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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-06-08
The Chinese Plan.

Noted criminals III America have
their photographs taken and hung
in the Rogue's Gallery" In
China they take impressions of the
thumbs instead. On the bali of the
thumbs. and of the fingers, also,
may be found kind Of spiral.
formed of fine groves in the skin.
These lines often run into each
other. and it is claimad that the
thumbs on each hand match each
other, but those of two individuals
are never precisely alike. So when
a Chinaman falls into the hands of
the native police, the first thing
done is take an impression Of his
thumb by dipping it into printers
ann then pressing it on piece Of
white paper. This is stored away
to be brought forth if the man is
arrested again and anything IS
needed to prove his identity.
Queer people are the Chinese.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-06-08
Mace and Lord BcrcsfOrd.


Jem Mace, the noted pugilist, and
his Maori, who passed Reno on
their way from Australia, a few
months ago, arrived in London last
week. The moment they landed
Lol d Charles Beresforl, an aristo-
cratic bruiser, challenged Mace and
the Australian for fight, and q
set-to without gloves was arranged.
The fight came off in private room
in the presence OF the Prince Of
Wales and large number of sport
ing mobiles. Heavy hitting was in.
dulged in and. after seven exciting
rounds, Mace failed to come to
time and acknowledged himself
whipped. The victor then chal-
lenged the Maori (Slade) but he re-
fused to enter the ring.
The above foolish yarn is going
all over the country and is simply
q dodge to advertise Mace. 1t
would be safe to say than no Lord
in England could reach Mace's nose
in half an hours boxing.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-06-08

The St. Louis Globe Democrat
prints this little character sketch,
the correctness Of which wi il be at
once recognized in San Francisco
an Virginia City:
While she was in Washington
Mrs. Fair turned her level and fear
less gaze npon things, and made no
hesitancy at expressing her opinion
of the shallow artificial and unat-
ural lives that the society women Of
the Capitol led. Her disapproval
OF Washington and her inability to
see anything so fascinating in its
life or ways made her rara avi
among the giddy, women Of that
world, and a perfect enigma to
their little minds
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-06-08
DECIDEDLY Wrong.

The Carson APPEAL says "The
editor of the Austin Democrat
wrote the Decoration Day poem for
his own town and spent Decora-
ton Day in Jail for contempt Of
court. A solemn warning to the
profession" Our contemporary
has made two mistakes il the fore
going article. First, the editor Of
this paper did not write the Decor
alton Day poem, and second, he
did net spend Decoration Day in
Jail, The APPEAL man had better
put on his spectacles when he is
reading his exchanges. Austin
Democrat
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-06-08
CAPTURE OF DESPERADOES
IN IOWA.


Accident on the Southern Pacific
SAN Francesca, June 6.-Testerday
morning at an early hour the Southern
Pacific freigl t and emisrant train due
at West Oakland a. 6 O'Clock in the
morning met W tlan accident whic re :
suited in the ditching CT 4 portion of
the traia and the death of two tramps,
who were evidently stealing ride.
The train was in charge Of Conduct IT
E. C. Merrill, with William Dean as
engineer. The accident occurred a
short dis lance below Avon, where t1ere
is stretch of soft ground and a trestle-
bridge over culve,t. From some
cause, at present unexplained, the en-
CINE Jumped the track at this pom t,
dragging over dczen cars with it, aud
regained the tack. The two 'ramps
were riding on one Of the forward cars.
One was crushed to death Instantly,
and the other died shortly after being
dragged from under the debris. All OF
the cars that left the track turned. over
into the side ditch and were compl.t sly
wrecked.
The passengers in the emigrant cars
were asleep at the time of the accident,
but were widely awakened by the shock.
Instantly panic resulted. In all stages
Of dress and undress the frightened pas
seDgers made break for the doors. A
1, The -
with their sbrieks the men cursed and
swore and fought hike tigers to get out,
but the door was blocked and no ex t
could be made. Those in the rear com.
menced smashing out the windows and
crawling cut head first, landing in the
soft eand below. The darkness lent an
additional horror to the scene and it,
Gre assd the terror of the panic-stricken
passengers, whose cries for help were
heartr1ndlng. WITH ali haste conduc
tor Merrill and his brakemen rendered
assistance, and after while succeeded
in convincing the passengers that all
danger was past. The engineer and
fireman escaped without injury, al.
though both remained at their posts.
Notification Of the accident was tele-
yraphed t, West O,kland, and shortly
after 4 o'clock the wrecking train aud
crew started out to the scene Of ne
catastrophe. By noon the track was
cleared and travel resumed. the broken
cars bsing left lying i'll the ditch. The
tramps have not been identified.
The ground where the acci lent oc-
Cured is Of marshy character and APP
, pears to be composed of soft peat. The
arestie that cIosse d the culvers seems
have sunk and caused the rails t. tit
| over to one aide, and the accident is at.
tributed to this cause. A special train
Of cars viii be sent out to bring in the
wreck and the freight, which at pres.
ent is scattered around promiscuousiy.
New YORK, June IA severe rain
and thunder storm visited this city yes.
to-day afternoon. The lightning shat
tered number of Hagstatfs in this city
and Brooklyn. WIN. Prices residence
in Brooklyn was struck and burned
down.
At Worcester. Mass, Holy Cross
College was struck by lighting and
fred in two ,l,ces. Oae ire was put
out promptly the other was in the tap
of the tower, $50 feet high, aud burned
over two hours.
A serious fire is reported in Setton,
but no pa, ticu!ars have come, IS there
Is no telegrapa;c communication.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-06-08
Gold.

