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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-15
SENATOR JONES.

Surely John P. Jones mas been splendidly
honored. He is the first to be elected
to two terms of six years in this State. Nye S
first election was for two years and Stewart S
for four Jones succeeded Nye and Sharon
succeeded Stewart Nye was in the Senate
eight and Stewart ten years. Mr.. Jones 5
career has been a very remarkable one He
came to tbs coast, round the Horn, in 1849
without ever having seen an Atlantic seaport
since his earliest infancy. He took ship at
Cleveland, Ohio, went through the Welland
canal and 50 down the st. Lawrence to the
wide ocean He was born in Herefordshire,
England, of WEIGH parentage. His father
was stone cutter and an abolitionist of the
old stripe, and great friend of Lloyd CARR
son. John mined, at an early day III Tuolumne
and Mariposa Counties, and was subsequently
a resident of Trinity County, where he was
once justice of the peace, then deputy
sheriff. then sheriff and finally Senator in the
California Legislature. In 1867 he was nomi-
mated on the Gorham ticket for Lieutenant
Governor, and with the rest of the ticket
everybody. He came to this State in 1868 as
the Superintendent of the Grown Point and
kentuck mines; and his connection with the
Crown Point made him very suddenly very
rich man, in l571-72. He spent money like
water in 1872, and defeated Nye and com
PEELED Sharon (who was then canddate), to
abandon the field Since going to the Senate
ne has become a warm personal friend OF
General Grant and is one of the most popular,
- he is the most genial man. in Washington
His researches and efforts in the direction of
reulonetizjn@ silver have been very profound,
very able and very effective, and have given
AID entitle him to IA world wide reputation as
"a statesman. The action taken yesterday by
both houses is a virtual reelection; and it
shows that the people aud the peoples rep
resentatives are proud of Mr., Jones and will
Ing to trust him. May he never hesitate to
obey their behests and serve their interests
with faithfulness.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-15
THE PRESIDENT AND THE WOMAN
SUFFRAGISTS.

From Washington, January 10, We have
the following interesting relation:
A committee appointed by the Woman
Suffrage Convention held in this city last
week, consisting of Mrs. Gage, Mrs Spencer,
Mrs. Wells and Mrs. Williams two latter
of Utah-called on the President this morn
ing and presented memorial and other pa
pers Ill relation to female suffrage, and charg-
ing that the President had ignored the women
OF the country IN his annual message. They
also called the attention of the President to
the recent decision of the Supreme Court in
relation to pOlygamous marriages and to the
effect of enforcing the Act of 1862, and said
it would make thousands of women outcasts
and their children illegitimate. The Presi-
dent said he was deeply impressed by what
had been done and said, and requested Mrs
Williams and Mrs. Wells to make out state
ments in writing and submit them to HIM
He wanted all the information on the subject
he could procure. They promised to do this
and the President then asked them how he
could serve them. The reply was, "By
vetoing any bill to enforce the Act of 1862 -
In answer to the memorial and remarks made
in relation to female suffrage, the President
said; "You say have ignored the women
of the country in my annual message. | will
carefully consider what you have said aud the
papers you have presented to me, and in my
next message | will act according to the die
tations of my conscience and the best light l
have.
Ladies, Rutherford is trifing with you he
is playing you with the soft solder of smooth
and meaningless evasion. He would doubt
less do something for you if you had corner
on him or had in your hands the votes Of
some Florida or Oregon. When he says he
will carefully consider what you have said
and tells you that in his next message he will
act according to the dictates of his conscience,
Rutherford is foollng you. He is toying
with your young and trusting natures-that's
what that gay deceiver is doing. And you,
ladies, know, in your heart, just what kind of
a man it is that will act that way
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-15
THE AMENDMENT STRIKING OFT
THE WORD WHITE"

The amendment to the State Constitution,
striking out the word q white, passed at the
session of 1877, passed the Senate yesterday
IN the preamble to the amendatory resolution
it is explicitly declared that this amendment
shall not be considered cnferring the
rights Of suffrage and citizenship upon any
native of the Chinese Empire. Let it pass
the House and then, next year, 20 to the
lLennle
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-15

