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Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-26
Son,etIlin. About the ElkO UniveE-
sity.

Hon. Jere Schooling returned from
Elllo yesterday. He went out there to
make an official inspection o. the Uni
vorsity building. He and Sylvester II.
Day and p Fl. Clayton are the Regents
or Trustees, or whatever tLev may be
called. Mr.. Schooling reports very
highly upon the University. He says it
is lust twice as good n building as the
law calls for. The Act required a ten
thousand dollar structure; this cost
twenty thousand aulla.a. II is two
stories in hight win Z Inansa!l roof over
all. Ia the second story is very hand
some hall or audience chamber. The
walls are Of brick, the general woodwork
OREGON pine. ard the bannisters and
other trimmings black walnut. The
Lli.t!ius is l3rd5omc.y furnished,
Throughout, ami aiil accommodate .aore
than 100 pupils. It Is built on piece
OF slightly eEo2nd. an incline, northeast
ir5.n tie town. Bacl; Of the lot runs 4
ditch FROM which water can b. obtained
to irligate the grounds. All the m'nu.i;o
OF the building are first class. We mean
such things IS locks and Liaaes AM the
Ike small accessories. As % thu EraH-
c!..l status Of tie Institution, it is al!
right. The citizens have taken the
Budding bonds issuc,l by the county and
the structure is quite free from liens or
mortcagss. Mr.. Schooling dill net take
It uran himself . ..rpce;Ye' the build
ing. hat comes back, We reckon, prepared
to recommend its acceptance BY the
B1,rl Of which he IS C. member. SO
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LIST OF LETTERS

LIST OF LETTERS
nEMAIEING IN THE CARSON POSTOF
HI FICE February %, 1874:
LAD:GS' LIST
Mrs Ccc.lic Meehan
GCSTLRMEN'S LIST.
Brady, Thos Guenther, p
Caldwell, L A Hefernan Edward z
Degen, Henry Hallisan. James
Daley, Geo HickS,JW
FINN Thos jackson, William
Gr4han Henry " Marker, Julius
FOREIGN.
Baptiste Pilon
B. L. WINNIE, P. II.
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GEN. SICKLEs has taken formal Ieav.
OF the Spanish Secretary for Foreign
Affairs.
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BORN.

IN Carson City. on Wednesday, February 25
1874. to the wife Of o. T. Barber, son.
May that barber grow to be sturdy shaver
big enough to lather his daddy.
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Christmas Novelties, Toys, Jewelry,

At Il. Fred. Groo&s's nCtei store for imported
segars, tobacco. books, stationery. musical in
strulncnts, cheap jewtl.y. TOYS oic 1T Theator
Block, neat door to Mat. Einclells butcher
shop, Carson city. Agency Tor al the Caitiur.
MIA papers, cold Hin Hcws, pir,oiials and Ma
gaZiu.F.
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MINISTER JEWELL gave handsome
entertainment at ST. Petersburg on the
anniversary of Washingtoa's birthday.
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PERSONAL. - Hon. James T. Lewis
came in on the G 0 clock train from Viz
sinia in company with Mr.. DeLong, yes
terday. He reports himself and Mrs.
l.. III greatly Improved health. AIR. l..
II. Dyer, old time stager, was also in
town.
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The FUSERAL CEREMONIES over the
remains of the late VIM. f. Wilson We're
held at the Methodist Church yesterday,
in presence OF very large assemblage.
The cortese. led by members of the Red
Men and Masonic Fraternities was
very large one. We counted forty car
liages. We noticed his Excellency Gov
ernor Bradley in enc of the carriages.
Ex-Governor BlAsdel was in the Masonic
procession. A more respectful tribute to
The memory of any citizen We have not
seen here. There were many from the
mills, Empire, God Hill, Virginia and
elsewhere.
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Vim. e. iilCKOK,

Gen1 Agent State OF Nevada, Virginia
=. G. FOCUS, Local Agent.
Tor Ormsby County. once Corner Tcl.rrap.
nd Carson Streets, Carson City. iagl,lm
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Ihe Carson 1ailn 4ppsa!
CARSON CITY:
Thursi;aT irs.ary 2G. 1874.

