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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-06-12

coarscness is clearly drawn and never over
stepped Our German friends will have
successful picnic, as they always do.
A healthy looking tramp approached a Car
son lady, the other day. asking for something
to eat ''You miserable loafer," said the
amiable lady, why don't you work.? 81
can't find anything to do at my trade" re-
piled the substantial beggar. ''What is your
trader asked the lady. "Shoveling snow, y
was the Siberian reply.
The above was played on us for an orig
inal joke. The lady we board with pronoun-
ced it stale. The party we obtained the joke
from is collecting more, and when through
his aoors the public may be prepared for a
funny book with title something like this:
'Sido-s splitting, heart-bursting, clothes
rendng, paralysingly original sage-brush
Jokes"
AS we approach the middle of this leafy
month the days are growing warmer This
weather is the Juniest of the June. The
flowers are full Of the glory and the mellow
ness of the Summer time, which is fairly with
us.
The Mint adjusters have been off duty
since Monday last and will not report again
until the 9Th proximo. This suspension Of
the adjusting department has been caused by
a scarcity of bullion, in part, and for a sort of
annual rest during the Mint clean up.
A private letter from Glenbrook, received
yesterday, reports a lively condition of things
there. Yerington, Bliss & Co.'S three mills
are running to their full capacity, another
mill, about one mile from Glenbrook, started
up few days ago, and Captain Prays mill
will be running this week. The tourists are
focking in, and the tramp is not missing
The MORNING APPEAL acknowledges a ser
enade yesterday from Pipers Opera House
Thanks, Messrs. Musicians, for
the compliment, which we consider as neat as
the music was good.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-06-12
HIGH PRICES AT CARSON.

! People who attended the picnic last Satur-
day complain that the rates for almost every
thing they bought in Carson were at least
| double what the same articles commonly sell
| for. The fare to the Springs and back,
usually four bits Oath included), was 81.
Those who attend picnics i'll future had bet
ter give extortionists wide berth
The above appeared in the Virginia Gsro,s-
icle of last Monday evening. We think our
contemporary has been deceived by some
"people who attended the picnic last SatuaA
day" We have inquired of our principal
hotel and restaurant men-the class most
generally patronized by picnic parties-and
they assure us that their prices are the same
at picnic times as those char 5ed at other times,
and in no instance have We been able to find
where extortion has been practiced by the
restaurant or hotel men. The saloon keep
ers also deny the charge of extortiOn on visit
ors to Carson. Concerning the charge against
the managers of the Warm Springs we are
not prepared to answer, not having seen
either of the proprietors. We hope for the
credit of our town that no extortion has been
praCtlced on visitors, or that none Will DE
attempted The game vulgarly known as the
'thogging game" is loosing one in the end,
and we trust it has not be played here. We
are aware that as rule the loudest complaints
come from those who have the least cause to
make them, being generally from that class
who spend the least money or have the least
money to spend But We are glad that at
tention has been called to this subject, that
we may caution some, whose greed might get
the better of their own interest, against any
attempt at practicing extortion on people
coming to Carson on picnic or other occasions.
The MORNING APPEAL has the interest of
Carson at heart, and will be the first, if OPP
portunity offers, to expose any attempted I'M
fair treatment of strangers in our midst
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-06-12
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.

The last standard dollar delivery of the
fiscal year, and consisting of $37 900, was
made by Conner Dague yesterday. With a
gold delivery, of double eagles, also made
yesterday, the coinage delivery of the year
has been closed.
Our worst fears concerning Mrs Cham
beers G. Davis, as expressed yesterday, have
been realized. Geo. II. Davis, of the Mint,
yesterday received the news of the lady s
death in a letter from her husband, dated
Deadwood, Dakota, June 3, 1878, which read
as follows: "Poor Adrienne died this after
noon at 3 o'clock. l am just heartbroken.
Can write no more"
The body of Mrs. Ann Greer, who died
San Jose, Cal. for interment. The remains
of her husband, Mr.. Greer, resting at Santa
Rosa, will be removed and placed alongside of
his recently deceased wife.
BY yesterdays up train to Virginia num-
Der of delegates to the meeting of the Grand
Lodge F. Il A. M. of Nevada, went up. Car
son was represented by Past Grand Masters
Bollen and Mason and Past Master Foster;
Elko by Grand Master Freeman and Past
Master Stone; Reno by Past Master De Bell.
On the train were other members of the
Square and Compass Corps, whose names we
failed to obtain.
j. B. Moloche, of Glenbrook, went up to
Genoa yesterday, rumor said to obtain
license, and it was not mercantile one.
Lum Davis was along, and all the movements
we're of suspicious character. Haven't
learned the name of the party of the second
part.
Three bars of bullion received yesterday
from the Northern Bell, which aggregated
$4,516.
The Germans of Virginia City and Gold
Hill are going to hold their annual picnic at
Treadway's ranch, on Sunday, August II,
1873. For good, sooiable and thoroughly
enjoyable time commend Us to German pic
mic, where the line between real fun and
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-06-12
" P A n T. "

