Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-07-16
THE WEATHER.-The rror,,or;tu

Tue HrSG terms 10 mean each Some-
thing different from the other, since
we are told that scarcely any two
words in the language are perfectly
synonymons-haS eve been made
entirely clear to II limited under
standing. We have been told about
the contraction and expansion, and
consequent rising and falling, of air 4:
about Its density and rarity AS related
to the distance from the earth's sur-
face ; and about the effect of erpen
dicular solar rays, when the angles of
lncluence and reflection are formed
by. the same line, as contradistin-
guished from obllque ones, and about
the OK pansive force of heat /: and vet
IL Is not by any Inc II satisfactory to
our lnveStlgative disposition WHY the
movements are not characterized by
more regularity, why the same eau
SEES do not at all times produce
the same effect, as it were, as
they inevitably must. The causes are
m tnltestiy regular, and why not the
effects correspoudingly SOP The reIa.
ton OF the planets OF our system, II
with the other, AS well as the relation
OF the main eleinents of our particu.
lar planet, must ever remain I'M
changed; and vet why, i'm July of last
year, in a certain portion of the State
Of Iowa, for instance, the air suffered
no uncommon cOrnmotion, but during
the same month of this year,, when
all the parts OF the universe have
approximately the same effect upon
earh other Is they had then, a dis
turbance that produced disa .trous re-
suits should occur, rather conflicts
with our notion of the theory of such
things. But the sudden gusts and
zephyrs of this particular section of
h world is the subject we designed
for this paragraph. What reason
there car be in the economy of nature
for having them come SO very sud-
denly aud UNEXPECTEDLY, and with
such force, no giving one time to
close his door to shut out the great
est portion of the debris that always
accompanies these blasts, and whose
atoms are almost as enthusiastically
small as the atoms which compose
the gas i'll question, we cannot begin
to Surmise. We are therefore almost
disposed to growl at the management
of the whole affair. For the past
week we have had more than our
share OF this nonsense but yester-
dty was the climax. We were lured
into the hope of a retrieving and re-
freshing shower, 10y the appearance
in the afternoon of large masses of
nimDuS above the western horizon,
but were disappointed, beyond the
condensation and precipitation of a
few drops, for which, by constraint
Of Il present %querulous mood, we
cannot express any gratitude to the
clerk Of the weather.
REDUCTION OF TELEGRAPH RATES.
We notice by some of our exchanges
that the Western Union Telegraph
Company have made a still further
reduction in the tariff OF Eastern
messages of ten words or less. The
old rates were two dollars and fifty
cents. Two dollars is all that is
charged under the new programme.
Whether these regulations extend all
ove the Pacific coast, or merely to
those places where there are OppOsi-
ton lines we are not advised. The
former reduction, however, was gene
raj, and we presume the last is equal
ly comprehensive.
IMPROvEMENTS.-An active spirit is
manifested in many parts Of town in
the matter of substantial improve
ments and embellishments to dwell
ings and business houses. New
editices for the purposes OF trade are
in process of construction IN many OF
the principal stIeets, as many as four
being nearly completed and ready
for occupation on Main street alone.
If this be taken as an evidence OF our
present prosperity Or prospective fu-
ture, il certainly shows well. 1t is an
indication at least that there is faith
in the minds of our people as to the
permanency of the place.
SENTENCED. - Judge Beatty SEN
fenced Henry Smith. the man con-
cerned in the White Pine stage
robbery at the time Billy Mann. the
driver. vas killed, to n year IN the
State Prison. There was 10 evidence
against Smith save his own, and for
this reason he was let Off with a short
term at the Warm Springs. George
Mitchell and Charles Wray, a couple
of colored gentlemen, convicted OF
house breaking. were also given a
year each, by Judge Beatty.
X. X. DIVIDEND.-The second divi-
dend of twenty-five cents per share
was declared on the stock of the X.
X. Company on the 10th instant. 1t
was payable Yesterday at the office of
the Company in San Francisco. For
some reason the news gathercrs in
San Francisco do not get hold OF the
X. X. dividends. or if so they never
take the trouble to telegraph them.
We have heard incidently that this
mine will declare monthly dividends
right along.
FAILED TO Go.-The other day we
sent lin an item II. Bishop, the we'll
known livery man, to Europe. But
it seems that he failed to go, and yes
terday, to Our establishment, we ran
across him OH Main street. He had
only been on a little business visit to
Hamilton. knowing that he contem,
plated a trip to hold Hengland, and
seeing his name among the depar.