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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-07-14
DISTINGUISHED PERSONNEL.

Newspaper readers must have been
impressed with the sickly toadyism
which correspondents have manifested
in writing up the personnel OF the
presidential candidates and their
family relations since the nomina-
tons. Such writing must be called
for By maudlin taste on the part of
the public, else judieious journalists
would cot take pains 70 present II.
1t must, however, strike many people
Is . sort of puerility and accidental
humor. Who cares, for instance,
whether Tilden's great grandfather
bull, the Mayflower" or notl We
are told with intended solemnity that
the old gentleman did construct that
historic vessel, and sailed i: across the
Atlantic on the memorable voyage
as chief officer. Tilden ia, as some
Democrats may be glad to know, .
lineal descendant of the great Crom-
we'll. according to veracious cores
pondent who has hulted up the az
chives OF xhe family. He early mani
tested traits that pointed unerringly
to possible greatness in years OF
maturity, rs q matter of course
What great man has not, albeit thoss
exponerts have generally been dis
covered after the greatness has beer
reached. Hendricks came to Us viii
the blood Of William the Conquerol
iu his veins. This pleasing fact de
monstrates in some mysterious ane
foggy so.t Of way his peculiar lit
ness 10 handle the gAvel iu the Sen
ate. Hayes ancestry have not beer
Traced out. 10 clearly, 30 far ~ VI
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-07-14
No sinuht some in

have observed. No doubt some in-
5ustrious writer is this moment en-
gagged in the task. We may expect
soon to have it with all the minute
ness of Tristram Shandy's sutoblog'
raphy. barring, perhaps, in Difference
10 modern taste, the influential ante
natal conditions. Meanwhile Mrs.
HAYES comes liz for good share OF
personal criticism, which must suffice
until the old man can be heard from.
One corresp ,ndent had the sudacity
10 remark in a candid sort of a way
recently that the lady has pesrly
teeth that never came from a dentists,
and that certain raspberry richness
characterized the lips that enclose
them. Her hair was subjected to the
same microscopic criticism, and was
found, of course, to be perfect. But
a groSeling mind, to use the words
o, somewhat eminent contemporary,
naturally inquiries what possible
bearing all these extraneous facts can
have upon the param 'unt needs oil
the country. How is Mrs. Hayes
teeth ar Mr.. Tilaen'S remote ancestry
gong to affect official retormi We
prin, on the first page of this issue
specimen of these personal criticisms.
Every patriot will read it with in-
tered
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-07-14

Orr bereaved countrymen may
find remote consolation III tue fact
that before the late Custer received
his fatal wound he Stayed three In
dians with his sabre and shot three
with his revolver 1t may detract
somewhat from the value of this
solace TO our affection when il is
added that some agency Indians
were told so by some of the hostile
Indians, and the tame Indians told
some post soldiers who conveyed the
information TO yeracious CORES
pendent.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-07-14
An ATTEMPTED Suicide.
fatal.
Jaw Geuld's Parry and the Utah
Southern Railroad.

Colonel Crawford has received dis
patches from Salt Lake Ia the effect
that Jay Gould's party are I" make
a personal survey of the extenion Of
The Utah Southern road towards
Los Angeles. There il now llttle
doubt here in we'll informed circles
that the Utah southern have agreed
To construct four hundred miles OF
road 10 meet the Los Angeles Il In
dependence Al Point III Rocks. This
would leave the latter company less
than $50 miles To build 10 secure
connection with the Union Pacific u,
Ogden.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-07-14
A FALSE IMPRESSION.

THE Comstt OK miaes coatnue IL
SEMI out large amounts OF tte pre-
cious metals, and, s' tar as outsiders
are allowed to know any thing OF the
actual condition of the mines, there
is every prospect Of the bonanIa
uosaIas uul tot some um- YET, though
i mas & ideatly passed IL, prime a"
.ae Goa. Virginia, auu tnat mlhe
seems IL have reaCllca tae coo on MS
It'd Of prosperi,y.- \. \. NJ. ana
L ] all,su.
New York papers judge the Ia
trlnslc value Of the mines OF TINS
regioa by the variable coadl'i"n al
the stock market. 1t Is natural tor
persons not aware 81 the processes
Nuica give stOSAs al up"ara or
downward Tendency according to
circumstances which are occult u
the ordinary vision, 10 So Judge,
such judgment, however, Is mos; de
lusiye. The Consolidated Virginia Is
not on tie ebb tide, although al I'M
arecdented amount of ore has been
attracted from it for the pas! two
years. fine most reliable lniorma-
ion shows that it is Is msins
now rs ever before. Many people al
distance and some here suppose
that because five hundred tons a day
are being taken out that tue end OF
the bonanza must be close at hand.
The silver mines Of old, which were
practically inexhaus,ihle, they say,
were worked upon plan calculated
to make them last. Now, Instead OF
bringing up the ore In rawhide
baskets and doing all the under
IT uad work in slow-saing way,
We have machinery and various APP
paaaces tina, accomplish as much IN
year SIS formerly was done in ten
This, people say, makes the eXhaus
ton of any body of ore a matter o.
but few years time at farthest
They do not stop TO consider, evi
IDENTIFY, that the forces which formed
an ore body of any given size Nigh
also form one of twice that size
Future time may show that the DO
nanza Is greater in extent than any
one now imagines.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-07-14
AMERICAN ORANG EMEN.

