Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-05-24
sape Brush News.
from the Enterprise Of the 2lst.l


,r,om the Enterprise of the 2lst.l
cw,RMs OF GRAssHOPPERs.-
s,'ide of the city the whole sur
s ~ Of the country is literally
~. Y. a and warming with grass
MS The insects are of a dull
WI pP color, are wingless and but
10y S,ut an inch in length. Wheth-
mnot they have attained their
II Il size or whether they may yet
"s ~ -" wings. we cannot say. At
,ssent @ they seem to be perfectly
.,mless They are not seen to
sd On ANYTHING; indeed, in their
,s.ent habitat there is nothing
rs sagehrush upon which they
cht subsist in such numbers as
tsy appear, yet the sage leaves
.ma,n | rnscathed, and the insects
! not appear to touch or even
icht upon them. They are uni
rmly seen on the bare ground !;
bsr,iore. some have suggested
hat they must eat the dirt upon
Inch thew move on, chameleon
Ep live on air. They are noise
pss never being heard to utter
Ken the faintest chirp, and seem
he useless, except, perhaps, as
d for the few ground sparrOws
nd other small birds found in the
lIs; and. maybe, for the lizards
md horned tOads-
ENGAGEMENT OF Mrs. BOWERS.
yext Monday night Mrs. ID. =.
DIVERS, supported by J. Z. NJ cCol-
UNI ard am excellent company,
(omposed of the talented perform
rs, Messrs. Edmonds, Barry,
iaygarlh, LisJon, Leroy, Rea,
telasco, CogilI, Earle; Miss Ellie
Wilton, Mrs. Frank Rea, Miss
annie Gibson, Mrs. Kate Arm
|trong, and Miss August Sampson.
Mrs. Bowers will probably open in
Elizabeth appearing in the
tle role, it being one
/ her best and favorite char
cters, and during her short
|ay will doubtless appear in
Lady Audley's Secret, East
lynne" and problbly" Mary Stu
It, and other of her popular
lays.
THE all-absorbing game, which
now claiming the attention of
|ur village Hampdens and
mute ingioriOus MlltOns,' is one
Therein the trick consists in so
ltching certains rings that they
hall allght upon II number of
pixies projecting from a piece of
pick plank placed on the ground
short distance from the person
hrowing said rings. This species
diversion seems 10 have many
evOted admirers and not a little
foln changes hands among those
Engaged in it. When it is in full
past as many persons collect
bout it as would constitute a
busing audience for the side-show
a flrst-class circus.
On HIS WAY.-Father Nulty
yesterday received a letter from
Father ManOgue, which stated
hat he (Father Manogue) would
eslertay leave Sacramento for
pew York direct, thence to take
passage for Europe. During the
osence of Father Manogue
fhleh will be for six or eight
honths duration, Father Nulty
WI omclate as pastor of ST
vary Church, in this city
rather Nulty is an able and elO.
Eueht speaker, and will undOubt-
FNy De acceptable in every re.
pect to his parishiOners, for whose
PeSt interests he will work to the
Feat OF his ability.
prom the Virginia Chronicle, May q.
oLD ADAM.-Some days ago we
uued to the desertiOn Of Old
faan (the Indian) by his tribe
cao, y. according to their Gust ON
B9l. lne veteran to die in solitl de.
put Tor the kindness of the Sis
Esls OF Charity he would have
Ess Essseu to the happy hunting
Eiouhds long before this. The
Esters learning of the hard fate
'ne old man have been constant
u tAelr ministratiOns to his
Ca;hts, and by tn ir acts of gener-
% P,aly nave prolonged his life and
tmu Faaae hlm compal atively comfort
EOn' EEo.e' such instances as this
p.d the beauty of the
e,uer' which, in its benefactiOns
llity. law ''o' "'''
iHE CROWN POINT.-On Friday
'asI ANY, The Crown Point Company
,ha; MY embarrassed by water in
Iaen |ae.r drift: Since then they have
ba baen hard at work bailing, and
s"'e \" It du led the water so that ii
M longer Obstructs operations
sshht;y are now working their
NH. ts;lm' ald expect Immediately to
IsIn s,ne an extraordinarily rich de.
AN IMMENSE ENGINE. This