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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-06-11
Application for Patent
For a Mill Site.

49, tHND CTFhE
- Eureka, Nevada, April ii. 1874.
NOTICE IL HEREBY GIVEN that TiiE
~ Silver West Consolidated Mining COM
pany, a corporation existing under and by
virtuc OF the laws Of California, by its dulv
authorized agent. Thomas j.. Read. whose
postoffice address is Eureka, Nevada. bas tb;s
day Med his application for . patent for
I sel0 acres as a NIL site, situate, lying and
Eureka and state of Nevada. and known and
designated by The field notes and official Diat
on file in this office as Lot No. "a, unsuryeyed
lands.
The exterior boundaries of raid Lot No.
~ being as follows, to-wit:
Variation, LOO Dig east commencing at a
post marked No. |, u. s.. Survey No. "a.
whence the flagstaff in the town of Eureka
bears NJ dg ; m w 2.iy7 #: the northwest
corner of the Richmond Mining Company OF
Nevada Refinery bears y. 20 Dig n N l. IA II
and the northeast corner Of the Silver West
furnace building bears :. ~ Dig 81 M " SO2ls
II and post No.. 1 Of [. s.. survey No. 50 mill
site survey bears !. sl% dg L ~ #; thence
No 2, Z. 5. Survey No. %; thence 5. Is DIX l.
76 fl. to post marked No. q, u. s. Survey No
"a; .henee :. ~ Dig L s51g #. to post markcd
40; Z, /. ;. Survey No, -: thence s. 500 Dig
" 10 II to post marked No. .. United States
Survey. No. "a; thence south IA degrees
". D IT 10 post marked No. 8, U. 5. Survey
No. ~; thence :. SIS dg ". 800 II to lost
marked M. !, l.. S. Survey No. "a; thence n.
) Dig 81 m W 311ha II to post marked No. 8, L.
). Survey No. ~: thence N. ~ 1g Z l0j Fl To
post marked No, .. L. 5. Survey No, 81:
thence N. - Dig W l4a Fl 20 post marked No.
10, U. ). Survey No. "a; and thence n. slL dg
+ 81 II. to most %. l.. the plnce of beginning.
containing 4 81 100 acres.
Any and all persons claiming adversely any
portion Of said SilverW est ION. Mining ConI-
pany's mill site. rs hcreinbefore described, sro
required to file their adverse claim with tho
Register Of the United States Land Office, nj
Eureka, in the State Of Nevada. during the
sixty days perioa Of publication hereof. or
they will be barred by virtue Of the proyis-
ions of the Statute.
api TOD d. B. IMMEL. Register.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-06-11
PATENT APPLICATIONS.
Application for Patent
For a Mill Site
NO. 1926.
U. S. LAND Oyr1cE.

VI .. LAND OfFICE,
Eureka. Nevada, April2O. 1875.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
1 ) John Z Platter whose pos.ofhce ADDRESSES
Eurek AN lev. has this day filed his applications
dor = paten, Tor two 25.l00 acres Of land as
m!i ste lying and being in Eureka Mining
District, county Of Eureka, and State of M.
p".h, ah9 known and designated by the field
lot mum Der 81. o 40
IN" exterier boundaries of mid lot No. OK
east. Ao'z ueg,
commencing at a post marked No.
Survey. No 80. standing at the nortbwes, cnr'
ncr OF John f. plater's brick office. M ~.
southwest corner of Main and M;normG
,treets. in the town Of Eureka, where tba
flagstaff in the town Of Eureka hears n ~
deg. 10 min. w. I.23S feet: thence rnnn;r. "
els deg f., 176 BIO feet to post martaI Ky 3.
U. ;. Survey. No. 95; thence s. Sib des W.
lW feet. 10 post marked No, 4. Ii. s So
NO. 30; thence 5. 81 deg. L. Is feet ~ 10y,
maj ked Nod, Y. 5. Survey, No. a5. tbs pose
81 deg. So min. W. 400 leet, to post ma Le% Ve G
), U. .. Survey, No. 95; thence r. 81 no.
W. 200 feet, to post marked No. a l. : SSs'
vey, No, %; and thence N. S2h dec il Enrn
eet. to post mark g No. |. the ,iaca ~ -"
ming. containing 2 25-lOO acres. 'es'n-
Any and all persons claiming advorso,,. -,
portion OF said mill site ground as bcrahy
fore describ- d, are required In file tba;r =
verse claim with the Register Of rbs Tn;sui
States Land Office at Eureka. in Inc Ut.'ea
Nevada. during the sixty days period ~ Nh,
'~lcatioD hereof, or they will be barrsa hvp . ~
tue Of the provisions Of the statute. W VIZ
ap2l-6od d. b. lMMEL. Register.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-06-11
$50 REWARD!