TUE annual occasion for parade
with that senseless organization the
Orang ,men occusred on Wednesday,
and passed If quietly excep, in one
instance, That MAS in Philadelphia.
and resulted in the fatal wnundiag
y; one # the society and an antago-
nisuc Cat Ioiic. 1t is too bad
that the fight was not more
general and did not result in
more destruction of tue bitter
fanatics OF both sides. Ii would b
good radiance if flsht we're In ensur
something like the familiar feline
contest of kilkenney. TIL So Orange
men have no reason whatever Tor
their exis,eace. Even in Ireland.
where the organization was first ill.,
stituted, none but the lower classes
now belong to it. II was quite popu-
lar at one time. aud included the
Protestant aristncraey of the whole
British Empire. Finally the afro
cities and intolerance of the Orange
men beganto CRATE against growing
civilization, and from abou, 1885 the
| as nciatioa has had downward ten
d ncv. 1t is ilficu Ito imagine any
excuse for an anti-Catholic demnu-
| stration in this country. where all re-
ligions or no religion is recognized
the same 10y the government. 1t
NIGH, be good thing 10 have law
forbidding religious demonstrations
Of any kind, as contrary to the spirit
of our ins,i utIons aud as fostering an
unwholesoue hatred based upon that
which, according 10 Washi g,on, no
man can be held resp 'nsible to any
other man. Those citizens Of foreign
birth who like to associate the green
flag with our own on parades or who
mix the yellow with our national
colors are not perhaps aware that
they do very Inconsistent thing
When foreigners become citizens oi
this country they ought IN set aside
the rejudices Of their youth So far
as making a public display of them
is concerned, At least 0rangemcn
and Fenians eau scarcely be good
reliable American citizens.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-07-14

Aud In accordance with law aud Al order 81
the Board Il trustees. msd- aa thu twelfth
lith day Of Juas. 1915. 80 many shares OF each
parcel Of said stork ~ may be nse- issAry. will
be sold At uabh saetion. NJ rhe once OF the
COMPANY. Rom |, Bank Of csiiforaaA build.
ine, Taylor street vir4tnis City, Nevada. ON
gust. lsIs. nj one o'clock =. u If said day
y pay said delinquent assessment th~re.s IN
together with cests OF advertising and ex.
pensns of the saie.
y C. LORD. Secretary.
osice-koom No. I. Bank OF California Build.
Ing. Taylor stzves. Virginia City. Nevada.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-07-14

A ptous FAMILY ,--of Gov. HsSes
DIR. Tetn says in The Northern "or
der: .ui> wife. whom we knew IN
her uirihood as Lucy Webo, WAS e'u-
Gated at the Wesleyan Fetnaie '"'-
lere at Cincinnati, aud is consistent
member OF the Methodist Church !;
and he is himself regular attendant
upon its services. There Is one 'act
which we cannot forbear 10 state.
Though not professor Of re'ision, so
iar as we know, he has always main
tanned the beautiful habit Of reauing
the scriptures night and morning IN
his family: and after the chapter Is
read they all kueel down anu repeat
the Lords Prayer, as if they bei,e' ed
in Gods providence and goodness
for guidance and protection. Shouiu
he and his estimsble vile have the
fortune of taking possession OF the
White House. wesre morally certsin
that each day will be opened ano
closed in the same manner.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-07-14
GRANTS ACTION.

