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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-01
THE ECLIPSE OF THE MOON IN NEW
YORK.

Recently our too sensitive minded contem-
porary at Austin complained that the some
what isolated position of that city deprived it
of operas, first class circuses, etc. Also it
was to be deprived, said the Reveille, of the
eclipse of the moon. Inasmuch as we of
Western Nevada also shared that deprivation,
whatever of consolation can be fonnd in the
following account of partial sight of the
phenomenon is offered to the readers of the
MORNING APPEAL. We quote from the Sun
of Aug "a;
The eclipse of the moon came off at about
81 o'clock last evening, when she was many
degrees below our horizon. The first contact
of her disk with the earth's shadow occurred
at a. o'clock, and for an hour afterward some
portion of the moon was unshrouded except
by the penumbra, or indirect shadow, which,
under favorable circumstances, would appear
as faint smoky dullness on the bright sur
face At about $50 the moon rose, that Is,
was to have risen to the view of expectant
Gothamites; but she came up entirely hidden
by the earth's shadow. At three minutes
past she began to emerge from the shadow,
and continued to leave the darkness until
fifteen minutes past 8, when she burst forth
in all her splendor in field Of azure, fecked
here and there with delicate gauzy clouds,
drifting through space at the beck OF the soft
evening breeze
Shortly after 10 o'clock the planet Mars
became visible, about 20 degrees east of the
moon, but Prof. Halls newly discovered sat
elites could not be seen. Five degrees north
of Mars appeared Saturn, whose rings, lying
almost edgewise, looked like fine straight
lina crossing the face of the planet.
After the last customer had taken peep
through the glass, the telescope man, near
the Cooper Union, put his eye to the small
end of the tube, and while he gazed upon the
Queen of Night now shining in all her glory,
spoke thus, in a tone that might have drawn
tears from gorilla:
Sweet moon, if like Crotonas sage,
BY any spell my hand might dare
To make thy disk its ample page,
And write my thoughts, my wishes there;
How many friend whose careless eye
Now wanders DER the starit sky,
Would start, upon thine orb TO
The score OF debts he owes to
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-01
TWO-TWO JOHNNY.

Of q rogue, nicknamed as above, who has
fetched up in the Penitentiary after long
lite of crime, the Eureka Sentinel Of Thurs
day says:
The shrewdness and ability displayed by
Hamilton since his advent in Eureka, and the
notoriety acquired by him through the many
successful escapes that he has made from the
clutches of the officers, has given him con-
sequence in the eyes of the community far
above his deserts. As criminal he certainly
was failure; his instincts leading himeo the
perpetration of petty larceny thefts, and his
ambition was gratifed if he could be called
the leader of a gang, whose highest flights OF
villany were the rolling of drunken men, or
the fleeing of a greenhorn out OF few dol
lars by patent knife or strap game. liam
ilton, unlike his companion Button, received a
fair education, and was one time attached to
surveying party on the U. +. Railroad IN
the capacity of civil engineer lie atterward
was proprietor of saloon IN Denver City, Col
and prospered for a time, but fell into disso-
Lutte WAYS, gambling and drinking, until he
ran through his business. After exhaustlng
the resources of that town he was quietly
warned to leave, and took his departure for
Corinne His career at that place was brief,
he having, in conjunction with his comrades,
attempted to burn the town, hoping to profit
by the opportunity to plumber and steal Con-
victed of this offense, he was sentenced to the
Territorial prison for term of years After
serving some six months he regalned his hb-
erty in break made by the inmates, and fed
to Nevada. After his advent in this place his
operations were conducted on very small
scale, and his conviction on the charge of
grand larceny was the result of few dollars
added valuation to a silver watch which he
stole from drunken man. His chief noto-
riety has been gained by his frequent escapes
from the custody of his iailers, but his smart
ness always failed him as soon as he was out
side the walls. 1t is probable that his ex-
PLOTS in this direction are ended for the pres
ent, as he will find that his keepers at Carson
will stand only very small amount OF trif-
ling
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-01
MRS. JOHN P. JONES ROBBED OF
HER DIAMONDS.