EDWARD SANDERS IS the name given
10y the fellow who vas brought in from
Reno yesterday charged with being a
chicken thief They had a lively time
catching him, over there. Soon as lie
saw Constable Jones, he broke and ran
ont OF the saloon where he had ensconced
himself. Jones ana jim kincaid got
after him, pall-meil. bat the rogue ran
like scared wolf and was soon out Of
sigh. ara hearing. The officers secured
the town and Suburbs, and then rode
well oUt upon the roads, hard by, 50 is
10 be sire their game didn escape them.
When they turned back and were conf
ing b. All Old abandoned griS;-,nill, KIN
cai.i said he'd bet the fcgitive was Sc
creteli under it; SO he crawl-d under
there, and sure-enoUgh, there was Mis-
ter chicken thief, unl,. the floor. When
discovered he sail he'd be damned il
I'D come out. ''Ifyou don't. Ill shoot
yen. " says Jim. All La:.lel! ont his pls-
L. ana cooked it aud aimed it nj him.
Seeing jim 5 resolution and the muzIle
Il the weapon, tie va-a5oul craHled
ont and came to a surrender lie was
taken before Justice Withe.eN On arriv-
Ing here but waived IN examination aud
SO WIS bound over to avail: the action Of
tn G.and Jury, The boys all say he's
! Runner from the Knobs.
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The SUPREME C0UEI meets to-day as
per adjournment.
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HtcEr NOW, even, in these very dull
times, there IS more work for builders
more especially carpenters-in Carson
than at ary time in many months The
erection OF dwelling houses il East
Carson is what furnishes the most Of
this employment. The prospects are,
that next SG:nmer there viii lie a great
amount of mechanical worl, to do here.
This will make times busy and prosper
Gus. The cGurse of Empire having
taken its way quite as far westward as
there is any land 10 occupy, the return
tide is setting in. and that 5 how we
have this stir in East Carson.
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Copyright secured on the use OF
krigier us a rhyme for Bigler.l
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\ NAN NAMED kEIGLEE came over from
the Lake, yesterday, with : wagon load,
700 pounds, Of trout, some Of them very
large and fine. They were all frozen
stiff IL found ready sale FOX his cargo.
And now let Us make known the virtue
OF our steadiastEcss and the ihs~tEl lie
ward Of long ana faithful search. The
steaifas.uess is in having held on. TO tho
good old na,ae a BiIl-r, tlroa1h the
thick AMI thin OF ne scnseltss war fog
that meaningless cib3arsh, Iaho". The
reward consists il finding i nalAa--aEd
q surnama 1t that.-wh!ch rhymes wiih
Higler. Ga, cd bless Us. her We 20.
W cant help i We MUS. -asA ~ ~
plode:
There was man VIII cane to town
With wagon from Lake BiyIer:
He brought a half a ION Of fish
This man wLoss name was kri Ter.
The fish we-e trout, all frozen st.@,
And that's the reason krisler
Managed to keep them in his carr.
Al. the way from Bi-l-r.
For if the fish thus brought to town
In wagon owned by krisier,
Hal been aliye they .5lel cat
And 60; b2nE into Bisler.
Copyright secured on the use OF
krigier Us a rEvme for Bigler.l
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p. II. kuse,l II, Sacramento; John q. Diyuty.
/. l.. L. Temple, Los An, les.
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TIE VERY BE-I
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coGpErr EousE-coRBErr BROS, PRornn7ors
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-05-01

The sovereignty of the Fiji Islands
has been formally rendered to Great Bri-
tain.
Some of the English papers give cur
rency TO report that a marriage may
possibly be arranged between the Princess
Beatrice, youngest daughter Of Queen
Victoria, and the Marquis of Stafford. eld-
est son of the Duke of Sutherland.
This peer is one of the richest In Eng
land.
MIR. Winans. who has lately taken Mr..
Gladstone's London house. l. Baltimore
merchant who has made vast fortune i'm
the Russian trade. The ex-Premier's j. "a
particularly charming abode. II i i'm
Carlton House terrace, about four doors
from the residence of Mr.. Russell Sturgis.
the American partner i'm Barings'. Mr..
Gladstone's house was formerly Lord
Pembroke's, and was then remarkable a.
being the most exquisitely furnished i'm
London.
Mr.. William Harris, a retired mer-
chant of Dundee. has just handed over Ia
trustees property and securities to the
value Of el0.O00, for the benefit Of impov-
erishcd persons, male and female. who.
from better condition Of life, shall have
been reduced by misfortune or other inno-
cent cause To necessitous circumstances.
The annual proceeds Of the trust viii Be
about e500. The ordinary pensions viii
be f10 year, but the trustees have pow
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-05-01

