Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-10-17

WESTERN DEvzLTHY.
A correspondent of the Virginia En-
teJpriSe, writing from Palisade, says:
=" The credulity of western. bound emil
grants has passed into a proverb, and,
when business was dull, a hundred
pranks were perpetrated at their ex-
pense and for their especial benefit.
For example, a half a dozen Piutes, for
a reasonable compensation, would
submit to being bound hand and foot
and laid on the platform during the
stay of the train, n around their
PROSTATE bodies a guard of citizens,
armed with immense ~revolverS, long
rifles and bloodthirsty looking bowie
knives, would march with martial
inein, meanwhile entertaining the
gaping, open mouthed %greenhorns
with blood curdling tales of border
warfare with the noble red men that
would shame the author of a dime
novel. In the absence OF the necessa-
ry Piute, shot-guns and revolvers
were loaded with po~wder-ball omit
trd-and, a. o o as the platform was
filled with emiErants seeking exercise
and information, a desperate rencOn-
w. DIoNOhtu ny SOlilt I'll uiiNti } .
fan, would commence, and in q mo
inert the air would reek with powder
smoke and profanity, and blood (pre-
viouSly procured from the slaughter
ho1se) besprinkled the platform as
plentifully as water. As the fire arms
were exhausted, sympathetic friends
carried off the dead and wounded to
some neighhoring saloon, there To re
cuperate from the exertiOns Of the
fray, while the frightened and Devil
dered emigrantS crawled from under
seats aud behind cars, their blanched
faces and trembling limbs attesting
their belief III the genuineness OF the
fight.
Mrs. KNIGHTS TABLE.-Mrs. Chas.
A. knight requests MS to publish the
following statement of the business of
her table at the late fair. She vas
ably assisted In her efforts to corral
coin by Mrs. Hainlyn, Miss Cosgrove,
Miss Rely and Miss Mccormick. The
total receipts of the table were S50l 80.
The prizes ratified off by these ladies
we're won by the following persons:
Silver tea set, won by Mrs. Steele;
s~now-baSket, won by Mrs. McLau.h-
lin; silver watch, won by Sheriff De
Witt; pair of boots. won by Gus.
Botto. The ladies desire to return
thanks for the very liberal manner i'm
which the visitors to the fair %patronized
them.
The FIRST DIVIDEND.-COl. Taylor
informs us that the proprietors of the
Matamoras melted Sl4, 900 in cold cash
from the late short run of the new
Matamoras furnace. This, he believes,
is the finest dividend ever taken to
Chicago from a mining venture, and il
will doubtless rave "A tendency to
place our camp in a favorable light be-
fore the speculative people OF the Lake
City. ,Messrs. Steele a Co. departed
for Chicago much pleased with the
prospects of the Matamoras.
NATURALIzED.-The following per-
sons were admitted to citizenship lasl
Saturday in the District Court:
p. II. HUI, a native of Denmark; L.
Corliss, Ireland; Joseph Mcneil, Ire
land; Thomas Gilmore, Canada; Jos.
Grattan, Canada; Hugh Newell, Ire
land; John Nanza, Switzerland; Fred.
Fox, England; j. II. Rule, England:
Christopher Blewitt, England; Charles
Kloebe, Germany; and John Robin
son, ENGLAND.
DEMOCRATIC SPEAKING.-Col. A. c.
Ellis, Democratic nominee for Con
gresham, will address the people OF
this town evening. He is
an able speaker and close reasoner, and
defines the issues of the campaign SO
clearly that none can fail to under
stand him. We bespeak for him a
large attendance and a cordial recep-
ton.
EUREKA Cox. Oct. 18th: Broke
gear on Wednesday, which delayed us
"A hours. Drifts and winze continue
in favorable ground. No particular
change worthy of note. Eighth level
drift run Is feet, and Wine sunk 9
feet. Ninth level drift run 80 feet and
winze sunk II feet. Seventy-three car
loads of ore have been extracted.
ARM BRoKEN.-Neal Gamble, a
blacksmith, had his arm broken al
Palisade, a few days ago, by a kick
, from a horse which he was shoeing.
The broken limb was set by Judge
Hickey, aud Mr.. Gamble came to Eu-
reka for further surgical aid. lie is
getting along well and will be ali
) right again in a short time.
i, FROM CALIFoRNIA.-We got in
h~ailing distance yesterday of Billy
Nichols, Of the Hay Ranch, who has
: just returned from a trip to the Golden
State. Billy while absent visited
pretty much all of the races and fairs
that took place this fall in our neigh
: boring State. He returns looking hap
by and serene.