The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-04-20
Late News Notes Gathered
From Many Places in
Nevada
ABOUT WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
Accidents and Incidents Told in
Our Exchanges--Notes on
the States Growth.

The electors of Bishop will vote on
the question of Incorporation April
"a. Such is the only means toward
the end of making the town healthy
enough to live in.
The new fire alarm bell has arrived.
OF late the only fire alarm apparatus
possessed by the town was the shoot
ing of firearms; the old bell was
broken.-DeLamar Lode.
A big poker game in one of the sa-
looms of Wells Wednesday drew
large crowd of spectators. An Elko
gentleman bagged the game to the
extent of $12O0.-Herald.
The freight depot in Wells will soon
be made 20 feet longer. Lumber for
the improvement was unloaded Satur-
day. The increase was made neces-
sary by additional business.
Since the number of postal railway
clerks on the Carson & Colorado have
been increased to six, they have ar
ranged to run II days consecutively
and lay off six days or twelve days
out of thirty-six.
John O'Keefe has purchased the
stage line, formerly owned by Ladd
& Cohn 1t is said Mr. O'Keefe will
run a day and night stage from Soda
to Tonopah, so all kinds of travellers
can be accomodated.-Wal Lake
Bulletin.
Carl Young has discovered some
very promising coal groupings about
a mile and a half south Of town, and
has sent some samples to the State
University to be analysed Carl is
of the opinion that he has found some
thing valuable. If it's coal he has.
-Tonopah Miner.
An eastern company is placing ON
some properties near Marble Falls all
buildings necessary for the accom-
mediation of a strong force of miners.
The old mines are being reopened un-
der a bond, and it is claimed that they
contain the largest bodies of free gold
ore in Nye county.
A republican meeting was held in
Judge Dodge's Office yesterday and the
matter of putting a partisan ticket in
the field at the municiapl election was
considered, the Journal states. 1t was
the sense of the meeting that the re-
publicans of Reno would stand in If
the non-partisan citizens nominated
worthy ticket and gave their party
sufficient representation.
The report is widely circulated that
W. H. Baldwin, the broker who placed
the shares of the California-Nevada
Mining company on the market has
discovered what fraud the company
is. and has left Albany, N. Y, for
Lovelock to see if he can save his
clients The alleged mines have prov
ed to be one of the greatest frauds
ever launched in Nevada.
In Reno Saturday night the follow
ing non-partisan citizens ticket was
placed in nomination: Mayor, Hon.
G. F. Turritin; city attorney, John
S Orr; city clerk, King Ryan; eoun-
cilmen, w. ]. Westerfield, E. l.. Drap-
DO, C. f. Clough, John Miehaels and
n. e. Wilson. On motion of K. l..
Fulton the following committee was
appointetd to draft an address to the
voters of Reno on the purposes and
objects of the non-partisan ticket;
Messrs. r. l.. Fulton, H. r. Cooke and
w. H. A. Pike.
A few days ago two men plcketed
out a horse near Tacoma and noun
tain lion came and killed him during
the night and was feasting on the re-
mains when morning dawned. The
men took several shots att he lion,
but missed him, and he escaped to the
mountains. Knowing that the lion
would come back for another feast
the men poisoned the remains OF the
horse and waited for developments,
The next morning the carcass of the
lion laid beside the remains of the
horse. He measured feet. 3 inches
II, Iangth