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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-11

THE GREAT SUIT-A popular error has ex-
listed for some time to the effect that the hear
ing of the great case between the Eureka
Consolidated and Richmond had been set fo1
May 9TH. 1t was hoped to get ready by that
date, but the stipulation provided that the
parties could have until May 10Th to get in
their atfidavits, at which time the argument
should proceed. There has been no change
in this programme, nor is there likely to be
any. jude Sawyer has gone East to be alb
sent two months, but under the stipulation
Judge Hillyer may hear and determine the
rule regarding the injunction. 1t is thought
that it will take five days to argue the case
Surprising that it is taken up on the 10th the
result should be reached by the Goth. judge
Hillyer will go down to San Francisco to try
the case The case, on its merits, cannot
come up before the middle of July. But this
might not make any material difference to the
town of Eureka. If the Judge should CON
clude to continue the restraining order as
against one company, and allow the other to
resume work, the effect would be the same as
if the case had been fully heard and deter
mined. A resumption of operations is what
our people are looking and hoping for. This
may be rendered possible by the Goth instant,
in which case the main suit will lose much of
its interest at this end of the line The de-
termination of the injunction proceedings by
the goth, and the trial of the suit on it's mer-
its by the middle of July, seems to be the
present programme. -Sentmel, Mays.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-11
MARK TWAIN AT HOME.

correspondent of the San Francisco Post,
writing from Hartford, Conn. tells us about
Mark Twain and his domestic surroundings as
follows
Readers of the Post will have some interest
in any news from Pacific coast celebrity,
Mark Twain Is. L. Clemens), who is now per-
manently settled here Mark lives a very
At his new and elegant 500, 600 residence on
Pennington avenue, however, he devotes his
time to literary work and the entertainment
of his numerous friends. His cottage is a
veritable curiosity. 1t is of the German and
Swiss styles of architecture intermingled, of
red bricks worked into the walls in ornamen-
tai designs. 1t is so planned that all the liv
ing rooms are on the side opposite the road
way, and their windows look out on pretty
little grove on one side, and on the other on
Park river and its meadows. The interior is
elegantly finished in black walnut, curled ma
pie and other ornamental woods A billiard
room, opening out on LARGE veranda, and his
artist S friends" room, where he entertains
his literary visitors, are the two most pleasant
apartments, unless an exception may be made
in favor of The cosy library on the first floor.
Mr.. Clemens lives in a very comfortable style,
and has an income that fully enables him to
support it, The American Publishing Com
p2ny of this city readily takes anything from
his pen, and from the time they put forth
1.-The Innocents Abroad" down to the issue
of &" Tom Sawyer" last year they have reaped
a liberal profit from every work. and have
poured thousands of dollars annually into
Mark purse
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-11
WHAT ALLIED THE GHOST.

Hamlet was announced one night recently
at an Indiana country theatre, and the Hoo
iers had come in with their wives and babies
from miles around, to be made acquainted
with the melancholy Dane, All went on well
until the ghost scene in fact, bis paternal
ghostship had appeared, and in tremulous,
sepulchral tones began to utter:
81 am thy faith" when suddenly the text
gave place to a series of grlmts end Sroans,
indicative of intense bodily pain on The pa .
of the app2rition afore7aid.
go on! 90 on p came from all paris o.
the hou;e, but the ghost didn't 90 on. Some
loudly whispered profanity wa heard behind
the scene, and it became evident i@,t here
was something rotten i'll the Sac of Den
mark.
Finally the ghost seemed to brace up, and
tried it again
q l am thy falh-ugh-oh, Lord Some
more brandy, there-quick =
In the midst of the confusion which ersued
The manager made his appearance at The foo
lights
" My friends, said he, - | regret to say
that The gentleman who was cast for the role
of The ghost this evening has been suddenly
attacked with ch0Ielu-nOrJuS. Is there any
physician in the house ,"
% Here, said jolly, good-nayured man in
the front row, I'm a doctor. Show me
the patient
They led him to where the specter lay, out
in the fly, writhing in all the contortions of
green apple stomachache, He felt his pulse,
loosened the sufferers shirt collar, looked a.
him moment, and then smiled.
Well, Docter,' gasped the manager,
" and what do you make it p
Make it my dear sir, answered the doc
tor why, | call it clear case of what is
known as cholera in-phantom. '-Puck
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-11

