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Item* of Merest Clipped
from Exchanges aid Con
densed for Qnkk Pernsal.
Nevada’s crop of lambs will be
very large this Spring.
.Sir Henry M. Stanley, the Afri
can explorer, died in London Mon
day.
The Tonopah Railroad Compa
ny has decided to issue bonds for
$500,000.
The work of paving Jthe busi
ness streets of Reno will begin the
first of next month.
A man named Wm. Perkins has
been arrested in Wadsworth for
stealing $8 in Reno.
Battle Mountain gamblers have
folded their lay-outs and left for
more promising pastures.
D. J. Farrell, of Portland, Or.,
has been appointed route agent
for Wells, Fargo & Co. in Nevada.
A new $15,000 hotel is to be
erected at Boca, to take the place
of the one recently destroyed by
fire.
The work of taking down Coop
er’s Hall, one of the old landmarks
of Virginia City, is now under
way.
The Pacific Borax Company is
abstracting thirty claims in Death
Valley with a view of patenting
them.
R. R. Crawford has retired as
manager of the Reno Star, and
will take charge of a paper at
Lovelock.
J. P. Fuhrman, a restaurant
keeper, of Wells, has skipped out,
leaving a number of creditors in
the lurch.
An 18-inch vein of silver-lead
ore assaying $200 per ton was
struck in the Last Chance mine,
near Pioche, last week.
The University of Nevada ball
team played the Carson Indians in
Reno last Saturday and defeated
them by a score of 12 to 4.
Agents are buying horses in
many parts of the State, and it is
stated the animals are to be sent
to Japan for cavalry purposes.
All mail from the East for Ely
now goes by the way of Eureka,
arriving at its destination from 8
to 10 hours earlier than before.
The Gardnerville Recor-Courier,
one of the most progressive week
ly papers in the State, is installing
a new gasoline engine in its office.
Contractors on the big irrigation
canal are now employing over a
thousand men, and work is being
crowded ahead as rapidly as pos- j
sible.
T. M. Crawford, a government
inspector, is visiting the jails and
prison in this State gathering sta
tistics for the U. S. Immigration
Bureau.
The first box of California cher
ries, of this season, arrived in Chi
cago last week Thursday and sold
for $25, or at the rate of $3.1254
per pound.
The (forth wing of the new Riv
erside hotel, in Reno, is soon to be
constructed, which will make of
the place the finest caravansary
in the State.
President Roosevelt has signed
the bill which throws open the
Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation
to settlers. The Indians get five
acres of laud each.
Mrs. H. J. Rosenau, en route
from San Diego, Cal., to her home
at Meridan, Minn., died from con
sumption on the train at Battle
Mountain Thursday morning.
While experimenting with a
new automatic gun the other day,
J. C. Hayden, of the U. S. Weath
er Bureau at Winnemucca, shot off
the fourth toe of the right foot.
Mrs. J. G. Leonard, wife of Dr.
Leonard, died in Reno Tuesday
after months of suffering. She was
a native of Michigan, aged 52
years, and a most estimable woman.
Roy Barry, the United States
stock buyer, departed for Califor
nia from Reno Tuesday with five
carloads of mules for the govern
ment. The animals are for army
use.
The water wheels of the Floris
ton paper mill, which were badly
damaged a couple of weeks ago,
have been repaired, and a number
of the departments are now run
ning.
Elko’s public hall proposition
has taken on new life and the
prospects are brightening. A
large part of the money necessary
has been subscribed and more is
in sight.
Charles C. Pohl, a miner, died
on the stage coming out of Tono
pah last week Wednesday. He
had consumption and was on his
way to San Francisco to receive
medical attendance.
After nearly two days spent in
investigating the case against
Chauncy Griswald, who shot and
killed Wm. Norton, at Toano, the
grand jury of Elko county failed
to find an indictment.
It is said that over 400 Colorado
miners have come to Nevada with
in the last two months. They are
mostly men with some means and
are looking for claims of some
merit in which to invest.
Coaldale, the new town on the
Tonopah road 25 miles from Soda
ville and 35 miles from Tonopah,
bids fair to become a town of some
little importance, especially if the
new coal beds in that neighbor
hood amount to anything.
R. K. Lewis, foreman of the
Dutertrie ranch near Golconda,
had an altercation with a stranger
last Saturday over a small account
and was stabbed six or seven times
with a pocket knife, some of the
cuts being ugly ones, but none of
them fatal.
The examination of Howard
Sharpe, for the killing of E. C.
