Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-05-12
SHORT BITS.

SHORT BITS.
The Hamburg will start one furnace
this morning.
The doctors report this section dis
tressingly healthy these days.
The safe bought by the county from
Us. WhittOn was yesterday removed
to the Assessors Office.
Superintendent Frank = Drake, O
Hamilton, came up on last nights
train.
Mrs. w. H. Clark departs for Cali
fornia IN a few days on q visit to
friends in San Jose.
There is a place up in the Black
Hills where they have eight feet Of
snow lying around loose.
Deputy Assessor C. C. Wallace has
gone to the northern portion of the
county on official business.
John A. Paxton, the well-known
banker, left by Thursday mornings
train for San Francisco.
Five tramps arrived from Palisade
at noon yesterday. They looked Sore
footed and careworn.
The present. term of the White Pine
District Court is expected to last three
weeks.
The subject of Rev. j. A. Gray's lee
ture Tomorrow evening will be: "The
Bighead-Its Symptoms and Treat
ment."
Members Of the Jewish Congrega-
ton will notice that they are called by
Secretary LOewy to meet at IN o'clock
tomorrow evening.
The firemen will not realize very
largely from the proceeds of their
ball, but they hope to get out a little
more than even.
In our report yesterday of the ladies'
name of Mrs. Il. Douglas was mad
vertently omitted from the list.
The dancers at the firemen's ball
stuck close to their work until nearly
sun rise yesterday morning. The ball
was gay and enthusiastic.
Members of the Butchers Association
were worrying with knotty questions
yesterday. We did not learn the
result.
The west-bound passenger train on
the G. p. Tuesday morning ran of the
track at Cold Stream beyond Truckee,
causing a detention of seven hours.
Nobody hurt.
Charlie Broy brought down from
the Hamburg mine yesterday a load
of ore which weighed over 1000
pounds. Pretty good over a new
road.
We are authorized to say that the re.
port that Alderman Haley is padding
with feather pillows to increase his
chances for the Msyoralty is q base
and malicious Islander.
1t takes the Supreme Court of Ne
vada q long time to decide tho case be.
tween the Ruby Consolidated and
Atlas Mining Companies. Judge Cole
decided it from the bench in three
minutes.
Old mar Walker, of the Corner chop
stand, is having his premises white
washed and otherwise renovated. He
keeps day aud night the best the mar
ket affords.
Joe Boos will rem his dwelling, with
or without furniture, if he can not find
a purchaser for it. Joe wants to 20 to
California Immediately, and any one
desiring a good home "a get q bar
gain out of him.
The town yesterday wore a funeral
like aspect. The immense exodus of
boisterous characters for the north
ward probably had something to do
with it. Billy Smith and Charley Can
field were OF the excnrsionists.
1t is not true that Officer Mckee
went down to Palisade yesterday to
canvass his chances for the Marshal.
ship of the railroad metropolis. He
WAS a picnicker, pure and simple, and
had no other business on the raging
Humboldt.
Alderman Campbell is making good
progress with his new building en-
South Main street. He says we were
in error in stating that he had gone
into active training for the M%ayoralty.
He says he has NJ aspirations in that
direction and most positively declines
to become q candidate.
Black Hills.
A gentleman connected with the
SENTINEL is in receipt OF a private let.
ter from a friend in the Black Hills.
from which we Gull a few notes of in
terest. There is but one claim that is
yielding anything to speak of. The
mines are generally very poor, and
those who have fair prospects are pro.
gress sing slowly. Some of the quartz
lodges are considered good on top, but
none of them have been prospected to
a sufficient depth to determine their
real value. Wages have gone down to
50 per day, with the tendency still
downward. Eastern people are gener-
ally disguised with the country, and
after remaining a few days many of
them take the back track for the rail-
road. The rush to the hills is unabat-