Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-04-16

As o business location Ill Eureka, perhaps
no thoroughfare is better qualified 10y ma
ture than Monroe street, and yet it has
been given the go-by; has been allowed to
become the pest-hole Of our town, and the
resort of the opium-smokers and offscour-
ings Of the Pacific Coast generally, who
happen to make Eureka their abiding place
for a time. But the Act entitled "an Act
to authorize the employment Of criminals
confined in the several jails throughout
the State" is being enfored to renovatc
and beautify Monroe street, and il the good
work is successfully continued the result
may be effective in removing the Chinese
to other and less attractive portions Of
Eureka.
Through the kindness Of Jailer Jim
Ashley, and the guard, Mr.. JEFF. Work, q
SENTINEL reporter yesterday afternoon
was enabled to form favorable conclusions
as to the practical results of the new law.
Per order Of the County Commissioners,
as soon as a prisoner receives his sentence,
he can act his option. either to serve out
his fine on bread and water, in a cell. at
the rate Of 81 per day, or walk forth to
perform manual labor, with pick and
shovel, on the streets, under the watchful
eye Of Jeff. Work, at S4 per day. Ii is need
less to say that the ''found guilty are only
too anxious to receive sentence, that they
may not be considered as endeavoring to
reduce the price Of labor.
Under Mr.. Works supervision, we found
five men employed, yesterday, removing
the otfal, digging bitches, leveling off and
otherwise improving the grade Of Monroe
street.
Nos. ! and Q Of the prisoners had been
mischievonsly handling some cigars, at
least the matter was so acknowledged, aud
the Judge had sentenced them to square
accounts with the laws Of the land by labor
ing at the established rate Of wages until
the damages were cancelled. No. l had
evidently seen better days, over in Bodie
or Leadyille; lie sported quite a respect
able raiment, and was DESTROYS Of keeping
his hands iu II pliablc condition. No. 2
also was averse to raising blisters on his
palms, but JEFF. was not very fastidious
about his language to any Of them, in re-
gard to the amount Of wages they were
receiving aud the lack Of energy they dis
PLAYED. Nos. l and 2 will soon be out Of a
job.
The records Ct the Justice Court, as de-
tailed IN the SENTINEL from day to day,
have shown the why's and wherefores that
have led these subjects to the care Of
the Jailer. No. 3, it will be remembered.
was accused Of sacking charcoal from the
wrong bin. No. 3 mo be called q drone;
he is a worker, and shows II lively interest
in the improvement of Monroe street.
No. 4 was sent up for assault and battery.
md he threw hinseii in'o 'ne worh Vi
ans :, -, ~ ,ha - Uo "p
sith as much gusto Us he evinced in the
cause that placed him in limbo.
No. 8 had perpetrated a mlsdemeanor,
and soberly and silently was endeayoring
to erase his name from the jailer's book.
Eureka county pays good wages and
offers fair food to those consigned to the
care Of Mr.. Work, anu Jeh. hSures this
new law to be a success, financially. to the
town, although an occasional teuderfoot
may try to shirk a tribe once III a while.
He shows by facts that there are enough
marked ~persoDaSes now IN Eureka, whose
eecentricities Of character have already
placed them amenable to the law, to cleanse
our streets and make them as presentablo
to a stranger as any incorporated city in
the United States. He refers to a class OF
Monte Jakes and Buffalo lkes who
are daily to be seen Oh onr streets. As
time moves, the officers will gather them
$50 "o
soon be appreciated by our citizens.
Accident at the nighbri1gc Mine.
Al about H. o'clock on Wednesday,
n;n,, -. a.. p.,.... uo,;,aa
80 Y;u,i.;aao
mine tn a miner named William Pearcc,
who was working in the level next to the
bottom Of the shaft. 1t appears that he
rung up the cage from the bottom and
stopped it six feet above the level where he
was AZ WoIha wien u . p"s IA ~
10 lower the cage 10 them. he took the car
and ran it into the shaft, going along with
u as a matter Oh course, 70 ,he bottom a
r;n",nn wh" was warI;ns win poarca
.hha.ah, H., s"mo,Iinn wrnng q,
pesrca cas- so ionn in re,nrn;,r went 10
81" shaf, al tanrG hat ,hings iootod No
n pa.rco and ,hc car anJ one ~ ,he chair
had rone IN tie bottom together. Con