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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-10-02
NEVADA POLITICS.

Mr. G. c. Stevenson, Republican
ron,nee for Governor OF Neva1a,
= a brother Of Gov. Stevenson vi
IGaho. He has been resident
of Gold Hill fer quarter of cen
,nry, and made fortune years ago
;. thc Baltimore American NINE
!, American Flat. He has always
been a prominent citizen: has al
WAYS taken leading interest In all
public affairs; he IS a shrewd'
careful headed business man
ne is thoroughly posted on all po-
l;,ieal affairs: his capacity ana IN
;errjty have never been questioned
by friend or fpe. He will be a
hard man to defeat for Governor
but he is running against man
who is likewise hard man to thro"
down. and the vote for Governor
oucht to establish Just how the
.xo parties stand 10 Nevada. Botf
candidates are men who VII
see,re all the votes of their reSpec
tive parties--Salt Lake Tribune
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-10-02
Goo..pye .aasnmer and Drill.

! dynamite gun has been invent
cd in San Francisco for which the
owners claim that it Is not only
terrible weapon of war, but also
shatit Will revelation i2e mining.
+rhc gun is loaded with block pow
der and instead of shell or round
shot fires dynamite cartridge.
When this cartridge IS fired against
the face of Il tunnel it tears to
pieces the rock 20 the depth OF two
feet. The gun costs $50 and the
cartridges - cents each. Just I'M
arine the enthusiasm with which
the miners on the Comstock would
blaze away in the drifts of the low
or levels. With the underground
artillery in action there will be no
more drilling of holes in the rock
DAYTON News Reporter.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-10-02
CONTROLLER HALL0CK.
saturday

Although the APPEAL has had
many difficulties with Controller
lIaIlock. they were all Of nature
which in no way concerns his
record as a public ofic During
his administration he has won the
.o,6aence of his constituents by
:, conscientious regard for the in
,eres,s of the State Treasury and
the proper discharge of his duties.
!, has been labor Of enthusiasm
with him and he is always found at
the post of duty
he has become looked upon as a
sort Of Treasury watch dog and
NV reason of his careful scrutiny OF
,he State accounts. has made en-
cmies in some quarters. but whei
he made his fight before the Con
vention. his most bitter foe couie
,rque nothing against his capacity
honesty and conscientious DIS
charge ei duty.
He has the confidence OF thu
taxpayers and his reelection is on
of The certainties of the cam palsh
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-10-02

From the Raleigh News and
Observer: The earthquake at Gold
Hill. Rowan county, was fright
full affair, from accounts. The
people on top thought that the
mines-735 feet deep were sink
ing or Gazing in. The families of
the large number Of men under
ground we're frantic. But in about
five minutes the force was out and
safe. 1t was the quickest time on
record. The shock was felt in all
the levels from the top to the 'GO
foot, except the coo. But they
we're warned and came to the sur
face with the Others.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-10-02

The report that the Storey
miners are anti-Steyenson is de-
MED BY the miners. Stevenson
since his sojourn on the Comstock,
has paid out s3,OD0,006 in wages to
miners. How does Adams CON-
pare with that as "a miners friend?
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-10-02

Russell & Bradley, the heaviest
cattlemen In the State, say they are
tired of having it thrown up to
them that they have helped to sad
die Adams on the State. They
will not pull in the traces this
YEAR
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-10-02

The main trouble with the
Democratic newspapers seems to be
,ha. they cant find . single spot
where they can hit the Republican
ticket. It's stout ali through.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-10-02

Ada ms already wears fright
eoed look. He has a man against
him this year who will spend two
dollars every time Adams spends
one. Adams can bankrupt him
self and still not win.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-10-02
LEATHER GOODS.
GENERAL NEWS AeE'Ci'

All leading paily sad w We: sIi.a rs :,
M.I1 or Carrier, at Lowest Nav"
10 stores ar. le:s'ss ~
%, !! I've s,a ExehaaEs ~. -,
ras... s,rset, Carssa CITY. Ne''
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-10
THE IRON BAND.