President Grants action in brand
ishing his official sword of dism'ssa
among the component atoms OF ms
Cabinet must strike Republicans as
singular. While the opposing party
are msking the most of the resigna.
ton of Bristow and the dismissal OF
Yaryan, the President is adding 'uel
70 their flsmes, and is trying, II
seems, to RS. his own party as much
a possri,le on the defensive. Those
who are leaving the service OF the
government are, according to all that
has been made public of them, men
of spo,less official character, and 1t is
20 be regretted that at this particular
time their departure should occur
For whether there be good cause or
NO, for their removal, the Democratic
nress will seize hold OF the occasion
,c poipt out that honest men are no
longer wanted at the Capitol. The
New York Sud has made great ado
alb MT the removal Of Yaryan ana has
illuminated all his good acts OF Oh
ice with column editorials. 1t VIII
appear very readily to those who try
TO have it so that there Is too mueh
Granrsm at Washington. Within
an unprecedented short time the
heads of the Treasury Department, OF
the Postofice Department OF the In
ternal Revenue Department ana an
efficient special agent OF the latter
branch aavc got their walking papers
This looks bad, aud shoulders upon
the friends of Gov. Hayes the re-
sponsinility and duty of explaining
without delay the action OF the head
of the Republican party in the mat
ter. In sivance of any explanation
It is haz rdous to conjecture an ade-
auate cause FIR the action OF the
President, but there is a genera! feei-
ing that GRAFT has had about nm as
advisers during the past few years
the wrong sort of men, and has en-
deavured to make the administration
PERSONAL one. He is not easy IN
the presence of men Of culture, and
has sought the society OF those whom
a presiden. should rather shun. In
this respec. he presents marked
contrast to Lincoln. VINO was always
eager 10 have about him the best
mind. in the land. Lincoln was a
studen.-not student of books, but
of high character and current things
while Grant is INCLINED to be
gentleman OF leisure and remote
follower of Epicurus. Grant has
been plain and easily understood up
to q recent time. Since then his
actions are somewha, mysterious.
His conduct At this particular ;u-e-
ture is perplexing. 1t may be all
cleared up in the course of time, but
delay is dangerous. Any one who
SAYS that the coming Presidential
contest will not be close one says
what he does not believe or believes
amiss, And anyone who does not
see in recent events at Washington
direct aid to the cause Of Tilden is
blind TO consequences. We hope
Grant will not Phoenix Us in the
closing months of his official life.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-07-14

VIRGINIA CITY COAL COMPANY. -
Location II prioeipai place II business.
Vsrgiuis city, Nevada. Il location II works,
FL Dorado Canyon. Lyon county. Nevada. -
Notice-rhere are d iinqaepi upsn the fol.
lowing d-scribysi st'Atk. til account of ASSESS.
inert No. III levied ON the twelfth tl2thl day
o iaae. u 1870 the several amounts set OPP
posi'e the names OF the respective share,
holders, as follows
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-07-14

THR Carson Appeal remarks upon
the forced closing Of the Caucasian
laundry in Virginia and says that the
reason must have been because the
institution was out of soyp.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-07-14
INFORMATION WANTED IL. W

INFORMATION WANTED II. W.
Benson, OF Boston. wants II know
where his brother, John Brown Ben
son, is. whom he has net seen for
these fifteen years He has reason to
believe that the stray one is in this
country. Maybe he Is. There are II
good many here who seem To be
astrAy
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-07-14
LATEST DISPATCHES.
rSpecsol to The Lyon County Times
A Poisoned Negro.

/ A Poisoned Negro.
SAN FRAScIsco. July l3.-Abel
S,esrns. a colored man. was found
Mt a house No. 2l9 Nina street,
about 2 O'Clock A. NJ. in almost a
diving condition from the effects OF
poison, supposed to have been adj
m,nistered by u young coloied wo,
man in whose company he had
passed the evening, but whose name
and residence he refuses to dis
close. He now lies in very pre-
carious condition. He had been
employed ut the Palace Hotel.
The Colorado Bridge.
1t 10 stated on the authority OF A.
n. Towne, General Superintendent
of the Central Pacific, that the con-
tract has been let for the construct on
of the great bridge Of the Southern
Pacific Railroad over the Colorado
river at Fort Yuma.
The Work Of Hoodlums.
Ernest Brendel, German en-
ployeJ as lamplighter at the
Mission. while on duty last Saturday
evening was annoyed by gang of
hooalums, which resulted IN the
horse he rode taking fright and I'M
seating him. One of Brendel's feet
got entangled in the siirrup and he
was dragged ON the ground for about
half a block. He died the following
day from the injuries received.
An Attempted Suicide.
Los ANGELES, July lS.-An oil
miner, named John Miller, who was
brought here from Lyons station last
night for surgical assistance. tried to
kill himself with ride, but the hul-
let lodged in his head, entering the
right ear. H is now in a precarious
condition, but the shot may not prove
fatal
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-07-14

