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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-09-07
DEATH OF GEORGE A. SMITH.

Prigbam's first counselor. Geo.
a smith. expired yesterday morn
ing at $40 o'clock, afier'a protracted
Illness of many months. In answer
10 a question by his physician, a
kaw minutes before he died, as to
how he felt, he said he had past
very bad night. He had, however,
dressed himself and gone INTO his
parior. where he died sitting in his
chair. He was aware that his pres
ent was in all probability his fatal
illness, though be did not expect
death at the tamsit came. 1t is said
that he has always had a mortal
dread of being buried alive, and his
constant request has been that his
Body might be kept long enough az
TOR his demise. to establish the GER
ta,nty Of his death. The funeral will
take place from the New Tabernacle
On Sunday next.
Bv the death Of Smith the field is
cleared for the promotion of Brig
hams son to the throne OF his father,
and the intermediate step will be his
promotion to the dignity OF First
counsellor in the Church. There are
three candidates to fill the vacancy
caused by Smiths death, on whom
the ewes Of the people are turned
Brigham Young, Jr., George Q. Can.
non and John Taylor. These sever
al claimants to the new position let
us examine. Taylor's promotion to
the presidency of the Twelve Apost-
les, and the displacement Of Hyde,
bears a startling significance as a
precedent established by Brigham
in overriding in what has hitherto
been considered by the Church as
fixed principles, and it means that,
II Brigham has the courage, he in
tends to put forth the claim of his
son Brig. to the presidency Of the
Church in opposition to all other
candidates. But if, after feeling of
the apostolic pulse, during the time
intervening between this and the Oc-
tober Conference, he shall discover
a strong opposition to his sons ap-
pointment, he will advance Taylor
to the position. Cannon looms
whole head and shoulders above al
the other candidates, as the choice
Of the Mormon people; and If they
had the matter in their own hands,
his chances would amount to a GER
tainty. But Brigham will effectual-
II urge against him the fact that his
elevation in the Church would be
damaging to the Mormon cause in
Congress.-Sah Lake Tribune, ID.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-09-07

! 1776. < 1875. :
PRO CLAMATION.
Chicago and Northwestern
Railway.

rs THE POPULAR ROUTE OVERLAND
Il to the East. Passengers for Chicago,
Niagara Faa, P'tsburg Philadelphia. Mon
treal. Quebec, Nsw York. Boston, or any
other point East, should buy their
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-09-07
COSMOPOLITAN MINING COMPANY

HOSMOPOLITAN MINING COMPANY
u Location of principal place Of business,
San Francisco, California. Location Of
works, DEVILS Gate District. Storey county.
Nevada.-Notice is hereby given that at
meeting of the Board of Directors, held on
the 18th day of August, 1875, an assessment
mo. q of Twenty-Five cents per share was
levied upon the capital stock Of the Corpora
ton, payable immediately in United States
gold coin, to the Secretary, at the Office of
Company, Room 7. 507 Montgomery street,
San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain upaid on the 18th day Of September.
1875, will be delinquent, and advertised for
sale at public auction, and unless payment is
made before, will be sold on MONDAY, the
4th day of October, 1878, to pay the delin-
quent assessment, together with costs of
advertising and expenses of the sale.
M. LANDERS, Secretary.
Ofice-507 Montgomery Street, Room No.
7, San Francisco. California.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-09-07

