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TRI-WEEKLY TIMES
Published every
Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday.
—BY—
FRANK KENYON.
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Lyon County Times.
SILVER CITY, NEV., JAN. 3, 1875. NO. 79. j
TRI WEEKLY TIMES
JOB PRINTING.
WE ARE PREPARED TO PRINT, AT
short notice, and Virginia prices,
CARDS, POSTERS, BILLHEADS,
CIRCULARS, LABELS,
MILL BLANKS, RECEIPTS
LEGAL BLANKS, ETC.
I,«tlrr I'rom Knn t'rnnoisco.
San Francisco, Dee. 31, 1S74.
Dear TImks:—The weather is
magnificent. Such a winter has
not been known for years. Every
body is cheerful, but the poor, for
lorn old maid, who rites this letter,
and the rheumatic old bachelor, who
growls in the corner.
Christmas is over. The ox, Bill
Sharon, weight 2,700 pounds, has
been chemically assisting the action
of nature, in restoring the worn-out
functions of such of our nabobs as
take to beef instead of turkey or
mutton. On merry Christinas, Jirn
Flood followed suit, and the lambs.
Bob Morrow, Bill Ralston, John J.
Jones, bearing on their backs the
names of their illustrious namesakes,
have in the same way been consigned
to oblivion. The freedom of egg
nogg, m many ot the saloons, to the
jubilant public seemed to give tone
to the general festivities, for the
number of persons a little tight, per
haps, who reeled along the streets,
as the earth to them, it is to be sup
posed, rolled backward and forward,
were too numerous to mention.
Christmas is over, and though the
26th was also a holiday, depression
was general, and an attempt to re
l ive business, as well as excitement,
on California street, quite percepti
ble. Even the children seemed look
ing for nctv excitement. The drums
which were beaten about the streets
in somewhat martial confusion, on
Christmas, soon lent their power to
give pleasure, and the dolls which
are not destroyed as yet, or headless,
have also retired to private life, and
even their places remain unfilled.
What shall we do till Now Year’s, j
seems the general enquiry. A San
Francisco public cannot bear to j
lose one day in the race of money j
making, and notwithstanding a gen-;
eral assent to a second day’s holiday .
many transgressed and did a little
business.
Parties are numerous. Though
large parties scorn over. Ilaggin A
Tevis receive their dear five hun
dred. Oliver Eldridge instituted a ;
new order of things, or rather fol
lowed a custom gaining ground in
tlie East, and hired Pacific llall, in
which to receive the family friends.
All the world and his wito have of
fered their criticisms on the subject,
and after a nine days ot wonder
bave finally concluded to let the
matter rest.
John P. Jones, in the joy of his
delight, lias been enjoying McCul
lough at the California. His fiancee
is described as a blonde, though not
a beauty fair to look upon, well bred
and a lady—a decided recomnuneii
datiou in these days of loud-toned
fastness.
The city, of course has, with open
mouthed wonder, listened to the fab
ulous tales of tlie wealtli of the mod
ern Aludius, Flood and O'lirlen, and
everybody promised to buy for his
friends the most munificent gifts, at
tlie very first Christmas, when his !
wealth lias equaled their’s. It is a
long lane that has no turning, and
even your correspondent lias prom
ised herself to present to the most
worthy tlie magnificent cross of dia
monds to be seen at present at
iShreve’s.
Some wonucrmi cross-cuts nave |
disemboweled that portion of the,
earth, whioh is to increase the value 1
ol' that particular mine, represented !
by certain certificates of stock, which
for the present must be nameless.
One of the wonderful features of
the present state of things is the rap
idly developed knowledge of tho
condition of mines, machinery, etc.,
with which our people are at present
enlightening each other. Nothing |
like the amount of information has
evor been extended before, and tho
prospect is that our present boards
of education, in addition to tho draw
ing lessons it has recently thought
necossary to lorce upon tho teach
ers, will have to open a school for
mining and engineering for their es
pecial bonelit, in order that this
present thirst for knowledge in that
particular direction may be exten
ded, and now Mr. Times, having
given your readers suflieient of gos
sip, allow me to congratulate you
that Christmas is safely over, and
wish you a happy new year.
Cynthia Ann.
