Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-15

Dull Times and Hot Weather-Mat-
tiers Personal and General.
from our Re0ular CorresnonAert

Dull Times and Hot weather-Mat.
ters Personal snd General.
trrom our Regular Correspondent
AUSTIN, August II, 1879.
EDrroR SENTINEL: Facts, reduced 10 an
iota, as to the general grumbie at this
time arising from every corner Of Poney
canyon and Reese River valley, will give as
. result: trade, unusually dull f; weather,
excessively warm. On last Saturday, at
high noon, the thermometer stood 90 deg.
in the shade, and citizens have for the last
week or ten days been kept In q continual
scare. expecting every day to be visited by
a freshet; so far. however, we have not had
a respectable rain, although the indica-
tions are that when 1t does come we will
receive an overdose and have another op-
portunity Of testing the much doubted en-
cacy Of prayer, in our endeavor to subdue
the tumultuous torrent.
The question Of "to be, or not to be?" as
regards the building Of the
AUSTIN N BATTLE MOUNTAIN RAILROAD,
Has again been dragged boldly to the sur
face, and 1t is quite generally conceded
that Austin's isolation will soon be relieved
by a narrow-gauge to the Central Pacific
Railroad, connecting ct the switch. 1t
has been said that the railroad question is
rapidly approaching q settled certainty,
and that It will be rushed through and
completed this year. The people in this
section are seemingly more convinced
now than ever before that We need . rail-
way outlet to bring US back to something
like the lively old times OF early days.
Most earnest hopes are expressed that the
road will come, as it can not fail but be Of
benefit in Q greater or Lesser degree to
everyone: With the railroad will come
capital with capital, labor will be In de-
mand, and that's what we want. With a
quicker and more convenient means Of
transit, and labor and capital working
agreeably in unison, the future Of this
section will be . grand contamination.
Just so soon as we hear the shrill ''toot-
loot" Of the engine and the conductors
phlegmatic ..all aboard" on . railroad be-
tween here and Battle Mountain, just that
soon will there be . showing up Of bust
ness such rs in all probability this vicinity
has never before experienced but until
such result is accomplished we shall hear
naught but tho universal cry Of duil times.
FoM WARD.
Who for the past two months has been on
. tour Of inspection to the Bay, ~ we'll as
to look after the welfare Of q fine ranch
which he recently purchased, in the vlpin-
ity Of Santa Rosa. Gal" returned q few
days siace. He looks we'll, and inasmuch
as he claims to have gained fifteen pounds
in weight on the trip, it is presumable that
he feels correspondingly comfortable.
Toms California ranch is located on the
North Pacific Ceast RAILROAD, about IL
niies from aanta Rosa and n and q half
miles from Towards Station. The prop
erty consists OF 100 acres Of very fertile
soil, so acres of which is under %cultiva-
ton, and the remaining 100 acres being
covered with al excellent growth Of red
wood. am Informed that ~ is TOMS in
tentioa 70 experiment quite extensively in
STOCK raising, and, as he says, everything
will be blooded and Of the best" As an
illustration Of his enterprise, we might in
troduce the fact that just previous to his
departure from San Francisco he shipped
W las oASh pPah vi DAOOuoo AulcIlCdl
mares of . very fine strain, which he ppr-
chased Of skaggs, Of Sacramento. the noted
horse raissr. the price paid being $500.
Mark L. Mcponald, Of San Francisco, the
we'll known mining stock speoulator, with
an especial desire to the encouragement of
all efforts tending to the improvement Of
the breed Of porkers on this coast. pre-
sented Tom with Q full blooded Berkshire
hog. which will be added to bis stock on
the farm. The hps was aAe OF several in
Mr.: ncbonald's possession, valued at 500
q head.
Mr.. Wards mine. located on Lander
Hill, OF which ! have made mention in
some OF nay previous scribblings, Is being
worked steadily and is producing equally
as we'll as when l last mentioned Il, With q
reduction oi forge. however. The mine,
with Ave men working for the last eight
weeks, produced something like Slb,0 900.
This is most certainly q good showing. 1t
is said that Califosnia mining parties are
nov interested In attracting the attention
Of Eastern capitalists to the Ward mine,
and it will not be at all surprising il .
lively mining company il yst created from
the mineral deposits which Toms stub
born goaheadativeness has uncovered.
SEEKING PASTURES NEW.
A%ustin's reliable standby. DR.. W. W..
WiKsm, ~ before announced in this cor
respondence. Is about to take himself away
from us. Doc, we believe, intends taking
next Wednesdays or Thursdays stage en-
rauts to San Francisco; from there no 10
somewhat undecided. but it may be sup
posed that he will purchase . through
ticket via the Isthmus and New York to
London, England; thence to Vienna. where
he will remain on q prolonged Wait to his
daughter. Misa Emma Wixom, better
known there, however, as Mile, Nevada, .
young lady of talent, who has already re-
ceived the highest praise from several for
eign journals ON account Of her superb
iously looked forward to by her many
warm friends among the dry hills Of the
Sagebrush State. Very many Of her
friends have been heard to predict .
brilliant future for Miss Emma or "M.,"
and our most earnest and heartiest wish is
that the prediction may not fail, and that
in the not too far distant future our once
Little Emma Whom" may be Q star out
shining all stars on the operatIo stage.
The Doctor. who has OF late had several
attacks OF his old enemy, rheumatism, has
the best wishes Of the community that he
may have o safe. rejuvenating voyage.
and in no wise lacking his happy faculty Of
spinning q good yarn to perfection.
xusIoAL GENIUS
Mrs. s. Prisk, since her return from vir-
| ginia City some two or three weeks ago,
has been in constant demand. either the
Episcopal or Methodist choirs soliciting
her aid for every Sunday. She has q sweet
| voice, and when it becomes known that
she is to sing ct any particular service, the
other churches generally have . slim at
tendance. 1t is to be noticed by her
friends that she has improved very per-
ceptibly during her absence at Virginia
City, where. I am told, she has been under
q course OF study.
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