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MORNING APPEAL. FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 7. 1S77 SUTRO AND THE COMSTOCK MINING COMPANIES. They are a peculiar people arc the Com Btockers. They make the quickest alliances and the most sudden friendships, the abrupt est enmities and the most violent and instan taneous hatreds of any people of which there is any account. In 1872 there came upon the public ear the particulars of a most preposter ous quarrel between John P. Jones and Wil liam Sharon. This went so far as to involve the personal standing and repute of both these eentlemen; and Jones stood accused of the tremendous crime of having fired the Crown Point Mine at the time when by a conflagration there some forty miners lost their lives. This chasm of difference seemed unfathomable, but it was so fully bridged and filled two years later, that both Sharon and Jones spoke from the same stand, and they exchanged visits and other courtesies. (It is perhaps, hardly fair to resurrect these old troubles by as much as a mere mention of them; but they are so notorious that no harm can come from the allusion.) Politics thus makes strange bed-fellows : but money or moneyed considerations and interests make equally strange ones. In 18C5, or thereabout, Senator Stewart, William Sharon and others were the chief promoters of the Sutro Tunnel project. Stewart was the President of the company. Then, as their minds changed, Stewart and Sharon and their associates drop ped out ; and the next phase was a quarrel between them and Sutro. In 1874 Sharon denounced Sutro as The Wandering Jew and Sutro, armed with a most amazing (and not a little interesting) lecture, and fortified with a magnificent series of magic-lantern pic tures and a calcium light, perambulated the State in behalf ofhis pet project, and in pres . cnce of vast and curious audiences poured the hot shot of his broken English into the vitals of " Beel Shay-won and his Crooked Railwoad" in a manner never to be forgotten And now it seems from the following that " The Assyrian" having come down like a wolf on the fold, has made his bed with his old enemy and rejoices in an alliance which protects him from the insidious wiles of the Bashi Bazouks of the Bonanza Firm. At all events, the San Francisco Post makes a very plausible story out of the materials employed in the subjoined, and, as things go, it is quite as likely to be truo as romance. Says the Post: "It is rumored that an important nego tiation is now pending between the Sutro Tunnel Company and certain of our promi nent mining magnates. The matter takes the shape of a compromise which, if brought about will be of great benefit to all who are stock holders in Comstock mines. We have heard it said on good authority that Flood & O'Brien for a long time have wanted the control of the tunnel. They are at the head and front of all the great milling, timber, water and sup ply interests on the Comstock, and naturally wish to retain the supremacy during the years to come. The advent of the tunnel will cause radical changes in the manner in which the above interests are conducted, and it is be cause of this that the bonanza firm have been seeking the control. But the indefatigable Adolph Sutro flatly refuses to relinquish his hold on his great work, and it is doubtful if the bonanza firm or any other combination of capitalists can wrest it from him. In regard to the compromise alluded to above we have heard mentioned the names of the Trustees of the Tunnel Company, and those of the powers which stand behind the Bank of Cali fornia and the Nevada Bank. The Bank of California is at present a strong partizan of Adolph Sutro, forgetting in the now indisput able utility of the tunnel, its hatred in the past. It is believed that all the mines which are controled by what is known as "the bank crowd" will participate in the compromise without trouble. The hitch now seemingly lies with the Nevada Bank, which up to this writing is holding off, though a negotiation is still pending. We understand that all save one of the members of the bonahza firm are in favor of the terms of the compromise, and we have heard it hinted that it will soon be consummated. If such is the case the ru mored plan of operations will be as follows The drift now being run east from the Chollar Norcross-Savage combination shaft will be completed. A drift will also be run from the combination shaft to the Sutro tunnel. When these connections are made the water which now impedes operations in the Best & Bel cher, Gould & Curry, Savage and Hale & ' Norcross, will be pumped from mine to mine into a reservoir in the Chollar. Thence it will run through the east drift to the combi nation shaft, and thence into and out of the Sutro tunnel. As the water will only have to be raised to the 1700-foot levels of the above mines, an immense power can be brought to raise it. Water pressure from above could be used to run the pumps instead of steam, and a great saving in expenses would be made. Jt is estimated that the time required to con nect the drifts and drain the mines in the Above manner would be only three months, jwhereas the Sutro tunnel header will not reach the' Comstock before January next. Bequa, Superintendent of the Chollar mine and the combination shaft, is said to have al ready submitted certain plans to Mr. Sutro. We understand that the compromise will in volve a reduction of the royalty rate proposed by the tunnel company and that other eco nomical steps will be agreed upon. Not only water can be extracted in the above manner, but ores, debris, timber, supplies, etc. , can be handled. We have not space to go into the details of the utility of the matter, but we can safely assert that if the compromise is agreed upon by the Nevada Bank, the news will act on the market like the finding of a bonanza. We think we can see in the above the true reason why Flood & O'Brien have prevented a rise in the bonanza and other stocks controlled by them. Were they to al low the market value of the Comstock to greatly increase, it might cause the terms of the compromise to be less favorable to them. The Post hopes that this matter will be brought about, and that old feuds, jealousies and personal hates will be forgotten in the common desire to do something better for stockholders, and restore confidence in the leading mining district on the coast." THE LATE FIGHT WITH BERS. STAGE-ROB- THE ELECTION IN CALIFORNIA From the Gold Hill News of last evening we extract as follows: San Francisco, Sept C. The count in the city is progressing slowly. Bryant for Mayor runs ahead of his ticket, and is elected beyond doubt. Indications favor the election of Rodgers (Taxpayer( for Sheriff. The Tax payer's candidates for Chief of Police, Tax Collector, County Clerk and Superintendent of Streets are running well, but the contest is close. Maynard (laxpayer) is elected Auditor. The Democrats elect Fire Com missioners. Generally speaking, it is a close tight, and as only 8,000 votes have been count ed thus far, it is difficult to predict with cer tainty, except in the case of Mayor, Auditor and Fire Commissioners. The legislative re sult in this city is all in a fog. Later returns from the interior render it almost certain that the Democrats will have a small majority in the Legislature on joint ballot, securing the election of a Democratic United Stares Senator. The Silver State of Wednesday foretells what is to be done at the Humboldt District Fair, as follows The Directors of the Humboldt District A. M. & M. Society have announced more at tractions tor a air eek. liberal premiums are offered for the ladies' tournament, for which there will undoubtedly be many grace ful competitors, JLhe Indian pony races will be an exciting feature, as Piutes and Sho- shones from all parts of the country will en ter their ponies for the contest. The squaw races will be novel and amusing. Several sage brush maidens are reported as being ex ercising and getting in trim for the trial, aud it is expected that a dozen or more of them will enter the lists. There will be a grand ball under the auspices of the bociety before the close of the fair, and no pains will be spared by the management to make the oc casion enjoyable for the public. a laaies tournament whatever that may be), a scrub race between Piute ponies and an exhibition of pedestrian speed by the squaws of the vicinage, these ought to satisfy the Humboldt appetite for novelties, wo should say. As departing rrom the customary rou tine of race-course attractions it seems to us that the management of this cattle-show have hit upon a very interesting programme. There is nothing like sticking to native prod ucts and patronizing home industry. This fair which is always an interesting one will be begun on the First of October and be continued for six days. A New Thfater at Reno. The Gazette describes as follows a new theater building whose erection is about to be begun at Reno by "Dick Smith, agent for Wells, Fargo & Co:" Said building is to be 50x100, and will be provided with a stage