Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-04-21

town has received, from the Grand
Occident of the Knights of the .Anciep,
Universal brotherhood. a special dis
pensation 10 establish IL retreat of tho
order i'll this place. Preliminary s,cns
have already been taken. and a nu,n-
Der OF applications for membership
has been received. The order is =
very popular in the South and
East. and will, doubtless, NEE, with
success here. We are not informed as
to the object of the society further
than that a public library is always
sustained IN connection with it. 1t is,
we belicve, like others of the kind. de-
xo'ed to charity and brotllerlv love.
ihcre arc several retreats of the order
i'll TIL" State, all of which are in a
iiourisiling condition.
PANCAKE coKE.-We find this item
III the Carson -ippcat of the 18th inst:
Coke, from the coal of Pancake coal
mine, got itself exhibited, here and
there, i'll a cigar-hox Yesterday. It's
very coke.y-evcn if its base be what
that d%readfully s%cienlifical person, w.
ff~ailkcn>tcin Stewart, calls by the
rather depressing name of ''brow:i
coal. These specimens. when We saw
EN-, were in the conycnial hands of
one vino hath burned the midnight oil
delVlng into the mysteries of Coke
upon Iittlcton). and lie SccIlrd satis-
fled with it.. Then why should not we
he? May there be much nutrinlcnt
found in this promising Pancake
whafcvcr may be its relations to Coke.
Or Blackstone.
THAT I.oT-JUMrISG.-We are in re-
ceipt of Il letter from citizen Of RUBY
Hill, containing Il different version of
the late lot.iumping at that place, and
which ate that the contested ground
is still in the possession of the proprie.
tors of the clearinghouse built on the
premises. Tie landladv. Miss Jessie
Mctrac, by her indomitablc pluck aud
timely assistance of friends, spoiled
the arrangements Of the invading par
~, and with Il courage rarely clualed
drove them Oft the coveted claim.
leaving her "monarch of all she sur
veNed.'
BORROWED Books. = Parties who
have on various occasions borrowed
books from Judge IIupp'S library. are
requested to return them at once. as it
is the intention of his former partner.
Mr.. llillhou>e, to send the library to
the Judge the present week. There
are Il large number Of yolunlnS tina,
have been loaned To different parties
which have not as vet been returned,
and those who have been thus dilatorv
would opiige Mr.. !liilhouSc by send
ing or taking the same TO his office
Immediately.
P.AR>oN kELLy.-ThiS is what the
CDnficT of the 18th inst. says of Par
son Kelly and his recent visit to Bel
mont: The attendance last Sab
bath, t" listen to the erlnon of Rev.
:. u. Kelly. of Eureka, We're credi.a-
able. and avery general expression OF
satisfaction with the subjects presented
by the reverend gentleman. MIR
Kelly is an able man. and has Il happy
manner of making himself popular
whoever he rreachcs.'
PERsOSAL.-la-t evening we had
the pleasure of IL brief visit from the
Hon. Thomas Wallace, of Phoebe,
member OF the Legislature. The gen.
tlenan arrived last evening from the
above place and will, i'll a day or two,
proceed to san Francisco. We are
glad to learn that he has almost fully
recovered from the effects of his late
severe accident. caused by being
thrown from Il horse.
CoREECTIoN.-Undcr the head of
" Dividends" VT inadvertently stated
III our last weeks review that the Eu-
rcka Consolidated di>bursed last year
but two dividends of 81 each. ag-rp-
@atin" 800. 0nH. We believed 50 III the
time, hence the omission of the prop
CIR figures. which we have nov the
pleasure in au@ncnting 100 per cent.
thus making s200.0G0 paid iii four
equal in~SlailnlcntS of 81 each.
CLOSED % REPAIRS.-Tlle SaZcrac
saloon, J. NJ. Kellogg, proprietor, was
closed yesterday. and will undergo Il
complete o>erhauling during Tie week.
Carpenters. painters and paper hangers
Will transform the place to one ct the
ncatesl and handsomc>t in town. The
middle is being wain>coatcl
with pine and redwood, and the ceiling
trescocd Ivy competent artisans. Look
out for the grand rcOpcnin@.
Il. B.-The base ball players. 10 a
man, are down on the pre>en, weather,
as it seriously interrupts their enjoy
mcnt of the exciting game. The
grounds PLAYED on lie between the
Jackson and Silver West furnaces, and
are we'll adapted for the purpose. The
next fair day they will meet, choose
two opposing %"nines," and play Il
match game for the championship.
RETrRNED.-Thc four NImrOdS have
returned. rcacilin" home Sundaycven-
ing. Whether they We're su .cc>stul in
capturing the object of their eNledi-
ton, we have not learned, but as no
dead lion has been seen around town,
it is presumed that the animal proved
too wary for the mighty hunters. and
thus escaped the snarcs set by them to
lure il on to its death.
HELD FOR Observation-Disclosures adj