Our model landlord is the subject of the
following well deserved complimentary notice
in the Da;ty Stage of Monday: 1.-THE Vir-
ginians who visited Carson on Saturday made
a raid in strong force on the Ornsby House,
and the best of everything was set before
them. We had the pleasure of meeting the
host, Mr.. j. T. PantIind, or pant, as he is
more familiaIly called, and very entertain
ing and jovial gentleman we found him. His
reputation as a caterer is spreading all over
che coast, and we know of no hotel in the
country we can more heartily recommend to
the travelling public than the Ormsby,"
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-06-12
THE LATEST.

The following dispatch dated Tuscarora,
June 11th, 1873, was received yesterday by
Gov. Bradley, from Lieut.. Gov. Adams
"Leave for Cornucopia' this evening. No
authentic news of hostiles being south of
Battle Greek.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-06-12
THE PROMENADE CONCERT AND
BALL.

The attendance at the promenade concert
and ball last night was by no means what the
merit OF the affair should have called forth
The audience was a select and appreciative
one, but not at all satisfactory in pecuniary
point of view. We might, after the manner
of our Oomstock neighbors, say the 'house
was packed" but we have had no experience
n lying. The concert and dance were both
irst class, and we only regret that the entel-
taiinment was not more literally patrOnize ID.
We promise our musical friends better
patronage On their next visit.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-06-12


Promo RAIDERS We dote on picnics, re-
garding them as green spots IN the desert of
life. The Carson picnic is cur special adml,
ration. When one is over we commence fig
uring on the probabilities of the next, looking
forward to it as We used to to the Fourth of
July or the circus Nor are we free from an
alloy of selfshnss as regards the picnic here,
for it brings trade to our business men, and
they are consequently in better humor when
the collector for the MORNING APPEAL comes
around. But for every sweet in life there is
q corresponding bitter, and the picnic is no
execution to the rule In this case the bitter
comes In the shape of the hoodlum-bOth
sexes being represented-a sort of camp-tol-
lower Of the picnic. His or her foraging is
principally directed against the private flower
gardens Of our town. Deep and loud have
been the imprecatious heard in the last two
DAYS against the raids of Saturday last on
Carson flower gardens. Two cases have been
reported to us in which private dooryards
were entered on last Saturday, while the lady
of each house was in the back part, and roses,
pansies and pinks were taken, not flower in
either cAse being left We wish to mildly
suggest that this sor. of thing is not pretty;
but on the contrary is temper-rufling to a
high degree. We know that the temptation
to pluck flower is strong, and we also know
that sotne people are too mean to give per-
son one even when civiliy asked for it, but
the latter class is unknown in Carson. Most
people with refinement enough to cultivate
flowers are sufficiently liberal to remember
the wayfarer, and we doubt if there is lady
in Carson who would refuse stranger a
flower If che request came in a polite way.
But VIC protest against our dooryards being
unceremoniously entered at picnic or other
times. and in doing 80 We speak as one of the
injured
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Sam Francisco stock Exchange Sales.
MORNING BOARD.

MORNING BOARD.
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Mexican lis M
Gould Curry 6SE, 6lS, 654
Best & Belcher l4L, l4l1 SIS, AZ
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Utah 81
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EXcheQuer 3, 8 10, S05
Ovcnman 1919
Justice $50, 5 IS. $50
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Silvar Hin ! 81, IL
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solid silver ~
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Jackson 81
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California 81, 2O5s, 2o34
EKchequer 8 90 10
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Crown Point So, 52s, So
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-08-22
INTELLIGENCE BUREAU.
Pr0pos itiOn TO Utilize POStmaSterS to
Gather Up Information.
New York Post