Ik it takes a man two weeks to eat
a ham, how long will it take him to
eat a hammer,?
The Happy Max.—I noticed a
mechanic, among a number of oth
ers, at work in a house erected but
a little way from my office, who al
ways appeared to be in a merry hu
mor, who had always a kind word
and a cheerful smile for every one
he met. Let the day be ever so
cold, gloomy or sunless, a happy
smile danced a sunbeam upon his
countenance. Meeting him one
morning, I asked him to tell me
the secret of his constant flow of
happy spirits. “ No secret, doc
tor," he replied. “I have got one
of the best of wives, and when I
go to work she has always a word
of encouragement forme; when I
go home she always meets me with
a tender kise; and she is sure to be
ready with my meals; and she has
done so many things through the
day to please me that I cannot find
it in my heart to speak unkindly to
anybody.” What influence, then,
hath woman over the heart of man,
to soften it, and to make it the foun- j
tain of cheerful and pure emotions!
Speak gently, then; a happy smile j
and a kind word of greeting after |
the toils of the day are over, cost
nothing, and go far toward making
a home happy and peaceful.
Supreme Court Decision.— In
the Supreme Court, in the case of
Frank Denver, relator, vs. Hobart,
Controller, Respondent. This was
an application for a writ of manda
mus to compel respondent to issue
to relator a warrant on the State
Treasurer for §5,397 G5, claimed to
be due relator for his salary as ex
officio Warden of the State Prison.
When the Legislature passed the
Act providing that the State Prison
Commissioners should meet on the
first Monday of April, 1873, for the
purpose of selecting a Warden of
the State Prison, they also provided
that the sum of §8,000 should be
appropriated ‘"for the payment of
the salary of the Lieutenant Gover
nor,” for house rent, furniture, and
the necessary provision for his ta
ble. This amount lie has received
and the Court hold that this was
all the Legislature intended he
should have, and deny the writ.
The opinion is by Justice Hawley,
Justice Whitman and Belknap con
curring.—[Enterprise.
Sponging.—This is the way the
Pella (Iowa) Blade puts it: ‘When
you want a notice of some enter
prise in which you are interested,
‘sponge’ on your local paper; but
if you want any printing done, give
your order to some drummer out of
town, or some job office which can
not aid your enterprise by giving it
a notice.”
While the Middleberg, N. *Y.
Gazette gives vent to his pent up
feelings in this manner: “One of
the hardest tasks we were ever ask
ed to perform was to say a good
word for a man who had died after
cheating ns out of a subscription
bill. But we knew the recording
angel would call his attention to
the matter, and so we did as re
quested.”
A I'BOFESSOB of philosophy at
Kiel lias, according to the German
papers, given a ball lately to cele
brate the two thousand three hun
dred and second anniversary of the
birth of Plato! This very nearly
equals Mark Twain’s sorrow at the
tomb of Adam.
Key. J. H. Todd, of Sioux City,
played a rather neat little joke on
his wife, the other day. While she ^
was unsuspectingly engaged in half
soling his Winter trousers, he qui
etly slipped out at the back gate
and eloped with a milliner.
Boston men can’t believe what
they see. One of them had to feel
of a steam auger in Chicago to seo
if it was really whirling. It really
was, and three or four of his fingers
fell down behind an alderman’s
cravat.
In 1847-8 potatoes formed the
only sustenance of the peasantry of
Ireland. The intelligent composi
tor put it thus:—In 1857 forty-eight
potatoes formed the only suste
nance of the Irish peasantry.
CoMPUiiSOKT Education.-Wheth
or there he any real efficiency in
the laws enacted to (fompel parents
to educate their children or not, it
is certain legislators think there is.
