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Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-05
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A year ago last September
Ephraim Pickett, OF Battle Nom.
tain. was indicted for rape in the
District Cont Of Lander county
tie was tried in January 1876, found
guilty Of assault with intent n
commit rape aud sentenced to State
Prison for fourteen years. His
counsel. NJ. s. Bonnifield, appealed
the case to the Supreme Court and
that tribunal reversed tho judgment
OF the District Court and ordered .
new trial. Meantime, Pickett was
sent to State Prison and remained
there six or eight months pending
the decision OF the Supreme Court
Upon the judgment being reversed
he was taken from the State Prison
to Austin and admitted to bail in the
sum OF 5000. In last January
change Of venue was granted to this
county and Pickett was ordered TO
appear yesterday for the purpose OF
setting the case for trial. He an.
psared in Court at the appointed
hour yesterday, when District AT.
torney Anderson, OF Austin, stating
that in his opinion a conviction
could not be had and recommended
that the case be dismissed. A nolle
prosequi was accordingly entered
and Pickett went on his way rcjoic.
ing. The opinion that he was not
guilty prevails ut Battle Mountain.
where the offense was committed.
We are not personally acquainted
with Mr.. Pickett, who is a stranger
IN Winnemucca, and who was mis-.
taken while on the streets and in
Court yesterday. by those who had
seen the picture OF Henry Ward
Beecher for that individual, to whom
he bears striking resemblance, and
1t was suggested that he would do
well on lecture tour in the New
England States and Brooklyn.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-05


Last evenings Chrosicls has The
following in the shape Of special
telegram:
Sacrsmento. April THE vest.
bound passenger train collidsd with
IN esst-bound freight train on the
mountain division Of the G. p. rail.
road, near Cascade, about txslve
miles this aide Of Summit. q &
o'clock this morning. Two engineers
and two 6remeu we're Instantly
killed. A special engine. conveying
friends OF the unfortunate train men.
lett here at noon for the scene OF the
wreck. No passengers were injured
so far as known here. The passen.
ger train due here ut 1905 will not
arrive before r. n. tomorrow. and
will reach San Francisco sbout
Jpn.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-05

TRAM wsEcxkp. Says the Silver
State Of Monday last:
Freight train No. 8. which lcf,
here SATURDAY afssrnoon, was wreck.
ed about three miles east Of the
Humboldt House. The accident vas
caused by broken axle. Some ten
or twelve cars werc ditchcti anil piled
zigzsg across the track In sccmipglv
nnacconntablc manner. A coustruc.
ton train. which Was at work near
he sccnc Of the disaster. went TO the
fescue, and track was laid around
She wreck. which. No understsnd. h
viii takc several days 10 clear away.
The passenger train going west va
delayed sbont eight hours this eide
OF Humboldt.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-05
THE ADVENTURES or THE
BOSS"

