Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-08-10
BRIEF MENTION.

Mrs. Carrie Vincent left for visit 10
Santa Clara last Wednesday.
IT. B. Smith, Of Smiths Valley, was in
Dayton on business Thursday.
-Chas Bovard, OF Mason Valley, was ir
town Wednesday and Thursday.
A. 7. and Chas. Holland, Of Mason Val
lev, were in town on Court business this week.
Nv. ]. Wester6eld and wife left on Wed
nesday's train for visit to San Francisco.
Robert Apsey, the legal lumnary OF
Pizen Switch, has been in town the most OF
the week.
-.Sensation, )" Reno's fast trotter, stepped
a mile in Buffalo last Tuesday 2:I5. He took
second money.
Attorneys W. E. F. Deal, c. E. Mack
and F. NJ. HufIaker, Of Virginia, were in
town this week.
The hot spell is broken and the nights
and mornings are delightfully."- cool now.
Now give US little rain. =
Over 200 couple attended the moonlight
picnic At the Mound House Wednesday eve.
ming. All had great big time.
j. A. Huntoon and wife and J. II. Hep
worth and wife left Tuesday on a camping
Trip 10 Tahoe and Hope Valley.
The weather has been iIife cloudy FIR
the pas, two or three days, with slight indi-
cations OF rain. No rain, though.
1t is estimated that the FIRE at Spoksn'
Falls destroyed $4,000, ooo worth Of prop
cry. The town will be Immediately rebul t.
H. F Swasey, the wabu>ka butter
maker, WAS in town on thursday Of this
week, We hear no more about his arlesian
well scheme.
john Iioye, the Wellington Postmaster
and store keeper. was in town Tuesday
evening and left Wednesday morning fo'
Virginia City.
Several carloads OF marble from the
Inyo quarry passed through this week to
Reno, where it is used at the Reduction
Works Tor fnx.
Notice the advertis, ment Of the Stavrs
Mfg. Company in another column, and {
you want to buy a buggy, cart or harness
,end To them Tor prices.
John Smith, o. Greenfield, is now in
old Hill under the doct OF 5 treatment foi
consumption, and the physician thinks it i
very doubtful If h. can recover.
-EIko county is issuing scrip TO pay the
running expenses Of the county. There Is
plenty OF money in the trea'u'y. but ii is tied
up in he school and road funds.
Tom and Jack Barton. Of Mason Valley,
were in town this week. They intend To
lake in the Caledonia picnic al Carson 10 day.
and edo up" the spr'nlers there.
There is talk Of q match being made
between Esmeralda's Splinter and Tom
Barton. of this county. The former will
have TO brush up lively to win our money.
"A large crowd Of Daylonites attended
the mocnl'gh picnic given by Tom Calvert
at the Mound House last Wednesday night.
and all rep ,rt having had delightful time.
Doc. Callison, Of Esm-ralda county,
was in town a few days las, week shaking
hands with old friends. II was his first visi,
to his old stamping ground for many years.
Mason Valleyites are scooping large hol~s
in the ground 10 obtain water for their stock.
Water is so close to the surface 10 the Valley
hat they only have to scoop about six feet.
--Plzen Switch sports evade the IL O'Clock
law by moving the tables. whisky bottles.
etc., out Of doors after midnight. and some
high old moonlight games have been held
this week.
The infant son Of Al Perkins, of New
Jerusalem, died las, Tuesday. after a short
illness. The funeral took place Wednesday
and was attended by many friends Of the
parents Of deceased.
The thirteen tons Of rock from the
Eureka Como mine, worked in S,xmile Can.
yon, did not give high enough returns to keep
ON hauling ore. 1t is said that there is too
much iron in the ore TO work i, up to a fair
per cent.
The Virginia City nine came down to
Dayton last Sunday and beat the Dayton
boys by . score Of ~ 10 6. The Dayton
nine are the best helde,s, but their batting
is poor, an the pitcher Of the Virginia nine
did the work.
The COL Committee has begun work in
Trucker, and tough character was tarred
and feathered there last Saturday night Tor
indecent exposure. Notices have been posted
all hard cases to leave town, and
they are Aocking 10 Reno and Sacramento
With 500 square miles OF sal, fields Of
unknown depth, and whole mountain range
of the purest rock salt. saws the Virginia