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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1898-06-18

SOME of our State exchanges
have limited that it is about time
the Supreme Court rendered de-
cision in the poll tax case. The
TINES thinks so, too. On the first
of next month the registry books
in the several precincts Of the diff
ferent counties in the State are re-
quired to be open for the registra-
ton of voters. The question is an
important one, as the Registry
Agents want to know whether an
applicant for registration must pro-
duce one poll tax, or two, or wheth.
er it will be necessary to produce
any, before he can have his name
entered upon the book and become
qualified to vote. 1t is our opinion
that the law should be knocked off
the book. 1t is a reprehensible
piece of legislation, and the Su-
preme Court has but very short
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1898-06-18
Highwnymen On Wheels.

A wheelman of West 10th street. New York,
was attacked robbed and left senseless by two
highwaymen mounted on bicycles in Central
Park. Repeated accounts of robberies by men
mounted on wheels have appeared in the pa
pers in various parts of the country. Those
depredators of the health, disea> es of the kid
neys and bladder, will likewise escape arrest.
and pursue their atrocious career unchecked.
unless they are arrested by the potent lnterven-
ton of Hostetters Stomach Bitters, the finest
duretic as well as tonic, known to modern
times. 1t is at the start that disease is the more
easily overcome. The use of the Bitters is fol-
lowed by the happiest results in dyspepsia,
liver complaint and nervousness.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1898-06-18

BRYAN has formally been COM
missioned "a Colonel by the Gov
ernor of Nebraska and his regiment
is assigned to the Philippine ex-
petition by the war authorities at
Washington. The Presidents face
was not visible when he gave that
order, but we know it was covered
with broad grin, says the Spring
field Republican. 1t will take the
opposition leader a month or two
to get to the islands and month
or two to get back, and if he stays
"at the front" month in addition,
be will miss the Fall political cam
paign and elections. And if we
are to hold the Philippines at the
end of the war he may have to seek
a discharge or desert in order to get
back in time to fix up his fences for
the 1900 struggle. Pretty good joke.
But what if by some lucky chance
Bryan should be able to come back
within a year or two as a military
hero, to be added to his present vote
getting attainments?
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1898-06-18

THE new war tax law places a
stiff tax on patent medicines, and
in an indirect way may be inlurl-
Gus to newspaper business. The
patent medicine concerns are nearly
all liberal advertisers, and if the
tax effects them to any great ex-
tent they will naturally begin cur
failing advertising expenses, if they
do not cease advertising altogether.
This is another instance of how
the government is helping the dear
people at the expense of the men
of money and the corporations, we
don't think.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1898-06-18

Mr.. Isaac Horner, proprietor of
the Burton House, Burton, w. ",
and one of the most widely known
men in the State was cured of rheu-
matism after three years of suffer
ing. He says: 81 have not suffi-
cient command of language to con-
vey any idea of what | suffered, my
physicians told me that nothing
could be done for me and my friends
were fully convinced that nothing
but death would relieve me of my
suffering. In June, 1894, Mr.. Evens,
then salesman for the Wheeling
Drug Co., recommended Chamber
lain's Pain Balm. At this time my
foot and limb were swollen to more
than double their normal size and
it seemed to me my leg would burst,
but soon after / began using the
Pain Balm the swelling began to de-
crease, the pain to leave, and now |
consider that | am entirely cured.
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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1898-06-18

THE "Merrimac," it appears, had
to be searched for stowaways before
starting for her present resting
place in Santiago channel. The
search was fruitful. Frantic volun-
teers, kicking, swearing, fighting
and holding back with all their
might were dragged out from every
conceivable hiding place in the ship.
Some had slowed themselves away
in refrigerators, hoping no doubt
to return to their normal tempera-
ture when the action began. 1t is
a strange naval engagement that
the Yankees can't get some fun out
of, says the Syracuse Post.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1898-06-18

time now in which to decide wheth-
er or not it will allow law to
stand which will disfranchise a
considerable percentage of the vo-
tiers of the State. The decision
should be rendered at once so as to
let the Registry Agents know where
they stand.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1898-06-18
Lyon County Commissioner
Districts.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS

