The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1906-01-18


and will hold their crops for sixty
days in anticipation Of a big raise in
price.
Charles Lambert who was beaten
with a gun by two men in Goldfield
ten days ago, died of the injuries in
ficted and his assailants whose names
are known but not given, will be ar
rested on a charge oil murder.
A jury in the U. s. District Court
at Carson returned O verdict Tuesday
for $4,000 damages in the suit of
Robert Burch VS.. the Southern Pacific,
who lost a foot at Wadsworth while
in the employ of that company.
H. Z. Prudential has succeeded
G. w. Garrison rs editor and pub
Usher Of the Lincoln county Record
Published at Phoebe. Mr.. Freuden-
thai is a former state senator add was
chief clerk of the assembly at the last
session.
The Goldfeld News, one OF the best
newspapers in Nevada, has changed
hands. James F. 0'Brien, founder of
the paper and a pioneer resident of
Goldfield, has disposed of his interest
to Charles S. Sprsgue, a Colorado
newspaper man.
The young boys in town should be
careful when snowballing. SNOWFALL
ing is all right when confined to those
who take part in the sport, but all
wrong when men and ome who
take no part in it are bombarded with
snowballs. Boys be careful or serious
results may folloS your carelessness.
Notification has been received by
the railroad officials from the postal
department that a railway postofice
will Immediately be established on
fast mail trains 8 and 10. As soon rs
this change is made the trains will
take mail from all stations on the
line. At small. stations where the
amount of mail is not large arrange
ments will be made for taking the
mail On the fly.
Communications between Elko and
points off the railroad is cut off by
the snow. The Tuscarora stage failed
to get in Saturday night and is still
somewhere on the road. Sunday
morning Harry Van Drielen started
out to take mail to Tuscarora and got
in the mountains and found the snow
SO deep that he gave up the trip and
returned to town. This morning a
four-horse team started to take tho
mail to Tuscarora. Iii is questionable
about the team making the trip.
The Royal Chinese Commissioners,
Tuan Fang and Tai Hung Chi, with
u numerous retinue OF servants and
attendants, passed through Battle
Mountain Tuesday morning on their
way East. These high Chinese digni-
taries are in the United States &c
make a study of u schools and
other public institutions. While in
California they were guests at Stan
ford and at Berkeley, where they were
shown the workings OF those great
universities. They will be the guests
of President Roosevelt and are 10 be
shown every courtesy and attention,
The Silver Bow Standard published
this week, has the following;
A limited number OF this issue oil
the STANDARD had the headline print
ed in pure gold dust from the Reed
and Robbie lease. This is the first
time in the history of Western
journalism that such a paper was
eve turned off the press. An effort
was made to print the. whole issue in
gold, but close calculations showed
that the cost of the same would
amount to a sun far in excess of the
real value Of the entire plant, editor
force and all. The dust with which
the headline is bronzed assays $780,
600 per ton and this paper will not
resent any attempt on the part of the
outside press to refer to this number
as a "yellow Journal"
At present the round trip from
Tonopah and Manhattan costs $25 in
the automobiles that take passengers
and SIS by fast stage. These are
crowded every trip.
ITO show you what travel there ii
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