The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-11-19
STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
Late News Notes Gathered
From Many Places in
Nevada

The Wheelmen and a team from the
Indian school will play a game of
football in Reno Thanksgiving day.
1t is reported in Carson that fine
new opra house is to be erected in
Gardnerville by valley capital 1t
IS to cost about $4,000.
The Golden Gate mine in Douglas
county returned a bar of bullion Mon
day valued at $1,000 from a twenty
days run with a three stamp mill.
Alreday there are number of ap-
pl1cations ON the part OF friends OF
candidates for the position of regent
OF the state university, made vacant
Dy the death OK hon. John Newton
evans.
County superintendent Pike has
been at work for a number OF weeks
arranging a program for the teachers
institute to be held at Reno next week
ana the program as arranged is ex-
ceilent and the instructors engaged
are the best on the coast.
The Burnt Timber group of mines
at Osceola, New, has been sold to
A. H. Vaughan of Seattle, Wash, for
800 600 ten per cent of that amount
\ Oelng paid IN casn and the balance
to be paid in one year. The mines
/ belonged TO William Bacon of Whlte
/ rine county.
| Last Wednesday in the district court
/ at Austin the tax case of the Nevada
Central Railroad company. jury rem
dered a verdict for S8,063.43, the full
amount sued for by the county, The
defendant was given fifty days in
lor new trial
In the case of the State of Nevada
VS. Charles Ahlers. pending before
the Lander county grand jury upor
The charge of incest, and who hat
given a cash Jail in the sum Of 81,
oO0, on motion OF the district attorne!
the bail was declared forfeited by rea
son of the failure of Ahlers to appear
De1ore the court or grand jury at the
time provided by law.-Austin Rev
ellie.
The counties of Lyon, Churchill
and Storey were notified by the Wa
shoe county commissioners that the
injured and sick of those countie!
Will not be admitted TO the. county
hospital. There are several hundred
men employed on the government
canal running through these counties
and Washoe county has already be
gun to feel the burden of having pa
uents shipped from the works tt
Reno.
The Gold Hill tunnel continued cav
ing all day yesterday and there are
now several yawning chasms in the
hill. Several narrow escapes are re
ported OF bystanders yesterday from
caving ground. This morning force
OF tN enty men was put to work re
moving the debris. 1t is said nigh
shift will be put on as soon as lights
are strung and the work of repairing
the tunnel will be pushed as rapidly
as possible.
The United States grand jury Il
at work taking testimony in whiskeI
cases. some fifteen of which are t.
be presented altogether. Monday
were indicted and one charge ignored
A peculiar circumstance has beel
brought to attnetion in this connec
tion. The cases being consluered ar
all where someone is charged witt
selling whiskey or some other intoxi
cants to Indians. The witnesses usual
Ily are other Indians. A number of th'
Indian witnesses are in this cit,
drunk also. Presumably they OBJ
tanned the liquor in this city; bu
it is evident that they are not awet
by the proximity of the United State
grand jury.-Carson News.