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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1881-09-24
Sole, Traders Notice.
Hvo ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERT

HNO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
will apply to the District Court of the Third
Judicial District of the State of Nevada in and
for the County of Lyon, on Tuesday, March
Is, A d. 1881. at 10 O'Clock A. M. of said day,
or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard,
for an order of said Court permitting her to
carry on business in her own name and on
her own account as q sole trader; and the bust
trader is that of keeping boarding and lodg-
ing-heuse and saloon and barber shop, in
Sutro, Lyon county, Nevada, and all the
business connected herewith
Dated at Sutro, February LIST, A. D. 1881.
f6-law5t JOHANN EBNER.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1881-09-24
Notice of Annual Meeting.

YNHE ANIMAL MEETING Of
i the stockholders Of the VIRGINIA AND
TRUCKEE RAILROAD COMPANY viii be
held at the office OF the COMPANY In the
city Of Virginia, Nevada, on TUESDAY. TIE
TENTH DAY or MAY. 1881, at IL O'Clock N.
W. NJ. THORNTON, Secretary.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1881-09-24
THE N E v ADA B AhK.
OF SAN FRANCISCO,

SAN FRANCISCO, CALlFORNlA.
Paid Up Capital ...,...... 50, 900 ,OOO-deld
Reserve ~. s Bondsl . $500. J00-Gold
j. F. BIGELow,
Agents at Virginia, Nevada.
W. F. BERRY
Agent at New York. L Gro 7, HpAsnERs
(62 Wall street, ....
sW-BuYs and sells Exchange and Tele-
graphic transfeis. Issues Commercial and
Travellers Credits. This bank has special IA
cilities for dealing in bullion.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1881-09-24
IN DISTRICT COURT
THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT,
STATE OF NEVADA,
COUNTY OF LYON.
IN THE MATTER OF |
the Estate
of
CLAUS BECKER,
Deceased

Am BEADING AND FILING THE PEfI-
W tion OF j. G. Gruber, praying for the adj
mission TO probate of a docum ent filed In this
Court purportinR to be the last will and test
ament Of Clsus Becker, deceased. aud the ID
su8nce of letters testainentary thereon 10 the
said petitioner, it is hereby ordered that
SATURDAY, THE 10TH DAY OF FEBRU-
AIRY, A. D., 1881,
At 10 o'clock, a. NJ, OF said day, be appointed
for hesriuR said application, and that notice
be given thereof by the CLERK of this Court :
and directing that all persons interested in
said estate be and appear at that time, in the
courtroom OF this Court, in Dayton, L7On
county, Nevada, to show cause, If any they
have, why said document should not be adj
IN tied TO probate as he last will and resta-
mont of Claus Becker, deceased; and why let
tiers testamentary should not be issued thereon
to said j. G. Gruber and J i. Angel by pub.
location OF such notice for az least Il n days
previously TO satd 10Th day of February, A. d.
1881. in the Ly9a County Times. newspaper
printed and published in Dayton, Lyon county.
Nevada.
1t is frrther ordered that subp1nas issue to
the subscribing witnesses TO said will.
Dated Dayton. January 3lst. 1881.
Let the above order be entered.
W. M. SEAwELL,
District Judge.
JOHN POWELL, JR.,
Attorney for the executors, Dayton, New.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1881-09-24
DIR. S PIN N E Y =
No, II Kearny Street,
Treats All Chrome and Special Diseases
Young Men

WxTHo MAY BE SUFFERING FROM tn
wv effects of youthful follies or indis-
Grafton will do we'll to avail themselves Of
this, the greatest boon ever laid at the altar
Of suffering humanity. DIR. sPINNEY Will
guarantee to forfeit $500 for every case o.
Seminal weakness or private disease for every
kind of character which he undertakes and
fails 10 cure,
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1881-09-24
DISSOL UTI0N OF COPARTNER'
SHIP.

yuNHE PARTNERSHIP HERETOFORE EX-
listing between e. summerheld and 5. b.
Heidenreich has been dissolved by mutual
consent, Mr.. +. A. Angel having oonght Out
tba interest of q b. Heidenreich. The bus
mess will be carried on under the firm name
Of F. A. Angel 4 Co., at sutro and Haw-
thorne. The new Arm will pay all outstand-
ing debt and collect all debts demands, notes
and judgments owing the firm Of $. b. H. a.
Co. Thanking the public for al, past iaVofs
$50 We remain Yours resp.
RSUMM RFIELD,
s. b. HEIDENREIOH,
fla. ANGEL,
Helena weekly herald., 1881-12-08
A SAILORS ROMANCE.
The Hard Fate of Seaman ON the
-. ssRanger.'' ..- .H
ESan Francisco Chronicle. I


