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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-10-23
DISREPUTABLE TRANSAC.
TION.

One Reason Why W. E. F. Deal
should Not Be Elected to Con-
gress.
Some time ago, Lewis & Deal be-
came the attorneys of the North
Ophir Mining Company, and got
hold Of a large quantity of the stock.
In order to float off this stock they
caused to be freely circulated among
their friends points" advising them
to buy it as it would surely ego way
up" Relieving implicitly in the
good faith of these representations
many bought the stock, paying
therefor % per share. No sooner
had the stock been purchased than,
instead of "going way up it went
" way down." and is now quoted at
fifty cents per share. Mr.. Deal, as
the junior member Of the firm, must
not only have been aware Of the
comparative worthlessness Of the
stock which was thus being fioated
of, but must have largely profted by
the operation.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-10-23
THE ATLANTIC CONSOLIDA.
TED.

What Superintendent Yule Pro.
poses to Do At This Promising
Mine.
Superintendent Yule has gone to
work in good earnest at the Atlantic
Complicated mine. A preliminary
examination has convinced him that
a good ledge of paying ore can be
developed at comparatively small ex-
pense, and he is about to set to work
to develop il. His first move, to this
end, will be the enlargement Of the
shaft to two compartments, and the
cleaning out of the drifts leading
there to. He has written to San
Francisco for tho authority to sign
contracts for the timber required,
and as sool az this arrives. he will
put large force Of men at work and
push all prospecting operations with
the vigor which 10 characteristic Of
him.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-10-23
S734 %.

The Yield Of Nine and Half Tons
Of Ore From the New Delaware
District
The first lot of ore brought in from
the Edison mine, in the new Della
ware Mining District, has been
worked at McJiltonh arastra, and
the result is quite satisfactory. A
few pounds less than nine and a
half tons were worked for gold
alone, and the gross yield, notwith-
standing the fact that much OF the
fine gold was lost In hauling the ore,
is $7A 09-of which $3.50 "a was
gold, the remainder being silver.
This il at the rate of nearly $8s per
ton. The bar obtained from the lot
of ore above mentioned, was taken
to the Carson Mint last Monday, by
Delaware Sewell, and purchased by
the Mint authorities, who paid
t18 10 per ounce for the gold, the
assayer ct the Mint stating 1t a. q
tact that 1t was the finest bar OF
gold ever brought there.
This small lot of ore, although 1t
was not picked from the vein, was
nevertheless selected for q test be-
cause Of its evident value, but the
owners Of the Edison mine feel
sanguine that there 10 quite body
of It in their mine besides large
quantity of lower grade ore, of which
they have about 100 tons now on the
dump. They propose to continue
their prospecting work at the mine
for some weeks, in order to thorough
ly test their find, and, in the mean.
time, will probably erect a power
full steam srastra capable Of work.
Ing from six to ten tons day.
Should the ore continue TO show up
satisfactorily, mill will be erected
In the spring to work by the Washoe
process, and thus save the silver con-
tained 10 the ore, as we'll As the gold. .
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-10-23
EVERYBODY Rich AGAIN,
The Extraordinary Rise in Stocks
Putting Calif0rnians ON Their
Feet.

Putting Calif0rnians ON Their
Feet.
From the Philadelphia Timesl
An old army officer OF rank has
just returned from San Francisco,
and says the whole Pacific slope is
crazed over the recent picking up Of
the stock market. Spectators have
waited for years for . stock market,
and q large number of them were
what is known as dead broke.
Stocks continued to decline, divi-
dends stopped, assessments began
and the failures among the heavy
operators were countless. A few of
the richest weathered the storm, but
everybody felt depressed and appre-
hensive. At this time vengeance
was sworn against the bonanza firm
who has ell the money on the coast,
and Mr.. Flood, the head Of the firm,
was afraid to be seen On the streets.
The tremendous rise in the Sierra
Nevada, the Utah, the Justice, Union
Consolidated and some Of the other
Nevada stocks has sent everything
ADJOINING in San Francisco again
and such wild scenes have not &C.
Cured there for many years. Every
body is rich again. Some marvel
GUS stories are told. One man who
had been very rich met with re-
verses and became very poor during
the past six months. His house, his
furniture, his credit, everything was
gone and he was, as usual in such
cases, avoided by everybody. When
the gigantic rise in Sierra Nevada
occurred he happened to think that
he had given his wife thousand
shares of that stock when it was
only worth q dollar a share, and he
never supposed it would be worth
more. He hunted up the despised
stock, sold it for $500 share and
pocketed 100000. Colonel w. F..
Shaffer, of New York, who had hard
lines in San Francisco for the past
three years, being most Of the time
dead broke, was put in by a friend
and is now on his feet again with
1000 in bank, it is said. Chad.
wick, of the firm of Chadwick &
Sykes, who kept Wizards
Hotel in Washington during the
war, who was terribly poor in San
Francisco, was one of the lucky
ones in the rise. Senator Jones,
who, Notwithstanding the reports,
was not worth hundred thousand
dollars when he left Washington
last July, is now again millionaire.
Senator Sharon has also been very
fortunate lately. These are the sto-
ries that come from San Francisco,
and those who have been there and
watched the habits Of the people
and the extraordinary fluctuations
of stocks will not doubt the stories,
large as they are.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-10-23
THE OUTLOOK IN THIS COUN.
TY.
The Republicans Likely to Win
by from Is to 100 Majority.

