gn  of  their  true  value  but  when 
placed  upon  a grind  stone  and  smoothed  or 
polished,  their  beauties  begin  to  appear.  When 
you  are  in  doubt  take  your  samples  to  where 
you  can  test  them  in  this  way,  and  you  may  find 
yourself  the  possessor  of  a fortune  you  little 
dreamed  of.

The  Lyons  & Campbell  cattle  company  arq 
about  to  finish  one  of  the  largest  sales  of  steer 
cattle  ever  made  from  a western  range.  In  July 
they  shipped  2600  head,  August  9,  1984,  August 
25,  1856  and  will  ship  this  week  1000  head 
more,  making  a total  of  7440  head  for  one  sea- 
son, worth  upwards  of  $75,000.  Grant  county 
has  the  resources  as  well  as  climate,  and  they 
are  rapidly  coming  to  the  front;  stay  at  home, 
you  are  all  right.

From  January  1st  to  August  30th,  a period 
of  eight  months.  Wells  Fargo  & Company  have 
shipped  from  this  city  $131,055  in  gold  and 
$9,876  in  silver  bullion.  A considerable  amount 
has  been  disposed  of  through  the  banks  and 
other  sources,  roughly  estimated  at  33  per  cent 
of  the  above  amount  which  added,  gives  a fair 
idea  of  what  our  mines  have  produced.

Monday  evening  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Betts  gave 
a farewell  party  to  Miss  Frances  R.  Newcomb. 
There  were  present  Mrs.  W.  A.  Leonard,  Mrs. 
L.  B.  Morrill,  Misses  Ada  Martin,  Amelia  and