At the present moment, when the
question of immigration from towns
and cities to the unsettled Or newly set
tied Western Territories and the
Southern States is the subject of much
debate, want of definite, authoritive
Information is felt as to where emigrants
are wanted and what they may expect
to find when they get there, how much
money 1t Is necessary to have to begin
work with a fair chance of making a
living, and such details as may guide a
man who does not wish to put his faith
in the rose-colored statements of the
agents of private emigration societies.
The climate of some places may be
fatal to families who would thrive a
Thousand miles to the north or to the
south. In one part OfTeXas blacksmithS
may be wanted, while millers have not
enough to do: in another part the re-
verse may be the case. 1t is true that
books have been published from time to
time, giving such accounts of different
parts of the West and of the South, to-
gether with the minute information as
to the means and cost of the journey,
but the circulation of such books is
small. For private, society to under
take such work is only possible on q
small scale. Although the EUening Post
is against putting work into the Govern
ment's hands which can be done by
private persons or corporations, the
task of gathering such information as is
desired by would-be emigrants, is some
thing which can be easily done by the
Government without, it seems to us,
any violation of principle. Our Consuls
IN foreign ports make frequent reports
concerning the state of commerce, the
wants, the business chances and so forth
IN the places to which they are sent;
these reports are undoubtedly of value
to manufacturers and merchants seek
ing new markets for their goods. Why
should not the Government servants in
the rural parts of the Western and
Southern States undertake a similar
work? The postmasters might sum up
the state of affairs in his district once a
month on single sheet of foolscap
paper. The labor would not be worth
mentioning, while valuable body of
information could be accumulated. The
exact places where emigrants are wanted
would be made known. If black
smith was needed in one village, a
physician in another, and a shoemaker
in a third, these facts could be set
forth. The prices of land could be
given, and the kind of land described.
More minute particulars the postmaster
might be required to furnish on per-
sonal application. The need of this
sort information exists, and why cannot
the postmaster be utilized in supplying
If
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-08-22

In computing our national supply of
coin little account is taken of the i'm
mense amount of gold squandered by
Americans in Europe. An eastern eX-
change says: "There is at length lull
in the flow of passenger travel to
Europe. Butth travel of the season,
rs whole, has exceeded that of any
previous year, the total number of pas
sengers between New York and trans
Atlantic ports, carried by eleven diff
ferent lines Of steamers, from April 4th
to August 1st, being stated at 20,333
against 18,038 in 1872 and 1888 in
1873, the two heaviest seasons hereto
lore. The experience of the present
year has shown that the existing steam
ship lines are able, with the ase of re-
serve boats, to transport double the
number of passengers now carried, the
facilities for travel being claimed as al
ways in excess of the demand. The
eleven companies engaged in the trade
employed during the season seventy
five steamers, which made los trips. If
every passenger has expended abroad,
say, $500, then the snug aggregate Of
over ten millions Of dollars has been
Withdrawn from our available resources
and transferred to foreign Golfers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-08-22

express safe open beside him, busy with
his work. He had not noticed the
scene that was being enacted in the car.
His first knowledge of danger was
a revolver thrust in his face, and
he was then ordered to hold up his
hands The leader of the gang then
stepped up to his safe and deliberately
transferred the money, about s.. 100 to
a sack they had with them. Conductor
Brown was then asked if he had any
money. and he replied he had not
With their pistols in his face, they
ordered him to stop the train, and hav-
ing no other alternative he pulled the
bell-rope. As the train slowed up the
four men backed out Of the car, still
covering the others with their pistols,
and disappeared in the darkness No
swearing was INDUCED in, and the en-
tire work was done in less than five
minutes.
The train was filled with passengers,
but none knew of the robbery until the
robbers had escaped. The thieves We're
cool and collected, showing no signs of
and went to work like old, ex-
perienced hands. None of them were
masked. Following is the description
obtained: Heavy, large man, six feet
high, weight 200, light mustache, light
chin whiskers, brown hair, blood red
face, and wore a broad-brim slouched
hat. The one who went through the
safe was tall, wore a slouched hat. and
had on light coat reaching below the
knees. The other two were of medium
stature, rather stout built, dressed in
dark clothing, and wearing slouched
hats. They were abolt "a or % years
of age. No clue of them yet.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-08-22