COMMISSIONERS
Dayton, Nevada, June 9th, 1887
In pursuance of an order duly made and en-
tered on the minutes on the 9th day of June,
A. D. 1898. by the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners of Lyon County, State of Ne
vada. the Commissioner Districts of said lyon
County we're re-established as follows:
Commissioner District No. l includes Silver
City, Dayton. Mound House and sutrO voting
precincts.
Commissioner District No Q includes Chur-
cincts.
Commissioner District No. 8 includes Plum
mer and Smith Valley voting precincts.
1t was further ordered that said notice be
published for three successive weeks, as pro
vided by law, in the LYON COUNTY TIMES, a
newspaper printed and published in said Lyon
County, State of Nevada.
.os BY order of the Board.
ishAl A. j. LOTUS,
s~~~s Clerk
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1898-06-18
THE first amendment to the wa

THE first amendment to the war
tax bill in regard to coming the sill
yer seigniorage proposed to coin
100000 per month, This, we be-
lieve, has been changed so that ST.
100000 is to be coined monthly, the
reason for the reduction being given
by the administration that the for
mer amount would furnish too
much money. OF course the issuing
of $500, 100000 bonds will not fur
.nish too much money-that is sill
yer money.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1898-06-18
Notice to the Public.

wABUsKA, Nevada, June 9Th. 1898
My wife, Maggie Vein. having lett my BED
and board without just cause or provocation,
hereby desire TO notify the public that from
and after this date will not be responsible for
any bills contracted by her.
ALEX VEIN.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1898-06-18
MASON VALLEY NEWS.
By Our Regular Correspondent.

T.. w. Patterson Is III San FRAN
cisco.
F. w. Fairbanks spent last Mon
day in Yerington. ,,,s
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Tillay are
in San Francisco.
Mat. Penrose has returned home
from his eastern trip.
George Kneirim will open his
new hotel for business next Mon
day. s
Henry Hanson has gone to Vir-
ginia City to receive medical treat
ment.
Ace Mitchell has gone to Haw-
thorne. Wonder if it isn't Virgin
ia City? sa1 3M. ~ '..5r 'r#
W. E. Lindsey, the Mono mable
man, paid Yerington a visit last
Monday. .jfa
Quite a number of farmers in
the valley are cutting their first
crop of hay.
B. H. Reymers and wife left last
Sunday for Dayton, Carson, and
other nearby towns.
James Johnson and wife have
taken up their new residence on
the Vanderhoof ranch.
Mrs. Nelson, from Placervilie,
Cal, is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Chas. Fox, of Yerington.
Miss Pearl Collins returned from
Pine Grove Wednesday, where she
had been visiting friends.
Steve Curry is improving the
looks Of the Wabuska school house
by giving it coat of paint.
When water gets scarce in Walk
er river some litigation is expected
to enforce priority of water rights.
The proprietors of the Nevada
Restaurant have dissolved partner
ship and the restaurant is now a
thing of the past.
Frank Freeman, who has been
working near Tacoma, Wash. has
gone to Klondyke. His family has
moved onto the Bovard place.
J. G. Young drew prize of a
Sc pair of shoes from the San Fran
cisco Examiner this week, but ac-
cepted check instead of the shoes.
There will be a grand Fourth of
July picnic at Hernleben's grove,
and in the evening there will be
dance in Caig's hall in Yerington.
B. A. Leak, the veterinary sur
geon, arrived from Carson Wednes-
day, accompanied by his wife. They
will probably visit Bodie before re-
turning.
Hugh Brady, the stage man, took
trip to Wellington Monday to in
terview the gentleman who has Sc
sured the mail contracts in that
section of the country.
T. G. Nichol and wife have va
Gated their residence at the Smelter.
They are now living on the Knei-
rim ranch, which was purchased
by Mr.. Reymers last Fall
J. W. Hannah wrote from Chey-
enne a few days ago stating that
he would soon leave that place for
Manila. Let's wish him God speed,
and safe return. Johnny is the
only one of old "Co. l" who has
gone to fight for his country.
Last Monday Mrs. Henry Seifton
and Mr.. Bettencourt had genuine
water fight. 1t seems that both
parties get water from the same
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-09

