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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-01

A.PrOINTMENT.-Thc Board of En-
aminers appointed by Congressman
Kendall to select a Young MAJ to fill
the vacancy in the Military School at
.Anapolis, have recommended the son
of Col. Milt. Elt>ner.ofOrmsby county.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-01
NEVADA.

AUSTIN. December 81.
The case of &. T.. Sampson, charged
with the murder of J. &. McMinn ut
Duckwa:er, Is months ago., went to the
ilrv at ! +. H.. Yesterday. and Il YER
diet of acquittal was rendered at 2:3n
this afternoon. This was the third trial
for sampson. The ease was removed
here from Nyc county on a change OF
ypnlIp.
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Estrayed or Stolen.

\ SMALL. BROWN HORSE wrI,.t,,vc
an"at 's, pounds. three " hitc iae, ~,
y n "i n"i'rli, and brarniel ON the lief, I'm
bhnu me letter ~ reversed: al.n nne h "t,
ir,nI nl',I'. w,"lGht about 7tn lolnd.. and
der. on The lett shUul-
4 reward of so will be paid for tho ,oeo,-
my ~ other animal. and 80 more for H. -
fr,thenslnn of the TIL 4. tue ai'-
,hlIrln9'ion >honld he Left with the urd,r-
- " - M residoncc On South >rrinr stree,
w. MARTIN
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-01
NO PAPER.

To-day is a legal holiday and all
hands connected with the SENTINEL
are DESTROYS Of observing 1t; therefore,
m paper will be issued from this office
tO-morrow.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-01
Toys for the Million!

ANIAG Just RECEIVED \ SII.EN.
II i,li' assortment of tef- from San trar-
than the eli aIt>t fur coin. \" n ,ctinn i,
lnine. can sell chap enough at private
>ai'. Ii can't get my own price viii per-
mn customers t" ~ theirs. lha goods must
be '"id, a | want 10 70 to E.rru,c for my
hen,th. See M III the o~totiico binding.
"--i" JAKE UiiE\HEiNEE.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-01

TiIE RESCUE ENGINE COMPANY
i holds it, regular monthly meeting on The
first MONDAY of each month.
j. l.. BAlLY, President.
b. ". Cross, Secreta,. jel7
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WE give up much of Il available
lie found in or local page.
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CUBA.


HAVANA, December 81.
General J%ouvellar insists that the
Government shall accept his re>igna-
ton unless he is granted full powers
enjoyed by his predecessors. The
Government has granted increased
powers, but they are restricted by GER
tain conditions.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-01
For Sale.

\ Ale NEW JEWELRY STORE, NEXT
silver and Plated Ware;
Two Large Music Boxes.
large Assortment. Of Jcwclrv:
a very Fine Doubl,.Barrel.d CIV
volvcrs. AN'
11ni.trN is the order of the ,lav.
II. j. MokiliON.-
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-01
FOREIGN NEWS.
ENGLAND,

LONDON. Dec. 81.
\ special from Berlin says there is a
panic on the BourSe in that city.
Intelligence has been received that
the steamship Elb. from London for
Hamburg, was lost and32 persons also
lost their lives.
The Board of Trade to-day opened
to make inquiry into the Vile du
Havre disaster. There was no desire
to prefer criminal charges against
any one.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-01
W Illtcd.

4 GIRL TO DO IiutSEWobE For ,
"A small family. ~inI.irc at th. ',t;n. =. ~
California Lumber Yard. V"'V VI the
Us - VI. L RAnTI La.r
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PENNSYLNANI.t.

PIITSBURG. Decembcr3l.
The engineers strike on the Fort
Wayne, Chicago. Cleveland and Pitts
to work under the reduction. \ re-
duction of 10 per cent. will take effect
on the Pennsylvania Central and .tlleg-
hany Valley Road tomorrow.
PHILADELPHIA, December 81.
Godfrey Runklc, a German baker.
was murdered this morning by an
employe who then attempted to kill
Mrs. Runkle. and robbed her of So.
lie was arrested i'll a n~eigllboring sa-
loon.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-01
OHIO.
CLEVELAND, Ncc..3l