Tie Account given In the press dis
patches Of boss Tweed's flight and
hidings II ~ good ~ any romancc. II
seems tbat while IN Ludlow street Jail
he made the acquaintance OF Bliss. the
cracksman whose name IL connected
with tho Washington safe burglary
When Tweed heard that Charlie.
o'Conor was expected to die, he could
see no way out OF his troubles save oy
night. O'Conor had prosecuted him.
but, also, be WAS the only man through
whom compromise could be effected
80 he took Bliss's advice aud con.
cIuded 70 try to escape. II IN known
that he Was allowed by his laiIers 10
to visit his house and family on the
day Of his sudden leave-'akipg. 1,
seems that . secret mark upon the
stoop had been agreed upon as AN in
dicaiion that all was ready. After SOW
eral Of these home visits had been
made he ono day saw the sign tina, the
time Tor his deliycrancs had come.
Leaving his attendants ut a feast table,
he won't out Of the front door and got
Into common tradesman's wagon.
being driven into Madison Avenue he
MAS obliged 10 wait there until dis.
placed car could DO restored TO the
track. All this time the II rect was full
Of mounted policemen. He WAS driven
across the city 10 the North River aud
there took u boat An! was rowed 10 a
iouely place ia tae Palisades. Here
he found another wagon awaiting him
In which he WAS taken, by q ride OF
three quarters Of IN hour, to an old d.
iapidated house where he wax met by
persons who we're expecting him. An
this time lie WAS in the hands of utter
strangers. They were Bliss's friends.
We infer-burglars aud outlaws to be
sure, but brave and true and faithful
to the poor old Boss. fIe staid In this
secluded place, from whence he could
roe the s,eeplcs Of New York, from the
10Th Of Decem Der 1875 to early in
March ls1J-three months. When he
len this place, hc went, accom- panied
w the two men who had taken a con
tract to &c, him away, to a place on
Ststcn Island. From there no went TO
brooklyn, where he spent one night.
He and his two com panion. and ne.
gro boy got of in fast sailing schoon
or 10 Florida. Sometime about the
frst OF June 1876 his faithful allies len
him and he and man named Hunt
went 10 Cuba. His arrest there and
his subsequent voyage to yIgo, Spain,
aud his hnal Apprehension and trans.
mission TO New York arc all ready pub
Tic history. This Is a strange, event.
hl relation, illustrating u phase in the
life and troubles Of man whose crime
was the spolia,ion, by half legitimate
means. ~ great city. aud the appar.
ont Necessities Of whose plight drove
him to undertake such series OF risks
~ find their most noted parallels in
the stories OF fugitive kings and adj.
vcnturous participants In the danger
Gus enterprises oi political intrigues
and hazardous plots. The glamour OF
romance gives ils lights and colors to
tho honest rogues who stood by him
10 his hours Of adversely, never desert.
ing him. ncver tempted by hope or
thought of reward, and ncvor making
mistake in playing their part OF the
exciting game.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-05


A BELIaERgSr Eprron BRArxS.-
The Silver State Of April 2 states a.
follows
Mast Saturday, tho editor Of the
Ogden Freeman and Postmaster
Sharp Of that city had q discussion
with pistols and clubs. in which the
knight Of the scissors and paste pot
was worsted. The particulars OF the
AMIR ~ given ne by ono who vas
present are ~ follows: The Freeman
man, whose name is Freeman, went
70 the post.oilice with . cooked
pistol In his hand, for some real or
fancied grievance threatened 70 shoot
the top OF the head Oh Of tho
"blawsted Federal official but loft
tho Office without carrying ont his
threat. He was followed By Sharp.
who with large. sized shillelah, struck
him over the head, telling him 70
the ground, after which he beat him
numerically. Both were arrested
and taken before . Mormon msgis.
trate, who 6neti tls postmaster go
aud the editor $50. In Gentle com.
munities. one or both Of the bcllig.
crcnss would be held 70 answer
oe!ore she Grand Jury, but that 10
not the Mormon way Of doing
business. They do MOI believe ia
taxing the saints 10 prosecute Ocn
tile offenders. 20 their officials either
nne or massacre the latter. - ths
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-05

Tue gardener Of the univsrsiiy Of
berlin has found thar byacInths may
be pFopaga,sd BY their leaves. thus 70
vsA'Ing . new way 10 raise . large
number Of rare varisiIcs. The leave.
require 70 be cut on ~ close 70 the
bulb - pesslble, put In . saucer and
covercd With . thin layer n sandy
I-sf.moold. THE saucer having Lccn
placed In gsceuhouse, close TO tho In.
nss surface cf the glass, la eight or
niue weeks the leaves will develop
bulbs
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-05

The Reveille OF Monday says tina,
Psrson Blaskiston In feeling jub,.
liant over tho prospects for tho ercc.
ton off building for his church" and
aids; Yesterday there was contrib.
0sed In The shape Of Faster offering.
the sum of 3oa Is In money and
pledges. In addition 10 . pledge which
insares the erection of tho bmilding q,
an early day. About this latter va
are requested u WITHHOLD mention
until after the proposilion has been
considered by tho vessry ~ the
church 81 . meeting 10 bs held 70.
morrow evening. There was also
contributed In church yesterday the
the sum Of sSi ~ for missionary pur.
poses." t
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-05

From the Virginia Chronicle Of
las. Evening we have tho following
report Of Friedlanter the great grain
merchant
San Francisco. April THE fail.
nre Of Isaac Friedlander, the famous
gram operator, Is announced to-day.
Mr.. Friedlandcr states that in case
ho can collect the amounts due him
his unsecured Indebtedness will I've
about s6OO. 600 ~ nearly ~ he can
juds. from the present condition OF
affairs. His indebtedness is entirely
local.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-05

