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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-04-12

Icrterday Carson was visited
by one OF the most terrific gales
OF wind that has been known
here for years. Early in the
morning the gale swept down
Kings canyon and enveloped
the city in clouds Of dust. The
tempest would lull for a few
seconds and break in again with
fresh fury and long, dense col
unns of dust, some over q hun =
dred feet high, would reel
through the streets showing the
course Of the Whirlwinds. Some
times as many as half a dozen
could be seen at once. BY noon
there was very little dust, it all
having been swept out of town
leaving nothing but fine pebbles
to blow in the faces OF pedes-
TRANS. In the afternoon the
wind came more from the
south and at times horses
could only make head way with
difficulty. Last night it con-
tinued.roaring down the canyon
and demolishin@ sheds and out
buildings.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-04-12

"secend-NanG Pictures. $

A San Francisco paper Public
Opinion, tells 8 good story Of
one of our millionaire parvenues,
as follows: Some six years ago,
when the late lamented Latham
found himself financially swamp
ed, he repaired to the office of
Bonanza Flood and offered his
entire collection OF paintings,
engravings, etc, for 100000,
for which the only educated
banker We ever had in the city
paid about twice as much ia the
different cities of Europe-and
Latham was not swindled, as he
understood painting as well as
ne did the amenities of society.
"WeIl, said Mr.. Fieod, az will
ask my wife and will let you
know in the morning" Morn
ing came, and Mr.. Latham
called en- Mr.. Flood and desired
10 know the result of his inter-
view with the lady Of the house,
and it was given is just these
precise words: "Well, Gov
ernor, the old woman says that
she don't think secondhand
pictures vii. do for our new
house"
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-04-12
True Ellis Found in the Savings
Bank Cases

Bank Cases
The Grand Jury of Washoe
have presented true bills against
JAS. Ii. kinkead, l.. l.. Crock EFT
and l.. c. Ba,chelder, being
what is known as the Savings
Bank cases, found by the last
Grand Jury, the indictments
being dismissed, and the cases
resubmitted to the present jury.
The Journal says rumor has it
that the bills were first ignored
by vote of 6 to IL, but they
were brought up again, and the
next vote stood II to ). The
general impression and senti-
ment of the community was
against the finding of bills, but
the Grand Jury, having but one
side Of the case, felt it to be its
b0unden duty to indict the par
ties, and the matter will now
have ts be settled in the regular
way. Mr., Crockett has been in
town for the last three days,
and was anxious to be heard by
the Grand jury, but no oppor-
tun;ty was afforded him in the
Star Ci.aa Der. Judge Board |
man has set Saturday for de- |
PENDANTS to plead. The youra0i |
is almost certain that the trial |
in these eases If had at home |
will cost the county several !
thousand dollars. and it would |
ike ~ see them removed to
Storey county. If the parties
,ught and must go to the State
Prison, or if the petit jury acquit
hem, there is economy and yet
ustice in accomplishing the re
ult at as little expense as pos
iDip
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-04-12
Dancing School.

At the Opera House. Glasses
every Saturday from l to 1 p.
NJ, and from 7 to 8 P. NJ, after
which dancing until II O'Clock.
Terms, payable in advance.
Adult class, per month, So ;
children, under fifteen years,
81. Music furnished for balls
and parties at a reasonable
figure. HALL Il MEDE2.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-04-12

Justice Of the Peace, John H.
Pomery, Of Township No. /, in
Virginia, asked the Coumis-
sioners to allow him clerk, as
ne had more work than he could
attend to. His salary i. $3.50
per month, and last month he
turned in $40 for fees collected.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-04-12
IN Brief