South Norwalk, Conn, August 31.-Ihe
fact that s., 900 worth of diamonds had been
stolen on Monday night from Mrs. Senator
Jones, guest at the Dorian House, Greg
ory's Point, was not generally known here
till last evening, for the reason that those
aware of the robbery had taken the precau-
ton of. maintaining secresy, in the hope OF
entrapping the thief, As yet no clue has
been obtained, and the whereabouts OF the
treasure and the rascally taker are as great q
mystery as ever.
The facts of the robbery are as follows
Monday noon Mrs. Jones left her room, al
usual, and proceeded to the dining room.
She was alone, the Senator being in Wash
ington On her return, after an absence OF
about one hour, she discovered that her room
had been forcibly entered and diamond
necklace and other jewelry to the value OF
s., 900 had been stolen. The fact was at
once reported to Saunders, in charge Of the
rooms, and thorough search Instituted,
which has thus far been unavailing.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-01
A PIUTE SUTTEE.

In our fanciful contemporary, the Reno
suspect we are compowning fiction by re-
peating the same, but we assume the risk
About three weeks ago an Indian known as
Sam lost his squaw through the blandish-
ments of another red man named Jim. 1t
seems that the fair Mary fell victim to Jim's
tender words, and at his solicitation left her
husbands bed and board and joined the for
tunes of Jim Sam was not one to quietly
submit to this treatment, particularly as Mary
had taken some of the household gods when
she departed The loss of these added much
to the wrath of the victimized Sam, who
raised such a commOtlOn among the Plute
braves about it that they determined to teach
the frail Mary, and by her example the rest
of the female portion OF the tribe, lasting
lesson. Jim tried TO screen her from the
gathering storm by hiding her, but they soon
found her, and about fifty of the tribe, in
Guiding jim and several squaws, escorted her
to the hills Just back of Washoe Lake, last
Saturday evening, where safe from Caucasian
intrusion, they made huge pile of sagebrush
and, after tying her firmly in the middle of
war dance around the scene of cremation, in
which all joined except Jin--Sam being very
fierce in his leaps and yells. The screams Of
Mary added to the zest Of the dance. Jim
meantime sat quietly by and seemed an indif
ferent spectator to what was going on. When
the body of the unfortunate Mary had been
reduced to ashes Sam expressed himself as
satisfied and they dispersed. The warriors
threaten their squaws with similar fate if
they are not little more discreet in their
conduct.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-01

NoMADIC HABITS OF WATERS Restaurant
walters are great travellers; they turn up in
the most unexpected way and at all times and
places A well known new York gentleman
who was present at the fete given by the
Khedive of Egypt at Cairo at the opening Of
the Suez Banal, was surprised while at the
table to be accosted by one of the walters by
name, and asked what he would take Turn
ing round, he recognized the man who in
former years had waited upon him daily at
Delmonicos old downtown house. An
attache of the French Legation in Washing
ton was recently dining at Delmonicos, when
the waiter who was attending to him spoke
to him by name, and was instantly recognized
by the attache as former servant of his own
family in Paris. Similar incidents happen
frequently. One of the vetrans in New York
has served in restaurants in London, Paris,
Vienna, Florence, Cairo, Constantinople and
Havana; he has twice started in business for
himself, and twice failed, and he is now
working steadily in this city, saving up for
the time when his ''waiting days shall be
over. 1t will be remembered that Heinrich
Wahlen, the German waiter in the Kings
County penetentiary, charged with the MUIR
der of Max Hugo Hoeho. was a tremendous
traveller, accorging to his own story.-Near
York Letter to Boston Herald.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-01

The cattle and beef trade is an important
industry in Humboldt county The Silver
State speaks of some contemplated move
ments toward a new method, as follows;
The cattle shipping season seems to have
commenced at this station Droves Of fat
beeves are arriving from the north almost
daily, and cars are engaged for shipping
week ahead, The experiment of shipping
dressed meats in refrigerator cars to eastern
markets is to be tried shortly. We under
stand that car has been engaged for a trial,
and prominent cattlemen have agreed to
furnish frst-class beef for the experiment.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-01

