Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-03-17
FLUE DUST.

Hon. d. E. Baily returned from Bel
mont on last evenings stage.
Another social party will be given at
the new hall In Palisade this week.
Eleven carloads of refined lead were
shipped to Palisade yesterday.
There were no passengers on the
Austin stage yesterday.
Lead was quoted at 81 cents In the
New York market yesterday.
A bon bon party will be given at the
Hall, under the auspices of Norman
Beaton, In the near future.
A lot Of wire fencing, consigned to
F. Ii. Muller, arrived by rail yester-
day.
Joe Mendes Is raising and improv-
ing his residence property OH South
Buel street.
An average OF 500 tons Of ore Is daily
transported ove the Ruby Hill Rail.
road.
The balance Of the delayed Eastern
mail arrived last evening. The trains
are now running regularly.
The passenger travel on the Eureka
and Palisade Railroad Is largely ON the
increase.
There WAS no crude bullion shipped
yesterday. owing tn lack of transport
tatiOn facilities on the railroad.
We acknowledge the receipt Of q
complimentary ticket to the calico hop
Tuesday evening.
Davis auction sale OF household
goods at his ware-rooms, yesterday,
was LARGELY attended.
DIR. Rockman informs us that there
Is considerable sickness on Ruby Hill,
mostly pulmonary complaints.
The proprietors of the Postofice
news stand have placed III under Oh.
legations for extensive literary favors.
The famous Duckwater water cases,
recently tried at Belmont, before Judge
McKenney, we're decided in favor OF
the clients OF Messrs. Lansing Il Baily.
As soon as the repairs To the locomo.
tive Belmont are completed, the Typo
will he laid off for repairs. and . new
set of iues put in her boiler.
Eastern business houses notably
those of Chicapo-are looking to Eure-
ka for a market, and quite an extensive
trade is carried on in that direction.
If the present mild weather contin.
ues. work will be generally resumed
on all of the Prospect mountain loca.
tons.
Gumho soup at the Parlor Saloon to-
day. Other choice delicacies will figure
prominently in the lunch spread. Drop
in and see Chris. and his partner.
The shaft on the Silver Prize. Secret
Canyon. is down some so feet. with the
most favorable indications of striking
a handsome ore body.
The freight arrivals by rail Yesterday
embraced two cars of merchandise. two
OF lumber, three OF wood and five Of
charcoal.
The X X furnace shut down for a
short time Yesterday to clean out the
BOILERS. Work was resumed last even
ing.
The X X furnace is doing splendid
work. turning out q larger Mount of
bullion than at any time since its con
struction.
NJ. p. Murphy filed a protest yester
day against NJ. II. Joseph and J. f.
Duff's application for a patent to the
Golden Rule mine.
Uncle George Thacher, who has been
s%ojourning at Cherry Creek for some
time past, has departed for San Fran
cisco.
There Is quite a run on calico at the
various dry good stores, in anticipation
Of Tuesday evenings grand hop at
Bigelow's Hall.
Notice Of appeal was filed for protest
in the Land Office yesterday, by Nor.
man Wines. The case involves the
desert land title Of F. o. German to
land in Diamond Valley. near the old
Diamond Station.
The new sweating furnace at the
Richmond Works. a description of
which was given In the SENTINEL
some time ago, went into operation
Friday morning. and is working very
successfully.
The Raymond h Ely Company have
ordered a large air compressor, similar
to the one now in use at the Eureka
Consolidated mine, for use in working
a winze In the lower levels.
The large air compressor engine, pro-
cured for use at the incline on the
ninth level of the Eureka Consolidat-
ed, will be placed in position In a few
days. The he'd plates and foundation
are already completed.
BY a special dispatch to the SENTI-
MEL. received last evening, we learn
that at a meeting Of the Eureka Con.
solidated Board Of Directors, held yes
,erdav. n dividend OF 81 per share was
declared, payable on the Goth inst.
Alphonse Hawkes. has just received
sos1e elegant aud desirable books from
Bancroft & Co, San Francisco. Knights
Shakespeare Is magnificent produc-
ton, and worthy in its conception OF
that illustrious author.