MINT EMPLoYEs DrscHARGEp.--
by the San Francisco Chronicle OF
Tuesday last we are informed rs
follows:
In compliance with instructions
from the Secretary OF the Treasury
issued through the Office Of the
Director OF the Mint, directing the
superintendent OF the San Fran.
cisco Mint to reduce expenses, twenty
seven employees were abruptly in.
formed on Saturday evening that
their services would be no longer
required. OF the twenty seven dis
charged fourteen were ladies' EN-
pioyed in the Adjusting Department
and remainder were men employed
IN the different departments. Those
whose services were retained were
informed that their salaries had been
reduced from 70 to 30 per cent. nc.
cording to the nature of their duties.
These summary and unexpected
measures have created q decided
breeze in the Mint, and there il a
good deal OF indignation expressed,
but there is no help for Il. The
reduction was rendered necessary by
the fact that the appropriations we're
materially reduced by Congress ;
and were 1t not for the fact that the
San Francisco Mint has been able 10
fall back upon the fund arising from
subsidiary coinage for the past few
months the reduction in the force
ana salaries would have been neces-
isatod Gre this. A recent order of
tho Treasury deprived tho Mint Of
this fund, hence the present action.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-05

Young Monroe. the spooney Who
tried 70 hill himsslf u Nsrklsevills.
all for love Of . woman old enough
70 10 bis grandmother, with years 70
spare. V doing bravsly, and last N.
covering Of the wou6d 10 indicted
upon bic abdomen with . pistol. :
Carson Valley News.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-05

The MoDKsIr OF RExo is always
sure to bs deliberately represented
by the Journal Of that retiring
municipality. That paper speaks as
follows Of . coming event: &
The 2Cth Of April will be . gala
day for Reno. and our citizens will
DO taxed to their utmost 10 entertain
the large number OF persons who will
be here 70 witness and participate in
the dedication OF the new ball OF
Truckee Lodge No. IA, /. o. o. F.,
and also to take part in the celebrs.
ton Of the Is snniversasy Of Odd
Fellowship in America. The Odd
Fellows Of Virginia City aud Gold
Hill propose to come down en-
nasse, and give the Reno brothers
such benefit as they deserve, for
building such . beautiful structure
as the new hall. It Is intended TO
charter . special train. The Grand
Officers will all be present, and it
seems as il all the Lodges in West.
ern Nevada would turn out. Reno
is deserving OF the great compliment
in store for her.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-05

There being no criminals under ar
rest In Humboldt County, the Dis
trio. Court has convened without call.
ing grand jury. Tho circumstance
IL quite an unusual one.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-05

Yankee Plumusr IL giving enter.
tsinmsoss IN Nevada county. Cali.
loEnia.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-04
AUSTRALIAN MATTERS,

An exceedingly interesting letter re-
ceived by Mr.. Daoust, of Windsor,
from Australia, is published in the Es-
sex Times. The writer speaks highly of
Australia as an agricultural country,
though some parts are suffering at pres
ent from a very severe drouth. In con-
sequence of the scarcity of feed good
horses are sold within a few miles of
Bathurst for forty shillings each and
thousands of sheep are disposed of for
only five-pence head. Hay sells for
two hundred dollars ton in this dis
rict, and some parts of the country are
covered with carcasses of cattle and
sheep that have perished through lack
of food and water. This state of things
is exceptional and may not happen for
years again. Those who desire that the
United States Government would run
the railroads, will find Australia con-
genial spot to reside in, as nearly all
the lines are owned and operated by
the government, and strikes are pre-
sumably unknown. The writer gives
graphic description of the methods of
crossing the mountains by steam. The
train is zig-zagged up one side, and then
zig-zagged down the other, latter theman-
ner of the king who marched his men up
the hill, and marched them down again.
After slowly ascending to great
height, the engine is reversed and the
train switched on to section of the zig
gag, when it proceeds to backwardly as
cend to the next station, which is but a
few hundred yards, when another re-
verse is made, and the train again moves
forward, thus alternately moving back
and forth, each time rising a little
higher until the summit of the noun
tain is reached. The same process in de-
scending on the opposite side. Fifteen
miles of this road cost at the rate of
1925, 900 per mile.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-04
YELLOW FEVER.

