Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-02-16


"A new artesian we'll boring company has
been organized in Lander county.
The Sacramento river was never known
to be SO low at this season as it Is now.
Two fine blooded cows were killed by
alfalfa blout at Winnemucca last week.
Applications for State land aggregating
1899 acres were filed in Carson last week.
If you let others think for you you will
soon find yourself adrift on the endless shores
Of indecision.
-Washoe county farmers are discussing
the project Of levying a special tax for water
storage purposes.
The snow storm Of this week will do
considerable good, as quite a quantity Of
moisture fell in the hills.
"A bill is before the Legislature to cx-
empt all honorably discharged Union soldiers
and sailors in the State from the payment Of
poll tax.
Last Wednesdays train from the Mound
House arrived here without pound of freight
the first lime since the road was hu:lt.-
HaUthot11e Bulletin.
The LuAependenf says that If the propo-
sition to change the boundary line between
Elko and Humboldt counties should pass il
would give to Humboldt about o. &C, Goo
worth OF Elk1's ;axsble property.
.-Wabuska precinct takes the premium
for being the banner lottery precinc, in the
State. The vote was solid for the lottery.
The voters are all farmers who are tired Of
high taxation and want to see change.
Some very satisfactory experiments have
been made this week with the Rae dredge.
1t is thought now that a method has ben
found that will catch all the quicksilver that
can be sucked up, whether it is in Toured
state or not.
"A French doctor advised a nervous
woman to sit in room with dozen rats
running about, and she tried i, and was made
crazy. The physician has just got his sen.
tence Of fifteen years, and he II hear rats TO
the end Of his days.
The App<nf advises people not to get
frightened as smallpox is not now considered
deadly disease by medical men and only a
small percentage Of deaths really occur with
it. l, is supposed to have been brought to
Carson by a man from San Francisco who
slept one night at the Ormsby.
listenl II Within your home
Some gentle one Is fading:
Take warning, ere summons come,
Your happiness invading.
For all the suffering she endures
l. needless. did you know 1t:
The "Favorite Prescription" cures
Unoeasing praises show 1t.
Truly "a household blessing" is this mar.
velous specihc-Dr. Pierce's Favorile Pre-.
scription--for the ills OF woman. Who that
sees dear face growing each day more
ethereal but will rejoice to learn that the
wife or daughter may yet he saved, and the
family circle preserved unbroken1 Don't
despair, but try it, even if the doctors say
there is emo cure" 1t is the only medicine.
sold by Druggists, for woman's peculiar
weakness and ailments, under positive
guarantee from the manufacturers, that it
will give satisfaction in every case, or money
will be refunded. Read guarantee on bot.
tie wrapper.
No wonder western papers are SO spicy,
considering what time the editors have, an
exchange says: We apologize for all mis-.
takes made in all former issues, and say
they were inexcusable, as all an editor has
TO do IS 10 hunt up news, and clean the
rollers, set type and sweep the floor, pen
shor; items, and fold papers, and write wrap
pers. and make the paste, and mail the pa.
pers and talk to visitors, and distribute type.
and carry water. and saw wood, AMI read the
proofs, and correcr mistakes. and hunt the
shears 10 write editorials, and dodge the
bills, and dun delinquents, and take cussing
from the whole force. and tell our subscrib-
ers that we need money-we say that we've
no business TO make mistakes while attend
ing to these lillle matters and getting cur
living on gopher tail soup favored with i'm
aginalion, and wearing old shoes, and no
collar, and patch on our pants, obliged to
turn a smiling countenance to the man who
tells Us our paper isn't worth S. anyhow,
and that he could write better one with his
eyes shut.