A Chinaman employed on the railroad near
Oreana was bitten by rattlesnake which lay
under tie he was lifting. He worked all
day from about o'clock, without doing any
thing for the cure of the bite or without sui
fering much But about o'clock in the al
ternoon he began to experience great agony.
Then he was treated to dose of snake soup
by his countrymen; then sage (brush) doc
tor poulticed his hand with great mountain
of mud; and then one Doctor Pollard poured
down the poor devils throat about gallon OF
brandy After this Chinese doctor came
upon the scene, and he gave his approval to
the brandy treatment Meantime the China
naman was in an alarming state of stupOr
from the brandy; and at last accounts Tin the
Silver State), there was good deal more
fear of the effects of the brandy than the
snake bite
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-01

The PASSAGE OF THE MISSOURI, BY the
Silver State of Wednesday we are informed
as follows
The first train from Omaha since the break
in the great iron railroad bridge which span
ned the Missouri at that point, passed through
last evening. The passengers said they were
transferred across the turbulent river in
skifs, which grounded several times during
the passage on sand bars, and were in great
danger of being swept down the river or
stranded on qucksand shoals. A passenger
who left a boat when he reached shallow
water to wade ashore, stood still an instant
to get valise and sank to his waist where
the water was not six inches deep, the sand
washing from under his feet. He was res
cued fran sandy grave by boatman, who
threw rope around his body and pulled
him ashore
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-01

MARRIED. The San Francisco Chronicle
of the 9th contains a notice of the marriage
in that city last Sunday of A. Sewer to Mrs
Louisa eraser. AS both parties to the we'd
ding are we'll known in Austin, and the news
of their marriage was not unexpected here,
comment is unnecessary. Good wishes to the
newly mated couple are now in order, and the
Reveille modestly tenders it's mite by express
ing the hope that the lady may never Sewer
on the sweets of matrimony, and that happi-
ness may attend them both throughout their
married life.-ReueiHe.
Some widows grass, but she was eraser,
And some grass falls before the mower;
But eraser waited not the scythe,
But Welded to the winsome Sewer!
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-01
ASSIGNEE'S SALE.

NOTICE Is HkREHY GAVE. EY TRE
undersigned, Assignee In Bankruptcy Of the estate u
"A. B. Dresbach and A. b. Dresbach and NJ. d. Hatch,
bankrupts in bankruptcy that will sell public auction
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1871 At II O'Clock 4. NJ, IN
front Of the County Building in Carson City TO the Highest
bidder for cash, in gold con the following described prop
erty, to wit All the right title and interest Of the sad A.
B. Driesbach, bankrupt in bankruptcy, to twenyi9nr
thousand and fifty shares Of mining stock IN the mine
known Us the Fourth Of July Gold aud silver Mining
Company" located in Eureka Township IN !h2 county u
Eureka, state Of Nevada. 800
and to certain mining quartz claim, known - the " Da
wilson or Mount Hope Nine" located IN Grizzy Flat Mn
ing Dis riot in I'll Dorado county, State Of California.
Also all the right title and interest 10 the noes, book
accounts aud demands belopgn, TO said estate r.
main unsat.sfed at the time OF sale.
ISRAEL CRAWFORD, Assignee
Carson City, August 9Th, 1871
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-01
REV 4 RID.

CARSON, August 9th, lsT
Reward Of FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS in United
States gold coin will be paid for the conviction
of the party parties who the and
attempted destroy the third Of the Carson City Water
Works the junction Of Phillips and Movers ranches
between the LIST and 9th Of the present month.
Money up and 10 grllmblng.
sui "" E D. swEEREY.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-01

Washington, August Sit has been de-
termined by the Administration TO make a
clean sweep of the Custom house officials in
New York, and an order will probably be
promulgated about the middle OF next week.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-01

Thomas Estell, an old and respected resi-
dent of Elko county died at the French
hospital, San Francisco, on the Oath.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-01

The Reno Gazette announces that there will
be pigeon shooting at the Fair to be held
near that place in October.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-01