CTRAYED OR STOLEN. ABOUT o.
y two weeks ago. from Billy Mich @
oils hay ranch. on the Austin road. . dark
brown horse, six years old and weighing
about 500 pounds: branded with an A, 10 .
i ns,I-e sra II a;,s me i s;.s s Int a. s three Hsit :
small lump on the left fore knss. The above
reward will be paid for the delivery Of the
animal TO the undersigned in Eureka:
myz5tf A. @. BISHOP. v
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-06-11
LEvEM q BRANDT's
lsvaria and Boca Beer Depot. !.
Three doors above Meyers 4 Franklin's,
MAIN STREET. EUREKA.

WE Will KEEP ON, HAND AR
w q constant supply oftbe cele- XE6,
brated Bavaria and Boca Beer; also
other we'll known brands Of braodies, Bour.
bon and kye whiskies, sumo "a years. old,
and the finest liquors Of all kinds at 12h
cents a drink. II. 3A-e
We have an elegant elevator Of tho latest
pattern for hosting the beer, filed in
glasses. cold FROM the cellar. at the tick Of
the bell.
Free lunch from II to l O'Clock daily; will
9ls0 keep sandwiches of all kin IL. Dutch
herrinea Caviar, ham, etc. Cigars 9 spe-
cialty. .aA#4 NORRIS LEVIN,
j3-tf Louis BRANDT.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-13
The First Great Triple.

There was tradition hundred years
ago among Indian tribes, that an old
chief said had been handed down from
generation to generation, in which it
was stated that when the Indians first
saw the ship which brought over Hen
drick Hudson and his crew, which seep'-
ed a huge white thing moving up, they
thought it was some monstrous fish, but
finally concluded it to be the canoe of
the great Manitou visiting his children.
Runners were Immediately sent to the
neighboring tribes, who hocked to the
place of rendezvous. Sacrifices were
prepared, and grand dance ordered for
his reception. Hudson, dressed in scar
let and attended by a portion of his
crew, came ashore, and the chiefs, grave
and respectful, gathered in a semicircle
around him. Hudson, to show his
friendly feelings, poured out glass of
brandy, and tasting it himself, handed
it to the nearest chief. He gravely
smelled of it, and handed it to the next
one, who did the same, and passed iton.
In this way it went the entire circle
without being tasted. At last a young
brave declared it was an insult to the
SlCuU hOb w ulllh ulUtI uo udu
shown them an example, and if no one
one else would drink it, he would, let
the consequences be what they might.
So, bidding them all solemn farewell,
he drained the goblet at q draught. The
chiefs watched him with anxiety, won
dering what the effect would be. The
young brave very soon began to stagger,
till at length, overcome by the heavy
dose, he sank on the ground in drunk.
en- stupor. The chiefs looked on al
first in still terror, and then low, wild
death wall rose on the air. But after q
while the apparently dead man began tc
rally, and at length jumping on his feet
capered round in the most excited, gro
tesque manner, declaring he never fell
so happy in his life, and asked for more
liquor. The other chiefs no longer hest
tated, and following his example, the
first great tipple on New York islant
took place, ending in scene of beastly
intoxication. From that time on tn,
name of the island in the Delaware Ian
guage signifed "the place of the big
drunk" Many people think it woull
be good name for it now, or at leas
portions of it; SO says J. Il. Headley, tn
historian.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-13
A Millionaire Miser.