Yellow Jack has made his appearance
in the South early this year, but this
time he has spared Savannah, and
wreaked his spite upon Fernandina,
Florida. Many new cases of the fever
were reported there at last accounts, and
something like panic had taken place.
1t is said that half or two-thirds of the
inhabitants have fed, and most of the
rest are sick. But the fever yields more
readily to treatment than it did in the
terrible tine last year. Loads of fumi-
eating and disinfecting agents, and some
nurses, have been sent from Savannah
and Charleston; but more nurses are
needed. Florida is as healthy State,
on the whole, as Maryland or Massa-
chusetts. This, we believe, is the first
yellow-fever visitation that has ever
afflicted Fernandina; and its cause can
not probably be traced. The town, a very
pretty one, with branching live oaks for
shade trees, is in the very northeast
corner of Florida, and on an island. The
harbor is said to be the best one south
of Norfolk. Unlike most parts of East
Florida, the surface is hilly; and the
drainage, as well as the air should be
good. 1t is a sandy soil, like nine-tenths
Of Florida, a porous whitey-gray sea
sand, untitled for rholding standing water;
and such spot, open to Atlantic breezes,
ought to be healthy.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-04

IL the first seven months of this year
the Pacific Railroad Company shipped
Eastward 1000, 900 pounds of merchan-
disc. The list includesin its leading ar
ticles, coffee, tea, dried and ripe fruits,
vegetables, hides and pelts, quicksilver,
salmon, skins and furs, wine, wool, silk,
and leather. The quantity of wool sent
since the commencement of this year ex-
ceeds 26,000,000 pounds. This has gone
principally to New York and Boston.
Most of the coffee has been sent to
Chicago and St. Louis. A considerable
quantity of the tea forwarded has gone
to Boston, but the larger portion has
gone to New York. There has been an
immense falling off in the Eastern de-
mand for California barley the pres
sent year, but the shipments of other ar
ticles show a large increase. By the
above facts we learn why shipping is de-
pressed. If this merchandise had come
around Cape Horn it would have re-
quired all the spare shipping of the
country.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-04
A Moving Tale.

1t was out on Walnut Hills. She sat
alone in the moonlight, with her beauti-
full cheek resting upon her hand, so soft
and white and dimpled. You could
tell, as you looked at her, that her
thoughts were far away, and that she
was thinking of something beautiful.
Her eyes were wistful; her lips were
softly pressed together; the dimple in
her chin remained; that little rosy cleft,
the impress of loves finger. She was
less glowing than at times, but none the
less lovely. While she was sitting there,
softly humming over some beautiful
song, a fatherly-looking man parted the
bushes and stood by her side. He came
nearer she didn't hear him. He spoke;
she didn't answer. He touched her on
the arm; she looked up and smiled, a
far-away smile, such as an angel might
have given, and said, 90, George, how
you scared me-" They said no more.
They could not. They didn't know
of the gloomy twilight, holding each
others hands, and trying to think of
something nice to say. Presently,
Georges nostrils began to quiver and
tremble; finally, he managed to say,
Honey, you were thinking very
intently about something" "Yes," she
answered, in subdued tone of voice, as
though that which was ON her mind was
too holy for discussion. But the young
man persisted, and, gently putting his
arm around her waist, he said, "Honev,
will you tell me what your thoughts
were?' She shook her head. "You
could not understand" she said. "I
could try" he said, humbly; "I am
coarse and rude, l know, honey, but l
could strive to comprehend" )" and he
stopped down and kissed her. She
smiled sweetly, but still with that far
away look in her dark eyes.
"No, not coarse" she said, but you
are man. 1t is different with men,"
After few moments of painful silence,
she cleared her throat and continued,
Well, George, | amin a quandary, and
if | should tell you, you would never
come to see me again." and she cast
smile at him that would have drawn
blood from marble statue. "Believe
me, no, Muncy," he whispered; "I adore
the beautiful, the true, the pure. Let
me know ALL" She gave him her hand.
81 will tell you, George" she said, "and
perhaps you can assist me-"
20, go on, go on, he said, ,impatiently.
Well" she continued, "I have
thought of nothing else all day long
and last night lay awake thinking of it.
l am sure that, if l don't get it, I will
surely die: 0, George, you can help me,
can't you?"
"Help your exclaimed George;
"why, Muncy, l would die for you;"
and he squeezed her hand up so tight
that it was with difficulty she coal
breathe at all. She gave him her other
hand.
"Yes, yes" he whispered, bending
nearer; " Muncy, go on"
81 am thinking" she said, in accents
softer than the ripple of falling water,
" George, where | will get the money to
buy me a new fall bonnet with"
The match is off; and she has sent his
rings and letters back. Alas! in the
midst of life we are in the midst of
trouble, and so it goes.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-04