Eight years ago young man named Bolt
a resident of this city, enjoying a comfort
able income and possessing fair prospects,
became piqued at young lady's rejection of
his hand and enlisted on board the United
States steamer Ranger for three years as an
ordinary seaman, previous experience en-
abling him to pass without difficulty. His
faithfulness to duty and ability as sailor
made him a general tavOrite with the Off
GERS, and in q short time he was promoted to
the rank Of Quartermaster. Not long after
his rise he received by some means news
that his lady-love had not intended to reject
him, and that he occupied place in her
affections to the exclusion of all Others The
news caused conflicting emotions in his
breast, the feeling that three years must
elapse before he could claim the idol of his
affections became uppermost, and from that
time the life in which he had sought to bury
his disappointment at her rejection became
distasteful and repugnant. Two months ago
when the Ranger was lying out in the
stream, Bolt obtained a brief furlough, and
attiring himself in citizens clothes, visited
the young lady, to whom he accounted for
his long absence by stating that he had been
on business trip to the interior. The sight
of all he had lost by his foOlhardiness over
came the young sailors sense Of duty, and
he repeated his proposal. 1t was promptly
accepted, and reckless of consequences, Bolt
urged speedy marriage, giving up all idea
of returning to his ship. 4 fortnight sufficed
for the brides preparations, and Bolt, being
well supplied with money from deposit of
$4,000 in the Hibernia bank, the nuptials
were celebrated without further delay. The
honeymoon over, the young husband began
to look about for some means OfsuppOrt, and
had nearly completed arrangements for the
purchase of Fourth street saloon, when in
an unlucky moment he stumbled across Off
GERS Anthony and Flanders, the former of
whom recognized him from the published
description given him by Capt. Phillips,
and arrested him last Wednesday as de-
serter. Bolt begged piteously for release,
and finally offered the officer heavy bribe
for his liberty. On its being refused he
asked for pistol, and even offered resistance
declaring that he would rather die than
leave his wife. On Thursday afternoon he
was delivered to Capt. Phillips on board the
Ranger, and by this time is doubtless back
in his old berth. The punishment for de-
sertion is discretionary with the officers OF
the ship, and may range from an indefinite
period of Imprisonment to mere forfeiture of
pay due. In Bolts case the penalty will
probably be light owing to the hardship OF
his case and his previous good character
Helena weekly herald., 1881-12-08
Grazing Land.

1t is stated, on what is regarded as good
authority, that an acre of grazing land in
Lincolnshire, England--a country famous for
its grass-will carry an OK and sheep from
May I'd to October 1st, and that during this
period the OK will gain 280 pounds and the
sheep 40 pounds in net weight of meat when
slaughtered. The acre will thus yield 32O
pounds of meat in 153 days grazing. It's
produce may be Is tons, perhaps more. This
is one pound of meat for every 100 pounds
of grass, but we must remember that the
grass of such land differs from the average in
the quantity of its product We have not
the least idea what the estimates would be
in the West or Northwest, of the quantity of
grass required for 100 pounds of beef or NUT
ton. The results, of course, would be varied
by moist and dry seasons, and by the quality
of the grasses with which the pasture is
stocked. The aptitude of the animal for fat
tening would also affect the result. 1t is
claimed that in Montana the buffalo grass
is the richest of all grasses for fattening pur-
poses, it being quite equal for fattening ami
mails to feeding corn in addition to most OF
the grasses in the West.
Helena weekly herald., 1881-12-08
Facts for Farmers.