Kendall, in Goldfield some weeks
ago, took place last w’eek Wed
nesday, and he was held in $5,000
bonds to appear before the Esmer
alda count}' grand jury. He fur
nished the bond.
Louis Janin, Jr., a mining man
well known on this coast, became
insane at Tonopah last week and
was taken to San Francisco for
medical treatment. His wife re
cently obtained a divorce from him
and brooding over the separation
has unbalanced his mind.
The Washoe County Traction
Company, besides building an
electric road from Reno to Sparks,
announces that it will build a line
from Reno to Lake Tahoe. The
company has contracted with a
San Francisco firm for the steel
rails for the first mentioned line.
John Reed, the tramp who shot
a man in a boxcar near Verdi some
weeks ago, had his trial in Reno
this week and was found guilty of
assault with intent to kill. He
has not yet been sentenced but
will very likely get the extent of
the law—14 years. His victim is
recovering.
The Adelaide smelter, at Golcon
da, is now testing some new elec
tro magnetic concentrators on the
company’s low grade copper ores,
of which it has an enormous quan
tity. If the new process is a suc
cess, which now seems assured,
the plant will be run on a very
extensive scale.
The Flannigan Warehouse Com
pany, at Reno, is preparing to
hold a wool sale the first of June.
Buyers will be present from all
parts of the United States. Wool
is now arriving rapidly and the
big warehouse is filling up. A
sale of 75,000 pounds was made
this w’eek at prices ranging from
nyi to 13 cents
The World’s Fair Bulletin an
nounces the arrival at St. Louis of
“Borax Bill” and his mule team
and outfit from Death Valley.
Bill’s right name is William Park
inson, a celebrated character of
the West, who has spent more
than twenty years of his life in
piloting caravans across Death
Valley, the most desolate section
in America.
Joseph Pankuck, alias Colby, is
being held in the Reno jail await
ing the arrival of New York offi
cers to take him back to Sing Sing
prison, from which place he es
caped over eighteen years ago.
Colby was arrested in Reno a few
weeks ago on a minor charge, and
after being placed in jail it was
discovered that he was a Sing Sing
escape.
The Leading Newspaper of the
Pacific Coast
The San Francisco
Chronicle
The Weekly Chronicle
The very best Weekly Newspaper pub
lished in the entire West
$1.50 a Year
Including postage to any part of the
United States, Canada and Mexico.
It is the best because, besides printing
all the news of the world each week in an
interesting way and fully illustrating
many articles, it has special departments
devoted to
Agriculture
Horticulture—
Poultry
Live Stock—
Mining
Literature—
Fashions—
and Sports.
These are presided over by editors hav
ing a thorough knowledge of their spec
ialties. The pages devoted to Agricul
ture, Horticuliure, Poultry and Live Stock
are well illustrated and filled with matter
of the gfeatest iuterest to all engaged in
these industries, every line beiug written
by those who are in close touch with con
ditions prevailing on this Coast.
Send for a sample copy. It will be sent
free
Do you want the Chronicle
Reversible
Showing the United States. Dominion of
Candada on one side and Map of the
World on the other.
Send $2 and get the Map and Weekly
Chronicle for one year.
The Daily
by mail, postage paid.
Only $7.80 a Year,
Address
M H. de YOUNG,
Proprietor San Francisco Chronicle,
San Francisco, Cal.
Circulation Department.
_
I>ry*ng prciiarotlous simply devel
opdry cnturih; they dry up the secretions,
which adhere to the membrane and decom
] ose, enur ing a far more serious trouble than
t he ordin.iry form of catarrh. Avoid all dry
i >■.: iuhalauis. fumes, smokes and snubs
i. ..I uni that v.hioh cleanses, soothes ai d
i, ids. Ely’s C'i earn Balm is p.ieli a r :n« iiy
i.ud will cure catarrh or cold in the head
easily and pleaauntly. A trial size will be
v.ailed for jO cents. All druggists sell the
. to. size. Ely brothers. bG Warren St., N. Y.
The balm cures without pain, docs not
irritate or muse sneezing. It spreads itself
over an irritated and angry surface, reliev
ing immediately the paintul inflammation.
With Ely’s Cream balm you are armed
against Nasal Catarrh and Hay Fever.
C. E. LEAVITT, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office in Globe Hotel Building, Main Street,
Yerington, Nevada.
k-------A
ECZEMA AND PILE CURE.
P'D Tj'Tj' Knowing what it was to suffer,
1/ lVE/£/, I Will give FREE OF CHARGE tO
any afflicted, a positive cure for Eczema, Salt
Rheum, Erysipelas, Piles and skin diseases. In
stant relief. Don't suffer longer. Write F. W.
