Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-09-18

savage murder was committed at the peni-
| Tertiary at San Quentin this morning
| About z O'Clock as the prisoners were
| ascending the main stairway, returning from
breakfast, and just as they reached the
head of the flight, a prisoner known as
"Scotty," stepped behind Smith, the Dow
melville stage robber and Selling him with
one hand stabbed him seven times with a
large knife made from file, one of the
cuts severing the jugular vein, and every one
of them of fatal character. Smith fell
and died in few minutes. The murderer
has been in the prison for some time, and
has been regarded as dangerous character.
He escaped just after the fire in the prison
some two years ago, and was recaptured.
How he got the knife is not known.
New York, September II. The Times Lon
don correspondent has it On the best au-
therity that the husband of the famous Lon
don beauty, Mrs. Langtry, has commenced
proceedings for divorce, and that the Prince
of Wales is set down correspondent. The
Times informant has seen the preliminary
papers necessary to the first legal steps in the
case
Among the passengers on the steamer Wy
oming yesterday from Liverpool were 1916
Mormon converts. They are about half
Scandinavians and the rest are natives of
England and Wales
THE Jewish New Year which occurs to-day
is movable. taking place on the first day of
the seventh moon. The New Years Day,
fish Yur, begins at sunset and continues for
p hours Ten days later, on the 28th, comes
the day of Atonement, one of the most sol
emn holy days in the Jewish calendar On
this day confessions of sin are made, penitence
promised and mercy implored. Broken friend
ships are also bound up. No business is trans
acted and the faithful congregate for divine
worship in the synagogue. The 18th Of Sept
ember ushers in Ammo Mundi 500, Jewish
count.
THE New York Herald in an article on the
Chinese in New York, gives the following
statistics
grocers, 90 tobaccoists, and 10 druggists, with
enough Mongolians in other callings to de-
monstrate the adaptabiity of the race.
And adds that these Mongolians have been
exiled by the ''brutality of California mobs "
They are being now introduced into shoe and
other factories, and there may in course of
time be some brutal mobs in that pious village. |
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THERE was mail robbing at Reno, night |
before last at least the robbing of a mail bag |
which was ripped open. They do not know
wonder how the theft could have been COM
mitted The wonder to US is that there are |
not more cases of that kind. We have seen
A mail lying in front of post office in this
State for two hours, with no one to look
after it, but left perfectly undisturbed.
SAN FRNcIsCo, September lit has
oeen considered certain that in the Third Con-
,ressional District McKenna (Republican)
vas elected over Berry OemocraD by a
mall majority, official returns of all e1
,ept two counties, Humboldt and Trinity,
having been received. Official returns just
eceived from Humboldt now give Berry
II majority, which the returns from
Trinity cannot materially change.
The veterans met and appointed commit
ee to attend to firing salute from the sand lot
n honor of Gen Grants arrival. The sense
f the meeting was that if Kearney or any of
is adherents attempted to interfere with the
programme they would be fired upon.
This is dumping" Dennis claim with
ocio of the misguided men of the sand lot
arty.
LOUISVILLE Ky, September 17.-Frank
|. Lensing, aged SO years, committed
uicde this morning. He poured coal oil
n his clothes and set himself on fire. The
aoke from his window attracted the at
ention of people ON the street, who ran to
ne room, on the second story, and found
le man burned to crisp.
THERE Is constant stream of migration to
regon and Washington territory from Cali
'rna. Emigrant wagons have throughout |
he summer been passing through the north C
n towns on their way to better country.
he Lassen Advocate says that five wagons, :.
Ill of emigrants from San Joaquin comfy, p
assea through Susanvile last Monday on
leir way to Washington Terrtory.-Gazette.