The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1911-12-20
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Carson is organizing a rifle team.

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ducing about $40, 900 week.
A crew of Indians is now cutting the
annual ice crop along the Truckee.
John Hatton, widely known miner
of Virginia City for many years past,
died the other day at his home in that
city after a long illness of miners con-
sumption.
The state board Of pardons has re-
voked the paroles of Cochie Seigmuller,
under arrest at Virginia City for being
drunk and disorderly, and Bert Dandy,
| arrested In Carson on the same charge.
Seigmuller will have to serve out his
term of life Imprisonment for murder
and Dandy fourteen years for rape.
Angel Katsegeanes, a former resi-
dent of Elko, has been arrested at Salt
Lake on charge of white shaving. The
girl in the case, Lizzie. Williams, is only
II years old. The man had induced the
| girl to come to Elko under the pretext
of taking a job IN restaurant.
All kinds of rumors are afioat con-
cerning the Carson postoffiee, says the
Appeal Postmaster Hofer's term is
about to expire and his friends are
working for his reappointment. At the
same time others are after the plum
and are as diligently working for it,
among them Geo. A. Montrose of the
News.
-Four men have been arrested at Ely
for gambling, and are held on felony
charge. Three of them are white men
and one is a Chinaman. Joe Hazlitt,
the proprietor of the saloon, has also
been arrested and held on misdemean-
or charge.
The Ely Expositor states that Harry
Heber, a character about Ely, has been
arrested for the murder of Jennie Fitz-
gerald, a woman in the underworld.
Heber, it appears, in a drunken frenzy
| literally beat the woman to DEATH She
died in the hospital.
One of the biggest land deals ever
made in Douglas county was eonsum-
mated few days ago, when what is
known as the Frevert ranch, one of the
best in the Carson valley, was sold by
II. Luhrs to f. Heise. The considera-
tion was $4,000.
The Legislature last winter passed a
law posting drunkards. In a number
of the towns of the state the law is be-
ing enforced. In case of violation there
is fine of $50 to $500. At Verd! a
| few days ago Joe Picollini, a saloon
keeper, was arrested for violating the
law and was fined by the local justice.
He appealed. and il necessary the case
will be carried to the supreme court to
test the law.
Judge Breen, who has the Eureka
County bank muddle in hand, has noti-
fed the receiver that he wants an early
settlement of its affairs. AS a conse-
auence there is dividend TO be paid
without delay.
John Bailey, strikebreaker en-
ployed at Inlay, was dangerously stab
bed the other day by union machinist
named Mclaughlin. The wounded man
was taken TO the hospital at Frisco.
The Humboldt Star states that consid-
eraDle bad feeling is in evidence at I'M
lay, and that those who have lost their
places are making trouble.
A number of attempts have been
made in Reno by some miscreant to de-
lay freight service on the S. P. by cut
ting the air hose on the box cars. An
Individual was discovered in the act a
few nights sgo and several shots were
taken at him.
An agent representing land COM
pany that owns much farming land in
the vicinity of Marysville, CAL, has
been in the valley for several weeks,
and Saturday accompanied several peo-
pie to that place to view the ground.
The trip resulted in several of the par
tv purchasing farms there. 1t is under
stood meeting is to be held by Others
of the party to consider the purchase of
, 500 acres of the land. GarGnerville
Record-Courier.
While he was attempting to light a
number of small wax candles around
the brim of the hat worn by his half
sister, Miss Lena Silbers, whom hs had
selected as partner to lead the grand
march at the masquerade bali given at
Wonderland by the Ely football club,
, Joseph Gardner set fire to his costume
! and was severely burned about the
hands and neck before the mass OF
flames that enveloped his body was ex-
tinguished. The injured youth was
: dressed in the garb of Santa Claus,
and to secure the desired decorative eff
, feet, there was liberal sprinkling OF
cotton on the outside of the costume.
In order to make the scene as realistic
: as possible, Gardner determined TO have
the Christmas candles blaze forth in
all their glory.-Elko Independent.
Sale of all property owned by the
Ely Central Copper company will be
made by the sheriff on December 80.
An order to this effect was made by
Tpdoe Coleman of the district court in
occordance with the judgment attained
; hv n. E. Lodge, Harry l.. Aver and
Taav c. Guggenheimer who constitute
/ ths reorganization committee and are
, act;np for the shareholders of the COM
nanv Interests in 28 claims in one
proi,ne and all the other property
e owned by the company will be sold te
satisfy the judgment.
D j. H. Durham, who bigamously mar
S ried Miss Rose Martin of Carson City II
0 Mason Valley some weeks ago, wa:
sentenced to three years in the peni
: tentiary by Judge Langan. Durham
; aside from the second wife, leaves an
other who come from Utah. She hal
D three children by this marriage.