Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-06-13
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.

The Carson Amateurs, as we learn from
one of them, are rehearsing for performance
to be given at an early day, in the Carson
| Theater, for the benefit of st. Peters
Church. The entertainment will consist of
music, instrumental and vocal, recitations,
and two dramatic pieces, 1.-The Boston Dip
and the old English farce of "The Country
sion played "The Boston Dip" and so
satisfactory was the performance that its rep
etition has been numerously asked for. Due
notice of the forthcoming entertainment will
| be given in the MORNING APPEAL.
The advertisement for the performance
of the Amateurs has been handed in since
the above was put in type. The time has
been fixed for Wednesday evening, 10Th inst
Shall notice the approaching entertainment at
greater length soon.
The Grass Valley Union of Monday last
tells why the "Danites" failed to appear there
as we'll as in Carson Wednesday night Mckee
Rankin and wife kitty Blanchard) arrived
in Grass Valley on Sunday night, prepared to
fulfill their engagement, but the balance of
the party, Kennedy's stock company, re-
manned at Marysvile The stock was ordered
back to San Francisco from Marysville, as
Rankin was advised by telegraph on Sunday.
Financial troubles caused the breaking up of
the combination. Rankin was under con-
tract for a certain percentage of the receipts,
the engagement to close this week at Vir-
ginia, and the "Danites' failed to draw He
left for the East on Monday. The Union is
of the opinion that the blame for the disap-
pointment rests alone with Manager Ken
nedy. Guess it's another case of Ovens
a sckly treasury, good deal of trusting to
the sublimity of luck i'll the matter of houses,
with a dead failure on the part of the star to
draw
Joseph Romero, known hereabout as
"Spanish Joe" died after short illness at
the Carson Exchange on Tuesday last. He
was thirty-two years old, Spaniard by birth,
an industrious man, and worked for a con-
siderable length of time at the wood business
for Mackay Il Fair.
At the annual meeting of the Carson
Opera House Association, held on Tuesday
afternoon last, the old trustees were re
elected. The following were elected officers
for the ensuing year: d. A. Bender, Presi-
dent; j. E. Cheney, Vice President; H. T.
Dunning, Treasurer; J. I. Freddy, Secretary.
The above four, together with I. II. Hill, J.
T. Pantlind and E. r. Elrod, constitute the
Board of Trustees.
Ten through passengers went South yester-
day on the Aurora stage.
A Virginia paper suggests Sutro as good
place for Nirginiaites to hold their picnics. |
We know of no livelier place for picnic |
than Sutro, especially during the buffalo gnat |
season.
The within used for sinking on the Willis
artesian we'll has been found too small, and |
the drum will have to be enlarged, which will
be done in a few days.
Another warm day was yesterday, but not
50 hot by four degrees as Tuesday.
The Pipers Opera House orchestra will
give two promenade concerts and balls here
an evening performance, They deserve
good houses on both occasions, and we feel
confident they will have them.
Last night, in response to telegram from
W. S. Bonnifsld, three stands of arms and
ot of ammunition were shipped to Winnie
nucca 1t would seem that the Humboldters
ire getting on an Indian scare.
Six bars of bullion valued at ST. 241 80
we're received here yesterday from the
Jomanche Mill and Mining Company, at Ben
on, Mono county, Cal.
J. r. Steere, the Bonanza Lightning Cal
;ulator, was holding forth last night to a large
rowd on Carson street. He works with a
blackboard, is astonishingly quick in making
and imparts the secret of his
ystem without money and without price He
las pamphlet containing his principal arith-
netical rules, besides valuable table of
oins, which he sells at twenty-five cents
opy, and which is worth at least four times
he money