Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1888-08-18
BRIEF MENTION.
Work at Como is progressing fnel


but not enough moisture fell to lay the dust.
The severe wind storm blew the smoke.
stack of OF one of the dredge boilers Thurs
day.
The Douglass mill is still running six
pans, and the Rock Point mill is shut down
entirely.
If you want something good to eat when
in Virginia, call on Joe Legris at the French
Rotisserie.
Ed Cooper and family left last Saturday
for trip to the lake, the big trees, and deer
country in California.
The Democrats in this county seem TO
be rather timid about announcing themselves
for any Offices this year.
w. E. Lindsay, the tombstone man, is
in town, and will put up monuments for sew.
eral Daytonites next week
-Mollie Forshay, the notorious convict
courtesan, has just completed six months
sentence in the Elko county Jail.
Jim Gray, of Sutro has laid in fine
stock of wet goods for the campaign. When
down there call and sample them.
ID. A. Bender and family were passen-
gers on Thursdays train returning to Carson
from trip to the end of the c. & c.
Walter Robinson, of Mason Valley, who
has been visiting his father in Washington
Territory, returned to the Valley on Thurs
days train.
al cannot praise Hoods Sarsaparilla
half enough says a mother whose son,
almost blind with scrofula, was cured by
this medicine.
Ed Hunt drove band of II beef cattle
in from the hills for J. L. Campbell last
Wednesday. The cattle came from T. B.
Smiths ranch.
Several K. of P. boys were down from
the Mound House and Silver City Wednesday
evening to see Mr.. Mengle, of the Mound
House, ride the goat
Scott Claspel, wife and daughter, have
returned to Dayton to reside, and Scott will
this Fall, it is understood.
The Helping Hand Society cleared about
$40 at their ice cream festival last Friday
evening. The Society has now about 500
with which to begin purchasing library.
Oh, the merry, merry topper and his flop, :
Will he never, never, never, never stop?
If he keeps on turning over,
He will leave to Free Trade Grover
Scarce solitary vote for prop.
-Phtsburg Chronicle Telegraph,
Charlie Johnson has traded sections on
the C. IL c., with Jim Riley, of Belleville,
and will leave tomorrow for that place,
while MIR. Riley will hereafter have this sec.
ton.
1T is reported that c. H. E. Hardin, of
Mason Valley, won $50, 900 in the late draw.
ing of the Louisiana Lottery. He had
coupon of the ticket that drew the capital
prize of $4,000
"Wednesday was the anniversary of the
fete of St. Mary. The Italians of Virginia,
Carson, and all over this county had great
picnic at the ranch of P. Belliomini, on the
Carson river, below Dayton.
The band of gypsies that has been
wondering around the western part of the
State for some weeks, camped this week
just across the river under the cottonwoods.
They have some fine horses with them.
Mrs. Daniels, of Mason Valley, lost
valuable horse while driving up to Virginia
through Sixmile canyon the first of this week.
The animal laid down and died from some
unknown cause. 1t was valued at $500.
Jim Waddel. of Hawthorne, brought in
a small batch of rock from one of his Haw.
thorne district mines and had it worked at
Pollard's mill in Silver City this week. Mr..
Waddel returned to Hawthorne Thursday.
Tom Davis went to work at the Taylor
mill above Silver City last Monday, and when
he came off shift and came out OF the mill
he fell down bank and bruised his head
and shoulder so that he has been confined to
the house ever since.
The Atlanta mill is running steadily on
rock from the Occidental mine. There are
nine men employed at the mill and as many
more at the mine. The rock will average
about $40 it is reported and IS tons is being
worked daily. The mill is doing very good
work.
J. R. Hougham, an old time Lyon county
rancher, who has been spending couple of
months in California, returned to Dayton
Tuesday. He has travelled over the largest
part Of California and says he will take his
chances in the ranch business In Nevada
every time.
Mr. Kemlar and his two daughters, of
Paradise Valley, passed through Dayton this
week with 81 head of work horses, which
were being taken to California for sale. The
two young ladies are expert horsewomen and
are going to drive the horses over the mount
aims. They have won several prizes both at
the California and Nevada State Fairs for
their daring feats on horseback. The horses
were put up at Shaw's corral Wednesday
night and Thursday morning the party con-
tinued on towards California.