Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-09-07
BRIEF MENTION.


Miss Lillian Scott has returned to Reno
to attend school.
If your shoes need repairing and you
want a neat job go to Charlie Bailey.
Charlie Watson and Ike Philips have
gone on camping trip to Lake Tahoe.
Stop at Regan's when on your way to
Carson or Virginia and sample his wet goods.
Station Agent Coffin and wife returned
from their camping trip to Lake Tahoe last
Saturday.
Doc. Callison, Of Candelaria, and James
WaddelI, OF Hawthorne, were in town few
days this week.
Call al the Arcade when in Virginia and
get cool glass of beer and one Of the finest
lunches ever served anywhere.
Several of the boys have gone up in the
hills on quail hunt. The birds are not
very plentiful according to report.
Mrs. Sam Woods, of Virginia City, was
visiting Mrs. Brann, Of Dayton, this week
She returned home on Wednesday.
1t is reported that an extensive and rich
body of ore has been discovered in the Hay.
wood mine. This is good news for Silver
City.
The pinenut crop has been good this
year, which means that we will have a severe
Winter, if we have much cold weather and
snow.
The freight house and depot at this
place has received fresh coat Of bright red
paint which makes it resemble barn back
in yankeedom.
Station Agent Davis, of the Mound
House, went down to Clifton the other day
and succeeded in bagging teal duck. The
water is scarce. and game more SO.
Sheriff Brann is now running an accom-
mediation stage line about town. He Is do.
ing quite a good business as he has one
passenger every trip-that is his brother, the
deputy.
The picnic at Horseshoe Lake last Sun.
day was not very largely attended. The
music furnished by Zimmer's band, however,
was enhancing, and all who did attend had
good time dancing.
In the great trotting race at Springfield
Wednesday, the Nevada horse 'Sensation"
won second money, $1,000. The time was
2:I4. 1t is said that Heating and Lee, the
owners Of the horse, may sell him in Spring
field.
There will be free public lecture at
the Court House this evening at half past
seven o'clock by G. II. Derrick. Everybody
is invited to attend. with the assurance that
hopes Of a brighter future will be raised in
the breasts OF all lovers of liberty.
The lightning PALMER from Yellowstone
has been painting buckboards and buggies
here this week. He does pretty fair job of
painting and turns out vehicle day. He
uses striped paint in painting the wheels
which facilitates his work very much, where
stripes are required on wheels
Ed. Markwell and ANDY Newman,
while returning ON be p,''ir it.i Strprv.
made too short III u IA ,or.ps OF o. e
grounds and were thrown tom l- c.
Andy received a sprained wrist and a brrise
or Two on the forehead, and Ed is internally
injured. No damage done to horse or cart.
The ball game played at the picnic last
Sunday between the Silver City and Dayton
mines broke up at the beginning OF The third
inning on account of some of the boys hav.
ing greater desire 10 fight than play ball.
The score at the wind up stood I to in favor
Of Dayton, and the silver mounted bat be.
longs here.
Ben jenkins, miner of Virginia City,
shot his wife six times last Saturday evening
with 81 calibre revolver. The woman
lived until Monday and had very little to
say about the affair. jenkins is in Jail. The
couple had not been living very happily to.
gcther for some time, and it is supposed the
shooting grew out of difficulty over the two.
year old child Of the couple.
County Assessor CARING capszed his
cart at the corner of Pike and Main streets
last Saturday evening when returning from
Silver City, but received no injuries. The
way the accident happened was this: When
in Silver the boys changed the wheels on the
cart and in making the turn onto Pike street
Hugh cramped the cart little too short and
got spilled out. Bill Duncan is leveling up
the vehicle.