One of the heaviest gamblers at Mo-
naco, says writer, is Partisan, q re-
tired merchant of nearly seventy. He is
reputed to be worth over $4,000, ,000f.,
and yet he is more anxious to win 100f.
than many men would be who were
wholly without income. He comes every
winter, I learn, and Iisks his money
upon a system of his own construction.
He is constantly expecting immense
gains, though those who know him as
sert that he is already behind the game
more than 500,000f. He does not play
for pastime or for excitement, as might
oe supposed, but from pure love of
greed. He is one of the first to enter
the Casino-he playing begins at noon
and ends at midnight-and one of the
last to depart. Gambling, with him,
has become passion, and he is not yet
able, Notwithstanding his long expert
ence, to hide his feelings. You have
but to look at bis face to tell whether
he is lucky or unlucky. The loss or
gain of few hundred francs depresses
or elates him visibly. When he went
away one night, 5000 francs winner, he
seemed to have grown young again-to
be positively iubilant. l have no doubt
that he endures anxieties and agonies
every day which many men would not
endure for liberal proportion of his
wealth. 1t is melancholy to think that
an aged millionaire can be so given over
to the worship of Plutus. He is one OF
the mortals to whom the principal terror
of death will be the necessity of leaving
his riches behind. He is cultured, has
fine taste, wide influence, and many
friends; still he is nothing bnt miser.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-13
Mathematical Faculty Of Crows.

A farmer in Maine, who had a large
cornfeld in which the grain was just
sprouting above the soil, was greatly an
noyed by the depredations of crows.
which used to congregate in great num-
bers in clump of trees near the boun-
Diary wall, and after vociferously talking
the matter over for while, swoop down
among the spreading rows. This was
some years ago, before farmers and
others had learned that the crow more
than pays his board by destroying the
insects which are more expensive PEN
sioners upon the agriculturist than
crows; and the farmer vowed vengeance
upon the cornpullers, end laid in wait
for them often and lor :, without success.
In the center of the cornfield was small
board shanty, and the farmer noticed
that whenever he was in this building,
although he was quite concealed from
the crows, they would never come down
to be shot. AS soon as he left the field,
however, they would come down by
hundreds.
They could evidently count one. The
idea occurred to him to test their fur
ther skill in mathematics. The next day
he took his son to the shanty, and after
time sent him home. thinking that
after the crows had seen one person
leave the field, they would suppose the
danger past, and come down. But they
wisely kept aloof, and not until after he
had himself started for home, did they
venture to alight in the corn.
The next day he took two persons
with him with the same result; first one
person left the field, then another, the
crows ca wing their approval, but re.
naming in their safe position, and moi
until the third person had been seen tc
depart from the field would the cunning
creatures trust themselves within gun
shot of the little building. The next
day half dozen persons entered it
Presently one of them went back across
the field. The crows mentioned the
fact among themselves, but kept theil
distance, among the trees. Another
person went away, with the same result
Directly third emerged fIom the build
ing and disappes, ed. The unhappy
crows, having reached tie err of thei
mathematical rope, came down in pla
toons, to their deferred breakfast, un
aware of the three armed enemies still
remaining in the building, who at ono,
, opened fire upon the poor birds, who's,
great misfortune was that they were un
able to count more than three.
This experiment was tried repeatedly
with six, seven and eight persons; bu
the crows never failed to take the posi-
tion that there could be no more thai
, three, and when three departed, they in
/ variably descended to their doom.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-13
Very Wicked Bows.

Miss Clara Morris, in a letter to
friend in Washington, gives this lively
reminiscence of two well known actors:
They were boys then; one tall, blonde,
and lazy, the other short, dark, and ac
tive. 1t was Sunday night; every one
had gone to the Quaker meeting house
a few doors above. They were alone,
without cards, or checkers, or books,
but satan came to the rescue. A certain
proposal was drawled by the long chap,
and eagerly accepted by the short one.
They then put on their hats and coats,
armed themselves with broom, pail
of water and dipper, and went forth
into the still, bitter cold of the night,
and worked diligently. They swept a
broad path over the sloping sidewalk,
quite free from snow; over this they
poured a dipper of water, then waited.
In few minutes it had frozen; then an.
other dipper of water, and another
wait, until the path was glasslike in its
icy smoothness.
A whisk of the broom sent a light
covering of snow over it; the work was
ing up their tools, scroughed themselves
down on the doorstep and conversed
pleasantly. Presently the doors of the
meeting house opened, and two lines of
Friends-one made up of males, the
other of females-came out. These
lines, coming down the steps separately,
met and mingled in crowd on the
pavement for few moments, then broke
into twos and threes, and came gravely
down the sidewalk. Suddenly the still
ness of the night was broken by E
whack! whack and two snorts that
were as one. A female Friend few tc
the whack The whole congre
cation, filed with wonder, came am
bling down to the scene of disaster
whack whack whack groans ant
snorts; "thees," and "thous" fillet
the air, and, with cheeks stained will
tears of laughter, they sat on the steI
and took it in" those sons of Belial
since so we'll known to the world a
Joseph Jefferson and John Ellsler.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-13
Swindling the Immigrants.