FAME-The San Francisco Post in its sum-
mary of notables at the hotels there, speaks
of the advent at the Palace of "Jonas Seelig"
of Virginia. That's what it is to be famous.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-01

Canton, Pa, August 30-E. L. Davenpor
the actor, is dangerously i'll here. The doc
tor pronounces his condition very critical.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-01

EDITORIAL CHANCE E. A. Scott succeeds
Mark Musgrove in the editorship Of the
Battle Mountain Messenger.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-01

Cincinnati, Ohio, August 30.-Judge JOIN
L. Miner, formerly of the Supreme Court o
this State, fell dead on the street this morn
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-01

Mobile, Ala, August 3O.-Admiral Semmes
died this morning at Point Clear.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-01

The Reveille says that the Shoshones are
good harvest hands. Many Of them are en-
ployed about the valleys near Austin.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-01

Bailey Springs, Ala, August 30.-Geperal
Forests condition is still very critical.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-01

Lawrence, Kansas, August 3O.-Ex-Gov-
ernor Wilson Shannon died at midnight.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-01

Three bold hunters of Austin returned
these the other day with ninety-one sage hens
as the spoils of the chase. Fred Hart init
mates that he devoured two of EN-
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-01

Where nature mid the Granite hills
Presents . prospect ever fair,
And ieecy clouds above the scene
Lie pillowed on an eager air;
Estate roves the Powerful Mind,
And pours its wealth, an endless vein,
Mush and molasses, sweet and thin,
Ger them that moves in Hayes's train.
How blest are they, when friends revolt
And critics stab, who still can find
Such soothing poultice for their wounds
As gushes from the Powerful Mind.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-01

Dana of the Sun will never cease black
guarding G. Washington Childs of the Phil
adelphia Ledger, nor let up on Whitelaw
Reid of the Tribune. Reid accompanied the
milk and pumpkin picnic headed by Hayes,
in Vermont and New Hampshire, and did the
telegraphic soldering. He is the Powerful
Mind immortalized in the following verses
which We find in the Sun of August "a
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-04-10
Seeking Salvation.

once heard of vessel that was
wrecked, and there was not life boats
enough to take all that were on the
vessel, and some that were left there to
perish in the water went swimming
around these life-boats One poor fellow
swan up to life-boat, and seized il with
his left hand, and man in the boat
seized his sword, and cut off the hand.
The man was terribly in earnest to save
his life, and he swan up the second time,
and reached out his right hand, and
they cut it off too. He was terribly in
earnest to save his life Everything else
was forgotten, and he swan up again,
and seized hold of the boat with his
teeth, and it touched those men Is hearts,
and they had compassion, and they took
him out of the jaws of death, out of
watery grave, and he was saved because
he was in earnest. He was saved be-
cause he sought with all his strength
and all his mind. And so, any friends,
when you and / want salvation above
everything else, then we will get il and
not before. have very little sympathy
with those men who fold their arms and
say: well would not object to being
saved The Lord can save me if he
wants. L don't have any serious OBJ
jections to being saved" / never found
any one yet saved with that spirit. My
friends, if you are saved at all, you have
got to seek the Lord, and you never can
be saved till you do seek him. The idea
that man can speak in that way 1
think it was not "a hours ago / heard
man say that thing. My friends, you
will never get into the kingdom of heav-
ell with that spirit. If you want to find
the Lord, you must seek for him with
all your heart and soul and strength.
MOODY.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-04-10
NEW BLooMF1IELD, PA, TUESDAY. APRIL 10, 1877.

window, and sings her beauties In the
name of her lover. He compares her
size to that of palm tree, her lips to
two blushing rose-buds, and her woman
ly form to that of the dove. With as
sumed harshness the lady asks her love,
Who are you, and what do you want p
He answers, with ardent confidence,
" The love / do adore The stars live
in the harmony of love, and why should
not we, too, love each otherY' Then
the proud beauty gives herself away {;
she takes the flower wreath from her
hair, and throws it down to her lover,
promising to be his forever.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-04-10
NO. 15.

