Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-10-08
Gurtka uaiIp Sentinel.
ear-uDvcED AGAINST THE CHI
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T77ISD4v OCTOBER 8. 1878
fnEsUDICED AGAINsr THE CHI
NEsE.
fbs. British Columbians are - deeply
nreiudioed against the Chinese as the Cali
Sorniaps. By recent enactments the Legis-
t.s-r. u,dortook 10 make the Chinese in
sbe province : class apart from the rest Of
The population. and 70 place them under
s@r.cis1 surveillance. A dispatch
eheA tbis legislation has been pronounced
uuconsututionaI by the Supreme Court Of
~ province; but it il none the less inter-
ssting q indicating the popular feeling.
Every person Of Chinese blood over twelve
years ola was required to provide himself
with . quarterly permit to live and labor,
and this permit must be paid for in adj
vance, price ten dollars. Any one unable
10 pay must work out his tax on the pro-
vincial works. The production Of the Ii
censs might be demanded on toll-bridges,
in lodging-houses, and in places Of labor;
IT, non-production was to be taken as proof
Of it, non-possession, and any Chinese
found without the required license, or any
person employing an unlicensed China
msn was liable 10 : fine Of 500, or, in de-
fault, to imprisonment for hard labor for
two months. A Chinaman who failed to
prove docile while toiling ont his IL
osnse on the public works might be SEN
tenced to imprisonment with hard labor.
e.
MoNrY In Ir.-The Sifcer State says
that il appears. Notwithstanding the pres
emit dryness and scarcity Of coin among
the local candidates for Office. that this is
70 be ; money campaign. The Austin
Rsveile Is informed by private letter from
Virginia City that "George A. King. agent
Of the Bank Of Nevada, made his boast on
the street . few days ago that Daggett was
their man-meaning the Bonanzas. He
said Daggett could have SIS, 900 or $40, 600
from the Nevada Bank to carry OF the
canvass II he wanted to. and offered to bet
5000 that he tDaggett) would be elected.
Niles Finlen offered to take the bet, but
King backed down." This shows, not
w~ithstanding the opposition Of the Receate,
that b. n. Dsggett is not without friends,
and that be did not decline the proposition
Of his opponent, W. E. F. Deal, to make o
Joint canvass Of the State for lack Of funds;
also that we are to have lively times before
the campaign closes.
TIE meanest man in the world is fire.
quently coming to the surface, but the
meanest woman has recently made her ap-
pearance in South Bend, Indiana. The
woman, by hard work and economy, had
become independent. She had a daughter
who was slowly dying Of consumption.
As the mother would not even give her
child the necessaries of life, the invalid re-
quested the authorities to admit her to the
poor-house. While she was there the
mother learned that her child's expenses
would be assessed upon her property, and
30 sent to have. her brought home in a
~mheelbarrow. Strangers interfered and
hired q carriage, but when the poor girl
died it was with great difficulty that her
,miser-mother could be induced to bury
her deeently- And this is how she became
vontitled % the unenviabie position Of the
,ueAnaaf woman
IHE yxxiiest notice Of yellow fever is
that Of Ligion, in his "History Of Barba-
does" He there states that it broke out
early in September, 1647. and that before
ne expiration Of q month '. the living were
scarcely able to bury the dead" There
altar = did not attain any very remarkable
severity, until 1898. when it destroyed not
less than 5000 men Of the garrison Of Port
Royal In the course Of . month. In 1904
ii was brought to the south Of Spain, and
visited Cadiz, Malaga and C~arthagena-
But IT. greatest force fell upon Gibraltar,
whore ont Of tho civil population Of the
town, amounting 70 nearly 1900 persons,
only twenty-eisht escaped attack.
Ms. MAcxAY, says I New York paper,
has besn : great purchaser Of jewels at the
Expoaition In Paris. She has bought .
parurs Of diamonds. consisting Of q dia-
dam, brooch and pendants, bracelet, ring
and earrings. The parure is ornamented
profusely with blue sapphires and termin-
Mates with : handsome pearl. The center
sapphire Il valued 81 2O0.0 900 francs, and
tho entire parure at $50, 900 francs. Also
! nacilaoe Of brilliants terminating in q
briolet drop valued at 125, 900 francs.
Thers Il Nd end to the purse Of the wife Of
3 bonansa king.
C. @. GOODWIN, assistant editor Of the
Enterprise, IL threatened with paralysis Of
that arm with which he 20 ably handles his
pan and soissors-but principally the lat
Ter. His physician having peremptorily or
dered undisturbed rest for the diseased
member, he Republican party Is in some
danger Of losing the Judges valuable SER
vi06B during the remainder Of the cam
paign.@xyon County Times.
'TAin't paralysis its his intense Black
nspublieanism that's breaking out on him.
Gertcusly, though. Charley, we do hops
that ron will not be aficted with paralysis.
TN other day the citizens Of Newport
gaye the officers Of the British flagship
sRslIesop6on~ ) grand reception = cost
ef 5000. which amount was assessed
against The taxpayers q the city. None
hut the aristocrats Of the place were in
vitsd. and now the public indignantly re-
pudiAte the bill. insisting that those who
danced shall pay the fiddler,
LAxpxs DnocRAr's communication was
received last evening, too late for publica-