Tucson, 4. T, Ju2e } 4 Gay
mas special says that tie schooner ia.
Ella. from Muioje, arrived teddy. Cap.
tain Fisher brought over five pounds of
gold. Ve-y few foreigners have y a. :
rived a. the mines. Those who have
been there give encouraging reports.
Taey claim 10 have seen e Il buG very
iissle water. 1t is reported that there
is plenty of water from fifteen to twenty
miles from the mines. The An.09liJ
leaves tomorrow loaded with provls-
| ions. l. is understood by ali that tie
mines, via Trinidad and the Mission
are eighty-one miles inland.
The brig North Star, from Page
S1nnd, arrived at Guaymas to-day, laden
with lumba-. consigned to Va.qnez &
Hay. She has a.so a cons gunner t
for Governor Torres, fer the new St; t.
house now under construction IN Her
mosiiio. and the balance for the Sonora
Railway Company.
No Legal Ecncfits.
New York, June 7.-Judge Freed
man rendered decision yesterday in
the case Of Michael G lman, admins
traitor Of the estate Of John Gilman,
deceased, against Henry w. Garlic,
who was lntra>te with certain moneys
By the deceased with which to procure
masses for the reposs OF lis soul
Judge Freedman follows the deci j. n
recently made by Judge Sullivan. This
holds that the trust is not legal enc,
for the reason that there is 10 beneii-
ciary capable of taking. Therefore the
administers is entitled to the fund
which was to be devoted to this pur-
pose. A ceStuy qse trast, hs says,
must be an individual having phI seal
exi> tence, or one who Comes Il t. exist
ence during the life time Of the trus.
tees.
Tramps Disposed or.
MILWAUKEE, June Work on the
North western elevator, which fell t.
pieces yesterday under the pressure Of
$50, 600 bushels If wheat, was continued
this morning, but the bodies Of the
seven tramps supposed to have been
buried under the ruins have not been
found. The mystery viii probably be
solved by night. The dock near the
elevator was great resort for lcafer',
and there is possibility TIL It the loss
of life is great.
GALVESTON, June IA nob at Den
ison. headed by the father of Hattie
Bayless, who tuicided a few days ago,
yesterday made an unsuccessful attempt
to lynch Burke, her alleged ravisher.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-06-08

Paris is full of Americans and
Englishmen. Every hotel is over
flowing and the greatest activity
and excitement prevails. The city
never looked gayer and the shop
Keepers have completely recovered
their gloom of Winter at the pros.
pect of the money which they hear
il coming from America as it never
came before.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-06-08
Crown Point Election :,

The Crown Point Mining Com
Pany has reelected the old Direct.
ors and officers for the ensuing
year, as follows: C. L. Wells,
President ; r. F. Morrow, J. P.
jackson, A. K. p. Harmon, and j.
II. Dobinson. James Newlands
continues as Secretary and Sam. L.
Jones as Superintendent. The
company has cash balance on
June LIST of about $22, 900.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-06-08

If Plunger Walkers luck does
not turn, there will soon be an end
of him on the turf. He is said to
have dropped over $1O0, 900 at New
market and EPSON. He has hard
time of it. They are making it hot
for him everywhere. He seems to
be having about the same sort of a
time as Jim Keene.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-12-29
Beer and Its Influence.

