Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-21
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John McShane, of Ruby Hill, was
badly bitten by q savage dog yester,
day. The dog was killed by its owner
The two furnaces now running at the
Richmond works will be shut down
in a few days for repairs.
a furious wind and snow storm pre-
vailed all along the line of the Narrow
Gauge yesterday. There has been nc
delay in the arrival of the trains.
There were two large teams loading
at the freight house of the f. 81 z. Il.
Company with 10000 pounds of assort-
ed mercllandi se for Typo.
There were Is additional miners put
on at the Richmond mine yesterday.
A new development on The fifth level
promises to expand into a fine body OF
ore.
The subject Of Rev. Mr.. Gray's sun
day evening lecture will be "Ghost
and Haunted Houses" 1t is rather a
fascinating topic, and no doubt the
reverend gentleman will handle il in
his usual entertaining way. Mr..
Gray's lectures are very popular, and
the Methodist Church is always crowd
ed on these occasions.
In view of the Indictment weather
prevailing, tho Hardie Bros. have
concluded to postpone the races for
one week. There will be no other al
teration in the programme. George
DAVIS will also put off his pool selling
until next Friday.
What Eureka needs just at present
is a few more dogs. BY careful COM
putation it is found that there are
only three apiece for each man, woman
and child in town.
Eureka has a bootblack who has ac-
cuDiulated and deposited in the bank
five hundred dollars in coin. He in
tends to go East, where his parents
reside, and devote his savings 70 his
support while he attends school.
The X X Company employ over 100
miners in the various levels and drifts
of that mine. The daily output is only
limited by the reduction capacity of
the furnaces.
Freight traffic is unusually light on
the Narrow-gauge, but there will no
doubt be a revival of the business
shortly.
An attache of the freight department
at Palisade recently departed for Cali
%fornia, whore he will take unto him
self a bride. His intended was for
merly a resident of that burg.
A late arrival from California
dropped into our sanctum last evening
and went into ecstacies over the
blooming roses, green fields, and de-
lightful climate of the Golden State.
His remains will be found buried near
tho htn difah ony-nra1 with cnvon foot
of snow.
The Improvements on Judge Daven-
ports residence are nearly completed.
When finished it will be one of the
handsomest private dwellings in Eu-
reka.
Mark Twain pays taxes on $66, 900.
He used to dodge the poll tax COL
lector over in Virginia City because
he could not spare the four dollars
from his reportorial income.
We are under obligations to Frank
Durkee, of the Postoff1ce News Depot,
for favors in the way of illustrated
New York papers.
The parties indicted by the Grand
Jury for maintaining nuisances were
arrested yesterday afternoon, and gave
bonds for their appearance in court
Monday morning.
The man Volkstat, arrested in Eu-
reka and taken back to Austin by the
Sheriff of Lander county, met with a
cordial reception from his numerous
creditors who manifested a great de-
sire to provide him with a permanent
home where his talents will benefit
the State. Wednesdays ReUeille says
that he had arrived at Manhattanville,
and his trial was in progress when
that paper went to press.