Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-27
WANDERING mrsin:ly beside the dane

WANDERING mrsin.ly beside the dane
inc v..ers O. the ditch which brings .
modicum o. the mountain meetings.
nas. 81, Peters Church. We were curious
epouch 70 pause and make bsl%: ac-
count of what ve saw accumulated there.
Chiefly the distractions are Of tin. In
deed tin seems to play n very important
and constant part in Csrson's efforts al
up,idinesa. Here were. in the space Of
twelve or fifteen feet, kerosene c",i,
lard rap. o veteran bread pan, several
oyster and frui: cans, bailless bucket.
and q bird cage made Of tin and wire.
Tb.s. were particularly notable because
thew were bright Closer examination
revealed strips OF old oil cloths, pieces
OF carpet. several sand-loeged boots.
disreputsbis gum shoe, many cast on
garments, some indications o. the wreck
Of hoped skirt. a good many pieces OF
crockery. some sections OF stove pipe. an
old lead syringe, . coplous collection OF
iron hoops and y large accumulation OF
discarded bits and scraps OF household
sa.tbon ware in various stages OF dlslo
cation and commiuuted fracture. Doubt
less these articles lend variety TO the fan
and character q that waite: course;
doubtless, also. the same IS "a convenient
t,iacs for the dweilers upon its banks TO
deposit such rubbish; put by and by.
when the rains descend and the floods
come and those banks are full TO over
flowing, the reflective mind will revert to
those obstacles to the free flow c: sud
denly augmented mountain torrent, and
the impoiicy and unwisdom Of thus Dill
lug our already inadequate wa'er-arnins
will again, we fear, for the hftle,h time.
he manifest. We fear. also. that 1t IL OF
no use to preach against this practice
Our very best people vie with our very
worst IL adherlug to it. The dltch IS
eyerybodys scaveD yer--tbe ditch aud
the street. of, comes All Old shoe or an
und-rshirt or a pair of soiled stockings.
and into the ditch they go. We wish
there might bs reform from these SHIT
less practices. Might not the mnnlcl-
pality establish system oil scavenser
carts whose province it shoGid ne 10 take
away, without the corporate limits. All
such trashy things: Laws and ordl-
nances are az but poor avail against
commuuity's own long sustained untldl'
ness. We all take an immense tug at
cleaniDg-up. every spring; but before the
summer is over we relapse into tho old
wsys O. laziness and Indifference: and so
do our physical, moral and spiritual
waterways get numbered and c!ogSed
with rubbish, and We take short. in
efectual, convenient cuts to temporary
riddance of our old vices, our old Sins
and our old accumu!ations of things
which are worn and wasted and worth
less. Let US wrench the Democratic
watchword from it's unworthy keeping.
and proceed, ourselves. TO institute a
complete. radical ,Lorough-going lie
form.
One Conrad Clausen, 4 mar who has
had the misfortune TO lose both his feet,
was arrested yesterday while IN the act
of bestowing a merciless beating upon
woman named Viola Dewey. He had
one hand clutched in her hair while with
the other he was msullng her about the
head and face with revolver. She
screamed for help and man named
Evans came to her rescue. The enraeed
assailant snapped the pistol at him. The
woman's story is that Conrad had been
annoying her with his attempts to make
love to her Also she says that he tried
to shoot her-did shoot hsr-in the face,
In fact-in San Francisco. His story is
that she has ''beat him out of his
money! He shows some letters from
her which indicate an intimate relation
ship between them. He is in Jail and ID
like to fetch up in the penitentiary.
SILVER is now quoted at 30 pence in
London. This, by the calculation of
gentleman in the Mint-one skilled in
figures and relative values of metals
is equivalent to putting a value OF
from asls to $50 cents apiece upon the
trade dollar which gets so unanimous
ly cursed and so mercilessy discoun-
ted. 1t is very evident that they who
can hoard up the said trade-dollars or
buv them in quantities and ship them
abroad, can make a very handsome
profit On their savings or their invest
ment. 1t will doubtless strike the
average commentator as somewhat
strange and anomalous that when Sill
YER trade dollars are worth so near par
in London they should ne so disas-
triously cleared =" SO near home.
ALABAMA M1NsTEELs will occupy
the Carson Theater tonight. They come
bringing the reputation of extraordinary
performers. The Tennessee Jubilee
Singers by their performances here gave
US an idea OF what the colored folks are
capable in q musical way. These Ala
| bama Hinstrels are colored people. They
bring with them the old songs, the old
melodies and the old hymns of the plan
tation, and they are prepared to give us
a taste of plantation fun. II We are not
misinformrd, our shoT-soers will miss a
very pleasing performance if they stay
away from this evenings concert. Get
your seats early.
TzE clipping and chipping and shap-
ing of granite still continue at the SAY.
incs Bank corner. A dozen or twenty
busy men make things look lively there
and lively appearings are good TO gaze