The New York Sun publishes an
open letter to DR.. John Hall, the
leading Presbyterian pastor in that
city, lecturing him sharply, first on
the extravagance and exclusiveness
of his house OF worship, whose chief
pews cost as much as a comfortable
dwelling house, while the poor are
suffering from the stagnation Of bus
mess and the Generalization of the
great capitalists; secondly, the rev.
erend doctor is informed that he has
opportunity for great work among
the rich:
1.-THE seat of the moral disease which
eats at the vitals of our society is
not in Avenue D, but in the Fifth
avenue, and it gets it spiritual ban
quoting in the churches of the gay
thoroughfare, not in those of Tom
kins square. What Mr.. Lincoln
used to call tho "plain people" af-
fords the best examples of American
character. It is among them that
honesty most appears, integrity ex-
lists, simple truth and square dealing
are best represented; and the bur-
dens of lite bear hardest on them.
They rest with more crushing
weight, because just now corruption
exists among our rulers, eats up cor
porations formed for the public ben
eft. buys leading newspapers, and
parades its ill-gotten gains in the
faces Of the workmen whom thievery
and ruinous gambling have de-
prived Of the labor for which they
wait with willing hands and hearts
almost dead with despair" m
tits to such social cormorants, DR..
Hall, that the preacher needs to APP
peal above almost all other men. It
is they who most require revival
awakening. They have grown rich
in running railways, telegraps,
steamships, and daily journals, not
in the interest Of the stockholder or
the public, bat in that Of their own
Unsuitable private greed. This is one
Of the most vital evils that afflict
this people. The voice OF, the pulpit
cannot now be better raised than in
denunciation Of such commercial
wickedness, and in devoted, moving
efforts to convert and save those who
are sunk and lost in its habitual per-
petration.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-09-07
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS

Assessor Of Lyon County. Neyads.
, 1875-12-30

How HE Cor EVEN WITH The Coll
LEcroa.--At Hardin, Ray County, lives
an honest. quiet old gentleman named
Trigg, who keeps q grocery store. He
was for some reason suspected by the
Internal Revenue Collector at st. Joe
Of keeping /" crooked tobacco.
One morning gentlemanly looking
man dropped into his store and said
that he was ira, cling. and was out Of
tobacco. He could smoke nothing but
"pure leaf," and wanted to buy q few
pounds; it would be a great. accommo-
dation, and he must have it. The old
man protested that he kept it only fol-
his own use, that it was against the law,
ani that he couldn't sell pound at any
price. The Collector begged so hard,
and protested 30 strongly that no one
would ever know it, that Trigg "smelt
q MICE" and finally consented to put
up i've pounds for him. Mr.. Collector
pulled out his pocket book and asked
the price. "Five hundred dollars, .
quietly remarked the old man. /" when
. revenue officer goes out of his way to
induce man to break the Law. in order
10 prosecute him, must have money
enough to pay my fine." Mr.. Collector
lacked about $3.50 of having the money,
and concluded that he didn't want the
leaf tobacco at that price.-Carrollton
(MoJ Record.
, 1875-12-30
No. =.

simply big sponges. For skin cove,;,,,
ne has patches of old buffalo robes g.,
dec and with the hair blown off His
voice is more disagreeable than his an
pearance. With areputation for patience
he is snappish and vindictive. His en-
durance is overrated; that is to saw he
dies like sheep on an expedition of any
length. If he is not well fed. His pait
racks muscles like the ague. And vet
this ungainly creature carries his head
in the air. and regards. the werld ont OF
his great brown eyes with disdain. The
Sphinx is not more placid. He reminds
me. I don't know why, of a pyramid
He has resemblance to a palm tree
1t is impossible to make an Egyptian
picture without him. What a Hapsbure
lip he has! Ancient? royal? The verv
poise of his head says plainly: II have
come out of the dim past, before history
was; the deluge did not touch me; saw
Menes Come and go; l helped Shoofoo
build the great pyramid; knew Egypt
when it hadn t an obelisk nor temple;
I watched the slow building of the old
pyramid at Sakkara. Did not trans
port the fathers of your race across the
desert? There are three of us; the date
palm, the pyramid, and myself. Every
thing else is modern. Go tol''
, 1875-12-30

T Those who are in the habit of
telling prodigious stories ought to have
good memories; but, fortunately. their
memories are generally short. Richard
Brinsley Sheridan dealt with these men,
dacious pests in manner peculiar to
himself. He would never allow himself
to be outdone by verbal prodigy.
Whenever monstrous story was told
in his presence, he would endeavor to
outdo it by one of his own coinage, and
consign the narrator to confusion by q
falsehood more lglaring than his own.
Once in his hearings sporting adventur-
er ran thus: II was fishing one day, say
in certain cold spring full of delicious
trout, and ,soon caught a large mess.
But what was really surprising. not a
foot from the cold spring there was one
of boiling water; SO that, when you wan
ted to cook your fish, all you had to do,
after hooking them from the cold spring
was to pop them directly into the boil
ing" The company all expressed aston
ishment and incredulity at this mon
strous assertion, with the exception OF
Sheridan. II know" said he. '.of a
phenomenon yet more surprising: II
was fishing one day, when came to a
place where there were three springs
The first was cold. one stocked with
fish, the second boiling spring, and
the third o natural fountain of melted
butter and parsleyr' melted butter and
parsley" exclaimed the first storysteiler
s.impossibler'
, 1875-12-30