| Major Dennis is expected in
Carson some day this week.
The wagon road from Haw-
thorne to Mt. Cary is complete
The G.. p. people are cutting
down the pay Of employees in
this State.
Miss Ida Marshall is reported
dangerously sick with scarlet
fever.
Counsellor Soderberg wants
all newspaper editors put on a
reservation.
The Combs jury are begin
ming to feel that they are more
than earning their money.
1t is reported that the Presi-
dent is at loggerhead with Sen
ator Jones and Roscoe Conkling.
People are getting SO scarce
in Storey county that the under
takers and coroners row over
the cOrDSeS.
\ man writes to the APPEAL
from Amador county, California,
asking if anybody in Carson has
4 set of assayer's tools for sale.
Ed. Mckinley, who has been a
clerk in Wells, FaIgo's employ
here fsr some years, has accept !
ed a similar position in San
Francisco.
The Gu.ette tells OF 80 year |
old COW which when last seen |
was being driven this way. 1t
has not as yet been seen at any
Of the meat markets here.
There will not be anything
lone with the people who are
lOw running the Tewksbury
Almshouse in Massachusetts.
They would just say that they
we're being prosecuted for po-
itical effect and that will be
he end Of it.
When people read how Vii
ard slid through this State at
he rate of so mites an hour it
nakes the sagebrusher gnash
lis teeth to think of crawling
Yer the country near the sink
f the Humboldt only just
rifle faster than the cattle run.
The APPEAL was mlsin-
)rmed relative to N1r. fuckers
ischarge from the Prison. He
IT the institution on Wednes-
ay night prior to his wife's
erious sickness ard was dis
larged for breaking one of the
ules, a thing brought about
arough his i'll health, and no
anne is attached to the War
an.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-04-12

The telegraph regales the
readers with q mystery about
the grave Of Lincoln, and hints
that it is securely protected, but
that the means OF protection are
known only 10 three persons.
When the friends of the late
General Garfield think the guard
over his tomb has been main
tanned long enough, Colonel
Rockwell will be entrusted witt,
the secret for the protection OF
the tornb Of Abraham Lincoln.
Why all this mystery Or is
there any mystery outside of the
imaginative brain of the report
ers , These graveyard secrets
are becoming monotsnousIy
tires2me. -Sucramento Bee.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-04-12
CONTRASTED METHODS.
How Two Great Journalists
Gamble.

} The Mat and Herald, tw
. prominent daiiies OF Stockton
edited respectively by Ed. Col
non and Arthur McEwen, tw
prominent journalists formerI,
? of this State. are discussing tn
gaming and amusement lin :
The question Of allowing far
and keno to be played in Stock
ton is now being discussed b,
the two papers mentioned ant
the argument has reached sucf
a heat that the writer's are al
ready beginning to accuse eaci
other of IL lack of intelligen
knowledge of the game.
McEwen says:
4 man who would whipsaw
the jack and ace and attempt Ia
call the turn by putting (as we
have often seen nim) four dol
lars (his weeks salary on "a card
that was as dead as Tnompson's
colt, is hardly the person to dis
cuss this great question intelli-
gently.
To which Co!non responds in
the next issue
4 man who would let his
money borrowed from u.s. lie on
the jack until said jack mas
passed to the silent majority and
drunken check guerrilla APP
propriates the swag, while the
player, with his eye on another
mans bet, iondly supposed he
was coppering the queen; enters
this important argument con-
siderably handicapped.
The writer has seen both
these men play faro and keno at
Orndorf's saloon in early days.
McEwen was continually trying
to play q complicated "system"
breathed in his ear by q dying
Mexican which required a
double force in the lookout
chair and ali the coppers and
markers on the table. When
ever he reached over TO change
his bet he was sure 10 brush a
stack Of blue chips of a win
ming card with his long coat |
sleeve, and his very appearance
at a game was the signal for a
riot. ColnOn, on the ether hand |
was quiet, modest player, sell
iom venturinG over = tWO-bit
pet, and in fact it may be said
hat he played the game more
or the opportunities afforded
or the study Of human charac-
err than rs 4 steady means Of
livelihood. In the keno room,
he was an intolerabIe
Nuisance. His slight deafness
md unfamiliarity with figures
'aused him to step the caller
very few minutes to find out
he number Of the last ball and
gain in his excitement
nd propensity TO see double if
lis spectacles were not on right,
lie often called "keno" in sepul-
hrai tones when the necessity
f the cry was net apparent to
he internal revenue collector
whose duty is was to keep track
t the mathematical equasions
II the game. They should
10Th take private instructions
rom the Stock Exchange staff.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-04-12
County Printing.

