Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-05-27
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yesterday morning.
Senator Shepherd and Mr.. Lane de.
part for ZONE this morning.
Jessie Bigelow has a.tcard under the
head of New To-day.
j. NJ. North p~roclamates on the SUBJ
ject of blooded stock among our new
advertisements.
A brother of Constable Mckay re-
turned Friday night from = visit to
Canada.
Crittenden Thornton was a passen.
ger by last nights train from the
west.
Silver closed In London yesterday at
54A pence per ounce, a jump of n
from the day before.
The young mi who said kissing
was like a sewing-machiBe because it
scanned good, evidently alluded to a
sewing machine with "A teller.
Be prepared for the license collector.
Deputy Sheriff Nelson will assume the
offensive tomorrow. Truly, there is
nothing certain but death and taxes.
G. j. Lansing departed for Hamil-
ton On yesterdays stage. He goes
over to assist in the prosecution OF
Roach.
NJ. Hillhouse leave this morning by
private conveyance for Hamilton. The
District Court Of White Pine opens to-
morrow.
1t Is singular how much valuable
time a woman will take up in study
lag the post marks Of a letter to see
where it m from, when she can
open the letter and find out at once.
There are ore hundred men now
employed in the X X mine, and eighty
or ninety in the Eureka Consolidated.
The probabilities are that the number
will be increased the first OF the coin-
ing month.
Officer Mckee last evening marched
a boisterous female up street in the d.
| rection OF the lookup. The wherefore.
Of this tender regard on The part Of
the gallant officer was not aseertained.
Suppose she was in her cups.
BY reference to the new advertise
mepts in this mornings Issue, il will
he seen that DR.. J.. II. Lukens has re
sumed the practice of his profession at
RUBY Hill. The Doctor is well known
to all old citizens, and needs no lauda-
ton at our hands.
Billy Clark yesterday cut a Swiss
cheese that weighed 500 pounds, and
we thought, from the strength of the
smell, it would weigh at least 800
pounds. However, it is said by those
who are fond of the strength and ia
vor OF Swiss cheese, that the article is
"wsy up"
Mt t%,r afnan Y,,atio. Trb,a - ,,..r
ried a couple-the bride of German
parentage, and the groom a Canadian.
The bride could speak no language but
German, and the groom did not know
a word or syllable OF her natl We tongue.
Here was a dilemma; but it was soon
settled after marriage by each employ
ing an Interpreter.
r. Richard, Superintendent of the
Richmond Company, and Max Ober-
fielder, agent for the new gas company,
ret last evening from "A trip owe
in Silverado, where they went to en-
joy that pleasant country and have a
hunt for doves. They expressed
themselves as being well pleased with
the trip.
Work was commenced on the Sky
lark shaft of the X X Company
NcNAcibdys at fsDSsIttft ~ DiDittI
miner i'm these parts, and for a long
time the foreman Of the Richmond
companyis mines, has been appointed
foreman of this part OF the works.
New machinery has been erected,
and everything about the institution
has beer started in irst-class style.
Among the big things that were 60
ing ON yesterday, was the loading of
an immense o of barley at
R~einhart's warehouse at the north end
OF Main street, bound for the Tybc
market. Notwithstanding the heat of
the weather Fred. Fisk, the Co. Of the
concern, stood manfully up to his
work until all the teams were loaded
and dispatched.
There was but little excitement on
Main street yesterday, save and except
"A pretty square dog fight thai occurred
in front of Tommy Douglas saloon,
which soon brought together more
people than we had supposed were
in Eureka. The fight was a lively
n while 1t lasted, but not enough so
to enthuse II of our citizens up to
the fighting point on their own account,
as Is not uncommon on these occa-
sious.