London, January IA correspondent at
Milford Haven telcgraphs t. at the American
ship Thomas NJ. Reed, of San Francisco, for
Liverpool, went ashore in the breakers in
Fresh Water Bay, near Linnyhead yesterday.
The sea was running very high at the time,
and although the rocket apparatus was soon
IN the spot, great difficulty was experienced
in getting line on board The crew were
in very dangerous position, but by means of
the line twenty men were saved. Three men
and drowned.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-15

DULL TIMES IN BoDIE The Bodie Stand
ard complains of the prevailing dizziness of
the times, as follows:
We were never in a camp which had not
the periodical times of dizziness when money
is scarce and hard to get ones fingers on. To
this rule Bodie is not the exception, and just
now everybody seems to be complaining of
hard times. But with us this can be of short
continuance, as enterprise and capital must
go together and scatter the coin
among the masses of the people. We con-
tinue to advise all anticipating trip hlther
to defer the same until spring. We have
plenty of men of all occupations and trades +;
plenty of stores; plenty of everything to last
through the winter, and were more to come
now we should be obliged to take care of
many of them When men can crawl under
the lee of rock and fold their blankets
around them, it is all well enough but when
as now, every lodging house is filled to reple
ton and there are no accommodations, and
the thermometer 50 degrees below zero at
night, then it is best to stay away.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-15

Mauch Chunk, Pa, January LITTLE
drop has just fallen and it is thought the
necks of Sharpe and Mcdonnell have been
broken A Geographic reprieve has just ar
rived, but is just about one minute too late.
The reprieve was received in Manch
Chunk, by telegraph, at 1879, and the man
ager of the Office rushed to the jail with it.
He rang the bell violently about half min
ute before the drop fell, and shouted for the
doorkeeper. Mrs. Mcdonald and her chill
dren were at the door weeping loudly, but
the doorkeeper did not seem to understand
that the dispatch was a reprieve. 1t was
from Governor Hartranft, and granted re-
prieve until Monday.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-15

SHOOTING AT PYRAMID.-Says the Reno
Journal of yesterday;
Last Sunday Joe King, young man well
known in Reno, was playing cards in Pyra-
mid with fisherman named Sherman. The
parties were alone at the time. During the
game a dispute arose in which Sherman drew
a pistol and shot King in the left side just
above the nipple. Fortunately it struck a
rib and turned downward and backward.
The wounded man was immediately brought
to Reno, arriving here at about clock yes
terday morning. Dr. Bergman sum-
moned and took the ball out King is not
seriously hurt, and will be around in short
time He will not prosecute Sherman, think
ing himself in good luck to escape as easily
as he has
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-15

INDIANS on THE WAR PATH. Says the
.SIrr State of Monday
We have learned that some friendly Putes
from the northern part of the country, who
have been in communication with the Ban
nocks, report to Matches that the latter all
through southern and eastern Idaho contem-
plate going on the war path again in the
spring Matches expresses the opinion that
there will certainly be another Indian war
next summer, as he hears that the Bannocks
and Snakes near Fort Hill are very much dis
satisfied
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-15
THE TUSCARORA TRAGEDY.


iHE tAFhoSloN Al nj DEE REEFS NiNh'
lhe I'"'"S-h e'7er OF thursday, the only
number of that journal which has reached us
-ince the accident in the DeFrees mine at
r.,.,o,o -l,;o1, ,,,-ol .1,o doo.h &c Nor+;
tiffany and James walsh, mas the lolIo"lhg
relative to the sad affair
The men were at work in the north drift of
the 40 level, and the full particulars of the
accident can never be fully known J. W.
Thompson, the engineer on duty, says that
some time Yesterday morning he sent down
10 the 40 foot Jewel. about - or Is pounds
of niant powder. and it is supposed that a
part of this was exploded occasioning the ter
lible tragedy. About five o'clock he heard
an explosion and thought it was Iondcr than
usual. He did not think Of an accident until
the news was sent up from below bv the men
or the 21O-foot level that Walsh was killed.
Mr.. Powell the foreman, OF the mine, was
on the 4lO-foot level about noon Yesterday
md noticed 10 or 20 sticks of giant powder
,aaning against the wall, few feet from
vhcre the men were at work. and his opinion
Is. from examination made after the accident,
tnat Walsh exploded them while preparing
for a shot He was one OF the first in the mine
after the accident, and found Walsh lying at
the bottom of the shaft terribly mutilated
and Tiffany few feet distant in the drift.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-15

