Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-23

QUICK TRIP TO COLUMBUS AND BACK
We are indebted to our thoughtful friend,
jim Peel, the accomplished whip, for
the following particulars of the quickest
| trip ever made between Carson and Co.
| lumbus, the metropolis of the Borax
region. The party consisted of Mr.. l..
| c.. Bateman, Daniel Bell, one other man
| whose name we don't know, and Peel
who as above intimated acted the part
| of Jehu They left here at o'clock on
| the morning Of Wednesday, the 18th
| inst, in a four-seated wagon drawn by
| four horses furnished by Doc. Benton.
| They went from here to Dayton, thence
to Sam Buckland's $, where they crossed
the river. and from thence on to the
Reservation This, seventy honest
miles. they made the first day. From
the Reservation they went on to Column
bus by the new Wadsworth road. In
deed, they made more of a trip than we
have stated, for Mr.. Bateman's mine
lies seven miles beyond. and nearly two
Thousand feet above, the altitude Of CO.
lumbus-and they went there. The re-
turn trip was made with the same team
they started with. in quite as good time
as the outgoing ride; and after spending
fOur DAYS at the mine, they arrived here
On the 22nd team and all, as good AS
new. Going and coming, the 80 miles
between Double Springs and ellis
Springs was driven without watering the
stock-had to be. for that space is moth
ing more nor less than a sandy. and arid
desert. The successful manner in which
we'll for Mr. Peel's skill rs a driver and
the enduring, faithful qualities Of the
horses.
Some RApscALLIoS BOYS who had pro-
vil-d themselves with pistols, got to
shooting 1T a mark, or, more like, at
random, on the ridge back Of Noteware's
place on Tuesday; and one of their
vagabond bullets went through the
sleeve of Dorsey Noteware's jacket.
Now this is pretty business. These
hoodlums Will be killing somebody or
somebody's COW or horse one of these
inquest or something nearly as serious,
and nobody to blame But there is
somebody to blame. 1t is, to all intents
and purposes, as the controversallsis
Of our tender years were used to put it
Just as blamable an act to sell or lend
a pistol to a blunder-h headed, reckless
lad and supply him with powder and
cartridges and shot, as it is to sell
whiskey TO an Indian. Indeed, it is
high time for US TO repeat our lecture on
Hoodlums and the breeding of the same,
and we think We'll do it shortly.
FROM Mr.. Freddy who was at the rail
road wreck all day yesterday we learn
that the cleanup will show better-for
the freight-than was expected. The
cars are very badly smashed. hewever.
It's wonder that they aren't falling yet
for it is anywhere from a mile to forty
miles of nearly perpendicular hillside,
from the track down to the Red Jacket !
locality where this casualty oc- !
CURED. Freddy says the hillside is one |
vast omelet. Eggs and butter for freight, |
you see As to the brakeman who went |
over the bank with the tutubling cars. he |
was sitting up and reading newspaper
when Freddy asked hin, how he felt.
He said he guessed he wasn't hurt much,
diln' feel very sore. And yet box car
and he fell over one another half
dozen times This is one of the most
serious disasters that has ever happened
on this road. Indeed there is hardly a
road in the United States where SO few
have occurred as on this. This
Ugly capsize is loud cry for steel rails
III along the line.
WE NOTICE that the frame and some of