The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-02

VEHEMENT RIME. On thursday
morning last early risersin this valley
witnessed a beautiful meteorological
phenomenon, which, so far as we
know. is peculiar to, and characteristic
of. Carson Valley. For some days
preyious the heavens had been over
cast with clouds and a considerable
quantity of snow had fallen. On We'd
nesday afternoon the clouds dlsper-
sed and the sun shone out brilliantly.
The night was clear ard cold and the
stars seemed almost within reach. The
rise of temperature in the afternoon
enabled the air to support, and caused
it to absorb from the snow, an unuSu-
ally large proportion of humidity,
while the frigorifc pulses darted from
an azure sky during the night en-
teebled the attractive power of the air
and occaSioned a precipitation IN the
shane of dew, which, coming In con
tact with the cod stratum OF air near
the earth, was converted into Splcutar
shoots of hOar-frOSt. This humidity,
detached in minute particles from the
clear chill atmosphere above, huiiS
over the valley like a dense fog until
sunrise. clothing every object possess
inr molecular attraction in robes com
bining the solar ray and as n as
swandown. Telegraph wires and the
minutest twigs of trees were Studded
on all sides with tilicoid crystals OF
frost from one TO W inches IN length,
while the quinqueioiiatei hlllnSs OF
lattice-work formed a picture OF III
de~scribable and SURPRISING beauty.
The warm rays of the rising sun, now
ever. obiectitied the humlhcatlon OF
- the atmosphere and set the myriad
brilliant crystals of frost afioat on the
air We sad to a friend that these
floating crystals were the sixteenth OIL
an inch in length and that there must
have been I.O00,0 900 of them to the
cubic inch of atmosphere-and he
said we must have been looking at
them through a powerful magnifying
yIas@aSalsa. we had a powerfully mag
$3.50 i~maxinatiOn. We didn't eX-
- Northumberland what he meant.
THE BALL - Thanksgiving Ball,
thursday evening, under the auspices
of Piute Tribe No. l, Improved Order
of Red Men, was altogether a grand
success and a brilliant affair. The
Virginia Red Men las a Tribe) were
not present; but what Virginia lacked
in numbers was fully made up both
in numbers and sociability by the
good people of Empire City. In fact,
the ladies and gentlemen of Empire
constituted a striking feature of the
throng-the costume and coiffures of
the ladies' from hat place being
among the richest and most elegant
present. The prevailing cOlors among
the ladies were silver-gray, green,
blue and black. but little rich jewelry
being displayed. There were about
100 couples present-just enough to be
thoroughly sociable, and not enough
t overcrowd the spacious hall. The
music was excellent, but not (appar-
entlvl under good control. In the
matter of music, we venture the opin-
ion that Carson could have done bet
ter: but this was no fault of the pro-
curers-they did what they thought
best. The Red Men provided sleighs
to convey parties to and from the hall,
and the merry jingle of sleigh-bells
was heard on the streets from s until
after IL o'clock, going from residences
% the hall, and from l until 4 O'Clock
a. m. returning. The hall was we'll
lighted and handsomely decorated
with emblems of the Order, live game,
etc. The supper, at the Ormsby
House, was sumptuous and elegant,
and reflects great credit upon the pro-
prietor, Mr.. Fryer. Altogether, the
ball given by the Red Men of this city
was one of the finest and most pleas
ant affairs we have ever n in Carson.
PRESENTATION. On Wednesday
evening last the members of Silver
Star Base Ball Club presented Captain
j. Mart. Reese with a silver tobacco
box lined with gold. The box was 20
have been presented on Mart's tittieth
birthday, November 9th, but was not
manufactured in time. The ~presenta-
ton was made at the Old SaZerac Sa-
loon. George A. Tyrrell speaking for
the donors. Captain Reese, being in
feeble health, was entirely overcome
bv the agreeable surprise, and ex-
Lieutenant Governor James S. Singer
land delivered a brief and eloquent
speech on behalf of the invalid in
response to the feeling and appropriate
remarks of Mr.. Tyrell. Wine and
sentiment flowed freely until a late
hour. The exterior of the box is of
solid silver, beautifully enchased, the
diverse side bearing the inscriptions:
''Presented to Capt. j. Mart. Reese, by
the Silver Star Base Ball Club, Carson
City, New, November 81, 1871" and
the reverse, ''Capt. j. Nj. r." in rain
shaded Garman text.