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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-07-26
Young Men

VXyHo NAY BE SUFFERING FROM THH
w effects of youthful follies or indis-
cretion, will do well 70 avail themselves Of
this, the greatest boon ever laid at the altax
Of suffering humanity. DH. ePINNEY WiA
guarantee to forfeit $500 for every case Of
seminal weakness or private disease for every
kind Of character which he undertakes ard
fails to cure.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-07-26
County Auditor and Treasurer's
Report.

6STATEMENT OF THE COUNTY AUDI.
- tor and Treasurer Of Lyon County, Neva-
ds, to the County Commissioners Of said
county, for the quarter ending June 80.
A. D. 1879. inclusive.
April l.. 1879, cash in
Treasury, in funds. .as per
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-07-26

fund .......... go. $s.sSs g.
Bills allowed. State and
County fund tpaidl $50. $40 4
Respectfully submitted.
JOHN LOTHROP, County Auditor.
]. d. SIMs. County Treasurer.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-07-26
RAILROAD TIMETABLE.
UxaA1Ns or THE Y. = :. RAILROAD

UVaAfNs or THE Y. a r. RAILROAD
u Rul san = follows:
Fer Sen FFNmeiseo--EvEy night =.
cept Saturdays aeaxe Virginia at or. n; Gold
Hill, $40; Mound HOUSE. 6A6; Carson. -
stesmboat, e2f: Reno. OS; Truckes. ~; eee-
ramento. 606 4. n: Vallejo $40, arriving -
Gan Franeisco st l1:le. ~
For Carson and Reno-Lpaye WI.
ginis st saS 4. n. and srrtvsan Carson sts;sO.
For Carson tAfterDooas Leave Raestae
ct 2:A5 r. \.
Time of Arrival In vlr0tntas.
Trains leave Carson at l7iSAnd5 r. n, ~
arrive In Virginia q ~ and &75 :. y.
Tho Californis express reaches Carson d sAg
4. H., and arrives In Virginia at 1910 4. =. q
The Phoenix herald., 1879-10-24
ANOTHER LIE NAILED.

The last number of the Salt River HERALD announces its change from a morning to an evening paper. winch will enable it to give the A5izona,7's dispatches to its readers several hours sooner than it could have done as morning paper. The thrift of the HERALD is remarkable; it will never impoverish its management by pay ing for news.
 The falsity of the charges contained in the above editorial note, clipped from Wednesdays Arizonan, will be readily detected by an examination of copy of that days HERALD, to- gether with 2 perusal of the follow ing notice, also clipped from the ArizOnGa of tAe same date:
 The Military Telegraph line be tween this place and Maricopa is down, and we are compelled to go to press without the Associated Press re- port Should the line get in working order during the day the despatches received, if important, will be issued to the readers of the Apiz0nan in the form of an extra.
 In the first paragraph the charge is made that the sole reason of the HER AIDS change from morning to an evening newspaper was that it might more readily appropriate and publish, the fresh telegraphic news con- tained in the Ariz0nan; in the sec ond the ArizOndn gives as its excuse for appearing without a line of telegraphic matter, the fact of the telegraph line being down be- tween Prescott and Maricopa, as a natural consequence Wednesdays HERALD would-had It depended on the -Arizoada for telegraphic news have been entirely devoid of such matter, butt the contrary, it contain ed the usual amount of fresh news by telegraph. Is the nntruthfulness of the charge susceptible of better proof
The Phoenix herald., 1879-10-24
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS.

