Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-05-03

repairs on the furnaces at the R1ch-
mond are progressing at a rapid rate.
j. Cohn is fixing up the Levin build
ing, and will put III a stock of clothing,
etc.
Snow is rapidly disappearing from
The mountain peaks that encIrcle Eu.
reka.
Twenty carloads of ore were del iv-
cred a. the Eureka Consolidated works
yesterday.
A delicate exchange, describing a
fire, says: "1'he building was com
pletely in~testineG."
This is the season when tack ham
mers build blood blisters on family
mems thumbs.
Mrs. f. De Witt and children are So
journing temporarily at the Parker
House.
j. G. Lock wood returned on last
nights train from a business "Trip to
San Francisco.
Tony, a young Spaniard, shot him.
self in the wrist while examining the
merits of a new pistol. lie is satisfied
that it is easy on the trigger.
Under Sheriff Nelson was around on
the streets yesterday with a plethoric
sack and blank licenses. joe is i'm
partial in the bestowal of his iavors.
Mr.. Lesser, of the New York Store,
is still confined TO his room. The GUS
toners miss his pleasant smIle anc
courteous ways aud hope for his
speedy recovery.
We are under many obligations to f.
Durkee, of the P~ostoffice news stand,
for Eastern illustrated papers. Frank
keeps all the periodicals and pictorial
weeklies constantly on hand.
The Hamburg Company are daily
receiving large of charcoal at
their furnace. 1t is particularly lively
up around the coal shea above their
works.
Charley Broy's teams were deliver
ing Hamburg ore at the furnace yes
lerday. Anew more days like Wednes
day will enable him To more thai fur
nlsh the called Tor in the con-
tract.
A private dispatch from San Fran
cisco conveys The gratifying intelli-
geice that The Martin White Compa-
nv il paying oil ali of its protested
checks, which will he good news TO
our friends over in Ward.
DIR. Bishop performed a surgical OPP
Grafton on ID. w. LeVan Yesterday,
cutting out "A cancer that had di>fig
ured that gentleman's face. 1t WAS a
very successful operation, aud Van re
joices over its removal.
The Sheriff's sale of the Geddes &
Bertrand iliil and mining property, on
a judgment Obtained by VIM. AIRING
ton, NJ. b. Bartlett ami l.. /. Hogle,
will take place to-day, unless post
poned.
A venerable young gentleman, four
years old, recently threw his maternal
relative into IA tit of admiration by the
following speech: Il like most all
kinds at cake. and jelly cake, but |
don't like stouuach-ache."
The Richmond Company are run
ming hut one furnace at their works,
they having shut II down last >atur
dav. They have about completed the
repairs on some of them, but no time
is set for starring them up.
j. W. Pike, formerly connected with
the firm of +. +. Hall IL CO., stock
brokers of San Francisco, has accepted
"A position in The office of the Hamburg
Company, and will enter on his duties
at once. He is an affable and pleasant
gentleman.
There is a slight disagreement rela-
tive to terms. etc., between Mr.. Bige-
low and the Jubilee Singers which we
hope tn see overcome and the troupe
make their appearance in Eureka AT an
early date. He has made the COM
pany a very liberal offer, which we
presume they will accept.
Phil Dspengher has invested a por-
ton of his spare cash in a new and i'm
proved baby chair, one of the latest
things out. As Phil is IN old bachelor
he must have serious intentions. or is
drawing heavily az his imagination for
possible contingencies in the future.
A slight unpleasantness, resulting
from sharp practice in a tax operation.
enlivened Main street yesterday. An
indignant citizen recounted his wrongs
To an admiring and sympathetic crowd,
and oife red t voluntarily whip some
body, but we did not learn who.
Up in Goodwin canyon the ~locatOrs
were evidently fascinated with the
BIRD of Freedom" Judging from the
names of their several locations.
There is the Gray Eagle. Bald Eagle,
Black Eagle, White Eagle. Eagle Bird,
American Eagle and the Bird OF Free
dom-quile a variety OF the king of
birds.
IN donations to the Eureka Library
in the way OF books, magazines, etc.,
were quite liberal. Agricultural re-
ports and Congressional documents
will do for the top shelves, but will
hardly answer for light reading. The
selection of newspapers and monthlies
are judicious, and will meet the appro
baton of the %fr.quenters of the room.
II is o. c%onteiided that "bulldoze"
should he written ''bouledose,' be-
cause the term originated among the
French speaking negroes of Louisiana.
"Boule," says the critic, in French
means a ball or bullet. and also, in
colloquial phrase, the human head.
So "boule-doze" may either mean a
bullet put into the person or the ad-
mlnistration of a "whack on the
%sconce."
The ladies were out on a soliciting
tour among the private residences YES
terday, asking contributions to the fes-
tival that will take place at the Metho'
dist Church next Tuesday. We had
the privilege OF examining the list, and
we promise the patrons of the fair a
feast of good things i'm the way of rich
fruit cake, haky doughnuts, and pastry