Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1905-04-22
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Balm, and he is employed as cleo
trician by the Washoe Power and
Development Co.
The Record says half a dozen
licenses have been issued to as
many different men to marry a
certain young lady in Caliente,
and there is liable to be trouble in
that burg when the ceremony is
performed.
The Goldfield Review has just
added to its equipment a cylinder
press, new job presses, gasoline
engine and a lot of other printing
material, and announces that it
will soon enlarge its size from four
to eight pages.
A wife beaten named Harvey, of
Reno, has again been forgiven by
his unfortunate wife who has
withdrawn the charge she made
against him. Harvey ought to be
ashamed to show his face among
decent people.
A fve-year-old boy named Ruck-
teschler got hold of a revolver at
Winnemucca last Sunday and shot
a boy named Seelinges through
the cheek. The bullet came out
at the back of the neck and mar
rowly missed the jugular vein.
1t is now thought to be definite
ly settled that the Western Pacific
road will run so miles north of
Reno. 1t is also estimated that
before three months have passed
10000 men will be employed in
the construction of this new road.
A new plant for the Tonopah-
Goldfeld reduction works of the
Western Ore Purchasing Co. is to
begin at once at a point where the
Goldfeld railroad leaves the Tono-
pah-Sodaville road. This will be
the largest plant of the company
in this State.
Nevada cattle are bringing top
prices in eastern markets. The 80
carloads recently shipped from
this State to Chicago were on the
road nine days, but landed there
in fine condition. The steers
weighed from 1000 to 1925 and
brought from $4.85 to $3.50.
Tuesday morning Jos. Young,
inspector for the Dennison News
Co., at Mound House, attempted
to commit suicide by shooting him
self. The wound is not necessari-
ly fatal. Young had been drink
ing and was respondent. He has
a wife and three children in Sau-
salito.
Last Friday morning the dead
body of w. S. Burton, a teamster,
was found in the road between
Tonopah and Goldfeld. The re-
mains were badly mutilated. Bur
ton had evidently fallen from his
saddle horse and the three heavily
loaded wagons had passed over
him.-Sun.
The government has cancelled
its contract with the contractors
who had the concrete work in
hand for the Churchill irrigation
system, on account of the slow
progress. The government will
rush the work to completion so
the farmers can have water in
week or two for their growing
crops.
Reduction works and quartz
mills are going up rapidly in the
southern mining camps, and as
soon as the broad gauge road
reaches Tonopah and Gold6eld
and machinery can be transported
cheaply and the electric power
line from Bishop is completed
those camps can work all their
low grade ore at profit.
An eccentric old man named
Hiram Chase died in Elko the
first of the week leaving a fortune
of $4,000. He has no known
relatives and his property may go
to Elko county. Some years ago
Chase, while intoxicated put both
of his hands in fire and burned
them so badly that they had to be
amputated. He next started a
peanut stand and enlarged his