Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-15
Unparalleled Surgical Operation.


Unparalleled Surgical Operation.
On Monday, December 2h, ult.,
surgical operation was performed
Nv Drs. Cable and Walters, of
Pittsburg, Pa, which is without a
parallel. n young man. residing
n Stubenville, Ohio. was so un-
brtunate as to get II mouth-plate
Nth five teeth thereon fastened
his throat. Medical assistance
was summoned, and all etlnrts to
withdraw the plate were unsuc.
kes,ful, and the physicians n at
endance pushed the plate further
Eown into the gullet. The patient
uttered greatly, and efforts were
made to employ a surgeon that
would undertake to cut the man
pen and recover the plate, but a
3urgeon could not be found in the
jity who would risk the delicate
neration. Finally, Drs. Cable and
Walters. of Pittsburg, consentnd
3 perform the operation. Chlo-
Oiorm WIS administered to the
Satient. and an incision was made
the neck, and the surgeon cut
eady to tho top Of the stomach.
b the language Of DR.. Cable, "the
an's heart was baating az inst
hv right hand, while the lungs
|nd arteries were thrO obin"
ainst my left hand. An instru
bent was inserted and the plate
n'cessfuliy removed" Our in
rm,nt. a printer i'll our oifi .e,
BIT Pittsnurc, on the seventh day
ter the operation, and the pa
|ent was recovering RAPIDLY, and
! later report by letter informs him
hat lie is entirely out of danger.
AN old fellow who is noted up
own for his suffering, as well as
br his shrewdnpss in making Il
bargain, stopped at 4 grocery and
Inquired:
How m-m-many t-t-turkeys
have you g-e-got
Eight, sir" replied the grocer.
"T-,-tough or t-t-tender?"
some are tender and some are
Nu.h," was the reply.
"I k-keep h b-boariers, said the
few customer. "P-r-pick out
The flour t-t-toughest ones ii you
Rp,pleise."
The delighted grocer very will
ngly cOmpied With the unusual
fequest, ana said in his po.itest
Zones:
These are the toughest ones,
kir"
Upon which the customer cOolly
put his hand on the remaining
|our anl exclaimed:
I'll t-t-take tn-th-these."
CALIFORNIA GOLD-BEARING
HAMS. On the occasion Of the
ast annual market in Berneck,
ft Gall says the SWiss Times. an
nn'keeper, while csrving Cali
ofnia ham, came upon a nugget
gold the size Of a walnut. The
ucky find, weighing l52 gram
mes, proved to he of the finest
Eoid. 1t is we'll known that vari-
Oas hard substances find their
way into pigs stOmachs. but the
l,cnvery of a nugget of pure
EOld IN this way may be esteemed
anovelty.
tHE following is said to be a
Pare test of a horses age:
After a horse is nine years old a
nukie comes over his eyelid, at
ne upper corner of his lower lid,
au every year thereafter he has
le well-detin ed wri nkle for every
gear e or his age over nine. II, for
aass'ance,' a horse is twelve years
~, add the number of wrinkles
Saiae and you will always obtain
us exact age.
a NATURAL MASON. - The
anuisvllle Commercial says that
"e a,., OF Its editors, named Jones,
W'S.eiy applied for admittance as q
aa, ,ason, on the ground that he be-
lvuged to the fraternity natural
H., having a strawberry mark on
jn" ,a IN the form of a triangle. An
tbst. t.s.',igation disclosed the fact
bn, .iie mark was not on his arm
hsv;' "a, oh another part of his body
io"., ing been caused in his early
'''n ny u hired girl, who applied