The Record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1902-1904, 1903-02-20
STATE NEWS.
Clipped from our Exchanges.

Every town in Nevada reports more
or less sickness.
sagebrush is the only fuel obtainable
at Golconda, Humbolt county.
Making hair lariats for vaqueros is
one of Winnemucca's industries.
A sale OF 5000 lambs was made In
Lyon county last week for So per head.
The Bonanza. claims that Tonopah
has u population now of 4,50o.
There has besn considerable "60l''
talk INDUCED in on the streets of Reno
of late.
Harper's Weekly has two. writers II
Reno preparing an article on Nevada
resources.
The Bonanza of last Saturday pre-
sented an interesting illust. ated article
on the growth of Tonopah.
An Indian was frozen TO death In
the suburbs of Ely, White Pine county,
last week
A mechanics union with a me ember-
ship of 40 was formed at Carson Satur-
day by State organizer, W. A. Burns.
A body of rich ore 38 feet wide has
been encountered on the l40-foot Level
of the Desert King mine at Wedekind.
An ore strike at Ray has caused a
stampede to that district from Tono-
pah
A Phoebe sport is said to have gamb-
led of his watch, residence, wife and
baby in poker game the other night.
Garfield Doane, who was seriously
injured in street ear accident mt Sac
ramenlo several weeks ago +, il likely Il
die.
Ex-Warden Henderson has been pre-
sented with cane and umbrella, both
gold mounted, by State prison employ
er.
The calklns brothers, who recently
sold the Pa life Coast Miner plant,
will start daily paper in San Francis
CO.
Stealing the brass work from loco
motives with steam up and temporar-
ily sidetracked, is the latest Reno In
dustry.
Frank Kenney, the negro who killed
viii Lamb at Truckee, was acquitted
by Nevada City jury aud is now at
large.
\ railroad INTO Tonopah is now as
sured \ corps Of engineers are now al
Sodaville and will Mt once begin the
survey of the proposed route.
John HAYS Hammond Of South Arr
can celebrity has btea appointed cor.
sulting engineer of the Tonopah min
ing company.
Fred Milton, of the L. :. surve,
corps, was poisoned by eating canneo
tomatoes at Reno, and is dangerously
III from that cause.
The latest metal quotations are: Si,-
yer at New York, Az; Lead at New
York, il2l, AT salt Lake, $3.50; Cop
per at Salt Lake, l5ac.
Sci q or Jackson of Washoe, has II :
troduced bill which makes the AS
SCISSORS commission officers. The more
property the Assessor can find to as
sess, the larger will be his salary.
Mr.. Smolt OF Butte, Montana, and
seven miners left Reno Monday TO be-
gin work on the Bluestone mine, neal
Yerington. The force will be increas-
ell rs soon as matters are in shape.
The annual statement of Wells,
Fargo d Co shows the gross receipts for
bust iess done In Nevada for the year
1902 to be S94, ,sse.z6. The expenses for
the same length of time were SS4, ,S96.52.
The Reno Meat Company have just
completed a new slaughter house a
bout one and a half miles from Reno,
and furnished 1t with all the modern
Improvements.
There are two parties of government
surveyors in the vicinity of saltwater
engaged In running lines for the big
canal to tap the Truckee river above
Wadsworth, and fixing storage reser-
voir sites. They have flags all ovei
that section of the country.
The United States Supreme Court
has lust rendered n decision that In eff
feet nuiiiies Dakota and Nevada divor-
ces. This knocks on the head a.great
many California marriages made at Ell
ther Reno or Carson City, and leaves
such people as have married since, and
their name is legion, under the un-
pleasant situation OF being bigamsts.