Railway, these elegant, sixteen-wheeled
hotel cars will ride as easy and with as
little noise or oscillation as balloon
that floats serenely through the air and
we believe it will be found to be a result
that thousands will flock to the "Pion-
eer Line," who have hitherto gone by
some other route.
With these and other Improvements
the people of Cedar Rapids are very
largely interested and we believe will
join with us in congratulating the pro-
gressive management of this great line
in this its most advanced step; and
unite with us in saying, the Chicago q
North Western Railway has become the
foremost road in all the West.
These hotel cars will be placed in
service about March 1st, 1s77.--RepubH-
can, Dec, 2gnd, 1876.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-04-10

money from flying out of the furnace
chimney, and the odor of the burned
money was an intolerable nuisance, and
was very injurious to the health of those
residing in the neighborhood of the
place where 1t was carried on. The last
reason would have been sufficient one
for changing the method, if the addi-
tional one of making an absolute saving
to the Government did not suggest itself.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-04-10
A Skeptic's Advice.


Benjamin Franklin was dentist, but
had sense enough to see the banefulness
of infidelity. When Thomas Paine sent
him a portion of his ''Age of Reason"
for examination, he wrote, 81 have read
your manuscript. You strike at the
foundations of all religion. You will
not succeed, so as to change the general
sentiment of mankind on that subject.
The consequence of printing this piece
will be mischief to you and no benefit to
others. He that spits against the wind
spits in his own face. You may find it
easy to live a virtuous life. You have
clear perception of the advantages of
virtue. But think how great a portion
of mankind consists of weak and
ignorant men and women and of incon-
siderate youth of both sexes, who need
the motives of religion to restrain them
from vice. Perhaps you are indebted to
your religious education for the habits of
virtue upon which you now justly value
yourself. would advise you, therefore,
not to attempt unchaining.the tiger, but
to burn this piece before it is seen byany
other person. If men are so wicked
NTH reli giOn, what would they be sciti-
out H?''-Selected.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-04-10

60 A newspaper correspondent writes
from Texas: Apples cannot be grown
here, and while cabbages and potatoes
grow luxuriantly, they will rot within
two weeks after being taken out of the
ground. Residents of cities dare not
allow grass to grow in the yards around
their residences, for fear of furnishing
hiding places for tarantulas and cent?
pedes. And at present can say that l
have not tasted well cooked beef-steak
since have been in the State, and more
than half the time have not had milk
enough to color coffee, to say nothing
of the utter impOssibility Of having any
to drink
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-09
The Street Railroad.

Our people will all be glad to see the
track of he street railroad raised on our
business blocks and placed in the condi.
ton required by the CONTRACT which per.
mits the use Of the street for u railroad
Mr.. Warner, president and superintendent
of the road, has force Of hands now al
work on the job and he wants to raise il
about six inches along Second avenue
along the business blocks, SO that the
street will be the highest 10 the centre
and so rounded up that we can have gut.
tiers that will carry off the water. The
grade is all right enough now, at the curl
stone, but the streets can never be drained
while they are as fiat as they now are. Il
Mr.. Warner could have his way about it he
would put the track up six inches between
18th and Goth streets, but he says the
mayor and aldermen object. The street
will have to go up at least six inches il
the centre before it can be drained, and il
seems pity, now that the track Is uncoy
cred, that it could not be done now.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-09
Asst Supt. W. q. r. r.

We hear that en- the death of Mr..
Franklin. assistant superintendent of the
Western Union railroad, noticed in this
paper last week Capt. I. 6. Martlndale
was sent east to see to matters connected
with his funeral and to bring his family to
their home in Racine. Who the directors
of the road contemplate appointing to fill
the vacancy we nave not learned, but we
respectfully suggest that no better man can
be found for the position than Capt. Mar
tindale. He has been faithful servant OF
the road since its organization, His ex-
perience in railroad matters dates back 20
years. He is active, vigorous, intelligent,
honest, thoroughly competent in every re-
spect, and popular No man on the road
has more friends or is more liked by the
community generally. His appointment
would not only please the public. but
would probably be for the pecuniary inter-
est Of the road.