quite
seriously wounded c. c. Wells, Tono-
pah restaurant man last week. The
trouble is said to be over attention paid
to McNeils wife by Wells, by whom she
was employed as waitress.
Ex-Sheriff James l.. Campbell, of
Elko county, died at the home OF his
sister, in Davisville, Cal, last week
An erroneous report was
given out last week that he had been
taken to the Stockton asylum.
There is a scarcity of engines on the
S, p. line between Carlin and Wads-
worth, making it difficult for the com
pany to handle the present volume of
business, which is daily growing larger.
Most OF the engines OF the division are
in service on the east end
Mrs. Lulu McKissick, wife OF the late
Howard McKissick, has filed in the Dis
trict Court of Washoe county, also in
the Superior Court of Lassen county,
California, prayer for letters of admin
on the estate of her deceased
husband. The estate is valued at about
100000.
There is likelihood of land contest
in Carson. The Southern Pacific Com
pany is making application for mineral
land in Washoe county, near the Harris
and Jumbo mines. The mine owners
and those interested in prospecting in
that district are in Carson looking into
the matter.
A cooperative store is about to be es-
tablished at DEMO. Five men in that
vicinity have the matter in charge and
have nearly perfected organization. They
will erect building at once and start
with 1000 stock. A freight team
will be run by them between DEMO and
Winnemucca.
The sheepmen of Lake county, Oregon,
have levied 2-cent per head tax on the
sheep for the purpose of raising funds
to counterfeit the effect OF the repeal of
the scalp bounty law. 1t is estimated
that the tax will raise the SUM of $4,000,
which will be used to pay hunters to
patrol the ranges.
The great (?) Victor mine in Hum
boldt county, which the California-Ne-
vada Mining Company said contained
500 ,000, 900 worth of ore, has been closed
down, and the company is now pushing
some other properties at Unionville, the
old Arizona mine and the Rock Hill
placer mines at Dun Glen.
A company has been formed in Tono-
pah with one hundred thousand dollars
capital to build mill to treat Tonopah
ores. The principal persons in the com
pany are James l.. Butler, Frank Gold
en-, George S. Nixon, c. +. Knox, II. C.
Cutting, Brougher Brothers and others.
1t is proposed to put up at once big
mill on the ground of the Midway Min
ing Company,
When the hearing of matters connect
ed with the estate of the late Mrs. Dan
Crawford (nee Mary Wall) comes up in
the District Court, of Washoe county,
are promised. 1t is rumored
that her relatives, who are contesting
the matter, have evidence tending to
show that deeds to her property held by
Crawford were forged and that the work
was done by two ex-convicts.
Marshal Emmitt and Sheriff Clark
removed the handouts from two prison
ers in party of nine which they were
taking from Eiko to Carson last week.
The prisoners attacked the officers and
would have got the better of them had
not several passengers come to their
rescue. As it was the Marshal was
quite roughly used and the two prison
ers were only subdued after one of them
had been knocked senseless.
ALI Mccarthy says that Hawthorne
society circles are in a futter of excite
ment over the announcement that Mrs.
Whisky Bob had presented her dusky
lord with twin babies. One is of Mon
golian cast of features, while the other
is huckleberry blond. All are well
and happy except the presumptive faith
err, who sorrowfully remarked: ~ guess
so now my woman stay camp bout a
week. Me gottum no grub. Maybeso |