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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-03-30

THE Republicans of Ohio will
present the name of Gov. Hayes fol
President. The fact Of the con-
vention being held in his State,
will help him very materially. He
will get the benefit of the "claque'
at least, which is no small item in
the excitement of such occasions.
ANY one who was present at the
Philadelphia convention of ~. will
recall "the force of this observa-
ton" in the case of Colfax and Will
son, rival candidates for Vice Presi-
dent. Colfax would have been the
nominee, but for the organized
claque present there from Pennsyl-
vania generally and Philadelphia
in particular. It however happened
to be case of al's we'll that ends
we'll.
A SAN FRANCISCO dispatch OF yes
terday afternoon says the Consolida-
ted Virginia Mining Company has
decided, after discussion of the
matter by counsel, to refuse to pay
the Storey County tax on the net
yield of the mine. AS soon as an
attempt is made to collect the tax
the present quarter, due April 1st,
proceedings will be instituted by the
company, an injunction obtained,
and the question of the constitution
atty of the tax law argued upon in
junction. Judge Heydenfeldt, attor-
ney for the company, claims that the
taxing Of bullion is in effect a double
taxation, inasmnch as a very large
portion Of the yield is expended
upon materials for buildings and ma
chinery, which are also subject to
county taxation. The authorities of
Storey County have employed as
sistant counsel, and it is expected
that the matter will not end until
the Supreme Court of the United
States has passed upon it. In the
meantime, it will slightly disarrange
he revenues Of said county.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-03-30

No GREATER danger menaces the
Republican chances of success than
that office-holders will seize the pre-
liminary meetings and run them in
the interest of sending. to Cincinnati
packed delegations, who will possess
nothing of the force of character
and discretion which must control
the Convention ii the party is not to
be heavily handicapped at the COM
mencement of the race Baltimore
American. (Rep)
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-03-30
Smfrching the Shoulder-Straps.

The telegraph has brought along a
fresh gush of corruption charges,
dating back to the time Grant was
General of the army. Generals Rey-
nolds and Butterfeld are made to
figure at discount, and there are
continued changes rung on the Grant
Dent post-tralcr business.
Whether these last charges are true
or not, there has been enough proven
already to sicken the country with
military influence in the control OF
government. As for the Republican
party, it must take the consequences
as best it can. According to our
American system and fondness for
heroes, the succession of Grant to tire
Presidency was inevitable. In the
very nature of things, military favor-
itism has been the rule throughout
the otlice-holding makeup. The
navy is, if p ,ssible, a more aristo-
cratic and clannish organization than
the army, and, altogether, intriguing
and corruption have been compafa-
lively safe. These exclusive branch
es of government are la" unto
themselves, and nincteen-twentiethS
of the courts-m ,rtial are merely
forms of proceeding for covering up
the shortcomings Of the guilty. 1t
ought TO be humiliating to the repub-
lican professions of the American
people, that 50 much Importance
should attach to the title of General
or Colonel at the expense OF the
private in the ranks; but we go on
from generation to generation with
our hero worship.
We have preferred the nomination
Of Blaine for President, and not the
least of his qualifications for that
position, to our way of thinking, is
in his entire want of a military handle
to his name. is patriotism and
craftsmanship are beyond cavil, al
though he may not have 1een directly
assisted to his present elevated posi-
ton in the estimation of the people
by the bayonets of citizen soldiery.
That untitled rank and file, which
turned its sword into plowshare,
will demand something better than a
"pcrsonal government as the price
of the overthrow of the slave oil
garchy. While it is not claiming
perfection for Blaine. it is safe to as
sert that he is to-day the best rep
resentative American among the many
aspirants for the Presidency. There
is nothing of mushroom about his
history or character. He has come
to the front in a modest way, by hard
study and labor. Unlike Conkling
and Morton, he has kept at a safe
distance from the poisonous military
influence. 1t behooves the Cincin-
natl Convention, for change, to Sc
lect a civilian for a standard bearer
in the coming campaign, and the
best type of a man on that score is
the gentleman from Maine.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-03-30

THE Enterprise" quotes the Lou
isville "Courier-J Journal" as good au-
thority as to Bristow's Republican
ism. We should look upon such au-
thority with suspicion; it brings to
mind the seductive influences which
caused the late Andy johnson to
''slop over"
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-03-30
ADMINISTRATIONS SALE.

