Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-11-21
AIEAn.1NGS.

F.. b. Parsons, who escaped from
the Penitentiary in 1871, at the time OF
the great outbreak, says Saturdays
Carson Tribune, was recaptured and
subsequently escaped from the Orns-
by Jail, WAS to-day brought to Carson
by Ben. Lackey from San Francisco,
where he had teen captured, and TAX
en- to his old quarters at the Hotel de
Hyman. For several years Parsons
has been in Utah Territory, Texas
and Missouri, and claims to have led
an honest life. He also states that the
Verdi robbery was the first hat he
was ever implicated in and that had
he been let remain free would have
done all in his power to retrieve his
character. He had amas~-d some
800, which he deposited in the Loan
and Savings Bank in San Francisco,
and which he says he am honestly
by. He ate hat be has n good mine
at Cottonwood, Utah, and was in u fair
way 10 make money when arrested.
From all we can learn there was a
SWEEP heart in the case. and his visit to
the Bay City was to induce his girl tn
accompany him 10 his new home. The
sharpest detectives on the coast, includ-
ing Ben. Lackey, have been to work
OF the case, and no doubt the lady OF
his love has been tempered with in
order to bring her gentleman within
the power of the detectives. Ben.
Lackey, Chief of Police of Virginia,
WAS the leading spirit in the capture OF
Parsons, We feel sorry for the man,
for he is young and tright-looking,
and might, if left alone, have proved u
respectable member of society, but
fate was against him, and as from the
earliest ages of the world, woman
caused his fall. Adam ought to have
been ashamed of himself to take that
apple, and SO bring "death upon the
world and all its woes" and Parsons
was u fool to leave the protecting care
OF the Mormons to secure the posses.
sion of a faithless woman.
A small proportion of the miners of
the Coinstock, saws the Gold Hill NeWS,
are unable to either read or write. II
may be said to the credit of these un-
fortunate ones, however, that they are
painfully anxious To conceal their !g-
On payday each miner Is re-
quired to receipt for his wages. The
shifts made to avoid this formality by
those who can not write are many and
amusing. The most popular and ef-
fective dOge is to wrap up the right
hand and carry the arm in n sling. As
many as a dozen of these sufferers are
always to be seen in the line, and they
keep it up month after month. Shame
at last drives many of them to tackl.
the terrific task of learning TO writ,
their names, and there are scores who
are satisfied with that advance in
knowledge.
We understand, says the Pioch.
Record, that foul votes were placed ia
| the ballot box at Hike from which the
name of Samuel j. Tilden. for Presi
dent. was stricken off and Peter Coop
er's name took his place. AS the cleo
tors on the ticket were not scratched
however, the votes will he of no ac
count to uncle Peter. There is nothins
surprising IN this when We hear tina
Brick Pomeroy's paper has severa
subscribers in that section.
We are informed, says the Ogdef
freeman, that u baby of about one
year of age was lately left on the plat
form at one of the u. p. stations cas-
Of Ogden. The child was evidently
drugged. and was covered up in 1
basket, which was found on the plat
form and examined after the train hac
gone and the sleeping child discovered
When the effects of the drug wore
away the baby proved to be a brigh
little creature and was taken in charg,
by some good, motherly soul.