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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-07-13
A Pleasant Disression.
An exchange says {:

An exchange says:
TwO-thirds of Tom Fitch's Fourth of
July Grafton at Tombstone were devoted
to abuse Of the Southern Pacific Rail-
road Company. Just what connection
there is between the Fourth of July and
the Southern Pacific it must have puz-
zled Toms auditors to determine. But
they seemed to bear the infliction with
out Il murmur.
Any original depression from the
hacknied old Fourth of July orations
can hardly be called infections. If
Fitch let up for half an hour on the old
revolutionary sires (men whom we all
respect and avoid talking about any
more), and turned his rhetorical sIuice
Oh the Southern Pacific Company, his
auditors must have been more than
pleased. A man who rises to make a
Fourth of July Grafton and abuses a
company instead, or dances a
hornpipe by way of variety, deserves
we'll of his country.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-07-13
Was 1t Assassination :

There has a thing or two come to
light within the last few days, says the
Phoebe Record, which leads the public
to suppose that Hank Sprague had been
foully dealt with; in fact, murdered in
cold blood. 1t appears that there was a
dispute in regard to a ranch down in
Pahranagat Valley, in which Sprague
was in some way connected, and then
again Sprague was a very quarrelsome
and disagreeable man when in liquor
and was on such occasions in the habit
of drawing II revolver, sticking it
under a mans nose, and then COM
mence abusing him. BY these antics,
which he used to amuse himself with,
he became a terror in that section and
the people pretty much all feared him.
We do not approve Of cold-blooded muir
ders or assassinations being resOrted to
for the purpose of 'getting away" with
a man, il such should be the case, but
Sprague was rough character, and it
was only a question of time with him
in regard to his dying with his boots
OH, and we think it a fortunate thing
that he turned his toes to the daisies
before he murdered some good and
peaceful citizen.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-07-13
CARSON WINS.
The Shooting Prize Awarded to the Car
son Guard.

The Carson team has finally beer
awarded the medal it fairly won at the
Turner'S picnic on Sunday last. The
trouble which grew out of a foul target
has been satisfactorily adjusted and
the Carson team has the prize. What
now remains to be done is for the Com
stock teams to have an investigation
and expel from the company the men
who fred the two extra shots into the
Carson target. The target shows two
shots which came in a slanting direction
and they were certainly fred by some
other team. It stands to reason that
the Carson Guard would not foul it's
own target, as every member of the
team know perfectly well the conse-
quences in such. cases. 1t is suspected
that the shots came from the Emmett
team, but there is no proof of this, as at
two hundred yards shots might be fred
by any team. If the Comstock COM
panies do not clear up the mystery of
the two extra bullets the Carson team
should decline any further target con-
tests with Virginia City teams.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-07-13
The History Of Nevada.

Mr.. II. H. Thompson, Of the firm of
Thompson & West, publishers of the
History of Nevada, is now in Carson
making arrangements for the compile
ton of the book. Mr.. Thompson is
here for the purpose of picking up
some of the disconnected threads of
the narrative and getting everything
in proper shape before the manuscript
goes into the hands of the printers.
The Carson office has been removed to
Oakland, CAL, and. all communications
regarding the book should be addressed
to Thompson & West at that place.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-07-13
Postponed.

The following letter explains itself
RENO, July 8.
EDITOR APPEAL: Please announce
that the reason of DR.. KallOch's post
ponement of lecture is that he is suffer-
ing greatly from his chest and lungs on
account of severe cold. His physicians
forbid his speaking for the present. He
has generously and nobly advanced
$1,000 in order to relieve the church
here Of its embarrassment, depending
upon the proceeds of his lectures to be
given in October or November for his
reimbursement. Such a noble way of
doing thing ought to be commended.
Truly yours, fr
REV. WINFIELD SCOTT.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-07-13
NEW ADVERTIsEMENTs.
SHERIFF'S SALE.