IhFMINING CLAIM BELONGING TO THE
u Estate of Alexander W. Baldwin, De.
ceased Notice ia hereby given that pursuant
to an order made BY the District Court o. o. she
First Judicial District of the State OF Ne
vada, in and for the County of Storey,
in the matter of the estate OF Alex
ander W. Baldwin, deceased, on the
9th day Of March. A. d. 1875, the under
signed will, as administrat r of said estate
sell at private sale at the office of Wells, Fargo
l. Co., Silver City, Lyon County. Nevada; on
Monday, the path day of April. A. d: 1876 az
IL O'Clock noon of said dey, the interest OF
said estate in the mining claim hereinafter
described, to wit: An undivided interest OF
forty-one az feet of the Genssee Mining
Claim situate in the DEVILS Gate and
Chinatown Mining District, Lyon County,
state of Nevada, said claim consist'ng of 500
linear feet on the Mount Hope Ledge, also
called the Deos Senior or Senore's Lode. Offers
will be received at my Office, Hanak's Build
ing, Virginia City, up to tie day or sale.
Terms cash at time Of sale. Dated March
2Sth, 1876.
W. E. F. DEAL,
Administrator of the Estate of Alexander W.
Baldw in. deceased.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-03-30

FROM what we see in the press Of
San Francisco-n0tably the ''Post'
Gen. Schofield has been getting
above his business. He evidently
needs little investigating outside of
the press but he is so far away from
Washington, where everybody's
hands are full Of it, that he is likely
to escape further notice. The inter.
esting part OF the thing is his re-
puted aspirations for the Presidency
This is little too much. 1t is sin
gular that these pampered military
gentry never learn to let well enough
alone.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-03-30

THE late storm IN the Western and
Southern States has been the most
provoking they have had in many
years. At Fl. Wayne the street cars
were stopped for the first time by
snow. The bulk of the snowfall and
storm extends from Ohio to Nebras-
ka. Altogether, the Centennial win
ter has been one to remember every
where for century to come.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-03-30

Its Track is of STEEL RAILS, and on 1t hss
been made the Fastest Time that has ever
been made in this country. By this ron'e
messengers for points east OF Chicago nave
their choice of the following lines from
Chicago:
and Pennsylvania Railways = Three
Through Trains Daily, with Pullman
Palace Cars through to Philadelphia and
New York on each train. One Through
Train, with Pullman Palace Cars, to Bat
timore and Washington.
By the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
Railway and Connections-New York Cen
trail and Erie Railroads Through
Trains Daily, with Palace Drawing Room
and Silver Palace Sleeping Cars through
10 New York.
By the Michigan Central, Grand Trunk,
Great Western and Erie and New York
Central Railways-Three Through Trains,
with Pullman Palace Drawing Rooin and
Sleeping Cars through to New York, to
Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Rochester or New
York City.
By the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad-Two
Through Trains Daily, with Pullman
Palace Cars for Newark, GAINESVILLE,
Wheeling. Washington and Baltimore.
without change.
This is the Shortest. Best and only line
running Pullman celebrated Palace Sleeping
Cars ard Coaches, connecting with Union
Pacific Railroad at Omaha and from the
West, via Grand Junction, Marshall, Cedar
Rapids, Clinton, Sterling and Dixon, for
Chicago and the Last.
This popular route is unsurpassed for
Speed, Comfort and Safety. The smooth,
well. ballasted and perfect track OF steel
rails the celebrated Pullman Palace Sleeping
Cars, the perfect Telegraph System of NOV
ing trains, the regularity with which fhey
run, the admirable arrangement Tor fnnnfnS
through cars to Chicago from all points
West, secure to passengers all the comforts
in modern Railway Travelling. No changes
of Cars and no tedious delays at Ferries.
| Passengers will find Tickets via this Favor
| lite Route ut the General Ticket Offices OF the
| Central Pacific Railroad in San Francisco and
| Sacramento, and in all the Ticket Offices OF
| the Central Pacific Railroad
W. II. STENNETT,
| MARVIN HUGHITT, Gen. Pass Agent
Gen. Supt., Chicago.
| H. P. STANWOOD, General Agency, III
Montgomery street, San Francisco. suS-ly
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-03-30

The record of Gen. Reynolds,
as telegraphed from Washington,
would seem to have quite fitted him
for a leading part in the Black
Hills job. There is a large and
fresh field there for military opera
tons outside OF the fun of chasing
the festive Sioux.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-03-30
R. FRED BROOKS ia agent for the TINES
At Carson City. and is authorized to receipt
for subscriptions at that place.

