Show ATTEMPT TO BURN moona s FLAT NEVADA COUNTY A correspondent of the nevada transcript of ad may says any 8 on oil sunday sunda y night igl D tt in an attempt wi was alts made to bill burn 11 Alo moores ores flat by some infamous scoundrel who intent on oil his fiendish purpose had built a fire in ill the woodshed or 01 stably stable belonging 43 to carzette Par zette ai jocelyn and in ill the file rear of their saloon the rascal had soaked a blanket with coal oil which was pl placed iced near a pile of ignited ca shavings the walls of the he building and the wood therein being also saturated with oil the fire was discovered by sonie some gentle gentlemen nien in ill an all adjoining saloon and before any darri damage age w was as done the saloon of marzett jocelyn is built of wood and is in ill tile the very centre of the village and surrounded by wooden buildings the gentlemen wen owning and occupying the saloon are worthy and highly respected citizens and without personal enemies endes en all the circumstances connected with the affair indicate that it was a villainous attempt to produce a general conflagration fla 0 gration ration there re have been isian many y instances of petty stealing at moores flat recently and it may be that a desire f for ur plunder wati was the ibe cause for the attempted fire |