1t is rumored that the engineers on
the Lake Shore Railroad will strike on
Monday orTueSdav next. but no dctin-
tie information is obtainable. The off
cial> of the railroads whose engineers
struck, report the prospect favorable
for an early resumption of all trains,
and the situation is rapidly improving.
The strikers. however. refuse to ON
promise, and say they can hold out six
months; that the brotherhood will aid
them.
CoLCMBTS. Dee. 81.
The railroad trouble appears about
over. All regular passenger trains left
oh time to-day.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-01

PAT. HOLLAND. of the Phoebe
Record, passed here on Saturday last.
on his way to California. He showed
lis some specimens of job printing.
in colors, done at the RrcDiu Office,
which in style. neatness and eXccu-
ton, cannot be eXcelled on the coast.
So says the Winnemucca Register.
T. L. Ham, lately returned from Pi-
oche, and who is now foreman in the
SENTINEL office, did that fancy work
for Pat.
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NEW TiD-D.il.
list OF LETTERS

-rv,I\IX IN THE PDSTofFlCE "
IL Eureka. December II, 1873. Persons cai'.
ms for Letters will please say AdVeftiSe".
p.sSuSs Lief
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EcRrI.
MARRIED,

In Virginia City Dec. ~, 1873, to the wife d
Frctl. Kline, a son.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-01

J. g. BoHEN, of Eureka. an expert
enced dancing master. will open a
dancing school i'll Winnemucca some
time next week.
We find the above in the last issue of
the Winnemucca Register. That fell
low Bohen won't do to bet on. He
bilked us ont of SD worth of printing.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-01
VIRGINIA..

NORFOLK, December 81.
Tho schooner Charles Cook. for Bo>-
ton. went ashore 2omiles south of Cape
Henry lighthouse yesterday. -Four OF
the crew were drowned.
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KENTUCKY.

La GRANGE. Dec. 81.
The Jail here was fired by prisoners
this afternoon and entirely destroyed.
VIRGINIA.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-02-26
A Gossip's Punishment.

In q small society like that OF Edin'
burgh there was q good deal of scandal
and gossip; every ones character and
conduct were freely criticised, and by
none more than by my aunt and her
friends. She used to sit at q window
embroidering, where she not only could
see every one that passed, but With o
small telescope could look into the
dressing.room of o lady. A spinster
lady of good family, cousin OF ours.
carried her gossip so far, that she was
tried for defamation, and condemned 70
a months imprisonment, which she
actually underWentsin in the Tolbooth.
She was let out just before the kings
birthday, TO celebrate which, besides
the guns fred at the Castle, the boys
let off squibs and crackers in all the
streets. As the lady in question was
walking up the High street, some LADS
in a wynd, or narrow street, fired Q
small cannon, and one OF the slugs
with which it was loaded hit her mouth
and wounded her tongue. This raised
a universal laugh; and No one enjoyed
1t more than my uncle William, who dis
liked this somewhat masculine woman.
Mrs Somerville's Autobiography.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-02-26
Rats as an Article of Food.

The utilization Of rats as an article OF
human food having been suggested by
a writer, there promises to be an inter-
esting discussion Of the qualities Of the
too familiar rodent as an article Of diet.
An old United States naval officer gives
his experience in China. He first tasted
rat at Canton, and found it decided
relish, and one OF his brother officers
who tested it at the same time with him
became 30 enthusiastic over his first rat
meal that ever after, when ashore, he
invariably had his rat stew, with curry
sauce. Apropos Of this subject, we
may say here that Canton and New
York are not the only places where sa-
worry rats can be found. In the West
Indies, in the old slavery time, that
variety of the rodentia known as the
cane.piece rat so called from its
feeding principally upon the sugar cane
was very generally eaten by the Afri-
cans, who brought the taste for it with
them from their native land; and an
aged planter who had once been induced
to share in rat broil assured the writer
of these lines that it was as nice NOR.
sci as he had ever tasted, the flesh
being remarkably tender, with the
piquant flavor OF game. Unlike our
naval friend, however, he never asked
for "more." Perhaps he was not such
an epicure. .-Erchange.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-02-26
He Knew About 1t.

