Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1888-03-17
SILVER CITY ITEMS.
The Hose Boys Ball-Cock Fighting
News i'm General.
SILVER CITY, New, March IS, 1883.


ED. TIMES Having a few leisure mo-
ments thought to give your readers few
items from our Aourshng little camp, where
everybody is busy, and consequently happy.
All eur mines are sending out the usual
amount of ore and it is Of higher grade than
in the past The Oest mine recently ship
ped s22, 900 brick and in a few days will
ship another bar equally as valuable as the
former. A grand future is predicted for the
old camp.
The Uniform ball given by Silver City
Hose Company en- the evening OF March
9th was a grand affair and great many
visitors from neighboring towns were pres
ent to participate in the festivities. Espec-
tally was our sister town Dayton well repre-
sented, among those present being Mr.. and
Mrs. Julie Dreyfuss, Mrs. George Adams,
Mrs. AL Reynolds, the Misses Maud Horton,
Lille Sanders, Helen Pursley, May Lothrop,
Susie Lothrop, Rega Tobiner, and Messrs.
Fred Straus, Russell Schooley, Geo. Barnes,
George Warrington, Frank Lothrop, James
Lothrop, Dave HARRISON, Geo. Britton, Bert
Fish, C. H. Watson, K. B. Davis, William
Ali and Ed Hancock. We were glad to
see them all, and we heard one Of our bellies
remark that she was enjoying the hapPiest
moments Of her life while that evening she
basked IN the sweet smile Of a knight Of the
red shirt.
Last Sunday evening, the nth, the town
was crowded with sporting men from all
quarters to witness the cock fight between a
bird owned by Jim Sumner and Colonel Pat
Ouinn'S cock. The stakes were $50 side
and Sumner took the stakes after the birds
had had long and severe buttle. num-
Der Of other birds were on hand from Carson
and elsewhere and two other matches were
fought, considerable money changing hands.
After the cock fight a match was made be-
tween Pete Musgrove, of Carson, and c. w.
Sheridan, Of this place, to run foot race
for $500 side, the match to take place in
Carson, Sunday, March 18th. A shooting
match was also arranged between Jack Fur
long, of Carson, and Ed Hamilton, of this
place. The match is for 500 side, rs live
birds at 81 yards, and will take place IN Sill
yer City on the 25th. Furlong is the gen.
tleman who Hamilton beat in match Of the
same kind in Carson Some time ago. 1t will
be remembered that both the boys did some
remarkably fine shooting on that occasion.
The Silver City Lying Club is in -four
ishing condition, and bids fair to outrival
any organization of the kind in the wsrld.
The Club has meeting each night, love,
around the stove in the Crystal saloon. b.
T. JicMilton is President, and he is a man
in everyway fitted to fill the honorable po-
sition The members are proul Of him as
he has always outwinded and placed in he
shade all competitors, even the famous
Romeo, who is also member Of the Club.
Rube Metcalf, who for so many years had
charge of the DEVILS Gate toll road, in now
an honest miner in the Haywood.
Mike Frett has overhauled and rebuilt
a portion of the Bonanza Hotel and has
made first class house in every respect.
Jack Lester has taken a new boarder. The
young lady arrived from the south on the
18th, and has come to stay. Success to the
new Siverite SHRIMP.