Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1888-10-06
BRIEF MENTION,

Al Cummings and his wife, of Mason
Valley, are in town.
"A. B. Fitch returned this morning from
his trip to Wisconsin.
The Democrats hold their County Con,
vention in Silver City today.
Mr.. Sutro, son Of Adolph Sutro, paid
visit to Sutro on business this week.
Deacon Parkinson, of the Carson 7ri-
6Nne, was in town the first of this week.
Charlie Box and Bob Cooke have gone
to Weber Lake on hunting and prospect.
ing trip.
Seth Ames was in from Smiths Valley
this week. He was on his way to Carson on
business.
The sheep shearers began work on the
Buckland Bros. band of 1900 sheep last
Wednesday.
F. A. Teasland and Joe Mengel were
down from the Mound House last Wednes.
day evening.
Clara Belle Mcdonald has been granted
a divorce and allowed s3s month for the
support of her child.
Hub. Pnrker, Of Carson. died in San
Francisco yesterday morning. He will be
buried in Carson Monday.
N. H. A. Mason and his his two daugh-
tiers were passengers on fridays train, on
their way to Mason Valley.
Charlie Drury left for Greenvlle, Plu-
mas county, Cal, the first Of the week, call
ed by the illness of his father.
Allie Campbell, who has been confined
to his bed by a bilious fever for the last two
weeks, is improving in health.
There will be a meeting of the Execu-
tive Committee of the Lyon County Central
Committee next Tuesday evening at the
Odeon.
More people from this end of the county
attended the Fair at Wabuska this year than
ever before. The association is now organ.
lied to stay
d. o. Mills and H. M. Yerington were
passengers on Tuesdays train bound for the
end of the road. 1t is supposed they went
on business connected with the extension of
the road to Mojave.
MIR. Kinney, the Smiths Valley black
smith paid this Office a short visit o.day.
The Democrats of his end of the county
think some of nominating him for the As
semby. A better choice could not be made,
Reports received in regard to the Rae
splendidly in the California Pan mill on the
Boss Process; also that the royalty from the
Christy mill in Utah is paid regularly every
quarter, and amounts to considerable sum-
Allen C. Bragg has bought the Reno
Gazette and is now the sole proprietor. Mr.,
Bragg will be assisted editorially by J. J.
Linn. Both gentlemen are excellent news
paper men and will no doubt make the Ga
gette as popular and newsy paper as it al
ways has been.
Joe Welsh has started a new barber
shop fin the Watson building on Pike street.
Joe is first-class tonsorial artist, and there
is not branch of his trade that he is not
thoroughly acquainted with. We bespeak
for him share Of the patronage Of the peo-
pie. See his advertisement elsewhere in this
issue.
The stallion Triumph" from "Promp.
ter" took the first prize at the Reno fair for
graded stations, although, Sweeny had stall
lions there from his "Gibraltar" and Byron
Gates had his stallion "Pat Reddy" on exhi
bition. Gates has been offered 81, 200 for his
horse but holds him at $4,000, while the
stallion that took the premium at the fair was
offered for sale for $1,000. A great many
who saw the animals are of the opinion that
one of the Gibraltar, horses should have
had the prize.