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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-20
NEW TODAY.
A CARD TO THE PUBLIC.

In the proceedings of the Board of County
Commissioners, held on Saturday last, The
Evening Chronicle represents Torp, one of
the Commissioners, as having made gross
and unwarranted attack upon me. He is also
made, by the report of this Journal to admit
having been the authority for the libelous ar
ticle that recently appeared in The Enterprise
in reference to the treatment of an insane .fe-
male patient. In regard to the remarks made
by Torp in the meeting of the Commissioners
above referred to, have only to say that he
willfully and Haliciously misreprssented
my position in the hospital flor my
status could easily have been ascer-
tanned by inquiry in the proper quarter I,
or he relied upon untruthful reports to sustain
his allegations He is also credited with hav-
ing made statements in regard to my past
career, and with "A reeklessness and disregard
for truth that can only be accounted for on
the frs. hypothesis, viz, a desire to willfully
and Naliciously misrepresent NE. AS to the
article an Inc Enter Piise above alpdaI To, 7
have only to say that the insinuations therein
contained biased upon the statements of
Torp) are utterly untrue, as the accompanyin I
memorial signed by all the patients in the
hospital and handed me by one of their mum
her, upon learning of my having resi- gned my
position. abundautly attests. By descent
AIN German jew and by birth Californian
| In this same article headed Hospital Hor
rors'' | an called negro in several offensive
paragraphs, which statement will not be re
ceived as compliment by the Hebrew race
| and the luminous writer OF the article i'll III,
| Enterprise above referred to is more of ne
| gro than am. LEON THAI.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-20
About an Expedition to Honduras.

Early last fall one Dennis Me-
lone or Meloney, formerly OF FL
oche, came up from Central Amer
lea to San. Francisco, and repre-
sented that he had with him lot Of
gold dust which he had dug in
Honduras, by very crude process,
and that there was an abundance
left in that country. He lay around
San Francisco till toe middle Of De-
Gem Der, acting very mysterlously
on the excitable nerves of his old
acquaintances, ETC., when about
twenty, with him for leader, left
for that country. Whether he was
crazy .or hired by the Pacific Mail
Company it is hard to say, but here
is what private letter from San
Francisco of April 10th says about
the result of the expedition:
The real object 1 have in writing
is to tell you of the return of some
of that party from Honduras. l
found them accidentally at the
Brooklyn hotel two days ago. There
were five of them and they gave a
doleful account of the mining ca
pacities OF Olancho and the Guy
ape. Some of them had fever
nearly all the time they We're there
and one is shaking With chills here
yet.
They claim to have prospected
thoroughly for the space of two
months without finding anything
that would pay at all. The women
still work there and make one. two
and three bits day. I questioned
them about the opportunities for
hydraulic washing and they said
there was no opportunity, but l
did not get from them a clear
enough description of the country.
rivers, bars, etc., to convince me
that such is not the case.
More of the party are on their way
home and some are still there max
ing more thorough prospect.
They are sinking shaft, which, by
this time must be down a hundred
feet. but up to the time these left
nothing had been found. Another
party of five l think left here not
long ago equipped with hydraulic
apparatus. The returning party met
them at Nicaragua. They said they
were going to see and try for them
selves. These men say 1t is difficult
to account for Maloney's course.
They say he was drunk from the
time they arrived at Amapala till
they left; that he has no diggings
and never had; that he bought all
the gold he brought away with him.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-20
The DEVILS Parchment.