his gun, and, utterng an exclamation OF
pain staggered out of the cave, doubled up
like an Interrogation point.
His companions greeted him with yells,
and for a few minutes there was great
excitement at the mouth Of the cave. Fin
ally they again attempted an entrance.
This time several Of the savages entered
together, the foremost redskin carrying
torch. They boys crouched back as far
as they could in the darkest corner, hold
ing their musket, which they had now
reloaded, in front of them ready for in
slant use. But they did not heave occa-
sion to fire 1t.
The Indians were hardly more than fair
" in the cave when a strange thing hap
pened. There was terrible sdueaking and
Kissing and a rumble like low thunder
succeeded by a deafening whirr of fut-
terng wings. The whole cavern seemed 10
be full of life. The Indians torch was
extlnguished. and, utterlng yells Of at
fright, they scrambled out as best they
might.
For half an hour longer the rumble and
whirr and hutter Of wings continued. ana
the boys then knew that the creatures
must be bats. The cave was their home,
and they had been startled by the light
OF the torch. and had gone forth for the
night.
There was no doubt but that the bats
had saved the boys lives, for II 1t had
not been for their startling Interference the
Indians would surely have found and kill
ed them.
They remained in the cave several hours
longer, and then crawlcd stealthily forth
and found their way home, much to the
/ Joy OF their parents, who had been alarm
| ed beyond measure by their prolonged ab-
/ sence.
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T the good word up at the house, Billy?
Any chance for travellers to stay all
nlght?"
"Plenty-at least, I reckon So" Billy
answered his sense Of news to tell sud-
denly checking hospitality. Reason I
say that, ] don't just know how things
be when we get there. / left the sheriff
there-and bout a dozen more men--and
they were telin' how the man they were
after had stole bout 100000 In town
last night-and gone chasin' off In a bug
gy, this mornin' as IL he hadn't done a
thing"
Dear met why, we came from town.
We beard nothing of all this !" Brother
Amos said, turning to his companion,
who yawned and shook his head. Then
suddenly ne sat upright and looked at
Billy with very keen pair of eyes. The
barrel was by this time underneath the
spout, and filing very fast. The Stranger
got out OF the buggy ana went beside 1t,
peering into It's depths as though IL were
something out of the common.
Here's a new style Of water works
eh Brother Amos?" he said with a CUR
Cling laugh, then 10 BiMy: Tell me how
you get the water out?'
Easy enough! Don't you see the spile
there at the bottom?" Bily-Boy retorted
over his shoulder. He was busy cutting
lockwood boughs to shade the barrel in
transit and keep the water cool. AS he
turned with both hands full, a vicious
| fly made Merry Tom dance so the slide
was In danger of upsettng.
Here, give me the bushes-In fix them
while you hold the horse" the stranger
| said, fetching a hand out his pocket.
| There was a knife In 1t so keen and
| sharp when It was opened It awoke Billy
to covetousness. BY help of IL. In trice
the boughs were in place, though Billy
| Boy could not quite understand why in
the placing the stranger meddled so mucn
with the wedge-shaped board that went in
| TO the bung.
"Ill tell mother who's comin'-she'll be
sure to have a place for YOU" he shouted
to Brother Amos determincdly taking The
road ahead of him. For the first time
| in fifteen years water-hauling, Merry Tom
| had to trot uphill with a fun barrel.
| The sheriff, riding out OF the Clark gate
almost swore at sight OF Brother Amos
! companion. TO think OF ketchlu' him
when we'd about give him upv he said Ia
the man at his elbow, then spurred tc
the side Of the buggy, crying out Halt
You're my prisoners Hold up your hands!'
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driven back again at night the feeding
ground being, of course uufenced.
The labor devolved on The two younger
members of the community, David Rob
eris and Frank Parker, who were aged
respectively ~ and 10 years. For their
