The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-02-26

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meeting every Friday evening. Ht -u'r.'s.
seats free.
Explosion AND EUaE.-rhe resi-
'dence Of b II. Meler. ia tine eastern
portion of this city, came near being
destroyed, at l:30 o'clock yestcria-
morning, by a fire originating from
the explosion Of a table lamp filled
with a new patent petroleum fluid of
some kind. The lamp WAS left light
ed for the convenient Of l1d-ags
coming in late. and was sitting ON a.
table near a large mirror which hung
on the wall, Tho explosion shat
tered the mirror and the burning
fluid set fire 10 the wall. the table.
and n handsome tidy which Mrs.
Judge Berry had completed tha e..a-
ing before and lei, lyiug on lletab.a.
Fortunately the FIRE was discovered
IN time to save the building. but ..a
wall of the % was cbargr} go ..a
ceiling, and nearly everything in .u.s
room WAS destr3vad-save .au~ u-
five canary birds, which have e.ua
quite sick ever sine.
No MoII HANcryo.-Patalaa
bill to abolish capital punishment.
passed the Assembly -.--.r
after n hard struggle ana % sharp aa.
persistent fight in it's defense bv
Captain Patchcn OF Whit Pine AMI
Speaker Luwcry Of STOREY. The am
nouncement OF the vote elected au-
plause on the floor and in :lss lobby.
and in less than an hour a...rva.l
the author of this sunbeam of cis..i-
cation had received some twenty on
gratulatorv letters. Soon sf.er the
result was made known. Iyaual.
asked leave Of absence for .alf 800
hour. that ho might 70 and telegraph
Patchen's constituents taa. there
was now no DANCE Of tina ae-t..-
man being hung.
RULISG PAssIoS.-A we'll dressed
individual Of the genus .'bum" ca
tered a saloon not lorz since AMI
called for a cocktail. whirh was duly
prepared in the mos. approved style
and disposed Of in like manner h~
said individual with the remark .lat
ii W n tine cocktail. at tine saaln
time turning to leave. Bar-lear
failed 10 sye Il. and came around
with IA siX-shooter saving tl1s d..
would take that cocktail ont at nina
s,nless lac paid for it immediately.
Bum" fell upon his knees implgr-
ing bar-keep to tell him what that
was in his hand. ~ -iz->looter.
said bar-keep. oh. shoot gu! .a
id, if that all; / though. i was
Il stomach pump
SHADowED.-AIike O'Counor. tlc
genial gentleman who for some time
has presided over the stage Office at
the Ormsby House. lcfs for Aurora
day before yesterday, and immcIi-
ately afttf ward the hotel kegnals al
along the route were t~elCgraphed 60
to d" look ont for their clothes lines
and chicken houses. as there was oa
board the stage a young man with
curly hair and red whisEar 10 is
said that Gillett. at WELLINGTON
Station, kept his eve on Mike from
the time the latter stepped from the
stage until he left the premises.
LEFT SAGEBGusH.-R. J.. Ham
ilton, familiarity known Is "FranE,
who has been engaged for the past
two years in driving stage between
Genoa and Monitor, left day before
yesterday FOR Salinas. California, pre-
paratory TO settling up some liaan-
cial claims before going East. Frank.
by prudence and industry. has ae-
cumulated a handsome fortune. and
by ~urbanity and uniform gentilitv
has made a host OF friends who will
regret the departure from our State
of N of our oldest and most valua-
BILE citizens.
LEGISLATIVE HoP. The long
talked-of Legislative ball will come
off at Moore x Parker's hall to-mor-
row Monday evening. Everything
suggestive of comfort and pleasure
has been prepared for the occasion.
Good music. carriages. canvas on
the hooI, anu u supper III lot Z
prince will be found among the ar-
Engagements.
POSTED. The Sacramento Re
porter of Thursday says: Harry
Shrieves, conductor on the Virginia
and Truckee Railroad. and his bride
who, in addition to being pretty,
is reported to have S50, 600. we're on
the train from the East yesterday. en-
route to the Bay on a wedding tour.
Harry is a lucky fellow .
RELIGIoUs.-Right Rev. o. W.
Whitaker, ID. d., Bishop of Nevada
and Arizona, will o~iliciate and preach
I'm ST Peters 1EpiscopaD Church