Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-04-15
S'rEAlINGS

Yesterday, says the Carson Appeal
of the 18th, it was rumored that the
Postoffice was in charge of the United
States Marshal. Of course this created
a sensation. 1t was subsequently,
stated that Edgar Pierce, a young man
of twenty or thereaUout (whO was
reared in CARSON, who had for several
months been d CLERK in the Postoflice,
had beeA arrested upon a charge OF
Itching money from letters. 1t was
also currently stated that marked
money-biIls putin envelopes on pur-
pose to decoy and detect hinl-had
been found in his possession, and THAI
he had owned up to the charge OF theft.
We met Edgar about four O'Clock yes
terday evening, and in reply to IL
question, he somewhat jauntily re-
piled, LET 'em prove it," Now, we
hope they will not prove it. We hope
shat the thousand and one stories about
the Irregularities of the Carson Post
office will be all successfully explained.
But, late as it is, perhaps it is not too
late to say TO Mr.. Postmaster Winnie
that it is quite tiuie to exercise a rigid
hand in closing down upon the hood
lum.ike free and easy ness of the man
ner of conduc ing the Postof1ice. So
her-sided business men frown on the
too frequent a~ssemblages OF frolicsome
young men that gather there. We Ger
tainly hope that Edgar Pierce may be
quite successful in clearing his skirts;
but we trust that the Postnifice may be
a less popular trysfing place tor frolic-
some adele >ceDce in The future than t
has been in the past. We believe Mr..
Winnie il a thoroughly honest nam;
but no honest man car afford TO risk
his reputation in the Keeping Of a set
vi dissolute youngsters.
The jury in the case of the State VS..
All Sin, saysthe Enterprise of the 18th,
tried in the District Court for the muir
der of Sheun Yin, night before last re-
turned a verdict of not guilty. All Sin
is a Hop Wo man. Several Sam Sing
ers swore positively that they saw An
Sin fire the fatal shot at Sheun Yin in
a cellar OIL | street, between Union and
Taylor streets, that they beheld the de-
ceased fall by the side OF a bunk and
that the flow OF blood from his death
wound was cOpious and left great dark
stains on the floor. The jury, know
ing just about how much faith is to be
put i'll Chinese testimony under all
conditions, and that where they have
an object the beathens will swear TO
anything for the accomplishment OF
that object, adjourned to the fatal spot.
The floor was swept and washed and
examined, but not a single blood stain
could be found. They therefore de.
cided the Sam Singers 20 be unworthy
of belief and acquitted the prisoner. II
was evident all through the trial that
inasinuch as a Sam Singer had been
killed a Hop Woer must also be sacri-
feed, and Alb Sin was rs good as any
other man. Here is another lesson on
the beauties of Chinese inn migration-
and a 81, 800 lesson at that.
At the rate that things are running at
the present in the District Court. says
the Humboldt Register of the 18th, the
Rover trial will probably be concluded
about the Fourth of July next. | OBJ
ject! and take it under adviseInent,
consumes about two-thirds of the time.
The prisoner seems to be easy and self
possessed, and confidently expects an
acquittal or another trial. The pro
ceedings are long and tedious and OF
no general interest. The testimony is
the same as published at the former
trial.
The Reno Journal asserts that the
parties who own the leading sulpher
mine at Steamboat Springs have made
a good bargain. james Duffy has
contracted for all their sulprer at
dollars per ton, he to work and
the mine, paying all expen-
SEES. He is the same Duffy who owns
Lha sulphur mines ia Humboldt
but Steamboat 10 far more ac-