When, sixty years ago, bank called
the State Bank was started at Trenton,
the late Abner Reeder, man Of large
wealth, but limited intellect, was asked
to subscribe. He refused to do 80 un-
less he should be appointed President.
When it was found, after repeated
efforts, that the amount could not be
obtained elsewhere, his proposition
was agreed to. He subscribed largely
and became President, but was never
consulted about anything of impor-
tance. He was kept busy, during the
few hours OF the day he attended at the
bank, in signing bills. One morning,
on arriving ct the bank, he was told
that the institution was about to fail.
"Fail I" he cried, "that it impossible p
why impossible, Mr.. Reeder p
"Why," he answered, "because I have
done nothing but sign bills for the last
six months. How can bank fail which
has 80 many bills ?"
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-02-26
The Bodies Of the Slamese Twins.

What the proposed final disposion of
the bodies of the Siamese Twins is to
be, says correspondent, am not in
formed, but report here says that they
are to be embalmed and disposed of at
an enormous price to some museum or
medical college, or placed on exhibi-
ton at sum equivalent to the value
set upon them by the Mount Airy man
ayers, who, OF course, will realize a
handsome percentage out Of the trans
action. Ali of this, however, is to be
subject to the decision of the members
of the families, who have been notified
OF the death of their parents, and are
expected home at an early. day.
No effort whatever was made TO per-
form an operation on the ligament with
regard to ascertainiug whether there was
an artery passing through it or not. as
that would have materially interfered
with prospective greenbacks, and pres
ent speculations would have been nip
ped in the bud. Embalmed and pre-
served as they are, the bodies OF the
twins will have market value from
which money can always be realized by
those having possession of them. The
lieament cut in the interest OF science,
the curiosity would be destroyed, and
consequently the separate dead bodies
would be OF no value.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-02-26
A Savage Waste.

The voyage from San Francisco to
Oregon is almost all the way in sight Of
land; and as you skirt the mountainous
coast of Oregon you see long stretches
of forest, miles OF tall frs killed by
forest fires, and rearing their bear
heads toward the sky like vast as
semblage OF bean.poles-a barren view,
which you owe to the noble red man,
who, it is said, sets fire to these great
woods in order to produce for himself
O good crop of blueberries.
When, some years ago, Walk-in-the-
Water, or Red Cloud, or some other
Colorado chief, asserted in Washington
the right OF the Indian to hunt Buffalo,
on the familiar ground that he must
live, q journalist given to figures de-
molished the Indian position by demon.
strating that race which insisted on
living on buffalo meat required about
16, 900 acres OF land per head for its
subsistence, which is more than even
we can spare. One wonders, remem
bering these figures, how many millions
of feet of frst-clsss lumber are sacri-
feed to provide an Indian rancheria
with huckleberries.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-02-26
His Reasons.

Soon after the first Inauguration Of
Governor Seward as Chief Magistrate
of New York State, says Hurper's,
Virus W. Smith, then and for many
years afterward potential man in the
Whig party of Onondaga county, wrote
to Mr.. Thurlow Weed, requesting him
to call upon the Governor, and ask him
to appoint certain man as Indian
Agent for the Onondaga tribe Of
Indians. The person recommended by
Mr.. Smith was well known to Mr.. Weed
as one of those fussy, meddlesome,
mal-adroit, pestilent fellows, nuisances
10 any party, whose only power is a
power for mischief. he was therefore
sui prised at Mr.. Smiths urging him
for the position, and thought it could
only have been done through ignorance
OF his character or misrepresentation on
the part of others. Mr.. Weed accord
ingly replied, expressing regret at Mr..
Smiths request, in view Of the objec-
tionable character of the candidate,
and begging him to suggest more ac-
ceptable name. Next day Mr.. Weed
mentioned the matter to the Governor
(who was equally cognizant OF the mans
character), and remarked that he had
answered the letter, and that action for
the present would be delayed. It was
thought that this would bring Mr..
Smith to Albany to look after the mat
ter, as it did. On arriving he promptly
called upon Mr.. Weed, who e1postula-
ted with him as to the character of his
candidate. Nevertheless" said he,
eff you make it point that he must
have the place, why, have it he must. I"
"Well, Mr.. Weed, I am very anxious
about it"
"But you know what bad fellow
he is"
"Gan't help it he's my man."
"But can't you give some reason for
"No,S replied Mr.. Smith; ct do
not care to do that"
"But the Governor thinks bad Of
this fellow, and certainly some e1plana-
tion is due to him."
"Well, it's something don't wish to
talk about"
"Why?"
"Do you really want to know?"
Certainly"
"Then, if you insist upon it, I'll tell
you. You know there are among the
Onondagas two parties, the Christians
and the pagans?'
81 am aware Of 1t.
"Well, my man is leetle in favor Of
the Christians. The pagans have found
that out, and what is more, they have
agreed among themselves that the mo.
ment he comes among them they'll Kill
him."
"virus," as he was popularly called
in Onondaga, finally concluded, in
the interest Of humanity, to withdraw
his candidate, and there was no assas-
] sination by the psssns Of onondags-
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-02-26
Beauty and Dress.

