Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-10-18
THE MINERS UNION BALL.

Hill NllleTS Union TOOK place dL Tue
ball Of the society on Monday night.
The affair was a success in the broad
est and most comprehensive sense Of
that term. There were present some
thing near one hundred couple, and
throughout the night there was
not a single hitch or jar to mar
occasion. Indeed, we doubt if a
more pleasurable gathering of an
equal number of ladies and gen
tlemen ever t%ranspirod in this section
of the State. The ladies were taste
fully alfred and all looked bewitch-
ingly handsome. Eureka was fairly
represented by both ladies and gentle
men. More doubtless would have at
tended but for the unfavorable nature
of the weather, the night having been
dark and threatening. Candidates
were also there in the greatest profu-
sion. We started in to jot down the
names Of those OF this class present,
but we got discouraged and threw up
the contract. An observant looker-on,
however, told us that all, save twelve,
of the gentlemen composing the
county tickets of both parties were on
hand. We saw at once that there was
economy in point of time and labor in
putting the question in this simple
form, and so We concluded to chronicle
absentees. Here is the list: c. c. Wal
lace, Captain Hubbard, j. Marchant,
George X. McCulloch, A. ID. Haskell,
w. III. Davenport, DR.. Bishop, Hiram
Johnson, Nj. Cavanaugh, w. A. Ed
wards, a. Il. Kaye and Joseph Oberer;
that is To say, that out of the thirty
| eight names on the two tickets, only
twelve were missing, eight Republic
| cans and four Democrats. The candi-
dates present, as might readily be sup
| posed, were as aflable a set of indiyid-
uals as ever solicited the suffrages of
their fellow citizens. They were espe-
cially agreeable and sought to make
things equally so for all with whom
they came in contact.
The hall of the Union has been
greatly improved since our visit of a
year ago, and it is now one of the neat
est and most comfortable in the
county. 1t has lately been papered
and painted, which, taken in onnac-
ton with appropriate decorations, adds
very materially to its general appear
ance and att~ractiveness. A banner
suspended in the center Of The re-
gave the date Of the organi2sdon
the society and its motto. ~ III"
there is strength, traced III lals9
ters, appeared o. the eestefly e.iu
Gourisbjng conaf.son, embraces in its
membership about ~ Oh tle "'lh o,Sadf
The district. The .hlelluel9
nntL;,u+ - ,h1t would in anyvav
Nd, 70 h riaa sure Of thcseein nj.
tendance. A. Il. RandolgP was par
ticularly we'll adaW Su selne discharge
of the duties Of lodi NTectof, and gave
universal satiSgaef IN. He was ably
and efficiently ested by managers
Ben. Mitchell, r. stanton and Thomas
Polglaise. Dtber gentlemen OF the
Union, including residents OF the Hill,
took great pains 10 ses that ali strang-
ers had a fair chance to participate in
the dancing. This is a social trait
worthy of comnendation iu any com
munty, and no place within our
knowledge is better entitled TO favor
able mention on this score than Ruby
Hill.
The music, furnished by the Eureka
Band, was of course excellent, and
gave entire satisfaction.
The supper was served by Mrs.
Owen keeie, at her boarding-huus on
the hill west of the hall. Her tables
fairly groaned beneath the most tempt
ing Vivands, and we speak from per-
sunal experience and observation when
we say that her patrons did full and
ample justice to the many good things
spread before them.
The dancing was kept up with en-
erIy and enthusiasm until six O'Clock
in The morning, and all went away
feeling that the occasion was n long
to be remembered. The ball was in
deed u good one, and we sincerely
hope when the Union gives another
that we may be there to see.
AN UPsET.-A party, consisting of
Mr.. and Mrs. STEELE, Mr.. and Mrs.
Knight, and, we believe, some others
who went up to the Miners Union ball
the other night in a four.horse vehicle,
got capsized just as they reached Ruby
Hill. Mrs. STEELE received slight in
juries about the head; further than
which, the party fortunately escaped
without injury. The night was as
dark as pitch, the roads slippery, and
it seems marvellous that more accl-
dents did not befall the ball-goers.