Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-12-14

An important SuDJect-The Care
less Handling Of Dangerous
Weapons.
VIRGINIA, December II.
DEAR TIMEs:-It is rather graft
flying, In these days of Mammon-
worship, to see that a mans good
deeds are not altogether overlooked.
The death of the Hon. L. H. Torp has
called forth the regrets of our entire
population, and as soon as his sad
demise became known such remarks
as 1.-THE poor people will miss him
this Winter were frequently heard,
showing that although his charity
was always unostentatiously bestow-
ed, still it was not unknown. He
was beloved by all who knew him.
Bv his untimely taking off the State
loses worthy citizen, the county
faithful and efficient off .ial, society
worthy and upright member, the
poor benefactor, and the wife a
kind and loving husband. Let us
hope that our loss is his gain.
ONE OF rHE DANGERS OF JOURNALISM.
On Monday last Mr.. Plant, one of
the proprietnrs of the Stage, was
made acquainted with the "popder-
Gus hoof" of DR.. b., one of our C
street physicians. Beware how ye
trifle with man of physic.
THE MECHANICS UNION BALL.
With the advent of cold weather
Winter pleasures are again in order,
and the Goddess Terpsichore now
holds high carnival. One of the
pleasantest affairs of this fall was
the ball of the Mechanics Union,
which took place at Cooper's Hall
last night. 1t was largely attended,
the floor being crowded with dancers,
and reflected credit upon its man.
ayers. A gong, such as is used in
our hosting works, was employed in
the forming Of sets. A goodly num-
Der Of spectators filled the gallery,
among them a number of the
settle" of our fashionable society.
Truly, the world moves and fashions
changed Now, where l was born
and raised, those who considered
themselves members of the upper
Ten" were always the acme Of polite
ness and good breeding; but possibly
etiquette has changed since l was q
boy, for last night I saw members -
aye, the very serene de la creme
of Virginia's fashionable society ap.
pear on the floor and dance with hat
and cloak on amid LADIES and GEN
TLEMEN, many of whom were in full
dress. Nor we're last nights excep-
tional cases. l have frequently OBJ
served the same thing when attending
balls of the working classes, and it
can only be ascribed to one of two
causes: gross ignorance of the com
monest rules of good society, or a
willful insult to the persons whose
guests, for the time, they were. And
| would advise the "Lower Twenty"
when giving dances which are likely
to be invaded by fashionables, to put
a notice in conspicuous place bear
ing these words, mo lady or gentle
man permitted on this floor with hat,
cloak, or overcoat on"
NIGHTCAPs-ARET THEY UNHEALTHY2
observe by your last issue that
the above question is now agitating
the Silver City mind, and feeling a
deep interest in everything affecting
my friends at the "South End" OBJ
tanned the following opinions from a
few of the leading physicians of this
city. Having propounded the above
query to DR.. b., he said, "Well. that
depends upon the quality and guam
tity of the article. Now, brandy, if
you can get good brand of it,
makes an excellent 'night-cap,' and
after twenty years. experience, I find
myself in first.rats condition; hence,
conclude it is conducive to health
Now, there's friend j.; he makes a
'night-cap' Of beer. He sleeps too
much and too soundly, is getting
fearfully corpulent, and will probably
die of fatty degeneration of tine
heart; hence, I cannot commend his
choice" Thanking the gentleman
for his information, I next called on
DR.. G. "Well,p said he, ~ don't
- L Al L..