A fearful tragedy growing out OF harm
less joke occurred recently i'm Salinas City.
Cal. Some Of the boarders at the Dia-
mond Hotel. on April fools day. sent Mrs.
Dennison to the room Of "A Mr.. Downey
with a letter. in which was written april
fool. Dennison. seeing his wife coming
from the room. was seized with n fit %
jealousy. approached herwith bitter words.
and she re;Oried in like manner. A sep
aration was agreed upon. and proceedings
for a divorce were instituted. Several days
after the above occurrence Dennison met
Downcy in saloon. and called him out to
speak TO him. High words passed between
them. and finally Downey knocked Dem
nison down. Dennison then drew pistol
and fired. the hall striking Downey in the
left side, and coming i'm contact with rib.
glanced and came out near the spine.
Downey wrested the pistol from him.
when Dennison turned and ran up the
street. Downey closely pursuing Lin.
After running short distance Dennison
fell. and at the same instant his pursucr
fired shot. INJECTING a mortal wound.
Downey was arrested, and an examina-
ton will BE- held as soon as he can BE-
brought into court, II his Injuries do not
prove fatal.
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Heating the water il which steel is 10
be- tempered prevents the development OF
flaws and cracks.
Georgia has - cotton mills. within
two of a. many "a New Hampshire; North
Carolina has 33. six more than New
Jersey Alabama has ID. South Carolina
II. and Virginia IL.
The gold mines OF Gaysville. VT. will
be extensively worked this summer. and
some attention will be paid to the mag
netic iron sand. which is obtained in large
quantities. and has proved. on account OF
it. remarkable purity, to be OF considerable
value.
Lancaster county. Pa. has become a
large tobacco raising district. During the
last three months over ten thousand cases
of tobacco leaf have been sold by the pro-
duccrs. realizing 100000 in cash. They
have at least a. many more on hand.
though large part OF last years crop was
sold last fall. A good portion of the crop
was shipped to Germany.
Philadelphia j. about 10 ship fourteen
locomotives 10 Odessa. Russia. The
freight is 200 per locomotive. Some
years ago the English were disagreeably
surprised when the Belgians frs. COM
petcd with them in this line Of bust
ness. and this American venture will be
likely to give them new emotion. Russia
has long becna veritable placer for English
railway men. although the Germans n
well as the Bclgians have been competing
with them. Several new lines OF railway
are 10 be- constructed in the immense
and still undeveloped region of Southern
Russia.
News of the latest thing in butter
comes to US from Wisconsin Near Be
lott is an establishment conducted by a
company who purchase Of the neighbor-
ing farmers butter fresh from the churn.
unsalted. and the product Of over 1000
cows j. obtained. From 800 TO LOCO
pounds of this butter j. put into vat
made of 2-inch plank, ; inches deep, "a
inches broad. ands feet long. With a
wooden instrument the butter Is then
separated into small pieces. when
moderately cold water j. let in
70 cover il, and then wooden hoe stirs
the whole thoroughly together. Then
the butter is put into a wooden box with
wire screen bottom. through which II Is
forced by means of lever. at the rate of
900 pounds i'm less than five minutes.
Winter butter being white, Is colored; the
salt l. added. after which il Is put through
another machine. by which the salt Is
evenly distributed and thus two men can
handle and pack. ready for market. from
5000 TO 5000 pounds day, and the but
Yer Is of uniform quality. sound and sweet.
his process. which Is said to be patented.
l looked upon with favor, and IL Is pre-
dictcd that in all large buttcr-producing
districts il will take the lead.
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Haps and Mishaps.

