Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1903-04-11
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Carlin has a case of smallpox,

the eight-hour law goes into effect.
Joe Josephs has been reelected super
intendent of the State Orphans Home.
The Horseshoe mine, at Stateline, has
been sold to Boston syndicate for
100000.
The famous Allison Ranch mine, near
Grass Valley, Cal, has been closed per-
manently.
1t is said that 4-foot ledge of good
coal has been discovered about eight
miles from Palisade.
President Roosevelt will be in Carson
on May 18th, where he will stop one
hour and fifteen minutes.
A divorce was granted Mrs. Peek from
Stanley Peek, at Reno, last Saturday, on
the grounds of failure to provide.
The new daily train between Reno
and San Francisco made its initial run
last Sunday. 1t leaves Reno at p. m.
1t is reported that James Yerlngton
has been appointed Commissioner to the
St Louis exposition by Governor Sparks.
At the present term of the United
States Court, at Carson, fourteen people
have been convicted of selling liquor to
Indians.
Fred Stone is being tried at Elko this
week on charge of murder, he having
killed Chas. B. Connolly at Shelton last
November.
Frank Mortis, sheep shearer at Bat
tie Mountain, recently sheared 1857 sheep
in ten hours. He averages 200 a day in
regular work.
Supt. Allen, of the Carson Indian
School, has been in the eastern part of
the State this week rounding up recruits
for the institution.
The Blair heirs want $3.50, 600, spot
cash, for the Silver Peak mines. 1t was
an erroneous report that G. d. Lane had
secured this property.
A fire at Schurz, on the Walker Lake
Reservation, destroyed the school house
last Monday. The fire is thought to
have been incendiary.
The 2-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Whiteley was scalded to death by
falling into tub of boiling water at Car
lin last week Thursday.
DR.. Jacobs, Government Stock Inspect
or at Reno, had the misfortune few
DAYS ago to inoculate himself with virus
from diseased animal.
George Kelley, of Carson, was instant
ly killed last Saturday near Reno while
taking the slack out of the Truckee River
Power Co.'S electric line. t...
The construction of building for the
State Orphans Home, for which $38, 900
was appropriated at the last legislative
session, will begin next month.
J. H. B. Harris, the Silver Peak man
who sent obscene letters through the
mail has been convicted and sent to the
Storey county jail for nine months.
The printing of the new Statutes has
been completed at the State printing
office, with the exception of the index,
The binding will be done in San Fran
cisco.
The, Standard cyanide plant, near
Bodie, is being overhauled and refitted
for the coming seasons work. The plant
will start about the 18th, weather per-
uniting.
A fire, supposed to be of incendiary
origin, destroyed block of buildings in
Verdi Tuesday. 1t was only by heroic
work that the town was saved from total
destruction.
The work of clearing the ground for
the new S. p. railroad shops, at East
Reno, has begun, and in few weeks
several hundred men will be employed
in this work.
The members of the disbanded Bat
terry A, of Virginia City, met last Sunday
and decided to divide 500 belonging to
the old organization. Each member
will get about So
The Indian twins which were born in
Hawthorne two weeks ago, both died
last week. The father made big poker
stake by exhibiting them for five cents
to visitors while alive.
The Union Pacific Railroad Company
and the Postal Telegraph Company have
come to an agreement by which the Pos
tai will build line Of wire on the Union
Pacific right of way from opaha to the