Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-05-13
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DIR. Lukens' family arrived In Eu-
reka by last nights train.
The Hon. A. J. Blair came in on the
Hamilton stage last night.
Lost: The brains of Eureka; they
went on the excursion, but up to the
present writing have not returned.
Workmen were engaged yesterday
in introducing gas piping into w. Ii.
Clark's store or Nam street.
Mr.. Porter. formerly agent of the
Central Pacific Railroad at Palisade,
has gone to British Columbia.
Doves are numerous and tame in
Pine valley. Bring out your breech.
leaders, ye mighty hunters.
There were 800 tons of ore on the
furnace dump when the Hamburg
started up yesterday.
The warning placard "paint' was
af1xed to DR.. Schneider'S drug store
window yesterday.
The Eureka Consolidated Company
will refine their stack as soon as the
necessary boiler iron can be procured.
John Dennis has a theory in regard
to the origin of the fire which Mr..
Laspeyre considers ingenious but not
tenable.
The Justice, Constable and Deputy
anguish for want Of business, and
await the advent OF an army OF tramps
with some Impotence.
The Railroad Company are deliver.
ing foul carloads of charcoal at the
Eureka yard daily. 1t comes from
Alpha, Pine and Cedar Stations.
The Eureka 81 Palisade Company's
pay a went over the road yesterday
and disbursed the coin earned by the
railroad boys during the month of
April.
The water main in front Of the Tur-
ner house bursted yesterday afternoon,
replenishing Eureka Lake. Superin-
tendent Bliss and assistant soon had
the damaged pipe repaired.
The boys took advantage Of their
weekly holiday to fly their kites. The
Cinnamon had one of their singing
birds lowering III the air, and it was
buzzing with forty-candidate power.
Billy Long and Hiram Johnson
stopped off the excursion train at Pine
valley ard spent the day fishing.
They met with good success and
brought home a fine string OF speckled
beauties.
Walsh & Coffenberrylhave just COM
pleted and delivered to B. F. McEwen,
the enterprising grocery man or
North Main street, a fine delivery wag-
on. 1t is a very handsome piece of
work and reflects credit on the makers.
Dave Hall is a small fire department
in himself. At the fire alarm yester-
day he was on hand with a Babcock
extinguisher strapped 10 his back, and
did good work in keeping the flames
in check until the arrival of the Hose
Companies.
Mr.. Ward, of Mineral Station, is the
right man in the right place. Prompt
ly on the arrival OF the train, morning
and evening, he serves up %succulent
breakfasts and royal dinners, much to
the satisfaction OF the weary traveller.
A blast in the Tyndall mine yester-
day uncovered a splendid body OF ex-
traordinary high grade ore. Captain
Foley brought a piece OF it into town
that will assay away up into the thou
sands.
A number Of would-be travellers
were On hand, when the excursion
train started Friday morning, prepared
to take advantage of the reduced rates
to emigrate. Tt cir economical inten-
tons were frustrated by the fact that
no baggage OF any kind was allowed
On the train.
A petition, for the relief of a promi.
nent citizen in the matter OF his ploba-
BILE loss in an enterprise which he was
attempting to carry til ugh, va cir
culated around town FRIDAY. Sub
scriptions to the amount of $1,000
were received.
A dozen little girls started out with
their lunch baskets to nave a quiet
picnic all by themselves on the hills,
but the boisterous weather was too
much for the little ~innoceuts, and they
were forced to abandon their pleas
uring.
A weary tramp, overcome with IA
tigue and benZine, slumbered peace
fully on.the corner Of Main and Clark
streets all of yesterday afternoon. The
boi,terous wind toyed with his hair
and famed his rosy face, yet he slept
IN as comfortably as if he was the hap
ply possessor of a brown-stone man
sion.
1t is no to be expected that every
one afflicted with the subject of Rev.
j. A .Gray's lecture this evening can
attend the church, as it would be an
impossihility for that ediiice to hold
but a portion of them, but those lucky
enough to get seats will be brilliantly
and Intellectually entertained. In this
connection, we are pleased to learn
that the body of the church is supplied
with new and comfortable chairs-a
welcome innovation.