own accommodation the lads had a small
bell placed on the neck of the most docle
COW, thus enabling them TO locate the
herd If, as sometimes happened, the cat
tie wandered far, or they We're late in go
ing after them. They were often saved
long and tiresome tramps by this con-
trivance.
One afternoon Of August in 1875, the two
lads as usual started for the pasture lot,
each taking a tin bucket to hold berries,
and Frank carrying a foWling piece. At
their last visit they had seen a flock of
wild turkeys near the woods and they
did not intend to lose another opportunity
Of making a desirable addition to the FAM
lily larder. AS for Indians, although there
had been rumors for some time of saw
age outbreak, still no immediate fears
were felt and very little thought was
given to the matter.
1t was a warm, hazy afternoon, and the
sultry sun made the boys very thirsty.
Several times they had journeyed 10 a
spring for water, in each instance STUN
bling upon a blackberry patch, where the
berries were bigger and fresher than they
had found elsewhere. They had no diff
+ Guilty In filing their pals and long be-
fore shutdown had their task completed
The elder lad then proposed to go into the
timber to see If they could not stir up an
| other flock of wild turkeys.
This suggestion being cheerfully as
sented 10, they deposited their heaped-up
pals under the projecting roof of a huge
rock, and, taking their jackets under
! their arms they wandered up the hillside
| Frank with the musket in advance. They
| were doomed to disappointment that day
| however, for though they ranged over sew
e-al acres of underground and forest they
did not succeed in soaring up a single
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Then they sprang off to the right maxi
ing for a clump Of spruce near a rocky
ledge. There they paused moment to
take breath.
They had outrun the savages. but be-
low they could be heard scrambhng Up
over the rocks, and the boys knew they
would soon discover them If they re-
malned there. They were about TO start
forward again. when David threw up his
hands and disappeared as If the earth had
swallowed him.
Startled by the sudden disappearance
of his friend, Frank bent down to see
what had befallen him, but he was re-
assured by David's voice:
"Helloi Come down here" he said; "I
have found a good hiding place. with
out a moments hesitation, Frank Iow-
cred himself down the same orifice and
found they were in a cave of quite good
dimensions, that seemed to stretch away
under the hill. IL was high enough so
that they could stand nearly erect, and
il was fun of angles and corners, border
ed by jutting rocks that were moss Cow
cred and damp. The fissure upon which
they had accidentally stumbled was be-
tween two large rocks, but there was an
other opening about two rods beyond on
the side of the HILL for they could o!s-
I Germ the light al the aperture.
/ Several times something soft happed
: In their faces, and all around they heard
faint little squeaks, like those of young
mice. But before they had time to make
an examination of their surroundings they
were alarmed by the cries of the Indians
at the entrance of the cave. Their hiding
place had been discovered
After a short conversation among the
| savages, the aperture was darkened and
one of the warriors entered. The en-
! trance was so low that the red man had
to crawl upon his hands and knees n
short distance. Then he Strengthened
| himself up, and began slowly to feel his
way into the interior of the cavern.
Frank had had no opportunity to load
his musket but in his hands 1t was still
a formidable weapon as club. The boys
remained quiet In their corner, keeping
their eyes on the advancing warrior.
Every once in a while the Indian would
stop and brush away something from his
face, muttering audibly, but he still kept
advancing, step by step When he was
| within a couple of steps, Frank drew
back his weapon and struck him as hard
as he could in the pit of the stomach. The
Indians breath was almost knocked out OF
him by the force of the blow. He dropped
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-09