Rabelais, the Mark Twain, so to
speak, of the fifteenth century, re-
lates an anecdote which applies to
the mess of SANDER anpcorruption
telegraphed and written from
Washington. According to the
story, the devil secreted himself in
church. in hearing of two old
woman gossips, when he attempted
to take down the conversation in
shorthand on big sheet of
parchment. 1t was doubtless an old
church after Beecher's own heart.
The time being on the eve of the
Reformation, when ind1lgences
were granted by the Pope for most
every crime in the calender, and
which corrupt age Rabelais did
more to reform almost, than Martin
Luther himself. However, as the
story goes, the devil took down the
testimony of the two old ladies'.
until every nook and corner of his
parchment was filled, whereupon
the thought struck him that he
could stretch the leather sufficiently
to enable him to record the entire
dish of scandal. At last accounts.
the old Scratch was seen cooked
up behind the screen in the corner
of the church, in q desperate effort
to prevent CONTINUED or "con=
cluded in our next attaching to the
document. He had cut slit in
the two glover corners and one
upper corner, in which he had in
serted his toes, and fingers of one
hand, while with his teeth he tugyed
at the other corner, and with his re-
naming hand continued his writing.
That he had devil of time of it,
all must agree.
Tho average journalist Of this
country to-day is of late in very much
the same predicament as his Satanic
majesty, as related in the story of
Rabelais: For awhile, we attempted
to keep some account of the leading
scandals sent out from Washington,
but from the way the present week
opened out, we have no longer room
nor inclination to follow up the lead,
especially as it is reported that a
batch of Democratic Congressman
will be called upon to tell by what
means they got elected. We had
room to record most of the shortcom-
ings of Republican officials, but if
they go through the Democracy for
all there is il it. the devil may take
it so far as we are concerned. Our
paper is not large enough to more
than make the slightest mention of
their rottenness, in fact and intent.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-20

THE war cloud thickens in Eu-
rope every day and hour, while the
wheat crop Of California. and in
most of the Eastern grain growing
States, was never so promising as
at this time. Should the con-
aict Of arms across the Atlantic,
become as general as threatened
the prospect for better times in the
United States at an early day will
be fattering enough, 1t is cold
blooded sort Of view to take of such
Q sicksning spectacle as a general
European war, but it is the way of
the world, aud perhaps always will
be. 1t is the only way the world
is made to progress. II ever there
was a revolution founded on justice
it is that of the christian provinces
in Turkey. The tyranny Of the
latter Government. and its dead
stand-still every way, are enough
to ju ,tify Russia in wiping out the
last vestige Of Turkish rule in
Europe. But the English Govern
ment is expected to interfere to
prevent it. This is enough to pro-
Epke . saint,
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-20

THE Chinese do not constitute
the entire object of attack on the
part OF the brave San Francisco
hoodlums. A gang committed sew
eral outrages in the vicinity of the
Preside on Sunday. Two men
were beaten cruelty without having
power to resist. A grocery store
keeper on Union street, who refused
to supply them with drink without
pay, was beaten into a state of in
sensibilty by few, while the rest
tppsS everything within reach.
There seems to be little less than a
perpetual state of war going on in
the ;aetropolis of the coast, as for
aging goes hand in hand with fight
ing. When Mayor Bryant gets his
Democratic police force fairly in
hand, the good time will not be
far off about as near as his cleo
ton to the United States Senate.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-20

NHEN General Custer, a week or
two ago, preferred charges of corrup-
ton against General Merrill, we ex-
pressed the opinion that G. was a
long haired fraud, although we knew
nothing about NJ. Clusters display be-
fore the Investigating Committee the
other day, quite confirmed our long,
time belief about him. He will proba
bly, be court-martialed for perjury
He has had disgusting penchant
for rushing into print, and he is now
reaping the reward.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-20

1T is understood that the redemp-
ton Of fractional currency begins
to-day. In another part of to.day's
paper is Secretary Bristow's procla-
nation on that subject. We can
well fancy how pleased those East
ern folks will be at the sight of a
metallic currency once more. And,
by-the-way, the excitement over the
trade dollar on this coast has as good
as subsidized, the money sharps hav-
ing had their day. The trade dollar
is good egg.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-20

