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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-09

Yesterday afternoon, says the Vir-
GINA ChrOnicte of the 4th. AS the 2:20
train WAS coming into The railroad de-
Pot, Vim. Bond, . man employed on
the Gould and Curry ore-house, fell
through the first floor of the ore house
and landed safe on the ground along
side OF the passing train. Fortunately
he escaped unhurt, though he fell ~
feet. When the cars came TO a halt
many of the passengers rushed back u
short distance on the platform to The
place where the man had fallen, ex
pec,ing that he had slipped under the
train and was a mangled corpse. They
xaw him cleaning the SNOW off his
clothes, and departed in peace. lie
had a narrow escape. II he had fallen
tn trough the ore-hOuse floor a foot
nearer the track he would have been
crushed beneath the wheels of the
passing train.
One of the jurymen impaneled in
the case of the State VS.. Max we'll. says
the Phoebe Record. was on Wednesday
evening taken with q fit. and a very 40.
rious one at that. The officers in
charge of the jury thought it would
end his mortal career, but he rallied,
and though very weak managed to be
in the jury box yesterday morning.
Before he was iInpaneled in this casr
we notified the counsel that he was
subject to these attacks and liable to
be taken 1t any minute, which would,
II not close tho trial, cause serious de
lay.
Sch0onover, says the RereiIie, con-
fined la the county Jail for petty lar
ceny, protests against the action of the
Supreme Court, in declaring the jury
law unconstitutional, and says that
that tribunal can go to the bad place,
and that he hopes he may be trans
formed into . horned toad If any Su-
pr. me Court shall turn him out of Jail
in the dead Of winter.
Yesterday morning, says the ReDeiiie
of the 9th, a mar named James Rowe,
ct work in the Panamint breast
Of the Bowman incline, was struck by
. falling rock and both bones OF his
left leg badly shattered. Tie injury 10
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-09

a very severe one, but the attending
surgeon thinks that ai%nputation will
not prove necessary.
The same paper says: We learn that
a ledge of high grade ore WAS struck
in the bottom of the King Alfred shaft
This morning. This shaft has cut n
number of lodges, whicIi, when open
ed up, will make the King Alfred MI
extensive and valuable mining prop
0rty.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-09

A MINNESOTA girl is named Happi-
ness Quinn, and half the you..g men
in the neighborhood wea black eyes
for indnlging in certain inalienable
rights, among which are %'life, liberty
and the pursuit OF Happiness"
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-09

GEN. SHERIDAN expressed the be-
lief that the transfer of the Indian
Bureau to the War Department would
result in a saving to the Governments
eff So, 500 900. 1t would prove a death
blow to the Indian rings, and az the
redskins would be placed directly
under the control of the army a salu
tary influence would be exerted and
there would be less fighting with the
savages on the frontier.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-09

DEATH OF AN ACrREss.-Mrs. Ste
yenson-" Sophie Edwin IAN actress,
we'll known to old California thsatsr-
gosrs, died iu san Francisco day before
yesterday.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-09

HOLDS ON.-BahcOck hasn't resigned
his snug corner in the presidential
mansion, 10 his commission in the
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-09
FoREIcN s.

LONDON, March 7.
A dispatch from Pesth says the DAN
ube Is again rising and houses are FALL.
ing. The new Pesth gas works have
been undermined and destroyed. The
duration OF the food IL unprecedented.
Some Of the suburbs have been sub
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-09

"dEoRdE WASHINGTON took his
whisky straight" says q Boston pa
Per. George Washington was q great
and wise man. and it is to the nations
credit that no al oil his noble lessons
have been forgotten.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-09

THE Salt Lake Tribune says that tho
Black Hills excitement has died out in
all the Utah mining camps.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-09
PACIFIC COAST DISPATCHES
FROM
The Spnllimy sours Martial.

VALLEJO, March 5.
The S%ralding court martial met this
morning. read the proceedings of YES
terday. and afier a short secret session
adjourned to mret at the army head
quarters in san FRA cisco, at | o'clock
r. NJ. 10 morrow.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-09
Interviewed.