The great Chinese meeting,
called for Saturday night in San
Francisco, is postponed till next
Wednesday, so that Gov. Irwin may
be present.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-03-30

OuR San Francisco dispatch con-
veys the intelligence that the woes
of the metropolis are not all CEN
tered In the Chinese question. If
they would place few healthy
Cinnamon in the leading Offices
there for change, the financial
distress of the municipal govern
ment might be relieved. 1t could
not make matters much worse, at
least.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-03-30

In case the Gar of Russia should
have "to go the Springs" the regency
of the Czarowich would be likely to
cause rupture with Germany. Such
is the slender thread on which hangs
the peace of Europe.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-03-30

IT u an III wind that blows good
to nobody. There's the pastor of
Plymouth Church preaching beauti-
fully and regularly from the text of
the decentralization among the from
tier trading posts, etc.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-03-30

There is a feeling at Washington
that it will not do to cast the Demo-
cratic net too rashly. There is great
danger of hauling up large FISH, of Il
kind that the Democratic fishermen
do not want to catch Cincinnati
Commercial.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-03-30

We knew Of cheerful optimist
once who maintained that he was
well pleased when public scandals
were rife, because it showed the hu-
mors in the body polite to be
working to the surface. 1t was the
still, smooth, dangerous tines that he
distrusted.-[ Providence Press.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-03-30
CAPT. N. STEARNS.
REAL ESTATE,
Genera! Commission, Business
COLLECTION OFFICE,
wells. Fargo & Co.'S Building
VIRGINIA., NEVADA.
MONEY! MONEY !! MONEY !! !!
To Loan on Stock or Real Estate. From
$500 to 900 on hand.

FOR SALE.
smart, energetic man, with a capital OF
5000, can purchase business paying over
5000 per month and by close attention can be
improved, sickness being the only cause for
sale. Apply Immediately. A lot 50x50 corner
Sutton avenue and Ii, $500 A lot 25x50 near
corner q and Taylor streets; $3.50. The old
Po.tofiice lot with all the material on it.
house and lot with four rooms, .Jorth G
street: lot 35x100, part cash, balance on time.
One nice building lot on Ridge street, 50x100,
on the most reasonable terms. splendid lot
on street. near Taylor; lot 25x55 A house
and lot on G street; price $500.
TO RENT
House on street, three rooms; $24. House
on street, seven rooms, three of them fur
nished; 500. House on the Divide, three
rooms; $25. House in Crown Point Ravine;
$25. House with four rooms, northeast of the
Ophir; $50.
All Kinds Of Help Furnished.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-03-30
American Rotisserie,
So South G Street, Virginia City, New.
JOHN MONACO & co.

JOHN MONACO & co.
Have removed their popular lunch stand 70
DIR. sPAULDINGs SALOON, So South q
Street. First-clAss in every respect. Give us
MONACO & DIIPIN-
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-03-30

A PUNGENT REToRT.-Sir Stafford
Northcote is the British Chancellor
of the Exchequer. A short time
ago several members of Parliament
waited on him in relation to the in
justice of the tax on brewers. He
remarked, ''the injustice, after all, is
very trifing;" to which one of the
delegation responded: England
could not commit "A small injustice
1t was said the injustice complained
of by the Americans in regard to the
depredations Of the Alabama was a
small one, but commission of
which the right honorable gentleman
was member found differently, and
that trifling injustice cost England
e3,200,00O." 1t was home thrust,
and the Chancellor felt it.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-03-30

THE Gold Hill "News" remarks
upon the large funerals of Nevada,
and especially those Of Virginia.
Why there should be such an extern
sive following of the dead ia mys-
terry to that paper. 1t is certainly a
serious matter, and ought to be inves-
tigated. We half suspect that the
chief cause of the big turn-outs in
question is because the people don't
know any better way of fooling
away an hour or two.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-03-30
M. F r e T T,
Private Boarding & Lodging
aIAIN Sr GIL YER CITY NEY

XXyILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD AS
w good a table as can he found In the
State. Rooms are supplied with fine Spring
Mattresses The public are invited to give
me call.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-12
The Average Par1Or.