THE San Francisco Chronicle has
made such fierce and circumstan-
tial attack on the Mare Island Navy
Yard, and Admiral Rodgers, of Spal-
ding court martial fame, that there
can be no back out. 1t must go on
and prove the truth of its broad as
sertions and statements, or subject
itself to the healthiest sort of libel
suit. In fact the entire Federal Off
cial makeup of California is taken
to task in such savage manner that
the accused are either guilty or else
thew regard the utterances of that
sheet as no SANDER in any case, Pre-
vious to the Napthaly-DeYoung at
fair, The Chronicle was guilty of so
much sensation of a personal charac-
ter that no one could tell when it
did tell the truth, but since the ex-
perience in question it has tried hard
to gain foothold on much more
Identified basis. 1t remains to be
seen what Admiral Rodgers IL Co.
will do about this last action.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-20
CAPT. N. STEARNS.
REAL E9TATE,
General Commission, Business
AND.
COLLECTION OFFICE,
Wells, Fargo & Co.'S Building.
VIRGINIA, NEVADA.
MONEY! MONEY J! MONEY !! !!
To Loan on Stock or Real Estate. From
$500 to SO, 900 on hand.
VIRGINIA, NEVADA.

TO RENT.
House with IL rooms on d street. rent per
month, 1925; house with rooms on Il street,
$50: house with rooms on street, SIS; house
with rooms on F street, $40; house with y
rooms OH the Divide, S25.
TO LEASE.
A lot on street, 15xi5; 10. on G. street, 5Ox
so; lot on street, 4 houses on it, and a lease
for 20 years.
FOR SALE.
A house and lot on North street. price II =
500; a splendid new house, hard finished, will.
with SIX rooms on II street. lot 25x50, cheap
for cash; house and lot on North G street. S.
600; two houses ON lot on street, rent for
SIS per month, s., 400; lodging house with 10
rooms, centrally located ON c street, rent OF
louise $40 per month, $4,000; lodging house on
b street, II rooms, 81 100; lodging house on d
street. rooms, 81 400, liquor saloon on south
q street for sale cheap; boarding mouse on
South street, 90 rooms-house, lot and FUR
niture for sale reasonable: good paying
business for s le> cheap: house and lot on
Main street, Gold Hill, lot 46xS6, 5 600.
Lots bought and sold on Commission. GEN
ERAL EMPLOYMENT AGENCY, Etc.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-20

THE levees on the Mississippi.
opposite Hannibal, Mo-, and
Quincy, Ill, tave broken and
caused an overflow of over 100000
acres of land, destroying an i'm
mense amount of property, and en-,
dangering many lives. On the
lower Mississippi. breaks are still
reported. The affair at Hannibal
renders host of people destitute,
and aid is being proffered from St.
Louis and other places.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-20

THE President has vetoed the bill
reducing the salary of his office to
the old figure. According to the
dispatch, be gives his reasons for it
in a very pointed manner. At all
events, the country will be satisfied
with the veto and salaries generally
if official corruption is but reduced
to nominal instead of such a
widespread condition.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-20

On Tuesday the President sent
10 the Senate the nomination of
John NJ. Csghlan to be United
States Attorney for the District
of California; Gardner G. White,
Postmaster at Carson City, Nevada,
and Charles H. Lord at Tucson,
Arizona.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-20
M. F r. e T T,
Private Boarding & Lodging
MAIN ST. SILVER CITY. NEW.

VXTILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD AS
-" good q table o. can be found In the
State. Rooms are supplied with fine Spring
Mattresses. The public are invited 70 give
No call.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-20
Portland and Wipnemucca Rail.
road.

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 19.-The
Board of Trade of this city, in an an
swer made by the Central Pacific
Railroad. asking upon what terms
they would build the railroad from
Winnemucca to Portland, received
the following proposition: The Cen
trail Pacific Railroad Company asks
exemption from the rate Of county,
municipal and local taxation until
the net earnings of the road exceed
the running expenses and inter-
est on the capital invested, and the
sum of $4,000 annually, being
seven per cent. interest on three mill
ions for thirty years; the State Leg
islature to authorize the city Of
Portland, if the people think proper,
to vote at any time a sum not ex-
ceeding one million dollars to aid
the railroad company in making GER
tain improvements contemplated at
this city, tor which the city may
issue bonds with interest not to eX-
ceed eight per cent.
The Board OF Trade will meet to-
morrow night. 1t is understood the
proposition is to be rejected by a
unanimous vote.
The following officers of the Ore
gon and California Railroad have
been elected; President, II. Villardi
Vice. President, Il. Koehler; Secre-
tary, A. q, Cunningham.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-20