Recent statistics based on the census
show that in Milwaukee, where more
beer is made and drank than in any 9TH
er city of equal size in the world, there
are twice as many suicides as in any
other municipality of the same popula-
ton. This induces one of the leading
German papers OF the west to admit that
in all the cities of the country the Ger
mans are, in proportion to their num-
bers, twice as well represented among
the suicides as any other people, and the
excessive use of beer is assigned as the
cause. There is no doubt says the
journal referred to, that the moderate
use of beer brightens up and cheers
men, but there is also no doubt that too
much beer stupeties and deihoralizes the
drinker, and, If its use is persisted in,
makes him melancholy and Weak-mind-
ed. 1t is apt to resultsn certain attacks
of melancholia, which comes upon the
beer topper, and in which he bewails him
self and his fate, pities himself as a
wretched being, and finally let's his
heavy head and weeping eyes sink Ian
guidly on the table, The same author
ity, however, considers beer a beverage
of exceeding virtue in comparison with
spirituous liquors, which, he contends,
transforms man into blO0d-thirsty
wild beast and sviolator of the lass"
St. Landry democrat., 1883-12-29
apUBLRC SALE.
ESTATE OF LEANDRE GUILLoRY.
No 1865.
PROBATE DOCKET, DISTRICT COURT,
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.

BY virtue of an order of the Hon the District
Court in and for the parish of ST. Landry.
there will he sold ut public auction to the last
and highest bidder aJ the last residence OF the
deceased, situated i'll old Grand Prairie. par
lsh OF st. Landry, on WEDNESDAY, January
or any auy qualified auctioneer, the follow
ing described property belonging to the estate
of Leandre Guillory. deceased, to-wit:
1. A certain plantation situated at old Grass4
Prairie, containing sesenty-eight acres an.
forty-fOur hnndrGdths Of an acre t78 44-1ua,
bounded north by land OF OZeme Fontenot,
east by land OF this estate, purchased at Louis.
NOrnland's public sale, south by Cyprien l..
Fontenot. aud west by Ozeme FOntenot.
9. Another tract OF prairie and swamp land
adjoining the above, containing fifty acres
more or less, bounded north by land of 'OzeInts
Fontenot, south by Benjamin Green, east By
land OF Joseph Thomas Cortiness. and west by
the above described tract, this being the same
purchased by the deceased at the public sale OF
Louis N0rmand.
g. Eighteen horned cattle. two sorrell horses,
one lot of hogs with mark, forty barrels corn.
Thousand bundles OF fodder, farming nipple
ments, one wagon, lot of bee hives, double bar
rel shot gun, saddle and bride, lot of chickens.
hedsteads, bedding, household and kitchen
furniture and many other things TOO numerous
to mention.
Terms and Conditions-All lands to be sold
per annum interest from date. special mortgage
IL vendors privilege to he retained till final pay
ment /; and i'll case OF suit to enforce payment,
ten per cent for attorneys fees to be added.
The moyables for cash.
AMELIA GU1LLORI,
dec 22-5t JOn9 Administrators.
{
St. Landry democrat., 1883-12-29
Edward A. Maher, a student at the

Edward A. Maher, a student at the
Dirigo Business College, met an instae
taneous and singular death Monday
morning at Augusta. Saturday the
young man was taken with a severe
cold and sore throat, and on Monday,
fearing that he had an attack OF diph-
liberia, he consulted physician, who
gave him few simple remedies. After
eating breakfaet as usual Monday, ne
retired to his room and soon was taken
with severe fit of coughing, Sudden
ly grew black in the face and fell over
dead 1t was found that his death was
caused by ndema of the g, lottis: that is
in his coughing fit all the air was expell-
ed from the lungs, and the lips OF the
CLOTHS, or opening at the upper part of
the winpipe, closed. There being no
interior pressure, the CLOTHS could not
open and respiration was impossible.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-12-29
Junrorah ADyEsTssEnzEN MIS-.
uUpGmENr. JUDGmENTm
ANNA MARIA LEIGH. WIFE VS. X. G. MIL
BURN HUSBAND.
No. 1887.
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH ST. LANDRY.