twenty feet wide and twenty-five feet deep, a hat and cloak room, ladies' room (with all conveniences), perform ers' rooms, and a hall 36x75 feet, and twenty feet high. The following provisions will be made for its ventilation: An iron ventilator The Eureka Sentinel of Wednesday con tains the particulars of the late encounter be tween Wells Fargo & Co's shot-gun messen gers and a gang of stage robbers. We extract as follows : A bold attempt to rob the Tybo stage was made on Monday evening by three tnghway man, at the Willows Station, 40 miles south of Eureka, on the Tvbo road. At 8 o'clock p. m. three masked men put in an appearance at the station, and leveling their guns at the occupants of the house a blacksmith by the name of William Hood, and a rancher named Tremble who happened to be present at the time demanded their surrender a request which they immediately complied with. The two men were bound with ropes, gagged, and laid away in the rear of the house, where they could not give the alarm. In about an hour's time the stage came rattling up to the barn, and as the driver checked his horses, a voice yelled out in the gloom, "Eugene Blair, surrender!" The box seat was occupied by Jack Perry, the driver, and Eugene Blair and James Brown, Wells, Fargo & Co.'s messeuger. They heard the demand, and for a moment thought it was a joke, but as the words were repeated in a more peremtory tone, they realized that the owner of the voice meant businesss. Blair immediately swung himself to the ground, and as his feet reached it he wa3 saluted by a double discharge of shotguns, one from the rear of the stage, and the other from the cor ner of the stable, just in front of him. He caught sight of a man and returned the fire, when he lost sight of the man in the smoke. He was made aware of the fellow's close vicinity, however, by feeling the muzzle of a shotgun strike against his breast. He grasped the barrel of the gun, the fellow pulling frantically at the wrong trigger meanwhile, and swung his man around to the front of him. Brown caught sight of the highwayman as he came into the light of the coach lamp, and, leaning over the box, gave him the contents of his shotgun, riddling him with buckshot, the robber who had grasped Blair by the coat collar relaxed his hold and fell to the ground. As Brown put his foot on the wheel to alight, the man in the rear of the stage shot him through the leg, inflicting a severe wound. Both Brown and Blair returned the fire, when the highwayman took to his heels and escaped in the darkness, lhe third man had not put in an appearance during the affray, and it was supposed that he was holding the horses, The tracks where they rode off in the sage brush were found the next morning. ine lettered blacksmith and rancher were unbound and an investigation as to the amount of damage sustained ensued. Jack Perry had kept perfect control of the team during the fighting, and the two passengers rrofessor Jnce and J. M. Haskell had re mained quiet spectators inside the stage. light was procured, and tho wounded road agent taken into the station house, when it was found that he had received some buckshot in the back, just above the hip. ' He was in great agony and begged to be killed. Brown's leg was next examined, and an ugly wound discovered in the calf of his leg. The party remained at the station until daylight, when the wounded men were placed on the return stage, and with Blair and Perry returned to Eureka. The wounded robber was very reti cent, obstinately refusing to give any inform ation that would lead to their identification. His only remark about them was, that if they were as old hands at the business as himself, the situation would have been changed, and Blair and Brown would have been lying on their backs instead. He informed Blair that this was the second time on which they had exchanged shots. About 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, as the stage neared .rage s ranch, it was found that he was in a dying condition. In reply to a question from Blair, he gasped out that his name was Jack Davis, and then breathed his last. SPECIAL NOTICE. MASON & C0 flN ACCOCXT OF SPECIAL REASONS We are Belling Out at Cost. Our JUntiir Stooli: MUST BE SOLD IN 90 DAYS! it requires only a call to be convinced that w are jelling goods cheaper than any firm la Carson City. Following are some cf our special prices: Calicoes, Eighteen Yards for SI DOMESTIC GINGHAMS 8 yards for 91 LONSDALE MtStI V 8 yardi fir f 1 WHITEROCK MUSLIN 8 yards fjr $1 GRASSCLOTH 8 yards for 91 