pools, and set flutter mills In the dane
ing shadows, to say nothing of fishing
at the Ten-Foot hole, where the spring
branch ieaped foamily into the creek.
The spring came out halfway 10 a tall
bluff and danced down over sheer rocks
richly embroidered with lichen and moss
and fern. Some part Of the water was
led into a trough followed from long,
slender logs, which was fixed in crocheted
uprlghts some ten feet from the ground.
The tToughs went quite to the roadside.
billy drove his barrel underneath II, and
let the spouting stream go plump into the
squared bunghole.
So the filling was ridlculously easy; and
as for driving the slide, that was as good
as play. Il ives no load at all for Merry
Tom, Ihe chunky pony. Going springward
Billy Boy rode him; coming home, he
walked beside, fiourtshing and cracking
his plated leather whip.
Upon a certain October Wednesday the
whip cracked so loudly as the OUTFIT reach
ed the spring any one who knew Billy
would have been certain he had a new
and especially acute grievance. It was
! drawing on TO 4 O'clock but still very
warm There had been no frost to nip the
asters and goldenrod. All the wayslde
was gorgeous with them, their fowery
/ mass fecked here and there with REDEEM
! ing sumach or yellow and purple hriers.
mile betwlXt spring and house he had been
muttering, Think they might a-let me
stayed to hear the last" or Reckon they
think n boy, a big boy, don't keer nothin'
about hearin' nothin In the world"
Still, he had heard somethlng-enough
at least. to tell vaguely. So he frightened
perceptibiy as he drew to the spring, for
other thirsty folk were there--two men IN
a very dusty buggy, with tired-loolSine
horse. AS he came up one of them hailed
BILLY: "Howdy, sonnyl Dear bless my
soul, but I'm glad TO see you. I've beer
clean lost this half hour-it's good to fine
yourself anywhere about Squire Clark s. 3
"Howdy, brother Amosl It's funny
you gettin' lostl Thought you'd rode the
Circuit till you knew every pig track. .
Billy said, beamingly. Brother Amos, wal
coporteur a WORKOUT itinerant, was
prime favorite with all the boys, ne haC
such a knack of fetching exactly tn,
books they wanted, books that had bloot
and fighting in them, and good boys WHIT
did not die young of their own goodness
ut is funny, I never hit on this cross
road before-I've often heard of YOU
! spring" Brother Amos returned: "Whati
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fowl. It was within half an hour Of sun
down when they concluded it was time to
be Fastening homewards.
All at once David halted as If shot,
and looked at his companon with a queer
expression. II don't think / have heard
that COW bell for the last half hour"
And l am quite sure that L have not"
declared Frank.
A moment afterward, and while they
stood gazing at each other, the familiar
tinkle of the bell came to them from out
the edge OF the forest. IT'S strange old
Dewdrop should have wandered so far. -
said Frank, as they turned in the dtrec-
ton of the sound.
Just then they heard the plaintive bleat
of "a calf not far away, in the same direc-
ton as the bell.
Frank, we shall have to hurry" ex-
claimed David. "or it viii be dark before
we get home"
The two lads dashed through the briars
and underbrush. crying, "Co, bossl Co,
boss" thinking every moment TO come
upon the straying calf. But, queerly
enough, the bleat uttered only at inter-
walls seemed to be farther and farther
away.
Suddenly Frank uttered an exclamation.
He had trodden upon a huge blackberry
bush, and several Of the sharp thorns
had been lett IN his bare foot. lie stop
ped TO extract them, sitting down on a
rock to do so.
As he rose from his position he saw an
Indian step out from behind O. bowlder
and deliberately level his frelock at the
unconscious David on the instant he
drew his own musket to his shoulder and
hardly without taking aim, fired az the
savage.
Hurried as had been his aim the turkey
shot took effect. and the red man threw
up his arms and fell, his weapon dis
charging itself in The air.
Without stopping 70 reload the pioneer
lad dashed over the PROSTATE warrior and
seized his companion BY the arm. eve
must run for our lives" he cried; I'VE are
surrounded by Indians"
As II to prove the truth OF the asser.
ton, a dozen wild yells arose on the in.
slant. and they could hear their enemies
crashing through the thick underbrush IN
pursuit.