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Show '"""" v " The board of pardons will moet' on July 13, About one-half ton of trout has bren tliiptie 1 from Lake Independence each aoc.k for the past month. 1 James G. Fair lias been appeaWto by university cadets at Reno to help them build a gymnasium and drill hall, as the stato is not iu condition to do so. A Chinaman found a gold nugget a few days ago near Rough and Ready that was of the value of UM). It hail beou washed out by the heavy rains of u week before. Trout fishing has been very poor during dur-ing this season at Donuer Lake and Taboo, owing to cold and stormy weather. One of the heaviest storms ever witnessed at Tahoo occurred last Wednesday. The yard engiue at Carson ran into the team belonging to the Poor farm of Ormsby connty yesterday afternoon. The Tribune says oue of the horses was killed, the wagon was smashed and the drirer, Sam Baker, seriously injured. The Chloride Belt says that during Thursday, the 8th inst., Candalaria experienced ex-perienced seven shocks and about the same numberof tremors of earthquake. With one exception they were all light, some of them being scaroely perceptible. percept-ible. The Republican says it has received pejiruees from the Tiffany baking powder mine which is located in the mountains east of Truckee. Au analysis ana-lysis of the powdtir Bhows that it is com-posed com-posed of soda aud an acid resembling cream tartar. Yesterday morning after argument by counsel, tha case of the Stat vs. Piute Bungy Jim, Piute Susie aud Piute Jenuie Messa, the witch killers, was given to the jury. It was only out a short time when a verdict of murder in the second degree was returned. Silver Sil-ver State. Professor Iluskill reports the preva-- preva-- lence of pinkeye among horses iu a mild form. He reports three cases in Virginia, and all getting well, and six cases in Pleasant Valley, near Steamboat Steam-boat Springs, some of Theodore Winter's Win-ter's horses being atllictcd. Virgiula Enterprise. A fatal accident occurred at Steon's logging camp at Lake Tahoe on Friday, whereby William Phillips lost his life. Phillips, with other workmen, wsa en- gagea in minding a truck with logs, when one flew out of place and struck him In the back of the nuck with great violence, paralysing the body. lie died about 5 o'clock on Saturday morning. morn-ing. Men wore sent to Pltienut yesterday to sack up a carload of galena ore from the mine of the Douglas Con. company for shipment to Sail Lnke. About twelve trr4B will be shipped for the pur-pose pur-pose of gettintr a working test. The tihitft of the Douglas mmo is dowu thirty one tee', and tho ledge is reported to be nearly four feetiu width. Genoa ! Courier. ' ' j |