Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1891-10-31
BRIEF MENTION.
Halloween party tonight.

can he had at Flaws.
Happy and content is home with 1.-THE Ro-
chester; a lamp with the light of the morning.
Catalogues, write Rochester Lamp Co. ,NewYork.
Mrs. George P Randall returned
from her trip to California last
Sunday.
w. J. Douglass left for San
Francisco the first Of the week on
business.
Bishop, the clothing man, was
in town this week taking orders for
Winter suits.
Tom Flaws keeps the Riverside
flour. 1t is a home manufacture.
Buy no other.
Hub Stewart, now with the
Willapa Valley Land Co., of Wash
ington, was in town this week.
Several Dayton boys have found
employment in the Sutro Tunnel
since the force of men was increased.
The Briggs mill this side of
Silver City is now running on ore
from a mine owned by Mr.. Briggs.
A. e. Harris, the thrifty Car
son druggist, was in town Saturday
and Monday. New sad" next week.
w. r. Penrose, of Mason Val
ley, was in town Thursday evening.
He came in to ride the Odd Fellows
goat.
Mrs. John Damon and her two
daughters, the Misses Ola and Daisy
Perry, returned from California last
Friday.
Winter weather is approaching.
For the past few nights and morn
ings a good fire has been very COM
Portable.
"A Patagna and a mining man
from San Francisco arrived from
the Bay Thursday and went up to
Como yesterday.
Chris Hernleben, of Mason
Valley, was in town Wednesday and
Thursday disposing of load of ex-
ira fine butter and honey.
The work of placing the dredge
machinery is progressing. tbs nee
essarily slow work as the machinery
and timbers are cumbersome.
AN attachment amounting to
$4,000 has been placed upon the
Columbus, New, Borax Company's
property by San Francisco parties.
Jim Donovan, an old Sutro
miner, was nearly blown to pieces
by an explosion in the Ophir mine
yesterday. He is not expected to
live.
Last Saturday night Jim Par
sons cabin caught fire, but the
blaze was put out by the bucket
brigade before much damage was
done.
The Board of County Commits.
sioners will meet to-day to transact
some special business, and will hold
their regular monthly meeting Mon
day next.
III. E. Currey, who is booming
Baker City, Oregon, was in town
this week, distributing advertising
matter, in the shape of maps, sta
tistics, etc.
The machinery for the Mason
Valley Touring mill arrived some
days ago and this week was hauled
to the mill, and is now being placed
in position.
Mike Frett, Of Silver City, is
fixing up the old stone building OPP
posite Cuddy's saloon for another
saloon, and Tom Caravan will start
into business in it as soon as the
building is completed.
Between 40 and so head of cows
were driven through here Wednes-
day en- route to Mason Valley. The
animals are owned by Williams and
Kaupisch, and were mostly milch
COWS to be used in the dairy business.
There are now 1900 head of
cattle being fed in Mason Valley,
and it is believed that fully 5000
head will be fed in the valley this
Winter. This is good news for the
farmers who have plenty of alfalfa
for sale.
ID. D. Bisbee, well-known on
the Comstock for many years, and
latterly as Superintendent of the
old California pan mill, died on the
18th instant at Auburn, Maine. He
was member OF Virginia Lodge,
No. 3, l. 0. 0. F., and of Triumph
Todpe No H. K. of p. of that CITY