Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-11-10

Mr.. Conkling. one of the engineer:
attached to the Wheeler expedition
dropped into the APPEAL Office yes
terday. He has been Of the detach
ment commanded by Lieutenant NJ
II. McComb. who has been surveying
the mountains and valleys round
abou; Lake Bisler for the past two OF
three months. Mr.. Conkling says
this detachment numbers ii men and
y animals. The command will re-
mai n here a week or So, doing q little
work to the Southwark and Eastward
of this point, and then go to Washing
ton where, during the Winter, the
engineers and astronomers firgure up
their field notes. In answer 10 some
of our questions Mr.. Conkling. (wbo,
10y the way, is nephew of Hon. Ros-
coe Conkling OF New York, informed
Us that Falling Leaf Lake-the beau
t!ful little sheet Of water living about
two miles south of Lake Rigler-is l25
feet higher than the larger body Of
water. and that the summit Of Tellac
mountain is 24OO feet above Falling
Leaf Lake. These figures give Teilac
\
| the sea. The view from that summit.
embracing upwards of twenty lakes and
| lske'ets. is pronounced by Nr. Conklipg
| to he the finest be has ever seen, and he
has climbed many OF the higher peaks
| Of Europe and Southern Asia. Also we
are informed tha. Bigler is the largest
body Of water Of its altitude in the
world. Mr.. ConklirS represents his
.1Yn oil
all look rs rugged as hs does, they are
f., from delicate.
TIE VIENNA LADIES ORCHESTRA
This celebrated troupe Of concer,eer. are
announced to give q performance at the
Carson Thester on the evenings Of Tues.
day AID Wednesday of next week. the
l4,t and 18th. November. IL ii. bills
It is announced that there will be an
extra charge for reservsd Seats. but thi. |
Is sn error that will be corrected 10 the
advertisement, which will appear in our |
issue Of To morrow. The price of nd. |
mission Is one dollar TO ali parts o! the |
house. 10. yesterdays Enterprise q
highly enlogisi,c notice of the perform |
ance Of the night before begins as fol-
lows: Another excellent Programme at
National Theater last evening. There
was no exceptional feature ia the per
Torrance. All was good. The Vienna
Ladies orchestra seem to have an inex-
repertoire OF standard works
and gems OF art.
An INTERESTING CASE is that Of Cody
IS. the c. P. Il. +. Company. TIE
10 Is follows: One Near pur.
chased an overland ticket at Baltimore,
his destination being San Francisco. At
Omaha be gave up his ticke. and took q
transfer check. At Palisade. in this
State. be sold this check to Cody. Cody I
got on the cars there. and wien asked ,
or his ticket presented this check. The
conductor declined to take it, and Cody
vas put of the care. We understood 6
rom Judge I. &. McEarland yesterday c
hat = decision upon demurrer by the
court indicates a final decision for the
defendant.
vs. heard a young man who stood in c
red Brooks doorway taking good
1uare North American curse at Fred,
afternoon. Fred seemed to be d
.king the infiction good naturally; and n
hen his iongue.lssher had moved Il
u We learned IRON bys:apder that the s.
asus belli was Fred's chris,isn-iike act
ito bit Of wool gathering matinee,
ear by. Blessed are the peacenakers
they do get sworn at sometimes.
In the c. S. Circuit Court yesterday.
,tore jury, was tried the case of the !
sirs of the late j. Nicely johnson VS.. &
. Uuion Consolidated and Mexican n
lining Companies. Messrs. Belknap !
I'd Stone appeared for the plaintiff, and ~
essrs. Whitman and Wood and New.
nds for the Mexican and CARRIER and
horntOD for the Union Consolidated. 70
10 case involves the question Of title 10 0''
'ery valuable piece OF mining land.
An OWNER FOR THAT WATCH. The An
her day We mentioned that johnny Sat Sat
therland had found n watch in the o'e
,e-hrush down by the railroad track. mo
sterday Mr.. Maher. who works in the ~
ilroad Compsny's shop. came into
; Office and said that the watch was -
and that he had recovered possession
the same. Such is the power Of that
ut lever, tie press. n,
y TowS.-Eon. b. c. Whitman, Col. INC
ne. Guy Thorpe. Hon. Joseph '''
oans and other distinguished Ne
lans and Californians were in the CITY A.
terday. The Courts is the attraction. o.