The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-07-29
HAPPENINGS IN OUR
OWN STATE
late News NOtes Gathered
From Many Places in
NevTdd

Tuesday afternoon and the water pour
ed from the heavens In bucke.fuls. Full
ly three-quarters of an inch of rain fell
IN twenty minutes, flooding streets and
cellars, but Otherwise doing very little
damage.
Tie first prize for the best decorated
fl at IN the carnival procession has been
awarded to the Eagles. The prize con.
sists of a fine silver cup worth $50, given
for the purpose by George f. Blakeslee.
jeweler. The prize is most handsome
grade workmanship. 1t is now on dis
play at the Butler saloon. The committee
making the award consists of Charlie
Wonacott, John s. Cook and John Hitch
ens.-Ton pah Sun.
Tuesday afternoon In Long Valley
Frank Peterson attempted to b. oak a wild
mustang but was bucked into barbed
wile fence and narrowly escaped witt
his life: His legs were terribly cut be-
fore he could get the frantic animal away
from it. He was brought to Reno that
night by Charles Roberts. where his
wounds were dressed and yesterday was
removed to the home of his parents at
Huffakers. Although the wounds are Sc
ye;e, it is thought that no permanent in
jury viii result.
J. w. Storer. who until very recently
resided in Reno, and who with Mart
Johnson opened up the Palace hotel last
winter. was painfully wounded in San
francisco Tuesday morning. Storer and
his wife were st piping at the Clifford or
Mason street, and before going out to
b. -eakfast he took pistol from his peck
ct and started to place 1t upon the dresser
N tie r. ON. The pistol went off in some
urexplainable manner, inflic ing a serious
wound in Storer's right hand. Storer was
laken to McNutt's hhospitai for treat
ment.-Gazette
The Overland baseball team, cham
pions Ct Nevada, returned from Tonopah
Wednesday evening with two laurels add
ed to their wreath. In addition to de-
fea ing the Tonopah nine the committee
insisted that Reno must also play Gold
eld. This latter game was intensely in
,eresting and was won by the Overland
cam by the sc re of IL to :. The Gold
leld team made SIX runs in the second
inning and it looked very blue for the
boys from the Riverside town. Harry
Goodwin pitched a superb game for the
veilands.-Gazette.
T. c. p made died in Salt Lake last
Thursday and was buried on Saturday
y e did not learn the cause of his death
Mr.. Ponjade came TO the Pacific coast il
the early days and had been engaged in
he mercantile business In Elko, Whi.e
Pine county. Phoebe, and from the latter
place went TO Silver Reef. Utah He re-
,uIned from Silver Reef to Nevada ana
did a prosperous business in bo,h mer.
chandising and mining. From Ely he
came to DeLamar at the time of the
opening of the camp, and after the fir,
iele he went TO Salt Lake. Mr.. Ponjade
at the time of his death was II years o-
age, and was a native of Ohio. He leaves
wife and a son. Hon. J. Ponjade. who
represented Lincoln county in the legis-
latuIe several terms and was lieutenant
governor If Nevada for term of foui
years. TO mourn his loss.-DeLamar Lode.
Frederick A. Fisher. chief engineer for
c. A. Warren & Co.. in conversation with
a reporter expressed the opini that his
company would have their section of the
government canal completed on contract
time, reports TO the C ntrary notwi h.
standing 1--WE are at present working
nearly 1000 men aud about the same num-
ber of horses and mules" said Mr.. Fish
er. "and are making good progress. The
only thing that could delay us is the fact
that the extremely warm weather m gh.
cause great number of men to leave
US. and we have provided against that
emergency by establishing employment
agencies in San Francisco, Sacramento
and at various points In Utah. Men are
constantly anivlng and the force is in
ereasing rather than diminishing. The
river is low and slight difficulty is being
experienced In c nstruct.ng the dam.
The four steam shovels are making good
headway. Gazette.
The resignati of DR.. w. II. Patterson
has been handed to the Board of Asylum
Commissioners to be accepted at their
pleasure. In the meantime DR.. Patterson,