Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-06-14
D. orr-The Board Of Par

last wear. Oils was sentenced to The
State Prison for five years. and to day,
ON the intercession of his respectable
family and many friends, received his
pardon, We are glad of it, and the
action of the Board will be sustained
all through the State. Carson Tribune.
Although severely censured by quite
a number of our most respectable cili-
zens for our silence, we forebore making
any comments upon the merits of the
case when the petition for Oils par
don was being circulated here. We
were silent partly because of g weak
ness of ours which renders it repug-
nant to us to place an obstacle in the
way of any poor devil regaining his
liberty, if he can do so in "A legal man
n+r: hut the principal reason was the
fact that Chris. Malalesta, the "loafer"
% referred to, yell ling tn the
pie ,dings of the prisoners wife, himself
signed The petition for the afdon of
the man by whom he vas shot, and
furthermore contributed twenty dol
lars TO the fund which was raised here
for the relief of his destitute family.
Malafe~ta has always been employed
at some occupation which afforded him
a support; he pays his debts and is
not, in any sense of the word, a loafer.
He acted in this matter vi II more
~magnaniinity and generosity than
almost any other person would nave
lone under the circumstances, and the
above paragraph i simply AN pa a =
upon truth and decencv. Ollis' de-
fenSe upon his trial was that the
shooting WAS accidental. The facr,
however. of his having had, a short
time previous, words with Malate-ta
because OF the latter's declining to loan
| him two dollars and a hall. together
with the circumstances attending the
shooting, caused the jury TO believe
that the act was ~prrmeditaied ana III
territorial, and a verdict of guilty was
rendered. 1t vas strentou>ly urged,
however, by the circulators OF the petl
ton that the pistol in the hands OF Oils
went off accidentally, and it was upon
this representation. and sympathy for
the prisoners family, that the sigma
lures were Obtained. No one here has
ever pretended To argue n ju-tifi"a
tim to the act, if intentional. oils has
been pardoue,i. and although the action
or the Board is not Sustained 'all
through the State a. represented by
the Tribune, we should never have al
luded TO the subject had not the above
named journal, in its over zeal for a
fancied martyr. made a most unwar
rantab.e aud unjust assertion in regard
To the man who came near losing his
life through this accidental Occult
renee.
WAYS THAT Axe RK."-Sever-
al days ago a Chinaman arrived in
to wn ostensibly for the purpose of
visiting some relatives, but in reality To
plan with the leaders of the Ming
Yeung Company here for h capture
of "A Chinese woman living at Evan
ston, Wyoming Terri Dry. 1t appears
that the woman has for~aken her liege
master and intends To ommlt the un-
pardonable otfen>e OF marrying 4
c~ountrymsn belonging to an opposing
fac ion. To get the woman under con
troll OF her own company, it was ar
ranged that a warrant should be sworn
out here for her arrest. charging her
with some crime and have an officer
bring her to this place. aud once here
she would either yield ~ the Ming
Yeung edict al else witnesses enough
against her would he found who would
swear TO her identity and the commit
tiug OF whatever crime they might
charge her with. The fact of the wo
man never having been here would
not be much of an obstacle. Ibe plot
terS failed To secure "A warrant, AS
they expected, and II or two parties
making inquiries into the matter
scared the Eureka Cinnamon, and the
one who caine tn visit his relatives has
gone to Evanston to see If he can not
be more successful there.
NEW REsERvoIR.-Major Mccoy in
tends to commence Immediately the
construction ofthe new reservoir on the
hill west of town. 1t will be sunk,
20 by 40 feet, to "A depth of ii feet in
the sandstone, and the sides will bs
plastered with cement. 1t VIII be To
Gated within twelve feet OF the fire
tank aud will hold from 81. 900 To 100
200 gallons. by connecting the two
ipeS "A short distance down the hill,
more that three times the amount of
water can be made available in ease of
fire than il contained IN The old ank
This can be- done at "A tritiing expense,
and Major McCoy informs us that the
citizens of the town have his permis-
sion to make the connection.
SCHOOL PICNIC.-Next Fri lay, if the
weather Il favorable, the children of
Mrs. Hetzel'- school will have a picnic
at some favorable spot, which has been
selected, up the canyon. We ionnd
on our table, last evening. a note
signed by Katie Cleveland. inviting rs
to participate with The rest of the
children in The festivities of the oc-
ca~ion. We intend To he there, Ii it
costs us our last slick quarter.
For SALE.-The proprietress of the
Eureka lodging house offers the lease
and furniture of the establishment for
sale at a bargain. The premises have
recently neen newly painted II pa
pered, and are in good repair through
out. An excellent bargain can be had
by any person desiring TO engage in
the business.
STARTED UP.-One of the new hydro.
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