The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-04-17
Late News Notes Gathered
From Many Places in
Nevada
ABOUT WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
Accidents and Incidents Told in
Our Exchsnees--Notes on
the States Growth.

The railroad company has built a
station house and a new iron water
tank at Valmy, west of Battle Noun
tain. Water is found at a depth of
300 feet, and machinery for pumping
it into the tank is upon the ground
The Journal says there are seventy
two saloon licenses now extant in
Washoe county. OF the number Reno
has fifty-seven, Wadsworth seven.
Verdi four and four are in country dis
tricts. Twenty-Five gambling licenses
were taken out this month, nineteen
of which are in Reno and three in
Wadsworth.
The suit against the Nevada Power
Land and Light company, for forty
thousand dollars damages for the
death of F. A. Wells, near the Uni
versity, about a year ago, was sub
mitted to a jury in the Circuit Court
at Carson Wednesday afternoon. Sew
eral days were taken up in the hear
ing of evidence. Thursday afternoon
the jury returned a verdict in favor
of the plaintiff for $500. The case was
tried before Judge Hawley by Torrey-
son and Summerfeld for the plain
tiff and L. A. Redman and Judge
Cheney for the company.
A vicious dog attacked a prominent
young man of the north end one day
this week and inflicted a painful flesh
wound where the teeth encountered
the flesh. The injured gentleman
with due presence of mind grabbed the
dog by the back and whirling him
through the air sent the infuriated
animal through "a large plate-glass
window in one of the business houses
on c street. The dog was afterwards
captured and shot The bite is a
dangerous one and hydrophobia
(dread of water) has already resulted
and it is feared that dog madness"
may follow.-Virginia Chronicle.
Seventy-five representative citizens
of Reno met at the courthouse last
evening for the purpose of consider
ing the advisibility of putting nom
partisan citizens ticket in the field
in the coming municipal election. A
committee of four, consisting of two
Fusionists and two Republicans was
appointed from each ward. in addition
to the chairman, to report candidates
on a citizens ticket, the same to be
subject to the approval of an adjourn
ed meeting on next Saturday even
ing. Said committee to have power
to call ward meetings or use such 9TH
er methods as may be deemed advis-
able to place the best men possible
or the ticket from each ward.
The shortest case on record formed
part of the proceedings in the United
States Circuit Court this afternoon be-
fore Judge Hawley. The case was
called, jury secured, evidence intro
duced and a verdict for $4,000 dam
ages brought in-all inside of fifteen
minutes. The title of the case was
Augusta S. Billings and others against
William Whalen. in which the plain
tiff brought suit for damages to the
extent of s2S,S23. No one present
knew any of the parties to the suit
or anything about it, and so the first
twelve men qualified as jurors, no one
being challenged. A transcript of GER
tain records from Illinois was read
by attorneys for the plaintiff. There
was no defense and the court instruct
ed the jury to bring in verdict for
the full amount sued for. which was
done.-Carson News.