Blue grass improves on the same ground
for hundred years.
1t is estimated that not more than one
acre Of land to farm in Vermont is planted
to corn.
Pigs are said to consume far more food in
proportion to their weight than either sheep
or oxen.
The number of cattle reported in Texas
for 1881 is 4,464 900 head which are valued
at $50, ,640,32O.
Young cows do not give as rich milk as
those OF mature age do. A lean cow gives
poor milk and a fat cow gives rich milk.
Celery will bear cold to temperature of
2S0 without injury, but any cold below this
will destroy its vitality and decay immedi-
ately follows.
green crops, is especially adapted for light,
sandy soils, which need a humuS to increase
their retentive power
The American wheat acreage is spreading
in advance of the rate of interest in popula-
tion hence larger quantities will be available
year by year for export.
Such has been the recent damage to the
British crops that the current wheat def
cheney in the United Kingdom is estimated
at 125,00OOO0 bushels.
The general opinion is that ants are enc
mics Of fruit trees, but it has long since been
proved that they destroy Larvae and chrySa-
lides, and they do not destroy the fresh
fruit
The potato is more productive than any
other esculent, and one authority places the
yield from an equal quantity of ground at
thirty pounds of potatoes to one pound OF
wheat.
If the owner of cow will realize the fact
that unless she pays him in clear cash $44.5O
she is kept at a loss, he will soon become in
terested in the subject of impromveent in
dairy cows
Both for its effect upon fattening and upon
health, small amount of leached wood
ashes should be given to swine. The food
without this is rich in phosphoric acid, but
has little lime and the equivalent should be
thus supplied.
The dependence of the farmer is to be
more and more on stock. Stock itself and
its products are more and more in demand
while the manure must be had to make
farming successful. Success in stock, then,
includes almost everything else.
The SCOT of soft, or rather bituminOus, coal
busted upon onions when wet with dew is
said to be remedy for the maggot The
monthly fly closely resembles the house fly
As SCOT is good fertilizer nothing is lost by
its application even if it does not always de-
stroy the maggots. 1t might be well to try
SCOT derived from the burning of pitch pine
or other soft woods.
While working with the bees avoid all
sudden jars, quick, active motions, and never
fight them Careful handling will cure all
cross bees, while with careless, rough hand
ling the most quiet will become cross. 1t is
part of the nature of bees to gorge them
selves with honey when alarmed, and when
in this condition they rarely, if ever, sting
unless pinched.
Helena weekly herald., 1881-12-08
Our Mothers.

In the formation Of our characters we owe
to our mothers more than to any other hu-
man agency, for it sis their hands that first
twine the tendrils of our hearts, guide our
footsteps Alright, led US in the path or virtue,
and in the dark dreary night of pain their
watchful vigils keep by the couch OF their
dear ones Whose but the all-seeing eye of
Jehovah can fathom the depths of anxiety
they feel, aad who can tell Of the ceaseless
prayers which they offer for their sn-stricken
children?
Their influence ever shines with an unsul-
lied light which softens and purifes the way
ward impulses of the youthful mind, and
guides it onward in its course toward heaven.
How, then, can we pay just tribute to our
mothers-with what measure of gratitude
and affection shall we requite them for their
maternal care?
To those who have lost their mothers in
early life there is hallowed spot, sacred to
memory, where they retrospect the past
recall days and nights when their mothers
kept watch over their sinless years, and
where they may look forward, with faith
and hope, to the blessed reunions of the ever
lasting future.
Friends may be torn from our hearts, hopes
may be blasted, and our love for others may
grow cold, yet every principle of gratitude
and every feeling of virtuous sensibility re-
quires that we should cling to our mothers
and love them still.
Helena weekly herald., 1881-12-08
Substitute for Black Walnut.

Black birch is rapidly coming into favor.
Black birch is close e-grained and handsome
wood, and can be easily stained to resemble
walnut exactly. 1t is just as easy to work,
and is suitable for nearly if not all, the pur-
poses to which black walnut is at present ap-
Piled Birch is much the same color as
cherry, but the latter wood is now scarce and
consequently dear. 1t is difficult to obtain
cherry at $50 a thousand feet, while birch
wood can be had at any saw mill for 81 per
thousand feet. When properly stained it is
almos. impossible to distinguish the differ
ehce between it and walnut, as it is suscep-
tible of beautiful polish, equal to any wood
now used in the manufacture of furniture
In the forests throughout Ontario birch
grows in abundance, especially if the land is
not too boggy There is q great differene in
the wood of different sections. Where the
land is high and dry the wood is firm and
clear but if the land is low and wet, the
wood has a tendency to be soft and of a
blush color In all the northern regions it
can be found in great abundance, and as the
tree grows to such graet size, little trouble is
experienced in procuring large quantity
Toronto Globe
Helena weekly herald., 1881-12-08
Chips from WisdOm's Block.