New York has followed in the wake
of Massachusetts, Michigan, Wis
consin and other States with a strin
gent enactment. After the first of
January, 1875, every guardian of a
child between the ages of eight and
fourteen must see that that child
has fourteen weeks of annual school
eight weeks of which must be con
secutive—the penalty of non-com
pliance being ono dollar for the
first offense and five dollars for each
week thereafter so long as negli
gence continues. The Prussian
and Swiss systems are of long stan
ding and severe in their penalties;
and there is no question but that
education in those countries is very
general. But they rarely or never
attempt to enforce the law. The
fact is such laws are never thought
of until their need is anticipated. It
is the popularity of education that1
will render it universal. When |
public opinion has been educated j
bv the advantages of enlightenment j
the people become greedy for learn
ing. So long as the army is organ
ized on the principles of Bonapart,
whose opinion was “that a soldier
is valuable in proportion to his ig
norance,” and so long as the State
is under the control of priestcraft
of any character, learning will be
at a discount. Prussia passed
through a similar period, in which
brute force was popular. She has
been led, not by compulsion, but
the development of a wise and grand
scheme, to look at matters quite
differently, and the people are pos
sessed by an enthusiasm of knowl
edge. The same is true of a good
portion of our own States, but this
same enthusiasm often froths over
in a zeal to compel men over the
last few stops of the field they have
been so easily allowed to traverse.
The foolish must be forced to be
wise. The stupid must be made to
see clearly. The whole principle
of compelling men to be good and
wise ie false. It fails where it is
attempted and in many cases leads
to serious reaction.
ltussia, it is said, proposes to
adopt the Benin system, at least
give it a trial. Insofar as this indi
cates the wonderful progress of
that country toward the enlighten
ment of the masses, it is excellent.
It shows that the Cossack has learn
ed to desire and appreciate educa
tion as well as freedom. But, if
public sentiment has not reached
that desire, the law will remain in
operative. If public sentiment has
readied tiiat desire the law is need
less. In Michigan the report of
the Superintendent is, “We have
never known a case of prosecution.”
It is said the Swiss never have a
prosecution under their law. The
whole secret of universal education
is to make education popular. When
a State has built up a grand school
system, supported by general taxa
tion, the very first ambition of even
the most degraded citizens will ne
to school their children. Attend- j
mice, says Director Wirth, of Borne,
becomes a privilege rather than a
legal necessity. The law of last
Winter as proposed in Illinois, and
which received so large a majority
of the representative votes, was a
much better conceived statute. It
required that all children between
nine and fourteen should be sent to
school at least three months a year,
and should be taught reading, wri
ting, grammar, geography and j
arithmetic. In other and general
respects all such laws are alike, and
equally objectionable. The peo
pie do not need to force themselves
to the appreciation and use of a
good thing. Make tho article good
and it will make itself popular.-Ex.
To make a sorrowing woman hap
py tell her there is an auction sale
of household goods going on in tho
next block. Who will have her bon-1
net on before her tears are fairly
dry.
Postage P“*d on all prepaid sub- ^
seriptions to the Times.
JOSEPH HALLECK,
.... DEALER IS.
FURNITURE
.AND.
BEDDING!
PARLOR SETS,
CHAMBER SETS,
DINING ROOM SETS.
MATTRESSES,
MATTRESSES,
MATTRESSES,
None but the best materials used.
REPAIRINC a specialty.
*7" All work warranted as represented.
I Call and examine Goods before purchasing
elsewhere.
Warerooms. opp. the Temperance House,
Just above the Savage Office,
| C Street, Virginia City.
INTERNATIONAL HOTEL
Fireproof Building,
Corner C and Union streets,
VIRGINIA, NEVADA.
S. A. TOMKINS. PROPRIETOR.
H
WING KE-LEASED, RENOVATED AND
Newly Furnished
the above popular hotel, is y repared to arcom
modate
DAY BOARDERS,
and all others with every edible that the market
affords, and will spare no pains in providing
For the Comfort of Guests.
Prices to suit the Times!
HOTEL OPEN ALL NIGHT.
STAGE OFFICE for lteno, Dayton,
Carson and Aurora in the Hotel.
ATWIIX Sc CO’S
Western Mining Agency!
240 MONTGOMERY STREET,
SAN FRANCISCO
Mining Stocks S5old !l Bought.
Offices in New York, Philadelphia k London
Visitors t * the city invited to call and make
our rooms tii**ir head-quarters.
Mining Companies Incorporated and Work
ing Capital Furnished.
Interest of Locators and Shareholders at
tended to.
Mines Registered and described.
Information relative to Mines. Ores, etc.,
given. [28-2pw-tra] P. O. Box 771.