WASHINGTON, April 1S.-United
States District Attorney Van Dyke
telegraphed his resignation on Sat
urday to Senator Sargent, saying
the Office is not worth the abuse
and annoyance to which he is sub
iected. Sargent then obtained the
Presidents leave to offer the place
to Judge Coghlan. and the latter
accepted, preferring to remain in
San Francisco rather than live in
Utah. His nomination as District
Attorney for California will be at
once sent in and vacancy thereby
created in the Chief Justiceship of
Utah.
TOLEDO, April 1S.-The Blade
publishes this afternoon compre-
hensive crop reports from 200
points in Michigan, Indianaan H.
iinois. These indicate that prospects
in wheat in the principal wheat
producing regions in these States
are unusually good. In Southern
and Central Michigan farmers are
sanguine of having better crops
than for years. The same is trne
of the great wheat-tields of West
ern and Northern Illinois and
Northern Missouri. The average
in corn and oats will probably be
greater than ever.
ST. LOUIS. April 1S.-A Globe
Democrat special from Chamois,
Missouri, says Colonel A. A. Spen-
Ger was assassinated in the court
room at Lyon Creek last evening
by stranger giving the name OF
Jeffreys. The only explanation OF
the affair IS that Jeffreys asked
Spencer what he had done with his
wife and children, and Immediately
drew revolver and shot him three
times, twice through the head. JET
freys made no attempt to escape,
but surrendered.
WASHINGTON, April ia spe-
cial from Brownsville says that the
Mexican telegraph is working to
Royasa. A forced loan is in pro-
gress. The American Consul at
Ma.amoras again calls for assist
anoe from the United States. One
hundred prominent Dlaz men have
been assassinated at Zicatecas.
Col. Conuill, with four hundred
cavalry, is at Saltillo. A fight has
taken place near Monterey, with
losses unknown. Both sides are
confident as to the future success.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-20

Any person. so liable, who shall fail to COM
ply with the foregoing requirements will be
subject to severe penalties. Persons or firms
liable to pay any Of the Special Taxes named
above must apply to +. O. LORD. Collector Of
Internal Revenue at Virginia City, New, and
pay for and procure the Special-Tax Stamp or
Stamps they need, prior to May l, 1876, and
without further notice
d. d. PRATT,
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue.
Office Internal Revenue,
Washington, d. g., Feb. ], 1876. WSaw
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-20
STOREY COUNTY HOSPITAL,

Virginia CITY, Nevada, April l., 1876.
We, the patients, at present inmates of the
County Hospital, have noted withsurprise and
regret the unjust warfare being male upon the
management Of this institution. So long rs
this warfare was confined TO attacks upon the
acts OF the worthy Physician in charge direct.
felt sure it must prove unavailing, as in
the end Truth would prevail and his accus-
ers be COMPOUNDED. But we notice, in re-
cent issue of one of our city journals. an ar
ticle inputing improper conduct IN the part
of one of the attaches of the Hospital toward
an unfortunate insane female patient.
Some of us are personally cognizant of the
occurrences that have been SO distorted. and
KNOW the ipsinuatioDs contained in the ar
ticle to be utterly without foundation, while
we all believe that the person referred to as
"a negro man" Mr. Leon Thai, is a faithful,
honest and efficient employe, and entirely
guiltless of the implied charge.
In this connection we take pleasure in hear
ing our hearty testimony to the untiring eff
forts OF this gentleman to assist us; night and
day he Is doing his duty faithfully and cheer
fully; and we feel it due to him to thus attest
our appreciation of his services, and to deny
most emphatically the insinuations contained
III the article alluded to.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-20

NEW YORK, April l7-The float
ing rumor is not true that the Pana-
ma Railroad and Pacific Mail have
settled their differences. The steam,
er Acapulco sailed Saturday with
freight for California, which will be
offered to the Panama Railroad Com
pany for transportation. If the dis
elimination against Pacific Mail
freight which the railroad has pub
licly proclaimed is attempted, the
steamship company will bring suit
against the railroad for heavy dam
ages, as both the charter and general
law of New York governing its in
definitely forbid such
discrimination.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-20

New YORK, April 19.-The last
dispatches between England and
America show that extradition is a
dead letter. The treaty may be con-
sidered abrogated Great Britain's
position is regarded as singular as it
is untenable.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-20
NOTICE.:
U, s. INTERNAL REVENUE
SPECIAL TAKE S /!
May I, 1870. to April 30. 1877.

