Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-04-22
ALr. BURNErT.-A Denver paper

speaks thus of Burnett, who will
appear in Eureka on May l, 2, 3 and Al
Those who attended the theater last
night. had, indeed. q feast OF reason
and flow Of soul.n Mr.. Burnett's i'm
personation Of Mr.. Caudle fairly took
The house by storm. 1t is, indeed. a
masterpieces of acting, and equal in It's
individuality to the Scion Single of
Mr.. Owens-the Dundreary of Sothern,
or the Rip Van Wrinkle of Joe Jeffer-
son. The audience were convulsed
with laughter at the comical positions
of poor Mr.. Caudle.
Miss Nash is surely an able support
to Mr.. Burnett, and a worthy, palms.
taking actress. Her elocution is fault
less.
But for rollicking fun aud quick
changes Of character, Burnett's "Heart-
Broken Lover ~scene," in which he in
PRODUCES his really marvellous changes,
surpass all the metaimorphosis of fact
and dress we have ever seen. His
change from the young lady to old
Mrs. Wiggles-the Dutchman, French
man, Irish, ETC., were fine sketches.
A COLONY OF MICE.-Although the
SENTINEL is not a raj" Office and
doesn't harbor or encourage that kind
of varmint, it is by no means free from
the small specie of rodents in the shape
of mice. Yesterday, in the corner of
the p~ressroorn, our foreman sank
through the ground floor up to his
knees into a colony of the little nuis-
ances, which swarmed out oftheir bur-
row like a nest OF ants. A spade, ma
nipulated by the devil, in less than ten
minutes unearthed owe fifty. which
were duly slaughtered, but notwith-
stand this wholesal, killing there is no
perceptible dimunition in their mum
per, and our paste pot last night was
az speckled az ever.
A WET CHINAMAN.-Yesterday, as a
Chinaman was walking along the edge
of the bank of the big ditch on Spring
street, his weight caused a piece of
earth to cave, and he fell with it into
the canal, through which a stream OF
ate was running with the velocity of
a mill race. He was carried down the
stream under the bridge at the junction
of Clark street, but finally managed to
scramble out on the bank, the muddi-
est anu most dilapidated looking
heather that aver cultivated a queue.
SABBING AFFRAy AT PIoCHE.-We
received yesterday the following dis
patch from Phoebe: "In a stabbing
affrav between John Donnelly and
Timothy sullivan. WI miners, the for
mer cut sullivan IA terrible cash across
,l.n t1p,utA allasyin.r ~ a intaAttttnS tn
protrude. Sullivan walked home,
carrying his intestines in his arms.
The wound is not considered fatal.
Donnelly after the cutting fled. but
was captured in a tunnel near No. Z
shaft of the Meadow Valley mine.
FELL IN A FIT.-We are sorry to
learn for tho Carson Appeal, that last
Tuesday evening, II. j.. Nudge, who
il well known in Eureka, fell in a fl,
on the Orinsby House corner. He
had been complaining of feeling very
unwell a few moments previously;
but Ms. he looked as well as usual
nothing was thought of his remark.
He was taken TO his room and restora-
tives applied, when he shortly after
ward returned tol consciousness and
appeared to he all right again.
CLOSED FOR REPAIRs.-The Corner
Saloon has closed for repairs, and will
not be reopened until about the first
proximo. In the meantime the interior
will be thoroughly overhauled and
renovated, AMI when reopened will
not not be second in regard to it's
adornments to any saloon in the State.
DULL.-The Police Court appears to
share the general business depression
at present prevailing in this section.
There hasn't been IA criminal in the
court for four days, although Justice
Beatty announced sorne time ago that
he would receive trade dollars at par
for fines.
Nor SATIsFfED.-Ah Nook, the Chi
naman convicted OF murder in the sec
ond degree ut the present term OF
court, and sentenced to serve a term of
20 years in the ~penitentiary, seeks a
new trial, and his friends have instruct
ed the attorney in the case to appeal
it to the Supreme Court.
NEW TRIAL GRANTED.-By the do
cision ofths Supr m Court, in the case
of Margaroli VS.. Milligsn, tried in the
| Sixth District Court, some time since, a
new trial has been granted, the Court
sustaining the order of Judge Cole,
from which an appeal was taken.
PASSED THRoUGH.-Dave Monroe
Tyrrell, Superintendent of the Ray
mord e Ely and Meadow Valley
mines at Phoebe, arrived in town on
Thursday night and left by yesterday
mornings train for San Francisco.
LINE Down EAsr.-All yesterday