This is a suit by the plaintiff against the DC
PENDANT, her husband. III which she CLAIMS thas
she Inherited u large ana valua2e ptopcr.y
in the year 1860, the year OF ner marriage WIN
the defendant, consisting OF lands, ana movea-
bles, situated ON Bayon B9uf, IN TINS parish,
that her said husband disposed Of for his own
separate use and benefit, cotton, corn, ana
stock, which were her paraphernal property
and for which she CLAIMS an ndepteqnesS
against him. OF Four-thOusana and Seven-hln-
dIed and fifty dollars subject TO u credit Oh
three thousand nine hundred and twenty nine
dollars received i,y her in property transferred
to her by her husband OH the same day the Pc
tition was filed by public act before Jules H.
Chachere, notary.
The plaintiff also prays that she have judg-
ment Tor IL balance or eight hundred and lwen-
ty-one dollars, and for dissolution OF the conf
munity OF acquets between herseH ana deieh-
dant.
the defendant for value of paraphernal proper.
ty disposed OF by her husbnnd to the amount OF
three thousand five hundred and eighty-three
4Il00 dollars, and has also proven the lnSOiSeH-
cy of her husband.
For these reasons and because the law and
the evidence is in favor OF the plaintiff, and
against the defendant it is ordered, adjudSed
and decreed, that the plaintiffs paraphernal
claims against the defendant her husband, De
recognized for the sum OF three thousand hye
hundred and eighty-three 4Il00 dollars, and
| that the transfer TO her by the defendant OF
property on account OF her said cialm herein
before mentioned be and the same is hereby
recognized and adJudlcated to be correct ana
legal up to the amount OF her claim as herein
fixed and liquidated, and for the balance claim
ed by the plaintiff, it is ordered that her claim
for the same be rejected, it appearing that the
same is not established by the evidence.
And it is further ordered that the community
of acquets and gains between the plaintiff and
defendant be dissolved and the plaintiff be sep
arated i'll property from her husband and have
the exclusive control and administration of her
separate property, and that defendant pay the
costs OF suit.
Done read and signed in open Court this 18th
day of December A. ID. 1888.
Wv. HUDsPETH,
Judge 18th District of La.
Filed December 18th, 1888.
G. MAYO, Deputy Clerk.
A true copy.
18th judicial District OF la.
Dec 22-3t.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-12-29

Most Of the papers in this State have
taken sides vigorously for or against
the administration /; but some didn't,
and now as they ne9er said anything
against Gov. McEnery they can cor
daily support him, etc. They could
have done the same thing for the other
side, had it been victorious. But such
neutral friends never help anybody.
We are not ashamed of the stand we
took in the matter, and are sorry that
it did not succeed to its fullest extent;
but we think the State administration
and the powers that stand behind it are
new convinced that the vote of this
parish is not carried about in the
breaches pockets of two or three men.
The parish was just as we said it was
against the administration, and the
action of our delegation at Baton Rouge
proves it. Against the efforts to seduce
them to support the administration,
stood their own convictions and their
obligations to truly represent their
constituents. If by sharp-practice. as
happened in some parishes. administra-
ton delegates had been sent to Baton
Rouge, the parish would have been
misrepresented. The contest was not
a usual one in the Democratic party of
the State. The administration WIS OPP
posed for acts that are on record and
while the nominations at Baton Rouge
settle tile matter for. the present, the
same issues are almost certain to come
mp in the next campaign. The issues
are not settled, but laid over till the
next campaign, unless they are in the
meantime wiped out by events which
only time can reveal. The Democracy
of this parish believe that the nonsina-
lions at Baton Rouge mean continu-
ance OF the reign Of Rings and Monopo-
lies.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-12-29
ORDER OF COURT.

In Accordance with Act No of the Genera
Assembly of the State of Louisiana approved
February Goth, 1880, the following terms OF Court
are hereby fixed in and for the 18th Judicial
District Parish of st. Landry for the calendar
year 1854, to-wit:
1st A civil term beginning Monday, Janna-
nv 14th and ending Friday, FEBRUARY 10th. For
this term a special Venire Of Is Jurors will be
ordered to attend for the week beginning Mon
day, February 18th, for the trial of Criminal
cases as provided by Act No. IS OF 1880.
i'd Jury term beginning Monday, March
the sd, and ending Saturday. April 2sth
3D. Civil term beginning Monday, May 5th.
and ending Saturday, May 31st.
4tl. A Jury term beginning Monday, Sept.
1st, and ending Saturday, Oct. 18th.
5th 4 civil term beginning Monday, Oct.
27th and ending Saturday, Nov. goth. For this
term special Venire of is Jurors as provided
by Act IS of 1880, will be ordered to attend for
the week beginning Monday, Nov. oath, for the
trial of criminal cases.
9th A jury term beginning Monday, Dec.
sth, and ending Saturday. Dec. ed.
Given in open Court this 10th Of Dec. 1888.
G. w. HUDSPETH.
Judge 18th District OF La.
b, r. MCKINLEY, Deputy Clerk
\ tt 18th judicial Dist. OF La.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-12-29
The Nomination for Governor.

