Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-07-27

Hot Enthusiastically OF water In
the valley-Matters OF Personal
and General Interest.

EDITOR SENTINEL. Whewl Talk about
hot weather. Poney Canyon for the past
week has scored about two degrees ahead
| Of Southern Africa, yesterday being con-
sidered the warmcst day we have had this
season, the thermometer standing "a de-
| grees in the shade. Our Oldest inhabitant
has been heard to exclaim on several occa-
sions, 'sOi, that / might lay aside my iesh
and sit me down in my bones!" So far,
this year has been an unbroSen period Of
serious and unusual drought; and, as I pre-
dicted in a former letter, cattle in Reesn
River Valley are suffering most terribly;
in some eases even to starvation. Those
ranchers and stockmen who disposed Of
tho bulk Of their cattle some two months
ago may consider themselves decidedly
fortunate and possessed Of considerable
business foresight. Mr.. Joseph Gilbert,
one Of our most prominent stockraisers,
for some reason failed to dispose Of his
herd at the time mentioned, and now, hav-
ing realized the fact that his stock would
probably perish even before winter sets in,
he is starting with his full band Of about
thirteen hundred head for the plains Of
Nebraska. This last movement will very
nearly rid the valley Of cattle, and the few
yet remaining will stand a fair show to
pull through the season with proper econ
omy and care.
On last Friday evening Mr.. Gilbert gave
a farewell party at his ranch to his many
friends. and. as has always been the care
where Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert have filed the
score as host and hostess, the jolly crew Of
guests in attendance were royalty enter
tsined; town and country folks alike throw
ing off more or less OF restraint, aud vie
ing with each other in making themselves
at home and furnishing amusement. The
festivities consisted Of a-as stub" wonld
anyway up" dance and general o!d-time
merrymAhing, with an excellent collation.
on the side. The fun listed till after day
light, when. after bidding the kind hearted
host and hostess farewell, and wishing
them all imaginable success and a pleasant
trip to Nebraska, whittier Mrs. Gilbert goes
with her husband. the pleasure stated crowd
took their departure.
There was considerable speculation here
abDuts as to who wrote the letter about the
bell mule" etc. / happened to be out of
town when the letter came to hand. but
have since been informed the mule has
been just more than plunging around,
head aud tail up, so to speak. My in
formant on This point says that the festive
animal pranced up to him on the morning
the SENTINEL containing that letter arrived,
and. after delugiug him with iunumerable
questions. finally proclaimed to a few pre-
tended inattentive list the astound-
ing revelation that. 'if anybody ever at
tempted 10 blackmail him, he just wanted
them to measure off the distance" Ha,
ha B!ackmail. indeedI Can any one zee
where the bl ackmailing comes III? At any
rate my informant, as to the challenge
above mentioned. after allowing the earth
paving jack sufficient time to make whoop-
ing display Of his somewhat latent duelling
capabihty, informed that ire-stirred indi
vidual that should he (my informaDt) ever
hear Of any person attempting to black
mail him (the ..B. M."), or should he (.y
informant) ever learn who wrote that par
ticu.ar bell mule letter, he (my in
formant) would tell the blcodthirsty black
mailer exactly what he 1.-THE ID. ND had
said regarding the measuring of of the
distance" Ny informant has kept his
word; therefore, as / acknowledge the
SOins tLClC u hO iCtOtihC iol incs Oat W
pace Oh the ground; this / have already
done. and now if the would be-retained
ID. NJ" will call at my private dive Hing
grounds, ON the west side Of the pest
hoase, at 4 O'clock, on most any fine morn
ing, lie will find me either busily engaged
with some other challenger, or anxiousiy
awaiting his arrival. For this extraordi-
nary occasion l have provided myself with
two full length stockings of deyiled linn
berger. and am perfectly willing to allow
him choice Of weapons without the toss.
Mr.. John Booth. the man who damns
Noah Webster and Quackenboss, and who
claims to be the proprietor OF the
''lseveille," is once more with Us, having
returned from an extended visit to the
Bay.
In a previous epistle / stated that the
'sReveille" was at that time doing nicely,
aud would undoubtedly so continue under
the editorslip of Mr.. Eddy, until such
time as the proprietor returned and forced
it back into its old corner. Well, upon
his return, Austinites did expect to have
SOME kind OF an extra dimple jammed into
the NOT too regular proceedings of that So
called aromatic" journal but we hardly
expected that he would push the concern
clean out Of sight this, however, he Is ap-
parently doing his ntmos to accomplish.
The ''Revei.le." without giving the least
notice Of such action to its patrons. has
discontinued receiving the telegraphic
news items. and instead clips the tele-
graph reports from tile SENTINEL. dates
them from one to three days ahead, and
then hands this mess over to its subscrib-
ers as fresh news. This shrewd scheme,
with the general weakness that has per-
vaded the wonted rehash contained in the
'-Reveisle's" columns for the past year,
makes up a very dizzy paper for any one
to attempt to palm off upon as intelligent
a community as that of Austin. l hope by
my next letter to be able TO state that
steps have been taken towards the estab-
lishnient Of. an afternoon bulletin of
the latest telegraphic news reports, If
not the starting of an opposition paper.
II Austinites Will only consider a moment,
they can not well avoid becoming con-
vinced that. now that the .'IleveiIle' has
discontinued taking the latest news by tel
egraph, the quickest and by ell means the
best way to get the Geographic dispatches
is IT, subscribe for the Eureka SENTINEL.
The SENTINEL arrives here the next morn
ing after it is published, and contains all
Of the Geographic news items that the
'Reveille' clips fr m it. and a great deal
more therefore Subscribers to the SENrI-
MEL would get all Of the Geographic news
in the morning, inste.d If being Obliged
to wait till evening to get only a portion
Of the same matter from the 'sReveille"
second-handed.
We had quite a serious cutting scrape
here this morning. The trouble came
about through a dispute over Il game of
..seven-up," and resulted in N. S. Gal
lagher receiving two ugly wounds. one in
left side and the other in the left arm,
from a knife said to have been in the hand
Of NJ. Marks. Gallagher's wounds are
supposed to be dangerous. but as yet. we
believe. the physicians in attendance have
given no definite opinion. CRAIKEY.