The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-02-16

bers 20 attend TO business. Yester-
day the call was resorted to twice.
When delinquents are brought in
by the Sergeant-at-Arm they must
either give a reasonable excuse for
their absence or pay a fine Of -. In
one of the calls yesterday. Fuller. OF
Lander, gave as an excuse that he
had been engaged in n game of
whisky pool" This was not con-
sidered reasonable" and he was
fined. Judge GRAY, of Churchill.
excused himself by saving that ''he
just went ont to catch his wind
This was considered reasonable and
he vas not fined. Bob Smith. Of
Storey, played ''old Smarty and
slipped in over the railing on the
blind side of the Sergeant: but some
of the members discovering the
dodg4, moved that he be punished
by being compelled TO crawl back
over the railing. pay his fine and
come IN ut the gate. lie was fined.
but didn't have to crawl back.
CoSsTERNATIoS.-Quite a commo-
ton was created in the Assembly yes
terday afternoon, when the funding
bills were called up. by a rumor ,hat
certain State officers intended to pre-
vent the Controller issuing warrants
under the Legislative Fund Bill bv
mandamus. 1 call OF the House
was instantly moved and carried. Go
prevent action on the funding bills
until a messenger could be dis
patched to the CONTROLLER Office to
ascertain the truth or falsitv Of the
rumor. The messenger returned
and reported that the Controller had
already made ont a stack OF warrants
half as high as the Capitol. and that
everything was lovely. The mem
bers. meantime. had become so nery-
Gus over the rumor that they were
unfit for duty, and the House al
journed.
L. >. DISTRICT CoURT.-Owing to
n pressure of business and Yankee
Plummer, evening before last, we
were unable to get at the proceedings
of the L. ). District Court for Tues
day. w therefore give the follow
ing: The jurors drawn under venire
heretofore noticed appeared in Court.
L. :. vs.. G. Il. Dapello. and L. :.
VS.. NJ. j. O'Connor: ordered that
bench warrant issue returnablc i'm
mediateiy. u. $. vs. IT. Icnke :
continued until 2lst. L. s. ". NJ.
>. Bonnifield and J.. ID. keller: hv
consent. continued until 18th. Us.
vs.. w. IL. Scribner; bail forfeited.
The Jurors were excused and the
Court adjourned until tomorrow
Friday, 18th instant. nj II =. IN.
STATE Prison. - Nearly al tle
prisoners are worked in the yard
daily, quarrying and dressing stone.
Lieutenant Governor Denver. with
his efficient force of guardsmen. are
now doing good service for the State.
II is better for the State that the
prisoners earn something than re-
main idle n their cells. With 4
strong guhsrd and the use of proper
vigilance there is but little danger of
any attempt to escape. With good
management there is no reason why
the prison should not be made self
sustaining.
PITzER's NALENrISE.-Judge Pit
yer yesterday received bv express
from Virginia n Ito u.s. curious look
ing valentine, made of linen. Joined
at the back by n kind of waistband.
and separating thence downward
into two parts like unto n pal. of I'M
mentionables. the lower extremifies
being fringed with beautiful white
lace. What such an institution could
have been gotten up for we cannot
imagine-unless it was for a valen-
tine.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.-TEe PROPOSE
tson to submit to a vote of the pco-
pie a constitutional amendment ex-
tending the right of suffrage to
women was yesterday voted down in
the Assemblv-ayes, 10; noes %:
absent, 2. Speaker Lowery gave no
tice that he would to-day move n re-
consideration of the vote. A num-
Der OF ladies were present when the
vote vas taken.
1.-THE CoLoRED TRoops FoueHr
NoBLY.'-Mrs. Jane Jackson. of
ebony hue. yesterday swore out n
warrant against her liege lord. Geo.
Washington Jackson, OF African des-
cent, for whaling her. the gentle
Jane. The ease will come np for
trial before Justice Parkinson and a
jury at l o'clock this afternoon.
FINE PAISrING.-Fox has on exbi-
bition at his bookstore n fine paint.
ing Of our fellow townsman A. C.
Esq. The painting was exc
cuted by Nevada's own artist. C.. II.
Mcclellan, and its truthfulness in