That CAMEL.-Charles Dudley War
ner has the following chatty sketch of
the camel in the current Atlantic.
And now heaves in sight the unchan>
ged quintessence of Orientalism; there
is our first camel, camel in use, in his
native setting, and not in menagerie.
An entire line of them, loaded with
building stones, are YEARLY shambling
along. The long. bended neck apes hu-
mility, the supercilious nose in the air
expresses perfect contempt for all mod
ern life. The contrast of this naughty
''stuck-upsstiveness" {it is necessary to
coin this word to express the camels an.
cient conceit) with the royal ugliness of
the brute is both awe-inspiring and
amusing. No human royal family dare
be uglier than the camel. He is mass
Of bones, faded tufts. humps, Jumps,
splay joints, and callosities. His tail is
ridiculous wisp, and failure as an
onameut or fy-brush. His feet are
, 1875-12-30
Marine Intelligence.

PoRr TowNsEND, Dec. 22.-Arrived
barkentine Modoc, 8. F.
PoRr B1.AKELY, Dec. 22.-Arrived
Nick Biddle, 8. F.
v1croR1A, Dec. 22.-Sailed, steamshiI
Salvador, s. F.
Ponr GAMBLE, Dec. 23.-Sailed, Gen
Butler. 8. F.
Arrived. bark David Hoadley, s. F.
SAN FRANC1sco, Dec. 22.--ArriAed
steamer 0riflamme, Portland.
PoRrLxND. Ogn.. Dec. 22.-Arrived,
steamer Ajax, s. F.
The steamship California will sail fo
Sitka and intermediate ports ON Tuesda,
nsxt at 4 P. NJ.
SAN FRANcIsco, Dec. 23.-Arrived
bark Cambridge, Port Blakely.
sailed, bark Annie, Nanaimo.
PoRr BLAKELY. Dec. 23.-Arrived
schr W. T. Beetle, s. F.
PoRT MADISON, Dec. 23.-Arrived, bl
vidette, s. F.
, 1875-12-30
gngft Sound dlispateh.


The TERmINus.-P People abroad
are still harping on the termin-
US of the Northern Pacific Rail.
road, a subject which has long
ceased to interest anybody on
this side of the continent, except
the poor victims of misplaced
confidence who invested their
money in Tacoma town lots, ex-
pecting the. railroad to make a
town without a single element
of. commercial growth to sustain
it. "Will Tacoma be the fl
nal terminus?" is a frequent
question of correspondents. We
can only answer, that it is of no
sort Of consequence to anybody
but spectators in town lots
Very likely it may; as Dunkirk
is the terminus ofthe New York
and Erie road; as Oakland is
the terminus of the Central Pa
cific and Panama of the Isthmus
railroad. The railroad has been
in operation to Tacoma for two
years, and the population of the
place is not one-half as much as
it was the day the road was
opened to travel; and real es-
tate market values are not one
tenth what they were then; some
building improvements were at
tempted and remain dilapitated
monuments of the folly of their
projectors. Seattle, which the
spectators expected to rival
and destroy by locating the ter
minus at Tacoma, has in the
meantime doubled its business,
added fifty per cent. to its popu-
lation and never had better pros
poets for the future than at
present. Even the newspaper
established at Tacoma in the in
terest of the town lot specula-
tors, has removed to Seattle, to
take it's chances with two others,
as an alternative to starvation.
The spectators are now seek
ing to galvanize Tacoma prop
erty by representing that the
new railroad company propose
to build a road from thence to
the coal mines. What if they
do? Will a coal depot make a
town in the absence of all other
necessary elements? The fact
is patent to all sensible observ-
ers, that Tacoma can no more
affect the growth of Seattle than
Dunkirk can affect Buffalo, Oak
land San Francisco, or Kalama
Portland. This matter is not
worth discussing here, and is
only mentioned for the informa-
ton of persons abroad who are
under the delusion that Tacoma
is a rival town te Seattle.
, 1875-12-30