CANTON FLANNELS 8 yard for f J And All Goods Accordingly, PLEASE CALL EARLY AND BE CONVINCED OL.COVICH Carson City, August 1, 1S77. BROS. L. MORRIS &, CO. TO THE FRONT. RECEIVED AN STOCK OF IMMENSE A TRAMP. The Eureka Sentinel delivers itself in the following manner : We met a stalwart, sun-bronzed individual yesterday, of the genus tramp, who claims to have done some pretty good walking in the last three months. He started from Kansas City last summer, and beat his way as far as Salt Lake, at which point he switched off to wards Leeds. The climate was a little too in each corner of the room and in the south war down ere ? u'J.h, so he departed end. Also two ventilators on the west side and a large ventilator overhead. There will be in addition five windows on the east side. The sides will be wainscotted five feet from the floor up and hard finished above that point, and ceiled overhead. This theater is to be hnished by the oth or next month: we pre sume that bmith will provide his new hall with a fine floor. The trappings and scenery for the theater are better than any found in any opera house or theater in the State of Nevada. When this hall is thrown open to the public it will be the best one in the State, or at least outside of Virginia City. We hope to see a hrst class theatrical company appear in the new theater on the opening night, and are sure a good troupe could be induced to play here fair week, now that we are to have a nice theater. This, which we clip from the Elko Inde pendent is good that is to say, it is extrava gant, fantastic and funny but what it means we are quite at a loss to guess: James Woolley and wife arrived from Salt Lake by the train this morning, and a gentle man named Farren was also a passenger from Zion for this place. The latter was at one time prominently connected with an enter prise for the construction of a canal from Cur lew Springs in Pine Valley, to Eureka, but after many scientific experiments it was dis covered that water could not be persuaded to run up hill, and the project was abandoned. Nothing daunted, however, the inveterate hy dropathic carried his energies into Utah, and just .before the death of the Prophet secured the right of way for a canal from the middle of Salt Lake through any part of Mormon ter ritory, and the object of his visit here is to enlist Governor Bradley in a scheme to intro duce the waters ot that lake upon- Professor Stewart's ranch in Tascarora. Clara Louisa Kellogg will give a series of concerts at Sacramento during State Fair week. for Eureka, taking in Pioche and Ward by the way. He msist3 that since his departure from Salt Lake City he has patronized Foot & Walkers line exclusively, and professes to be delighted with the hospitalities extended to him by the inhabitants along the route, and says that it is a very paradise for tramps, as everyone is willing to give a poor fellow a meal on all occasions. 1 he last we saw of him he was trying to beat Walker's established rates for spring chicken down to a lower fig ure, and was offering the proprietor 50 cents for the half of one of those delicacies. His pampered stomach rejects any coarser food but it is a shingle-nail to a crowbar that beans satisfy him before he gets through with Eu reka. The aborigines who make their headquar ters in the Reese River Valley seem to have been doing as their brethren of the Western part of the State have recently done holding a fandango. The Reveille reports as follows: "Sore eyed Bill," a Piute Indian who makes his home in this vicinity, has iust re turned from the big fandango at Stillwater, and came into our sanctum this morning to tell us all about it. lie said that the Indians had a "heap big time, heap dance, heap eat em. White man give em hbe flour-sack, one steer, six cheep. " (five sacks of flour, a steer and six sheep.) Bill said the fandango had adjourred; Nachez, the chief, had returned to vVinnemucca; Breckenridge the sub-chief had gone on a duck hunt, and the Austin Indians had gone to Mammoth to gather pine-nuts. and would soon return to Austin, the squaws to "heap wash'em and the buck to "heap chop'em wood." JAYINQ Fancy and Staple Dry Goods From the East, which were bought there during the late financial crisis, we propose to give our customers the benefit of It. 18 yards Calico for $1.00 IO yards Bleached Muslin for $1.00 10 yards Canton Flannel for 51.00 I O yards Crasscloth for $ 1 ,00 4 pairs Ladies White Hose 50 3 pairs Ladies Striped Hose ... SO And Everything In Proportion, L. MORRIS & CO. Carson, August 1, 1877. is