Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-11-21

was the last day OF grace 20 the tax
payers. We dropped into Treasurer
Peters ofice last evening to see how shs
business was running. We Learned that
no lees than $40. 900 were paid in yester-
day. All tax payers who pay q: ali. pay
On both county and muuicipa! tax. The
total amount Of the ASSESSMENT rol! tos
this year is rs follows: Fer State and
county purposes, S74. Osl A; for nurici-
us, purposes. Sl3.2S7 81; total. $50
:,GS 80. The amount of Delinquency will
not probably vary more than $4,000
from 90, 900 Last year the delinquency
wss shout 81 900 municipal and all.
One who has Uee.l q Eesn observer re-
marked in OF. presence yesterday that
he had noticed that on election years
there was always falling off in the
assessment rolls Possibly he suspected
a natural human weakness on the part
OF Assessors to be in favor with their
constituents on the eve of new deaf IN
the pa,ceiiug out OF Offices
The roof OF the Senate Saloon. Ner'h
Carson street. took FIRE from stray
stove pipe spark in the high wind OF
Yesterday morning. Fortunately it was
discovered in time to be easily man
acable by q bucaet of water. which
same, being snartiy applied. doused the
CHM and prevented which might have
been q very serious disaster.
CHANGE OF TlME.-On ana after Sun
day, December }, the lightning passen-
ger train will leave Virginia City at 5
o'clock ? NJ, one hour earlier than Al
prsssrt. The train from San Francisco
will arrive at Reno at !:45 a. NJ. where
Ia. passengers viii take breakfast. C"r
son will be reached at AID Virginia at
10 80 A. n.
LECTURE To SIGHT.-At the Carson
Theatre tonight lecture will be de-
liyered by Mrs. Frances \. Logan,
who comes here announced as
pleasing speaker, with opinions OF
her own which she sustains with
logical reasoning" She comes highly
recommended by the press and by
associations before which she has lee
tured. Admission only 50 cents.
ST.. rETEX's CarAcU -Tine.e All. be
meeting of those interested in the COM
ing festival at the Sunday School room
Of the Episcopal Church at three
o'clock this afternoon. All the ladies
and all the children OF the Sunday
Scnool who are willing to assist in this
enterprise are requested to be present.
MARRIED AND AwAY-Mr Fred. Phelps
and Mss Jessie Csgwin were quietly
married at the brides home on Sunday
evening. in the presence of q small party
of their friends. The newly married
pair betook themselves to California on
The night train. The best wishes OF
their many friends accompany them.
PEasoSAL.-Judge Mckinney of tina
Lander District Court was in the city
yesterday; also Assemblymen elect.
Powers of Douglas, Beer OF Storey and
Baily of Eureka. We acknowledge a
visit from Mr. Beer who. as our readers
all know, is an old Empire man.
OCT AGAIN-Mr. c. A. Y. Putnam
made his appearance on the street yes
terday for the first time since his sick
ness. He looks tribe thin but seems
to have weathered the storm with but
little damage.
REYURNEp.-Mrs.H II. F. Rice returned
from her prolonged trip to the East yes
terday morning. Masters jim and Hume
and Miss Dolly Yerington returned with
her.
Nix, II. KIRKPATRICK and family, who
will henceforth live in Virginia City,
arrived here Yesterday morning and
went up to their home on tho 6 o'clock
train.
The Murphy Trial is still progress
ing. very slowly. 1t is probable that
it will occupy pretty much all TINS
week.