Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-01-03
Letter From San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 81, 1874.

not been known for years. Every
body is cheerful, but the poor, for
lorn old maid, who rites this letter,
and the rheumatic old bachelor, who
growls in the corner.
Christmas is over. The OK, Bill
Sharon, weight 200 pounds, has
been chemically assisting the action
of nature, in restoring the worn-out
functions of such of our nabobs as
take to beef instead of turkey or
mutton. On merry Christmas, jim
Flood followed suit, and the lambs,
Bob Morrow, Bill Ralston, John j.
Jones, bearing on their backs the
names oftheir illustrious namesakes,
have in the same way been consigned
to oblivion. The freedom of egg
nogg, IN many of the saloons, to the
jubilant public seemed to give tone
to the general festivities, for the
number of persons little tight, per-
haps, who reeled along the streets,
as the earth to them, it is to be sup
posed, rolled backward and forward,
were too numerous to mention.
Christmas is over, and though the
26th was also holiday, depression
was general, and an attempt to re-
vive business, as we'll as excitement,
on California street, quite percepti-
BILE. Even the children seemed look
ing for new excitement. The drums
which were beaten about the streets
in somewhat martial confusion, on
Christmas, soon lent their power to
give pleasure, and the dolls which
are not destroyed as yet, or headless,
have also retired to private life, and
even their places remain untitled.
What shall. we do till New Years,
seems the general enquiry. A San
Francisco public cannot bear to
lose one day in the race of money
making. and Notwithstanding gen.
eral assent to second days holiday
many transgressed and did little
business.
Parties are numerous. Though
large parties seem over. Haggin d
Tevis receive their dear five hun
dred. Oliver Eldridge instituted
new order of things, or rather fol-
lowed custom gaining ground in
the East, and hired Pacific Hall, in
which to receive the family friends.
All the world and his wife have Of
fered their criticisms on the subject,
and after a nine days OF wonder
have finally concluded to let the
matter rest.
John P. Jones, in the joy of his
delight, has been enjoying McCul-
Tough at the California. His fancee
is described as a blonde, though not
beauty fair to look upon, well bred
and a lady-a decided recommmen-
dation in these days of loud-toned
fastness.
The city, of course has, with open
mouthed wonder, listened to the fab
ulous tales of the wealth of the mod
ern Aladins, Flood and O'Brien, and
everybody promised to buy for his
friends the most munificent gifts, at
the very first Christmas, when his
wealth has equaled theirs. 1t is
long lane that has no turning, aud
even your correspondent has prom
ised herself to present to the most
worthy the magnificent cross of dia-
monds to be seen at present at
Shreves.
Some wonderful eross-cuts have
disemboweled that portion of the
earth, which is to increase the value
of that particular mine, represented
by certain certificates of stock, which
for the present must be nameless.
One of the wonderful features of
the present state of things is the rap
idly developed knowledge of the
condition of mines, machinery, etc.,
with which our people are at present
enlightening each other. Nothing
like the amount of information has
ever been extended before, and the
prospect is that our present boards
ofeducation, in addition to the draw
ing lessons it has recently thought
necessary to force upon the teach
ers, will have to open school for
mining and engineering for their es-
pecial benefit, in order that this
present thirst for knowledge in that
particular direction may be extern
ded, and now MIR. TIMES, having
given your readers sufficient OF gos-