Dy from 20 U 1VV MuJOTItys
There are 1853 voters registered in
Silver. OF that number about rs
are Democrats. There is therefore
q clear Republican majority, in this
city, of at least 100 votes. Dayton
and Sutro will probably go Demo-
cratic by from 20 to 80 votes each,
and Eureka will probably 60 Repub-
lican by q similar majority, while in
Waubuska and Churchill precincts
there will probably be a ''stand off,"
The county may therefore be reck-
oned on for Republican majority
of from rs to 100 votes,-and that
will probably be the plurality Of the
Republican Legislative ticket. As to
the county ticket, no reliable opinion
can be formed As yet. The Republi-
cans feel assured of getting away
with the Democrats, while the latter
are equally sanguine Of success. The
result OF the vote will doubtless be
equally surprising to both parties.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-10-23
BRIEF MENTION.

Adolph Sutro is expected back
from Europe in few days.
The Atlantic Consolidated mine
has been attached at the instance of
Charles Aitken, Jr., who claims @664.
Over 500 feet Of tho sub drain of
the Sutro Tunnel which is intended
to carry Oh the water Of the Com.
stock mines, has already been ex-
cavated.
Levi Lamb, candidate for the As.
sembly on the Republican ticket,
His Honor Judge Seawell, and John
Lothrop, the present efficient As
SCISSOR, were in town yesterday.
An assessment of ten cents per
share, payable Immediately and de-
linquent on the 18th day of next
month, has been levied on the cap
ital stock Of the Silver Leaf Mining
Company Of this city.
The good returns obtained from
the Edison mine, in Delaware Dis
trict, have excited renewed interest in
that district, and all the old pros.
pectors, for miles around, have tenn
porarily abandoned their claims to
visit it.
A wagon loaded with hay broke
through the sidewalk in front of An
CELLS livery stable, in this city, yes
terday noon, and caused about $25
worth Of damage. The wagon had
to be unloaded before it could be ex-
5icated.
A meeting will be held in Miners
Union Hall, in this city, at half past
Z o'clock tomorrow Thursday
evening, for the purpose of re.
organizing the Cosmopolitan Social
Club. All who wish to join are re-
quested to attend the meeting.
A considerable amount of matter
Gncluding a notice of the various
candidates for precinct Offices on the
Lyon county Republican ticket is
crowded out of this issue. Two COL
umns Of Eastern and one column of
local advertisements are also crowded
out.
Last Saturday, Cable j. Crowley,
the Democratic nominee for the As
sembly from Sutro, stopped in Silver
awhile, on his way to Virginia. He
made very favorable impression
which found expression in the form
Of an opinion that, were he better
known, he would be q hard man to
beat.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-10-23
PRECINCT OFFICERS:
FOR SILVER,
For Constable-HENRY HILL,
FOR DAYTON:

For School Trustees -. A.
SMART, JOSEPH PURSLEY, and
A. ]. BARRETT.
For Justice OF the Peace-D. F.
NORTON.
For CONTEMPORARIES M.
MOTLEY.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-10-23

DERsoNs INDEBTED TO THE UNDER
II signei Will find their bills at the store
of e. w. Gowen, next door to the express
office, Silver City. Mr.. Gowen is authorized
to receipt all bills. All accounts due the
LYON COUNTY TIMEs prior to July !, 1878.
must be settled within thirty days.
ocE-tf FRANK KENYON.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-10-23

GRAND MATINEE SATURDAY
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-10-23
FOR SUTRO:

For School Trustees-WILLIAM
TOBIN, MICHAEL KELLY, and
JOHN BLUETT.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-10-23

The repertoire of plays embraces the fol-
lowing beautiful Society Dramas:
Caste, Our Boys, The New Masdalen.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-10-23
NEW TODAY.