A little child i'm Grundy county. Iowa.
was few days ago choked to death by
swallowing lead pencil that lodged in the
windpipe, causing death In five minutes.
Katie Martin, whose parents reside AT
Newark y. j.. went TO bed very much
exhausted after jumping a rope $40 times
i'm succession. and the next morning was
found dead in bed.
A boy in Iowa City one day recently
caughta muscalonge that weighed twenty
one and half pounds. The fish dragged
the boy into the river. and both We're
brought ashore by a large Newfoundland
dog.
A man named Laws. at Mazomanie.
Wis. lost his life recently in a singular
manner. He was oiling some machinery
and fell I'm such manner "a To drive the
spout of the oil can into his head immedi-
ately under the eye-ball.
Mrs. X. Richardson. a widow lady re-
siding near Monticello. Jones county.
Iowa. started 10 90 down stairs with pair
Of scissors in her hand, a few days ago.
when she fell to the bottom. striking
squarely upon the scissors. which entered
her heart causing death in few minutes.
The Mar. hal of Washington. Daviess
county. Ind. was recently burned in a
singular way. He had mixed dose of
opium in diluted alcohol. but il proved IN
be- bitter. and he spit it into the fire. The
spirits took fire and blaze shot up into
his face. relieving him of hair. whiskers.
eyebrows. and seriously burning his face.
Master George Russell. residing near
Iathrop. Mo. was very seriously injured
few days ago by the breech-pin of a gun
which he was firing flying out and strik-
ing him just below the right eve, passing
through. showing near one-half from the
back Of his head. His recovery was con-
sidercd doubtful.
A young man living near Winamey
Post-ofiice. Ohio. ufi..efivoktc have little
fun few nights ago by initiating a dog.
So he hid in the corner of a fence. and
when presently another young man named
Mullen came by on his way 10 the post
office. he crawled out on all fours. barking
and grcwling as much like a dog a posi-
Bile. His imitation was 80 perfect as tn
deceive Mullen completely. who drew a
revolver and shot the too successful mimic
dead on the spot.
Mrs. Worth. of Westfield. Mass. has
sneeZed her face awry. Ii happened at a
party, and she vainly tried TO reprcss IL.
thinking that sneezing was unladylike-
But it broke out i'm spite of her. and at
once she felt queer sensation in one
cheek. That side of her face swelled rap
idly. drawing up the corner Of her mouth
and completely closing her eye. The ply
sicians say that the trouble is kind Of pa
ralysis, caused by her effort to avoid
sncezing. and that her face j. permanently
disfigured.
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or 10 give limited number of pensioners
els or f30. The pensioners are 10 be ma
lives Of Dundee. or dOmiciled Ia IL for 10
years. and must reside within six miles of
High street
An interesting balloon ascension has
recently been made in France. VI. Croce
SPinelli and NJ. Sivel embarked on the bal
loon Polar Star from La Nillette at 40
minutes past III on March ~ in the pres
ence OF a large gathering OF scientific men.
The aeronauts took with them instru-
ments constructed especially for the pur-
pose OF making observations at a great
altitude. The descent OF the balloon took
place at six o'clock on the evening Of the
same day AT Bar-gur-Scine. The altitude
Of Z. 400 metres was attained, which has
never been equaled save by Cay Lussac
In France and Glaisher in England. At
that point the thermometer was 229 above
zero. and owing 10 the extreme rarefsction
Of the air the aeronauts would not have been
able 10 breathe if they had not carried
some oxygen with them in bags.
New Caledonia. the penal colony OF
France. from which Henri ROchefort and
Pascal-Grou sset have escaped. is an island
in the South Pacific. IT. surface j. noun
famous. and rises in the center to an ele-
vation of 5000 feet. The convicts. now
numbering about 5000, live in improyised
huts of saplings and grass. and are guard
ed by a carlson of 30 men. The island
is 220 miles in length and thirty miles
wide. The smallness Of the guard, and
the large extent of coast render an escape
comparatively easy. especially If aided
from without. Preparations are now be-
ing made for the reception Of the Com
munist prisoners, 1900 of whom with
their families, have been exiled 10 this Is
land. Upon their arrival the prisoners are
turned at large, first being cautioned a. to
the manner of their behavior. Rochefort
and his companions escaped from New
Caledonia i'm a small boat. They had been
three days al sea when they were picked
up by British sailing vessel and brought
into an Australian port.
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Fan Filtration.

