Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-12-21

this vicinity.
"Riley" Armstrong had silver
watch stolen from his pocket last
Sunday evening, while taking a
snooze in an armchair in his room.
The holiday vacation of the pub.
lie school in this city began yester-
day evening. The school will remain
closed until Thursday, the second of
January, 1879.
Billy Illness soiree, in the Miners
Ulion Hall, in this city, last Thurs
day evening, was we'll ATTENDED,
quite a number being present from
: Gold Hill and Virginia.
The Office of the London Times Is
now lighted by electricity. Some
time will yet elapse before the Office
of the LYON COUNTY TIMES shall be
lighted up in similar way.
Constable Hill is still confined to
his residence, from the effects of the
injuries received by falling out Of a
buggy, on his return from Swasey's,
in Mason Valley, recently, where he
had been to attach Swasey's team.
McJilton's arastra is crushing gold
ore from the Edison mine, in Della
ware Mining District. About twenty
tons are on hand, and more is coming
in. 1t is average ore, such as is taken
from the vein without any selection.
The Chinaman arrested on suspi-
cion of having stolen Mrs. Schmidt's
gold watch and chain, last Monday,
was discharged from custody after
being kept twenty-four hours. No
evidence duplicating him was OBJ
tanned.
L. L. Crockett, the State Treasurer
elect was in Virginia last Wednesday,
for the purpose of perfecting his
official bond. His bondsmen must
qualify in $500, 900. Half the amount
required was secured in Reno, last
Tuesday.
John F. Alexander, who has just
disposed of his interest in the Reno
Gazette, will be a candidate for Sec
retary of the Senate at the forth
coming session of the Legislature.
A better man cannot DO found for
the place.
w. s. Hobart, one the principal
owners of the Cherokee and Dayton
mines, who came up from San Fran
cisco to see the ore development in
the Cherokee mine, returned to San
Francisco last Tuesday evening. He
was very favorably impressed with
the development.
John Yule, Superintendent of the
Atlantic Consolidated, who was caved
upon aud seriously injured while at
work in that mine two or three weeks
ago, was out on the streets yesterday,
for short time. He says that he
will be able to walk out to the mine
in three or four days.
The Carson Tribune still runs
Doctor Flattery's advertisement
That individual left Virginia about
three weeks ago, leaving several bills
unpaid, and among them one Of the
TIMES for sixty dollars worth of ad.
vertlsing. Unless the Tribune was
paid In advance, it had better take
out his advertisement.
"Cub" Hall was in town yesterday
udVluk COuie W Put hCu ~ WIN w
the Derby, the claim which wal
jumped recently. He said that the
company had expended over $4,000
on that claim, that they had fulfilled
all the legal requirements, and tina
they did not propose to allow any
body to take it away from them.
A pan is being put into Young &
Sirlott's mill. The gold found il
the ore extracted from the Lowe
Comstock, upon which the mill will
be run, is 90 fine that it cannot b.
protitably amalgamated in the bat
terry alone. The mill will be started
up again in few days. Ola miner
are confident that it will be a paying
institution.
Work has been resumed on tn
American Mining Company's claim