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

Stephen ellis, news editor OF the
Territorial Enterprise, is one Of the
most grie,ionsly afflicted men in Ne
vada. The hand of death has visited
his household from time to time dur
ing the past year, and robbed him OF
those nearest and dearest, until now
very few of his loved ones remain to
him. Two, we believe, of his children
were first taken away, and were short
ly afterwards followed to their long
home by their mother, a lady who a
year ago was the very picture of ro-
bust health. The cold hand Of death
has now been laid on his mother. who
died at Virginia City at 2 O'Clock P. NJ.
yesterday. 1t was idle to offer consol-
alton to one whose affection is so
crushing, but if the sincere sympathy
of all who know Mr.. ellis can re-
lieve him of a portion of his sorrow.
he can rest assured that it is extended
to him in the fullest measure.
When Brigham shot John Daley, q
week ago Sunday night, says the Vir-
'ginia Chronicle, he came near killing
two men instead OF one. DR.. Harris,
who made the post mortem examina-
ton of Dailey's body, scratched his
finger lightly with his sealpel while
cutting into the corpse. The body.
however, being fresh the surgeon
gave no thought to the triiing injury.
During the evening DR.. Harris felt .
throbbing sensation in his hand and
arm, accompanied by fever, and ne
knew that he had received into his
blood the deadly virus of gangrene.
He Immediately cut open his finger at
the place of injury and burned the
flesh with nitric acid, and by dosing
himself with quinine and whisky and
soaking his arm in alcohol, he neutral
lied the effect of the poison and saved
his lite.
The Mining Reporter says the Gold
Hill Ne,rs and Virginia Chronicle were
profuse in praise of the wonderful ex-
ecution of Jesse Shepard, the lately ar
rived pianist, who gave an exhibition
of his skill in Virginia City on Sunday
evening. From their description of
his skill we should think Nj. Shepard
might travel ON his own merits, and
not mar his reputation by claiming
ghostly aid. According to their story
his vocal performance was as wonder
full as his instrumental. but it appears
he does not claim that his voice be-
longs to some spirit. When will peo-
pie learn q little common sense, and
recognize the fact that there are men
and women with powers SO excep-
tional in their line as to cOnfound all
previous conceptions of human ability?
Just about now, says the Chronicle,
Virginia seems to be producing soine
interesting specimens of totally de-
PRAYED human beings. The latest adj
dition to the black list is one John
Belcher, who, if what is charged he
true, is a brute SO inconceivably vile
that hanging him would be a graceful
token of appreciation on the part of the
public. This person is lying in the
City Jail on a charge of having at
tempted to outrage a little girl hardly
seven years of age. The alleged crime
was committed yesterday in an out
house in the yard of the Ashland
House on the Divide. The details are
too filthy for publication. Belcher is
thirty years old.
Naches, the Pluto Chief, says the
Silver State, had an offer OF $50 a
month yesterday from q Californian,
to go to the Centennial. The Califor-
MAN also wanted two other members
of the tribe, a buck and squaw, to ac-
company him, at lower wages. Naches
has not yet decided whether or not to
accept the offer. AS an evidence of
the esteem in which he is held by his
tribe, when the Indians heard that he
thought of going away they surround
ed him and showed their love for him
by touching him with their hands,
and, as he afterwards Informed us, by
trying in pleading tones to dissuade
HIM from doing 50.
The Humboldt Register of the I'd
tells the following fish story: w. Il.
Burns and Z. X. Wiley, while fishing
yesterday in the Humboldt river,
above town, caught a strange fish. 1t
il about two feet long, and its head OF
a comical shape, measures ten inches
in circumference. 1t has a pair Of for
midable jaws, thickly set with power
full teeth, and has a prominent fin
above and below, running the entire
length Of the body. 1t is different from
anything heretofore seen in this local
ity.
On Friday night a large body OIL
water was struck i'm the Sutro tunnel
At first the flow was equal to about loo
miners inches. A lew hours later
it a but about 35 inches, and has KEPT
that volume ever since. The water is
supposed to have come from a two foot
crevice, of unknown depth, which the
drills discovered. IL Is expected that a
large body of water will be met with
in q few days, and a trench Is being
dug in the tunnel to be in readiness fot
the flood.
Edgar Pierce, says the Carson '1ri-
bunc, wis stands charged with embez'
element of money from the U. s. Pos.
tai Department., not putting in an ap.
pearance before the United States
Grand Jury, has forfeited his bail. We
understand that a true bill OF indict.
ment was found against him, and if so,
Edgar had better return and throw
himself on the mercy of the Court and
the President.
At Blue Canyon, says the Elko hide.
pendent of the Sc, eleven miles east OF
Promontory, yesterday, a train ran
over a bull and ditched eleven cars. A
couple of trainps, who had secreted
themselves on the trucks beneath the
cars, were instantly killed. The fire.
man and m of the brakeman were So
verely injured; the engineer escaping
with some slight bruises. The airs are