Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1906-10-27

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Miss Dunton, Democratic nominee for
long term County Commissioner of Elko
county, died last week from injuries re-
ceived by falling into an open cellar
door.
The American Mining Congress, at its
recent meeting in Denver, demanded
that the government cancel all patents
granted railroads on land containing
mineral.
The Reno restaurant keepers refuse to
recognize the demands of the l. W. w.
The American Federation of Labor up
holds the stand taken by the eating
house men.
Patsy Dwyer has been found guilty of
murder at Austin, and the verdict means
the death penalty. Dwyer killed A. c.
Williams at that place some months ago
during drunken brawl.
At an early date the Southern Pacific
will put on another overland flyer be-
tween San Francisco and Chicago This
will be done to more easily handle the
increasing passenger traffic.
While in a delirious condition result
ing from an attack of pneumonia, f. ].
Burger, jumped from a window in the
Miners Hospital at Tonopah last SUN
day and has not been heard of since.
struck by runaway team on the streets
at Reno last Sunday The wagon carry
ing the explosive was wrecked, but
strange to say the powder did not go
Off
I The school children of Nevada are
being asked by the school authorities of
, San Francisco to contribute their mite
toward a fund to rebuild the schools de-
stroyed in that city by earthquake and
fire.
1t cost something to pack gun in the
town of Elko. Raymond Bond, a bar
Der, was convicted of carrying a con-
cealed weapon and sentenced to 140 days
in the county Jail and to pay a fine of
$50 and the costs of trial
Jose Silva, who was found murdered
at Ocala, near Reno, over a year ago, is
now said to have been stabbed to death
by a Mexican in love with Silva's wife.
The assassin is now living i'll Central
America with the woman.
James Ferret, lifer - from Washoe
county, attempted to escape from the
State prison last week Friday, but was
recaptured. He had hidden in the yard
and covered himself with dirt with the
intention OF getting away when dark.
Last Saturday morning Martin Bronco
shot and badly wounded Chris Joriman
at Eureka. Bronze had been fired out of
a hall where dance was going on for
being drunk and disorderly. This SO
angered him that he went after his gun
and shot the first man he saw. Joriman
was an innocent onlooker.
An army of thugs and strong arm men
HdNC hla'S liCii dPPSaidiiSS III SoutASi IL
Lincoln county towns, and bid defiance
to the peace officers. One night last
week J. d. Hesselle, cigar drummer,
was garroted and relieved OF $500 and a
diamond pin. Since that score of min
ers and business men have been beaten
and robbed.
Bob Adams, divorced husband of a
wealthy Denver woman, was put on the
train at Reno Monday penniless and
sick after he had dissipated for week
in Reno and spent a thousand dollars,
which his former wife gave him TO de-
fray expenses on trip to the Walker
Lake Indian Reservation to locate niIi-
ing claims. He was sent to San Fran
cisco.
Last Sunday near Reno, Frank Rob-
erts, cowboy, saved William Dadnhopr
from death in swamp lands. The latter
was OH a bucking horse and the animal
dashed into the swamp and fell, catching
his rider beneath him. Roberts seeing
his friends predicament ran to the
place, and after hard work succeeded i'll
ireeing Dadnhopp and dragging him
from the mire.
1t is said 500 yards OF gravel will be
washed daily by the placer mining
equipment that has been installed by the