Cardiff, Eng, Jan IA. An explosion oc-
Cured in the Dinas colliery, Rhodda Valley,
last night. About 60 persons are believed to
have been killed
London, Jan. 14-The greatest excitement
prevails in Ponty Predd and the neighbor-
od-densely populated districts. 1t is said
there are 80 men in the pit. The explosion
was very violent, and it is feared none of the
men escaped.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-15

FELL IN 4 FIT.-Says yesterdays Reno
JoprHni:
Last Sunday night after church VIM. Nc
Leish. who had been attending church, fell
iii an epieptic fit in the street just III front OF
the church. He was carried into the house,
where about half the congregation remained
wrnging their hands ana fearing he would
die, while three or four worked with the boy
and brought him to. He was taken to Prof
Rings room where he now Remains
Washington, Jan. 14.-At Cabinet meet
ING o-day, Secretary Sherman again called
attention to financial matters and especially
to the success attending the resumption of
specie payments. He read letters from the
Assistant Treasurers stating that more gold
is coming in than going out, and showing a
preference by the people for greenbacks.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-15
WEDNESDAY, JaNUY IS, 1879.

Committee of Arrangements:
E. J. PARKINSON, O. X. STAMPLEY,
J. Z. MOORE, j. f IDEALLY,
JOHN T. PANTLlND.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-03-26
The Grand Canal of China,

For six or eight hundred years the
grand canal, crossing the great plain Of
Northern China, from Pekin, in the
north, to Hangchow, in the south, hai
been the chief line of communication
and commerce between the capital and
the southern portions of Chinese Empire,
The canal proper is more than 600 miles
long, and, with its branches, is said to
supply more than 1000 miles of water.
way, and the means for irrigating and
retaining many thousand square miles
of thickly peopled country. During re-
cent years, however, the vast sum ap.
propriated for the management and
repair of the grand canal have been 60
largely absorbed by dishonest officials
that the canal has become practically
unfit for commerce in many parts, while
the estimated cost of putting it in good
condition is so helplessly beyond the
capacity Of an empire impoverished by
war. famine, and official rapacity, that
the Imperial government are seriously
considering the propriety of abandoning
the canal entirely. For the first time
since the canal was built the food sup.
plies from the south for the support of
the capital land for the relief of the
famished stricken regions to the north
and west) have this year been forwarded
by sea,-a much speedier and more econ
ominal route, no doubt; still, for the
great plain and its millions of inhabi-
tants, the canal il q practical necessity,
aud, to let it 20 to further destruction,
will seriously endanger their prosperity,
If not their livee.-Scientifc Anserican.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-03-26
Tame Birds.

A correspondent of Land and Water
gives these interesting instances of the
tameness of birds: / had a jackdaw
miles I'M ' wien VI Ne ddpUbleRgEJ utth Il e shs rsisount ~,
but if we went to the town, about a mile
and q half distant, Jack would remain
on the walls of the old castle, outside
the town, until we returned, and then
fly round and round the pony's head,
finally alighting on the splash board.
If we met ahy other conveyance, he
always flew off into the hedge. l like
wise had a little blue tit, who used to
settle on the trees near the house, and
come down when called, alighting often
OF my head or shoulders. A lady, an
acquaintance of mine, had, she said, a
canary % tame that it used to pull hair
out of her curls to line its nest with.
This very severe winter has tanned the
wild birds of this neighborhood. My
window is constantly besieged by them
robins, hnches, sparrows and blackbirds
come flying up directly it is opened, fl
l am in the habit of feeding them
during frosty weather. One, q redbreast,
is the master. He is such q greedy little
fellow; he eats his fill and then sits on
the plate, keeping all the other birds at
bay, and uttering such shrill shrieks,
l am often obliged to 90 and drive him
off so that they may come and pick a few
crumbs up. A young friend of mine
put q whole loaf out, a half-quartern
cut in two, and it was 80 amusing to see
Bobby, after the birds had picked out
the crumbs, onsconce himself in the shell,
and scream out defiance to all his com
panions.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-03-26
An Imperial Huntress.