There are parlors belonging to rich
men who are the sofrs of rich men. who
have been educated carefully, and who
have travelled and seen all there is to be
seen of splendid and beautiful, and vet,
though their rooms ere full of the &
ternal evidences of~fRealth and travel,
the things seem unhappy; the colors all
''swear at one another" as the French
artistic slang has it; the chairs and ta-
bles, like people too early at country
party, are waiting for an introduction,
and the taste, if taste it may be called,
in the pictures and bric-a brac, is so dis
cordant that if the .owner>really likes
one-half of them We Cannot sac how he
should be able to tolerak the other. OF
course, it is not fair always to judge
the owner of onee.0f these multifarious
drawing rooms by what he puts forward
as his own taste. In lime cases out of
ten it is not his taste at>all, but the
taste of the town, and he has meekly
put himself in the hands of the fashion
ale furnisher. We might as we'll lay the
charge of the theatrical, vulgar para
phernalia of frst-class funeral at the
door ora dead man upon whose unre-
sisJing body all these hideous ssforal
emblems" are piled. The fashionable
undertaken sits on him when dead, as
the fashionable furnisher eat on him
when alive. We cannot judge of his
taste until he shows it; until he takes
his house into his own hands and makes
it to his mind. It is to persuade peo-
pie to do this that these papers are
written, but the writer is not very hope
full of persuading any but young people
and those who have natural independ-
ence. Rich people are for the most part
SO bullied by their money, they don't
dare to do what,they would like. And
people who are we'll on in life do not, as
a rule, take enough interest in the sub
ject. They find the old shoes easier to
the feet. Clarence Cook,a,a Sc1S6aaer for
January.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-12
Improved Longevity-Nhat it Means.


One of the members of the British
Association for the advancement of sci
ence sketched with good deal of in
genuity and eloquence q new health
city, which would reduce the number of
deaths, which are now from twenty to
thirty in a thousand, to eight, and
finally to five or less, in thousand A
mathematician, F. DeChaumont, has
taken the trouble to calculate the9in-
creased longevity which this diminished
death rate indicates. A death rate of
eight in, thousand would increase the
expectation of life at birth to eighty six
years, or more than double what it is
now, the mean, duration to 100 years,
while old people would hive I'd 9 be
$50. At five in a thousand, the expec-
tation at birth would + be 1877 years,
while old people would live to be $50
years. At four in thousand, the ex-
pectation would be 277, and old people
would live to- be $40 and upward. If
the population increased proportionally,
the population of England and Ireland
would be SO, 600, 900 in 1900, and ], 2O0,,-
100000 in the year 2GO0,c which would
be equal to the present population of
the earth. The British isles would
consist Of one continuous gigantic tene-
ment house ten stories high, and even
then the tenants would be crowded for
room.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-12
A Magic Dining Room.

Some months since an nglishlnan
named Atkinson, bought a country place
near Pithiviers in France. For many
weeks thereafter, carpenters and masons
were busilys employed in repairing and
altering the chateau, and after thei,
work had been completed, Mr.. Atkin-
son issued Invitations for large dinner
party to all the most prominent
families in the neighborhood. , The
guests arrived at SIX o'clock
and on taking their seats at
the dinner table noticed with surprise
that there was not even one servant to
be seen. The soup was consumed in
silent establishment. When all had par
taken of it, the host sounded a whistle,
and as if by magic the soup plates dis
appeared, and three magnificent silver
platters, each containing roast goose,
appeared. Little cries of terror were
heard from the ladies. Mr.. Atkinson
took no note of his guests surprise, but
remarking that it was a very warm
evening, whistled again and the whole
ceiling disappeared, the hosts black
coat vanished at the same moment,
leaving him clothed in a white suit.
The guests, alarmed, were about to
rise from their chairs when they
found themselves, their chairs, and
the table suddenly raised five feet above
the floor. They, however, were soon
lowered again to the floor, and all took
refuge in hasty flight from the demoni-
&C abode. A judicial investigation was
instituted, and it was found that Mr..
Atkinson had been for ten years the
chief machlnist at Covent Garden the
atre in London, where he had amassed
nice little fortune. The dinner was a
little freak TO indulge his fondness for
his old pursuit.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-12
Married in Tahiti.