corbstt block, NORTH CARSON STREET, CARSOV CITY. AKVADA. Y JIOLESilE AND RETAIL DEALERS IX GrPlOCER. IEO, Provisions, Crockery, Glassware, Tinware, Canned Fruits, Batter, Lard, Grain, Ccal Cil AND ALL ARTICXK8 ISt'AlJLY KEPT FIRST CLASS STORE Of (the kind of mercantile business Ui which they are engaged t2T Orders taken and Goods dell rt rod S TO ANY PART OF THE CITY FREE OF CHAEGE CARSON CITY BREWERY, King street, Carson City, JACOB 33L Xi33 I3NT PROPRIETOR. rjlHE VEhY BEST QUALITY Carson, Iay 6, 1876. MASON A. CO. OF L A C E R BEER Orders promptly Made on the Pacific Coast or anywhere, attended to. The saloon is constantly supplied with the finest brands WINES, LIQ.CORS AND CIGARS. tST GIVE ME A CALL Jaultf JACOB KLEIN. Closing; Out Sale OF DRYC OODS. FANCY COOOS, CARPETS, ETC. MRS. J. SHEYER & CO., J". IVANOO?IOB, DEALER IN Groceries, Eg-jrs, Oranges, Lemons, Fresh null Drieu rruil. H AVINO DKTFR3IINED from business, are TO RETIRE Offering their Entire Stock Coat. repaid less of Pineapples, Cherries, Cocoauuts, Figs, Vegetables, Bananas, Grapes, Confectionery, Nuts, Fresh Fish, Fresh Ranch Butter, Tobacco, Cigars, Etc Etc Etc PLACE OF BUSINESS: No. S, Fonth Carson street, opposite the Capitol, Carson City. Nev. myfltf J. IVANCOVICH1 All Coods Must be Disposed cf la the shortest possible time, (or Cash, And at Bargains Never Before Beatd of. i w. rox, h. b. i. n. u. smart, m. d. DRS. FOX & SMART, ,gySICIANS AKP SURGEONS. OFFICE: Waltz's Building, corner ef King and Curry streets, Carson City, Nevada. " T Office Hours ; from Uu.tott.it u21 CEORCE PERASICH, e SAN FRANCISCO MARKET, Wholesale and retail dealer in FRESH FRUITS, VEGETABLES, CONFECTIONS, ETC rilHK UNDERSIGNED X and is dally receiving the HAS ON HAND Choicest Fruits, Freshest Vegetables. Best oi Confections. Choice Havana Cigars, P ultry. Ranch Eggs, Etc. i. c uraers promptly nuea ana delivered as per r-EKASICH. Carson street next to Theater Saloon. rections. FAMILY EESTAURANT, CORNER OF Carson and Telegraph streets, Carson City. HAVING FITTED CP Restaurant rooms at ths above .named place, I am prepared to .accommodate my customers ana . generally. D. KAISER. Carson, July 25, 1875.1 NOTICE. FT AVI NO JLX PIONEER RENTED THE SOAP FACTORY, I will manufacture ths best quality of Chemical Olive Soap. Sal Soda Washing Powders, And will supply the public on most reasonable terms. J. W. DUFFY, Osimd, Sptmb l, U77, All persons Indebted to the above firm are requested to nue Immediate settlement, otherwise collection U1 be enforced. MRS. J. SUE1EK & CO. Carson, July 27, 1877. lm BILLIARD TABLE FOR SALE. JT RATHBONE'M EXCHANGE Carson street, Carson City, Maybe seen a 5x10 Billiard Table, made by 9TRAHLE cK CO., OP bAN KKAM1SVO, Furnished with Ds Uaey'i Patent C'u.hon. ami Mate Beil. This table cost 8100. It will be sold for 8250. It is in perfect repair and is comparatively new. Persons desiring a billiard table, and a good bargain, are invited to take a look at this one. FRED KATHBO.NE, Carson, July 27, 1877. lw proprietor. ASSIGNEE'S SALE. TOTICE IS HK.RKMY GlVE BY THE undersigned, Assignee In Bankruptcy of the esiate of A. B. Driesbach and A. B. Drieebach and M. I). Hati-li. bankrupts in bankruptcy, that 1 will sell at public auction on MONDAY. bi.PTE.UBER 3. 1S77. at 11 o'clock a. M.. ill front of the County Building in Carson City, to the highest bidder for cash, in gold coin, the following described prop erty, to wit: All the right, title and interest of the said A. B. Driesbach. bankruDt in bankruptcy, to twt-ntv-four thousand and fifty shares of mining stock in the mine known as the "Fourth of July Uoid and kilter &in.pg Company," located ill Eureka 'J'ounship, in the county oi Eureka, State of .Nevada. Also, all the riirht. ti le and interest of said bankrupt in and to a certain mining quartz ciaim, knonn as the " Da vidson or Mount Hope Mine," located in Orizz.y Flat Min ing District, in El Dorado county, feUte of C amor ma. Also, all the right, title and interest to the noi es. book accounts and demands belonging to said estate, that ret main unsatisfied at the time of sale. IoKAtL CRAWFORD, Assignee. Carson City, August 8th, l(s77. and REWARD. Carson, August 6th, ls77 A Reward of FIVE IIUNDKED DOLLARS in lnitd States gold coin will be paid for the airest and conviction of the party or parties who cut ths two water mains and attempted to destroy ths third, of ths Carson City Water Works, at tbs junction of Phillips' and Nevers' ranches between the 1st and 0th of the pnseot month. Uoney up and ne grumbUcf. au7 at X. P. SWEENXT.