How TO DETECT BOGUS COINs.-A good
deal of bogus silver coin is said to be in crcu-
lation. A Sub-Treasury expert says the
bogus pieces of which the public should be
particularly cautious are the half dollars
composed of antimony, lead and tin. |
| should be remembered that these are light
A genuine half dollar weighs 1929 grains
the antimony and lead and tin humbugs
weigh only 142 grains, Type metal is also
perverted from its honest original purpose by
The coiners. 1t is electro-plated first with
copper and then with silver. 1t weighs 1872, 9
ike the real half dollar, but the color is rot
good the false pieces are thicker than the
genuine, and the devices are feeble and
faulty. Mr.. Du Bois, Assayer of the Mint,
says officially that there is something about
genuine coin which puts it beyond Suspicion,
especially when the new white surface has
given place to the inimitable and permanent
. ninetenths tint" and generally it speaks
well for Itself as to color and sorority. There
is liquid test Of silver which can be put up
by any druggist. 1t consists of "a grains of
nitrate of silver, 10 grains of nitric acid, and
l ounce Of water. This, if the coin be bad,
blackens it at once Mr.. Du Bots also gives
directions for testing coin by weight, namely
poise a thin strip of wood eight or ten inches
long place good piece at one end ard the
suspected one at the other; have weight of
three grains at hand ; if the difference be
more than that =" decline to receive it. .
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-11
Won SCHMIDT AS AQUARIUS, THE
WATER BEARER.

1t is not at all probable that Colonel Won
Schmidt, the San Francisco explosonist, will
ever die the slow and painful death allotted
to those unfortunates who perish of inanition.
His is one of the few, immortal frames which
were not born to starve. 1t will be surmlsed,
quite correctly, that We admire the Colonel S
vast and insurmomtable cheek The profile
of a sperm whale is simply dwartsh in COM
parison When we state with deliberate geo.
graphical precision that this illustriOus per-
sons elastic and far-stretching self-assurance
comprehends, as Mercators Projection compre-
bends, the entire Typographical possibilities of
the Pacific slope, and that in an actual
Inateriahstic sense he is lord of all he surveys,
by triangulation and otherwise), we convey as
only the poverty of mere weak words can con-
vey, the vastitude and limitlessness of Won
Schmidt's magnificent pretensions. Last
Wednesday morning the San Francisco
Water Commissioners who are almost dropsica
with their toiisome labors heard Won
Schmidt's statement of his scheme for tapping
Lake Bigler. We omit the interesting array
of facts and figures as presented by the Post,
and come down to the concluding part of the
report made by that paper We reproduce as
follows
The entire distance from the lake to the
city by the projected route was 228I miles.
Colonel Won Schmidt, i'll reply to questions by
Mr.. Murphy said the general plan was to
conduct the water by wrought iron conduit
from Auburn, tunnel the CarquineZ straits,
thence to Oakland and across the Bay by tun-
neling Reservoirs could be located either i'll
the hills at the straits or back of Oakland.
Colonel Won Schmidt declined to submit to
cross-eXamination by Captain John Mullen,
Chief Engineer of the Feather River scheme,
asserting that it was out of place for one
scheme to criticse another. The commits
sioners, he said, had their own engineer, and
it was for them to take the facts into con
sderation He broadly intimated that Cap
tain Mullen had SO little familiarity with the
Lake Tahoe scheme that his cross examination
would not be productive of any good. He
declined to answer any question, whereupon
Captain Mullen produced map OF the lake
and enquired if the people and press of
Nevada had not solemnly protested against
the divertion of the water of the one quarter
of the lake located in that State. Colonel
Won Schmidt retOrted that the people of Ne
vada might keep their quarter, if they so de
sired He wouldn't touch their quarter but
he did mean to use the three-quarters to
which he had right.
This, we feel confident, will illustrate in a
feeble way, the occasion of our reference to
the Coloners munifcent and irrepressible |
of claim and ownership. |
He losses about his riparian rights and his
right of eminent domain with glib playful
ness which borders on the sublime. 1t is |
evident that this State in bounded on the
North by Idaho and Oregon, on the South by
on the East by Utah, and ON the
West by Colonel Won Schmidt That is
clear enough.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-11