SAN FRANCISCO, March g..
A. A. Cohen WAS interviewed to day
in sacrament in relation to the allega-
lions against HIM contained in the COM
plant whirh the Central Pacific rail-
road filed Yesterday in the Third Dis
.rict Court. In reply To questions,
Cohen stated that he had no
idea upon what transactions the
company based its complaint. He
had handled non Of ltS moneys
for many wears, nor had he rep
resented hem in any ion
involving the expenditures of money
since 1861, except some minor coliec.
toms aud payments. He said it was
the tactics III the company. when they
cannot control a MAJ to injure him,
though its cause OF action was
founded upon his advocacy NJ the
Archer bill. lie was moi the agent ct
Tom. Scott or the Texas Pacific rail.
road, and did not expect TO be.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-09
The city schools.

SAN FRANCISCO. March 8.
At = meeting of the Board OF Edn-
cation last night it WAS asrertained that
20 obvia.e the necessity of closing Tho
city ~sclh"ols after May LIST. not less
than Sl3o.O y would he required. TIE
Legislative Committee reported no
prospect If obtaining relief from the
Legislature, AMI u resolution was
adopted closing the schools April 3Oth.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-09

In reply to . question from . New
York correspondent, the San Fran
cisco Stock Report announces, on Of
asial authority, that the California
Mining Company will begin in May
the payment OF regular monthly div
idends OF, probably. - per share.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-09

DARTIES HAVING PIPES ON THEE
promises, from the Water Works, Will "
held responsible for water taken therelrohm
without written permisson Of the superintenu'
emit W. w. mccoy, Proprietof..
Gso. +. BLISS, Superintendent
mar7-30d
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-09

STATS PRIsoN LIrERArURE.- The
Gold Hill Nescs says Rattlesnake Dick
would never have got back into the
State Prison II he hadn't read the SEN
rINEL, bat he is now reading Beecher's
anours and Is becoming more hopeful
az himself. His education won't be
completed until he reads the Ncws and
Mollie Forshay's evidence before the
Legislative Committee.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-09
Heavy Rains ut shasta.

SHAS1A, Maf0h I.
After the storm Of 10 days duration
the wind changed Ia Tho north and to.
dav it cleared of. Yesterday and last
night the storm ragged fearfnlly. There
was n hesyy souh wind and the rain
fell in torrents. The rivers aud streams
are all higher than they have been this
winter. The io:al rainfall to dale in ~
inches and ten hundrsdth, II inches
having fallen this month.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-09
High Water at Sacramento.

SACRAMENTO. March =.
The Sacramento river Tonight IL "A
feet above low water mark. the highest
point il has been known tn reach. II
il four inches above the flood mark of
1861. The levees are safe. The Amer
ican river is within five feet Of the
high wa err mark. No danger il APP
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-09
PoLIrIUAL C~oNyENrroNs.

Political parties are entering upon
the centennial campaign with unusual
alacrity. Calls have already been is
sued for conventions as follows:
March %. Pennsylvania Demo
cratic Convention, Lancaster.
March 29.-PennSylvania Republic
an Convention, Harrisburg.
March 29.-Vermont Republican
Convention, Burlington.
March 29.-Ohio Republican Con-
ve%ntion, Columbus.
April 5.-Nationai Convention Of
Colored Men, Nashville, Tenn.
April ll.-South Carolina Republican
Convention, Columbia.
April I2.-Virginia Republican Con-
venlion, Lynchhurg.
April 81. -tieorgia Democratic Con-
vention, hy Congressional districts, to
elect deleya q. to the National Con
vention.
May lO.-Michigan Republican Con-
vention. Grand Rapids.
May l6.-Alabam, Republic, IN Con-
%vention, Montgomery.
May l7.-National Greenback Con-
v%ention, Indianapolis, Indiana.
May l7.-Nalional Prohibition Con-
v%ention, Cleveland, Ohio.
May 17.-Tennessee Republican Con-
vention, Knoxville.
May 1s.-Kentucky Republican Con
vention. Louisville.
May 24.-kansas Democratic Con
vention. Topeka.
Nav "a. -Alabama Republican Con
vention, Montgomery. minority CALI
June 14.-Republican National Con-
vention, Cincinnati.
juno 2l.-Florida Democratic Con-
vention, Quincy.
June 27.-Democratic National Con
vention, st. Louis.
1T is reported that Cheyenne is doing
q prosperous business by the p~resence
of those who gather en- route to the
Black Hills. 1t costs about $50 to get
from that place to the Hills. There is
this difference between the class OF
men that are going to this new region
from the two directions: Those from
the West, including Utah, Nevada and
California, are principally miners. and
have some little means. Those who
come from the other way are rather
~impecunious, and have had little or no
experience in mining or any other &c
cupation. Many bad characters are on
the way there, and several demireps
went there three weeks ago from Dem
yer and Cheyenne. A gentleman just
! from the diggings reports that a
couple of dance.houses will be- opened
at Custer City about the first of the
month. Dancing damsels have beer
ordered from the ''center of civiliza-
tion,' aud are now on the way.
49,.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-09