A WONDERFUL WHEAT CoUNTRY,-We
have been in the habit Of suppposing
that the Wallamet valley was the great
est wheat growing country in the habi-
table globe, and have felt like indulging
in an indefin.te amount of vainglorious
boasting over the record Of fields pro-
ducing fifty bushels or more to the acre,
and whole farms averaging 35 or 40
bushels. But our beautiful valley and
our farmers must look to their laurels
henceforth. From gentleman of un-
doubted veracity, carofulness and accu-
racy, we receive some items concerning
wheat raising in Eastern Was hington
Territory which surpass the best reliable
showing we remember to have seen in
this section.
Mr.. G. Maier, living near the base of
the Blue mountains, in Walla Walla
valley, in 1878, raised ON 6O-acre field
4,020 bushels of wheat, an average of 81
bushels to the acre; and in 1875, from o
60-acre tract, 3,42O bushels, or 81 BUSH
els to the acre.
Mr.. Masterson, residing four, miles
south of Walla Walla, raised on 10 acres
$50 bushels-S5 bushels to the acre.
Mr.. Kennedy. whose farm is on Dry
creek, six miles from Walla Walla, hart
vested 5, 252 bushels from $50 acres-3o
bushels average; and this was volun-
teer crop. that is. the second crop from
one sowing.
These crops, says our informent, were
produced on ordinary wheat land, tha-
is considered good, "but no better than
hundreds of thousands of acres now ly-
ing vacant in Walla Walla and Whitman
counties, especially north of Snake riv :
or. where there is a country vast enough
to produce more than 25, 600. 900 bushels
per annum, and where failure of crops
has never been known.-O Oregoaian.
, 1875-12-30

GRAND BALL.-All wishing to
attend the Christmas Ball at
Newcastle Seattle Coal Mine J,
are requested to meet at the Oc-
cidental Hotel at 2 o'clock on Sat-
day, Dec. 25, where stages will
be in readiness to convey them
to the landing. The Company's
boat Addie will be in readiness
to take them to the mines, re-
turning at II o'clock, the stage
returning at II. The cars will
be at the landing on the other
side, to take them to the mine.
All will be free, except the fare
on the stage from here to the
landing and return.
, 1875-12-30

TERRIBLE ExpLos1oN.-A dis
patch received just previous to
going to press gives the full par
ticulars Of an explosion of a gas
main in South Boston by which
7 persons were killed, 4 fatally
injured, 9 seriously and 3 slight
ly. Seven persons are missing.
Full particulars will be in to-
mOrrOw's issue.
, 1875-12-30

T A young man, who carried coll
lection-plate in service, before starting
took from his pocket . fye>cent piece,
a. he supposed. put it on the plate, and
then passed it around among the con-
gregation, which included many young
girls. The girls, as they looked at the
plate, all seemed astonished and amused,
and the young man, taking q glance at
the plate, found that, instead Of . nickel
five-cent piece, he had conversations
lozenge ON the plate. with the words,
.'Will you marry me?" in red letters,
staring everyone right in the face.
, 1875-12-30

WHARF ExTENsIoN.-Surber's
pile-driver this morning COM
menced work on another large
extension of Yesler's wharf. The
extension will be "a feet wide
and 1870 feet long and will bring
that part Of the wharf adjoining
the Talbot bunkers out flush
with the main part, thus adding
lSO feet to the wharf frontage.
, 1875-12-30
Admin istratrix's Notice.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
~ unde rsigned was, on the 2nd day Of De.
cember. A. D., 1875. appointed by the Probate
Court Of King County. Washington Territory
iministratrix of the estate of William Dewyer
late OF said county, deceased. All persons hsy.
ing claims against the said estate are required
to present the same. properly proven, within
in Seattle. in said County
Dated Decem er I'd, 1875.
SARAH DENVER,
Administrative as Aforesaid
, 1875-12-30

n A rat-catcher, of Troy, who gets
$5 night for his work, says that rats
living in granieries are not poisonous.
bat that those feeding on refuse inflict
painful and serious wounds. The rat
pits pay him twenty dollars a hundred
for rats for baiting.
, 1875-12-30