The Railway Building of 1886 Promising
to Exceed Former Years-What Has Al
ready Been Done and the Indications of
Further Work.
CHICAGO, July 1.-The Railoay Age
will say to-day: 1t is now certain that
the railway building of 1886 will far ex-
coed that of the two preceding years and,
indeed, surpass that of most years in the
history of the country. detailed record
from January to June 80, 1856, com.
piled from exclusively official statements,
shows that track-layng has already been
in progress in thirty-two of the States
and Territories on ninety-seven lines,
and that no less than l,755 miles of new
main track, not counting Sidings and ad-
ditional track, have been added to the
railway system of the United States since
January /. The mileage laid during the
first three months is less than one-third
of the total for the entire time; and it
may be surely predicted that the total
new railway mileage of 1886 will not fall
short of 5000 miles, and may consider
ably exceed that.
The greatest activity thus far has been
in Kansas, where 90l miles of track have
been added on twelve different lines,
Florida follows with 207 miles on eight
lines; Texas with 1875 miles on six lines
Wisconsin with 1874 miles on four lines,
and Illinois with III miles on five lines.
Nebraska has added 81 miles on six lines.
In none of the other States have more
than sixty miles been laid thus far, but in
many of them, as well as in those Just
named, preparations are actively going on
for track-laying to large extent during
! the next few months. The indications
are that the greatest activity will be in
Kansas, Dakota, Missouri, Arkansas,
Alabama, Georgia and Florida. 1t is &c
be seen that this construction is mainly
going on in new parts of the country. de-
veloping regions in part with railway ia
! ciliLieS.
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ANOTHER HALT.

Aspldier Injured While EngG ged in Fourth
of July Festivities Not Entitled to a PEN
sion.
WASHINGTON, July 3,-The President
yesterday returned to the House without
approval the act granting a pension TO Will
liam Boone, who had nesr made applica-
tion to the Pension Bureau. He enlisted in
August 1862 was in action in November OF
the same year and was taken prisoner and
at once parOled. During his parole he took
pant in the Fourth of July celebration at
Aurora, ILL.,, In 1868, and was terribly In.
jured by the discharge of a cannon. In re-
viewing the case the President says he
is unable to discover any relation between
the accident and the military service, OF
any reason why, If pension should be
granted as proposed there should not also
be pension granted to. any of the cOmpan-
Ions of the claimant who CHANGED to be in
jured at the same time. He says further:
"A disabled man and wife and family in
need are objects which appeal to the SYM
pathy and charitable Feelings of any decent
man, but it seems to me- that 1t byno means
follows that those intrusted with the peo-
pies business and tae expenditure of the
peoples money are justified In so executing
the pension laws as that they shall furnish
means of relief in, every case Of distress or
hardship"
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BLOWN TO FRAGMENTS.

Ten Poor FELLOWS Meet a Shocking Death
by the Explosion of Giant Powder.
YOUNGSTOWN, N j., July 3.-A terrible
explosion took place yesterday morning at
1880 at the Atlantic giant powder works.
situated between McCalnsville and Brakes
vile resulting in the loss OF ten lives and
the injuring of ten or twelve others. The
explosion took place in the mixing house,
but the cause isunknown. The conclusion
was felt distinctly for twenty miles
around and glass in houses FIVE
miles away was shattered. A double
force of men went to work at seven
o'clock In the morning, 50 that operations
could be suspended from Saturday until
Tuesday morning. The explosion blew the
building into splinters and fragments Of the
bodies of the workmen were picked up 500
feet from the scene. Some pieces were
taken from the branches Of q tree many
yards away. The largest portion OF body
yet found will not weigh fifteen pounds,
An immense excavation was made
where the building stood, and del
Vastation Is apparent for 500 feet in
every direction. The following are the
names of those killed: Charles Jackson,
Joseph N. Kinner, George Zimmerman;
George Hanbll, Theodore Bryan, Charles
Milburn, George King, John Smith and two
brothers. named Laubach The amount
of the mixture which exploded
was about $500 pounds. There is de-
preston in the ground 6Ox7O feet in area
and six feet deep where the explosion oc-
Cured. The largest fragment Of body re-
covered by the searchers is the lower part
of mans trunk, including part of one
thigh, but most of the fragments are less
than foot in size, and some not over an
inch. A fragment of skull was found
with splinters of wood three-quarters Of a
mile away
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BILLS APPROVED.

Measures That Have Received the Exees-
tive Sanction and Thus Become Laws.
WASHINGTON, July THE President
has approved the act to reduce the fee
on domestic money orders for sums not
exceeding Ave dollars; the act making
allowances for clerk hire to postmasters
of the first aud second-class post-Offices;
military appropriation bill; post-Otice
appropriation bill; army appropriation
bill; act granting leave of absence to
employees in the Government printing
office; act providing for the completion
of the public building at FL Paso, Tex, /;
act providing for completing the public
building at Hannibal, Mo-; act pro-
yiding for public building at
Savannah, Ca, relating to the public
building at Peoria, H.; act relating to
the public building at Des Moines, Ia. ;
act for the relief of the Kansas City, Fort
Scott & Gull Railroad Company; act
authorizing the Cheyenne & Northern
Railway Company to build its road across
the Fort Russell and Fort Laramie reSer.
yations; act providing for additional
barracks at the southern, northwestern
| and western branches of the Natlona
Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
| act Tor the relief of the officers and crew
Of the lighthouse tender, Lily,
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THOSE VETOED BILLS.
Action of the House Committee on Invalic
Pensions in Regard to the Matter.

