Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-23
STATE NEWS.

Austin ReUeitte: We do not thlnk
that any white man has yet been able
to fathom the mysteries of the game
called Indian poker, or tn understand
the principles and points of the play
made. Alth ough the game is very
complicated. it is evident that no
tricks are taken, nor do the holders OF
the highest cards appear to win; sue
cess seems rather to follow the hold
ers of cards coming in an order Of
sequence, previously agreed upon.
The game is paved with astonishing
rapidity, and the Indian who will toll
for hours for a two-bit piece at ordina-
nv labor. risks his money with
%princely abandon while seated around
the gambling blanket. Unlike the
poker game played by his white
brethren, that of the Indian appears
susceptible of unlimited extension, so
far az the number of players is con-
to see an Indian poker game progress
ing il which twenty or thirty players
are participating, each player holding
from ten to fifteen cards. deal from q
pile consisting of As many different
old decks, each deck being Of a differ
ent pattern.
Scarcely a week passes, say the
Gold Hill Neps, without the receipt of
a letter from some portion of the
country asking the whereabouts of
lost men. Inquiries concerning hus-
bands, sons, fathers, brothers ami
f lends come thick and fast. The aver
age man, when he once gets away from
civilization and gets into the habit of
drinking and gambling, f"rgrts all
about the friends he left behind him,
and IN time forgets his own feelings so
far that he never thinks of letting them
know where Re is. There are plenty
of men on The Comstock to. day who
are lost. They are lost to their kindred
and all their previous aguaintanceS.
They are not known by their Own
proper names, because they seek to
hide their identity under a pseudOnyin,
and thus to eluGe discovery by those
who are kindly considerable for their
welfare. 1t is not IN easy thing 10 find
a man when he is once lost on the Pa
cific coast.
The Austin ReveiUe says that a
young man named Thomas Dryer,
employed by the Manhattan Company,
in the Frost nine, sustained a severe
fall and broke his leg. 1t seems that
he was sorting some ore preparatory
to sending it to the surface. and while
thus engaged a large piece of the neigh
borhood rock fell ON his leg. After
~extricating himself from the cave he
appears to have become confused and
walked into a chute about IL feet in
depth, and upon being taken out he
was found to have sustained a sever
compound fracture of the left leg.
about midway between the ankle and
knee. The unfortunate man was taken
to the surface and thence removed to
his home, where he has since been at
tended by DR.. w. w. Wixom, and
was quite comfortable when last heard
from. The accident is the more I'M
fortunate inasmuch hat the injured
nan vas only recently married.
The Carson correspondent of the
Virginia Enterprise makes the follow
ing truthful remarks on this bull.
dosing" bill: So far as economy is
concerned this is all very we'll, but
every one at all acquainted with print.
ing knows that it will all te done in
San Francisco. Printing houses there
employing 81 rats can do all kinds of
printing and binding cheaper than any
firm who employs "Union men,
thereby taking all the money out of
this State applied for that purpose.
Several years & the Legislature OF
California did the same thing. ana
New York slipped in and took all the
work. So, to protect home industries.
they repealed it. In our case it would
he injustice to our printers to pass the
bill, but it should be amended 80,
while makiag the office n good ono.
it will not be, as Mighels styles it,
"A most magnificent mode of robbirg
the State"
The Austin Reueilie says: The fun
NEST incident connected with the re.
cent masquerade ball, in this city, was
this: A married man picked up what
he supposed to be his wife's costume,
that she wore vt the ball, for the pur-
pose of returning it to the party from
whom it was hired for the occasion.
After the lady's liege lord was out OF
sight with his bundle, the muchly
mortified wife discovered that her
night wardrobe had been taken in
stead. Here was a dilemma that we
failed to learn the result OF, but guess
somebody got a tongue-lashing, If
nothing worse.
An exchange says that "Bienvenu"
Is the name Of social club in Carson
City. We don't know the meaning Of
the word. and it's q two to me bet that
none of the club members do, but it
sounds high toned, and was probably
suggested by "reminiscences Of the
time when the pr-judices of a COM
munity made 1t necessary for some
one to hunt a change Of venue.
A few days ago the Manhattan S. M.
Company, at Austin, shipped II bars
CT bullion, weighing S4S pounds, and
valued at $l2,686 80. Total for the
week, "a bars, weighing l,705 pounds,
and valued at $24,S55 55.
The Journal says that the "roughs"
have skipped out of Reno in double
quick time, within the last day or two.
They probably realized they were
standing on a magazine and but a
spark would have sent some them 10