Having got a drink and walked away with
out paying for it, a tramp at Reno suddenly
found himself minus hat-the same having
been seized and confscated by the barkeeper
The Gazette relates the sequel:
Pilgrim walk, d into the saloon, pulled off
his coat, and was pulling off his vest, when F.
said, "Do you mean fight" The trickster
said, "No; | proposed to swop my vest for
the hat" Francisco smiled, and giving the
man his hat, said, " You'll do; take another
drink and well call it square
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-11

The Mediterranean is going to be the rem
devious of a vast naval armament. Every
1naratime nation of christendom will be repre-
scented there From the days of Jonah, the
shipwreck on Patmos, the gilded prows of the
fleets of Greece and the thrice banked galleys
of Carthegenia, that sea has been famous
swarming place for the whitening sails of com
merce and the perilous enterprises of war.
England, France, Germany, Spain, Italy,
Egypt, Turkey, Russia and the United States
will fly their flags under those classic skies
and among the historic isles of those sparkling
waters The accommodating fleets will be the
most powerful ever seen i'll that sea, not ex-
cepting the great squadrons which participa-
ted in the Battle of the Nile. 1t is among the
very lively possibilities that naval action
which will attest the relative merits of iron
clad and ironclad will take place before the
very grave troubles which are finding their
first expression on the Danube and in Asia
Minor, are concluded.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-11

HAYES AT HOME.-If General Boynton is
right in his conclusions, not even the Ohio
Regency has made Hayes strong in his native
State. The following is related in the dis
patches
General Boynton of the Cincinnati Gazette,
just returned from trip in Ohio, though a
strong Hayes man, represents the feeling in
Ohio among Republicans as almost unanimous
against the Presidents policy. Boynton says
the Republicans could not now carry single
county in Ohio.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-11

We note with approval the modest and yet
firm and resolute assertion of the dignity of
his calling by representative of the San
Francisco Evening Post Having been
snubbed by an ill-mannered banking, our
hero says:
Whatever the manager of the Bank of Brit
ish Columbia learned in his youth he never
learned to be Chesterfield in courtesy. He
received the Post reporter who called upon
him to ask simple question regarding the
bogus certificates by insulting the profession
to which he belonged and the paper that sent
him. A person occupying his position would
do well to learn what is due to those who pay
him and the community who patronize the
bank of which he is a representative
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-11

OF the present intentions of the Martin
White Company the Ward Index of May 6
states as follows:
We learn from undoubted authority that it
is the purpose of the new management Of the
Martin White Company to erect cupel fur
mace Immediately, and that it will be ready
within thirty days. After its erection only
fine bullion will be shipped, which will go
through Wells, Fargo & Co. from that time
on. Everything that is presented below in
the shape of checks is being paid. Nothing
more could be reasonably desired. The en-
tire new Board of Directors are reported to
be men of unlimited means, and we have
every reason to believe measures will be taken
looking to the energetic working Of this com
panys mines.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-11
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.

4 PPLICATION OF STOCKHOLDERS OF THE PAN
"A CAKE COAL COMPANY to Remove the Officers OF
said Company. Stockholders Of the Pancake Coal
Company Corporation of Nevada, are hereby notified
that meeting o. the Stockholders of said Company will be
held the Court Room of the District Court Of the
Ond Judicial Dsict OF the State Nevada in and OT the
CoUrty Of Onlsby, SATU RDAI, THE NINETEENTH
DAY OF MAY A. d. 1877, at TEN O'CLOCK A. NJ. of said
cay consider the removal of the officers of said company
$ II. WRIGHT District Judge
April 2S, 1877. my1td
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-11

The cause of the detention of the mails on
Wednesday is thus stated by the Reno
Journal of yesterday morning;
The west-bound passenger train met with
an accident at Cold Springs four miles west of
Tuckee yesterday morning, where it encoun-
tered a broken rail, which caused pair of
trucks under one of the second-class cars to
break up through the car, but luckily injur-
ing none of the emigrants. This accident
was the cause of the lightning not arriving
here until the afternoon.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-11
4 PERSISTENT FEMALE DEADHEAD.

