Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1905-04-01
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man whose name Will be received
with storm of protest Journal.
The State Bank and Trust Co.,
of Carson, was the highest bid
ders on the bonds for the new
public school building, at Carson.
The bonds bear 5 per cent. inter
est. There were two Chicago bid
ders.
A fellow was beating a Reno
crap game the other night with
split dice when the banker called
him down and took his winnings
away from him. The fixed dice
are generally used by the other
fellow.
An old man named Thomas
Kane was killed near Derby Mon
day by being struck by a train
while crossing the track in a two
horse wagon. He was thrown
quite a distance and his skull was
crushed.
Harry Butts, a Reno gambler,
shot another gambler, named Joe
Reynolds, through the leg Mon
day in Reno. The wound is a
bad one. Butts is under arrest.
He is evidently crazy from the
use of liquor, opium and morphine.
1t is reported that an agreement
has been signed between the new
Clark railroad and the mine
owners of Phoebe, Lincoln county,
for the finishing of the branch
road which was graded three
years ago from Caliente to within
four miles of Phoebe.
DR.. Neuman, for whom the
Shelf of Pocatello, Idaho, had a
warrant of arrest for the alleged
theft of valuable opticle instru
ment, skipped out of Reno last
Sunday before the arrival of that
officer, leaving his wife in the
riverside town, where the doctor
was heretofore in good repute.
A lone highwayman enteard the
Reception saloon at Goldfeld last
Friday morning about a o'clock,
stood up the barkeeper and other
occupants of the place and took
the receipts of the cash register.
In his hurry he overlooked roll
of bills amounting to $500. There
is no clue to the identity of the
thief.
The District Attorney, Justice of
the Peace and Constable of Gold
field have been summoned to
answer impeachment. Women of
the town say the money they
have paid in fines has not been
turned over to the county, and a
prisoner under arrest for passing
bad paper says the officials agreed
to quash the indictment against
him if he would pungle up $500.
S. G. Hamilton beat his wife
with a hammer in the Clarendon
Hotel in Reno Sunday night, kill
ed his little daughter with a blow
from the same weapon, and then
blew his worthless brains out. He
was jealous of his wife and had
trouble with her before, and she
had left him for time. He had
coaxed her back to live with him.
The woman's wounds are very
severe, but she may recover.
The United States Government
has appropriated $4,000 for the
surveying and subdivision of the
INDICATED mining districts of Ne
vada. Nye, Esmeralda and Lin
coin Counties will receive atten-
ton first, and after the work is
completed in these counties and
enough funds remain other dis
tries will be properly plated. In
addition, official notice has been
received that the general appro-
priation bill allowing $4,000 for
the government and postoffice
buildings to be erected in Reno
has been passed.
Last week Thursday Harry
Manon, a deputy Sheriff Of Nye
was shot three times
while trying to capture two of the
bandits who recently held up and
robbed six Italians near Goldfeld.
Mcdonald, another deputy, cap