Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-30
AUSTIN
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tral The international - Items
OF General Interest.

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TINS letter with a dash of The snow the
snow the beautiful p etc.; but that good
Old fatherless poem has been worn to the
Jumps by every man, woman and child in
the land. Therefore, I see no good reason
why ! shonld join the gang at this late day,
and lay myself open to the humiliating
charge OF plagiarism. Be that as it may,
we have for the last three days been liber-
ally provided with " the beautiful in its
truest sense. 1t has been showing, almost
without cessation, and more or less fnri-
ously, since last Saturday morning, and, at
this writing, a binding snow and wind
storm prevails. Sleighing is excellent, and
every person who can beg, borrow OF steal
a sleigh is making the best possible use of
the merry, tinkling season - enough,
IN fact, to lead to the belief that Austin is
very knowing for one Of its size. Onr
sprouting youths are all excitement, and
on the hillsides hilarity reigns supreme.
Many o desk at school would now be de-
serted for the soft side of a s!ed-if there
was school-but the much-hated term ia
closed for the holidays, and the snow storm
having set in just in the nick of time.
every ~youngster in the burg is boiling over
with unadulterated jolitys
II NEVADA MIR
On the other hand, l am sorry to say,
the Nevada Central folks are a little down
in the mouth. The storm, l am informed,
extends over the whole length of their line,
from Battle Mountain to this point, and as
delays are doubly dangerous to them lust
now, they have the earnest sympathy of the
major portion of our citizens. Yet it
cannot be said that it is otherwise than
their W fault. for had they rushed their
workings at the start, and paid the wages
then that they do now, they would have
been able to have secured all the force they
needed, and might now lave had their
road in proper shape to defy the elements.
Economy is an important and most essen
tial requisite, but there is such a thing, at
times, as working against one's own inter-
est in the exercise thereof. Such l believe
has, to a certain extent, been the case in
this instance. Carload after carload of
men and equipments are now being sent to
the front on the Nevada Central, and some
100 or $50 men are ready and willing to
work in Reese River valley and Marshall
canyon, but it is the general opinion that
the hurrying was commenced a month or
two too late. Had the same number
of men been put on the line at the start,
or as soon as they they could have been
handled after the starting of the project,
as there now are, the road would in all
probability have been completed before the
charter expires. As it now stands it is
feared matters will be halted so materially
by the present inclement weather as to
carry the completion considerably beyond
the charter expiration, which / believe is
February 8, 1880. The main trouble seems
to have been that the contractors and man.
ayers had made up their minds that they
could engage workmen in Nevada and Cali
fornia at Eastern rates of wages, and in
their endeavor to make that particular
point win they lost much valuable time.
Notwithstanding all this, however, it is
seriously hoped that the gentlemen at pres
ent most interested, and who have hereto
fore displayed such marked energy in the
prosecution of their pet enterprise, may
not now be baked by this one little over
sight, or rather this unwise exercising of
poor economy. Matters and things at
THE INTERNATIONAL HOTEL
Have recently undergone a material change.
Sam has taken to himself an additional
-" stave," so to speak. Toney Gandolfo, a
royal good fellow and an old coaster, has
spliced lots with Crescenzo, and the new
firm is styled Crescenzo & Gandolfo, pro-
prietors. This, l believe, will be i'm
mensely beneficial to the welfare Of both,
and if Toney can only manage to keep as
taut cases on the extra cocktails and tod
dies as Sam does, there will be a brace of
~millionaires spring from that corner in
time.
EMIGRATED.
Doc. Wixom did finally cut loose from
Austin. He left for Europe on the last
Sunday in November, and sailed from New
York on the 10th instant, merely hating
en- route at Elko long enough to tie to an
extra rib in the form of Mrs. Groves, a
former resident of this city. May good
luck and good fortune be the outcome, say
II The mentioning of this affair reminds
me that rumor says n or two of that no.
torious anti-Benedict group at the Court
house are to cast aside their prejudices on
or about Christmas day and i'm the
ssnoble army of Henpecked," Win they
have for so long q time vigorously and sue
cessfully kicked against.
A GLOOMY UTLoo
This will be a very gloomy holiday sea
son to quite a number in this section. I
allude to those who put up their last in
desperation a short time ago, when stocks
took their first tumble and settled, as al
most every one supposed, in the lowest
notch. Now that the boom bends yet fur
Their downward and their margins are ex-
hausted, those unsophisticated unfortu-
mates are to be pitied, and squeamish would
not in the least belle their facial express
sions as you see them day after day. Trip
lett & Clark, pfoprietors of
THE COSMOPOLITAN,
Have been giving their saloon thorough
overhauling, and everything now is as neat
as a pin and in apple-pie order. They, with
their able assistants, are Enthusiastically
among the finest caterers to the bibacious
palate to be found in town. On last Sat-
urday evening
H AUSTIN AMATEURS
Gave the fourth of their series of pleasing
entertainments. Without exception, it is
generally conceded that the burlesque
extravagant extravaganza of "Pocahon-
tas," as put upon the boards by them ON
that evening, was the best performance
that Austin has been treated to for many a
day. The Misses Fannie Wright, Camilla
Price. Jennie Peterson and Birdie Read,
each handled their lines like old stagers,
and their graceful movements did not lack
proper recognition. They were backed by
the we'll known and, l / believe, extensively
appreciated home talents of Miller,
Hook and Newell. Mr.. Newell as
"Rolff." the Dutchman, was right at
home with the character, as he always is,
and the kicks, whoops and yells of the ad-
mirers on the back seats could not have
been outdone by a band of Sioux Indians.
Miller's corpulency, as King Powhattan,
seemed to rather overbalance his strength
of limb; nevertheless he made up for it all
in his first-rate portrayal Of the cranky
old savage. Hook, as the frolicsome Capt.
smith. could not we'll have been improved
on. and the rest of the cast sustained their
parts equally well. I am informed that
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