Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-10
MISCELLANEOUS.

| is on his way to the West.
A mica mine was sold in the Rockford Dis
trick, d., for 900 cash
The President has nominated John Hay of
Ohio as Assistant Secretary of State.
Lyon County claims to have sufficient cash
with which to pay Storey County all they owe
her.
Judge ]. o. NJ Edwards, Postmaster of
Washington city, is dying of Bright's disease
of the kidneys.
The Skagt Oil Company of Queen Char
lotte's Islands have taken out 13 900 gallons
of oil this season.
The President has sent to the Senate the
nomination of Owen N. Denny, of Oregon,
for Consul General at Shanghai.
General Charles Spenser, merchant and
Colonel on the retired list of the United
States army, died yesterday.
The greatest lesson of life is to accept the
inevitable; neither to struggle against it, nor
murmur at it-simply to bear it.-Miss MI
toch.
Thomas N. Ragsdale, associate editor and
one of the proprietors of the Santa Rosa
Times, died very suddenly of heart disease at
his residence on Sunday night.
The Secretary of the Treasury has tele-
graphed to accept all bonds offered for the
sinking fund at JOG 50. This makes pur-
chase of 200 600 There has been sent in
5000 more at the same price.
Twelve million pounds more of tobacco
were produced in this country last year
than during 1873, 100, 100000 more cigars
we're manufactured, while the importation
of cigars fell off 1850, 600
1t is now stated that the Authors Carnival
was not such financial failure as at first re-
ported. After paying off all the important
Indebtedness, the sum of $4,000 was dis
tributed among the six charitable societies for
whose benefit the carnival was held.
THE Bodie Union has suspended publea-
cation. Its proprietor will be connected with
the Bodie Ne,cs, which is about to be en-
larged to 50 column paper and will also
issue weekly.
The Catholic Family Almanac for 1880 says
that there are 1000, 900 Catholics sin the
500, 1000, The rapid increase has been mainly
caused by emigration FROM Ireland, Germany
France and Italy.
Dispatches state that Queen Victoria re-
ceived the officers and men who distinguished
themselves in the Zulu war, at Windsor Cas-
tie, On Monday, and conferred the Victoria
Cross and other decorations on corporal and
three trivates of Rorke's Drift garrison.
The preparations for the shipment of the
obelisk to this country are attracting great
crowds of people at Alexandra, Egypt, and
the progress of placing the Needle into proper
position has been closely watched, and ex-
cites the interest of travellers, officials and
lower classes.
A Washington dispatch states that Con-
gresham Lay, of Missouri, died in that city
on Monday morning He has been in feeble
health for some time, but the immediate cause
of death was paralysis. The House adjourned
without transacting any business, out of re-
spect to his memory.
Panama advices state that the storm and
freshet Of Nov 10Th and subsequently, were
the most severe ever known ON the Isthmus |
The railroad was submerged distance of |
,ixty miles. 1t may be two or three weeks |
before trains can be run through. Many pas
'engers are waiting transit at each end of
he route.