Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-25
PACIFIC COAST DISPATCHES.
Meeting OF Merchants A COrrc-
spOuIcnt Caned-.A Defauitiag
Secretary--Asses<nl ent--A e
Market Ter silver.


Market Ter silver.
SAN Francisco, Feb. "a.
The merchants of this city held n
meeting yesterday, at the room of The
Chamber OF Commerce, to de, Use
means as to the limit of the number
of failures among interior merchants,
which are growing alarniingly fre-
quent. a committee of fifteen vas ap
%poIntel to silt the question and report
at All early day. Several members de-
nounced severely the frequency with
which country merchants made conf
positions with city creditors based up
on dishonest representations.
GA>seyu>ky, better known to the
public rs Gar" who has been writing
letters to the New York Times from
San Francisco, attacking lie character
Ut n number of prominent people here,
was attacked by a gentleman last night
on the correr of Geary and Mason
streets and severely caned.
10 m II. Robb, Assistant Secretary
OF t 10 San Francisco Stock Exchange,
has been discovered to lie "a deisuiier
To the mOun of about So 900. 1t WAS
his dut, to cnllect fines and amounts
PAYABLE for listing of stocks, aud most
OF his populations seem to have been
from the latter fund. The officers of
he Board have reposed ths fullest
confidence in him, and are hat
Al II loss to recount for his action, as he
was not known to have been engaged
IN speculation OF to lead a fast life.
He has, however, had a sickly and ex-
i,rnsive family on his hand, which is
thought to have lead him TO the act.
IJ.NI.t. i. ..-t 30 l,.,. lntt th. Oh ~,
but that Is not certain.
rrotting Purse 5000 Another
Purse OF 100000 Deaths in the
city.
SAN Francisco, Feb. "a.
Fl. ID. Rundlett, proprietor of the
Oakland Trotting PARK, offers a purse of
5000 III Il trotting race, providing DC.
cid-nt, st. Julian, Sam Pnrdy, Rarus.
Oakland Maid, and Bodine will enter
tho race, to come OFT April Nth,
weather permitting.
IL IS rum ned that a four-mile and
repeat race is to he put up, To come off
some time in May, for a purse of 500
900, but under whose auspices has not
yet been a~scertained.
There were 1876 deaths in this city
last week; 10 from small pox: 81 from
iiptheria; a large proportion of the
latter was IN the neishborhoGd adjoin-
ing the Mission swamp. Eighteen
new cases OF small pox were reported
during the week.
The Belcher Company has levied an
asse ssment of 81 per share, delinquent
March ooh.
Flood x O'Brien are reportedtO have
made a heavy sale of line silver In the
East India market. Some Significance
is attached to il, ~ Government, the
chief customer, Is bearing the market,
this may be the opening OF a new and
permanent outlet for the production OF
the mines.
Death OF JOg%les Wright.
VIRGINIA CITY. FEB. "a.
w. r. Wright died al 9:l5 last night.
Destroyed by F~ire--General Out.
look.
VICTORIA, V. L.. Feb. "a.
The steamer Gussie Tilfair has ar
rived from Sitka. rhs officers quar-
ters at Sitka have been DESTROYED by
fire. The occupants lost all their ef-
fscts and narrowly escaped with their
lives.
The weather was mild at Cassidar,
and mining has been going on all win
ter. Provisions are scarce. Stickeen
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