SKEDApDLED PUrrERs AND CALLERS.
The Carson Tribune got cinched to the
amount Of q months advertising for
the Puts and Calls" firm, Larue Il
CO., the members Of which recently
skedaddied from San Francisco, leaving
behind them a large amount of unpaid
demands. We are ia the same boat,
neighbor, but we amt mad at anybody
except ourselves. The publisher of
m interior paper who takes that class
Of advertisements, without being paid
IN advance, il a ninny and ought to be
swindlsd. We notice by a receut num-
Der Of the Enterprise THAT Burke, Of the
arm Of Kellogg Il Co., in Virginia, has
put" out aud the creditors Of. the
concern vainly "Csll" for their soap.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-09
BREARLEY.

The Belmont Courier gives the fol.
lowing additional "reminiscences Of the
above named parsonage, one of the
counsel for the defense in the Babcock
trial. We can not say whether or not
he served in the Union army at any
time during the war, but certainly not
until its close, rs he vas enacting the
role ofcarpet-bag politician in Eastern
Nevada . least a year before the taxi
ing of Richmond. The Courier says:
A Washington correspondent to the
New York SIN makes mention of an
old resident Of Nye county az having
been employed as counsel in the Bab-
cock crooked whisky trial at st. Louis,
recently. The individual referred to is
II. G. Brearley, Governor Nye's APP
.pointse a. District Attorney, at the or
~ganization of Nye county in 1864. AT
the time he was appointed, he had but
q short time previously immigrated
from the Eastern States, and very
likely was sent out for the position.
He served in the Union army during
the war, and being, as was doubtless
supposed at that time, u young man OF
promise, might be of service in the
presidential campaign Of that year
&lS6l. II he had any ability IS law
yer or politician, his lack of principle
destroyed the confidence of all who
became acquainted with him. judy
ing from the reference made of him by
the SUMS correspondent, Brearlsy re-
mains the same f" swell" and "unrelia-
BILE " that he wa in 1864. We have a
faint recollection OF dead heading him
the stage from lone to Austin, dur
ing the latter named year."
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-09
MARRIED.

Eureka. March g. by Rev. Mr.. M"Lain. Rob
ert bailey to Miss Marietta shipley, both
of Diamond Valley.
[Fhe happy couple loft this morning for
Salt Lake City ON bridal tour.l
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-09
A Ballet Girl shot.

, LOCIS March 3.
Mabel Hall, All English ballet girl 0f
the Theater ComiQue, was shot at | A.
NJ. to day in one of the refre>hment
rooms Of the theater, hy Edgar NJ.
Moo re-. who then put a bullet into his
owl head. The girl was shot In the
left temple and will probably die.
Moore, at last accounts, was in 4 criii.
cal condition, and not expected to live.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-09

BALTiMORE. March Z.
Last night between II and II o'clock.
while the way freight train. with a
passenger car attached, Mas cro>>in.
the bridge over the narrow rsSsa :" on
the Harper's Ferry and VALLEY branch
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroa,,. rs
miles from Harper's Ferry, the mid
die span ave way and the engine len
der and train fell through and were
wrecked and twelve persons were
killed and six wounded.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-07
Trustees Sale of Real Estate.

