Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-02-18
p. r. GOSSIP.
Not Much Excite ment in Sport
ing Circles Yesterday.

cltelnent here yesterday as no one Of
considerable note arrived that could
draw a crowd to the depot. The peo-
pie who got off the cars we're mostly
men drifting into Carson to engage in
some quick return and sure profit
business sand most Of them were
astonlshed to find that the good places
had beer snapped up some time in
advance. Nothing but vacant lots
are now left and they command good
prices Although Fitzsimmons will
not arrive until Sunday, there is al
ready plenty Of money here to place
behind him.
The Cornish mining element of the
Comstock will back 'Lauky Roh,
with every dollar they can bring to
the ring side and there will. be a big
contingent over from Grass Valley,
q with plenty Of hard cash.
The snow was a foot deem on tho
ground yesterday morning and this
makes the farmers jubilent as it has
stored enough NOW in the mountains
TO insure good irrigation all over the
State neXt summer.
Stewart had a long face when he
"a" the snow, but it was zoon ex-
planned to him that the storm was
worth $40, 900 to him.
The agricultural element Of Nevada
Will also plank their money on Fitz-
simmons, but a good deal OF the
enthusiasm for Bob ONE from a
feeling of sympathy because of his
hard luck in San Francisco, when he
was Iobbed out of SO, 900 By the WYATT
carp decision in the Sharkey fight
Nevada people are great sticklers
Tor fair play and they don't think
fltz go it in that fight.
The typographical fraternity in the
State Printing office are Fitzsimmops
men, and when they get their State
warrants every cent will 90 I'D on
fltz. They reason that Fitz was
raised in the mountains and can
stand tie altitude better than Cor
bett, who was raised by the sea. and
h a III a long fight where so much il
at stake that a thing like this will 20
a long way toward deciding the bat
tie.
The gang of hobos who came in to
work the town a few DAYS ago were
placed in a box a and shipped away
TO Reno and now the Reno authorities
propose to institute legal proceedings
against Sheriff Kinney and the V. &
Il. X. Co, as there is a statute
prohibiting the shipping of Migrants
rom one county to another. Every-
ming that Reno can do to worry
arson In the matter is being done,
they are still bitter over losing tie
light, The real trouble arises from
parties who are trying unsoc- {
'essfully to bleed Stuart. {
Mrs. Morris, the ladv who has {
steamboat Springs, refused to enter
ain the proposition made to her bv
IT. julian. All the papers are work.
hg merry over the Examiners state.
nent that they have arranged for all L
ne pictures aud interviews Of Corbett l
'lfzsimmons and Siler '~exclusive.- d
Ill TIE newspaper men appear 20 be q
l~tervlewlng Corbett as easily as ever L
nd he is affable as usual to press Z
representatives. No signed work <
oes however, except to the Examiner. L
roett people were delighted YES
when he took his indoor exer-
Sc at the Springs, He boxed p p
''nutes with Woods, wrestled s. tt
lnutes with McVey and came back al
II a boxing bout of ten minutes with W
THUS he put in nearly an &C
our OF hard, work with Woods rush II
e hlm hard on the wind, and still
was nearly as fresh as when he be- a
ana showed no signs OF being th
.nded. -,
Julian was still hunting yesterday ny
! quarters for Fitzsimmons and had oh
It yet decided where he should 90 10
he Reno people are Offering him free lie
.arters to come bat he thinks that Ia
justlce to his hackers he shouId n
in at the same altitude as the fight.
nen shown an item in a San Fran
co paper that the fight was fixed pc
fltz to lie down he said that he All
uld neve lie down until Knocked WI
Nn. {
v. q I. R. R. have arranged of
'lde track nearly 800 Pullmans. tin
IAN Jones, correspondent of the ,
|" York Herald, arrived yesterday. on-
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