Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-10-24
HOW He ESCAPED FROM TUscARoRA,
AND WHAT HE HAS SEEN AT THE
RAILROAD METROPOLIS.
Nose Haynes Menagerie and the State
University.
other Elks Industries and Novel.
ties.
ELKo. d Is

lIIeIiens iIn0 OF stages met your cor
respondent on the Boulevard of Tus-
earora, and affer . few preliminary in.
terrogatories, evidently propounded
for the purpose Of Identification, po-
litely informed him that his name had
been booked and fare paid for the
next departing coach for Elko. In
answer to inquiries concerning my
unknown benefactor, the G. A. afore-
said stated that he was unable to give
me any information further than the
fact that at midnight two masked men
had entered his Office, and without ut
tering q word. handed him the amoun
OF the fare Enclosed in q slip of paper,
| upon which VAS inscribed my desig-
native sppellation and the cabalistic
figures "60l." For q moment / was
considerably perplexed for q solution
OF the mysterious numerical combina.
ton, but only for y moment; for it
Immediately flashed across my mind
that the number under which l was en-
rolled and sm known aud hailed in the
glorious Order Of X. A. u. Il. IL "lOl,"
and that an i~nadvertent upward curvi-
cal stroke of the pen had doubtless
transformed the first figure into q
character which my Informant had
naturally mistaken for . @. 1t was 81
plain to me as the dot on . marked
card, and my heart swelled with graft
tude toward the members of that no
BILE brotherhood whose charitable deeds
are hidden under the sombre mantle
OF night, in accordance with the
biblical mandate f~orbidding cognizance
OF the sinister fire OF the actions OF its
dexter counterpart. Thus, with q
bosom swollen with emotion II q
stomach correspondingly dilated with
beans, l boarded the stage, and in a
few hours arrived at
ELKo.
The town, since my last visit here
about four years ago. has materially
changed tor the better. Handsome
and substantial improvements have
been made. especially in the matter OF
buildings. Flimsy frame houses have
been torn down aud their places occu-
pied by neat and permanent brick
str uctures. A great proportion of both
sides OF the Main street is built Of
brick. and q large number of hand
soms residences, composed OF the same
material, have been and are being
erected. Our old friend Ben. Fitch,
the boss mason OF the State, has been
As busy Is a hungry boy at q picnic.
INC his return rom San Francisco
last spring. Besides q substantial two
story public school building, he has
bnilt half q dozen elegant residences.
and has three or four more, one for
himself included. in process Of erection.
The mining operations In the northern
portion OF the county have helped the
town wonderfully, giving 1t an imre-
tus, which, com bined with the continu.
ally increasing agricultural and stock
raising business In the surrounding
country. has raised the burg, 10 . bust
ness point Of Wow, to perhaps q higher
point, and upon . permanent
basis than any railroad town Ia the
State. The assessment roll OF the
county for the present year. foots up
upwards Of IS, 900 900. This, with the
bullion tax, licenses, and other in
creasing sources OF revenue, ought in a
few years to place the county in a
healthy financial position, by remov-
ing the debt with which it WAS bur.
dened during the early period OF its
organization.
THE STATE UNIVERSITY.
This institution, which for several
sessions was such . prominent bone OF
contention in our legislative halls be-
tween the members from the Great East
and Little West, is fiourishing as we'll
as could be expected, con sidering its
| re,nSteness from the earth's grand
literary, political. social and geographi-
cal center Carson City. The build
ing, q handsome brick ediice, two
stories high, IL n Of the principal
features OF the town, and, next to the
resident ladies, commands the greatest
share of admiratiOn from architectural
| connoisseuvs. 1t il situated on q
slight elevation in the northeastern
portion Of the city. The grounds,
comprising tw~enty-one acres, are in
closed with q neat and substantial
fence. They are eligioly situated for
irrigating purposes. the ditch from the
river which supplies the town with
water, skirting their upper boundary.
The attempt TO convert the i~nclosure
into an alfalfa lawn has only been
partially successful, the seed taking
root only IN patches OF groater or less
extent. II 10 hoped, however, that
further experiments will result in
clothing the bare places also In simi
lar vsrdurous suits. The cultivation
of trees has BEEN attended with decided
success. Three hundred young pop.
lars have been planted and over nine.
ty per cent. OF them have thriven and
are dourishing dnsly. promising in a
few years 10 transform the ~sagebrush
forest into the most beautiful and
stately park on the coast. The Uni
vesity has at present only about TWEEN
~ pupils, all but four OF whom are
from this town and county. As a
native Eurekan l am proud to note the
fact that the Base Range is most
worthily represented in the person OF
Master Herbert Lambert, of Ruby
Hill, who, l am assured by his pre-
ceptor, is one Of the most ex-
emplary, studious aud promising
young gentleman in the institution.
May he continue in his present course
until he has reached the acme of his
ambition. and may his path to distinc'
(tion lead through pleasant places and
above the filthy pool whose stagnan'