The Eureka Sentinel of May 5 states the
following story of a resolute and nimble
female
A lady-Conductor Kicker says he knows
she was lady by the language she used
solicited him on his last trip for the privilege of
dead head ride to Eureka. Ed. is very
gallant gentleman, and his Difference to the
fair sex is notorious, but the rules of the road
are very strict, and, Notwithstanding that it
panied him deeply, he was compelled to refuse
the woman, whereupon she planted herself
firmly in the seat and decnlied to move an
inch. He tried his persuasive tongue to no
effect, and finally had to call in the services
of brakeman, and by their combined efforts
she was gently dropped off the rear end of
the train. Without any more ado she passed
swiftly to the front, climbed the tender to the
locomotive and enthroned herself i'll the pile
of wood, much to the amusement of the fire
man and engineer Ed started for the
damsel once more, but before he could reach
her perch she had taken to the top of the box
car and the chase she led that weary, hot
and mad conductor, while a source of pleasure
to the bystanders, was far from pleasant
one to him The train hands joined in the
pursuit and succeeded i'll getting her off the
train, which by this time had moved out
from the depot Johnny Bell, the engineer
saws he did not have TO use bit of steam for
half a mile. The force and righteousness of
of that womans tongue Just waited the cars
along as easy as if he had pulled the throttle
wide open, and Conductor Kicker was the
happiest man in the State when the train
turned the bend and shut Palisade out from
view
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-11

The Turks are driving out of the Danube
all Greek and Austrian vessels. Won't this
breed fresh seeds of war?
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-11

A railroad mechanic in Sacramento, vii
liam Groom by name, committed suicide on
Wednesday by jumping in the river there.
He was married.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-11

Lieutenant General Sir John LINTON 81
mons will be the Commander in-c chief of the
English forces if England takes the field.
There are 5000 English troops ready to take
ship at moments warning.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-11

TRIAL OF FISH MURDERERs. OF trial in
stituted under the new fshprotecting law,
the Reno Gazette. of Wednesday relates as
follows:
Yesterday the case of the People VS.. Chas,
and Geo Mann, Dick Cowles and . Smokey
came up for hearing before Judge Hamlin at
Verdi. The defendants We're charged with
having fshed trout from the Truckee river
with grab hooks Charles Queen and James
Gum appeared for the prosecution aud J. P,
Foulkes for the defense. The prosecuting
witness took the stand and said that he didn t
see the parties catch any fish Further ques-
lions drew from the witness the fact that he
had been threatened with violence did he
swear against the parties accused, also that
he had borrowed a revolver to protect himself
The guilt of the parties was morally clear,
but the State had no legal proof, and hence
had the case dismissed
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-11

The Reno Gazette speaks of the Editor OF
the MORNING APPEAL as one who is much ex-
orcised. Is thy servant afflicted with the di-
abolical possession that this should be said of
him!
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-11

The fact that President McMahOn sent a
special Envoy to Metz to welcome Emperor
William is regarded as good sign of contin-
ued peace between France and Germany,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-11

WILD GEESE ON THE HUMBoLDT.-Sayst the
Silver State of May 9;
Flocks of wild geese have been quite nu-
merous along the river within the last few
days; but as the game law prohibits hunters
from killing them, they pass unmolested. As
they do not breed in this region and only visit
us in the spring and fall they ought to be ex-
empt from the provisions of the game law.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-11
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF ASSIGNEE
DIsrRICr OF NEvADA-ss.-IN BANK.

hISERICT OF NESADA-ss.-IN BANK
~ ruptcy.The undersigned hereby gives notice Of his
appointment Asst Of the estate and effects Of George
c. ThaNer OF Carson in the county of Osby and State
of Nevada in the said District who has been adjudged
bankrupt upon his petition by the District Court OF
said Dis let. II. K. WHITEHlLL
Assignee the of George c. ThaNter, II Bankrupt.
April Il, 1871 law3w
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-11

No TIDINGS FROM THE PILGRIMS. There
are grave apprehensions concerning the fate
of the Pilgrims who embarked at New York
for Rome. Says the telegraph
Nothing has yet been heard from the mis-
sing steamship City of Brussels, now seven
teen days out, having on board the Canadian
pilgrims for Rome. 1t is hoped that nothing
more serious than breakdown of machinery
has occurred.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-05-11
THE COLUMBIAN" FURTHER ENDORSED.

