Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-05-25
DAILY
LYON COUNTY TIMES.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF LYON COUNTY.
An Incongruous Mixture.


time connected with The New York
World as its chief editor, has sold
out his interest in that paper to Mr..
Henry Huribut, prominent jour
nalist of the same city. This trans
action furnishes an occasion for ref
ercnce to very Imaginable thing
that occurred to The New York
Times once when the late ii. j. Ray
mond was its principal writer. The
San Francisco Post tells it as fol-
lows.
Hurlbut has for many years been
connected with journalism in New
York, and was for good while the
first lieutenant of the late H. J. Ray
mond, of The Times. Raymnod
placed unbounded confidence in him.
1t was a standing rule of the office
that whatever Mr.. Hurlbut wrote
should take precedence Of any and
everythin. written by all the other
contributors but Mr.. Raymond him.
self, and that it should be printed
exactly as written, without a particle
of alteration. On one occasion dur
ing the Frauco-Austriau war OF 1859,
Mr.. Hurlbut wrote two articles of
about equal length on exactly SINH
lar paper; one upon the "Elbows of
the Minicio," accurately describing a
great battle which had just taken
place, with all its details of cavalry
charge and artillery duel; the other
on "'rhe Sewers of New York; By
some luckless accident these two ar
ticles became SO mixed up that pages
one aud two of the Elbows of the
Minicio" were followed by pages
three and four of "The Sewers of
New York. and so on to pages ten
and twelve. Hurlb2t attended a So
cial dinner that night, aud failed to
see the proof of his Elbows of the
Minicio." When the proot-reader
came to passage describing how
the French cavalry gallantly charged
down the hi |, not upon the Austrian
ranks. but into network OF open
sewers filed with old junk bottles
and other rubbish, aud ike ridicu
lous sentences, he saw that something
was wrong; but what, was one OF
those things mo feIlah could find
OUT He took the proof to the other
editors, but they gravely pointed to
the standing rule of the office, each
tittering in his sleeve at the ludi-
crous position in which the envied
and talented first lieutenant was
placed. The article was printed just
us mixed up; and next morning The
Times was the laughing-Stock of II
hundred thousand readers. Mr..
RAYMOND aud Mr.. Hurlbut quar-
relied. Soon after, Hurlbut went to
another paper, and finally 10 The
World, where he has filled high po-
sition tor many years; for he is a
forcible, sparkling and rapid writer.
A GREcIAN BRIGAND The Pail
Mall Gazette says: The return
of a retired brigand to active pro-
fessional duties is announced from
Greece. Petko. one of the most
eminent robbers of his time, who
had amassed sufficient wealth to
enable him to leal the life OF
peaceful citizen of Athens. has be-
come disgustei with the ennui of
respect ,hillty. AMI has betaken him
self t. Thrace-the scene of his
former exploits he is rowing
and plunlering with great success,
and with all his former activity.
He has lately captured young
woman, for whom he demands a
heavy ransom, and has also an
uounced his intention Of murder
ing some intimate friends, who
have in His opinion mismanaged
some property he left under their
care. His proceedings excite un-
usual interest aud admiration, be-
cause they are conducted from a
pure love of brigsndage and not
from necessity. Petko the other
day nearly lost his life while seal
ing the wall of house'in which
lived q lady whom he much ad-
mired. A servant, seeing Pet
ko ascending the wall, fired at the
venerable thief, who. however, was
happily untouched by the shot.
and. sliding to the ground. took to
his heels and fed with really mar
,yelous activity.