The Record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1902-1904, 1903-01-02
STATE NEWS.
Clipped from our Exchanges.

The ieemen expect that.lthelseason's 5
cut of ice will reach 100000 tons in the
vicinity of Truckee.
A resident of White Pine county has
been seriously poisoned by drinking
water out of freshly painted can.
Venezuela has had 10i revolutions in
the past seventy years. The only won
der is that there Is anybody left to tell
the tale.
Livestock shipments from Lovelook
during November last aggregated s.
700 head, requiring 2sl ears for trans
portation.
Subscriptions to the amount of $1,000
have been raised In Tonopah for the
building of an Episcopal church.
work ON the structure will soon begin.
The government buildings at Walker
Lake Indian reservation have been
sold to a Hawthorne resident for
$1,000
II. +. Maxwell, formerly clerk for
Frank Golden, nj Tonopah, has been
acquitted on the first charge of em-
bezzlcment brought against him by
his employer.
Drs. Aseher, Hennessy, Gibson and
| Patterson are making q hot fight for
the position Of Superintendent of the
Insane Asylum. The board will prob
ably not make the appointment before
February or March.
Dry winter and wet spring il the
forecast Of tho Truckee meadow ranch
ers, whose principal business is watch
ing weather indications and playing
pedro in Reno.
An idea OF the extent of the freight
Iraiilc ON the Y. & r. is afforded in
the circumstance that there are 30 car
leads offreight sidetraeked at Steam
boat awaiting shipment to Mound
House.
The people of Tonopah desire to
have them of the postofliee chang
ed from Butler to Tonopah. The name
of the town Is better known and there
are other Butler cities that lead to
some confusion with the postal clerks.
A street railway viii be the next
thing in limo for Tonopah, aud the day
i not far distant when street ears
will be necessity IN that thriving
city.
II IL said that the Christmas sales Of
jewelry from Tonopah's two iewelry
establishments amounted to something
more than$20,0O0. This dos not evil
dencea eongested condition of finan
ces in the aew Eldorndo.
The New York Engineering and
Mining Journal is forming q mining
journal Trust by purchasing all of the
plants of that character in the United
states. Its latest acquisition Is the
Pacific Coast Miner, purchased from
Calkins' Bros.
John Henuessy of Austin stuck two
/ fingers in the barrels of his shotgun 10
remove the snow which had lodged
there when the muzzle hit the snow.
f The surgeon had to remove only one,
the gun itself attending the other
once. Room sos, No. 1913 Californls St.
A Chinese cook was responsible for
the fire that destroyed the Winters
barn in Washoe valley last Sunday.
The barn was insured, but the con-
tents were total lo,s aggregating
about $500
A new discovery eight miles east of
pactolns is attracting attention.
The .sdges are large and assay from 500
TO 800 in gold per ton. The owners
are A. IL. Lee, w. j. Sinclair and p.
+. O'Brien.
"The Vidctten is the title of n ten
page monthly just published by the
Wadsworth high school, containing
well-written essays and other matter of
interest relating to public schools.
The Lyon County Times says that
Joe Blackburn, the cattle and mining
man, has been In town this week look
inv after somo cattle he il wintering in
this valley. lie is partner of Mr..
Wedskind in the Golden Gate mine in
Antelope valley, which Charles D..
Lane went to look at last week. They
hold the property at half million
valuation. Mr.. Lane says the mine
has every indication Of turning out to
be a valuable piece of property but he
has not rs yet decided to take hold OF
II.
A Chinaman shot an Indian boy at
the wood camp near Bodie few days