The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-04-28
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.

John T. Brinegar, an old-time west
ern miner, died suddenly of appoplexy
at Gold Mountain last week.
The Dayton school was closed last
Wednesday for the balance of the
week on account of the scarlet fever
scare.
1t is reported that the old Douglass
acid works at Dayton will be started
Up again soon in the interests of the
Federal G. NJ. Co.
Senator Flanagan of Reno and Gov
ernor Sparks will meet President
Roosevelt at Sacramento and escort
rim to Nevada and out again
Russ Lowery, a young man from San
Francisco, has been arrested at Wads-
worth and sentenced to pay a fine of
1920 or serve go days in the county
iail for stealing a valise from the de-
pot.
While at work removing the machin-
cry at the Foreman shaft this after
noon John A. Murphy was struck in
the left eye by a piece of IRON, and
it is feared he will lose the sight of
Chronicle
Mike Smith is the first man who
has succeeded in finding a quartz
edge in the Big D country. The ore
is decomposed quartz and iron and it
will require an assayer's certificate to
convince Mike that there is nothing
News.
Already many people of this city
are preparing for the carnival in July
next. Carson City's experience of two
years ago stands her in stead now.
1t is proposed to eXpend about $4,000
on this years attraction as against
5000 two years ago.-News.
Next Saturday five athletes of the
University of Nevada will go to San
Francisco to contest with all the crack
athletes of the coast in the Pacific
Coast Association try-out. The win
ners of this try-out will represent the
coast in athletics at the Worlds Fair.
The Golden Anchor company has
started out a "searcher" in person on
a hunt after the boiler engine and
which is to constitute the
hoisting plant. A massive
lot of freight to lose but the rail-
reads have somehow managed to do
so.-Bonanza.
j. w. Scott, former reporter or
the Virginia Chronicle, but now res
ident of Butte City Mont, is soon to
publish a novel. His Arabian
Knights in Slang" is in the hands
of the printer, and work of fiction,
entitled, "Clytemuestra Cavanaugh,
has been accepted by a New York
book publisher.
In the field day of the Nevada Uni
versity, held last Saturday on the ath-
Ietic field. the track team showed that
ley have been doing some diligent
training. The hundred yard dash
was won by Gus Hoffman in te
one-ffth seconds. and the quarter
mile dash was run in fifty-four sec
onds by Ivan Steckle.
The fire in the Foreman shaft is
now thought to be entirely extinguish-
ed by those who are in charge OF the
work. The extent of the damage to
the shaft will not be known for sew
eral days yet. A force of men are
busy cleaning up the wreekage and
are removing the engine to the over
man mine.-Virginia Chronicle.
A new and previously unexpected
product of this county is finding
market in San Francisco, says the
Carson News. For years curses have
been heaped in profusion, by every
traveller, upon that stretch of road
known as the Chalk Hills near the
Mound House. Now, however. a car
load of it has been shipped and sold
in San Francisco. 1t works up into
a sort of plaster and ready market
is assured. Travellers over the road
will be glad to observe that they have
swallowed hundreds of dollars worth
plaster, instead of just tons of chalk.