Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-04-03

THE UNION SHAFT ACCIDENT. At 1(
o'clock on Thursday night there was an acct
dent at the Union shaft which will delay the
pumping for several weeks. The new pumping
engine was started up and on the sixth stroke
the balance hobs went to pieces. The Chronicle
thus describes the accident There are six
balance bobs in the shaft, the first one 25C
| feet below the surface, and the others follow
ing at intervals of $50 to 800 feet The weight
! of these bobs averages about 20 tons each
| The bohs are of cast iron, with stringers or
braces of wrought iron. Of course it cannot
be positively ascertained which bob or what
| first gave way, but it is supposed that the
wrought iron brace of the uppermost boo was
the hcst to 60. This left the casting to sus-
tain the weight of thirty tons, which was
more than it could do, and the "nose" of the
bob was snapped short off, The bob next be-
low snapped at once under the additional
thirty tons of rod, and crash they all went,
one after another to the end of the stroke,
and no damage was done to the machinery.
Although the pumping may be stopped there
will be nothing to interfere with tt develop
ment at the north end
CHINESE BILLIARD SHARPs. - Two well
dressed Cinnamon made a sensation yesterday
oy stepping into the Ormsby House and play
ing game OF billiards. The celestial ivory
showers were evidently above the ordinary
grade of Mongols and their game was excel
! at. One of them executed a D.asSe shot that
would have done credit to Slosson. They
played the three bali game, and one of them
turned out a run of twenty-four Quite a
nnmber of spectators watched the play but the
Cinnamon did not pay the slightest attention
to the crowd about the table. 1t is said that
they are Chinese merchants from San Fran
cisco visiting relatives in this city. They are
brothers and have billiard table in their |
house in San Francisco
AN UNFAIR CONTEST - The opinions of |
judges Leonard, Hawley and Beatty in the
Pritchard case occupy five columns of mix
ION type in the Enterprise Leonard opens
the ball with three columns, Hawey dissents
rom Leonards opinion in one column, and
Beatty concurs with it in another column.
When Oteo Greenwood saw the decisions and
discovered that they were half column lon
ser than his last story, he registered solemn
Tow never to vote for any of the Supreme
Jourt Judges again. Our sympathies are
wholly with Greenwood, as it is a clear CASE of
hree to one and not a fair contest
The "GEM" PUZZLE SET TO MUsIc-The
enfounded Ii 10 IA puzzle has been set to
music. 1t is for sale at Fox's. In playing
he tune one has to pick out the bars from
he different portions of the composition, and |
/ takes a mighty smart musician to get the
asst bar in the right place. The introduction
ohssts of a number of demi semiquavers
brown into the piece at hap hazard, and y,u
lick them out and arrange as you 60 along
DIED.-A private dispatch received by Mr.. 7
|. Helm from Miss Emlyn Walters, contains {
ne sad intelligence of the death of her father s
t Fairfield, California, at 1890 o'clock yes 8
,rday morning. Mr.. Walters was old resi- a
ant of that town and leaves large circle of g
lends as we'll az a family to regret his demise. a
he heartfelt sympathies Of many people of O
arson viii be extended to Miss Walters in O
sr grief. 20