Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-01-04
Itemized Facts and Fancies.

A CHRISTMAS INCIDENT IN New YORK.
rhe New York Tribune relates the fol-
owing beautiful incident:
A thrifty poultrv-dealcr. ut Wash
notion Market, had learned the large
Iharitv of the season. although he had
hot occupied pew in the church: for
when he caught a lean. hungry-loOk-
ne boy in the act of stealing one of
lie turkeys. he compounded the fell
NV with these words you're think
no of your mother, lad. or YOU
Wouldn't he stealing on Christmas
Eou're welcome to it; and take q lit
III celery with it, for she may relish
hat, too"
THE GREELEY SrATUE.-A committee
has been raised to receive Subscrip-
;0ls for \ monument to the late HOr-
ce Greeley. Hon. Andrew II. Green.
New York city, is the Treasurer. and
b him all contributions should be
ent. Among the distinguished gen.
lemen named for committeeman we
hotice Samuel J. Tilden. Aug. Schell,
Marshall o. Roberts. Frank Leslie,
r. Barnum. James Gordon Bennett.
x-Sneaker Banks, John w. Forney,
Carl Srhurz. Governors Blair of Mich
gan. Hendricks of Indiana, and Ran
iolph of New York.
THEATRICAL EFrErrs.- while
Miss NeilsoN was playing Juliet" mt
Booths Theatre. New York. as she
v,s in the act of stabhing herself. in
he last scene. lady i'm the audience
kave scream of horror that was
heard all over the house. and then, as
becoming conscious of the illusion,
Il fx,1 I, ,s,.1, <~F,
ef equally audible. The audience
oared with a lauyhter that could not
No suppressed. and it was as much as
he de I'd Romeo" and dying Juliet
gull do to keep, from sharing the
merriment.
A Whole FAMIL = KILLED BY APAcHEs.
A gentleman in San Francisco has re-
Ieived letter from Arizona in which
his correspondent states that the Lee
amilv of circus performers were
murdered i'm that country hv Anaches.
rhey were jOurneving to New Mex
70 to perform, and when ut Apache
Pass were SURPRISE and killed. The
amilv resided in San Francisco for a
humber Of wears. There were eigh:
Members Ofthe family, and il is said
hat all perished.
I.I 1.s
Money made bv Friedlander, the
Ereat grain lnOnOpOlist from his wheat
orner on the crop 0f the San Joaquin
Iallev al me. saws the San Jose Mr1'
puy. would have saved the farmers
{ that valley from bankruptcy !;
whereas now most of them II We come
|ut badly in debt, and Il large number
u them who were forced to sell their
Wheat ut two-thirlS of it's actual value
IRE hopelnsslv insolvent.
A circular has been iSsned to the
Employees Ofthe Louisville Short Line
Railroad, which, among other things,
lays: No man has a right to hold II
position which brings him i'm imme-
late contact with the public who
Hoes not know how to be civil and
polite, or is not disposed to make HIM
belf agreeable to those with whom he
hay be thrown into business rela-
ions.
THE longest matrimonial engage
ment IN ecord is tnat Ola couple " no
were married at East Lynn, Mass, on
THANKSGIVING Dav. They were he
rothed in 1917, and had been drawing
put the sweetness of the engagement
Eeason ever since. Fifty-tivc years of
billing and cooling, of ilisstul antici-
PATTON and all the joys and delights
Ot unwedded love, is more than is
pften vouchsafed to mortals.
A NEW variety Of cotton has been
discovered and is being developed in
Georgia, which Yields fifty per cent
more than any other kind. and is of a
Cetter quality, selling one cent and an
eighth higher. A single stalk of il
was discovered five wears ago, and
rom this stalk, by carefully selecting
ne seed. the staple and yield has
steadily improved.
IHE st. Louis Journal says: GA
young man came into the office Ol
ms newspaper yesterday with Il man
llscrlpt poem. 1t began with The
snow, the beautiful snow His friends
nay get the body by applying at the
basement and paying for the dry
oods box containing the remains O
me deceased
iHE populationO of the globe is usually
siiiiated ut 1000, 100000. a new anC
arelul estimate, based on the very
a.est returns. has Just been published
..na Unna hy two competent German
.allSticlans, who calculfte the present
'a.noer a-n o OF the earth'S inha bitantS al
''oLOO0,0OO of souls.
"a a Tennessee co: respondent, who is
sniuehtiy niy a little rusty in Hellenic
'1,s, ns; writes to ask. "Who was Aspa
"a G Sh" was the female woman who
E;'ayed Josephine Mansfield to the
nsque or Pericles. but you musn
piS1se onlS, that We ever knew her per
'0'"'iy.-LouispiHe COnier-.JOmaal.
w youth of Atchison Kansas. drank
~5 quarts OF raw whisky on a wager
iisd u MS u epltaph runs, "He smiled and
" iowa n"G City. next season, will Law IN
aU1 OYV OF its treasure among the moth
~ IN, rust OF an opera house.
The book to which reference is
nool s~s. frequently made nowadays-the
norh;i noh;lNoNYM FOR THE EpIzooTIc. Hip
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES mus
"''-NeG York World.
asath mk :; coiored women were shot tc
~" III Memphis on Christmas.
III SINNERS nS health is precarious, ant
musicians visit him twice day
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