A clever writer says: Providence
meant woman to make the world beau
tiful as much as flowers and butterflies,
and there is no sin in tasteful dress, but
only in devoting to it too much money
or too much time" This is most
sensible view, and is the true medium
between the one extreme of straight
and rigid simplicity and the devotion
of the best energies of a lifetime to
vanity and frivolity. But, after all,
what is this rage TO, dress but an effort
after the beautiful? The reason why
the beautiful is not always the result, is
because so many women are ignorant
or merely initiative. They have no
sense of fitness. The short wears what
belongs to the tail, and brunettes sac
rifice theft natural beauty to look like
blondes, and well they may, for blondes
seem generally preferable,
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-02-26
C0ntented YOke.Fellows.

A Polander and his wife hitched to a
large sled loaded with firewood attrac-
ted some attention in Winona, Wis,
according to local paper. The team
was well matched as to size, and pulled
with considerable steadiness and una
nimity, but, judging by the nergetic
manner in which the woman walked
into the collar when the vehicle came
to bare spot in the street, any impair
tial observer would say that, in this in
stance, "the gray mare was the better
horse" She never tagged or funked
or balked, no matter how hard the pull
ing, while the male animal by her side,
it must be confessed, occasionally show
ed a disposition to shirk his share OF
the load. It was beautiful sight, this
picture of mutual connubial helpful.
ness, as well as a good, practical illus
tration of the theory that the sexes are
naturally equal, and that woman can
do o mans (or horse's) work little bet
ter than the man himself. Here was q
sensible woman of practical turn Of
mind, who, instead of scolding the pub:
lie about her "rights," simply said
nothing, but went in and took posses
sion of those rights without the slight.
est objection on the part of the "tyrant
man." At least this was the mental
comment of our reporter on ths scene
as the well-matched, happily mated
pair, cheerfully tugging at their com.
mon burden of life, slowly disappeared
around a corner, caused him, almost
unconsciously, to drop into poetry, and
exclaim
Two souls with but single-sied.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-02-26
A C0ntented Farmer.

The Merrimack County IN. H. Agri-
cultural Society, celebrated its semi
centennial anniversary, and at one of its
meetings Gen. McCutchins. said that
thirty-two years ago he bought farm
Of Gov. Colby for 81, ,15O. 1t was situ-
ated on that cold ridge Of land which
was as famous for cold as any except
those farmed by DR.. Kane. He had
titled the farm since, and it had paid.
He was surprised to hear such gloomy
talk as he had heard from men who had
made fortunes on farm. Such state
ments as were made by them needed
analyzing. They might be truth, but
they were not the whole truth. 1t is
of no benefit to the farmer to always
talk about oppression, for people know
it is not true. There may be inequali-
ties in taxation, but there is no oppres-
sion, and when he heard such talk, he
asked himself, Would these same farm.
ers change places with merchants or
bankers, or The men shut up in the
shops? he thought not. Why,
gentlemen" said the General, "I
would not quit farming to be made
Governor Of New Hampshire" Ee
once got uneasy and went West to Kan
sas. he found there unharvested crops
late in November, lack of barns, and
almost of houses. He thought it o
lazy, shiftless country. The men who
emigrated thither from the East were
workers, but their children were lazy.
They would ride into the towns from
their farms, and sit, as if they were too
lazy to dismount. Let grumblers go
West but, as for him, he never loved
New Hampshire Hills 80 we'll as when
he returned from that Western journey,
and he felt like singing, "Give me
back my native hills, rough and rugged
though they be-" "Cheer up, farmers"
he said "get out from under the
clouds. II you can't get living here,
come up to New London hills you can
flourish there. We shall never get our
rights by grumbling." The General,
in reply to a question, said that when
he bought his farm it cut fifteen tons of
hay, and now fifty yearly.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-02-26
Catching Cattle.

