Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-05

spread upon the minutes of this Court
n that a copy of the same be for
"arded to the family of the deceased,
with an assurance of our coincidence
and sympathy in their bereavement.
ReSOtued, That in respect to the
memory of our deceased brother, the
mem bers of this bar wear the usual
badge ofs mourning for Il period of
thirty days, and hat this Court ad.
journ for II day. [Signedl
THos. L~AsPEYRE,
GRO. w. MERRILL, Committee.
THOMAS WREN.
Eureka, New, December 4, 1876.
a FRAUD.-A confidence chap who
registered his name at the In~ternation-
al Hotel as r. c. Forbes, was ope 'ating
In this town in a small way last week.
lie pretended that he was a wool deal
er and was connected with u San
Francisco house in that business. He
also protested to be a Chinese Mission
AIRY and collected quite a sum OF mon-
ey from the heathens in Chinatown
under the prelenSe that he was going
10 start a Chinese school here. The
receipts which he gave his Celestial
victims were signed G.. Gibson. He
lit out last Sunday morning leaving
his hotel, livery and several other bills
unsettled. The chap is about five feet
nine inches in hight, has a light
muStache andsis minus a portion of
his left ear. 1t is probable that he has
gone to some other mining camp, and
It would be well for the people of Typo,
White Pine, Belmont and Austin, to
be on the look out for him.
DISTRICT CoUHr-The Court met
yesterday pursuant to adjournment.
\ Grand Jury composed of the follow
ing gentlemen was impaneled: j. S.
Written, Foreman; f.. Dewitt, j. r..
Nelson. l.. w. Cromer, l.. Molinelli,
MI. Franklin, NJ. NJ. Johnson, h. +.
McEwen, G. II. Prout, j. l.. Hinckley,
X. Gibson +. Lowery, n. Mccartney,
d.. Rosebery, {. l.. Broy, NJ. Atwood,
A. w. Atchinsou. After the Grand
Jury vas sworn, Thomas L~aspeyre
moved that the Court adjourn until
10 A. NJ. to day in respect the the mem
DRY of j.. X. Shafer, deceased, a late
member of the bar Of this county.
The Court appointed Messrs. Laspeyre,
Merrill and Wren a committee to draft
resolutions and then adjourned.
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BIRTHDAY PARTY. - Little Topsy
Bishop celebrated her sixth birthday
yesterday by a party, which was nu-
merously attended. Among the ju-
veniles present, we noticed Judge Har-
mon, Tom Wren and Tom Read. The
little hostess did the honors in a man
ner which would have reflected no
discredit on the mistress of the White
House or Windsor Castle. She was so
elated over tho success of her party
that she informed us conidentially
that she was going to have another
birthday reception i'll about TWO weeks.
END OF THE BILLIARD ToURNA-
MENr.-The billiard tournament which
had been progressing at the Corner
Saloon for several days was concluded
last night, Professor Brooks winning
four out of five games and first money.
James Middaugh got away with second
money. Middaugh and Botto tied on
three games for second money, but
when it came to the ''saw," Middaugh
was the winner. Alt. Chartz IN .. ).
Scott won two games each and Judge
Hetzel one.
ats NICE TO BE a FATHER."-Our
been frequently heard since Sunday to
hum this old familiar song. The
wherefore of this sudden development
of vocal talent is duly set forth in an
other department of this issne of the
SENTINEL. 1t is a girl, and A. ID. is the
happiest man in town. All concerned,
including the author of the trouble,
are getting along as well as could be
expected.
CoRRECrIoN.-The letter of Superin-
teudent Tully, published a few days
ago, made him say that the hosting
works of the Geddes & Bertrand would
be ready for operation in about ten
DAYS. 1t was the mill to which refer
ence was made. The hosting works
will not be ready for use for some time,
probably sixty days.
SEVERE ATTACK.-Jack Keermeen,
superintendent Of the Atlas mine, was
down Saturday night and Sunday with
a severe attack Of cholera morbus.
Or. Cham bin relieved him, but Jack
was considerably bleached out when
he assumed the perpendicular. He
had sufficiently recovered to return to
the mine yesterday.
X. X. CoN.-Letter of the 9th says:
Forwarded shipment No. 50, valued at
| $3.50. No noteworthy changes at
mine or furnaces. Everything run.
ming we'll. Total amount shipped
from November LIST to 9th inclusive
100 tons-value. $4,000.
MEssAoE i'll the Office for Charles
! Dehman.