In the olden time the poor immigrant
arriving in the United States had hard
time OF it. A reformed prize fighter in
his "reminiscences gives us some idea of
the way in which the poor people were
swindled. He says:
We became SO noted as fighters after
awhile that my brother and me were
hired in the immigrant business, and re-
ceived hundred dollars a week apiece
just for being fghters-just to fight if
there was any fighting to be done. My
brother Orville and John Morrissey were
both hired by one Office ut the same time
for that purpose. We used to go down
on board ship and stay there and see
that nobody drove our men OF the vessel
or took their passengers from them.
We had in our Office over one hundred
men who wero paid from $50 to 300 a
week each, just for that sort of business.
Naturally O good many people would
think how could the men in the immi-
grant business make that much money
that they could afford to pay SO much
They couldn't ia any square, Legitimate
way, but they made it by robbing the
immigrants.
If they paid twenty cents mile for
transportation, they'd charge the poor
immigrants $3, and everything else the
same way, and the strangers in a strange
land in the hands of those sharks had
no recourse or relief but Just to give up
all they had. An Office in New York
would have a branch at Albany and an
other in Buffalo-fghters hired by rob-
bers to further the game of extortion at
each place. Well, we'll say a lot of pas
sengers would arrive from New York at
Albany, wanting to get west by the canal.
They would be shipped by our office
here to the Albany agent. He'd tell
them transportation was so scarce, no
boats in, and he couldn't send them of
for few days, and he'd delay them
there, while the immigrant boarding
house keepers, their own countrymen-
Germans, for we only boarded German
ships-they would just eat them up
alive with their extortionate charges, un
til the poor immigrants would become
fairly desperate and would go to the
agent and declare they must get away al
any price. Then he'd say he'd go out
and look around and see if he could gel
a boat, and maybe, most likely, the
basin was full of boats belonging to the
very Office he was working for. He'd
60 up town and smoke cigar and take
q drink or two, and come back and say
he could get a boat, but the charge
would be awfully high, because the
transportation was so scarce, and if they
coul,t raise some big sum he'd get the
boat for them. Well, they'd be jus
horror stricken with the fix they were il
and glad to get out and away at an.
price, and they'd club together and rails,
the money among themselves somehow
and away they'd go to Buffalo, to be me
there by another band of organized
harpies and feeced again in the SAM
way. After that, they didn't general,
have enough left to make it worth whil,
to follow them up any further. That
the way the immigrant business wa
managed, and it's the sort of swindlin,
that got so many of the men engage
in it into State prison.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-13
Beyond the Wisdom of Man.

She was pretty girl, nicely dressed,
and she sat diagonally in rear corner
of the street car, occupying about two
seats. Another lady came in, and turn
ing herself sideways sunk into swan
like dip across the three adjoining seats.
The young lady in the corner looked at
the others back, and shifted with her
left nostril; looked at the languid con-
tempt of the attitude, and shifted with
her other nostril; then regarded the
lady's costume, and finding it elegant,
shifted with both nostrils. Beginning
to get mad, she rubbed her nose vio,
lently, first with the second joint of hel
forefnger, and subsequently, with her
handkerchief. Slowly their eyes met.
One flashed undying hatred and scorn
the other irradiated lofty pity and dis
dain. They had never met before, aud
now they met for only moment. What
had happeneda We give it up.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-13
They Did Not Know.

1t is in the historic records of the vii
lage of Sedgetown, in Lincolnshire,
England, that the vicar always preached
the same sermon, and they desired a
change. 1t was of no use to demonstrate
with him, for be invariably replied that
when they had done all he had told them
in that discourse, he would give them
another. At last a deputation waited
on the bishop, and laid the matter be-
fore him. They had heard the same
sermon, they said, every morning for ten
years, and were tired of it. His lord
ship owned that little variety might
fairly be insisted upon after SO long a
season of monotony, and asked what was
the subject of this overcoming SER
mon. Subject ?" repeated the first
parishioner, "let me see. 1t is about
what is it about, Higgins9" "Well, "
said the second parishioner, 81 don't
mind exactly what it is about. "What
was the text 2" asked the bishop. None
of them could tell him the text. "Why,
then," said the bishop, 81 hardly know
how to frame my remonstrance. Sup
pose you go and hear it once more9"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-13
DR.. sCHENCK,s STANDARD REMEDIES

