Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-06-13

A JUST SENTENCE.-With our sim
gle-blessed, limited idea of female
persecution, we can conceive of no
provocation sufficiently aggravating
to justify full grown man, or even
a small, consumptive one, in draw
ing deadly weapon against a wo-
man. The right to pummel =" the
weaker vessel with ones fists is q
doubtful one, and to our unso-
phisticated mind is a fruitful subject
of discussion. There are people,
however, who take a different view
of the case, and hold that when
lovely woman clothes herself in the
habiliaments of man, or steps down
and out from the sphere allotted her
by nature, she Perforce assumes the
responsibilities of the consequences.
A case Of this kind came up before
Judge Hickey, of Dayton, on Friday.
Mrs. Greeley French was the COM
planning witness, and ID. w. Hum
phrey, the defendant. 1t is alleged
that Humphrey, who runs a tailings
mill just below Silver City, was en-
deavoring to make water connec-
tion to supply the mill, and in doing
so tresspassed on the ground of Mr..
French, who runs set of sluices
above. Mrs. French 1--WE do not
know where her husband was) made
an effort to demolish the fumes
(which led the stream to Hum.
ahrey's, and wordy conflict en-
sued. Forgetting that it was a wo-
Imam who was opposed, it is said that
MIR. IL. brought a loaded Henry
rifle to bear upon her, and threat
,ened to shoot it Mrs. French did not
,desist. For this, Humphrey was
taken to Dayton, had hearing, and
was fined $40 and costs of prosecu-
..ion. We have given the story as it
was told us, and, if the circumstan-
ces are as related, we can but say
that we are astonished to think that
"A man of Mr.. Humphreys cloth
would so far forget himself as to at
tack, or even threaten, a woman,
with loaded firearms.
The ELEMENTs.-The committee
who control the weather for this
part of Nevada are beginning to act
"a little decent. Up to Thursday we
have not had rain enough this sea-
son to make swimming pond for
polywog, but on the night of the day
referred to the Granger angels OPP
ened the flood gates of Heaven and
let down a shower bath of fifteen or
twenty minutes duration. The
sluices clogged before morning, and
didn't get in running order again
until about P. NJ. of Friday. At
which time delightful, soaking
rain, was appropriately inaugurated
by rafting salute from heaven S
artillery, and grand pyrotechnic
display in mid-air. Just at this time
rain is an especial blessing to the
farmer, the wood drivers OF the Car
son, and to about everybody else.
The air, which, in these attitudes, is
about as pure as air can be, will re-
ceive additional publication, and the
sanitary condition of the city will no
doubt be improved. The 4" slanting-
dicular position of the roads al
lows the water to run off rapidly, and
gives us immunity from muddy
streets. We hope the elements
won't go back on us any more this
Summer.
The PRIZE FIGHT between Lynn
and Harris came Off on Thursday,
the latter winning in IA rounds and
171s minutes. 1t was a sort OF
school-boy affair, neither showing
any science or pluck. Harris want
ed to give up after the first round,
but was forced to the scratch by his
seconds and hackers, and finally
screwed his courage to the sticking
place, and wore his opponent out.
Bing Williams told our reporter on
Thursday that he was anxious to
meet Chatham again, and should hold
him TO his promise to come up to
the scratch in six months. Bling
seems perfectly confident of his abil-
ity TO "head up" tho " big Irish
man." $50
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