ON THE 18th DAY OF JULY, 1876. BE-
" tween the hours Of 10 O'clock am. and
o'clock pm, in front Of the Courthouse
door in the city Of Memphis. will sell, as
Trustee, the following described real estate,
situate, lying and being in the county Of
Sbelby. State Of Tennessee. adjacent TO the
city Of Memphis, bsing a part of country
lot No. 527 according to Lawrence's survey OF
country lots. contiguous to the town Of Mem
phis, which tract Of land is certain lots, to-
wit: Lots Nos. $685. 306, $50 and 2t9, accord
ing TO the plan Of the subdivision Of the prop
erty Of John White and A. Gwynne. situate
on the Randolph Road and Sixth street. Said
lot No 305 fronts on Mill street N feet, and
on Randolph Road 147 feet; lot 306 is adjoin-
ing thereto on the west lots $50 and 249 are of
mutual size Of lot 306, and lie next adjoining
thereto next west therefrom fronting on Mill
street on the south.
I sell as Trustee by virtue Of the power in
me vested by decree Of the Probate Court Of
shelby county in the case Of A. Boyd VS.. John
White ct al. No. 25S r. d. The said sale Is
made to satisfy debt secured by. and BY vir,,
tue Of the authority Of a trust deed executed
BY John White on the 18th day Of June. 1850,
registered in the Registers office of Shelby
county on the 29th day Of August, 1860, and is
noted in note book No. 4, page III. The sale
to be to the highest and last bidder, for cash
in hand to satisfy the debt described in said
deed. Equity of redemption waived By the
deed. Title believed to be good. l sell only
as Trustee by virtue Of the decree Of the Pro-
bate ourt. B. NJ. BURR0W. Trustee.
H-119
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-07
MEMPHIS, TENN. FRIDAY EVENING. JULY T. 1876 NO l

replied Arty; "you don't know the
man-his egregious conceit, his
great l and all England self opin-
ionatum. Capital fellow otherwise,
but vain. Why, | believe he sin
cerely imagines that his fame has
been waited to the remotest corners
of the earth, and that it is even
whispered with smile among the
veriest barbarians of the plains.
Say nothing further, but just do as
/ tell you. Capital joke, my boyp
And Artemus laughed heartily over
his prospective scheme. " Now"
said he, "to business. You know
Sketchly, don't you?" | had heard
of the gentleman, and SO replied.
" Yes, certainly" he continued,
with a merry twinkle in his eye,
and giving me you understand
nod. Knowing there was a joke
about it somewhere, replied, "0h,
certainly; yes." "Well," /" said Arte-
mus, +" you have heard of him for
years in America; name a house
hold word. Often wondered why
he had confined himself entirely to
England-whyh had never visited
America, and Then, what happy
coincidence! if at the same time an
American humorist was seeking to
please the British public England's
great humorist should be doing the
same thing in America and receiy-
ing the well-earned hospitalities
and ovations Of her people," etc.,
etc. Well, to abbreyiate the story
and perhaps much more was said
on the occasion than has here been
written-the part was we'll COM
mitted to memory. Upon the fol-
lowing day l called on Artemus
and found him in company with
the gentleman. Introduction fol-
lowed, and in the course Of general
conversation the "piece" was Spo-
ken. 1t is merely necessary to add
in conclusion, that sit worked >
Artemus very soon afterward Sc
cured the hall and made an i'm
nense hit. Sketchly visited New
York, gave a few lectures only
hastily returned to England, and.
as | subsequently learned, wrote
book all about the blarsted Hameri
cans.-FrGak B. Converse, IN Oeve
land Plaiadealer.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-07

by its aid made his final escape
down the outside of the wall.
A few words more concerning
this clever scamp. A bribe from
the police tempted some of his
"pals" to betray Pickard Smith,
and he was once again made an in
mate Of Millbank. Once again did
he become a torment to everybody.
If he were kept with other prison
ers, he made them like himself if
he were kept by himself, he planned
schemes for another escape. After
some time, this reckless specimen
of a bad lot (nearly all his rela-
tions had, one time or other, been
transported) was detected just on
the eve of another evasion. The
screws in the windows of his cell
were found to have been taken out;
his rug and blankets had been torn
up into strips Of such widths as
would be strong enough to make a
descending rope; and between his
stockings and the soles of his feet
were pieces of flannel, in one of
which was a small piece of iron,
taken from one side Of his cell win
dow, ingeniously formed into a
kind of picklock. In what way
these articles were to be used timely
Illustration prevented him from
showing, The governor recorded
in his official book that flogging
had been useless with this incorri.
gible fellow; Handwriting led tC
such gathering of iron against
wood and stone as to disturb the
quietude of the whole place; whilt
expostulation and threats were
equally without effect. The gov
ernor went so far as to beg the Sec
retary of State to take Smith away
as being better fitted for a sternly
guarded prison than a mildly gov
erned penitentiary. GAS to corpo
raj punishment, he has already ex
perienced it severely, without an,
beneficial effect. His knowledge o
the localities, and the present un
safe condition of the premises, will
breed perpetual attempts, howeve
unsuccessful, to escape" This des
perate character eventually cam
to a bad end, as may reasonably b
supposed
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-07
A Banker outwitted.