1t is easier for some to pray for the relief
Of the poor than it is to unite their money
bags
one who sows wild oats in youth is certain
to reap rich harvest of pain and misery III
old age
pen thrust at the soul of wicked man
causes him more pain than would the cut OF
a dagger.
Blackguards fortunately, are seldom as
signed to posts of honor. Neither are they
always colOred
The word pauper has hateful sound, and
its brand is often burned into the soul Oh IN
noCcnt persons
People sometimes in their selishnesS at
tempt to live in this world for themselves.
They are usually left in loneliness.
Love is the corner stone OF human happl-
ness, and yet some people who count tnem-
selves worthy refuse to build thereon. HOW
often a life is saddened that would have been
bright and Joyous and perhaps a thousand
times more successful had love responded to
love
One person talking slander in commun-
ity can do more damage than barrel OF dy-
Mantle. The power of a newspaper to work
evil, if disposed to show to the world the
untavorable side of matters coming under
the editors notice, is almost beyond compre-
hanSin,,
Helena weekly herald., 1881-12-08
A Safe Place.

Between the mouth of the Mississippi and
Galveston, ten or fifteen miles southwest of
Sabine Pass, is a spot in the Gulf of Mexico
which is commonly called "The Oil Ponds"
by the captains of the small craft which ply
in that vicinity. There is no land within
fifteen miles, but even in the widest wealth
er the water at this spot is comparatively
calm, owing to the thick covering of oil
which apparently rises from the bed of the
Gulf, about eighteen feet below the surface.
This strange refuge is well known to the cap
tains of the small vessels which trade be-
TIVE, Calcasien, Orange. Sabine, Beaumont
and Gal ,,ston, and when, through stress of
weather. they fail to make harbou elsewhere,
they run for ''The Oil Ponds" let go their
anchors and ride out the gale in safety. y.saaf Z
Helena weekly herald., 1881-12-08
An Old MinstreI's Request.
Troy Times. |

Haverly's Mastodon Minstrels were play
ing in London, and were softly singing one
night to crowded house the chorus in old
Kentucky Home" When the last notes
melted away Strengthening figure advanc-
ed few steps from his seat in the pit, and
the auditors were startled at hearing voice
say earnestly and distinctly: Sing the dear
old song again-sing it for me. I'm listen
ing hard and I'm listening low, boys, and
every word is friend to me-home to me
everything. Say, will you sing it once more
for me, right now and here?" 1t was the
voice and figure of Ben Leland an old min.
strel who left this country several years age
and, after playing in Australia, made his
way, broken-down old man, to London.
Here he supported himself by playing the
banjo. but generally eeked out miserable
existence The Mastodons sang the chorus
again, and the figure sank back into his seat
When the audience dispersed 1t remained
motionless, and when an attendant came to
arouse it ne found Ben Leland dead.
Helena weekly herald., 1881-12-08
BRAVE KATE SHELLY.
BY MARY A. BARR.

oh, but the night was wild and dark, and the wind
blew fierce and high
oh, but the lightning flashed and shot the
inky sky!
While the lurtling thunder cracked and rolled till
down the black clouds came,
and earth seemed nothing at att to sight but water.
wind and flame.
Kate Shelly stands at her cottage door, and peers
out into the night,
For she sees, slow creeping through the storm the
pilOt-e gine' s light,
And it must cross the trestle-brdge above the swol
len creek;
II stops-it Iuns-then down it drops with one
long fcarsOma shrek.
Kate stay the wailing mother cries; but the
young soul rose high
Nay, mother, must try to help, though | should
fail or die
She finds the wreck, bus cannot save yet from the
deep below
\ shouts up two frightened words. She ans
wcrs him: Il know"
The train the train the swift express the crowd
ed Western train.
How shall she quickest reach tbs wires? By Boone
the hope is vain
But to Moingona's but a mile and yet so wild and
drcar,
TO brave it through the stormy night the stoutest
heart might fear
Torn by the underground. and drenched, the wind
She reached the raging Des NToines and the bridge
that spans its tide;
4 bridge not built for human tread, but On her
spirit cries
bridge Of full four hundred feet nothing but rails
and ties
No plank the daring steps to hold, and fa step
should miss
Down. fifty feet below her, rolls the watery abyss
80 on her hadds and knees she creeps, fighting the
wind and rain,
Staining the timbor5 with her blood yet needing
not the pain
Then on and on she bravely shed Thick darkness
round hSr lay,
Save when the vivid lightning made a still more
dreadful day;
Yet roging stream and roaring wind, and tiercely
beating rain
Delayed her not one thought had Shc-tO save the
coming train.
At length the bridge is fairly crossed. Bleeding
aud ont of breath
she yet has half n mile to rtm--a fearful race with
Death:
Ger fallen trees DER rocks, through creeks, until
% blessed sight
She the way-sidc station-house and Its one
giimmerlng light.
Then all forespent with falling strength she pushes
wide the door;
With cleaning eyes and parted lips, she stands
upon the floor:
'Ihc frcScS dorm! The engines Urecked! on, stop
the coming trGinr'
The man springs to the saving wlres-She mas not
come III vain.
Then tenderly they comfort her. They ask: How
did you Gomez
And hearing lift their hearts ana hats, ana are u
moment dumb.
No soul among them would have dared the passage
dark and wild:
All a! but Gods angels had q charge TO keep thls
noble child.
o. brave Kate shelley! though hard toll thy daily
portion be,
Mothers. with happy pride, now name their daugh-
ters after thee;
And every child that hears thy tale shares In thy
noble strain,
ind dares that perious pass with thee TO save the
coming train.
Helena weekly herald., 1881-12-08
Utilizing Niagara.

