Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-27
LETTER FROM PALrsADE.


Coal, f0ntss PeNco Omcef, Etc.
Since my last letter I have been
patiently waiting for something to
turn up so that I could write you a
letter that would have the merit Of be-
ing newsy; that, at least, would make
it readable. But, unlike Micawber,
in whose case something did turn up
at last, it does not do it here. The
trains pass and repass, and we grace
the platform, returning stare for stare
and mentally feeling of as much i'm
p%ortance as the biggest nabO1 that
travels on a first. class ticket; but the
train moves on and leaves us to our
own How we envied Min
ersl Kill her big sensation in the form
OF an elopement. Ii that had only
happened in Palisade we would have
had a choice morsel of scandal that
would have lasted us six months; but,
alas, the village is too moral or the
love Of spouses for their liege lords is
too enduring to have anything Of that
kind happen 10 this vicinity.
COAL.
News was brought into town on Mon
day that coal had been found in the
neighborhood, and Jumps of the black
diamonds we're exhibited by the dis
~coverer. The citizens were inclined to
doubt the bonifideness of the find at
! first, but were o convinced by
Messrs. Ferguson and Young of its
genuineness. A company was formed
and money subscribed to the amoun
of $500, the discoverers disposing of
ten-twelfths of the property. +. Law.
Ter vas elected President, and every
preparation is being made to develop
the vein and test its worth. The coal
brought to town burns readily in a
forge, and Is pronounced a good ar.
ticls by those who understand It's
qualities. 1t 10 claimed that the vein is
| four feet thick where found and that it
Is a good m~erchantable article, COM
pairing in quality to the Rocky Mount.
ain coal used on the Central Pacific.
All those owning shares are already
miilionaires in prospective, and one
! hears nothing but discussions as to the
future importance OF Palisade as a
manufacturing and mining center. OF
course YOU will have to send all your
pres down here for reduction, where
fuel i'll be cheap and water abundant;
and then, the railroads will use it on
their locomotives, thus saving freight
and transportation from Evanston and
other points on the Union Pacific.
The only thing feared is that the Cen
trail Pacific will step in and buy the
mine for five or ten million dollars
and aggrandize the product for their
own selfish uses.
PEACE OFFICER.
Our majestic. indispensable and
very handsome Constable, Deputy
Sheriff and general peace preserver-
we allude, of course, to Captain Will
n. Rahbitts-has been u terror to evil
doors in this city. So great Is his rep
ulation that his fame has gone out all
along the line of the railroad. and law
breakers. evii-doers and trainps make
a wide delour when nearing Palisade,
and circle around the hills 40 as not to
come within the sphere of his duties.
Occasionally sotne ab>cOnding debtor
from Eureka falls into his clutches
and invariably disgorRes the greater
portion of his ~ill-gotten gains; after
which he is allowed to go on his way
rejoicing. or otherwise. Seriously, the
quiet aud peace of our little village is
preserved by the Captains strict at
tention TO duty.
CHESS aAMEs.
The ,elegraphic chess games that
ragged between the operators At this
point and rival lightning singers in
other Offices have almost ceased since
a quiet notice was received calling their
attention to their duties, which is only
another illustration of the fact that TOO
much notosiety is not good in all
cases.
The emigration to the West seems to
be on the increase, ana not a day
passes hut overloaded trains go
through filled with the usual compli-
ment of young men fresh from the
farm; families that show the prolific
ness of the section they came from
in regard to population, and a general
sprinkling of all grades Of humanity
in search Of better land than the East.
They all tell the same doleful tale of
hard times, and when informed of the
same state of things ruling on this
coast, philosophicaliy remark that it
can't be worse than they have left be-
hind. Quite a number have stopped
of here and taken the Narrow-gauge
railroad, in hopes of finding something
to do in Eureka.
The Humboldt river is running
with full banks, but il not as high at
this point as in former years. That
portion OF the town bordering on the
river was flooded two years ago, but
the Improvements made last fall will
avert that calamity in future. think
l have strung this out sufficiently for
one letter, and will reserve my forces
for the next infection. NELLIE A.