The San Francisco Chronicle has the
following account Of the marriage of an
American Consul to Tahitan Princess:
ga marriage in the very higher tier of
social Life has been one of the quiet
sensations lately transporting in Tahiti.
On the 9th of October Dorrence At
water, United States Consul for the So
|sciety Islands, was united in the holy
bonds OF wedlock to the Princess
Moetla, daughter of Chiefess of royal
blood. The marriage was conducted by
the civil authorities. DR.. Bonnet, Mayor
OF Papeete, officiating. No cards and no
cake. The Princess Moetia is very
accomplished young lady, speaking
English and French as fuently as her
native language. She is besides wealthy
in her own right. being owner of the
historical palm groves OF Faaa and 9th
er lands. She is also the lessee of Sell
~ Island, valuable for its pearl fisher
les. Her mother owns half of the
Island Morea (the paradise of Eimed,
as the old navigators called it, and ex-
tensive possessions on the Island of
Tahiti. Moetia has three brothers,
splendid specimens of South sea chiefs.
Ine youngest, Nar1l, Is ABOUT nineteen
years old, six feet two inches in height
and weighs 200 pounds, and as straight
as an arrow. They were educated in Eu-
rope, but, like all South Sea chiefs,
they believe in native customs and
habits. Their mother had equal claims
to rule with Queen Pomare, but has
never asserted her rights. The father
of the family was an English Jew named
Salmon, a lawyer by profession, and
very able man. Soon after he arrived
in Tahiti, he married the wealthy chief
ess mentioned AS to Mrs. Atwater,
her many friende will wish her much
Joy. She has been fortunate in secur-
ing young, gallant, and intelligent
husband, and he has been equally for
tunate in capturing the. handsomest and
wealthiestgirl in the South Sea Islands,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-12
Traces of KISSING in EnqIish History.

From Lippincott & Co., Literature of Kissing.
Kissing appears to have been the
usual method of salutation in England
in former times. A Greek traveller,
named Chaiondyles, who visited Britain
five centuries ago, says:
CAS- for English females and children,
their customs are liberal in the extreme.
For instance, when visitor calls at q
friends house, his first act is to kiss
his friends wife; he is then a duly in
stalled guest. Persons meeting in the
street follow the same custom. and no
zone sees anything improper in the
action"
Greek traveller of century
later, also adverts to this osculatory
custom. He says:
/ "The English manifest much sim
plicity and lack of jealousy in their GUS
toms as regards females; for not only
do members of the same family and
household kiss them on the lips with
complimentary salutations and enfold
ing of the arms round the waist, but
even strangers, when introduced, follow
the same mode, and it is one which does
not appear to them in any degree I'M
becoming"
= Chaucer often alludes to. it. Thus,
the Frere in the Sompnour's Tale, upon
the entrance of the mistress of the house
into the room where her husband and
he were together.
''ariseth up full curtisly,
And hire embraceth in his armies narwe,
And kisseth hire swete and ckirketh as a
Is sparwe
With his lippes.' ~
Robert de Brunne (1303) says chat the
custom formed part of the ceremony of
drinking healths: 9h}'
.That sails wasseille drinks of the cup,
Kiss and his fellow he gives it up"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-12
The Wife Kills the Dear.

The Fincastle (Va.) Herald has this
story: "Last week Mr.. w. w. Wo-
mack ard family, who live on James
river, were aroused late in the night by
the loud barking of their dogs, and the
excellent housewife endeavored to in
cite her worthy husband to investigate
the cause of it. He declined to be dis
turbed. however, by what he thought q
trivial matter. and she boldly ventured
out. With the aid of servant and the
dogs she captured tremendous bear
considering its age). to the astonish.
ment of her liege lord, who put in his
appearance after the fight was oyer"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-12

gold and silver very effective designs
are achieved with very little trouble and
comparatively small cost
With these imported wraps came
head coverings for sortie-de-bal, made
like the Russian hoods or popular
head dress. They look like scarfs, and
are made of white or black cashmere
embroidered in gold thread. When on
the head they look like hoods, and the
long ends are thrown across the
shoulders and are loosely knotted. o.
allowed to hang; the ends of these AMI
the point of the hood have heavy gilt
tassels to finish them,