NEW TO-DAY.
STOREY COUNTY
EM0CRATIC TICKET.
For District Judge:
FRANCIS L. AUDE.
For State Senators:
For Assemblymen:
D. A. MoR1ARrY. W. H. THOMPSON,
Z. L COLNON, JAS. DAILY,
H. p. McNEvIN. W. Y. MARYE,
GEORGE GEDGE. W. b. COPELAND,
JOS. R. RYAN, E.BLENNERHASSETT
THEo. PHELPS, g. g. THOMAS.
For Sheriff:
THOMAS E. BURKE.
For County CLERK:
GEORGE W. THATCHER.
For Assessor:
VIII. DICKSON.
For Recorder:
FRED. D. NIoHoL.
For Treasurer:
ALEX. BRIsAoHER.
For District Attorney:
JAMES H. GRAHAM.
For Public Administrator:
WILLARD BITTER.
For Superintendent of Public Schools:
VIII. ASH.
For County Surveyor:
J.E. aIGNoUx.
For County Commissioners,
THOMAS wooLEY MILES FINLEN
JOE JOHN i A. %iiAHANNY tshOrt Term.
For Justice Of the Peace, Township No. l,
Sd and 4th Wards, Virginia:
w.B.RYAN.
For Justice of the Peace, Township No. 2,
LIST and I'd Wards, Virginia:
WILLIAM P. PRATT.
For Justice Of the Peace, Township No. 8,
Gold Hill:
H. FIT zsIMMONs.
For Constable of Township No. /, Sd and 4th
Wards, Virginia:
JERRY sHEEHY.
For Constable OF Township No. 2, LIST and I'd
Wards, Virginia:
DAN DESMOND.
For Constable of Township No. 8, Gold Hill.
ID. DONOVAN.
For School Trustees, Virginia:
JAMES FRANKLIN FIN. CONN
| (Long Term), uong Term}
| J C. MASEL. (Short Terml.
| For School Trustees, Gold Hill:
DIR. HALL. A. A. FRENCH. CIV. BOlsoT
County Central Committee:
BART CALLAHAN, JAMES FRANKLIN,
F. d. PLUNKETT, HUGH KENNEDY
DIR. BERGSTEIN, chairman.
P. ]. dunno VIM. LLOYD,
| lSecretaryI, JAMES SLOAN,
JOHN KELLY VIM. BRANNAN,
(Treasurer), A. ENGLISH,
DAN HARRINGTON, r. E. BEGGS.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-10-23

The Baldwin Theater Company.
This company of first class artists
will open at Piper's tomorrow night,
and appear three nights and at the
Saturday matinee.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-05-14
The Execution Block.

Ofal the objects shown to visitors 10
the Tower Of London, the most impress
sivs, perhaps, are the block and axe
formerly uasd for bsheadiHg of persons
convicted of treason. The block is =
rough mass of wood, about two feet
high, two feet thick and three feet long,
with an excavation in the upper part
to receive the breast of the sufferer
aud q corresponding excavation 90 the
other side for the chin. Tho marks
Of the axe are still plainly visible on
the block, SONS ofthem showing by.
their depth. the needless force OF the
executioner's stroke. The axe is m.
ancient. awkward Instrument. Which
seemed to me, when ] handled il, to
be very i'll adapted to its purpose,
There used to be shown an awful look
ing black mask, which the executioner
wore when he performed his Office, 80
that he should not be Recognized by
the spectators.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-05-14
The Sister.

No household is complete without Q
sister. She gives the finish to the fam
lily. A sisters love, sisters watchful
care can anything be more hallowed
A sisters kindness ss-docs the world
show us anything purer9 Who would
live without sister !? A sister is sort
of guardian angel in the home circle
Her presence condemns vice. She is
the quickener of good resolutions, the
sunshine in the pathway of homo. To
every brother she is light and life. Her
heart is the treasure house Of confidence.
In her he finds a safe adviser, a
charitable, forgiving, tender, though
often severe friend. In her he finds
ready companion. Her sympathy is as
open as the fragrance Of flowers. We
pity brother who has no sister to
love. We feel sorry for the home
which is not euliveued BY a sisters
presence. A sisters Office is noble
and gentle one. 1t is hers to persuade
to virtue, to win to wisdom's ways;
goptly to lead where duty calls, tc
guard the citadel of home with the
slecpless vigilance Of virtue; to gather
graces and strew flowers around tht
home altar.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-05-14
The Black Hnis.