The Empress of Austria has just Al
ried the gallant Irish fox-hunters of
their feet with admiration for her beauty,
style, and dash, as a hunter. A CORE.
spondent of an English paper describing
q scene at a recent hunt in Ireland, says:
On the word $50" being given the
empress frightened rein with the hand of
an adept. The pace improved as the
blood grew warmer, but the empress,
riding with wonderful pluck, kept her
position bravely, and though in the deep
going she m time dropped back a bit
she fought her way determinedly into
the front rank, taking all her fences at
q smart pace and climbing none Of them.
She astounded most of those in the hunt,
and more than sustained the reputation
which she enjoys of being one Of the
straightest women across the country
that ever raised q fail. The empress
was always in the front rank, riding
with q rather loose rein; but she wal on
q horse who does not know the way to
put q foot astray, and I expect to find
Domino carrying her majesty very
frequently during the next few weeks.
Her majesty struck me a. having q
magnificent seat-graceful and easy to
elegance, while her hands are ~ fine as
any that ever held the ribbons. Domino
performed his part OF the days doings
in . manner that we'll pleased his distin-
guished burden Of 142 pounds, which il
her majesty's exact riding weight.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-03-26
The Whistling OYSTER.

The shop was first established by a
Mr.. Pearkes, in 1925. at appears"
says a writer in the Daily Telegraph,
.'that about the year 1S40the proprietor
of the house in question, which had then
as it has now, a great name for the supe-
rior excellence of its delicate little n a
tives,' heard a strange and unusual
sound proceeding from one of the tubs
in which the shell-fsh lay piled in layers
n over the other, placidly fattening
on oatmeal and awaiting the inevitable
advent of the renorseless knife. Mr..
pearkes, the landlord, listened, hardly at
first believing his ears. There was, how.
ever no doubt about the matter; n OF
the oysters was distinctly whistling, or,
at any rate, producing a sort of ssifie.
..,v-sf ~is.. 81. .a.eil, IL was nvo uIHIcuII
to detect this phenomenal bivalve, and
in a very few minutes he wal triumph
antly picked out from among his fellows
and put by himself in a spacious tub,
with a plentiful supply of brine and
water. The news spread through the
town, and for some days the fortunate
Mr.. Pearkes found his house besieged by
curious crowds. y Douglas Jer
old's suggestion was that the said oyster
had been crossed in love, and now wits
tied to keep up appearances, with ar
idea of showing that it did not care
Thackeray used to declare that he wal
once actually in the shop when an Amer
lean came in to see the phenomenon, q
everybody else was doing, and after hear
ing the talented mollusk 60 through hi
usual performance, strolled contemptu
ously out, declaring 1T was nothing t.
an oyster he knew of in Massachusetts,
which vhistled Yankee Doodle righ1
through, and followed its master abou'
the house like a dog.'"-OM and Neu
London. THornburu.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-03-26
French Doctors.

The fees which French physicians re-
ceive would seem to their English breth-
ern very low. / gather from q recent
controversy in the papers that some lead
ing London practitioners lately raised
their fee for q first consultation to two
guineas. In Paris the best physicians
expect 20 francs for a consultation at
home, and 40 francs il they 60 out; but
q rather exaggerated sentiment OF pro-
fessionai delicacy prevents them, as a
rule, from demanding more than a
patient chooses to give. The table of o
busy doctor is Uttered owe with gold
pieces 30 grouped as to convey the hint
that fees of one, two, or three Napoleons
have been received; but if a patient lays
down 100 francs, or even five, he re-
ceives his bow and thanks without a pro-
test, the doctor assuming, (often wrong
ly) that the man has given all he can
afford. In country towns five francs il
the usual fee, but two francs are often
given even by men who ought to know
better; and two francs is the invariable
fee which village doctors put down pei
visit when sending in their bills at the
end of the year. One is ashamed to say
Etltoc uOCkOIb UlAlS OACu ShSC AAoO w WV
s~orriest haggling, for there exists 9
crooked opinion among the French
~peasantry and ~working-class that q ply.
stefan should regard himself as a philan'
ttropist, and pay his butchers bill with
the mere thanks Of his patients. A coun'
try doctor attends a prosperous peasant
proprietor, day after day for weeks, sup.
plies medicines, effects a cure, and at the
end of the year is treated as an extor
toner because he has charged a sum
which will barely pay for the wear and
tear of his horse and gig. Some doctors
draw a regular salary from a medical
club; but these are the worst used of all
for every member of the clubfeels bounc
to take out FIVE or six times the value o!
his subscription in doctors visits, ever
if he have nothing the matter with him
London Mws.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-03-26