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
SAN FRANCISCO GOLD AND SILVER
Mining Company.—Location of Prin
cipal Plu-e of Business, Virginia City, Storey
County, Nevada.—Notice is hereby given, that
at a meeting of the Trustees, held on the ‘29th
day of December, 1S74, an Assessment (No. 4)
of One Dollar ($1) per Share was levied upon
the Capital Stock of the Corporation, payable
imniediat* ly in United States Gold Coin, to
the Secretary, at the Office of the Company.
No. South C Street. Virginia City, Nevada.
Any Stock upon which this Assessment shall
| remain unpaid on the 29th day of January,
; l->75, will be delinquent, and advertised for
sale, at public auction; and unless payment
be made before, will be sold on MONDAY,
the 1st day of March, 1375, to pay the delin
quent assessment thereon, together with costs
of advertising and expenses of sale.
GEO. C. CURRIE, Secretary. ,
Office—No. 26 South C Street. Virginia, Nov.
N O T ICE.
4 T A CALLED MEETING OF THE
Jrm Stockholders of the San Francisco Gold
and Silver Mining Company, Devil’s Gate
Distri- t. Lyon County, Nevada, the following
named gentlemen were elected Trustees for
the ensuing year : P. E. Labaude, Victor
Mason, J. C. Currie, Chas. L. Graham, llaruey
Gallagher, Geo. C. Currie.
GEO. C. Cl’RRIE, Pro. Tem. Sec.
fBIHE following named gentlemen were
i Elected Officers of the Mine for the
ensuing year: For Superintendent, J. C.
Currie; for Secretary, Geo. C. Currie.
de31-2w GEO. C. CURRIE, Sect’y.
Livery Stables !
MAIN STREET, - SILVER CITY.
THE undersigned having Eularged and
Renovated his well-known Stables, is
now prepared to furnish
CARRIAGES.
BUGGIES and
SADDLE HORSES!
At very reasonable rates.
By fair dealing with everybody, and in
every particular. I hope to please all.
hiT Remember the place—the Brick Stable.
J. F. ANGKLL, - - Proprietor.
CHEAP CASH STORE!!
J. D. SIMS Sc CO.
DEALERS IN CHOICE
FAMILY GROCERIES,
WINES, LIQUORS, TOBACCO and CIGARS,
CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SlIOEh. HATS
and CAPS, CROCKERY, GLASS
WARE, Etc , Ere., Etc.
»7"CaH on us before purchasing elsewhere.
Main Street Dayton, Nev.
D. THORBURN’S
VARIETY STORE!
GOLD HILL,
Opposite Fox's Meat Market.
JUST RECEIVED, A LARGE STOCK OF
Cigars ami Tobacco, Stationer}’, Fruits
siut
HOLIDAY GOODS.
- THE
LYON COUNTY
“TIMES!”
NEW8P*PEr ^ JO„
PRINTING OFFICE!
SILVER CITY.
NEVADA.
The Times is Publish*
TUESDAY, THURSDAY, AND SUNDAY
OP BACH WBI,
And contains sll ths Local News of Storey
and Lyon Counties, together with the
Associated Press Dispatches
PBOM TUB BAST AMD WUT,
And a carefully Selected Summary of news
from all parts of the •
STATE OF NEVADA,
Compiled from our Exchanges.
SUBSCRIBE FOR IT!
You can have it delivered in
VIRGINIA CITY,
GOLD HILL,
SILVER CITY,
DAYTON on SCTRO,
By Carrier.at 25 Cents per Week.
By Mail.$5 for Six Months.
The Times offers superior facilities to
ADVERTISERS or VIRGINIA, GOLD HILL.
SILVER CITY afd DAYTON.
The low price of snbscription pieces it in
the hands of Families, Miners and Business
Msn alike. PRICKS VERT LOW.
Job Printing!
Ordeca fer Flam or Fi«t Pauline ,
Poster*,
Circulars,
Billheads,
Letterheads,
Cards,
Steak Certificates,
Promptly (Mended to, at Virginia Pricaa, and
in a manner net to be excelled in the State.
Address,
TIMES” OFFICE,
SUrer City. Hev.
HOLIDAY ATTRACTIONS!
