Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-20
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know.
From ten to fifteen carloads of ore
are delivered daily from the X X mine
to the furnaces.
Yesterday at noon there were nc
voters registered in the First and 246 in
the Second Ward.
"rhe eternal fitness of tIings."-A
humpbacked lady wearing a camel's
hair shawl.
A furious snow storm set in at
8 O'Clock last evening and continued
up till midnight.
j. l.. Whitesides, Superintendent OF
the teaming department of the
Narrow Gauge. has been enlarging
and improving his residence.
One of the huge railroad teams re.
turned yesterday from a Journey to
Phoebe. 1t took 26 days to complete
the round trip.
Iowa boasts of young lady who has
framed and raised a barn. One of Eu-
reka's fair ones raised a whole house
because she could not fad her back
hair.
The District Court was in session
yesterday, but no business was trans
acted. The defendants in the burglary
cases, who were convicted, will receive
their sentences tomorrow morning.
An amateur journalist over in Vir-
GINA has made a fortune by his pen.
His father-in-l law died of grief after
reading one of his editorials and left
him $4,000.
M. NJ. Ley's bondsmen surrendered
him to the custody of the Sheriff yes
terday. He was hunting around town
last evening in search of others, and
succeeded in fiuding them.
Since the departure of "Rutus,"
Lambert Molinelli has had full Oh srge
of the business of the Clerks office.
Lambert is thoroughly up in all the
duties of that place and conducts its
affairs in a manner that gives satisfac-
ton to all who are brought in contact
with him.
Aliens Stag pot, of which mention
has been heretofore made, is Oil trial
at the X * furnace and gives good sat
isfaction. 1t entirely obviates the me-
cessity of pounding and ~hamInering
the pot, and as a consequence there are
less of them broken.
The Heathens' social was a very
pleasant affair, the guests enjoying
themselves hugely aud entering into
the spirit of the occasion. Dancing
was kept up until the usual hour, an
early one, and every one waits with
impotence the next IN the series.
The masonry work at the Hamburg
was completed yesterday, including the
solid beds for the boilers and engines.
The building is we'll under way, the
frame up, and it will be rooted in this
week. Everything about the mine is
very substantial and a credit to the
company.
The c~ondensing flue at the Eureka
Consolidated is to be Overhauled and
repaired. The acid in the fumes rap
idly destroys the boiler iron with
which it is lined, and the plates have
to be renewed. Some five hundred
tons of dust have accumulated Oh the
inside which will be cleaned out at the
same time.
There were no pools sold at the Pal
ace last night, but George Davis IN
forms us that he will give spectators
a chance to invest tonight, at Hank
Knights corner, at seven O'Clock
sharp, and also at the race course Sat
urday and Sunday. a good chance to
guess 'em, boys.
A man by the name of VIM. Raich
vas thrown from the seat of his wagon
by the wheels suddenly descending
into a rut hole on the grade in Main
canyon. The hind wheels passed over
his body, severely bruising him, but
fortunately breaking no bones, and he
managed TO climb back into the wagon
and reach town, where his injuries
were attended to.
All Gun was taken into the tolls yes
terday by Constable Mckay and a
warrant sworn out by Sou Sing,
charging him with malicious mischief
in wilfully and wantonly destroying
the banisters and railing of Sou Sings
Celestial residence. Sou Sing will re
count the wrongs that he has suffered
at the hands OF this son of All Gun n
the Police Court to-day.
A buzzard-shaped Celestial kite
huinmed high above Main street for a
time yesterday. This is the season of
Chinese kite flying. In China and
Japan April 18th is the day of all days
in this line, and the people assemble
in vast multitudes to witness kite-fy-
ing feats. Several hundred kites are
in the air at the same time, and the
great aim of each operator is to 81 ma
newer his kite as to cut the string of
the others. For this purpose the first
200 feet of string from the kite is COW
cred with resin and pounded glass.