The Commissioners of Storey
have given the ChroHicle the
county printing for the ensuing
month. The Republican wanted
the Enterprie to have it, but the
two Democrats would not stand
in. In Eureka county the Com
misSioners have ordered all
priating in both the Sentinel
and Leader.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-04-12

Gen. kittreli left last night
for Suisin, California, to help
prosecute Bennett, the man who
killed Johnny Moore's brother
in Dixon, California, last Jan
uary.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-04-12

Ala meetingOf OrmSby [

Ala meeting Of Ormsby Lodge,
Ne. !. held Tuesday evening,
Nj. {. 2. Sharp was elected Re-
preventative to the Grand Lodge,
which convenes at Eureka next
month. When the first Grand
Lodge met in this State the ju-
risdiction numbered but 800
members. Now the member
ship embraces 1860, showing an
increase of 400 in three years.
Z. J. Powers left for Seattle
with his family last evening.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-04-12

&c TIE " MORNING APPEAL" ts the
Only paper in CG-soT' publishing tt.sgrdehic
dispatches QN2 afternoon stock rsports
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-04-12

Hon. Thomas Wells, Assem-
biyEnan from Esmeralda, is in
the city, having recently re
turned from San Francisco with
his wife, who is quite sick.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-04-12

From DR.. Bergman, who Re
turned from Nashee. the Jpur-
rot learns that Senator Markers
injuries are not considered fatal,
although the surgeons have an
idea that his arm may have to
be anlputated. It was his left
arm that was broken, the muscle
bone being pulled right out. Mr..
Marker bled freely, but his in
ternal injuries are not consid-
dred dangerous.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-04-12

L. r. FISHER. Advertising Agent, 81
Merchants Exchange, is sole agent Tor the
MORNING APPRAL in San Francisco
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-04-12
The Combs Trial.

General kittrell resumed bis
speech for the defense at 8
O'Clock yesterday morning, and
closed at 1885. After recess
General Clarke began his closing
speech for the State, and was
not through yesterday afternoon
when the Court adjourned. He
will resume at . o'clock this
morning. During the delivery
Of the speeches for the last TIVE
days the Court room has been
crowded with spectators. No
matter low long a lawyer
speaks there is certain to be a
crowd on hand all the while
drinking in the eloquence. All
four attorneys realized the i'm
pOrt3uce Of the case and were at
their best. The old G. urt room
has not resOundcd with such
earnest OratOry for years.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-12-27
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The store of Thomas r. Foster & Son, at
the depot at Marshall, Fauquier county,
was robbed Christmas night. \ clerk in
the store succeeded in capturing one of the
thieves in the store The other was arrest
ed yesterday.
Many rabbits are being killed near Lees
burg, the snow enabling the huntsmen to
track them. A dozen to one hunter is not
unusual. Many ducks have been seen on
the river near the town, but few killed.
Some wild turkeys and few phcmsants
have been bagged in that neig hhorhood.
The New York papers announce the
death, at his residence in Newark, \. j.,
Christmas morning of Beverly {. Sanders.
He was taken i'll OH Friday and expired UNI
expectedly in the arms of bis son. Mr..
Sanders was born in Loudoun county. In
1850 he was collector Of the port at San
Francisco. He was an old member Of the
California Pioneers. He leaves ii wife and
four children.
Proceedings have been instituted by the
Commonwealth attorney of Petersburg
against the Dismal Swamp Canal Lottery
Company by the nominal arrest Of the COM
pauy's agent in that city. The case Il sci
:or IA hearing before the mayor on Friday,
when it will be sent TO the Hastings Court
for trial. The object OF the proceedings Is to
test the legality OF the company To sell lot
terry tickets there or elsewhere in the State,
the company claiming TO have u right TO do
so under an act OF The Assembly passed in
the year 1916 while the Commonwealth
claims that said act is without the authority
of law.
The board Of directors OF the Norfolk and
Western Railroad Company, at Il meeting
held yesterday afternoon, authorized the Is
sue of a dividend of $3.50 per share upon the
preferred stock, payable in scrip on and al
ter January Is. The script convertible into
what is called convertible dcbenturc bond
maturing in ten years, or may be cxchanS-
ed for stock at par at any time within that
period. The amount of the dividend calcll-
lated from the present outstanding stock Is
1925 900. The directors also approved con-
tracts for the construction Of Tic Cripple
creek extension Of the New River Division,
which was awarded TO Mills 4 Fairfax, and
for important terminal facilities at Norfolk.
The new rails will be supplied by the Penn
sylvania Steel Company.
Early yesterday morning, while Il freight
train on the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
was backing into siding at Louisa Court
House, local passenger train ran into 1t,
striking between the tender and engine, and
killing fireman Waters Of the freight
train and breaking one leg of the engineer.
There was no other casualty. The engine
of the freight train was badly injured and
the passenger train was delayed three hours.
The engineer on the passenger train, was
knocked through his cab-wndow The fire.
man, seeing that the collision was inevitable,
attempted TO jump clear of the danger, but
fell in a place where he was caught and
crushed The freight train had attempted to
back off on the siding to allow the passen-
gcrtrain the track, but when the latter came
up the locomotive and tender Of the former
had not cleared the track hence The pas
senger train ran into The freight.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-12-27
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER p.

