Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-12-16
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
rFRoM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
SAN Francisco December 10.

1t is not possible to give your
readers the account of the party
promised to them, simply because
that particular party has not yet
taken place. When it does you shall
have it verbatim, just as it occurred.
The hopes of many were centred
upon stocks the first of the week. 1t
did seem as if Christmas was to be
celebrated in an unusually jolly
manner, the prospects were so brill
liant for a rapid rise; but unfortu-
nately the descent commenced, and
people turn steadily away from the
snowy, tempting windows, already
arrayed for the holidays, or sigh
heavily as their gaze is fixed steadily
upon coveted articles they now nc
logger hope to possess. 1t is bright,
clear weather, and the death rate was
"a quarter less for the past week than
it has been for months before, and
the prospect does not look SO lugu-
brious for an unpleasant Winter, to
the Eastern pilgrim, as it has for one
month before. 1t is our best weather
this, and we brag upon it according
ly. Nevertheless, the Palace does
not pay. Query-Can three mil
lions invested in that way ever do
500 Caricatures photographed from
sketches are in circulation, represent
ing the Palace Hotel with an ele-
plants trunk protruding from each
window, Sharon asleep on a
feather bel in the foreground, APP
parently dreaming, with an elephant
pressed on his breast, with collar
around its neck labeled "Warren
Leland" Towards the big Chin
ney in the rear are men wheeling
gold, which is labeled "Sharon' s
money!" and large sign-board on
the top is marked, in large letters,
"The White Elephant" This pic
ture is supposed to signify the feel
ing of Sharon in regard to the estab-
lishment; but as he has to tear HIM
self away fromit to go to Washing
ton the last of the month, the night
mare may have given place to
thoughts of money in high places,
which may help to replenish the
treasury, which seems rapidly to be
exhausting itself.
An explosion of steam boiler at
the Lick House, few evenings since,
alarmed the occupants and injured
six of the domestics, some of them
probably fatally.
Bishop Kip's son was knocked
down and run over by runaway
horse, as he was hailing a Suffer
street car, at the corner of Kearny
street. He was severely cut about the
head, but escaped further injury. II
is astonishing the privileges the
horses have in our community. They
run festively about at their sweet
will SO often, it is wonderful more
lives are not sacrificed, and if by
chance one is tied, it seems so aston
ishing we feel very much inclined to
invite the owner to public banquet
by way Of encouragement. There is
no city in the world where the pedes-
trian has so little care taken of him,
and really it does not seem worth
while. Life is so short it does not
much matter if a man does have to
go about with his back broken, and
it would really be shame to dis
courage the amateur In horse flesh in
finding out what his horse is good
for. Our police have enough to do
to look after their places, and make
what they can out of them, without
going into the tiresome details OF
looking out for other peoples wei,
fare, and if our men do make laws, il
is only because they look well on