Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1890-02-01
BRIEF MENTION.

Office.
When is Keogh going to have 20 with
Corbett2
Silver is advancing in price little all
the time.
The Rock Point mill will start up full
next week.
The Chinese finished celebrating their
New Year this week.
The Ophir mill will not be able to start
up for two weeks as the tailings are too wet
to work.
The Douglass ditch is still full of snow
and ice and the town is consequently without
a water supply.
The County Commissioners will hold
their regular monthly meeting net Monday.
Get your bills filed to-day.
The sleighing has disappeared and wag-
ons and carts are again in use. Barton's
stage now runs to Silver City on wheels.
Tom Flaws went over to Empire last
Thursday to do soma repairing at the new
acid works. He reports the roads in hor-
rible condition.
j. r. Vail drove down from Virginia
City Tderday. He states that reports from
his ranch show but small loss of cattle SO
far. The stock is being fed
BY digging in the ground it is found
that the frost has not penetrated to greater
depth than one foot. The snow kept the
earth warm during the cold snap.
J. L. Campbell got twelve head Of beef
cattle Thursday from Smith Valley. The
animals came from d. c. Simpsons ranch
and are in particularly fine condition.
There are large numbers of cattle,
horses and sheep feeding in the southern
part OF Nye county. At last accounts they
were all looking well.-Belmont Courier.
1t is reported that there is no flour in
Bodie owing to the blocked roads. Ham
and other articles are entirety out, and the
people Of that camp are subsisting on beans,
cheese and snow.
A flock Of wild geese lit across the riv-
er "wednesday. Although they killed none
Of them Station Agent Coffin and the ranch
ers kept up such fusiade that the birds
did not remain long.
Two acrobats gave a one-horse perform
ance at the Odeon Hall last Thursday even
ing. The audience donated s. 50. The
boys say Bill Aldrich did better performing
than the professionals.
1t is reported that l. A. Stroshider and
Miss Bessie Penrose, the popular young
schoolmarm of Missouri Flat, will soon be
welded. They are two of Missouri Flat S
most estimable young people.
Grub has run little short in Dayton
the past week. Our merchants have been
dealing out sugar, hams, bacon and canned
goods very sparingly. They expect a Big
supply Of goods on the first train.
James Dougherty and Miss Belle Silk
were married last Saturday night in Haw-
tho.ne. A large number Of friends were
present, and very social evening was spent
after the tying Of the nuptial knot.
-"Resolved that immigration to America
is detrimental" is the subject chosen for
discussion by the Debating Club this even
ing The affirmative is confident that the
decision will be rendered in its favor.
Bob Tilley, the Missouri Flat masher,
after sleigh-ridng all the girls on the Flat
this Winter and failing to "cath on" for
keeps, has sold his fine rig 10 J. d. Butler,
who evidently believes he will have better
success.
George Hatch. the Virginia City gro
ceryman, was in town Tuesday looking for
potatoes. He bought some from the Italian
ranchers at $50 a ton and had the spuds
hauled to Sutro, from which place they were
shipped to Virginia through the tunnel.
w. S. Bailey, the Churchill county cat
tie man, passed through Dayton last Tues
day on his way from Reno 10 Mason Valley.
He was travelling on horseback. From the
valley he will Go to his ranch in Churchill
county to see how his cattle are holding out.
Superintendent Shirley blasted chan
mel in the great mass of ice that had accu-
mulated g, the Rock Point dam last Satur-
day. The water now flows freely over the
dam and there is very little danger OF that
structure being taken out by the freshet if
one occurs.
MIR. Paramore has gold clam in Como