A scheme to turn Niagara further into
commercial profit is being realized. The
canal was originally constructed in 1850 at a
cost Of S25OO0O. 1t debouches from the
river above the falls, and discharges into the
reservoir below them, being about three
quarters of mile in length. Its dimensions
are about 35 feet in width by 10 feet in depth /;
but new company have land enough Sc
cured to enlarge it to 100 feet wide. The
new Company bought the old undertaking
at q mere song. They have nearly complet-
ed wheel pit not far from the lower extrem-
ity of the present reservoir, 40 feet long by
30 feet wide, sunk in the solid rock, from
which tunnel, 10 feet by six feet, has been
bored for discharging the waste into the river.
The water is led from the reservoir to- the
wheels by huge pipes The total available
head is about $50 feet.
Helena weekly herald., 1881-12-08
American Cheese.

It was only in 1880 that the first cheese
from America crossed the Atlantic. From
September 1, 1881, to September 1, 1881, the
quantity of cheese sent across from New
York was 127, 81 boxes but the gradual
elimination of the export for the last four
months has caused great uneasiness among
the hotel keepers and restaurateurs of Lon
don. OF late years rows upon rows of gil
gantic American cheeses might be seen piled
up on the shelves of the dining hall of every
great London dining house. More there
than here clerks and commercial men are
cheese devourers, and the bread and cheese
lunch and the bread and cheese supper are
the very ne plas ultra of epicurianism to
these classes of consumers.
Helena weekly herald., 1881-12-08
The Jersey Cow.

Jersey island the place from which we OBJ
tain the favorite Jersey cow, is small spot
of land. Ifsquared, it is six and three-quar-
ter miles each way. Yet this little island
has population of 10000 human beings
and has over 10000 cattle, and has had that
number for the last twenty years, for the CEN
slnls of 1861 gives 12037. And yet they elx- elxs-
port on an average annually. 1000 head.
Roughly speaking on this island they man MAI
age to support one head Of kline to every acre,
While in England there is only one head to
every ten acres; therefore, in proportion to
its size, Jersey exports as many cattle every
wear as England contains. If England were
fo export cattle at the same rate, her whole
stock would be swept away in single year.
A good Jersey will yield half her own weight
in butter in a Year---she rarely exceeds SOC
pounds, and her average weight at home is
700 pounds.
Helena weekly herald., 1881-12-08
Retrograding Peru.

With the exception of sugar and a smail
rice cultivation, the agriculture of Peru mas
fallen far behind of what it was during the
reign of the Children of the Sun. Then the
cereals and other food products OF the sou
supported a population more than dou on Die
the one that is now mainly. dependant \, on
other countries for the necessaries of life. AS
regards minerals, silver, gold, lead coal, l, iron
and copper are to be found in great apun-
dance among the mountains. Although the
value of the production of precious metals is
now but small fraction of what 1t was
hundred years ago, the dimnnition Is TO pc
laid to the inaccessibility Of new mines
rather than to the exhaustion of the supply.