Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1890-02-15
BRIEF MENTION.
Bar silver o5.

There will be another base ball game
on the fat tomorrow.
Quite mum Der Of Daytoniles attended
the dance at Sutro Tuesday night.
Mrs. Lucretia Parker has leased the
Farmers Hotel at Greenfield, Mason Valley.
There are between three and four hun
dred tons of hay yet for sale in Mason VAL
ley.
The Inyo Independent has been declared
the county official paper Of Inyo county,
Cal.
Jack Barton and Jack Sweat have OPEN
ed saloon in The Downey building in
Greenfield.
A correspondent reports that half the
ranchers in Mason Valley are buying chick
en- feed and potatoes.
With good ball ground in Dayton some
interesting games would probably be played
here by outside clubs.
Postmaster White, of Carson, died this
week Wednesday. He was highly esteemed
by all who knew him.
James Nichol, of Mason Valley, is in
| Nye county looking after some stock he has,
wintcring in that section.
Last Winter the potato men were looked
upon as poor trash. his year they are the
first gentlemen in the land.
Fred Tong was thrown from horse the
first OF this week in Mason Valley and is
now gong about on crutches.
Last Tuesday evening the young folks
of Dayton gave the Gruber children a sur
prise party at The Union lIo;el
Tom Flaws has fine 10; OF fresh navel
oranges, fresh picked pork, key maekerel,
| by the pound. salt herrings, etc.
Jim Corbetr has gone to New Orleans 10
| light Jake kiItain. Corbett ha, suifc, nj
| gall TO make up for his lack OF sense.
-Bovard and Kaufman, of Mason Valley,
are balng considerable hay and haul NJ il
to Wabu,ka for shipment 10 Virginia Guy
We are indebted to Senator Stewart for a
copy Of the proceeding. of the Silver Con
vention held in ST. Louis, Nov. 26, Fl, rs,
1859.
Mrs. J. n. Mann was passenger on
" ed nesday's south bound train on her way
home TO Smith Valley after visit 10 friends
in Reno.
A casket was shipped to James Downey,
OF Greenfield. yesterday. from Virginia City.
1t is feared that Mrs. Downey, who has been
quite i'll, is dead.
Mrs. Z. Pierce. of Smith Valley, was a
passenger on Wednesdays train bound for
stockton, Cal, where her daughter Lottie is
lying quite seriously i'll.
The Barrett Bros. OF Mason Valley, have
about eighty tons of fine potatoes for sale,
which i, evidence that there is no danger OF
potato famine in the valley.
1t Las been demonstrated that water can
be successfully stored in Mason Valley. The
road between Greenfield and Wabuska is
used as an experimental reservoir.
Zoe Do~ney returned to his home in
Mason Valley last Saturday after an absence
of FIVE weeks in Sacramento. Joe had a
hard russell with the "grip" while in the
flooded country.
S. NJ. Burbank, of Smith Valley, was
in town this week with a load of butter
lie came by way OF Wabuska and reports
the snow rapidly disappearing in both Ma
son and Smith valies.
&C. II. Z. Hardin states that his part
ner, N. II. A. Mason, informs him that their
loss Of stock in the eastern part of the State
will be very light, Notwithstanding the Sc
very cold weather and heavy SHOWS.
While it is estimated that the loss OF
stock in the eastern and northern part of the
State will be fully 40 per cent, owing to
the severe Winter, the loss in Smith and
Mason valles will not be over IS per cent
il it is that.
H. NJ. Yerington, A. Ardcry, DIR. Lee,
T. X. Hofer, Geo. Mills, John Dormcr and
Evan Williams went south Tuesday in Mr..
Ycring,on's special car. The gentlemen
were bound for lnyo county, California on
land business.
There is a man by the name of Jones in
Carson who challenges any man in the State
to run a 100 yard toot-race FOR from $500 10
800 side, Ben Rosenihal, Of Hawthorne,
preferred Has Bethune come up from the
Bay to run another fake race.
While riding bucking horse on Main
street last Thursday, Bill Aldrich, was
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