One can see in Texas, says writer,
an adroit horseman lassoing the stupid
beef creature which he has decided to
slaughter. He drives tia little apart
from the herd; it turns upon him-a
twirl of his sharp wrist, and he has
thrown the deadly moose abouti its neck;
a rapid gallop of few seconds, and he
has tghtened the long rope. The horse
seems to enjoy the sport; he braces
himself as the animal makes few
angry struggles; the rider once more
galicps away. The poor beef is now in
the terrible tortures of suffocation; he
falls upon his knees, uttering hoarse
believing; he staggers blindly toward
his adversary, brandishing his horns;
he falls again headlong, and once more
piteously bellows as much as his
choked throat will permit. The other
cattle walk slowly and mournfully
away, huddling together as If for pro.
lection. At last the horseman, loosen
ing q little the dreadful Moose, forces
i the subdued creature to follow him
wherever he wishes, and 20 taxes him Y
the daughter.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-02-26
The Riderless War.HOrse.

In almost the last letter written by
Lieutenant Colonel Pemberton from
seat of war before his untimely death,
there was passage describing one of
the most pathetic OF all incidents of the
Franco-German war, though the pathos
OF it relates, not to the human belliger-
ents, but to their only active ally in the
animal world, the horse. A Prussian
huzzar, who had got on his horse to
carry water to the wounded and dying
comrades, was killed, with the poor
soldiers he was relieving, by shell, in
the very act of pouring the water down
the throat of one of them and just
then his regiment moved off, his empty
horse following in the ranks where
upon Lieutenant Colonel Pemberton
remarked: "Only those who have seen
battlefield can form notion of the
extraordinary way in which the horses,
as long as they have leg to crawl on,
will follow the regiment to which they
belong. I saw what evidently had been
sergeant's horses keeping their position
in rear of their squadron, wheeling with
it, and halting exactly as if their riders
were on their backs, and all the time
streaming with blood. Poor creatures |!
they are indeed to be pitied for they
have neither Vaterland, promotion, nor
the coveted medal to think of, whatever
may be the issue and few indeed are
there. who have not some honorable
scars to show" Again, The German
Post relates "that after the slaughter
at Vionville, on the 18th of August, a
strange and touching spectacle was pre-
sented. On the evening call being
sounded for the First Regiment Of
Dragons of the Guard, 602 riderless
horses answered to the summons, jaded
and in many cases manned. The noble
animals still retained their disciplined
habits"
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-02-26

The Chicago Bulletin gives the third
annual statement Of the pork packing OF
the West. rF
Returns from $50 points, and twenty
one additional estimated, gives the total
packing Of hogs 4, ,7C0, 600; estimated tor
the season, $500, 900: packed at these
points last season, 5,52e, ,Ooc; J., hSgs Hsg
backed this season equal to 4,774,0oo.
Or last years average weight the esti-
mated decrease in average weight Is ten
per cent, showing Q decrease OF yo,-
6OO, 900 poundsin the aggregate weigns;
hams shoulders and sides is estimated
AZ 108. .OO0, 600 pounds. The falling on
in the yield Of lard is estimated tseven
pounds per hog, being an aggregate
decrease Of "a, ,000, 900 pounds, equiv
lent to 1lS, 600 tierces,
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-02-26

A WAR HORSE "A gentleman said
that Nantucket horses were celebrated
for their general worthlessness, imbe-
cility, and marvellous slowness. BE
said citizen sold one to cavalry Off.
Ger during the war, and warranted him
to be q good war-horse. The soldier
came back afterward in q towering pas.
sion, and said he had been very badly
swindled.
"As how ?" said the Nantucketer.
"Why, there's not bit of 60 in him,
and yet you warranted him as good
war-horse."
eyes, I did, and by Joye he is eood
wax.horss he'd sooner die than rus T.