NEVADA
Jewelry Manufactory
M. M. FREDRICK,
PROPRIETOR,
Nos. 36 and 38 South C Street,
VIRGINIA, NEVADA.
I AM NOW OPENING FOR THE HOLI
DAYS a magnificent stock of
FINE GOLD JEWELRY,
Fine Gold ami Silver Watches, Silver Wars,
Nickel Silver Ware, Clocks, Diamonds, etc.
Having nearly completed nay New Works
for the manufacture of Fine Solid Jewelry,
Chains and Diamond Work, J am now pre
pared to satisfy the most fastidious in beau
tiful aiul tasteful designs, at manufacturers’
prices. The attention of the Trade, Hotel
and Restaurant Proprietors is called to my
elegant stock of Table Ware, Cutlery and Bar
Fixtures, which I now offer at Jobbing prices.
Watches, Clocks, and Jewelry carefully re
paired, by Skillful Workmen, and guaranteed.
On account of my Immense Stock of Goods
now on band, and in order to Quicken Hale*
during the Holidays, I have reduced all my
Wares from 10 to 15 per cent.
69 M. M. FREDRICK.
CHARLES V. BOISOT,
DRUGGIST and
APOTHECARY,
MAIN STREET,
SILVER CITY.NEVADA.
Has always on hand a full
Stock of
Drugs and Medicines,
CHEMICALS,
FANCY ARTICLES,
AND PERFUMERY,
Imported difact from New York.
Having marie arrangements to proenfo from
first hands—
WALL PAPER,
PAINTS, OILS,
-AND....
WINDOW CLASS
Ho intends to make these articles a
Specialty, as they will all be removed to the
building adjoining the Drug 8tore and his
assortment will be of the most extensive
character, and will be sold at prirna to dafy
competition.
Also, Agent Chicago Enamel Paint Work*
PIONEER ASSAY
OFFICE,
SILVER CITY, NEVADA,
H. HARRIS,
[At New Orleans Mint, 1H47 k 1848;San Fran
cisco Mint, 1854.]
Established in California in 1Wj4, and in Ne
vada iu i860. .
Having had twenty years exper
ieucci in Assaying on the Pacific Coaat,
the undersigned can guarantee correct as
says on Silver, and Gold Bullion, as also on
Ores on one ounce basis. Charges as reason
able as the nature of the work will admit.
SAN FRANCISCO
Clothing Store !
BARNERT Sc LOVE,
IMPORTERS OF AND DEALERS IN
Custom and Ready Made CLOTHING,
Gent’s Furnishing Goods, and Boys’ Clothing.
Latest styles Hats. Trunks, Valises and
Blankets. Remember the Place—SOUTH C
STREET. VIRGINIA. NET., first door south
of Bank of California. 40
M. WERTHEIMER,
Importer and Jobber in fine
Havana & Domestic Cigars
TOBACCOS OF ALL KINDS.
A fine variety of
MEERSCHAUM. AND ALL KINDS Or
Pipes and Stems
PLAYING CARDS, ETC.
No. G2 South C Street. Virginia City.
Cigar Factory, 425 Front Street. San Francisco
P. BARNES’
LIVERY, FEED AND SALE
STABLE,
MAIN STREET, :
LlAkTON
Horses Boarded and Groomod ij
Careful Attendants.
•jTThe host Single and Double Turnout* to
be found in the State constantly on hand.
TIN SHOP!
ANDREW FERGUSON
A*»0 'NOES TO THE CITIZENS OF
mtr r City and vicinity that be hts jost
■!>■ netl n
Tin, Cippar and Sheet Iren Establish,
met, on Upper Main Street,
(Next door to McDuffie's) where he is prepare
to execute all work in his line with dispatch
JOBBING) A SPECIALTY. [deolS
NOTICE.
SOUTH DAYTON GOLD AND SILVER
Mining Company. — There will be a
Meeting of the Stockholder of the South
Dayton Odd and Silver Mining Company
held at Philip Geyer’i Saloon, Silver City.
Lyon County, Nevada, on TUESDAY, January
1*2, 1875, for the purpose of Electing Fire
Trustee a of paid Company.
By order of the President.
THEO. S. DAVENPORT, Secretary.
Silver City, Nev.. December *20, 1874. id