Wheat sold at Colusa last week at
 SITS.
 Wheat is worth 1 9O@1 95 in Port land, Oregon.
 Vigilance Committee is in process ot formation in Nevada City.
 Twentv-scven thousand sheep were sheared on the Alamitos and Cerritos ranches, Los Angeles county, this year.
 Wool sold in Ukiah last Saturday at from 20 to 201a cents. One or two lots bought 21 cents.
 The shipment of wool from Fresno this season will exceed any previous | year by large percentage.
 Seven ships arc lying at the south Vallejo grain wharves chartered to carry grain to Cork and Liverpool.
 Three hundred bales of extra wool were sold in Cloverdale. Souoma county, this week, at 25a1c.
 The fSuit growers of Cucamonga, San Bernardino county, are now get ting $15 q ton for their grapes at the wine press, $10 ton for peaches, to be manufactured into peach brandy.
 Wheat is sought after by local pur- chasers. deliverable in Cloverdale, at $1 521@@S1 5. Alderman bought five tons of barley at q cent this week.
 Six thousand three hundred tons is the estimate for the wheat yield of the San Fernando Valley for 1879. X gentleman familiar with the subject thinks the average yield was not above five centals per acre.
 There are stored in the warehouses at the railroad depot at Hollister, San Benito county, 100000 bags of wheat and barley.
 Seed wheat is selling for S1 90 at Mercei, at which place there will be a considerable demand for it, as the crop was nearly a total failure this year, and large area of land will be seeded for the next crop.
 Some alfalfa grown at Gospel Swamp, Los Angeles county, meas ures ten feet in height, one years growth.
 In the neighborhood of Los Angc- les, the farmers arc using canes as water-pipes to bring water on their 1 farms from distant springs, for irri- | gating purposes. The canes, which 1 are ten feet in length, cost but a cent apiece and are said to be lasting.
 Mcssrs. B. Townsend and F. 4. Gates of Garden Grove, have each | good sized patch of Minnesota sugar cane growing on their farms. They say that the cane grows well on land | where alkali predominates in such a quantity as to unfit it for corn. MT. Townsend expects to make 600 gal Ions of syrup from this years crop sf corn.
 On last Saturday evening as John Bowes was carrying two candles and four giant-powder cartridges, with fuse and caps attached mp from the l5G0 foot level of the California mine, Virginia City, New, and when about to go mp the third flight of stairs, he the candles into the same hand with the powder. The fuses caught fire and exploded the caps and powder, blowing off Bowes' hand. lacerating and tearing his side terribly, breaking his thigh bone three times, and stripping nearly all the flesh off He was not expected to live till morning.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-10-24
-Es xxcEzaxG.
Pubic ats.l..Ia.. has again

Pubic att.afias. has again been called twhct!.er rightly or wrongly we wllI rot ye',t,.rs to sa. ). to the deplorable event of August %
 ihe lvnchirg of KELLER and Nc CLosKEY. Tlii- event has been re
 greited by all classes of our citizens for tho effect it vii have on people
 who will not consider for an instant the provocat:oa which led to it, and for this alone. Two of the most esteemed citizens of our county
 men who had aided in wrestling from steEle wildness, in the face of a savage foe, our valley, now dotted win happy homes; men possessing those qualities which endear men to a community-had been stiickcn down in cold blood by men, not in the ungovernab.e passion of a mo-  mcnt, but by men who knowing full well the penalty of such crime cooll,- contrived and consummated the shedding of innocent blood. One to satisfy an old and long-stand ing grudge, the other to avenge a fancicd slight. In the commission of both crimes 10 mercy was shown, could anything less than the death penalty be just rctribution- Whether that ret:ibution was ad- ministered by those who Lad re- stunned for while that power to en- force order, which at some previous time they had delegated to regularly chosen officers. or at the hands of outraged law itsslf-the law which the mnrdercrs had never in their lives respected, and had never thought of it but to scheme how it might be easiest evaded-it mattered little. The unjustifable spilling of innocent blood demanded an atone ment of b'oed, and whether that atonemcnt was on the day of the crime rendered by the law-givers themselves, or months after by l their elected officers, in our opinion it matters not. For them delay | would only add the terrors to follow a certain and fast approaching death to the remorse raging like a very hell within their breasts, and to the people of our county bring only ex- D pensa.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-10-24

Third Judicial District, county of Yavapai, Territory of Arizona.
 In the suit of Webster vs. Hamil- ton, A. C. Baker was entered as at torney for plaintiff.
 In the suit of DcvIne vs. McCarty, wv. Van Siyck. atIorney or dofenl ant, was allowed to withdraw the de murrer
 In the suit Of Tidwell vs. Ledow X Thomas, the motion to strike out an swer was denied. Leave was given J. W. NanSlyck to file amended an- swcr.
 On motion of A c Baker, in the srit of s 5 Smith vs Thomas. James D Reymart was added as counsel for defendant
 On motion of I II Cox, A c Baker was added as attorney for the defense in the suit of Weymouth vs. Faank- lin. Set for trial Saturday, October 27th.
 The case of Patterson vs. McGuire, was set for trial, Friday, October 26-
 The case of Goldman < Co. vs J ' T Smith was set for trial, Thursday, October 25;b.
 In the suit of Conrad vs. Conrad, the testimony eff the Court Commis- sioner was submitted md filed.
 In the suit of Cowthorn vs- Cow thorn the testimony taken before the court commissioner was submit ted and fled
 The suit of s s Smith vs R s Thomas ct als, was set for hearing on demurrer.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-10-24
HIGH CARNIVAL OF CRIME.