Ten per cent. interest on borrowed
capital will kill all but the most thriv-
ing of industries. And yet how many
farmers are trying to pay that eXorbl-
tant rate on money borrowed on mort
gaging their farms. A correspondent to
a Chicago paper has been examining
the condition of Illinois farmers and
says CAS- has been frequently noted in
this correspondence, ten per cent. is
running our farmers. Many farms are
mortgaged- to obtain the
means to engage in speculation; to
build fine houses; to purchase fine fur
nituye, carriages, harness, etc, and the
owners Of this fine property are now at
q loss how to pay off the debt. All COM
modities except money have come
down in price, but a $1,000 mortgage
holds ON to its original value without
any fluctuations. 1t requires double the
amount of farm products to equal 81, 900
now that it required five years ago.
This is one Of the inevitable events that
should have been foreseen, and it was,
to 4 certain extent; but we were all too
anxious to borrow or lend TO think
about the matter seriously. In 4 great
many cases the farms are mortgaged for
their full value. The owners would
gladly keep them until times get better,
but the ineXorable 10 per cent. will not
allow them to do it. Default is made
in the payment of couple of interest
lnstallments; the place is advertised and
sold. The holder of the mortgage buys
1t III ut low figure, obtains judgment
against the mortgager for the balance,
takes possession of the farm, and Sc
cures thereby an elephant that he does
not want. Instead of being a source of
income, bringing in its 10 per cent. per
annum, 4 quarter section of land will
rent for enough to pay taxes, insurance,
repairs, etc, and leave the principal
perhaps or 6 per cent. for his invest
ment and care. 1t seems to us that q
much better way for all parties would
be for the mortgage to reduce the in
terest to or per cent, renew the loan
for term of years, without a commits
sion, and give the mortgager a chance
to live and pay the principal. There
are, of course, many instances where
such course would be unwise, if not
impossible, but, sooner or later, the In
terest must be reduced, for no legiti-
mate farming can stand the rates that
are now eXacted."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-08-22
AUSTRIA WIFI, NOT HIATT
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN.
Gen. Joe Hooker Takes nmOrOu
View Of Grants Assertion.


Gen. Grant having asserted that the
great fight above the clouds at Lookout
was a mere romance, no such battle hav-
ing been fought, Gen. Hooker, the hero
Of the affair. was captured at Saratoga
and compelled to own up:
"Gen. Hooker-(R Rubbing lis fore
head with his left hand Lookout
Mountain? Lookout = Lookout -
think [ have heard the name before.
but not in connection with any bat
tie.
'Interviewer-This was in 1868, gem
eral, toward the last of the war, when
Gen. Grant
"Gen Hooker-War? What war?
" Interviewnr-War of the rebellion,
general.
"Gen. Hooker-Never heard of it.
" Interviewer-Why, the war between
the government and the confederates.
And this was at Chattanooga, just
after you and Sherman joined Gen.
Grant"
"Gen. Hooker-Gen. Grant, | think
| have heard Of the gentleman, but
nothing authentic. There were some
little misunderstanding abroad in the
land, young man, along in 1923; but
there was no fighting, no fighting, moth
ing to speak of. The stories about those
battles were all concocted by the news
paper correspondents. There was, in
fact, no war, and all these romances of
Greeley's and Headley's and the rest
were gotten up to sell. Have heard
something about one Gen. Grant but
he is doubtless myth like the old
story of Captain John Smith and Poca-
hOntaS
Then you deny the story about the
battle Of Lookout Mountain?"
"Gen. Hooker-It was all hoax.
There was no battle of Mission Ridge,
and the existence of Chattanooga even
is in doubt. All these stories and the
so-called histories concering Thomas,
Sheridan, Sherman and Grant at Mis-
sion Ridge are nothing but pretty fables.
AS to the storming of Lookout Noun
tain, [ assure you. sir, there is no such
place. | was never there and know
nothing about any such event"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-08-22

pecially liable to material influences.
The sickness seems to be devoting itself
especially to children, and the fact that
as time goes on this feature becomes
more conspicuous, justifes the theory
that the fever may be looked on as hav-
ing declared itself. 1t is true that
good many native adults have been af-
fected. but the attack in nearly every
instance has been light and manageable,
and but for the scare would hardly have
excited comment. So far it is distinctly
the children's year.
WORSE AND WORSE.
A Wilmington, n. G. dispatch SAYS
the following has been received here
from Grenada, Miss:
GRENADA, Miss, Aug. 14.-Mauor of
Wilmington: Help us to pay nurses and
bury the dead; our town is a graveyard,
we need help: the Mayor is dying, and
is the only officer left.
(Slgned) ED. MALLoN,
City Marshall and Acting Mayor.
Immediately upon the receipt of the
above telegram, the board Of aldermen
of this city convened in session and
made an appropriation for the Grenada
sufferers, and appointed a committee of
seven to solicit contributions from citi-
zens. 1t is thought that liberal sum
will be raised.
AT MEMPHIS.
The following was received by the as
soclated press on the 10Th from Mem
phis:
To Hon. G. ". McGruru, secretary of
qCar, Washington, d. C-Death is MAX
ing rapid strides through our streets.
Towns have quarantined against us.
Can you not order 1 700 tents, into which
to remove the poor.
(Signed) R. F. PATTERSON,
Collector of Internal Revenue.
r. A. THOMPSON,
Postmaster.
Since the above was sent, Postmaster
sent another telegram, ask
ing for rations, with view ofsupplying
all and getting all the poor people out
of town.
Twenty-seven new cases and six
deaths are reported i'll the last twenty
four hours.