The standard remedies for all diseases of the lungs
ScHEsCK's PULMoNIo SYRUP, ScHEScK's SEA WEED
Tonic, and SCHEScK's MANDRAKE PILLS. and, If taker
before the lungs destroyed speedy Effected
To these three medicines Dr. j. H. Schenck of Phila.
dephla his unrvaled In the treatment of
pulmonary diseases.
The Pumonio Syrup ripens the morbid matter In the
lungs nature throws 1t off by expectoraion
when the phegm matter is ripe slight cough will
throw off the patient has and the lungs begin tc
heal.
To enable the Pulmonic Syrup to do this, Schenck's
Mandrake Pills and Schencks Sea Weed Tonic must be
freely used cleanse the stomach and liver schencks
Mandrake Pills act the liver, removing all obstrac
tions relax the gall bladder the bile freely and
the liver is relieved.
Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic is gentle stimulant and
Alternative the alkali of which It composed mi
with the food and sourng 1t assists the dge
ton by toning up the stomach to healthy condition
that the food the Pulmonic Syrup will make good
blood then the lurgs heal and the patient will surely
get well Ii care is taken to prevent fresh cold.
All who wish to consult Dr. Schenck either
or by letter. do at his principal Office, o
Sixth and Arch Streets Philadelphia every Monday.
Sohencks medicines sold by all druggists through
out the country
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-13
What they are Worth.

"It is said in Wall street." said a re-
porter to the venerable Daniel Drew,
whom he was interviewing, "that Mr..
Vanderbilt has $11, 100000 worth of
Central stock IL his SAFE"
"More'n that. And it's mighty
good investment. You see he don't
have to pay no taxes on 1.-THE railroad
does that-snd SO he has his eight per
cent. clear"
"How much do yu think Commo
dore Vanderbilt is worth Forty n il
lions 2"
"Fortyl Yes. A hundred mil
lions"
"And John Jacob AstF 2"
81 don't know. Nobody does. AL
his property is in real est,te, and you
can't make no estimate d that these
times"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-04-13
A Strange Cable.

Mr.. Gordon Cumming, in his book,
narrates the following legend of the
whirlpool of Corrievrecken The legend
of these tumultuous waters tells that
the word Bhreacan (Oorrie- Bhreacan),
which some have translated rs foam
ing stream" was really the name of o
brave young Danish prince, who loved
daughter of the lord of the isles, and
desired to WOO and win her. Her father
did not favor his suit, yet, not willing
to offend the king of Lochlin, he an
swered craftily that the prince should in
deed have his daughter, provided he
would prove his courage and skill as n
seaman, by anchoring his galley for
three days and three nights in the dread
whirlpool.
The young prince, nothing daunted,
returned to Lochlin to consult with his
wise men as to the best means of safety.
They bade him take three cables-one
of hemp, one of wool, and one of
woman's hair. The hempen cable and
the woolen one were easy to find, but as
to the third, every hair of which must
come from the head of maiden OF
spotless fame, it demanded such sacri-
| flee as few damsels would care to make.
| However, the prince was beloved, and
the fame of his beauty and of his brave
deeds in love and war had reached the
bower of many a Danish maid. So the
daughters of the land cut off their long,
fair locks, and cable was woven there
of, which should resist the mightiest
tempest that ever ragged in that seethiug
cauldron. Then the prince returned tc
| tl,n fotl If l,Io nd
his readiness to do his will. He anchor
ed in the whirlpool. The first day th'
hempen cable broke. The second da,
the woolen one parted. The third da.
came, and the gift of the maidens o
Lochlin still held its ground. Th'
young prince was full of gladness, fo
his triumph seemed nigh at hand. But
alas for that law which makes th'
strength of the mightiest cable equa
only to its weakest link9 There wa
one fair tress binding him to the ancho
of his hope which had been shorn from
the head of one whose fame was n,
longer without blemish. So the resist
less might of unspotted purity was no
there to bind the raging waters, and tn
last rope parted, and the ship was suck
ed down in the mad. whirling vortex
down, down, down, to the unfathomabl
depths of ocean. But the body of tn
prince was brought to lard by his faith
full dog, and dragged to cave that bear
his name, where little cairn still mark
the spot where Bhreacan was buried
The dog returned to the water, doubt
J less seeking some other friend, and Ii
| perished in lesser whirlpool betwee
: the isle of Scarba and Lunga, and tha
, sound is still known as the Grag Dog
| Sian