The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1872-05-10

PERsEVERANCE.-The business that
Alex. Leport is now doing is the great
est proof that perseverance will con-
quer any difficulty. Six years ago
Mr.. Leport opened a little vegetable
and peanut store WEere X. X. brown
now has his saloon, the Bank EN
change. He now has a store filled to
repletion with general merchandise;
has an eight-hor>e team with which
he transports his own goods from
Steamboat hither; he OWNS nearly or
quite a block on North Carson street,
on which he contemplate> putting up
a brick or stone building his >ummer,
and all thus has he gotten together by
his industry and business TACT. Alex.
is a pretty good sample of an Ameri
cauized Freachman. He richly de
serves his good fortune.
ANKLE BRoKEN.-Richard kirman.
the we'll known butcher and stock
dealer, met with a serious accident
Yesterday at the Bob Lyon ranch,
Douglas county. 1t appears that kIr
man had mounted a horse with the
intention OF proceeding to Ken" to
meet some cattle arrived there from
California. The horse no having been
rode for SOuie time, became FESTIVE
and threw his rider. Hr. Lee. Of tins
town. was sent turand toumdtHe ankle
fractured. We understand that Mr..
Kiruan's dwelling house, at Virginia
city. wa destroyed bv fire a few days
since, ami that he bad just moved nj
family To- the rauch which lie has
lately purchased.
The LECrCKE OF WEpNE>DAF.-
Mrs. l.. /. /. Adams delivered her
lecture on oratnry on Wednesday
evening to a small but very appiecia-
tive audience. We think thai every
student in Carson, young or old.
should have been present. Mrs.
Adams made SEINE excellent points
by describing the manner III which
declamaJinu> are generally rendered
by children and adults, and then rem
derlng the same mater in her own
eloquent >tlic. We are inclined 10
the opinion that il Mrs. Adams had
taken to the sage she would have
made a very BROAD mark
CoRRElT HoUSE.-D. q. Corbett, OF
the above named hotel. took Us yes
terdav into his kitchen for the purpose
of exhibiting the fine new ranges lie
Gently fitted up therein. The whole
apparatus Is OF the AeWc>t style. and Is
SO arranged that all The steam and
smoke a. we'll 2> The smell arising
from the cooking l. carried away from
the building. Three hustdred people
can have their cooking G@ne an the
kitchen ofthe Corhett House with ease.
MI ,I,,1Aa StpEIISI ,nanf il ~ all worth
a visit from those DESTROYS of building
Or fitting up a hotel.
4 DAN8EReUS PLACE.-In the rear
of the County buildings is an alley.
in which considerable wood is kept;
from thence to the corner of the rear
block are "a lot of dilapidated >hantieS.
as dry a. finder. In those slanties We
noble red men of the forest do on
gregate of nights and therein do smoke
their calumetS. y spark or two from
those calumet~ miLht cau~e a di~as-
trous contia-ratiOn. We understand
that the property has lately been pIr-
chased hv Mr.. Klein. and would Sug-
ge>t that he have an eye on existing
danger.
THE HAT EMPoRIUM.-PaSsing Mrs.
Brooks millinery store yesterday. we
overheard Il young married gent say
toa friend, who had attended Mrs.
Adams lecture on Tuesday evening.
that the best wa to win Il wife and
keep her afterwards was to let her
have the ran Of the hats and honnets
exhibited for sale i'll Mrs. Brooks
show window. OF i'm ON such insti
tuition. HIS friend c~Oncurred. and we
concur too. There are some As pretty
female head aIornmeIIs in that win
dow as IAN ue found on the coast.
BADGEs.-The great chief of the
Piutes had some badges printed in this
office yesterday for the use of the
noble braves who are to participate ia
the pow WOW on Saturday. On red
silk is printed IN gilt an Indian in his
warrior rig, and underneath, Piute
Tribe No. l. |. O. r. NJ. Carson City,
Nevada. The badges are very pretty
and are to be aft ned to the scalp locks
of the Los.
ACCIDENT AT GoLB HILL.-A man
employed by Mr.. Hay, yardsnaster
for the V. Il T. X. Il. Co., at Gold Hill,
mel with q very serious accident Wed
nesday night, by which he lost nearly
the whole OF both his feet. 1t appears
that he ran to turn a switch while the
cars were III motion and got himself
wheels passing over his feet.
LITERARY.-John G.. Fox yesterday
furnished rs with the foIlowiup read |