When a lady uses her fan in an outward
movement--that j.. away from her into
space-if means that she i married and
you must not hope The contrary move
ment- inward. from space 10 the body.
means that she is free. II. however. this
inner movement Is made by tanning down.
ward. il means that she is widow if in
an upward direction. that she has never
been married. A colored fan, held up
right. means - do a you like An open
tan. resting on the breast. means ST
lence." A closed fan. presented 10 you
horizontally. means = an inyitation;- pre-
sented by the small end. :. Indifference
With one leaf open. friendship two
open leaves. sympathy three. '.love
and passion" talking fan shouldbe
composed of seven leaves. TO correspond
with the seven days in week. The hour
you are expected at the rendezvous i in
timated by so many taps being made on
the leaf which represents the day. A col
ored fan placed on the lips means don't
tell" A circular movement OF the fan
means we are watched
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Prof. Swing, of Chicago, has been re-
quested To hold one service each Sunday
in some public hall, for the benefit of the
masses.
The Congress Of the Republic of Chill
Is discussing bill providing for the discs
tablishmcnt of the Roman Catholic Church
that Is, IL l. proposing to separate church
and state. adopting the example Of the
United States.
The Roman Catholics of New York
State have established and maintain 76 col
leges and academies, and In addition sup
port a number Of primary schools. in most
Of which education Is gratuitous. In New
York City alone they have 80 OF these
schools, in which instruction j. given. ON
an average. TO p. 1856 pupils; and also
several orphan asylums, To which they con-
tribute annually some sG0. 900.
-Beecher, speaking Of class OF minis
tiers who are opposed To making personal
appeals 10 men. says :. l think see one
of these modern ministerial eunuchs going
and sitting down on the banks of the stream
where trout are. and saying: % trout.
here am l. Here i my basket. Please
come forth in the exercise Of your trout
nature and get into it, He then goes away
and says: The meadow was pleasant, the
stream was pcarly. but the trout signified
their intentions not 10 come out. and re-
spected their individuality BE in earnest
or else get out of the pulpit
-Messrs. Moody and Sankey. OF Chicago.
continue great center of interest in Scot
tish religious circles. The revival in elias
cow continues, and instances of remarka-
bic conversions are given almost without
number; such as, man went To pay
debt long due; surprise was expressed AT
his coming ON that ernnd, but he explain
ed all by saying, Il was brought 10 Christ
last week" The London PimitiUe Metho-
dist of March II speaks of the revival a.
spreading over the whole City OF Glasgow
Meetings for prayer are now more attrac
tive than the theater. Business men are
leaving their merchandise for the midday
meeting, and many of them are now seek
ing 10 lay up treasure in heaven. Min
isters are coming in daily from the country.
some from remote parishes in the High
lands. all anxious to receive a baptism of
holy fire. that they may win souls to Christ
in their different spheres"
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Literary.

Mark Twain recently received and
paid the bill for "A complimentary supper
rendered him in Hartford.
Hon. John Forsyth. after many bust
ness difficulties, has rcgained possession OF
hi, old paper, the Mobile Register.
jefferson Davis has gone to Europe
tor his health, and will remain on the con
tincnt for some time.
Miss Helen Dickens. daughter of the
late Charles Dickens. has won much praise
by novel entitled The Mill-Wheel."
DIR. Brown-Scquard, the eminent sur
geon, is the son OF Captain Edward
Brown. Philadelphia shipmastor. and
was born in the Isle of Mauritius. in 1917,
his mother being French.
Mrs. Rebecca Harding Davis has been
engaged by Scyibner's Monthly for :" new
departure" Ia magazine stories. They are
10 be- but two pages long. but Mrs. Davis
can put a great deal into that space.
kaliforniska Skizzer och Noveller" is
the name ~ Bret Iiarte's book. done up
in swedish. The Overland Monthly finds
these two touching passages: = Struck
streak of bad luck" and handed in his
checks" translated :" He begun To play
with bad cards, > and " ended the game"
--Marcellus q. Stearns, Lieutenant-Gov-
ernOr of Florida, who has just succeeded
To the Governorship in consequence of the
death of Governor Hart, Is a young man
from Oxford county, Maine. who LETT col
lege dozen years ago TO go into Maine
regiment. earned commission. and since
the war has been prominent in the politics
of Florida.
Mr.. Chandler. of Michigan. is now the
senior member of the United States Senate
i'm point of continuous service. He entered
that body on the 18th of March. 1851. and
has completed seventeen years of service.
Next after him comes Governor Anthony.
of Rhode Island. who entered in 1883.
After him come. in order. Mr.. Sherman
of Ohio and Mr.. Howe of Wisconsin.
MIR. IIjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, in the
April Galary. tells us. by authority of the
photographic sufferer. how 10 spell the
name Tourgueneff; now if some one, say
BjornsUerne Bjornson. would kindly tell
Us how 10 pronounce Hialmar Hjorth Boy
e-en's name, we should feel less tired when
we saw it, We have kindly feeling to-
ward the old darkey who got over his diff
Guilty with patriarchal names in his Bible
reading, . call them all Moses and let
them go. "-Erery Saturday.
The Rev. David Swing. a Presbyterian
preacher OF great versatility and popularity
IN Chicago. has been arraigned before an
ecclesiastical tribunal. 10 answer "A charge
containing twcnty-fOur specific accusations
of hcrctical teaching. We fear that Bro
ther Swing j. inclined to make mischief.
lie was accused. while attending college AT
the Miami University. at Oxford. Ohio, OF
pouring a bucketful of water into the ny
drometragraph one night. when there had
been light shower: and the class was
amazed TO hear the professor announce
next morning that the country mad been
visited by the heaviest rainfall of the CEN
fury. Brother swing it is said. partook of
the general surprise without betraying the
slightest indication of guilty knowledge.
ST. Louis Democrat.