The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-09-17

a ..Small" majority, in company with
1T. f. Rice, Superintendent OF the
Branch Mint, agent for Wells, Fargo
& Co, ETC., started in a buggy for Pine
Grove. day before yesterday. Cap
tain Pray is an uncompronising tenn
perance man-never tasted s%plrltuous
or malt liquor in his life Some OF
his friends, in view of his departure
and the exposure and h~ardships he
must inevitably undergo before re-
turning. thought to lessen his
by a presentation. Accordingly, a
bottle W. filled to the neck with
water. literally intermlXed with
stouten bitters for coloring), and
given to the oldest and ugliest CHINA
man to be found in the city, by nm
to be presented to the Captain. Rice
and PRAY. being seated in their buggy,
were hailed by the Celestial, bottle IN
hand. who made the following pre-
S~entation speech: "Capn Play: me
heap saDe Mistle Licee; me no SaDe
YOU. Me heap hab got bottle loI YOU
alice anne Missile Licee!S at the same
time approaching with the Doitle-
Captain Pray IA dumbtounded, but
The laugh that burst from the crowd
explained the matter, and he tOId the
Celestial 10 git" But he did not cs-
cape; for, a. the di>comtitted CHINA,
man retreated, the bottle Vas knocked
from his hand by a convenient Grail
and handed to the Captain, who eyed
it awhile, and, thinking 1t was hne
Iiuuor, deposited it under the seat OF
the buggy and drove otf-amld the
shouts of the assembled multitude.
The excursionists will doubtless re-
turn as sober As they startcd-unItsS
they find something stronger on the
road.
GOING TO CHINATowN.-Weliington
Bowen is an exceedingly modest and
moral Young man, and drives stage
for Billy Wilson on the Aurora road.
DR.. All Kee, a botanical physician OF
Confusian descent, is a resident OF
what is known as Chinatown, IN this
citv. and among other nostrums, pre-
pares powders to whiten ladies' faces.
This fact. and the excellent quality OF
All KEGS powders, becoming known
abroad, he sells largely to the ladies' III
distant towns and i'll the COW couh-
ties. The other day Bowen reIned
up his team in front OF a large hoteI
in a neighbOrIng town. ON the pofch
stood a number of gentlemen, Wllle
the balcony was lined with ladies'
Directly a Young lady stepped up to
the front of the porch and said: Mt:
Bowen. do YOU ever 90 to Chinatown
W - .l,al-anal thA mon h4NE-
hawed. the ladies' tee-hce'd, and Bowen
was seized with scarlet fever. In a
moment. however, he recovered his
senses, and. thinking to be as frank
mot to say bold as the young lady, he
! replied: - Yes: | 90 there nearly every
night. when | am in Carson :.
-. Them said the young lady, casting
~furtive and inquiring g~lances at the
laughing crowd, " wish You would
yet me four bits worth Of that powder
from DR.. All Kee." People living a
mile this side Of the town thought
:. Bowen must have been behind time
he drove so all fired fast
JUVENILE b. B.-The match game
of base ball played yesterday after
noon, on the grounds of the Silve;
Stars, between the Hornets of the
Grammar School. and the Young La
giles of the High School, resulted III a
victory for the Hornets-2S to u
This is the first of the three games 10
be played on successive saturdays ioi
the championship.
Cor A HoME.-Forbes, Of the White
Pine News, as will be seen elsewhere.
yesterday deposited $50 in greenbacks
wonder if he made all that money
publishing a ncwspaper?) with the
State Treasurer, in One-itth payment
for $50 acres of land. The question Is,
'swhat will he do with it?'
THE VERDIcr.-The jury in the
5000 damage case of Wood VS.. Yer
ington 81 Co.. yesterday morning rem.
dered a verdict in favor of plaintiff fol
$3.50 damages. This throws the cost
about $500, on the recovering plaintiff
PRoaREss.-Amos l.. Williams,
deaf mute and a worthy man, is nov
engaged in e%anvassing this city fol
subscribers to an excellent work en-
titled cone Hundred Years Progress
of the United States"
On TRIAL.-The Clear creek water
case came up in the Second Distrie
Court yesterday, and will probably
occupy the attention of the Court ant
Jury for two or three days of th'
present week.