Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-23
san FRANCISCO CORRESPOND,
ENCE.


Aibfonftes-Baxter's Past Predte,
lions Regarding Eureka Verified
The X X Strike and Boom,
San Francisco, Dec. 10, 1879.
EDITOR SENTINEL : Few of the m;n;no
publications Of this city can boast a more
extended circulation than the San Francis
co Daily Stock Report.
A CHRISTMAS NUMBER
VI mammoth proportions, is among the
ambitious projections Of its publishers. II
Is to be issued on the 22d inst. and will
contain "a pages, aggregating 100 columns
OF solid reading and statistical matter
the latter in a tabulated form and extend
ing back to 1868, thus showing at a glance
the fluctuations which have marked the
history OF mining stocks for a period Of 20
years. This number promises to be Of I'M
usual interest, because Of the character and
variety OF the subjects upon which it will
treat, and for this reason it will be OF no
small value to stock dealers, miners, pros
pectors, and all who dig and toll amidst
the mountain Businesses Of this western
fringe of the Republic. Its articles will
treat OF the mineral wealth, the rise and
progress of mining in the various States
and Territories Of the coast, and will con-
tain poems and other literary matter which
VIII commend it to the general reader.
DEAL OLD SANTA CLAUS,
Smiling, happy and brimful Of good ma
ture, this year sits enthroned at the Pa
vilion, amidst more and a greater variety
of feminine loneliness than has, perhaps,
ever before paid him court in any place.
The Pavilion has been transformed into a
monster toy palace, in which the young
and the old in thousands nightly congre-
gate, to chat, firt, admire pretty faces,
listen to inspiring orchestral music and to
examine the vast array Of unique and costly
presents which the good old saint has this
happy season provided for his youthful
favorites. Numbers Of young and pretty
damsels perform the duties of saleswomen
with an a%droitness and graceful tact which
would reflect credit upon older heads. The
purchasers are legion, and the grand illu-
limitations, the artistic decorations, swell
ing music, gay throngs, and other things
to interest, add a brilliancy and complete
ness to a scene which revives recollections OF
the halcyon days, when the advent of each
recurring Xmas was hailed with the delight
and happiness inseparable from ~childhood's
f%eeting moments. The great place of at
traction, however, is the
GRAND Doll STAND,
In the center of the Pavilion, upon which
youthful eyes gaze in admiration. Here
are assembled, in doll costume, represent
atiyes Of almost every cline aud capital Of
the world: both genders, arrayed in a style
Of magniicence, blending of color, and
popularity of design which would do credit
to a Partisan mantua-maker, and turn the
heads of half the fair ones of Eureka.
Never did the fanciful Imagination of a
Munchausen picture anything SO enchant-
ing, or which so forcibly recalls to men,
ory's portals recollections of the wonder
lands Of eastern romance. Here are dolls
of every conceivable stature, style Of beauty
and degree of artistic get-up. The cyno-
sure of concentrated admiration, how
ever, is a large French doll, appareled
in a truly magnificent court costume,
in time, made Of costly green silk, trimmed
with elegant white satin and valuable point
lace, and having immense baggy sleeves,
reaching to the elbows. This high-born
piece Of doll feminity has her hair ar
ranged a la Pampadour, and ornamented
with white ostrich feathers, and looks kill
ing in fourteen-button gloves, embroidered
shoes and other gewgaws affected by fash
isonable beauties. The immense structure
is nightly ~thronged, and there must have
been not less than 10000 persons present
there last night. One Of the most grace
full and attractive of youthful sales ladies,
nightly present there, is a young lady well
known and respected by such Of Eureka's
representatives as are s%ojourning here.
H EUREKA FUNNEL STRIKE,
And the near approach of the consolida-
ton of the Uncle Sam and the Albion, and
the K K developments, are the chief agita-
ton among Base Rangers here at present.
And apropos of the formers success,
chronicled by the SENTINEL, l have, within
the past few days, been frequently ques-
toned as to whether its stock was or would
be listed on these Boards, and, as / was
not, and am not yet in a position to reply
afirmatively or otherwise, l would be glad
to have the powers that be give such infor-
nation, through the medium Of your pages,
as will enable parties here to act intelli-
gently. The Albion folks here are jubil-
ant over the completed adjustment OF the
vexed difficulties which have so long pre-
vented the resumption of active oper-
atoms upon that promising property.
THE ORE DISCOVERY
OF the Eureka Tunnel Company has been
very generally discussed in mining circles
here, and it has very sensibly drawn atten-
ton to the fact that the Eureka district has
not been half prospected, and that there is
in all probability as much and more min
eraI wealth embedded in Prospect Noun
tain than has been thus far extracted from
the Comstock. This is and has been the
opinion of your correspondent for many
wears, and it also has been the faith thai
has animated the SENTINEL through all
changes, and animated it amidst all the
fluctuations Of fortune. Well do l remem'
her the sneers and incredulous reJolnderS
made wears CO., while Eureka was yet IN
its swaddling clothes, by those among you
who we're then poor in pocket and nope
less in spirit, but to whom the turn OF LOT
tunes wheel has since brought full purses
and corresponding egotism, when l pre-
dicted the measure of fame and prosperity
which would ultimately be vouchsafed u
Eureka, Has the prediction been verified
Yes, and the
M%oNEYLEss NoMADs
Who in those days could not afford to teas
on a more expensive dish thar hog an'
hominy, can now exhibit big bank &C
counts, live in fine houses, have cream To-
their coffee, Jamaica rum for their morn
inc omelet, become the leaders of Eurek'
society. circulate subscription sheets u
which they never put their W names
solicit for charities to which they do no
themselves contribute, and ape the man
ners and habits Of a society plane to which
nnaided by wealth. they could never eie
vate themselves, because Of the niggardi
advantages granted them both by natur
| and education.
X X STOCK
Has within the past day or two xhibit
signs of returning animation, and aithoug
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