GEN. GEO. A. CUSTER was thirty
six years of age. He Was during tn.
war the youngest officer of distiac-
ton in the whole army, being a
Major General OF volunteers at TWEEN
ty-three. His actual rank when
killed was Colonel. and he com
manded the Second cavalry.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-07-14

THE chances are now tnat the i'm
parchment trial will be finished
in time for the adjournment Of Con-
gress ut the end of next week.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-07-14
The NEVADA PATRIor.-we hs

The NEVADA PATRIOT have
received the initial number OF the
paper bearing the above heading. II
is printed in Carson, and il edited by
the Rev. Geo. b. Allen. II is to BE-
devoted to all tie interests that any
paper shau!d take cognizsnce Of. II
is sweekly. aud has four pages. The
number before Us Is we'll tillei with
reaaiag mater.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-07-14

The revolution at Cuzcn, Peru, has
been suppressed with the MSS II thEre
hundred lives.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-07-14

ASSESSMENT LEvIEp.-The utsh
Mining Company has levied an as
sessment of 81 per share, delinquent
August 10th.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-07-14
: TIE /!

All persons Indebted to Louis
Goldstonc Il Co. are respect
fully invited IL call and set
tie, AS the accounts of the old
firm must be closed up at
once.
FRANK SPERLING.
tsuccessor b. L. 6oiassons 4 Col
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-07-14
RRooSs GoLps SILVER MINING CON

ofscs--R l. No. ass Gallo street.
San Francisco. California.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-07-14

nuRIN0 NY ABSENCE IN THE EAST.
QINr. l.. oodfr-y 10 duly authorised ~
transact business In NV nAns
J. u. SHAW.
psvsos. New. suss &. ises.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-05-05
The One-RaiI System for Railways
and Canals.

The knotty problem of cheap trans
portation, as well as the vexpd question
of double tracks in narrow places, is like
" to have a practical solution should
the new one-rail system, which is said
to he working successfully in France,
where it originated, be adopted in this
country. The track is line of light
rails spiked to the centre of light ties,
with two bands of macadam or longitu-
dinal planks, laid on the ground paral-
lei with the rail. A road of this char
acter is claimed to possess the advantage
of costing 81 900 less per mile to con
struct than the narrow-gauge now so
popular, besides allowing trains to turn
very sharp curves as easily as on
straight line, the resistance of the cars
being four-fifths of what it is on the
narrow-gauge track with two rails. The
engines are furnished with steal cog
wheels, an improvement which is said TO
allow them to draw heavy loads, at
small speed, in all kinds of weather,
and more than narrow guage engine
of double weight could do. They are
bnilt with or without cog-wheels, and
are far superior in power to the ordina-
ry locomotive. Their driving wheels
have rims from eight inches to one foot
wide, surrounded by band of india
rubber The locomotives and cars have
two center wheels, one in front, ono be
hind, which are doubie fanged, and run
on the center rail, guiding the train and
supporting the whole weight of the
cars. The side wheels, one each side,
merely maintain the equilibrium and
hardly touch the macadam or wood on
which the driving wheels run This
system is indorsed by the French Gov
ernment, the inventor having the right
to build several hundred miles of cheap
railroads as feeders to main lines, also
the concession of the transportation for
| fifty years on the Canal de Bonrgogne.
Here the track is laid npon the towpath.
and with a small locomotive, weighing
| four tons, at three miles an hour, boat
continuing two hundred tons of cargo
can be drawn. This system il said to
be preferable to the screw steamer for
towing, because there is no less of pow
er due to the slip" of the screw, which
is abont forty-nine per cent. on an aver
age. A tank locomotive of this system,
weighing S.3 tons, will haul at fonr
miles an hour six hundred tons of car
go, requiring only sixty horse power,
while a screw steamer would take eigh-
| ty-four horse power. If the new one
rail system will do what the inventor
claims, canal and railway transportation
bids fair TO be revolutionized, and new
era in railway bnilding, opening mp
hitherto inaccessible places, will be in.
( augurated.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-05-05
An ExcOmmunieated Editor.