Action of the House Committee on Invalio
Pensions in Regard to the Matter.
WASHINGTON, July 8.-The House Cont
mittee on Invalid Pensions has refused to
attempt to pass over the Presidents veto
the bill granting pension to Andrew J
Wilson, of New York, and Mr. Sawyer to5
day reported the measure back to the Houses
giving notice that it would be called up
Wilson was drafted into the army not
withstanding his allegation that he
was suffering from deafness and eye
complaint In the service he con-
tracted rheumatism and kidney dis
ease on which he based his application for q
pension. His application was rejected by
the Pension Bureau on the ground that he
was disabled before he enlisted, which was
also the reason for the veto.
The bill granting'a pension to @. NJ TilleI
was also reported back, with the recom9
nendation that 1t be passed over the Presis
dents veto. This Is the case Of the Louis
vile policeman whose application for peni
sion as dependent parent was denied BY
the Pension Bureau on the ground that his
dependency was not established.
Senator Miller yesterday presented q
petition from the Danial T. Schenck post
G. A. r. of Fulton, N. T., asking that the
bill to pension the widow of Captain DAN
lei T. Schenck might become a law, not
wthstanding the veto Of the President.
The petition was largely signed, and set
forth that the petitioners were aware that
the death Of the husband of the claimant
was the result of his, service in the army;
that the widow did not apply for the PEN
sion while in good financial circumstances
and that when reduced in fortune she filed
her application, but being unable to comply
with certain technicalities Of the law, her
claim was rejected and she appealed to-
Congress to grant her what she was justly
entitled to.
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inches big, an had hopes O gittin' one
big enough to crawl out of an give the
animal the slip. Purity soon the wog-
glybob stopped. Then 1 see light
streakin' through the hole 1 had made,
an the mex second areg'lar blaze O. fire
popped up through it, and the
inside O. that animal were lighter thin
the Fourth O. July at noon. Ye see,
sonny, the wogglybob had begun to no.
tice th't sumpin were goin' on out O.
common, an had shot its eye down
around thar to see wat the circus were.
The eye found the hole, an popped up
inside. Quicker'n lightnin [ see the
spot whar the bolt were by the light of
the eve; but another scheme struck me,
an with one slosh O. my jack-knife l
cut the sinner that held the eye plumb
in two, an the eye dropped on the bot
tom O. the trough an went out like
candle in the wind. were in the dark
agin, an now the wogglybob, havin' no
eve to see, tumbled an rolled an
bounced around like a ton O. rock
slidin' down a mountain, an howled!
Jeewhiz, Peleg, how that wogglybob
did howl In the tumblin' an pitchin'
the lock on the trough broke The
jaws flied open, an out l rolled. 1t
didn't take me long, sonny, to hammer
the life out'n that critter with stuns an
clubs, an l got hum all safe an sound
with the augur, an | didn't git no
lickin'.'
Little Peleg's eyes were bigger
than the button on his grandfather s
old coat when the old settler finished
Before he could put the questions that
he was plainly loaded with, his grand
father said:
"Yender goes Bill Simpson, Peleg. l
think he's goin' out to look at them rob-
bins nests long the creek. l guess tn
hain't no objection to yer goin' with
him, sonny"
Peleg started. The old settler called
him back can say, Peleg," said he,
"w atever We do, don't mention any
thing to yer gran nanny bout wat
ben tellin' ye. She were skeert most
to death by wogglybob wen she were
a gal, an to mention the name O. one
to her now would throw her into fits, an
| wouldn't hev M'riar get a fit fur two
dollars, Peleg Ed Mott, IN NJ Y. Sun,
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PUBLIC FINANCES.