By virtue Of an execution to me directed, issuea
out of the Hon. second Judicial District Cour, is
and for Ormsby county, State of Nevada, on 8.
Judgment rendered therein on the thirteenth day
| of June, A. d. 1881, in favor of Nevada Bank OF
| San Francisco, corporation, and against A. ID.
Treadway, for the sum of S9,sl6 50!0a. with inter
est in the sum of ss6s l0lOo, together With the
of sos a5l0o costs of suit and nccruing COSTS
| in the sum Of 50 Is, together with all accruing
| costs l have levied upon and seized, and viii
expose at public sale at the Court House door, In
Carson City, Ormsby county, on the
Second Day Of August, A. n 1881.
Between the hours of O'Clock A. NJ. and O'Clock
p NJ. to-wit: At one o'clock p. NJ. all the right,
title. interest and claim Of the said a. ID. Tread
way, of, in and to the following described pro-
perty, situate and being in the county of Orms-
by, ana State of Nevada, to-wit: Beginning at
the section stone common to section seven o.
eight (S), seventeen az ana eighteen (lS), town
ship fifteen Q5l, north range twenty COY east
Mount Dablo base and meridian accordingt
the United States land surveys i'm the State @
Nevada and running thence north twenty (.a)
chains, thence west twenty (2,) chains, thence
south twelve (l2) chains and eighty-four links
thence east five links, thence south one and a
half degrees west twenty-five chains and thirty
links to the north line OF the road known as and
called Treadway's lane; thence north SSl5 degrees
casG tiOuS tHc nOTtn ilue Oh IreauWay'S lano
eleven hundred and seventy.six lI7e) feet thence
north twenty-one minutes east Eve hundred and
twenty -seven (520 feet, thence north 81 degrees
and 70 minutes west eighty-nin (s9) feet, thence
north 81 seconds east six hundred and fifty 1851,
feet. thence south So degrees and 70 minutes east
two hundred and thirty four (23D feet to the sec.
ton line between sections seventeen ana
eighteen, thence north thrty-one feet the place
of beginning; said premises are situated in the
county Of Ormsby, In the State of Nevada. The
above described real property will be sold to the
highest bidder for cash in U. y. gold coin or .ts
equivalent.
s. =. SWIFT, sheriff
B. c Whitman. plaintiffs attorney.
Carson City, July IL, 1881 jyiStd
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-07-13
THF BOARD OF rARDoxs.
A Correspondent Who Takes Exception
to it's Rulings

EDITOR APPEAL It is privilege
right Of every American citizen t.
criticise the conduct of any and all Off
GERS holding office, either State or Gov
eminent Now, l wish to exercise that
right in showing to the people of this
State some of the Inconsistencies Of OuI
Hon. Board of Pardons-and let me
call their attention to one case and that
is the case Of Rosemargary, convicted
some five years ago for the crime OF
manslaughter. Since his Incarceration
he has become totally fundamentally
so. His friends made application for
his pardon, promising to take him out
of the State and take care of him,
which, l am credibly informed, they
are abundantly able to do. The fact
that he must forever remain in prison,
so to speak, On account of his blindness;
that it would be impossible for him now
to commit crime, and that he would be
removed from the State, seems not to
have made any impression on our hard
hearted Board of Pardons nor did
they seem to care to relieve the State
of the expense of taking care Of one
who by his misfortune is debarred from
rendering any service to the State.
The action of the Board seems strange,
To SnX trn To ny,6 Will TO
people of this State. In contradistinc-
ton to this case, look at the pardons
granted by this Hon. Board at its last
meeting. McTague, a noted desperate,
who broke away last September and
cost the State several hundred dollars |
to capture and return to prison-a man
dangerous to be at large in any COM
munity; Tracey, highway robber,
convicted in the State Of California for |
robbery and served term in San
Quentin convicted in Ormsby county
again of highway robbery-such men
are turned loose to again prey on our
people, while poor blind man whose
friends are anxious to remove from the
State, who is incapable of committing
crime, must be confined, as it would
seem, for fear he might commit further
on some one. And let it
be remembered that the man ROsemar-
gary has become blind since he has been
confined in prison, which is sufficient
for any crime he has COM
nitted. Taking into consideration the
:ases above mentioned, it seems but
proper to say, Consistency! thou art a
ewsharp. HUMANITY.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-07-13
VucanOvich.