The yield Of gold in the Black Hills
country, according to evidence before.
the Committee on Territories, Of the
House Of Representatives, is enormous,
averaging $1,000, 900 per month.
Valuable silver and coal mines have
been discovered; and also oil Of such q
superior quality that in its natural state
it can be used 10 lubricating. machinery.
The whole region is covered with 6no
timber. Already population Of Is,
900 has settled within its limits.
During the past year %, ,0O0, 900 pounds
Of freight were carried By the Bismarck
route alone to the bills. Two railroads
are soon to be built to the hills, one
from Bismarck to Dead GOOD, and the
other from Cheyenne to the same place.
Califoruians have already invested 49,
900, 900 in the mines, The region is
soon to be organized into Territory.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-05-14
NUMBER ~
The Valley Of Death.

In the northeast corner Of San Ber
nardiuo county, CAL, lying partly il
Inyo county, and, by the newly sur.
veyed line, partly also, in The State oI
Nevada, is a region. parallsled by few
other spots on the face ofthe earth. We
soy the world is instinct with death. A
huge basin, whose rim is the ancient
hills, stricken with the barrenness oi
eternal desolatjon, whose bosom the
blasted waste of the desert-treeless,
shrublcss and waterless. save few bit
ter pools like the lye Of potash water;
surrounded by mountains that tower
thousands of feet above the sea level,
itself lying 1900 feet above the sea. It
is a very "Geheuna"-a place Of death
and bones. Birds do not fly over it.
Animals DO not enter it. Vegetation
cannot exist 10 it. The broad sand ab-
serbs the heat, the bare. mountains re4
feet it, the unclouded sun daily adds
to it. Ninety degrees in the shade (ar-
tidcisl heat, there is no other) means
winter; 13O aud 140 degrees. that
means summer: The hot Dir grows
hotter, wsvers, trembles with heat, until
nature, goaded with madness, can en-
durs no longer, and then the burning
blast ronses itself-rouses in its might;
rouses as an angry blast, with a hoarsc,
ominous roar; swept mile after mile, on
ever on, over the broad reach of the
desert, bearing in its black. whirling
bosom-black as midnight-dust, sand,
alkali and death. Sometimes murky
clouds gather upon the mountains
aqove; then there is . rush-a warning
sigh Of the winds-a low rumbling in
the air; the hills qrive., the earth trem-
bles. and a torrent, half water, half mud,
bounds from the hills, leaps in the des-
ert, pIoughins chasms liEe river beds 10
the loose sand. The clouds scatter. the
sun comes again, the eternal thirst is
not quepched. The raging river was
only dream. In the year 1849 party
Of immigrants entered the basin. Day
after day they toiled on, thirsting,
dying. The pitiless mountain walled
them in, no escape. Ono by one they
dropped and died. A few abandoned
everything, scaled the mountain and es-
capped. The others lie as they fell all
dried to lnummies-no birds even to
devour their flesh, no beasts to prey
upon them. Wagon tires unrusted,
guns bright, untarnished. Such is the
place. Mile after mile silence reigus.
silence land death.-Kinneson, Gazeite
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-05-14

A lover of music writes I would
fain know what music is. Iseek it as
man seeks eternal wisdom Yester.
day evening | walked late 10 the noon
light in the beautiful avenue Of lime
trees on the bank Of the Rhine, and I
heard tapping noise and soft singing.
At the open door of a cottage under the
bloouing lime trees sat ia mother and
her twin babies the one lay onr her
breast, the other 10 cradle, which she
rocked with her foot, keeping time to
her singing. In every germ, then,
when the first trace Of lie begins to:
stir music is the nurse Of the soul It
murmurs in thc::ear, and the child sleeps;
the tones are the companions Of his
dreams !; they are the world in which
no lives. lie has nothing; the babe.
though Graded in its mothers arms, is
alone 10 the spirit /; but tones fad en-:
trance into the half.conscious soul and.
nourish it as the earth nourishes tho
life Of plants.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-05-14
Destroying the Idols.

