Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-12-20

The Footlight perpetrates the follow.
ing: During ths short time that Capt.
Hardy was Superintendent of the
Ophir, he caused q fence, about twenty
feet high, to be built around . portion
Of h works. The morning after the
fence was completed, Mr.. Hardy was
relieved" of all responsibility so far
IS the Ophir mine was concerned. An
Irishman employed at the mine, hap
pening to meet the Captain on the day
that he was s'let out" accosted him as
follows: "Well, Mr.. Hardy, ye're q
great man, SO ye are. Ye went to work
an fenced the Ophir In. an at the
same tonne ye fenced yerself out, en-
tirely, so ye did. Ye're . great man,
so ye are"
The Stock Exchange thus alludes to
the musical critic Of the Gold Hill Neus:
The wild enthusiast of the Comstock
has broken loose again, and his last
I shrek Of genius completely eclipses
all former efforts. The editor of the
Gold Hill Neus removed his muzzle
last Wednesday evening. and turned
him loose on one Of De Murska's con-
certs. The fiery Comstock reporter
holds out his ears to catch the "twit.
tering and warbling like the wild birds
OF the forrest" And then drinks in
the dying echoes" We suspect that
before this concert he had fortified
himself with q stronger beverage than
"dying echoes" which IL . little too
weak for q youth Of his keenly sensi.
tive poetic temperament.
A correspondent Of the Record.
Union, writing from Downieville, says
8. b. Dorr has discovered silver bear
ing lodes in that section. He thinks
the discovery will prove of great value
to the State. DOrr he speaks of as q
metallurgist and prospector of expert
ence, aud alleges that his discoveries
are genuine and not mere speculations
az to veins Of silver.
The Silver State says that a we'll de-
fined vein of ore, about two feet thick.
vas struck in the Paramount mine, in
Winnemucca mountain, last week.
The average assay of the ore il $3.50 per
ton. It looks IS IL the mines of this
district receive less attention than they
deserve from capitalists.
The SHcer State reports that A. B.
Cook shipped from Winnemucca, on
Saturday, $50 head of as fine beef cat
tie a. can be seen west of the Rocky
Mountains. They were driven to Par
adise Valley early in the fall from Ore
gon, and have since been ted on prime
hay.
The Coso Mining NeWs says that Jim
Rice, formerly q resident of Darwin,
and who went to Arizona some months
ago, is reported to have killed q man In
that Territory, when q number Of citi.
zens armed themselves, went for him
and filled him so full of bullets that he
died from being 'leaded."
The Coso Mining News says that the
Emigrant Mining Company shipped,
last Thursday, 1874 pounds of fine silver
bullion, valued at $500. The Emil
grant, unlike any other of our Inyo
county mining companies, is now en-
tirely out Of debt.
A man named Richard Trewella,
working ct the Inidel mine, Bull Run,
WAS blown upand seriously injured by
q giant powder cartridge, which he
was warming upon q cooking stove.
He was brought. to Cornuco pia for
treatment.
The Virginia Chronicle says: James
Green, o carman at the Sierra Nevada
mine, had the little finger of his right
hand so badly crushed on Saturday
morning that amputation was neces-
sary.
The San Fra ncisco Stock Report has
fallen into poetry, as witness the fol-
lowing:
SLOW rises worth, by poverty oppressed"
Slow rises stock, when overmuch assessed.
The sum of $4,000, says the Carson
Tribune, has already been raised for
the purpose of building a new theater
at the Capital. 1t needs one.
Tom Gains freight team arrived at
Winnemucca, from Cornucopia, load
cd with over foul tons of ore from one
of the mines of that district.
1t is expected that all of the offices of
the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph
Company, in this State, will be closed
up on the LIST Of January.
Samuel T. Curtis has been appointed
Superintendent of the Woodville.
There is nothing doing in that mine at
present.
The Carson Tribune says that Fish
Commissioner Parker intends stocking
the Nevada streams with every kind Of
fish.
Fair skating at Reno, says the
Gazette.
Tuscarora supports three faro games.