Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-06-14

o for common use among the
members. They vent Eaat and pro-
cured a small but select lot of stand.
ard works, and obtained some here
we were yesterday shown the collec.
ton, which is at the house of judge
Bally, by his estimable wife and Dr.
Cummings. Among the number wa
noticed three volumes of "Gibbon,s
Decline and Fall of the Roman En-.
pre-" two splehdidly bound volumes
OF Dicks works, Rawlin's Ancient
History" and "Plutarch's Lives of
the lllustriOus Captains and States
men OF Greece and Rome," translated
by Dryden. This last work itself.
asiue from those enumerated, and a
collection OF books Of fir
ION. poetry, science and biography,
Is Sufilclent to induce one who relisbes
,ncient lore to join the society. These
lives constitute one of the mos
charming productions which an
tiquity has sent down to us. The au-
thor had the advantage not ONLY of
an education under the cele-
DRAFTED tutor Ammonius, of Athens.
but also travelled extensively through
Egypt, Greece, and to the Roman
capital. Among the authors in poetry
are Shakespeare, Burns, Moore, Poe,
Pope and others. The fee upon ioin-
ing Is three dollars, and one dollar
per month thereafter (dues) to defray
current expenses. DIR. Cumming is
President and G. Schulze Secretary.
THE WoRsT Notwithstanding dis
tinguishing terms for new mining
districts, the Californians early mani
tested a peculiar eccentricity in strik-
ing comport with the independent,
reckless, otf-hand style of the early
pioneers. There was no lack of brains
among the gatherings of miners in
the early days of California. Classical
scholarS-graduates of high institu-
tons of Neutrality-suspicious.. lawyers
the precious metal and yet the selec-
ton of such names as Red Dog,
Shlrt-tail Canyon. Hangtown, ETC.,
for the mining districts and burgs,
rather than Understanding historical
terms, was common, as most readers
are aware. But the worst we have
ever heard is that of a town some
where i'll Tulare or Kern counties,
which the reporter of the HaVilah
Miner visited a few days ago, ana
which the inhabitants pride in calling
Iall-HOlt.
OxY-HYDRoGEN.-We learn from
the RereiHe that Mr.. drawings, agent
for the oxy-hydrogen furnace. is soon
to visit Eureka to introduce the new
method of smelling which he repre-
sents. The principle has been APP
piled at Salt Lake in smelling, and at
Virginia City as a means of produc-
ing steam, and in both instances was
pronounced a success. We have no
doubt that, with the proper apparatus
and right appliance, the plan will re-
suit in ultimate success. At any rate
we are anxious to see a thorough test
made of the principle.
SUPREME CoURT.-At the opening
of the term on the seventh Of July,
proximo, the calendar will be called
and arranged motions heard. candi-
dates examined and all business
transacted which can be reached dur.
ing that days session, at the close of
which a G wi. i be taken until the
the first day OF September next.
CoKRECTIoN.-In speaking in yes
terday's issue of Cross & Godfroy's
beer, we called it cronk instead of
crystal, which is its proper name.
Orders for it should be left at the
Postotfice.
PRoMIsED.-We are promised some
items from Secret Canyon by Mr..
Bertrand, one of the wne of the
celebrated Geddes & Be, trand mine,
who is going out there to-day to look
after his interests i'll that quarter.
In TOwN.-Mr. Schoonmaker, agent
for the firm of w. T. Reynolds & Co.,
liquor dealers at San Francisco. is in
town settling up the affairs OF the firm
here, they having made an assign
ment OF their effects.
STATUTES OF 1S73.-We have re-
ceived at this office, from j. ID. Minor,
Secretary of State, a bound volume of
the statutes of 1878, just issued by
State Printer Putnam, for which we
return thanks.
ILL.-We are panied to learn of the
illness of the little daughter of Fred.
Barnes, of the Peoples Market.
Fears were entertained yesterday for
her recovery.
BULLION EXPORTATION.-The ship
ment of bullion yesterday to the rail-
road by P%ritchard's teams amounted
to 1900 pounds.
For SALEM. b. Bartlett adver-
tises under the head of New to-day
a house for sale cheap.
ALL kinds of fresh fruit at Nichols
Confectionery, La Grade building. )es
HOLDINGS, SUGAR PINE n ROSE.
1901 a,;ol;.or Nor of oil sizes and