Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-09-02
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE
LAKE TAHOE, I
August 90. 1875.

very cIemeutS nave COhDlucu " ieh-
der things unpleasant on the shores
of this miniature sea. Sickness and
death have floated on the wave and
in the air, and the " angel of the dis
NAL wings" did not come in vain.
The sad stroke falls upon our ie-
spected friends, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Hornick, of Virginia, in the loss by
a wasting disease of their infant son,
aged seven months and twenty-four
days. The poor little fellow brcathed
his last at 10 o'clock A. M, Saturday,
and now awaits the arrival of Mr..
Hornick and the burial preparations
expected by the steamer this even-
ing. 1t was the sad duty of your re-
porter to watch last night by the
side of the lifcless little one, while
its grief-stricken mother, worn and
weary with long and patient watch
ing, slept. OH! the lone, dreary
night by the shores of Tahoe!
Never, while memory lasts, will it
be forgotten. The troubled and
dream-haunted rcpose Of the fond
mother, the beautiful lifeless but life
like tiny clay, sleeping, oh, so
quietly by the flicker Of the pale
candle-light; the signing, mournful
signing bf the wind, as it whispered
its sad requiem through the sorrow-
laden pines; the gentle plash Of the
blue waves, as, following one after the
other, they piteously laved the
pebbled shore in music sweet and
soothing to mothers woe; the
bright, twinkling stars, shining a
welcome heavenward to the stricken
bud of life-all, all conspired to
make the watcher, rough as he was
and is, fal; in revcries sadly con-
trasting with the buoyant feelings of
the day just passed. IT'S very sad
the cruel looping off of the promis-
ing bud from the parent stem, but
He who has said suffer little chill
dren to come unto me-" can alone
console the parents. The remains
will be buried in Virginia.
Mrs. McDuffie, whose life few
days since was despaired OF, is now
much better, and is able to sit up a
portion of the time.
Mrs. Virden, though still unable
to be moved, is now considered out
of danger. In justice to Mr.. Rich
ardson, proprietor of the Springs, it
is but fair to say that the accident to
Mrs. Virden casts no shadow of
blame upon him. 1t was purely an
accident" We believe Mr.. Virden
will agree with this statement, not
withstanding published reports. We
sympathizc with Mrs. Virden, but do
not believe the matter is bettered by
publishing misstatements.
The ball at Yank's on Friday was
very largely attended, but as we did
not attend, the names Of participants
are necessarily omitted. An accident
occurred to the steamer Governor
Stanford on her return trip to Glen
brook $50 Saturday morning.,
which has caused some exaggerated
reports to be afoat. The facts are
these: Before leaving Yank's one Of
the portfolios had been carelessly left
open by the Chinese cook, and when
the passengers from the dance came
on board and, by chance, huddled all
to one side of the steamer, she ca
reened over enough to place the open
portfolio under water. Of course,
the water poured in at furious rate,
and before it was discovered the
steamer was well out in the lake and
rapidly filling. At tho time the dam
ger was discovered (the Captain says,
about ten inches of water was in the
hold. Passengers say that the depth
was nearly three feet. We are in
clined to credit the Captains state
ment. As soon as this became known
general scare occurred among the
passengers, and people on board say
the scene instantly became terrific.
Men and women chung to each others
necks and sobbed in utter despair;
men, frantic with fear and excite
ment, buckled life-preservers to their
"heels instead of their bodies, and
confusion and alarm is described as
heart-rending in the extreme. The
pilot finally succeeded in heading the
steamer for Yanks, and another of
the crew filled the portfolio with
blankets, stopped the water, and
finally the boat was relieved by
cyphon pumps Of hsr dangerous
cargo and quiet was restored. We
realize and would not mako light Of
the extreme danger in which tho pas
sengcrs were placed by the careless