sitting jim his own doorway when the volley
was fired, and was in no way connected with
the crowds gathered at the railroad crossing.
Gen. Pearson, after a hearing, was released
on $4,000 bail.
THE bodies of Abner James and wife,
who reside in Putnam, Ohio, were recently
found dead in the lane leading from the
residence of Mrs. Warner, about one mile
from Roseville. A coroner's jury verdict is
that they walked from Putnam, Ohio, to
within about a quarter of a mile of her
mothers home, distance of eight miles,
when James, it is supposed, tried to get from
her possession a note for seven hundred dol
lars, which she had pinned to her under
garments, as her clothes were torn open in
front. James was in straitened circum-
stances. 1t is supposed she tore from him
and run, when he shot her in the back, and
Immediately shot himself through the heart:
Then Mrs. James, not dying Immediately
dragged herself to where James lay and
took the revolver, placed it to her temple,
and fired, she having a death-grip on the
revolver when found. Both parties are of
respectable families.
GENERAL GRANT paid visit to the home
of Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon, and met
with a brilliant reception. His visit was
made the occasion of a festival, in which the
whole town took part. Houses were deco
rated with flags, among which the American
colors were conspicuous. The stars and
stripes were displayed from the town hall,
and the Mayors residence. The Mayor and
members of the corporation received Gen
eral and Mrs. Grant, who were accompanied
by General Badeau, at the railway station,
and escorted them to Shakspeare's birth
place. Thence the party proceeded to the
museum, the church, Anne Hathaway's cot
tage, and other places of interest. The dis
tinguished visitors were subsequently enter
tanned at public lunch in the town hall.
A toast to the health of General Grant was
proposed, and drank with cheers, and he was
presented with very cordial address, in
closed in a casket made from the wood of
a mulberry tree planted by Shakespeare.
The General, replying to the toast, spoke
most heartily of the welcome given him. He
declared it would be impossible for him to
leave England without visiting the birth
place and home of Shakespeare. He pointed
to numerous American Shakspearean So
cieties as proof of the honor paid the poet
in the United States
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-10-04
THE EUROPEAN WAR.

THE newspapers publish the report that
Osman Pasha has defeated the Roumanians
before Plevna.
THE wounded from Plevna overcrowded
the Russian hospitals, and suffered much in
transit to Russia.
THE snow has ceased in the Balkans, but
heavy rains have flooded the plains of Sofia
and Orchanie.
THE London. Times says the end of the
campaign must be near, and it promises to
present something like drawn battle. The
powers will then attempt to avoid another
campaign by diplomacy.
THE newspapers announce that in con-
sequence of large concentration of Russian
troops, and the difficulty of obtaining sup
plies on account of bad weather, Mehemet
Ali, on the 24th, commenced retreating to
his former positions on the Kara LON.
A CORRESPONDENT at the Russian head
quarters telegraphs: "Discontent and dis
cOuragement al e great in the Russian army.
The officers regard success as hopeless.
While the headquarters staff remains I'M
changed, no Improvement seems likely.
Half the army will be invalided soon after
bad weather."
A SEIZURE of arms, and 900 shrapnel
shells at the Custom House in Pesth is
causing considerable sensation. Sixteen
cases of breech leaders, $4,000 cartridges,
and several boxes of Turkish fez caps have
also been seized in Pennsylvania. The
government has ordered a judicial investiga-
ton. Considering the places at which these
preparations have been found, it may be
predicted with some confidence that the plan
was not only to enlist an armed body in
Hungary, but likewise made an expedi-
ton into Roumania. As no force that the
Turkish sympathizers could send could in
fiuence the war, the intention was evidently
to compromise if possible, and to embroil
the monarchy so as to drive it>into active
measures on the side of Turkey. Such pro-
ceedings, however, will cause no alteration
in the Austrian position.