3
We extract the following from the
proceedings of the convention:
Mr.. Wilkinson of Plaquemines nomi-
mated S. u. McEnery, and MIR. Estilette
of st. Landry nominated Francis T..
Nichols.
HI. Garland, Of st. Landry, address
ed the convention, stating that he had
been requested by Gen. Nichols to ex-
press to the convention his determine
ton not to become a candidate for the
Governorship.
The desire for his nomination, hOwev-
ever, was SO universal and so determln-
eddy expressed that the st. Landry del
egation felt themselves bound represent
his name. :,
Mr.. Garland concluded in seconding
the nomination. ;.
The vote on the Gubernatorial nomi-
nation stands: McEnery, 2SO 4-lS;
Nichols, 17S 8-12.
The EcEnerv delegates made a des-
perate attempt to have the nomination
of their candidate made unanimous, the
motion being made by Mr.. Fornet, OF
Calcasieu. it was greeted by a storm OF
cries of "No!" and was quickly aban--
doned by the McEnery delegations, and
for the first time in the political history
of the State, as recalled by old pollti-
clans, the nominee goes before the pe0-
pie without the compliment OF unanl-
nous nomination.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
CLAY NJ. knoblock, of Laf0urche, re-
ceived the nomination for this Office. on
the first ballot, the vote standing, kno-
block 2244:3}ll Geo. L. Walton, of Concor-
dia, 1854.
STATE TREASURER.
T.. A. Burke, of Orleans, was nomi-
mated for Treasurer, on the first ballot,
by vote OF 2s9 Alp to 1863 S-12 for l..
S. FOntenot, OF st. Landry.
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
M. j. Cunningham, of Natchitoches,
was nominated on the second ballot for
ATTORNEY General. The vote stood.
Cunningham, 251 !; II. l.. Lazarus. OF
Orleans, Ill; F. F. Perodin, of st. Lam
dry, IS; Foreman, of Orleans, /.
STATE AUDITOR.
O. B. Steele, OF Union, was nomlna-
ted for Auditor, on the second ballot,
over Allen Jumel, the present incum-
bent.
SECRETARY OF STATE.
Oscar Arroyo, of Plaquemine, was
nominated for Secretary OF State with
out opposition.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.
Warren Easton, of Orleans, was
nominated for this Office by acclama-
ton.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-12-29

The committee on credentials, at the
convention in Baton Rouge, had eight
McEnery men on it. and seven anti
administratlonists as follows:
Administration. - j. G.. Sparks Of
OF Pointe Couree C. A. Butler Of Or
Jeans G.. Montague, OF Terrebonne !;
NJ. D. 'Kavanagh Of st. Landry G. G..
Cordhill of Tensas; G. A. BrnsIe of ID
erville; C. HI. Moore. of Richland G.
j. Boatner of Ouachita.
Observation-Disclosures of As
cension; Pierson of Natchit0ches !;
Shields of Concordia Fitzpatrick and
Parker of Orleans Pipes OF East Fell
ciana; Hollingsworth Of Caddo.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-12-29
In the House Of Representatives, De-
cember 10th, 1883, Mr.. Lewis introduced
the following bill:
BILL

To repeal section twenty-five of the act
to incorporate the Texas Pacific Rail
road Company, approved March, third,
eighteen hundred and seventy-one.
and to declare the forfeiture of the
land-grant therein made.
BE 1t Enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States in
Congress assembled, That section TWEEN
ty-two of an act to incorporate the
Texas Pacific Railroad Company, and
to aid in the construction Of its road,
and for other purposes, approved March
third, eighteen hundred and seventy
one, which reads as follows, to-wit !:
THAT the New Orleans, Baton Rouge
and Vicksburg Railroad Company,
chartered by the State of Louisiana,
most eligible route, to be selected by
said company, with the said Texas Pa
cific road at Its eastern terminus, and
shall have the right of way through the
public land to the same extent granted
hereby to the said Texas Pacific Rail
road Company and in aid Of its con-
struction from New Orleans to Baton
Rouge thence by the way of Alexandria
in said State, to connect with the said
Texas Pacific Railroad Company at it's
eastern terminus, there is hereby grant
ed to said company, its successors and
assigns, the same number of alternate
sections of public lands per mile, in the
State of louisiana, as are by this act
granted in the State of California to
said Texas Pacific Railroad Company
and said lands shall be withdrawn from
market, selected and patents issued
therefor, and opened for settlement and
preemption, upon the same terms and
in the same manner and time as is pro-
vided for and required from said Texas
Pacific Railroad Company within said
State of California: Provided, That said
company shall complete the whole of
said road within FIVE years from tile
passage of this act, !" be. and the same is
hereby repealed.
SEC. 2. That che land grant therein
made to the New Orleans, Baton Rouge
and Vicksburg Railroad Company be,
and is hereby, declared forfeited by
said company for Noncompliance with
the conditions Of the grant and the
lands granted to said company are here
by restored to the pubic domain, and
from and after the passage Of this act
shall be subject to entry and settlement
under the laws Of the United States.