CONCERT. A telegram was
received here to-day from Vic
toria, announcing that Miss
Louisa Irving, the accomplished
mocking-bird vocalist, will give
a musical soiree at Yesler's Hall
in this city, on Monday and
Tuesday evenings next. She il
accompanied by Herr. Nielsen
the celebrated violin soloist.
, 1875-12-30
From Daily Of Monday.

LoTTERIEs.-It was related of
a New England minister, soon
after the temperance movement
first began, that he preached a
sermon on the evils cf intemper-
ance, concluding that all use Of
Intoxicating liquors was bad in
degree of quality: the worse the
liquor the greater the evil. He
advised total abstinence as the
safest plan, but if they must
drink, to buy their liquor of Dea-
con Giles, who kept none but
the best quality.
We occupy a similar position
in regard to gambling, which
we deem the most seductive and
demoralizing vice of the times,
and lottery gambling the worst,
because the most popular Of the
species. For this reason we
have refused publication to lot
terry advertisements which would
have paid ms several hundred
dollars since we have been in
this city; and have relaxed our
rule in the case of Mr.. Yesler's
aGift Enterprise" not only be-
cause it is a home institution,
authorized by law and endorsed
by public sentiment, but because
we know the property put up to
the hazard of chance is real val
ue, and that the drawing will be
fairly and faithfully made, with
out any trickery. To those who
must risk their money at haz
ard, we can honestly commend
the scheme as the best that Of
fers.
, 1875-12-30

TURKEY THIEF.-Mr. J. r. Rob-
bins requests us to say, that the
person who stole a turkey from
his place last night, had better
change his boots, for Mr.. Rob
bins has taken the exact measure
of his track and would recog.
nize it if he saw it again.
, 1875-12-30

RAFFLE.-The handsome silver
mounted Smith Il Wesson revol-
yer, now on exhibition in the
'Grotto Saloon, will be raffled for
on Thursday evening of this
week. All parties desiring tick
cts for the rattle must obtain
them before that time.
, 1875-12-30

FL wonder at you, Rab. sittin
there on sich fine day reading that
trash O. novels. Can ye no gang out
and TAX walk, and leave the black
guard books for time?" s.But, my dear
aunt, +" replied studious Rab, Il am not
reading novels. This book (holding it
up before the old LADY, contains an ac-
count of the conquest of Peru" "The
conquest of Peru!" Indignantly exclaim-
ed the old lady, ''an' wha' was he but @
blackguard?"
, 1875-12-30

Wet FEET The rainy season
is coming on and George I. Lam
bert says he has waterproof
boots and rubbers of all sizes !;
also, the celebrated Hersome
Cater. Call and examine goods
before purchasing elsewhere. l
, 1875-12-30

D1ED.-In this city, at 6 O..
clock this morning, infant child
of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Poncin,
aged about year. The funeral
takes place from the residence
of the parents on Second st. to-
morrow afternoon at 5 o'clock.
, 1875-12-30

~ The Scranton (Pa.) Times says
that it has the best authority for the
following singular statement: ga lady
Of our city, having gathered large
quantity of autumn leaves. took the
more rapid method of pressing with a
hot fat-iron. Very soon after her
hands and wrists broke out with an
eruption of scolding humor, such as
is witnessed in those cases Of erysipelas
known as st. Anthony's fire, and she
is likely to be laid up for some time, if
no worse results ensue. The leaves
were Of the maple species, and the the
ory is that volatile oil of poisonous
nature was evolved by the application
of heat and obtained access to the cir
culation through some abrasion Of the
skin. 1t is safer, though slower pro-
cess to press leaves in book or between
fiat boards under weight"
, 1875-12-30

h@- The schooner Jnainta,
loaded with farm produce from
the Swinomish, arrived to-day,
and Is discharging freight at
Morrill, Il Morris warehouse.
, 1875-12-30

"a The handsome revolver
rafled for last evening at the
Grotto Saloon, was won by Capt.
Gray, of the bark Gem of the
Ocean.
, 1875-12-30
By order of the W. NJ.

