REPORT OF BRIGADE COMMANDANT.

HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE,

FIRST DIVISION, NEVADA MILITIA,

EUREKA, NEV., December 29, 1880.

General Jewett W. Adams, Adjutant-General.

GENERAL: I have the honor to submit the following report of the military transactions at this place in August, 1879, during the "Coal Burners' troubles in this county:

At the inception of the trouble, about August 11, I was absent at San Francisco, but returned immediately upon being advised by telegraph that the situation was somewhat alarming and that serious trouble was apprehended. Upon the 11th day of August, 1879, the Sheriff and County Commissioners waited upon my Adjutant and requested that the military companies in this county, (Companies A and B), be held in readiness for duty.

Orders to that effect were at once issued, which these companies promptly obeyed. A supply of ammunition was forwarded from Carson, and safely received here under a guard detail from Company A. A detail of one officer and six men was ordered on duty at the armory of company A, at this place, and remained so on duty until the 18th day of August, when, deeming the trouble allayed, the detail was relieved from further duty.

On the afternoon of the 18th of August a collision occurred between the Sheriff's posse and a body of coal burners, about twenty miles from Eureka, resulting in the death of five men of the coal burners' party. This, of course, created a profound sensation, and deeming it prudent to be ready for any emergency, on the 19th day of August I ordered a detail of one commissioned officer and thirteen men from Company A to remain on duty at the armory of said company until further orders, and the company was ordered to hold itself in readiness for instant duty.

Orders were also issued to the commanding officer of Company B to hold his command ready for duty, if called upon. These orders were in all respects promptly obeyed.

On the 22d day of August, the excitement having subsided, and considering danger of further trouble ended, both companies were relieved from further duty.

The expenses incurred were not great. There is a small bill of the Eureka and Palisade Railroad Company for transportation of a guard

detail to guard ordnance stores en route here, which should be paid. There is also a bill of N. Millich, amounting to $344 50, for subsistence furnished to men of Company A, while actually on duty, which should be paid.

These are all the bills of which I have any knowledge.

As to pay of men while on duty : As it will be observed by my report, there were two details from Company A constantly on duty for several days, and Company B maintained a guard at its armory for some days. Neither of these companies has asked any pay for their services, and, I do not think, care for any. The services were rendered from a sense of duty as soldiers and citizens, and the consciousness of its prompt and full performance is, to these companies, more valuable than would be any money consideration.

I have the honor to be your very obedient servant,

G. M. SABIN,

Brigadier-General, commanding Second Brigade Nevada Militia.

BIENNIAL REPORT

OF THE

Board of Directors of the State Orphans' Home

OF THE

STATE OF NEVADA,

FOR THE

FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH FISCAL YEARS.

REPORT.

STATE OF NEVADA,

OFFICE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF STATE ORPHANS' HOME,
CARSON CITY, December 31, 1880.

To the Honorable the Legislature of Nevada:

In conformity with the statute, the undersigned, Directors of the State Orphans' Home, herewith submit their report, covering the fifteenth and sixteenth fiscal years. For the several items herein contained we refer to the tables which make up the body of the report, viz:

TABLE NO. 1.

Giving the number and description of the orphans in Home December 31, 1878.

TABLE NO. 11.

Being a register of the children under our charge at the Home.

TABLE No. 2.

Containing a list of the wards of the State indentured under the statute of 1873.

TABLE No. 23.

Showing number of children in the Home each month for two years.

TABLE NO. 3.

Being a complete and corrected list of all the children admitted since the founding of the Home, with the exception of those now in the Home, as recorded in Table No. 1.

TABLE No. 4.

Giving the number received from each county to December 31, 1880, the number discharged, the number indentured, and the number at present in the Home, with a recapitulation of the above.

TABLE No. 5.

Showing the expenditures of the Home, in detail, by the month, for the fifteenth fiscal year, ending December 31, 1879.