Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1877-09-19
OFFICIAL PAPER OF LYON COUNTY.
Published every Wednesday and Saturday
morning, BY
FRANK KENYON.
TERMS:
ALL SORTS OF ITEMS.

Busy shipping places are full of
craft.
Market gardners are taxed, just for
greens.
The road overseers are mending
their ways.
Coal oil comes near being the fat
of the land.
In court etiquette a prisoner comes
before a judge.
Oyster dealers first set the fashion
:of fall openings.
Blind men can find fish market
by the sense of smell.
The bell-punch is failure. Only
milk punch is left us.
A heavy St. Louis lard dealer has
slipped into bankruptcy.
Salt tears were shed at Salt Lake
over the death of Brigham.
A man born to command is differ
ent from one made to order.
New York has ten cent cab line,
and poor man can ride all the dime.
In the South worms have not been
able to eat the price of cotton up
much.
Chief Joseph goes out to fight;
Looking Glass remains in camp to
reflect.
The Indians have gone to Wind
River for the purpose of rasing n
breeze.
Information comes of a most san
culinary battle in Bulgaria, at Sock
ettoembad.
The Russians can never whip the
Turks by telegraph until they take
Constantinople.
If any man attempts to haul down
down another Charley Ross, shoot
him on the spot.
The hotel keepers OF Washington
are always in favor of an extra ses-
sion of Congress.
The barkeepers propose holding a
convention for the settlement of
mixed questions.
Lawyers talk of malice afore-
thought, as if u person could be ma
licious before he thinks.
A lady's hat, cut in ivory, is on ex-
hibition in Paris. Now ivory other
lady will be wanting one.
Lame Deer is reported on the war
path. If he is very lame Howard
ought to be able to catch him.
Correspondents have mixed the
Turks and Russians so badly that
none can tell which side gains VIC
tory.
Saratoga is very eely place dur
ing the presence of Mayor Ely of
New York and Mayor Ely of Nor
walk.
A Mr.. Gore is editor of Florida
paper. Those who thirst for Gore
can call with new poetry during office
hours.
Men with big feet are generally
honest. When they attempt cooked
ness 1t is not easy to cover up their
tracks.
Spots on the sun may interest sci
entlfic men, but there is nothing like
spots on n circus horse for popular
amusement.
We should call for the copper cents
of our fathers. They enable one to
make heavy contributions for church
or charity.
Moral support of the Turks has
been withdrawn. Prayers for their
victory has been forbidden in the
churches Of Hungary.
1t has been remarked that the Rus
sian newspapers are remarkably
truthful. Theirs is not q language
in which lying is easy.
An essay has been written on
."How to order dinner for six per-
sons" An essay to pay for the din
ner is the most difficult.
Brigham Young started in life with
one wife and no fortune. By indus
try and economy he laid up two or
three millions and nineteen wives.
Miss Corson, New York philan-
thropist, knows how to feed six per-
sons on fifteen cents. Five of them
must 20 out without getting drink.
If a man wanted to saw his hand
Oft lie would naturally use hand
saw; but the operation is generally
performed in circular manner by a