Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-04-08
CARSON LETTER.
CARSON, April 5, 1875.

CANooN, hpi IL y, 1910.
MIR. EDITOR carson people, the
last three weeks, have been some-
what awakened from the lethargic
state into which they had fallen
since the adjournment of the intel
ligent Legislature, by the appear
ance amongst them of perambu-
lating specimen of humanity,
named Cochrane, who introduced
himself as the Correspondent of
the New York sTimes.' He
seemed to take a lively interest in
Mint matters; and expressed him.
self very desirous of writing up
Mint history and Mint manage
ment." Repeated calls upon the
various officers of that institution
did not seem to bring forth the in
formation desired, or at least he
imagined they did not show him as
much courtesy as a correspond
ent" should receive. The upshot of
the matter was he did not succeed
in his endeavors; and the history of
the Mint, from the fertile pen of this
humbug, remains unwritten.
The fellow, by his ill-bred man.
ners and ngentlemanly attacks
upon various persons here, rendered
himself so obnoxious that he got his
nose most numerically pulled for
using blackguard language towards
plucky little Coiner couldn't stand
and hear this .felloV repeat that
"there were no gentlemen in the
Mint, from the uperlntendent
down." and so he thought the feltow
should be taught better manners,
hence the violent twigging at his
nose, the effects of which he carried
away with him that evening upon
his departure for San Francisco.
Pass him round, good friends of
the Bay City.
Professor Schrimser, of the Den
yer Assay office, has been in town
this week, examining the affairs of
the Mint, and he expresses himself
as fully satisfied with its manage
ment, and the present work done in
the Meters and Coiner's depart
ment. He was present at the annual
examination of Mint workings at
Washington, and says our Mint
stood at the topmost round of the
ladder.
Minor, Kittrell, and Hobart, act
ing for the time being as landscape
gardeners, have inaugurated the
Spring opening, by the ploughing
up of the Capitol grounds, prepar-
atory to laying the same out into
suitable walks. etc, in accordance
with the commands of the Legis-
lature. These gentlemen propose to
do the thing thoroughly, and in
such a manner that even Johnny
Moore and DR.. Sharp will have no
cause to growl An attractive iron
fence, fountains, shrubs of the
choicest kind, with large variety
of trees, will render the Capitol
grounds, one of these days, an at
tractive pace of resort.
The new City ordinances went
into effect upon the lst. Already
the dogs, cows, pigs, cats, and In
dian feel the cruelty the City fathers
have inflicted upon them. CYPo.
COMING out of the Erie Railway
building, l yesterday saw Mark
Twain, whom we used to know in
the old Frisco days as Sam Glenn
ems. He wears the same old
brigand hat and cloak, and one is
always sure when looking at him
that he would rather look shabby
than wear a pink overcoat with
yellow buttons. 1t is now just ten
years since l sat one day on the
steps of the American House, in
Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, with
Clemens, and happened to mention
that l was writing letters to the New
York Herald" He was then I'M
known, except as an odd character
in San Francisco, and as the writer
of letters to the Sacramento
Union," and he very timidly said
he had received an offer from
musical monthly to write a page
for it for six dollars. He wanted to
know whether it would pay him to
go to New York. 1 had never read
anything of his, and 1 told him
that if he went on to New York he
couldn't earn his salt. Yet there he
stood yesterday, with his saucy
moustache and gimlet eyes, as un-
concerned as if he hadn't made
hundred thousand dollars and
hadn't married a girl with more salt
laying around loose than would
pickle all HOnOlulu.-N. Y. Corr.
Ddnbury NeWS.