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Show . . NEVADA NOTES. The Inyo Independent says: Unless ' we have warm weather soon the corn crop will likely be a failure. Crops of wheat, barley and oats and alio the hay crop will be larger than usual. The Chloride licit nays: Teamsters state that the earth. piake shocks last week did some damage to the Miller mountain road. At different piscea boulders aud loose rock were dumped into the roadway. The suit for damages of Colonel liar-din liar-din vs. the Southern Pacilic company, which was to have beeu tried before ti.e United States district court at Carson, was compromised by the company paying pay-ing Mr. Hardin $10"OOU. Silver Statu. In the western part, of Humboldt county there is a petntied forest whose trees are of enormous size. .Near N. 11. A. Mason's ranch, at Alder creek, tberd is ouo tree partly uncovered w hich is over one hundred feet in length and lifteen feet in circumference. Numerous Numer-ous other trees ari found in the vicinity which are also petrified, ia fact no living liv-ing tree is found there. The country in which these trees are found is mostly alkali. T'i petrified trees reebos pine to a certain extent. The Trtickee Republican says that the railroad company contemplates the establishment of lartre electrical w ork along the Truckee river. Tha object is to light the snow sheds over thi nr.jn-tains nr.jn-tains with electric lights. Thcs -h-vh; form an almost couiiuual rut-nrl lor a distance of nearly fort,v milt and it would be a great improvement to have them lighted. Incidentally the various stations long the line would be hiipplied with light. There is an abundance of water power in the river and the neheme is practicable besides being a good one. |