Villainy and vice are rampant in
 these days. Murders and assassin ations arc to frequent to be toler- ated in wei -ovsrnel community.
 Murder and 1obberies reach us from diiferens p. tions of the Ter
 ritory, aaa labczzlers and de- faulters aTs heard of everywhere
 The telegrl pis wires tcem with items
 of crime all over our Union. The
 Indian war near our border can be
 traced undoubtedly to the whole
 sale stealing by Indians agents, of
 produce intended for those they have in charge. The Grand Juries
 of Pim1 anu I7iT1IIaf counties have in-
 dieted quite anumber of men for
 murder and rog ery, and still the
 tide is not cBcked. In onr own Oounty~we 3ave had our share of both murder and robbery, and sev- eral have been indicted for the lat ter crime. We have no murder cases on hand, to try as those cases were disposed of sometime since. The slow prcces of law in the cases of willful and premediated mur-- der, tends to help the criminal rather than punish him. He commits a fel- ony, is lodged in jail until Court assemblies; his trial delayed on some pretext or other, until the witnesses are scattered and gone away, so that when his trial does come up, the enormity of the ofcnsc is reduc- ed to q mere misdemeanor, and he gets a light punishment or is let loose, to ply his vocation again This is wrong and should be rene- died While we do not approve of forcing a man to the galIows or prison, without his having an i'm partial trial to establish his inno- ,cence, we think that if our Courts lsSSauId dispasa of these cases at once, there would be less c:ime Icommitted- It would be warning to eviIdoers beside being less cx- .pensivete te the county. The District Court in. session at Tucson took up the cases sf fEurdcr. and sci. an early day for their trial. immediately on their indictmentssnd it is to be hoped that in the other counties the same action Eilsbe- taken
The Phoenix herald., 1879-10-24
THE INDIAN WAR ES NEW
 NEKIEO.

As VII be seen by our special from New Mex:co, tie InGian arc sti!i ont in force in that Territory, and clrrying on saagninary War fare w:til the white settlcrs in the cion lying between II Esboro aud the Colorado river. The cause of th outbreak is so tlr unknown, bu. 1t is known that it threatens to be an Indian war of some magnitude and tLat will give such blck-set to c,v;lizel progress ill New Mexico as will require years of peace to
 overcome and 1:eutralize. From our information 1t would appear that It is not improbable that the Indians may turn to retreat from the force marching saeaiast them from the East in the direction of Arizona, if such should be the case, they would probably enter our Territory in the vicinity of the Globe Dis trict. This rich mining section. just beginning to receive the attention it So justly merits on account ot its great mineral wealth, would suffer immensely, as it's comparatively small population is scattered over considerable extent of country engaged in prospecting and mining, and could hardly be concentrated in sufficient force to successfully meet and cope with large body of Indians unless aided by the miii- tary. This is equally the case with the wLole Territory; and the United States troops must be looked to to stamp out any Indian trouble which may threaten our peace The Indian wars of past years done more to retard the d velopment of cur Territory than anything we know of, but let us hopethat GEN ERAL WILCOX will, in case of any threatened Indian hostility, show himselfas prompt to crush it out  as the threatened trouble with the San Carlos Indians, when he ap- peared in the field ready to take command ia person, should the oc- casion require.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-10-24

The Mac Morris mine in McMil- len District was sold to General c. B. Fiske and Maj. M. A. Baldwin for SG0,000. These gentlemen passed through Yuma on tho 10th with the money which had to be delivered at Florence on that day; the regular train was detained by telegraph tn allow these gentlemen to overtake it on locomotive chartered for that purpose. They reached Florence in side of nine hours from Yuma. The amount was $52, 800.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-10-24
water a veal

DURING the three months ended September 3Oth the business failures in the United States were, accord ing to DUN, BARLOW & Co.'S trade circular, fifty per cent. less than tie failures of the corresponding pericd of 1878. This seems to us a fair in dication of the return of general prosperity.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-10-24

IHE great cattle producing belt af ,the Union begins near Corpus Christi, in Texas, and extends north about two thousand miles to Mani tobia. Ia width it ranges from three hundred to five hundred miles and contains 75o,oee square miles. This is the largest cattle pasture yet marked ont on the map ef-the waY!d.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-10-24

Oy November i, New York. Mas sachu=s.t.. 'ryIand. Minnesota and Wisco.ssin aI lact their State off cers and I.a-aslatargs, aad MIssiss- ippi ana Nw Jersey will elect a legisIat;v icket, and Pennsylvania will elect ger State Treasurer ard the men bers of her legislature.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-10-24

TIE importation of Canadian horses to the United States is re ported to have increased in the last four years from PA horses, of the value of S2S,955, in 1876, to 6,632 in 1879, valued at $49I. .235.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-10-24
Kew Mexico Items.