When the fruit season opens IN Cal
ifornia it also makes it appearance in
Carson through the medium OF the wide
awake Vucanovich, who places on the
Carson market every conceivable thing
that the palate Graves, from straw
berry to a pine apple. In the way OF
nuts, candies and fresh vegetables he is
in the front rank as usual. His prices
are low and his wares fresh. my3-1m
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-07-13
Who First saw the Comet 2
ROCH ESTER ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY.
WARNER OBSERVATORY,

RocHEs1E FER, n. Y, July /, 1881. }
MEssRs. EDITORs-Gentlemen The
question as to whom the honor of hay
ing first seen the present comet should
belong, has become vexed one, and it
is matter Of justice, as well as Of pub
lie interest, to ascertain the name Of the
right one. We trust, therefore, you
will give the following item: or some
thing Of a similar nature, place in
your columns, in order thatno injustice
may be done to any one, and that proper
attention be given to ALL ...
Sincerely, G. s. WHITTEMORE,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-07-13

The APPEAL acknowledges the re-
ceipt of a season ticket to the California
State Fair to be held at Sacramento the
coming Fall. The premiums are adver-
tised in another column.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-07-13

Rev. G. McKelvey is certainly out o f
luck. On Sunday morning last, VIII lie
the family were at church, somebody
broke in the back door and ransacked
the house thoroughly, turning things
upside down generally and stealing the
Sc in the boys' little safe, and a ring
belonging to Mrs. McKelvey. No clue
has yet been obtained as to who COM
mitted the crime. This is the reverend
gentleman's second experience with
house thieves in Reno.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-07-13

The Daily Report, in speaking OF
panics says that the time was in San
Francisco when stocks would have to
fall twenty dollars minute for twenty
minutes running before anybody would
think of uttering such word as panic;
now if they drop twenty cents an hour
the clippers set up howl that the
stock market is smashed as flat as an
opera hat.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-07-13
For sale.

A new Singer sewing machine, with
latest improvements, will be sold cheap
for cash. Apply at the Bank Exchange
saloon, corner of Curry and King streets,
Carson City Nevada.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-07-13

The Times Rerie,o says that gnats are
so bad in the canyons leading from Bull
Run Valley to the White Rock mines
that it is almost impossible to drive ami
mails to the latter points. A teamster
started up Silver Creek from Storffs,
when the horses became manageable
and the driver was glad to beat a hasty
retreat. 1t is thought that the insects
will remain about couple Of weeks
longer.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-07-13
STOCKS.
MORNING BOARD.

A'HNiN" hoA"D'
~ Ophlr-oh
90 1.onld and Cnrrv-aA5
300 re-, .nd RaIchar-sL
I7s California-35c
3e5 Con Virpinia-l 20
s0 Cboi,arE9 az
oSS Ssvaga-0L
3OO PotosiIo 40
aIO HaIa and Norcross-3 %
aoO Crown Point-2 O5
300 Yallow Ja,ket--4 70
oO0 Jmner;aI-2Oc
o. Kantuck-2%
100 Alnha-2
IN Raicher-2 70
or S;arro Navada-a2l
"a Ijtah-6L
"a RnIiion-75
go Excneouer-l 10
sIO Overman-l 20
1o0 Jnstice-SO.
3sO Union-9L
37O Alta-3 90
100 Julia-35c
$50 Silver HilI-25c
IS0 LADY Washington-20e
200 New York-lOc
40 Benton-95c
$50 Scorpion-l O5
ls5 North Eek. Utah-SOc
SEQ New Wells-Fargo -l5c
100 Cur,is-11
100 Andes-l 80
pyrx,xc po,Rn
90
% Enraka oom.-"i24
lOO beimont-o "e>
30 y. Belie-iSI
100 Manhattan-2%
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-07-13
WHO SAW IT FIRST?

The question of who discovered the
present comet has become a most mo-
mentous one. Over 500 persons have
laid claim to the honor and the Warner
Prize of 5000, and all Of them are with
in comparatively the same time. 1t is
desirable that no il justice be done in
this matter, and to this end all parties
who saw the comet during the week
ending June 25th, or previously, will
please forward their claims without
delay to Prof. Swift, Director of the
Warner Observatory, Rochester, N. Y.
It is certain the discovery was made by
private individual, but who that in
dividual is remains to be seen.
Up to the present writing no one has
put in prior claim to officer Stern,
who saw the comet twenty minutes
earlier than the Stockton policeman. It
is to be hoped that policeman will win
the 5000 prize, as it will stimulate the
cops to keep awake when on their beats.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-07-13