The Reduction of the Public Debt for June
The Receipts and Expenditures of the
Government During the Fiscal Year just
Closed-A Surplus of S45, 100000 for the
Year.
WASHINGTON, July 2.-The reduction
in the public debt during June, as shown
by the statement issued from the Treas
ury Department yesterday, is $9,O61, 1898,
and for the fiscal year ended June 80,
S96,O97, 766, against 500, 494, 70S for the
preceding fiscal year. The total debt
now, less cash in the Treasury, amounts
to 1889, l36,3S3. The total net cash in
the Treasury is now S75, 1871, l09-a fall
ing off of about one million since
May 81. The gold certificates Outstand-
of $4,000,00G during the month of June;
silver certificates outstanding, S8S, 49,.
225 "a decrease of nearly $4,000, 900 dur
ing the past month. The treasury gold
balance on hand is $l5G, 1893, 74S, or about
half million more than month ago,
and the silver balance is 500, 229, 537, an
increase of about three millions. during
the past month.
Standard silver dollars are steadily
accommodating, and the treasury now
holds 1881 1858, 566, about $4,000, 900
more than on May 81. One year ago the
store of silver dollars in the treasury
vaults amounted to Sl65,4 ,ll2. There
are now in circulation 50, 469, 720 stand
ard silver dollars, against $4,000, 900 one
year ago.
Tngfprno inf for lima
| 994, l22, and internal revenue receipts
were $40, 40G,S 95. The total receipts of
the government from all sources during
the fiscal year were 1886, l44, 290, or &c.
| 100000 more than the expectations OF
| Treasury officials as shown in their es-
Inmates last December. Customs receipts
were Sl92,747,722, against Sl8l,47l 1888
during the preceding year. Interna
revenue receipts were $ll7,034, 523
against $ll2, 49S,725 the previous year
an increase in both instances, while re
cepts from miscellaneous sources
amounted to $27,36l .945, a decrease o
S3,000,000. This shows an increase il
revenues compared with the preceding
year of nearly $l3,000,000.
With an increased revenue, there is re
|
amounting to about $l5,000,00C. TIL
total expenditures of the year amounted
in round numbers, to $245, 000,0 900
against $2GO,OOO,OOO the year before
Ordinary expenses for the year jus
closed amounted to $3.50, 100000, or full
1922, 100000 less than the previous year
The interest charges for the past yea
were 500, $50, $40, about one million les
than the previous year, while S64, 7O2, 40
was paid out for pensions, against $50
1O2, 2G7 during the preceding year, wit
total receipts amounting to 1886, 100000
and total expenditures Gncluding S45
OOO,O 900 sinking fund.- of $500, 000,00l
The Governments surplus for the pa
year will reach $40, 100000, against SIS
OOO, 900 during the fiscal year ended Jur
30, 1885.
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THE MCDOWELL.

] hear you in the orchard hid in clouds Of
apple flower,
hear you tapping, tapping, busy woodwele
in my tree;
Hy heart is glad to hear you in this golden
morning hour,
Your tapping is-you can not know-hoW
sweet sound to me.
Oh, tap, tap; tap, tapl
The old man hears you, and he lifts head as
And dreams he is the passionate heart of
nifty years agol
The glad church bells were ringing then as
they are ringing now;
Inc orchard was in bloom, and there was
Sunday in the AIR;
My dear loves face was sweeter than the
blossom on the bOugh,
Twas bluest May time in her eyelids and
her golden hairl
Oh, tap tap; tap. tap. tapl
We leaned together, lips TO lips; we heard,
but could not see,
A woodwele-'twa not you, friend-tapping
in that apple tree!
Although twas Sunday, still, thought, no
Sabbath breaker he;
And though today is Sunday, too, no SAD
bath breaker you;
You can not break, but you can make, holy
day for me;
Your tapping crowds my trees with bloom,
and Ills my skies with blue.
Oh, tap, tap; tap, tap, tapl
hear you, and my cheek is flushed my but
ton hole is gay;
stride erect-what need have l of any stan
to-day?
Oh, woOdwele, with the laughing note, feel
my heart beat fast
My eyes are dim, my cheek Is wet, my head
grows white again;
For remember, in the light of that long
vanished past
How kindly life has dealt with me, how hard
with better men,
Oh tap, tap; tap, tap, tap!
For those church bells, that orchard bloom
that woodwee in the tree,
And all that plighted happiness have KEEP
their pledge to mel
My dear loves eyes are faded and her face l;
wrinkled now,
And ai the golden color changed to silvel
in her hnir:
But when she smiles-ah, then you see thu
blossom on the bough;
And when she speaks, you feel sense
May time IN the air!
Oh, tap. tap; tap, tap, tapl
Through all disguise my dear old wife, b'
sure | see and know
The pretty maid who loved a poet flftl
years ago.
william Canton
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RAINS IN VIRGINIA.
Washouts ana Freshets-Stoppage O4
Trains-Heavy Rainfall.