Grant county is nearly out of debt
 The school in Silver City will not be closed.
 Georgetown mines are turning cut excellent ore.
 The Railroad is rapidly approach: ing the Rio Grande-
 Work on the D. 4 R. c. R. R. south of Alamosa will be commenced Immediately.
 Santa Fe county gave majority of 126 out of 300 votes poled in favor of subsidizing the N II. & S. F. R. E. lO build a branch to Santa Fc.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-10-24

IT is estimated that there are s10O,OOO,Oo0 invested in hydraulic mining in California, and the annua l amount of gold bullion produced thereby Is somewhere in the neigh borhood of 3 $3,OOO,OOo.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-10-24

THE body of DR. LEIoYNE, the well-known advocate of revival of the practice of cremating dead bodies, was reduced to ashes in his crematory furnace at Washington, Pa, on the 16th, in accordance with his last desires.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-10-24

THE Brisish iron trade has been stimulated to activity by the recent orders of American iron-manu- lecturers, and prices are rapidly ad yapcing.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-10-24

THERE is every reason to believe that the desert land of Southern California, Arizona and New Mex leo will be at no distant day cov- cred with immense vineyards, as it has been practically demonstrated that their soil is peculiarly adapted to the cultivation of the vine, which forrishes with only eight inches of water a year.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-10-24

GENERAL SHERMAN declines to authorize the issue of ra;ions to volunteers, as requested by the Com mittee of Safety appointed by the people of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-10-24

THE dispatches in the''Arizonan" oflast Saturday are go similar to those which appeared in the HER AID of Friday afternoon that we believe they were telcgraphcd from Pheuix.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-10-24

THE rate of special teIegrams over the military telegraph line have been reduced from one-half to one-fourfh of the regular rates.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-10-24

FRED ELLIOT, proprietor of the Bodie News" has been indicted in Mono county fer libel on the County Commissioners.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-10-24

FIFTY-FIvE MILLIONS of gold dollars have been added to the cir culation of the United States during the present year.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-10-24

THE Las Vegas Vigilance Com mittee have published notice warning all thieves, thugs and con- fdence men to take a walk.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-10-24

British America is to have rail road extending from ocean to ocean Estimated cost, $15,OOO,OOO.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-10-24

TT1he Leading Hotel of San Francisco and the most elegantly appointed hotel in the world, over S1.500, ,000 having been ex- pended by Mir. Baldwin in its construction and furnishing. Headquarters army and navy. Special accommodations for families and large parties. Prices the same as at other frs-class hotels, s to $ per day Special contracts will be made for perma- nent boarders. The hotel coaches and car riages in waiting at all boats .nd railway depots- Rooms can be reserved before arrival by tcicgraphing the Baldwin.
 A. MACABEE. Business Manager.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-10-24

The mother-in-law of the "Cit;s zen" has arrived in Tucson.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-09-30

might well tempt 1.-THE Gods of
Epicurus.u The evening was well
spent in listening to the music.
both instrumental and vocal. Miss
Blanche's rendering of "Old Scot
land" was especially we'll done,
and the large ear of corn had its
laughable points, which added
much to the sport of the evening.
Our cong omorate society ought to
have more of such entertainments.
A genius from the mountains of
this county has done a very Won
derful thing in its way. With a
gouge and a jack-knife he has
whitfield out violin of admirable
tone. 1t is composed almost ex-
clusively Of California woods. The
front is of sumach, the back of CAL
ifornia laurel, and the ger-boards
are of Manzanita. The only vari-
alton from the American character
of the woods Is in the chin piece,
made of wood from the Sand
wich Islands. The keys and every
portion of the instrument were
made by this impromptu violin
manufacturer, the catgut employed
being from a wild cat shot by him
in the Cajon Pass. He is certainly
a genius.
Elsewhere appears the advertise
ment of the Tanning testimonial
concert, which comes off on Satur-
day evening, the 18th instant. 1t
will be a musical event of rare ar.
tistc excellence. All the noted
amateurs and professionals of Los
Angeles will assist the beneficiary
to make this occasion one of rare
enjoyment. Quite a number of the
most exquisite gems of the opera
will be given, and that it will be
done in a superior manner is guar
anteed both by the abilities and
requirements of the participants
and by the number Of careful re-
hearsals which have taken place
The sextette from Lucia, which is
favorably known to our people
from having been heretofore rem
dered in inimitable style, and
many other pieces of classical ex-
cellence, will be on the programme.
The gifted beneficiary himself will
not be the least of the attractions.
Tanning has been always ready to
volunteer for every conceivable
worthy object, and the public
should take a pride in seeing that
the coming testimonial Is a
"plumper." And they will be GER
tain to do it.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-09-30
Speed Pr -"

