Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-08-03
BRIEF MENTION.

Joe Munckton is again confined to
his bed by a severe illness.
Some Of the river mills are clean
ing up, preparatory to shutting down
The Board of County Commission
ers will meet at the Courthouse, in
Dayton, at II o'clock on Monday
morning.
The fancy drinks prepared at the
Sacramento saloon, corner of Union
and D streets, Virginia, cannot be
.equaled in the State. !"
Deputy Constable Booher came
down from Virginia, last Thursday
evening, to search for some stolen
bullion. His search was fruitless.
Judge Kirkpatrick, of Virginia
City, is said to be the most available
candidate for the United States Sen.
atorship in the Democratic ranks.
Mr.. Casebeer, Principal of the
Dayton Public School, has returned
from Lake Tahoe. He speaks enthu.
siastically Of his enjoyment on the
trip.
The time warrants of the members
of the Grand Jury of this county
have been made out, and are ready
in the Office of the County Clerk, al
Dayton.
The Mechanics Union of Storey
county have refused to admit type.
settlers to membership. The anti
mony lifters have union of their
own, but they wanted to join the
mechanics.
The mill formerly known as the
Sherman, was started up on Bech-
tel ore, last Monday. 1t has been
re-christened since it was taken out
to Bodie, and is now known as the
Bechtel mill.
Patterson, the individual against
whom the Grand Jury found true
bill for grand larceny, last Wednes-
day, was arraigned before Judge
Seawell on Thursday morning, and
pleaded not guilty, when his trial was
set for the 2Sth instant.
A. F. Grimmer, of the Sacramento
saloon, in Virginia, was in Silver on
Wednesday, securing around for a
drink of the Boys Own punch. He
said it was hot as blazes on the upper
Comstock, and he thought he would
como down here to cool of.
A three year-old son of Thomas
Vincent, of Virginia City, was ope-
rated on, last Wednesday afternoon,
and stone go inches in circumfer-
ence was removed from his bladder
Four sawboncs were at work on him
at once. The boy died, of course.
William B. Ryan, the restaurant
keeper Of South G street, Virginia,
has filed petition in bankruptcy,
The first meeting of his creditors is
Get for the 18th instant, before Judge
Strother, in his Office in the Odd
Fellows building, in Virginia City
There was pleasant gathering at
the house of District Attorney Keith,
IN Dayton, last Tuesday evening, on
the occasion of the anniversary OF
his birth. The affair was an utter
surprise to him. Mr.. Keith does not
want his age known. His intimate
friends accuse him of having seen
45 Summers.
There has no milling ore been
found as yet in the Sierra Nevada
mine, but the indications point to
the proximity of an ore body. Elk
perts who have visited it generally
agree with the opinion expressed by
THE TrMEs, a couple of weeks ago
that the find was the north end OF
the Ophir bonanza.
At recent meeting of the Board
of School Trustees of Virginia CITY
a reduction of ten per cent. on all
teachers salaries was agreed upon
The reduction will effect saving OF
$500 per month, or $4,000 for the ten
months Of the school year. This is
quite an item in a city of scarcely
5000 inhabitants.
SETS HIMSELF RIGHT.
Colonel Gillette Says He Did Not