A correspondent of the Paris
Figaro, staying at Monaco, has been
amusing its readers with some
laughable tales of life in that fash
ionable watering-place. Among
them is the following: A Partisan
banker had the misfortune to pos
sess a wife who is addicted to gam
bling, Year after year she goes to
Monaco and loses large sums on the
green cloth. Her husband has been
at his wits end to stop the evil
without resorting to harsh meas
ures. At last a happy thought
struck him. Calling to him con-
fidential clerk named Armand, who
was unknown to his wife, he gave
him instructions to follow the lady
and to attend daily at the gaming
table. Armand was told to watch
carefully the way she staked her
money, and always to place SINH
lar amount on the opposite number
or color. By this means the banker
hoped that he would be able to
hedge the sums staked by his wife,
and that the only loss he cou d pos
sibly experience would be the gene
raj expenses incurred by his clerk.
A short time elapsed, and the hus-
band received among his CORE
spondence one morning two letters
from Monaco-one from his wife
the other form Mr.. Armand. Open
ing the first, he found but two lines,
but those to the point. The lady
had experienced a loss of sixty
thousand francs, and wrote for more
money. Turning to the next let
ter with some dissatisfaction at
his own shrewdness, he read as fol-
lows; "Kind friend and patron
| have implicitly followed your in
smuctions, but | never worked so
hard in my life. Madame arrives
at the casino at midnight. Twelve
hours without eating or drinking
is no joke. However, ! have moth
ing to complain Of. l have won
sixty thousand francs, and as am
not ambitious am content to stop
there. | start at once for Mont
guyon, q charming little town.
where l was born, and where my
cousin awaits me, to whom ! am
about to be married, Knowing
the interest you take in my welfare
l shall indeed be proud if you will
be present at cur wedding. OF the
the twenty thousand francs which
YOU entrusted me with there re
; mains 11,341 francs, which | re
! nit to you in a bank check; tn,
balance has been expended in M.
hotel bill and other inoidenta
items" The Figaro concludes tn
/ feelings of the banker on the receip
| of these two communications cal
> be better imagined than described
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-07
HOW Artsmus mlrea a Mall

Punctually at the hour named |
called, and found Artemus Ward
in the best of spirits. "All right,
my boy" says he; "Pve been wait
ing for you;" and, without stop
ping, "Do you know Rose (nom de
plume of Arthur Sketchly y, the
fellow who has Egyptian Hall
Mrs. Browns lectures, you know|
"Yes," | replied ; "but you can do
nothing with him. He is drawing
fine houses, has the hall engaged
for the season, and he certainly
would be very foolish to abandon
it." "Yes, but wait a moment
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-07
A AReminisconce OF Jlm Fisk.
Y. Cor. Chicago Tribune

N. Y. Cor. Chicago Tribune
Among some recent anecdotes
given to the public concerning Jim
Fisk's career as a theatrical man
ager, it appears that one time he
purposed buying, Or capturing
otherwise, possession of Booths
Theater in this city, with a view OF
turning Edwin Booth neck and
heels out doors. The origin of this
insane desire was eminently charac-
teristic. Fisk attended Booths one
evening with the magnificent Mans
field, gorgeous in diamonds and
fine raiment. After one Of the acts
Fisk left her alone in the box, and
she began to attract the attention
Of the audience. An usher remon-
strated. Mansfield abused him
loudly and shamefully. Macgoni-
gle, the box-ofhce manager, sent
her request to be less demOnstra-
tive. She abused Macgonigle, and
he ordered her to quit the house or
be removed by the police. The irate
woman left accordingly, vowing
vengeance. The next day Fisk
sent a messenger to Edwin Booth
demanding an apology and the dis
charge Of Macgonigle. Booth
treated the demand as an imperti'
nence, and Fisk declared that when
he next entered the theater it woulC
be as master. He tried to purchase
Robertson's shares at first, anC
subsequently tried to buy tn,
mortgages. At the time of hi
death he was in negotiation for
controlling interest, and probabl.,
had he lived he would have sue
eeeded.