Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-26

ierprise says it Is now pretty certain that
Chief Lackey has eaugh: at least Two OF
the p,rties concerned in the shooting Of
I. ID. Soper. wa;chrusn n: the ruins q.
the old Consolidated Virginia mill, two
or three nights ago. One Of these is
George Wood. founl "a. Frankel's lole-
ing house, Gold Hill, the morning after
the fight. aud VIII" said he WIS accident.
ally wounded on the Divide by friend,
and another is one George Prior. Others
nave been taken into custody and 1t will
probably be vet ascertaine,i that four or
FIVE men were engaged in the affair.
George Wood was found u have been
shot in hoth thighs. vel! up toward the
hips. The ball passed ihrou III the flesh
of one thigh aud buried itself in the
other, touching occasionally between
points. He is at the County Hnspi's!
and il said to be in danger of losing bis
life. Chief Lackey WAS satisfied that one
! of young Sopers shots had taken effect
in the body Of his antagonist the wonnd
! ed man is the one who shot Soper), MS
! he could find the mark of but one pistol
| ball on the castings in front of which
| Wood was standing, therefore was -nr.y
Gu the lookou; among physicians and in
other places fer wounded man. The
whole racket" as the police call il, Is
Likely soon tn he brought to light
Yourg Soper is getting a!org very well.
though ut times be suffers Il good deal
from his wounds.
Ten Days IN A WATER MAIN.-The
Virginia Chronicle Of las, evening It.
lsies the following: This morning abort
10 clock :he wolkiren engaged at the
new reservoir of tie water works were |
surprised to see Il large yellow cat crawl |
on, ot the big pipe on the east side Of I
the works. The pnC- puss WAS 10 !
starved and exhausted condition and |
mewed p:tecusly. Oue Of the workmen !
who had some milk in his dinner cau,
gave it 10 the sutf-rer who lappsd i: mp
speedily. In short time il seemed
much revived and moved abont freely.
Some meat WAS also given it, aud finally
it curled itself mp Ill ii corner and went
IN sleep Its flesh Was wasted 10 the
bone. and i, had the appearance of
veritable living skeleton. 1t will be re-
membered that the Chronicle gave an
account of how it was driven from Orn-
dorff 4 Magee's saloon. q week ago last
and took refuge in the empty
water mains, which were then being laid
at that point. Thus it has been trit1e
over ten days in the pipes.
TIE FoCRrH.-The Fourth Of July
held s meeting last evening ;
in tho Office of the County Recorder.
The Committee on Subscriptions report
I'd that they were getting along success
Iully but bad not yet completed their =
.anvass. They declared. however. that
hey woult collect sufficient to make q
,rsnd celebration. They then proce sdsd j.,
o select officers for the occasion. Judge :
II tho Day; J. r. kittrell, Reader Of the o
(. H. Taylor, Poet; r. c. Whitman, +
orator, and S. T. Swift. Grand Marshal.
NTH power to appoint all deputies. The Z
all of the chairman.
That METHODIST SRMINARY.-Iester-
ay afternoon John G. Fox started out
18th q subscription paper to see how j
,uch he could raise toward the ten a
1oussnd dollar fund required to be SUBJ
,ribed here for the location of the
Iethodist Seminary. He headed the
absorption himself with $500 and
isited some of our wsalthies. residents:
ut his success was not very marked.
% only obtained subscriptions to the
mount of $4,000, and he feels so dis n
,uraged over the fact that be thinks the u
after might A. we'll bs abandoned.
TIE people of Virginia City have de-
rmined upon celebrating the Fourth. ~,
hey have elected f. A. Tritle Grand
arshal Of the Day; Judge Belknap,
resident; Orator, C. Z. Do Long; Poet
G. Goodwin. and Reader OF the r,
aclara:ion of Independence. Ogden -
lies. Aud they also have determined
extend an invitation to Gold Hill.
liver City, Dayton, Carson aud En-
re to participate on the occasion.
Police CoUkr.-Julis Bells, tried en- u
charge o: vagrancy and convicted, was Ar,
ut to prison for ninety days. Two ha,
liens. arrested on . charge of dis ha,
lCAhS wv RVaSes WeA0 SOhSASs0u 0oO | Al
ed-ons $40 and the other 500 e1i
lich they paid. A young woman from ze
e Of the streets in the rear was con- -
ted Of disturbing the peace and fined
2. Pat
KIN.
rHE Enterprise of yesterday published i pls
advertisement directed to the State Zee
- rs.: H. A.. vad
DIV "a Aoo' PA~.AA6 IVA 'o0
option of the Pacific Coast Series of sire
lool Readers. It was signed by all
County officers of Storey all the
,ool teachers OF that County also, and
ny others. Altogether there is Ore
at desire in Storey for Pacific Coast
aders.
TER weather 10 modsrating . little. r.
'tsrdsy was warm and pleasant. but
night the Thermometer of
end registered ~ low d 80. just low
ugh down to freeze. A little too
n for winter aud little too cold for lAI