Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-07-18

A s.sentiner' Reporter Invesfigat-
Ing.

There are certain evils which time alone
can correct. Desiring to gain a better I'M
Outstanding as to what was meant by the
following language appearing in the final
report of the Grand Jury, viz: 'Notwith-
standing the very pointed and explicit
| charge Of lis Honor concerning nuisances,
and also the petitions Of many respectable
citizens regarding the same matter, we
find ourselves powerless to take any steps
towards the abatement Of the same, with
out finding bills against at least nine-tenths
Of the occupants Of buildings on Main
street, between Bateman and Robbins
Streets" We formed a committee of one
to visit the locality particularly complained
of in the effort to ascertain, If possible, the
nature and character Of nuisances referred
to; and possessing a philanthropic nature,
upon finding nuisances per Sc to exist, re-
solved to abate them. The locality com
planned Of is in the very heart of Eureka,
and If nine-tenths Of hat heart is rotten,
we concluded that it would not be a very
difficult undertaking to clean out the other
little one-tenth, but we found a job on our
hands unanticipated, the magnitude OF
which becomes perfectly appalling. We con-
TESS, that in the innocence Of our
heart, VIZ went un%prepared to
enforce what we deemed to be our duty,
~(knowing that the cholera is on the way,
and for which we have a mortal dread)
viz Kicking over every apple stand and
water melon booth on the line of march
mentioned. What a task that was The
first distinguished nuisance, or what we
deemed to be such, presented such q for
midable front when we asked him if he
was one Of the component parts Of the
nine-tcnts Of the aforesaid nuisances com
planned Of, that we retreated in good order,
at the same time and with the most pro-
found Difference, presenting a proper front
for fear Of an attack in the rear. We con-
cludcd this citizen was not a nuisance, but
we thought a little more philanthropic in
vestigation would rebound to the benefit of
the good people of Eureka, and more par
ticularly to those residing within the geo
graphical limits of the locality named,
some of said residents being members of
the same Grand Jury, and thereby by prop
er principles Of reasoning and mathemat-
les forming a part Of this nineteenth rule,
calling themselves nuisances, they should
be abated but much to our modification
and amazement we failed to find a single
individual who sympathized with us in
our labor of love residing between the
points named on Main street. Why, every
individual we met or interviewed voted us
the worst nuisance they had found in the
locality, and we concluded that there must
be something very wrong in the report Of
that Grand Jury, or else that we had be-
come victims Of misplaced confidence.
Philantlropists and humanitarians are
rare birds, we may say, and our advice to
them is, one and all, don't proceed upon
the report Of q Grand Jury to abate
nuisances unless you are fully prepared to
clean ont at least one-tenth of the same.
Seriously, the many respectable citizens OF
Eureka either reside or have their places
of business within the limits referred to.
1t is the business locality Of the town, rep
resented by her most thriving and ener-
getic business men, who are willing to
give and take, subjecting themselves
to slight inconvenience and petty an
n~oyances, bearing in mind all the
time the old maxim, $50 use thine
own as not to injnre thy ~neighbors," that
they fail to recognize the fastidious no
tions Of propriety of those wh0se interests
may not be identical with theirs, and
whose power TO change is rendered harm
less, by the rule of accommodation, which
applies to the pioneer miner as well as the
merchant. Can a nuisance or n%uisances
exist where nine-tenths of the community
referred to contribute to its maintenance ?
Awaiting an answer to this legal conun-
drum, the question OF nuisance is respect
fully referred to nine-tenths Of the resi-
dents of Main street, between Bateman and
Robbins streets.