@ Christmas Eve Services
tonight at the Episcopal Church
at Z P. M. Lecture on the Marks
of the Catholic Church. Christ
mas day - Episcopal Church
opens fer Divine Service at II A.
NJ.
, 1875-12-30

REpLEv1N SuITs.- Four replev-
in suits were commenced before
Justice Scott last evening and
the papers were served this
morning.
, 1875-12-30

BALL.-We wish again to re-
mind our readers of the ball of
the Seattle string band, which
takes place in Yesler's Hall, on
Christmas Eve.
, 1875-12-30

p3 he-schooner Gen. Har-
ney, having discharged q por-
ton Of her cargo of lime ut this
place, sailed for up-Sound this
morning.
, 1875-12-30

MAhRIED.-At the NJ. E. Par
sonage, in this city, Dec. "a,
1875, by Rev. A. Atwood, Mr..
Eric d. Jaderholm to Miss Bal
late Nilsson, both of Port Blake
lv.
, 1875-12-30

FIRST SUNDAY AFTEB CHRIST
MAs.-Episcopal Church open at
II A. NJ. and 3 p. NJ. and this be-
ing the last Sunday in the month
at d NJ
, 1875-12-30

s6- There was a small civil
suit tried before Justice Scott
this morning, the amount IN ques-
tion being So.
, 1875-12-30

CHRISTMAS TREE. Revolving
star, presents for the children,
good music, at the M. E. Church
tonight,
, 1875-12-30

MARRIED. AT the residence
Of the bridegroom in this city,
Dec. 21st, by Roswell Scott, ).
2, Mr.. August Wolff to Miss
Louie Zeizer, both of Seattle.
, 1875-12-30

Sa- Tomorrow being q legal
holiday, the Post Office win be
open only, from 7:30, to 8, Am.
and from 6, to Z, P. NJ.
, 1875-12-30

1@ The ship Eldorado arriv-
ed here to-day in tow Of the
steamer Blakely. Sne is to load
with Seattle coal.
, 1875-12-30

A. F. & A. M.-There will be a
meeting ofSt. Johns Lodge, held
at their hall on Saturday evening,
Dec 25th, 1875, at z o'clock sharp.
All members are hereby notified
to attend, and all Brethren in
good standing are cordially in
vited.
By order of the w. M.
, 1875-12-30

M. E. CHURcH.-Preaching on
Sunday next at IL, "A. M. and Z,
r. NJ, by Rev. A. Atwood.
, 1875-12-30

n@- Tomorrow being Christ
mas day there will be no paper
issued from this office.
, 1875-12-30

MARRIED.-At the Occidental
Hotel, in this city, by Justice
Smith, Mr.. Jabez Hooking, to
Miss Alice Bequette.
, 1875-12-30

HAY.-Morrill Il Morris scow,
loaded with hay, came down from
White River last night.
, 1875-12-30

@ The ship Shirely, load
ed with lumber, sails from Ia
coma tomorrow.
, 1875-12-30

HA- The Seattle String band
will give ball this evening at
Yesler's Hall.
, 1875-12-30

nay The bark Mic. Biddle and
schooner Una are loading with
lumber at Port Blakely.
, 1875-12-30
e 90 p e R /.
attention, TAXPAYERS

A Ii TAxES DUE KING COUNTY FOR
IA the year 1875, not paid before December
3lstinst., will become delinquent, 10 per cent.
added thereto and placed in the hands Of the
County Sheriff for collection.
GEO. D. HILL,
County Treasurer.
County Treasurer's Office, Dec. End, 1875
, 1875-12-30

"a BOWS Skating Rink will
be open tomorrow Saturday
evening.