Washouts ana Freshets-Stoppage Oa
TraiRs-Heavy Rainfall.
RICHMOND, Va, July S.-The heavy rain
fall in the pest fOrty-eight hours has caused
a damaging rise in all the streams 10 this
section of the State. The James river at
this point is ten feet above high water mark
and all the wharves in the lower part of tao
city tROeketts) are submerged, the water
being about seven feet deep in lower Main
street and still rising. The people living
In that vicinity are rowing out and mer-
chants are removing their goods to places
Of safety. No apprehensions are
felt, however, of a serious freshet. Al
Columbia, FIVE miles above here the watet
is twenty-five and One-half feet above low
water mark ana rising slowly. Several
hestles on the Richmond & Allegheny rails
road have been washed away, causing Z
temporary suspension OF travel. The rise
of the waters in the North Anna river has
( caused stOppage of trains on the Rich'
I mond, Fredericksburg & Potomac railroad.
\ No northern trains have been re-
/ ceived here since last night nor have any
| gone north over that road Washouts on
/ the Richmond & Danville road have alsC
/ stopped traffic over that line. The rainfall
In Richmond in the last fortY-eight houg'
was AIS inches
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THE "WOGGLYBOB."
An Old Settler Tells His Grandson
About the Awful Beast.

A grandson of the old settler, lively
ten-year-old from Monroe County, is
visiting at his grandfather's On one
of the recent warm days the old settler
had been busy for an hour or two watch
ing his wife getting a spot ready in the
garden for early peas, and finally sat
down on the south side of the barn to
rest. Little Peleg, the grandson, who
had failed, after persistent efforts, to
drive the family cat in under deadfall
he had rugged up out of the washtub be-
hind the woodshed, went over and sat
down beside his grandfather. "Grand-
pop" said he, "did you ever kill a ele-
phant?'
The old settler looked down over his
spectacleS at the boy.
mo | didn't
"Well," said Pelcg, you've killed
tigers, havnt you, grandpop?"
"Taggcrs, replied the old settler,
reflling his pipe and looking at Peleg
in mild amazement, 'taggers is curious
critters, an to kill 'em it takes a teller
that's cot plenty O ammunition, an a
gun with bar'l th't's very stout an
very long. Taggers is almost ez big ez
the side o. that hen house yonder, Peleg,
an 50 red th't We kin see 'em a miled or
more, so ez 'tain't no credit to a Teller
to plug one on EN-"
Tigers hain't red, grandpop, y" said
~
hain't much bigger than pig. | seer
a tiger once in a show"
Them shows Tits goin' bout the
country is bad things, Peieg," said tn,
old settler, with frown of disapproval
"They give We wrong idees. Boys tina
goes to shows don't think nothin' o
contradictin' their good Of gran'pops
too. I've heerd. Mebbe that show We
speakin' on had a wogglybob with it
too, an mebbe that were streaky. Wa
kind of critter did they pass off on y
fur a wogglybob, PelegP"
"They didn't have none, grandpop,
said Peleg.
Ibid We ever see pictur of wog
glybob. PelegP But mowt know y
didn't 'thout astin' We, fur the last on
tn were in the country were eXtincte
long afore Photographic were eve
thort Of an tn wasn't no picturs eve
took o. one. That's onfortnit, too, fu
they d be cur Gus things to look at nov
a-davs. A full grow woggly bob stoo
seven foot an an inch high, an uni
two feet o'that were legs. But he didn
mind it bit cause his legs was shor
fur he had two sets of 'em, one set fl
Malkin' an one set fur swimmin, beil
eight in ALL His body were ez square
q shoe box, 'cept on the top an bottom
that is, if We could say that tn were al
top or bottom to a wogglybob, fur we
he were swimmin' the top of him WI
the bottom, an wen he were walki
the bottom of him were the top. II
swimmin' side run to a sharp pint, Ill
the keel of row-boat, an the walk
side of him was kinder roundup, lii
the bottom of a sap trough. He W
covered all over with stiff hair tn
stuck straight out like porkypint
ouills, 'cept on the tip o. the keel ST
an the round o. the sap trough sic
which was both ez bare rs q telygrs
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Application for divorce has bess
made by a Lewiston (Me.) couple, wbo,
it is said, did not exchange words f9I
nearly quarter of century, until .
month ago. They lived in the sams
house all the while.