Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1905-06-17
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The W1nnemucCa ball nine peat
the Overland nine of Reno, last Sun
day by score of 7 to S.
The new school building in Carson
Is being built of concrete blocks
manufactured on the ground.
Two automobile sharps made the
run from Reno to Tonopah last week
in IS hours-distance ago miles.
Caliente is to have banking house
within the next thirty days to be
esta blished by Los Angeles capital.
The " & T. has closed deal for
two acres OF ground in the town of
Gardnerville, to be used as "a depot
site, etc.
The Commissioners of Nye county
have called an election tor July grid
to vote on the question of incorpora-
ton for Tonopah.
Las Vegas had its first fire last
week, and four new buildings were
destroyed, there being no freight
ing appliances in town.
A rich strike was made last week
about seven miles north of Battle
Mountain near the Humboldt River.
Specimen ore runs into the thous-
ands.
A couple OF Italian sharpers were
arrested in Reno this week while
trying to bunco countryman out
of his money on the old buried
treasure" game.
Chas. Anderson, a Tonopah wife
beaten, was sentenced to six months
in Jail the other day, and the Judge
expressed regrets that he could not
make the sentence six years.
Tonopah had two fires in one day
last week, one being in the freight
sheds and causing loss of $1,000,
and the other was ten tons OF hay
belonging to Jack Hall, and the loss
was $3.50.
John Hand, who took a shot at
Vim. Perkins, in Olinghouse a few
days ago in a dispute over mining
ground, has been bound over to ap-
pear before the grand jury of
Washoe county.
The Standard says the railroad
from Fallon, to connect with the S.
P. main line, will be an electric road,
built by private capital at cost
of about 100000, and that it will be
completed this Summer.
The Carson News says it is relia-
bly, reported that the smelter trust
is seriously considering the building
of a two million dollar smelter
plant in the southern section of the
State to handle the ores of that
country.
The commissioner of the general
land office at Washington has issued
instructions to the effect that hereaf-
ter no one person be allowed to ac-
quire more than $40 acres of non
mineral public land under the exist
ing laws.
A prominent Diamondfeld bust
ness man was in Reno last week
with big revolver looking for a
San Francisco travelling man who
had insulted his wife. The travel
ing man got wind of his coming
and lit out. s
Al Clark, of Reno. forged his
fathers name to checks amounting
to SI,4Io in Reno last week and
started tor California overland. He
was brought back to Reno, and,
while his father refused to prose-
cute him, he told him he wanted no
more to do with him.
Dave Crosby, the Virginia City
business man who died a few DAYS
ago, made no provision for his wild
ow before he died. She brought the
remains to Virginia, broke into the
Crosby house and holds the premises.
There is liable to be lively contest
Tor the estate, crosby having dis
posed of it to friends some time be-
fore his death.
Advices from Las Vegas are to the
effect that the first construction
work on the Tonopah and Tide
water railroad has begun east of
that town. The road which is being
built by F. M. Smith, of Oakland,
Cal better known az .Roraxn Smith