The El.zo Independent says: A. w.
Fisk, formerly of Elko, late Of Winnie
mucca, now of Tuscarora, is evidently
a versatile cuss. Besides pleading at
the bar, spouting from the rostrum,
beaming from the footlights, he now
caps the category of collective accom-
plishments by a theological disquisition
from the pulpit. ..-...s .-
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-07-13

During the past three weeks the connexions Caior-
MIA Teater San Francisco has been night the
doors and such the demand for that Il became
absolutely necessary to stop the sale of tickets
, 1881-03-23
TIL TRANSV A

The following interesting report of
the battle in the Transvaat in which
Sir G. Cooley was killed has been
t~elegraphed to the Standard by its
Special Correspondent, who was
himself present at the scene of action.
The report appeared in the Stan
dard Of Tuesday 1%stinst. and''runs thus.
PROSPECT HILL, MONDAY $50.
Eight p m. Sunday-I have just re-
turned to camp, having escaped almost by
a miracle from the fate which has befallen
a great portion of the force which left the
camp last night.
The strength of the column amounted 10
about six hundred, all told, belonging to
the SIND, Goth, 92nd, and Naval Brigade.
The night was dark, aud the march,
across an unknown cou ntry toilsome in the
extreme. We first made our way over
the comparatively level ground to the foot
OF the main range OF hills, but there our
difficulties began.
In many cases the ascents were abso.
lutely precipitous' ,and wherever there was
footing for them huge boulders and loose
stones, which rolled down when touched,
covered the ground. When, after immense
labour and no slight danger we reach
ed the top, it was only to fnd that after
q short time we had to descend again.
Our native guide kept steadily forward ;
had it not been for him we should never
have reached our destination.
The task would have been ~exhausting
for an unencumbered man, but to troops
esrrying their.arms, eighty rounds 0 fammu-
milton, water bottles, and three days pro-
visions, it was painful in the extreme.
Daylight was breaking when we ap-
preached the hill.which was the object of
u expedition. We had started at ten o.
clock, and bad been:more than six hours in
accomplishing q distance which, as the
crow flies. was little over four miles.
W. had, Of course, made a great detour 90
a. to reach the position from it's rear. and
70 avoid giving thesalarm to any outlying
post the Beers might have thrown out in
front OF their line of position.
At 9 commanding point on the bill we
LETT two hundred Of our force to keep open
our communication with the camp. They
were ordered to set about entrenching
themselves at once.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-04-27

the Senate. Senator Roberts, Of Craw.
ford County, feels much agrieved and
claims that some Of bis brother Sena-
tors 'went back" ON their sacred
promises. Senators like other men
are only mortal.
The date of final adjournment has
not been agreed vpon yet. The Senate
has passed resolution to adjourn
May 10, but the House amended ths
resolution SO as to read May 26. This
will have to De cOncurred in by the
Senate, and doubtless a conference
will have to be had to fix day.
REPUBLICAN.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-04-27
PRoTHoNoTARY- &r.
School Directors Convention.

