Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-09-08
LOCAL BREVITIES

Paul c. Lofthonse and family return
ed from Humboldt county, where they
have been spending their vacation.
The Fallon school will not begin Mon
day, the 10th, but will probably open
Monday, the 18th. By order of trustees.
r S. Gardner, brother of DIR. G NJ
Gardner agreed Thursday evening to
forfeit five hundred dollars, or land q
party Of mining men in Ramsey, by n
specified time,
A genuine boom is on at Chloride,
and according to the Reno Journal,
forty mining men left Reno Thursday
evening for the new camp in the eastern
part of this county.
Senator W. w. Williams, Albert =.
Elliott, the Farview attorney, and Er.
nest Freeman, of saltwater, the Chur-
chill delegation to the state Republican
convention, returned Thursday evening
from Tonopah, where they helped to
nominate very strongsticket.
d. f. Williams, Mrs. James Say and
Dell Boyd, Of Lovelocks, arrived i'll Fal-
lon Wed nesday, and are visiting their
brothers, Il. b. and w. II. Williams.
Mr.. Williams is m old-time newspaper
man, having been connected with
various prominent papers throughout
this state.
The telephone line Mt Faifview is TO
be extended to Wonder the early part
OF September, plans for the commence
ment Of work now being laid The in
stallation OF a telephone line between
tairview and Wonder will be a great
benefit to the many mining men who
come and go.
d. S. Mitchell, the man who was re-
Gently arrested i'll Denver and convicted
in the federal court for stealing a mail
sack at Hazen that was consigned to
Fallon, escaped from the Carson prison
Tuesday night. Mitchell was n trusty
and left during the early evening while
enjoying the freedom of the grounds.
1t is believed that he will be recaptured.
Mitchell pleaded guilty to the charge,
and made no effort to save himself from
punishment.
Attorney n. w. Willis, formerly OF
this place, hnt now of Manhattan, was
among the victims Of circus day at Reno,
and was touched by some deft fingered
individual for all the money he had on
his person, amounting to about $50.
Mr.. Willis was a member OF the Dem
ocratic State Convention, and succeeded
in passing through the ordeal, only to
be deprived Of his hard earned coin by
a circns hanger on.
Justice of the Peace L. w. Black re-
turned Tueuday from Fairview, where
he went last week to register voters,
the Fairview Justice B. B. Ellis, having
been taken to VALLEY Hot Springs suf-
fering from severe attack OF inhama-
tory rheumatism. The judge stated he
had registered in the neighborhood of
seventy voters during his few days stay,
and that forty-four were registered
when he went there. 1t is said that
enough voters are still unregistered to
bring Fairview's total up we'll toward
the two hundred mark. d. ]. keeler
was appointed by the board to act tenn
porarily as registry agent, pending the
recovery OF Mr.. Ellis.
N. darcy, Hercules mining and
townsite promoter engaged In crap
game at Fairview Monday, and after
losing his supply of cash, issued checks
to the extent OF 1880, which were
placed by the dealer as they were won.
In the bank roll on the dealers side OF
the table. When Darcy became. dis
gusted with his luck, he called the
house up to the bar for a drink, ana
While the gamesters were drinking to
his health, he walked quietly back 70
the crap table and picking up his checks
tore them into shreds. For q moment
pandemonium reigned, but no blood shed
resulted, and now the owner oi the
game is trying to recover from darcy:
lust what course will be pursued to get
back bis lost winnings is not known