Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-10-24
Our California Letter.
FROM THE SPECIAL coRREsPoNpENr
or rHK rRr-wEKKLY TIMns.
San Francisco, October 81.


We are having indications of rain
one hour, intense heat (for San Fran
CISCO another, the fog glides in
another, and the wraps of winter are
needed by shutdown. 1t is unneces-
sary to say it is unhealthy.
There is to be carnival ball to
follow the closing of the Fair, as
usual, a committee of gentlemen
having taken the matter in hand, and
the time will soon be announced.
The stock market has advanced
somewhat, but the general business
stagnation is everywhere spoken of.
Money must be in abundance some
wher,, if it is not here-but where!
is the question. If the eight mil
lions said to have been sent out of
the State could be enticed back, we
should be al, right, as it is, we are
wrong somehow.
Building progresses, and the city
is filling up constantly, so that moth
ing but an astounding earthquake
can, apparently, stop our progress;
but if the effect of the slight one we
had the past week can be Judged by,
Eastern people are unprepared to
welcome them, for the effect upon
the nerves of some of them continued
some hours afterward. They are
rather frightful, and if this, slight as
it was, had only been little pro-
longed, we should have had an OPP
portunity of testing the strength of
some of the large buildings now in
progress, which might not be alto
gether desirable.
When the millennium comes, the
city fathers of San Francisco will
probably take care of their children
to better advantage than they do at
present.
Even the ladies almost swear when
trying to cross Suffer street at its
junction with Kcarny, and various
other points along the route devoted
to their especial commerce. 1t is
the most unprotected city in the
world in this respect, for the police
never venture to show themselves, as
they might possibly be called upon
to do duty in the way of breaking
the line of carts and carriages which
prevent the pedestrian from crossing,
till some lack in trade perhaps forces
an opening for an instant, when,
pell nell, everybody PUSHES across,
and then they thank God that they
have escaped uninjured.
Lotta's fountain, mean as it is for
the amount of money said to have
been expended, is Godsend at the
particular location where it was
erected. Thoughtful people offer up
prayer of protection before under
taking that perilous passage at the
junction of Third, Market and Kear-
nv streets. The fountain barricades
the passage little, but affords rest
ing place for those who, having made
the first half of the journey, require
time to gather strength for the other
half. God bless Little Lolita! not
only for the stream of water for the
thirsty traveller, but for the protec-
ton offered as above noticed. No
doubt she has, sometime, experienced
the horrors of the perilous passage.
and concluded that to do double
good to the community in this way
was her mission.
Orchestral matinee concerts are in
vogue at present, and are quite popu-
lar and fashionable. OF course they
are voted very useful as we'll as enter
tanning.
The musical phenomenon, Jesse
Shepherd, attracts much attention in
a quiet way. The number attending
is limited to thirty; the tickets are
two dollars. He sings soprano, alto,
treble and bass, holding the notes
wonderfully in all, and giving great
expression thereto. The Spiritualists
claim him as medium and as he is
under their patronage, he probably is.
The press has very little to say about
him. He may be a humbug, and
have four different persons concealed
about the piano in some way; other
wise the feat, spiritualistic or not, is
somewhat extraordinary. Somebody
in their wisdom suggested ventrilo-
quism to account fer it, If SO, ven-
triloquism has risen to most extra
ordinary power hitherto undiscov-
cred.
Budd Doble has returned to town
to be present at the great race for a
purse of $4,000, to take place the
last of the month. His wife, it is
said, is to preside over the mansion
which has just fallen to the lot Of her
father, Lucky" Baldwin-Mr. Raj
ston's house on Pine street. Mrs.
Doble is very pretty, dashing lady,
who, through a secons elopement
from a second husband. has fell to
the lot of the renowned horseman.
Thus far, it seems, he has kept her in
the traces.
There is very little going on at
present, socially speaking.
The "White House had an open
ing, and the $500 dresses gladdened
the hearts of the ladies, while hus-
bands WINGED little at the thought
of a possible drain on their purses.
Who buys thema we wonder. What
an item the News Letter." might
make by publishing the names of the
buyers, and where these costly
dresses are sported, then people
would know all about it, otherwise
nobody would guess their price.
CYNTHIA ANN.