10 the School Directors of Forest Co:
GENTLEMEN In pursuance of the
forty third section of the act of May,
1854, you are hereby notified to meet
in convention, at the Court House in
TiOnesta, on the first Tuesday in May,
A. d., 1881, being the 3diday of the
month, at one o'clock in the afternoon,
and select vivG voce, by majority of
the whole number of directors present,
one person of literary and scientific
requirements, and of skill and expert.
ence in the art Of teaching, as County
Superintendent, for three succeeding
years; and certify the result to the
State Superintendent, at Harrisburg,
as required by the thirty. ninth and
fortieth sections of said act.
I'll. s. BRoCKwAY,
Co. Supt. of Forest County.
Tisnesta, Pa. March %, 1881.
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THE Meadville Republican says
Many newspapers, probably from pov
erty of ideas or by force of long prac
tice, can find no subject on which they
so delight to tarry, as the constant
abuse Of Congress and the Legislature
A young man whose attention is first
called to public affairs, is inclined tC
believe that the legislative bodies now
in session are the worst that ever ex.
listed and are disgraceful mObs in their
action. The writers of this stuff do
not believe what they write, and men
of mature years have learned long ago
that abuse belongs to the present, and
all the glory to the past. The PhiIA.
delphia North American of recent
date says on this subject:
It is conceded, we believe, that the
present General Assembly is com posed
of a better body Of men than any that
have preceded it for many years.
There are some rowdies and very
worthless members in it, but their
number is not large, and for obvious
reasons we will not state the locality
from which the majority ofthese mem
bers come. The great bulk OF the
members are honest, intelligent and
capable men who are anxious to dis.
charge their duty faithfully and con-
scientiously. They are quite equal in
every respect to those who daily Criti.
else them as far as our personal ac-
quainlance extends with both parties.
Our individual testimony on this point
should be of soIne value, as we served
two years in the House at a time when
neither the integrity nor intelligence
of the Legislature was called in ques.
tion, and we have been a visitor at
very nearly every session since. We
were member of the City Councils of
Philadelphia In the administration of
Mayor Henry, since which time it is
said that body has greatly deterioated,
and we assert positively that the pres.
ent Legislature is superior intellect.
ually aud morally to the City Coun.
ellis of 1860, and not much inferior to
the Legislature of 1S47.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-04-27
THE STATE CAPITOL.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Apr. %, 'S1.
The hundred days" are up yet this
Stubborn Legislature won't 60! 1t be-.
gins to gradually crop through the anx-
iOus minds of the Standard Oil Com.
pany, Railroad Corporations, tele.
graph mOnopolies, gin. singers and
anli'reformers of Philadelphia, and
elsewhere, that the majority of these
much abused lawmakers is not made
of that kind of material to be driven
away from the duty they owe to their
State, and their constituents in partic.
ular, by the mere consideration of
money. Although it is believed by a
great majority of the members, that
the Attorney Generals opinion will
be the claw of the land" and that
every day over one hundred, spent
here in making laws will be without
compensation, yet am glad to eee
that their action partakes of something
higher than of a mere mercen ary char.
acter; and while their motives will be
rldiculed by corrupt and powerful
ring, aided by the contemplate daily
ISLANDERS OF their paid organs, yet the
people will not be slow to see that
their servants are doing their bounden
duty, (pay or no pay,) in remaining
IN session long enough to finish up the
important legislation now pending.
The business before the House is
being pushed with rapidity, sessions
being held two and often as three
times per day. The free pipe bill
has passed the House after a hard
fight, and has already come up iu the
Senate for discussion. The anti, dis.
elimination bill has also passed third
reading, and will be on final passage
Wednesday. 1t will undoubtedly pass
the House wat fate it will meet in
the Senate is hard to determine.
Mr.. Davis bill No. 176, requiring
railroads to fence their tracks, &c.
Will come up on second reading Wed.
nesday the 9th, at o'clock D. M.
The House agreeing TO take the bill
up out of regular order and fixing the
above time for special consideration OF
the same; a victory for the friends OF
the bill they scarcely hoped for. You
may look for red hot time, as the
railroad men will fight it bitterly.
Mr. Davis is deserving of a great isal
OF credit, for a new member, in push.
ing this important measure from a
twice killed bill in Committee 20 a
position it now occupies in advance Of
nearly hundred bills on second read
ing that formerly took precedence.
The new County bill on which the
Titusyillians built their fondest hopes
was ''put in its little bed" on Wed.
nesday last iis burial took place 10
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PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS. The Hon. w. D. Brown,
President Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for
tho county ofForest, has issued his pre-
cept for holding Court of Common Pleas
Quarter Sessions, de-, at Tionesta, for
the County of Forest, to commence Gu the
Third Monday of May, being the 10th
day of May 1881. Notice is therefore
given to the Coroner, Justices of the Peace
and Constables of said county, that they he
then and there in their proper perrons at
ten o'clock, A. NJ, of said day, with their
records, inquisitions examinations and
other remembrances, to do those things
which to their offices appertain to be done,
and to those who are bound in recognizance
to prosecute against the prisoners that are
or shall be in the Jail of Forest County, that
they be then and there present to prosecute
against them as shall be just. Given un-
der my hand and seal this lSth day of
April, a. d. 1881.
c. A. RANDALL, Sheriff.
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Republican County Committee.

The members of the Republican
County Committee of Forest County
are requested to meet at the Office Of
Hon. E. L. Davis, Tionesta, on Tues.
day evening Of court week, May II,
1881, and fix time for holding the
Republican I-"nary Election, and
transact such other business of import.
ance as may come before them. 1t is
particularly desired that all be pres
ent, as the meeting will be an import.
ant one.
QUINTAIN JAMESON, Chairman.
Tionesta, Pa, April 19, 1881.