WILLIAMS, 400 Manhattan Ave.. New York.
JOB WORK OF EVERY DESCRIPTION Ex
ecuted with neatness and dispatch at the
Tim as office at reasonable rates. Send for our
estimates before sending you r work elsewhere.
Hotel Yerington,
MAIN STREET. YERINGTON. NEVADA.
tJ. S. Craig, Proprietor.
«►
THE LEADING HOTEL -^
-- — Excellent accommodations for all guest*.
Tables supplied with the best in the Market. None but the finest Liquors and Cigar,
* handed over the Bar. Sample rooms for Commercial Men.
. _--—
F. L. Littell,
CONTRACTOR
and
BUILDER.
••••
DEALER IN
LUMBER
AND BUILDING MATERIAL.
I alio carry a floe Lloe of
Furniture,
Bedding,
Stoves.
Paints, Oils,
Wallpaper.
Mala Street, Yertajtoo.
WAGNER BROS, Props
Main Street, J* J* Yerlngton
Call on Us ot all times for
all kinds of Cool Drinks.
We sell only the choicest
Liquors and Cigars.
Courtesy Shown to Everyone
J. M. FEENY
DEALER IN
G-U3NrBHAIj
MERCHANDISE
WABUSKA, NEV.
Farm Produce of all Kinds
Taken In Exchange.
A Fine Line of
GENT* ’ FURNISHING GOODS. HATS CAPS,
BOOTS, SHOES, DRYGOODS. ETC..
Atwiiyw kept in Stock.
Silver Palace Saloon « «
Upper main Street, Yerington, nevada
none Mt tlx best of Eigkors and
Cigars kept hi stock a«d served
to Ckitoaers over the Bar « «
B Tint Billiard Cable and targe
and cowModioMs €l«b Room Is at
the disposal of all patrons •
V* 014, UltlMcaow* ««4 Popular IU*ort of tfc« Cowt.
The Owl
A first-class resort on Upper Main Street, Yerington, Nevada, where none but the
best brands of wines, liquors and cigars are dispensed.
X-'. W. DOWNEY, Proprietor.
Elegant New Billiard and
Pool Tables. _
Commodious Hall Over
head for Dances.
non me 11
livery and ?eed Stable
Office and Cokkalh Lowkb Main 8trrbt,
Ykrinoton. Nevada.
Hironymous A Snyder. Props.
«m
Stagt- cnrryln IJ. H. mall and Well., Fargo A
Co. express leave Yerington at 10 a m dai
ly. including Sunday, for Waboska. re
turning at 4 p. m. Connection* also
made with Hmith Valley and
Pinegrove stage*.
Livery Rig* Let at Reasonable Rate* aad the
beat at care glvea Transient Stock
am
Freight hauled from Wabuska at lowest liv
ing rates, whenever ordered by owner.
Cr IEIM
SHAVING PARLORS
AND
BATHS
MAIN STREET. • YERINOTON
WMtacre 4 Bosch,
PROPRIETORS.
llaircutting. Shaving and Shampooing
Artistically Accomplished
Agency for the Reno Steam Laundry.
| SUBSCRIBE FOR THE TIMES I
Ttriigtu, PiaBgrcvB
iri Smith Valley
MAIZj PTAGB0
Make through trips to Wabuska daily;
leaving Yerington at 10 a m. and return
ing at 3:30 p. nr.; leaving Yerington for
Smith Valley at 1 p. m. and arriving from
Smith Valley at 9 a. nr.; leaving Yerington
for Pinegrove Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays at 8 a. m. and returning on alter
nate days.
Freight to all points hauled at lowest liv
ing rates.
Livery rigs to let and transient stock well
cared for. Stable on upper Main Street.
G. W. KNIERIM, Prop.
trace marks
Designs
r'»Y” Copyrights £c
Anyone sending a sketch and description ms**
quickly ascertain our opinion free whether a:,
invention is probably patentuMo. Con mui u*~
tions strictly coiiddentlal. Handbook on Potent*'
sent free. Oldest agency for securing patent*.
Patents taken through Mutm A Co. rccelv
special notice, without charge, in the
Scientific American.
A h»nd,om,ly tlluatretad weakly. Ijirsrst clr
rulaUon ot any sclentltto Journal. Term*. Ill n
year i four month,. IJ. Sold by all newsdealer*.
MUNN4 Co New York
Branch Office, m F Ft.. Washington. D. C
THRKK DOLLAR PKir VKAK.

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