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Show OUR CORRESPONDENTS. Items of News Gathered by Our Alert Correspondents. THE PRINCIPAL EYEXTS OF THE WEEK. From Nearly Every Town in Washington Wash-ington County and Adjacent Portions of Arizona and Nevada. PAXACA, NEVADA, Panaca did honor to Independence Day. We expect the flooring for our new hall in a day or two. There is a wedding party tonight down the Wash. Earnest Keate of St. George will wed one of Joo Conaway's daughters. We had a very heavy shower on the 11th inst. which brought a small flood, but it was enough to fill up our Main ditch with sand and gravel. Next Sunday is set apart as Memorial Memor-ial Day and wre expect to do honor to the noble sailors of the Maine who lost their lives in Havana harbor. We have had the hottest weather during the past two weeks of many years, the thermometer registering for one or two days 104 in the shade. It is reported that DeLamar intends to increase the capacity of its mill one third, which means a great deal of work for the people of this section. A number of our young people will start for Panguitch lake this week, where they go to spend a few weeks and attend the big M. I. A. Conference. Whooping cough still his its grip on the children. It lasts from seven to nine weeks in each case. No fatalties from it yet, though several of the small babies who have it are very low. The miners of Pioche have assumed control of the mill and mines and intend in-tend running" them long enough to get their wages, as the compaty has failed to meet its obligations with them, A load of hay was set on fire the other day by friction from the wagon-wheel. wagon-wheel. The hay and part of the wagon were burned, The boys had a lively time trying to turn the wagon cer to get rid of the hay. Finally they drove into the canal and extinguished the flames. Lincoln county Institute together with, the examination of teachers was held in Panaca; commencing on the 13th inst. We had a very nice time and the teoeber? received from the Suvwiniendeht, H. E. Cutting, some valuable instructions, and a!! departed feeling well paid for coming ,.Mx Paca, N;-ad?., July IS, 1C3. |