Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1890-02-08

Bar silver o6%.

Mason Valley in its clutches.
Mrs. Geo. Plummer, of Mason Valley,
died on the 3oth of last month.
-BORN-In Sutro, February LIST, 1890,
to the wife of George Midgley, son.
The first mail that arrived from Inyo
county for three weeks came in last night
Miss Lizzie McGuf, OF the Mound House,
ir visiting Mrs. Russell Schooley Of Dayton.
Some Of the machinery is being moved
from the Dayton mine to the New York, in
Lower Gold Hill.
j. D. Kersey, the Carson insurance man,
was in town Thursday looking after some
risks he has here.
The snow is rapidly disappearing from
the hills around Silver City and many min
ers have begun work on their claims.
Tom Flaws has received a fine line Of
fancy mixed crackers and Boston biscuits.
Call and buy some while they are fresh.
The Enterprise carrier wants to bet $40
that no man can carry his route through Gold
Hill, Silver City and Dayton in one hour and
a half.
George Wilson, foreman of the Occi-
dental mine, has been confined to his house
by illness for a week past, but is now re-
covering.
Bill Slingerland and several others say
they saw what appeared to be the body OF a
man floating down the river last Tuesday
afternoon.
-Pollard's mill in Silver City is now run
ming to its full capacity on rock from J. F..
Angeles mine. Water is being obtained
from American Flat.
Mike Ffett, of Silver City, has man
at work en- the Powderhouse claim, and the
prospects for uncovering bunch Of wealth
are reported Aatteriug.
MIR. II. G. Tibbers, of Maine, a cousin
Of A. w. and A. T. Brann, arrived in Day
ton yesterday. He will visit Mason Valley,
and return East in few days.
The store Of A. J. Liuell, OF Greenfield,
night The thieves obtained $3.50 left in
the ill. but overlooked box cont aiming $500
Work has been resumed in the Haywood
mine in Silver City. The mine was closed
down during the storm. Three men are now
Hon. Trenmore Coffin, Of Carson, was
a passenger on Thursdays train bound for
Inyo county TO look after his irrigating ditch,
which was somewhat damas by the storms
OF last month.
Mrs. J. r. Hougam was taken quite Sc
riously III last Saturday. DIR. Harris, OF
Virginia was summoned and was driven to
Fl Churchill by Jim Newman. The lady is
recovering from her illness.
Now is just the right time for the dredge
people to be at work. The water in the
river is at the right stage and will be plenti-
full all Summer. The enterprise should be
pushed this Summer for all it is worth.
Fred Barnes and Bob Gray ran 75.yard
foot-race on Main street yesterday for a $40
purse. Besides losing the race and money.
Bob fell down and broke good pair of pants
all to pieces. Barnes time, 81. seconds.
Uncle Ludwig Foote, Of Silver City,
came down last Saturday to tell US he had a
nephew. He is just as proud as James
Goldsworlhy, the father. Young Colds
worthy made his debut in Silver on the list.
MIR. Hunt, who was showed in, in Como,
arrived in Dayton last Wednesday. He
says his grub was pretty short, but by put
ting himself on half rations he managed to
pull through. The snow is still from two
to FIVE feet deep between the round mount
ain and Como.
H. ]. T. Scheel, the Silver City locator,
made quite rich strike in the Alamo claim
some three weeks ago. He has been sack
ing the rock, and by the time the mills are
ready to start and the roads in condition
to haul over, will have a good-sized batch
Of rock ready for working.
-Welk Lothrop, c. Box and Cal. Guild
have instituted a United Order Of Under
takers and are prepared to undertake any
kind Of job that may turn up. The Order
lost money on its last contract and had to
call on Treasurer Guild for an advance Of
twenty-five hundred with which liquordate.
We will bet three dollars and six shil-
lings against chunk of limburger. and hold
the stakes in our teeth, that we are giving
our readers more reading matter than any
other country weekly newspaper IN the State
of Nevada. Our exchanges will please re-
frain from commenting upon the size OF the
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