IN ANOTHER column is published an
article taken from the Cincinnati I"q"trer
referring to railroad enterprise already
f,Ymrl with Sl50,0OO.00O subscribed by
Enpli-h and Danish capitalists for the pur-
no<e Of building trunk air line from
lh;roun crossing the Ohio and down the
Valley. via Stanton, to Norfolk, the object
b.iur 10 divert the graiu and other export
trade from New York, Philadelphia and
Baltimore 10 Virginia ports in reference
tn a branch TO be built from the main line
from Parkcrsburg division to Washington,
and tire idea Of erecting large gram ele-
va,ors at Newport News, or some point con-
vcnirot 10 navigation, we do not know oil a
better point than Alexandria,, and, as an
evidence. we refer to the report OF a COM
,nittee appointed some time ago by lhe
Chamber of Commerce of Cincinnati to en-
ouire into the best and shortest route IRON
Cincinnati and the West TO tidcwater, and
The National Capital and New York City.
That committee. after some labor, reported
in favor or the route adopted by the Wash
iuaton and Ohio Road from parkcrsburg TO
Alexandria, the present terminal point OIL
that road, which report was received ana
aJoptcd bv that Board. II gave the dis
tances thus:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-12-27

ALBEMARLE PlPpINs.-A correspondent
Of the Richmond Industrial S0uth says:
"What would yout think Of IN orchard plant
ed, if not since the war, as think it was, a
very short time before, and away up on Tie
side OF the Blue Ridge, that to look from
below you would think of nsuring your
neck before setting out to it, producing
eighteen hundred barrels? This was the
product of picked fruit, TO say nothing ofthc
tallen-enough to keep ii big drying estab-
ishmcIt running for months. These are
true fGures-Hud it il the property of n
worthy citizen of Richmond, who, III its
management, has cause to cxclaim, 'ab imo
pcctorc,' save me from my friends. Then
there is another from which the owner, with
dryer Of his own, has sold five thousand
dollars of the proceeds brsdes cider, vine
gar and brandy. There is yet another, that
the lady-own"r sold a. the fruit hung in the
orchard, for forty-iivc hundred dollars.
The fruit in the area referred 10 brought
over fifty thousand dollars, bought by the
agent of Il New York house, and doubtless
much Oft will reach Europc'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-12-27

ADrLTERATED FoOD.-The system ofsell-
ing bad champagne urdcr good corks and
good labels is only one cut of numero us
frauds Of the sort Of which the French pub
lie has to complain. An evening paper states
that there is a large sale of artificial sardines
made from coarse fish and disguised under
a coating of gelatiue and coorng matter
Snails, one would think. are TOO cheap to
invite fraud yet artificial snails are made
out Of the lights of a calf, and with artistic
seasoning taste exactly like the genuine ar
ticle. Some of the American talsifications
are, if possible. still more ingenious. Every
one has heard of the fortunes that have
been made by the sale Of wooden nu,megs
and coffee berries. The latest thing in this
way which we have seen noticed is the man
ufacture of artificial eggs The yek is COM
pounded with phosphorus, the CLAIR with
albumen and the she'll is made with lime.
As far as taste and appearance go the imi-
tation is said to be perfect. They only diff.
fer in one respect from genuine eggs-they
are Of no use for patching purposes.-.G.
james Gazette,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-12-27

