Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-02-21

on Friday morning last
The Sentinel of Tuesday denounces one
Manuel Jose Fierro as first class confidence
man, fraud and vagabond. He visited the
Eureka people with the story that he was a
distressed survivor of a wrecked vessel and SO
got some $50 subscribed. When he was
found soon after, wasting his substance in
riotous living, he was made to disgorge his
Ill deserved moneys and ordered to leave
town. He left.
We find the following account of some ST.
premely devilish business in the Reno jour
nal of yesterday morning;
At little after 8o'clock last night an ala
of fire was sounded. The cause Of the ala -
was as follows A little girl happened to Ci5-
cover light in the barn owned by Mrs. 9.
w. Jones, and called attention to it. As ne
light began to get larger they found it was n
deed a fire They hastily ran to the barn md
throwing open the door smelt coal oil very
powerfully A timely bucket of water in the
hands Of Miss Minnie Manns, put the fire
out. 1t WAS then found that two horses, the
property Of Mr.. 0rvilIe Sessions, had been
covered with kerosene, and one OF the horses
had his throat cut, not very deeply, bat Two
long gaShts. The hay, wood, etc, also mad
the infammable fluid sprinkled over them.
The horses We're net injured seriously. 1t
was evidently the intention of the rasca} to
destroy the horses and the property. Had
this fire got started very extensive coniia-
grafton would have resulted. Why is Reno
thus cursed by a class of miscrcanys to whom
Rover is an angel in comparison?
Of the recent storm as it manifested Itself
in Eastern Nevada, the Silver State of Tues
day says:
The heaviest snow storm of the year fell
here last night and this morning. As it has
been showing more or less in the mountains
every day for week or more, it is generally
believed that with last night S and this morn
ing fall there is more snow stored in the
high ranges than at any previous time for two
years. Snow in the mountains in this part
of Nevada is a necessity, as the supply Of wa
ter for irrgating and other purposes is derived
from that source; hence brown colored ranges
at this season make farmers and cattle men
feel Respondent. Fortunately, there is no
longer any cause for complaint on that score,
an average supply of the fluid may be
expected next season. Last nights storm
seems to have been general throughout CEN
trail Nevada, and was very welcome. AS it
is too late in the season to remain long in the
valleys, it will not be severe on stock.
OF man who is missing being lost in the
mountains! contiguous to the Tuscarora coun-
try, the Elko Independent of Monday last
has the following:
John McDermott of Lamoille Valley, ar
rived in town to-day from his ranch, and
upon application at the Postoffice received a
letter, which proved to be from Green Will
liams, dated Tuscarora, Feb. 3, and contained
the startling intelligence that Bart McDer-
mott, brother to John, was lost in the noun
tains, and that the writer, Williams, who was
his companion, was still unable to find him,
but that he (Williams) in company with two
other men, would leave Tuscarora to continue
the search, and advising John to come up
Immediately to the place at which he left his
brother and Williams. Mr. McDermott ex-
plains to us that last month he took the two
men with provisions and camp outfit, to a
point about ten miles northwesterly from the
old Dave Rogers sheep ranch on the Noun
tain City road, where the men were to engage
in cutting mining timbers, and this letter is
the first news received from them since. The
men were well provided with all the necessa-
ries of camp life, and from the contents of
the letter it is known they had built cabin.
Mr. McDermott telegraphed at once to Tus-
carora for additional information, but could
obtain nothing further in relation to the mat
ter up to three clock this morning.