The Board of -..-H 81. u0
Southern Distri prie #. -g
ciety met vest ''
the followingf
the Agricultu
in this city Mod1as.
First DAY.
First race-Running, I mile dasu
for two-yearolds; purse $3.50; $50
to first, $45 to second, $50 to third.
Second rsce-Trotting for two
year.olds; purse $50; $S5 to first,
$45 to second, 500 To third.
Third race-Running, mile and
repeat; purse $3.50; $50 to first, $40
to second, $40 to third.
SECOND DAY.
First race-Running, ! mile and
repeat; purse $3.50; $S5 to first, SIS
to second, $50 to third.
Second race-Trotting for 2:35
class; purse $3.50; $85 to first, SIS 10
second, $50 to third.
THIRD DAY.
First-Running race, two mile
dash; purse $3.50; $S5 to first, $45
to second, $50 to third.
Second-Hurdle race, free for all,
one mile over four hurdles; purse
SIS; $50 to first, $25 to second. This
will probably be an agreed race be-
tween the gentleman owning the
horses.
FOURTH DAY.
First race -Trotting, for 2:55
class; purse $3.50; $S5 to first, $45 to
second, $40 to third.
Second race-Trotting, free for
all; purse $3.50; $s5 to first, $45 to
second, $50 to third.
FIFTH DAY.
First race-Five mile dash for
hotel purse.
Second race-One mile dash.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-09-30
irrigation Near Los Angeles.

The soil varies from sand to clay,
but the general character is allu.
vial loan, more or less mixed with
sand. The soil, very rich in its
chemical constituents, Is a physl-
cal condition which enables
capillary attraction of moisture to
the surface to a most wonderful
extent. The rainfall during the
rainy months of January and Feb.
ruary is but very light, the farmer
relies for moisture to his growing
crops entirely on irrigation, either
through canals and bitches from
the rivers, or on artesian wells. BY
boring from. 100 to 800 feet deep
artesian water can be found with
almost absolute certainty, and in
most places it will come high
above the ground. The town of
Westminster alone has over 400
flowing wells, any one of which
will furnish sufficient water to irri-
gate from 100 to 40O acres of land.
Great Improvements have lately
been made in irrigation. The sys-
tenn of sub-irrigation, of which
you have had descriptions in the
Press, is as much an Improvement
as the railroad is on the stage
coach. Sub-irrigation requires OH
ly one.quarter the water to produce
the same effect, or the same guam
tity formerly required for one acre
will suffice for four. Besides this,
it has the great advantage of leav-
ing the surface perfectly dry, pre-
venting packing of the ground
which greatly stimulates evapora-
ton, and it prevents the growth of
weeds.
Where the water In the artesian
well does not flow above the
ground, it comes within few feet
of it, and can easily be obtained
through pumping, either by steam
or wind. Through the kindness of
Mr.. romkinson L was enabled to
observe the whole process, from the
firing up of the steam-boiler till a
tremendous stream of water was
flowing through finch pipe sew
eral feet above the ground, to be
directed anywhere where the grow.
ing crops needed water. This
arrangement furnishes about 1000
gallons of water per minute, and
the stream was flowing at full force
in IA or Is minutes after the fire
was kindled. Such a water supply
will entail o cost of about So per
day, and will supply all the mois.
ture to grow crop to perfection on
fully 300 acres. With continuous
sunshine, the most fertile soil and
an independent supply of water for
irrigation, the farmer of Southern
California is absolutely indepen-
dent OF the seasons, and such q
thing as short crop is unknown,
unless caused by negligence.-Prof.
Gennert in Rural Press.