MAuoNE'S ALLEGED GoLD MiSE.--lt Is
customary in speaking Of Mahoncs linan-
cia or material circumstances to include
among his assets certain fabulously rich
gold mines at San Luis Potosi Mexico. at
is all mistal;e,' said an old mining eugi-
neer to the State correspondent last night,
''to ascrbe the possession Of gold mines to
Nlahorc. He did have some negotiations
pending for the purchase Of one, but the
project fell through by reason of his failure
to come to time with the money. The 9TH
ers in the scheme were Andrew Clarke, cX-
internal revenue collector at Atlanta; Da-
vii 4. Windsor. postmaster of Alexandria,
aud one or two more. They sent IL party
to spy out the land, and young George
Clarke. hlo thcr of Andrew, was appointed
consul ut the place so that he could so
along. verify the observations, and close The
bargain il satisfactory. Well, the engineer
in charge Of the party died, after making Il
satisfactory examination and report Eve
ry thing appeared lovely, and Malone
started TO go out there with his family to
clinch the trade. But before starting an ar
rangement was necessary by which the
membership and status, if the proposed
combination should he fixed, and the eN-
penses Of the preliminary survey which had
been put up by Clarke, reimbursed. Here
was where the well-known characteristics
Of Malone shown out in all their uglness.
He wanted to run the whole concern; he to
be president and his men to hold all the
other offices in the company. This or moth
ing 1t was nothing, and Mr.. Andrew
Clarke has either found other partners or
is out The cost Of the survey. '-Richmond
Statc.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-12-27
IN MEMORIAM.

| Mrs ELIZABETH FRASER lIODGKIN, who
| died ut the residence of her son. DR.. James b.
| lIodgkin, in Washington, yesterday, was in many
| RESPECTS 4 remarkable person. and was one of a
| few remaining links which connect the present
| with generation NIL but passed away. Mrs H.
| was born in Alexandria county in 1896, and ut
the time Of her Heath was in her SSth ycar-mure
| than II years older than the three score and ten
| of the Fsaimist. She was one of large family,
| mostly unusually long lived people. Her brother
Anthony H. Fraser, died in Alexandria county, a
| few years ago at the advanced age of 81, and
sister II rs. Sarah Hammond. lived to be over the
age of So. Another Of the family. James Fraser
who long ago en- grated to Indiana, and who still
lives III considerable vigor Of mind and body
counts his years at 95. The husband of
Mrs. Robert H,dekin died in this city eight years
ago. aged ~.
All Of these old people were remarkable for
their activity of mind aud body in advanced life.
Mrs. Hndgkin, whose death is chronicled here
could not only walk well, but even run. I'D to
few months of her last illness, and she read the
daily papers with as close and critical attention
is any one. Much o. her time Of late years was
spent in fancy work Of an exceedingly neat and
tasteful character. and many of her friends in
this city will remember the tasteful articles made
by her for church fairs and festivals Her MEM
Dry was surprisingly good, as is evidenced by the
fact that she would compose creditable verses
half dozen or more, in bed, and dictate these
from memory the next day. Her pen stroke was
as firm and smooth at 50 as Is.
Mrs. Hodgkin was contemporary, though older
than Mrs. Gen r. E. Lee They were married the
same day, and in their maiden days they taught
II ragged school at Arlington school house. and
many of the older men and women of that region
then known as "Cooncy" still remember her As
the author Of what education they received
There are letters still preserved in the family
from Mrs. Gusts and Miss c. afterwards Mrs
Lee to Mrs. Hodgkn, which show that they
labored hard not only 10 clothc the minds but the
bodies Of the poor.
Mrs. Hodg kin had vague recollection ofsccing
her mother work on black clothing, to be worn ut
WashinGton's funeral, and often told graphically
Outstanding on the hills opposite Washington and
witnessing the blazing ruins of the public build.
ngs 1t the occupation Of the city by the British,
4 war in which her husband and a number of her
brothers participated. Perhaps not a single con-
temporary Of hers in Alexandria city or county
now survives, the senior Richard L. Came and
Thomas Davy, both sometime dead. being proba-
bly, the last of those who knew her in her youth.
The average age, as will be seen above of these
remarkable people, the Frazers, was over 50.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-12-27

making q distance saved in favor of Alex
andria over any other route of tfty-one
miles, and much the shortest from Cincin-
matt to New York. The subject Of building
grain elevators has been investigated by
the Virginia Midland Hallway and an
elevator recommended with Il capacity
OF 600 bushels, located on the river
where grain can be received from cars or
vessels and shipped at as cheap rate rs
from any elevator in this country on board
the largest class ocean ships. We have
sufficient depth of water at the wharVes
aiuucsi,le an elevator TO load vessels of the
largest size, and the saving i'll distance by
rail over the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
between this point and Newport News
would be over sixty miles. One of the
largest firms in this country, controlling
ocean steamers and smaller vessel, will con-
tract TO take the grain for the same rate
OF fraight. either coastWi,e or foreign, from
Alexandria as may be charged from New
port News. We invite the special atteu-
ton Of the gentlemen engaged in this great
work to examine thoroughly disadvantages
of this location before they decide where
they will build their elevators.