Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-05-02

| RIP VAN WRINKLES GUN.-There is now
on exhibition at the Carson Exchange curious
old gun which was found Oh the top of the
mountains west of town by a sheep herder
named Cutter and presented to MIR. Walker.
1t found alongside the trail and had the
appearance of having lain there for good
| many years--longer, perhaps, than old Rip
Wrinkles gun rotted in the Catskil's. 1t is
covered thickly with rust. and part of the
stock appears to have been burned in the fire.
A good many experts called yesterday to e1
anime the ancient weapon of war, and were
is not like any gun ever seen in this section
before. 1t is a singled barreled piece, and the
hammer falls behind the center of the barrel
instead of on the side, and before and behind
the nipple is fiat surface extending about
four inches each way. 1t is also four inches
from the nipple to what appears to be the bar
rel proper, much like the Prusslan needle
guns. At the side is a combination of levers
with fat place at the end, which is evidently
meant to be pressed by the thumb. What
would happen if the levers were moved is i'm
possible to conceive, as the parts are so rusty
that that they cannot be moved. and the lock
SCENE solid piece. On each side of the
nipple the gun bulges out considerably, but
for what purpose no one can tell. Several
parties pronounced it a veritable breech loader
and held that the machinery on the side was
for the purpose of throwing the barrel cut of
place that a cartridge might be inserted. This
theory was settled upon by everybody until
some one discovered the remains of a ramrod
running along underneath, and then the mys-
terry was as deep as ever. Mr.. Walker scraped
the rust off the lock until he found the name
of the maker stamped on it, but as luck would
have it, the stamping appeared to have been
done twice, and the last letters made, overlaid
the FIRST, making them all illegible. ''Sno-"
was all that could be made out. The re-
remarkable old gun is still on exhibition, and
experts are invited to inspect it,
THE REFORM CoNCERr.-The programme
at the concert last evening was one
of the best that has been given in this city for
some time, thanks to the cOmmendable taste |
of Mr.. Hentsche. who had the matter in !
charge. There were SO many people appear
ing, however, that at the present writing it is
almost impossible to pick any particular per-
son out from the general expanse of excel
lence. Furthermore the reporter has arrived
1t the conclusion that the task of noticing a
performance in which local talent is engaged
is not one which would keep a man awake
nights longing to undertake. The man who
can write up a local amateur performance
with such delicate sense of discrimination
that each performer will consider himself or
herself accorded full justice along side all the
rest is not at present engaged on the APPEAL.
He lives somewhere in England, however,
md has been telegraphed for. 1t is perfectly
proper to remark, however, that two little
girls, Miss Henrietta Olcovich and Miss
Vinie Rinckel, whe appeared for the first
lime, did some excellent work at the piano,
lnd were loudly applauded, as they we'll de-
'erved to be. Miss Emma Friend received
'ousinc encore for her piano solo. The closing
electisn from Er'sani, by quintet, was rem
Tered in excellent style.
A LEAD PENCIL N1NE-The discovery of
graphite mine in Ormsby county will be
lailed with delight by the numerous reporters
# this section. With graphite mine SO
lose at hand, the lead pencil supply of the
hree newspapers in this city need never be ex-
lausted. No reporter need now economist
n lead pencils. The next thing to do is to
end some prospectors out after paper mine.
'he deposit Of carburet Of iron, more com.
aonly known as plumbago GRAPHITE was
iscovered in the Delaware district Ormsby
ounty by j. s.. Hardwick. The mine has j.,
cen located by DR.. Beales, J. S. Hardiwick
nd NJ. B. Daniels. The APPEAL has already :
to take all the ore that comes out. ,
Lots of men 60 about the streets speaking
rofanely Of the fact that they did not have q I
nousand dollars last Thursday to put in 81. :
IRA Nevada. r@s T..