Nepaul has been swept clean Of gods
aud the temples are apartments to let.
The Prince Rum Bahadur. whose
queen, finding her lovely face dis
figured by smallpox, poisoned herself,
cursed his kingdom, her doctors and the
gods of Nepaul. He had her doctors
flogged, and the nose and right ear of
each cut off. He then drew up heavy
artillery before the gods, and after ac>
cusing them Of having obtained from
him twelve thousand goats several
hundred weight Of sweetmeats, and two
thousand gallons Of milk under false
preteuses (not even 10 return saving
bis wife from Disagreement and death },
he had the guns opened upon them,
and after six hours cannouading, the
deities of Nepaul were all reduced to
fragments, which no horses or men
could put together again.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-05-14
A Mules Wonderful kicking.

Speaking about mules" remarked
sixfooter in Arkansas, as hs cracked
his whip at market, "I've got q mule
at home which knows as much as I do,
and want to hear somebody say I am
half u fool" No one said 80, and he
went on. "I've stood around here aud
heard men blow about kicking mules
till Z se got disgustsd. When you
come down to kicking, 1 want to bet
on my mule. A friend came along aud
took dinner with me the other day, and,
as he SET med little down-hearted, I
took him ou: TO see Thomas Jefferson,
nay champion mule. I was telling the
good man how that mule would Aop his
feet around, and he said he would like
to sec little fun. lie pasesd his whole
life in the South, but had never seen
a mule lay his whole soul into big
time at kicking. Well" he said, after
borrowing some tobacco, 81 took
Thomas ont Of the stable, backed him
up again hill, gin him cuff on the
ear, and we stood back to SEQ the amuse-
ment. 1t was a good place to kick
his durndest, and what dye s'poss he
did! In ten minutes by the watch he
was out of sight. In five more, he
couldn't feol him with q ten-foot pole,
aud-and-" The crowd began 10 yell
and sneer, and the narrator looked
around and asked, docs any body
think sm lyings Would I lie for one
muIe2 Right here under my arm is
pound of tallow candles which are to
light the hole for to go in after Thomas;
and 1 got word not an hour ago that
the hind feet Of mule were sticking
out Of a hill thirty-nine miles as the
bird flies from where my mule went in.
I'm shaky on religion, gentlemen, but
our family never had a liar in it."
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-05-14

DIspRopoaTIoN OF LABoRERs.-A
Man near Pittsburgh, Pa, recently ad-
vertised for book keeper, and within
twenty four hours he had one hundred
and thirteen applicants for the position.
Subsequently he sought a man for his
farm by somo means; and had eight re-
sponses. These figures represent very
fairly tho disproportion of laborers in
the various industrial pursuits. There
are men needed in abundance for agri-
culture and other manual labor, but
when young man can write a pretty
fair hand and balance the days transac-
lions in country store, ho feels above
the farm, the anvil or the bench. This
is all wrong, and is ola piece with the
other inflated notions that have crept
into society.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-05-14

birds wing in front, and slipped her
arm through that other cousin.
Rosamoud,' said Sir Walter Morton,
after they had walked a little wayin
silence, 'the Exhibition closes to-mor-
row.
YES said She, regretfully.
sApd with it closes your work Y
Yes, l wish I could hear of some
new engagement
Morton drew her arm closer in his.
Il know of one, I.osamond, but don't
know whether it would exactly suit
you saeF58e
What is it?'
Il want to engage you, Rosamond-
to be my wife
Mrs. Clifford had looked up ut the
clock half a dozen times, true to her
instinct of always worrying about some
thing. before Rosamond came back.
Child !" she croaked, do you see what
time it is !? Where Is Mr.. WaltersF
"He would not come in. He Is com.
ing to see you Tomorrow, mamma
ITO see me! What for 2
/, MAMMA, he has asked me to marry
him. .ss7 81
He is a most gentIemanly person,
nv DEAR said Mrs. Clifford, smiling
and bridling. Il shall consent with
the greatest pleasure
You like him, then, mamma +
Certainly I do
Then, mamma, may venture to
tell you that he is our cousin. Walter
Morton; tia. shall be the mistress OF
Morton Place, and that you will reign,
10 very truth, iu the halls Of our ances-
tors, you have spoken about so often
And she laughed and cried, both in
one breath, upon the old lady's neck.
BLESS my soul 7 said Mrs. Clifford,
dropping her spectacle case and crack
ing the lense right across.
But she made no objection TO the
'6end in human shape Miss Rosamond
Clifford soon took to herself another
local habitation and name -.