THE 'COLUMbiAN" FURTHER ENDORSED.
Two successive Grand Juries recommended
the erection Of new County Jail. They never
imagined that the location was TO be changed,
nor dream Of the job behind the enterprise
The present Grand Jury speak the voice of the
people, and in unmistakabe language. We
give their report entire
Among the records and proceedings In the
Court of Quarter Sessions inter ala 1t is thus
contained
We, the Grand Inquest Of the Commonwealth
inquirng for the body of Columbia County, re.
spectfully report that we have pursuant to our
required duty calmly and deliberately investi.
gated all bills of indictments presented for our
consideration at this time and have passed upon
chem according to their merits We have exam.
ined the Public Buildings and find the Jail Gle n
and in as good order as a building of that age
could be expected.
We find the cistern, pump, wood house and
kitchen hearth out Of order, and recommend
that they be repaired and 6re-boards placed in
front of the chimney.
In regard to building new Jail we earnestly
demonstrate against building it upsn any other
ground than that now occupied by the old one
h All of which is respectfully submitted.
p. II. FREEZE, Foreman.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-05-11
ROLL OF HONOR.
THIRD STREET 0sADEp SCHOOL.


Room No. /. /. f. and Ellen Schoonover,
Teachers. William Breeze, Herbert Grotz, San.
ford Peifer, Frank Pursel, George Ringler
Willirm Sterling, Hannah Allegar, Martha
Writ
Room No. 2. Amelia Armstrong and Hattie
Vanderslice, Teachers. Lizzie Barton, Ellenora
Bryfogle, Maggie Jacoby, Irene Philips, Annie
Roadarmel, May sharpless Hattie Slosn, Sadie
Smith, Ruth Tustin, Howard Bidleman, Bruce
Birch, Willie Knorr, George Knorr, Harry
Knapp, Harry Meyer, Edward Reiswick, Arthur
Smith, Willie Scott John Shoemaker, Frank
Sloan, Edward Tustin.
Room No. 8. Maggie Gensler and Matte
Graul, Teachers. Andrew Evans, Willie Holmes,
Freddie Holmes, Harry Houck, Arthur Smith,
George Roadarmel, Harry sterner, George Yet
ter, Jesse Shoemaker, Dora Breeze, Lizzie
Brobst Lizzie Bruger, Edith Ent, Clara Gross
Lettie Meyer, Edith Meyer, Lille Meyers
Laura Phillips, Ada Ringler.
Room No. 4. Mary Unsngst and Kate Hover
Teachers. Charlie Brobst, John Conkling,
Charlie Cofman, Alfred Grotz Frank Gardner,
Richard Edwards, Robbie Scott, Frank Rosdar'
mel, Ada Cox, Bessie Grotz, Lizzie Gross
Blanche Geddis, Matte HsrtEel, Nola Meyer
Anna Risewick, Lille Sloan, Fannie Sterner.
Total No. different pupils enrolled during
term, 32l. Average No., in attendance 20l
Per cent Of auendanos during term 81.
1. 4. seasSsssss. Principal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-05-11

A frightful crime was committed in Wilkes
Barre on Sunday evening last, at the house of
Edward Balliott. Four rufians forced an en-
trance into the house assaulted and outraged
Mrs. Balliott, her niece Miss Della Frantz and
Maggie Monaghan a servant, knocked down an
old man named George s. Wildrick who came
to their assistance, and then ransacked the
house. Mr.. and Mrs. Balliott were formerly
residents Of this county and Miss Frantz is a
daughter Of Michael Frantz of Berwick. Three
of the scoundrels, Frank NJ Johnson, J. Wash
burn and Henry Chahoon were arrested and
committed to Jail, to answer the charge OF as
sault and battery, rape and robbery. Wilkes
Barre owes it to the community to see that
prompt and ample justice is neted out in this
case, for it is blot on the good name of the city
that such crimes should take place within its
limits, but it will be far worse If punishment
does not follow. The three women are suffering
fearfnlly from their brutal treatment.
James Conoghan, the fourth one of the scoun.
drels was captured on Wednesday and lock.
ed up.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-05-11

The Colossal Bronze Statue Of Victory which
stands in the Park, at Lowell, before the tomb
OF the fist soldiers that fell in the revolution,
is a lasting and beautiful tribute of art 1t is
one Of the first objects sought by strangers vii-
ting our sister city, which indeed many visit
purposely to zee this elegant object of high art
II was obtained from the King of Bavaria by
DR.. j. c. Aver, to whom his majesty was es.
pecially gracious in acknowledb ement of what
his remedies are reputed to have done for the
suffering sick. 1t was donated by the Doctor
TO the City Of Lowell as permanent and speak.
ing emblem Of the victories both Of Science and
Arms. Hagests1a Ad.) Press.
May T. 4w,