Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-08
AROUND TOWN.


tonueu HlininS operations ~cOnseQuen
on the termination of the big suit.
That the familiar smoke will once
more curl upward from the tall stack
Of the Richmond fiue, Ia beyond a
question, and the resumption of smelt-
ing and refining at that point wi |
cause the business men and hotel
keepers Of the south end to rejoice
over the return of the wonted hustle
and prosperity that has characterized
il in by-goDe days. THE quicker the
sooner" as Ed. Kicker would put it.
The citizens of Eureka can stand a
good deal of fiue dust and fumes. and
are willing 20 see every furnace chin
ney in the neighborhood pouring forth
volumes OF the noxious vapors, for
herein lies u chance to gather in to
our own pockets the dollars that are
expended In the work of reduction.
The tourist from abroad, and the
new arrivals can be detected at once by
the involuntary habit that they acquire
of holding their nostrils high i'm the
air, rs they sniff the gentle Zephyrs
laden with the sweet doors of sulphur
and arsenic that are waited down the
cany on on every breeze. 1t does not
take them long TO overcome the repug.
nance with which the first dose of the
p rfume is inhaled. and let them once
settle down and become accustomed To-
IL and ottar of. roses, new mOwn hay or
the choicest of Lubin'- extracts are not
a circumstance To the delights that
their senses would ex perience. One
snuffs prosperity and wealth in the
fumes that settle over the town.
Wife beating is a cruel amusement,
and a very rare occurrence on the
Base Range. Husband. beating fire.
quently occurs, but the male rarely
asks and never gets n sympathy
from his fellow man. Whipping a
lover is not looked On Ms a very heni-
Gus offense. A degraded brute who
lives off of the earnings of a soiled
dove on the Barbarv Coast interviewed
one of our peace officers yesterday as
TO the policy of arresting his lady
friend-as he termed her-whom be
claimed had administered a dose of
broonsticks, glassware, chairs, etc,
all of which articles of furniture had
come in yiolent contact with his car.
ca~s, bruising his person, and LAGER
atipg his feelings. The tender emo
tons that he had cherished for the fair
vixen had been crushed, and his bosom
was filled with feelings of resentment
at the cruel conduct OF his lovely
charmer. The wholesome advice ten
dered him by the guardian OF the
night caused him to hesitate in invok
ing the law, and finally induced him
10 bottle up his revenge-consequent-
~ there was no warrant issued and no
arrest made,
The encroaching debris of Stag and
ron has left but a narrow space for
the passage Of teams opposite the Eu-
reka Consolidated works, and it will
he but a short time before the highway
Will have to be removed 10 The east side
of the big ditch. The ground is owned
by the company, that fact having been
decided by a former lawsuit, and it is
only by their courtesy that the road
exists. Nobody grumbles, however,
at the of the way, and it is
better to get along without highways
than TO dispense with furnaces.
A weak sighted devotee Of fortune
who aided his powers of vision with a
pair OF improved spectacles, while in
dulging in a game OF poker one even
ing last week, got raised out of the pot
by an opponent who showed in a -four
dollar bet after the draw. Our friend
peered at his hand, concluded that a
pair of kings was not worth the money
and passed. upon which the other
player raked in the coin. On more
closely examining his hand, after re-
lInquishing all title to the pot, he dis
covered that there was a pair of sew
ems along with the royal monarchs,
which made it the best hand OF the
two. To say that four eyes WAS mad
Is hut a feeble description of the wrath
that took possession of mis- soul. He
raved, swore, cursed and dod rotted
everything to dernation in the town.
and, as a final exhibition of his rufled
temper, o off those s~pectacles,
cbewed out the glasses and flung the
steel frames at the head of a smiling
bystauder. Charley Pryor has pre-
served the ruined pebbles as a memen-
to of the hottest cussing match thai
ever came within the range of his oh.
~servation.
The back porch of the Corner Sa-
loon has become a fovorite resort for
idlers these balny evenings, n a Sc
lect crowd take possession of it as soo
as the suns rays are waried off by the
building. h qualification of several
senses is comprised in the situation.
The grosser appetiteS and iEclinations
are appealed to by the SAVIOR odors OF
stews and roasts that come out of the
back door of the saloon, and proceed
from Walkers culinary operations,
while the esthetic tastes are appealed
to and gratified by the melody that
floats across the street from the band.
and the glimpses of sylph-like forms
whirling aud floating in the dance at
the hurdy-house opposite. 1t is a
combination that always draws a
crowd, and the planks are worn
smooth with the continued sittipgs of
the %loungers.
The frogs that inhabit the reservoir
at the Consolidated works are about
the only voices of the night that exer-
else their vocal powers in this land of
sagebrush and barren plain. The
melancholy note o: tie whippoorwill,
the monotonous drum of the katy
dds. the cheerful chirrup of the
cricket, and other noises that pervade
the woods and lowlands OF the West
ern States are here conspicuous by
their absence, and the frog alone lifts
up its deep voice and croaks its con
tentment with its surroundings.
When Joe Nelson was guarding the