TUNHE REVISED STATUTES OF THE U.
IL S., Sections 1922, 3, 237. 23S and $3.50.
require every person engaged IN any business.
avocation, or employment which renders him
liable to Special Tax, TO procure and place
conspicuously IN his establishment or place of
business a stamp denoting the payment of
said Special Tax for the Special Tax Year be
ginning May !, 1916. before commencing or
continuing business after April 80, 1876, The
taxes embraced within the provisions of the
Law above anoted are the following, viz
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-20

ST. PETERSBURG. April 1S.-The
Wedimosk says that in consequence
of Servia's continued warlike prep
arations the Porte has resolved to
send his ultimatum to the Servian
Government and then cross the Ser
Wan frontier.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-20

CINCINNATI, April 19.--Five pris-
oners in the Jail at Mansfield, Ohio,
pushed out a window and made their
escape last night. The fifth, after a
few hours of liberty, returned to his
old quarters by crawling back thro'
the window.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-20

CHICAGO. April IS. The election
passed off quietly to-day. A large
vote was polled. The results are
not yet known but the friends OF
decency and reform are uopeful.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 10, 8 p. M.
The racer Katie Pease sold at auc-
ton to-day for $3.50. Judge Nee
was the purchaser,
New-York tribune., 1876-12-04
LITERARY NOTES.

The naners and addresses recently presehteu
80 1IseonoI church Congress in Boston will shortly
w nrtJsbed by t. whitaker No. Bible House. New %
9orh tn m s ineludine matter that could not be pre-
senfed within the limits of the time allowed
THE manuscript of 0ccleve, which has been
discovered to contain copies Of all documents passed un
dr the priyy seal during the period that the poet was
e,, g, ,bot Office Is TO be published at his own cost,
Nv MIR lanes R Scott IL will form most lmposDInV
addition 10 EnglaDds history at the time OF kchaIq ~
many papers never before published. -
Scribper's Monthly has obtained from MISS
lane Stuart OF Newport very entertaining series VI
papers on her father, Gilbert Stuart Ihese papers
appear in Seribner for 1877. and VIII aitoge'hei !"
sart of "aneedote biography" OF the great PORTRAY pd
er Tbev will include description OF ms nelhOu VI
Danfing and so win have ecnloal as WI a.
naper of charming portrait Of Stuart painted Dy MN
self al the age OF about % -,
In addition TO the new serial story, " Ills
Own Master" by ]. T. Trowbridge, 81 NtehotdS wiz
begin after the issue Of the holiday Dumbes the publ
cation of a serial story for girls, called "Patukns
HouseD This story the first chapters Of which will have
two fne Illustrations by Miss Mary a. HailoGK' Is 10y
Hbtfn home adyentUres It's characters said to be
very true 10 e and an of them from the eyer iovSpe
and playful father Of the family down to the DIlgnL 9
Pattikns herself TO be warmly welcomed Dy 'ne
girls Of st. Nicholas.
A new aud important work in poetry may
be expected from Constance FenimOre Woolson' Two
Women" Is poem OF the W al anu "''' "'i'' 4,
Its close But Miss WoOlson then Withheld IL IRON pun"
tcation by the advice OF several eritcs-among Inen
Mr. stedman-to whom she submitted the work. Ihey
sDorov areed that il was volume Of great merit and
hover ana required only tbe polish of years to make u
one o The great American poems Inc pot is blOst SIN
gulaTlv dramatic. The "TwO Women" find themselves
travelling South IN the 20 find their WOunaeu
ioTer and early i'm the tourney they discover that 1t Is
the same one they both in search or THESE cOnCs
become more and more dramatic they approach Tue
honse where the loVeTWhOSe lover they do not Know
lies at the point Of death Ii not certain that the WORK
viii be published AT once but its publication is among
The early possibilities.