The editor Of the Schell Rock News,
in this State, has just encountered
storm Of wrath from the community
because be published the advertisement
Of brewery. lie felt awfnlly when
the cnormity Of his ofIense was cHplain-
ID to him, and thought he never could
he ~ wicked again. Then be- went O., 90
fair for the benefit OF Lldtp-' ] iutnr
Mission S"cictv. and 81 Unnnn charged
him 50 80 for % piu-,u-hi"u madr out
piece OF pi-ir!uuri vifb reA o Hurl
sewed over it, ard sweet luti, giH
stuck - bnd aui a couple uf e.rauium
leaves in hi Lu:ou.Irlr unt haieed
him - aud Be- lot S : 15 -1mhliug in
the grab lag. au" -uLI - - buchiug
against the cake Hitn lhc myihicai ring,
which nobody ev,r lind-, sIrpu-, tn be
concealed ~ il, asl be- droplcd 50 in
rattle for au afghan, and hc wis e,,uipril-
ed to take the brewery "ad again fpr
three weeks, in order to get l,real for his
family. And hc docsnt feel half -o
badly about it aa he did -- Burlington
IIaWkpyP
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-05-05
AnecdOte of Major Andre.

A friend in Monticello, Jones County
Iowa, contributes the following: This
being Centennial year, | thought TO con
tribute TO the Drawer a little incident of
the lang syne, of New York, intend.d
for a joke, though a very tragic one.
just above the terminus of Twenty
eighth Street, forty years ago, was
kipp's Point, on the East River, in the
rear of which ran CornwalliS' trenches.
in which, as a boy, ] ished many a year,
Fronting this stood the old stone Kipp
of lrving's' Knick erbocker' On the ga
bic end OF this house was face carved
in stone, end underneath it the iron fig
ures, 1879. When the British held New
York, Major Andre was frequent visi-
tor to this Kipp mansion, and on very
intimate and friendly terms with the
family. especially with a young lady,
Miss Polly Kipp. When about to leave
for West Point, he called to bid good by.
and on parting with Polly, shook hands,
exclaiming, Come. now Polly. we are
old friends; kiss me good by She, in
half-ioking way, repnlzed him, exclaim
ing, oh, yon be hangedr' and he left.
In 1887 one of the sons Of the Kipp fam.
lily (about twenty y-six years old told me
that he had this story from his aunt
Polly's own lips, and that -he was deep
ly saddened when, on hearing of Andres
fate shortly afterward, she recalled her
spoken in jest, oh, yon be hangedr -
[ Editors Drawer, in Harper's Magazine
for Nav.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-05-05
The Greatest Tootlache Ever Known.

If ever any of you should have a
toothachr, my poor children. and It's
very likely that you will. just look into
the brook. or any other mirror, with
vonr tear dimmed ewes. and notice how
small l. the little white tormentnr that
Is causing so much pain. Then. by way
of comfort, ] want You to reflect how
mnch worse it would he if this tiny
white thing were an elephants great
tusk. with toothache all through it.
Perhaps you will say that elephants
can't have toothache? Then listen to
the sad story of Chunee, the elephant Of
Exeter Change.
At Exeter Change. in the great city Of
London. there was, many years ago, a
menagerie in the second story of a
building. Here the elephat. Chunee by
name,-a very quiet, well trained beast
was confn-d in cage, under which
the floor had been strengthened to sup
port his weight. Chunee never came
ont. but seemed very happy, for all that
Suddenly he became ravIng mad, and
screamed and trumpeted, and endeavor-
ed vigorously to tear away the iron bars
of his cage
Now, if he had succeeded. in getting
out upon the floor, Mr.. Chunee wonId
have Immediately dropped through into
an apnthecary shop below. If lie had
fallen into the scales, his exact weight
might have been ascertained, after
fashion; but, in other respects. mad
elephant in a drug store w0nld have
been far worse than bnll in a china
shop. IF he had been sane, he might
have had a nice time, eating the liquor
ice and cough-lozenges and sugar-coated
pills and candy; but As he wasn't sane,
the accident was not to be desired
Well, Chunee grew more and more
wild and dangerous, until, at last, the
Beef eaters" who are the keepers of
the Tower of London, were called upon
to destroy the poor beast. They dis
SIAhi SFt many DhElH IIAblli lIICiT Oltl-li-l-
ionrd muskets into his body, bnt loss of
blood seemed 10 increase his fury, and
not lessen his strength. There were no
rife teams IN those days, TO reach hi<
brain with single shot, SO a piece of
artillery was actually brought up, and
poor Chunee, obeying his Keepers vrice
even in his rage, kneeled down and was
shot TO death with cannon ball
Then the surgeons discovered that the
elephant had been suffering from the
greatest toothache ever known His
tusk. preserved in the warehouse of the
East India Company, shows this.
Now just think of what an awful
thing six feet of toothache must have
been. and pity poor Chunee!-["Jack-i in
the Pulpit" st. Nicholas for May.