Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-16
TIE PERSONNEL OF THR CONVENTION

TIE PERSONNEL OF THR CONVENTION.
Yesterdays Democratic Convention
made altogether a very respectable ap-
pesrsnce. The President. Judge Berry,
who has been brushing his hair a Ia Dom
Pedro since he was visited BY that royal
parsonage st his Humboldt Reduction
Works, now wears decidedly Imperial
look himself. He declared that the
Democracy now held the scepter of
power in their hands, and he waved
both hands as though he might WELD
illimitable power if he would. The
Secretary of the Convention, j. II.
Graham, young lawyer of Storey, who
has his Office in the rooms of Lewis
Deal, is a remarkably bright and excel
lent Secretary, and withal a very fine
looking Young man. Mr.. Graham is. We
learn, a graduate of the Cornell Law
School, and is son of one of the Judges
of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Then there was w. E. F. Deal, across
whose high forehead small wisp Of hair
was brushed, as if he were afraid his
brother members might think he was
becoming prematurely bald. And Robert
McBeth was there, with rudy counter
ance and enbonpOint. And the whole
assemblage, which numbered about fifty,
with twenty proxies. looked so bright
aud sparkling that We should be willing
to permit their voting the Republican
ticket next fall just because this is our
Centennial year.
THE Town BOARD was in session last
evening. Present-Trustees Rice, Ben
der, Beam and st. Clair. \ fire plug
was ordered put in at the corner of Fifth
avenue and Stewart street, and Messrs.
Rail. Wagner & Co. and Lentz are to be
informed in relation to the matter with
view to ascertain the terms for putting
in the same, We suppose. The matter
of the suitable compensation of the City
Marshal was discussed. That officer
addressed the Board. 1t was voted
unanimously that, commencing with the
18th of May, 1876. the compensation OF
the City Marshal be one hundred dollars
per month, he relinquishing all fees for
collecting city licenses, which heretofore
has amounted to about twenty dollars
per month. Attention was called to the
condition of the street in front OF the
Catholic Church building. The premises
will be viewed by members OF the Board.
who will report at the next meeting,
which will be held next Monday evening
at o'clock.
Two men with span OF horses and a
wagon attempted to cross the East Fork,
Just below the Twelve-mile House, one
day this week, says the Carson Valley
News of Saturday. The current proved
too strong and deep. and the outfit went
down the stream in fragments. One OF
the men could not swim, but he luckily |
got hold of one of the side-boards OF the |
wagon and chung to it, while the other
himself into sort of stern |
wheel and propelled him to shore. The |
horses swan to the opposite bank. but
were unable to make landing, and re- |
turned to the same side of the river |
from which they started. The next day |
two men were riding up and down the |
river astride the fore axle of the wagon,
peering among the willows and rocks |
for the remainder of the vehicle.
VALUABLE CH1cKEN.-Mrs. Jas. Low
rey yesterday morning, says the Gold
Hill News of last evening, took from
the crop of q chicken two pieces of gold
together, 8.68 grains. One
Of the pieces was full half inch in
length, and alone contained over q dol
lars worth Of pure gold. The crop was
filed with coarse pieces of quartz, OF
sharp. angular character, and must have
afforded the chicken pretty lively np-
petite, without much fear of dyspepsia
An assay of the crop by one of our best
assayers gave the valuation of the
chicken to be S21 ,8O0.87 per ton. Who
an beat that?
The RIVER AND MILLs.-The Car
,on river still continues at a high stage
If water, and all the mills are engaged
n crushing ore to their full capacity
except the Morgan mill which is idle
n consequence of the bursting of the
engine steam chest. This accident &C.
.urred several weeks since. It will
DC remedied, probably III about ten
lays. |