Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-05-26
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way Ranch on the 9Th proximo, and will b,
for the school children of Storey county
These school picnics are always enjoyable
gatherings, and the coming one will prove NJ
exception to the rule
Miss Kate Bardenwerper, one of the hrighj
est of our high school girls, yesterday re
turned from San Jose, Cal, where she has
been attending the State Normal School She
is visiting her mother and sister here.
The Hillyer brothers, NJ. c. and c. j., the
mining superintendent and the lawyer, were
! on the lightning express, Fri lay night, bound
for San Francisco.
Seth Martin, ex-LegisIator in California
and now timber operator over at Truckee
was among the passengers on yesterdays up
train We found Seth as modest and as reti-
cent as ever
A young friend has taken to pedestrianisnn
for an appetizer. He makes two daily trips
to the Springs and back, averaging about eight
miles day. His appetite, which nobody but
himself ever complained of, would now fit a
tape-worm subject. After a thirty minutes
attack on a quarter section of Pants table, it
looks as barren as piece Of Sacramento land
over which three days Norther had swept
John Cradlebaugh, of Cradlebaughs bridge,
caught an eagle, the ether day, in the willows
near his house. The bird had several of his
wing feathers pulled out, and was consequently
unable to fly. Cradlebaughs theory is thai
the eagle had had a set-to with an animal OF
the genus bladarus, in which the former got
the worst of it. AS no eagle item is complete
without the length OF the wings being given
we mention the fact that in this case they
measured seven feet from tip to tip. The
eagle is now in the possession of its captor.
Thirteen through passengers for Esneralda
yesterday, ten grown persons and three chil-
dren. 2. L. Traver, prominent business man
of Columbus, Candelaria and Belleville, as
well as County Commissioner of Esmeralda,
who had been to San Francisco, was Of the
bakers dozen.
The bird hunters, of which Carson has
more than any other town in Nevada. are
languishing for an opportunity to kill game.
Being law abiders, they find it a hard matter
to discover anything in Legitimate way to
shoot at Doves are not included in the game
law restrictions, but the unsoiled variety is
scarce here.
That patch of blue grass, at the north end
of the Mint enclosure, is coming up finely
It's the true Kentucky business, and in a
short time that portion of the Mint grounds
will boast handsome sward.
The thermometer yesterday, about noon,
scored 80 in the shade, making the hottest
showing of the Spring. Isn't it about time
for the travelling ica-creamry to be on the
rounds?
Denman Thompson makes his first appear
Whitcomb." Not in the best of taste, this
a theatrical engagement on a
Sunday night, we think.
The Cherry Creek stage robbery witnesses
are anxiously looking forward to the next
trial, after which they hope to be able to steer
homeward. The detention has been decidedly
rksome to such of these men as have been
to neglect home business
Two sides of the Carson Opera House frame
are already up, and soon the carpenters will
be mailing on the rustic.
With yesterdays coiu delivery at the Mint,
to $4,000, the total coinage of
standard silver dollars for the month is
1868, 900
Combinations being the fashion, the drum
nave taken to it. There were two here yes
.erday, one in the wooden and willow-ware
md the other in the whisky line, who had |
made the trip through California with their
,wn team. which they left for resting spell
It Reno.