Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-04-09
BRIEF MENTION.

George Cook is having a black
..mithing shop erected on his mine.
Joe Munckton is again confined to
s,;s room. With bad cold, this
time.
There is message at the Western
Union Telegraph office, this city, for
!. Hale. M4
Quite q number Of miners living
in this city have obtained employ.
ment at the Sutro Tunnel.
Miss Ada Powning, who returned
home from school in San Francisco
q few weeks ago, is very i'll.
The County Commissioners only
allow ten per cent. discount on coun-
ty scrip. They entertain the opin-
ion that it should shortly be up to
par.
Mrs. Mack, Of this city, will leave
this evening, for protracted visit tc
Indiana. During her absence. Mr..
Mack will remain here, in charge Of
the household gods.
Isaac Lucia and Joseph Banks
have been appointed Deputy Sher-
ifs for the town of Sutro. The lat
ter is son of General Nathaniel p.
Banks, of Massachusetts.
Tho Board Of County Commission
srs will probably be applied to. at
their next meeting, to create the
Offices Of Justice of the Peace and
Constable of Sutro township.
Bill Eckerman and Sam Mande-
vile are placer mining 10 Railroad
ravine, and making fair wages.
There are many good placers in this
vicinity that would pay equally we'll,
If worked properly.
The Gold Hill agency of the Bank
of California was closed last Mon
day. The reason given for this step
is that there is not sufficient business
in Gold Hill to warrant the managers
in keeping the establishment open.
e. L. Colnon aud John p. Cosgrave,
two Of the talented corps of pencil
showers employed on the Virginia
Chronicle, were in town last Sunday.
They admitted that they had come
down to get sniff OF our moral
atmosphere.
Several carloads Of ore having
already been received, the Trench
mill, in this city, is expected to re-
sumo crushing very shortly, and
those who prophesied that it was
hung up for the season are losing
their reputation for ability to foretell
events.
As there was no insurance on the
Silver City Jail (Which was destroyed
in the big FIRE some weeks ago), that
structure will not be erected I'M
til authority so to do has been OBJ
tanned from the Legislature. In the
meantime the stone cellar of the Bo-
nanza saloon will be used as lock-
up.
A mania for playing checkers pre-
walls in Virginia, and the book.
sellers of that city have telegraphed
oil over creation for supply Of
checker boards which will meet the
demand. There is some talk of
opening school where young men
will be taught the intricscies Of the
game.
The domino ball Of the Cosmpoli.
tan Social Club, which will be given
In the Miners Union Hall, in this
city, this evening, will be attended
by quite a number of persons from
Virginia, Gold Hill and other places,
and will doubtless be very enjoy
able affair. The members Of the
Club, and their partners, will ap-
pear in dominos.
The object Of Frank Sperliug's
recent visit to this city was to make
arrangements for obtaining patents
for the Vulcan aud American mines,
which are located In American ra.
vine, a short distance west Of the
Bacon and Trench mills. As soon
as the patents are obtained Mr.. Sper-
ling will cause work to be prosecuted
with vigor, on both claims.