Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1888-03-03
RRIEF MENTION.

MalCn came IN ike a lion THIS year, and
mighty mad one at that.
A slight earthquake sheck was felt in
Smiths Valley last week.
Mason Valley farmers are blowing and
getting ready to put in crops.
J. L. Campbell left last Thursday on a
business trip to San Francisco.
Mr.. Spragg. one of Mason Valleys prom
inent citizens was in town Thursday.
Mrs. Mollie Hooper, of Gold Hill, came
down to attend the dance last evening.
There is good deal Of sickness in Mason
Valley at present, originating chiefly from
colds.
The best of babbett metal for sale at this
Office, IN quantities to suit, at twenty cents
per pound.
The County Commissioners will hold their
regular monthly meeting next Monday. Get
in your bills.
Another large piece of machinery arrived
| IClIl Dali lSI tAC uLCuRluk SSVW
dayton" last Tuesday.
Boils, pimples, hives, ringworms, letter,
and all other manifestations Of impure blood
are cured hy Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The green grass is beginning to pop out Of
the ground in places where the earth is most
exposed to the warm rays Of the sun.
Mason Valley alfalfa seems to be encour-
aged by the bright future before it and is
putting forth leaves unusually early this
season.
Penny ante poker is the kind of a game
Pizen Switchers amuse themselves with now
1t will be dollar ente after the sell their next
crop of hogs.
The dance given by the A. o. U. w.
| Lodge at Greenfield, on the 22d of last
month was largely attended and all had a
very social time.
Hugh CARING returned from his trip to
| Mason and Smiths Valleys last Tuesday.
He reports the outlook very favorable for a
good season in that section.
Chas Snyder and Bill Witherow, of Mason
| Valley, were visiting their Virginia City
friends the first of this week. They stepped
in Dayton on their way home.
Frank Lethrop, who has been investing
heavily in Silver City Stock, has sold out
his interests to Calvin Guild, Of this city,
for reasons best known to himself.
WILDER Marsh is feeding his thoroughbred
shorthorns at the Gold Hill ranch in Mason
| Valley. He has lost two of them, and DR..
| TIullinger says they died from bilious fever.
| 1t is predicted that the fruit crop in this
county will be larger than ever this year.
1t is not probable that the trees will get
started soon enough to be damaged by the
late frOsts, if we have any.
The Phoebe Record has changed hands,
and is now published by T. J. Osborn. We
are glad to have the paper on our exchange
list for it gives news of country that would
be little heard of if it was not published.
Sol Noel, of Mason Valley, had cow
die the other day under peculiar circum-
stances. He held an autopsy on the re.
mains and found the animals heart in a
state of decomposition and piece of rusty
wire in it.
The sky was brilliantly illuminated last
Tuesday evening off towards the east. Prob
ably some OF the large tule marshes at the
Carson Sink were being burned. Bailey
makes an annual cleanup of the tules in
this manner.
A flock of geese went towards the sink
yesterday. They were flying so high that
they looked like blackbirds. They have
probably travelled this route before and learn
ed that lit is unhealthy TO get too close to
Dayton gunners.
The sout h bound c. & C. train has of late
been stopping to wood up about quarter Of
mile from tt IN before running in and de-
liv ering the mail. 1t is nuisance to have
to wait half an hour after the time the train
ought to be here, to get the mail.
A Cambridge correspondent of the Waift'
Lake Bulletin says that the weather being
favorable the farmers of East Walker have
begun to pillow the ground, to be ready for
their spring crops. J. f. Gignoux, J. F.
Clam and S. B. Kinds have cleared new
ground for the purpose of raising more
grain and hay,
The TINES acknowledges the receipt of a
complimentary ticket to the ball to be given
by Silver City Hose Company Ne. :, at
the Miners Union Hall, Silver, on the night
of the 9th. The boys are making every
preparation to have the affair prove sue.
cess socially and all who attend can there