pony's neck. Occasionally, and especial.
~ after heavy rain, accidents occur to
those who try short cuts" by the
pugdundw or narrow foot paths used by
the natives. How the celebrated
Mohammedan invader of yore, after the
sack Of Delhi, managed with his wild
hordes, laden with plumber, safely and
rapidly to penetrate these mountains,
and to leave no trace behind, In the short
space of time which history records, is
still q problem. They came and went
like q fight of locusts; and the difficulty
Of their retreat a only be realized by
one who has actually travelled in the
few and tortuous passes Of the tremen.
dous barrier %inerposed between India
and Central Asia Chambers journal
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-03-26
Travel in the Himaiayas.

Europeans after but q short residence
In the H~imalayas, acquire q facility in
even cantering down roads on their sure
footed mules and ponies, which ct frat
might have appeared only suited to the
careful pedestrian. The widest Of the
roads connecting the stations are seldom
Q than about Elk feet broad, with
rocks on q hand anda precipitous de-
scent on the other. In some places, how.
ever, the roads are 80 deep that precau-
tions xre necessary 1t the slowest pace, to
prevent the saddle clipping over the
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-03-26

An ingenious labor-saving device for
picking hops has recently been invented,
the arrangement consisting chiefly of
two rubber rollers, 70 constructed - to
draw In the branch Of . vine, while two
steel rollers, having an opposite action,
pick the hops from ia. The machine is
about the size Of an ordinary wringer Of
clothes, il propelled by mean Of .
treadle, and runs - easy ~ = light sew
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-03-26
Selling Chinese Women.

The Chinese are, as is we'll known, in
the habit Of selling their women 10
their own country, and they con.
tinue the pleasant custom, though
not openly, after migration to u
shores. Women are 30 plentiful in the
Celestial Empire as to be constantly in
excess of the demand; the market is,
therefore, regularly glutted, and the Or
binary article brings nothing; indeed,
cannot in many instances be given away.
The contrary is true here, because John,
on quitting his native land, leaves his
saffron sister behind as a needless incum-
brance; but he often regrets it after
arrival, owing to their feminine scarcity,
and the consequent demand at very fair
prices. All Chew, a commercial Mongo-
liam in San Francisco, is anxious to get
rid of his wife-the reason he assigns is
his inability to keep an unproductive
luxury on hand-and declares that be
will sell her for $3.50 to anybody, unless
some of her relatives promptly furnish
that amount. A Chinese woman will
not command such a figure for any hon
est purpose, and the unfortunate
creature, fearing the fate she is threat
ened with, has appealed to an American
family to buy her, promising to render
domestic service for the advance. It il
said that the Chinese sell their wives il
every town and city on the Pacific slop.
their own race being the purchasers
where they have gained a foothold a
soon al they grow tired of them or wan
to raise money. In some cases it is re
ported that they h~ypothecate thei
women, paying a certain rate per da.
for the accommodation, and the lende
keeping the petticoated collateral unit
redeemed. Only the young and com
p~aratively good.looking can be pawned
Is the capitalists know that no othe
kind will be ransomed. Many of tn
California newspapers are justly clamol
ing for the abolition of this Chimes
slave trade.-Nes York Times.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-03-26

"I SHOULD like to have you raise a
club" said a 7x9 book canvasser to q
daughter of Erin, as he stood on the
front step trying to talk her to death on
the subject of the Extinction Of the
Tribes Of the Seventh Century" ~
will" said Biddy, as she reached around
behind the door, but bad luck to your
picture if you're lingering around here
when / get it raised" He didn't linger'
- EImiro GneefEe