Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-10-09
BRIEF MENTION.

Adoiph 6utro is in Europe, and il
not expected homo before the Goth of
October.
A very gossipy letter from our
6utro reporter il crowded out Of
this issue.
Judge Strother, Superintendent of
the Baltimore, ETC., left for San Fran
cisco last evening, to be absent about
two weeks. E Efv rG
The trees and shrubbery along the
Carson river and in the parks and
lawns throughout the county are
taking on the sere and yellow leaf.
John Yule, the new Superlntend-
ent of the Atlantic Consolidated, ar
rived in town last Monday. Work
will be started up at the mine in a
day or two, at furthest.
The domicile of Peter Savage,
Master Mechanic of the Sutro Tunnel
Company, was made joyous, few
days since, by the appearance of a
little stranger Of the male gender.
N. Fenlon, of sutro, is seriously
i'll, and is not expected to recover.
The physicians declare that he Is
suffering from an attack of genuine
typhus, but the Sutroites refuse to be-
ieve the medicos.
A fight occurred in front of the
Union Hotel, Dayton, last Saturday
evening, between man from the
Sutro tunnel and a stranger, which
resulted in the severe whipping of
the Sutro man. Cause: Dayton
whisky.
Charley Quintrell, who broke his
arm while vaulting over q fence, in
in this city, a few weeks ago, but
had recovered from that mishap,
broke the same arm again, couple
of days ago, while wrestling with a
playmate.
80 far this year but ITO voters
have registered in Silver. From
present appearances there will not be
to exceed 800 votes polled in Silver,
200 in Dayton, and 200 more in the
balance of the county-or total of
700 votes.
Mrs. Shepherd, wife of the Super
intendent of the Utah mine, returned
last Sunday from a six months trip
to California and Oregon. This was
her hrst absence from home since
her marriage to Mr.. Shepherd, five
years ago.
Thomas Wogan complains that
some of the boys around town have
stolen some Of his wheelbarrow
heads to make wagons, and he wants
the parents of those boys to see that
the stolen articles are returned, or he
will prosecute the thieves according
to law. He says that the wheelbar-
rows cost him SIS apiece.
Quite q large number Of home
stead entries have been made in
Waubuska precinct since the subject
of building railroad in that direc-
ton has been agitated. There are
many good sites still left, but in
tending settlers should not longer
delay in making locations lest all the
desirable land be taken up.
The buses and stages running be-
tween this city and Virginia gener-
ally carry full load, and 1t Is not
uncommon to see as many as fifteen
persons on bus at one time. This is
quite a change from two weeks ago,
when Candy, the driver, used to
stop in front Of the TINES Office with
his empty bus, and invite one of the
staff to ride up with him, just for
company's sake. ef
County Commissioner Burrier was
ia town yesterday. He says that the
crops on the ranches in the vicinity
of Fort Churchill and the Big Bend
are good enough this year, but there
is little or no demand for their pro-
ducts. Hay, for instance, of which
there are about 1900 tons on hand.
costs about SIS to SIC a ton in Vir-
ginia, and only sells for SIC to SIS.
The ranchers will therefore be COM
PEELED to hold it until an increased