Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-11-20
ANNIVERSARY OF rHE vIRE.

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this at l o'clock A. ny the SENTINEL
Office, Including the whole block in
which it 10 situated, was totally de-
stroyed by fire. We have before us a
slip, printed on partially burnt paper,
issued the day succeeding the coufa-
grafton. \ brief retrospective glance
regarding the SENTINEL is mo-. deemed
out of place here. The rapidity with
which a new building was erected
and new material made to supply the
place of the old, is a matter we'll under
stood in this comm unity. Suffice it
to say, however, that the SENTINEL
appeared in full size on the fourteenth
day. This was due in a great meas
ure to the liberality Of our people who
generously and promptly aided us to
the amount of fifteen hundred and
ffty dollars. With this sum we were
enabled TO pay the freight on
the new Office. which came from
San Francisco partly by ex-
press and partly by fast freight.
besides leaving us a balance to apply
to other purposes. So far as possible,
particularly where We have had deal
ings with those who contributed. we
have endeavored TO refund the money
advanced US. Perhaps not to exceed
$500 or $500. at the most, remains an
paid to-day. While duly grateful to
all who so kindly rendered US assist
ance in the hour of our dire distress,
We deem it but proper. in Justice to our
self, that this statement be made. To
re-establish the SENTINEL property
necessitated a heavy outlay. The
buildings, material. stock, furni-
ture, and supplies Of all kin1s, in
volved an expenditure Of not less than
$4,000. The old establishment. with
stock on hand, stood us over $4,000.
Fortunately, our credit was good in
San Francisco, and the wholesale deal
crs in printing materials have always
shown a disposition to indulge US.
Having been left on the 'bel rock" so
to speak, by the fire, we have. during
the past year, been greatly embar-
raised at times. Obstacles had TO be
met and surmounted. The history Of
the year is not pleasuraLle in all re-
spects, for we frankly confess that Pc
cuniary difficulties met US at every
turn. II was a constant battle, the
perplexing details of which can never
be known and appreciated by any n
but the writer. Thanks to the liberal
patronage of the people Of this COM
munity, however, who have favored US
beyond orr just deserts, the SENTINEL
to-day is on a firm footing, with as
bright prospects perhaps as any other
journal in the State. Its circulation is
constantly growing and extending, and
the general outlook is in every way
satisfactory. Grateful for favors ex-
tended, we have endeavored to publish
the very best paper our resources
would warrant. Animated by this
feeling, we. during the past season, is
sued a much larger sheet than our
support would justify, and we may
add just here that no town in Americs
of the size of Eureka ever maintained
as large a daily paper as the SENTINEL
Was from May to November of the
present year. We have on hand all
Of the requisite material, and with the
opening Of Spring we hope to again
esum the larger size. In view of a
long, dull winter, we feared to chance
the large paper, more particularly as
it is imperative that we should be alb
sent for some months.
The SENTINEL has been liberal-al'
ways giving everybody a fair and i'm
partial hearing. We have tried to es'
chew politics Is much as possible, for
We recognize the fact that our paper is
dependent on Republicans and Demo-
Gratis alike for its support. In small
interior towns like this We know that "A
partisan paper is not required, nor can
one Of that character exist a month.
The editor and proprietor of the
SENTINEL, as is we'll Known, is q Dem
ocrat, yet he has seldom sought to in
trude his political views upon the pub
lie. We know that the course OF the
SENTINEL has not been approved by
all; We could not hope for that much.
Men Of our own party accuse us of
leaning to the Republicans, while, on
the other hand, Republicans say (some
Republicans do that we are the most
unreasonably violent Democrat in all
tina land. And so matters go. We
try to be as independent as the nature
of the case will admit, and at the same
time deal Justly with all men, meas
urss and parties. The SENTINEL is
primarily an organ of the people from
whom it draws:its sustsnance. This is
our per4lanent home. Whatever con-
duces to the public Wed, OF
this community must, also, rebound
to our interest. The interests of
the town and county are identical