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The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-09-27

Col. o. B. COLLINS, who was a candidate
for State Sen, or against Col. Horn and
Mr. Brown, ano who received majority of
ihe 7tt7 cast b his own county, is very
pat c, q iel with the result, an is Col.
lrB They claim that Republican votes
q 1i .Sa. BE. Brown.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-09-27

Al alyou ea,o, La, last Saturday dur
ing the progress of an election, a shooting
match took place between two politicians
neither of whom was hurt. Edward W.
Grimm, a bystander, was killed, and
Richard Anderson, also locker on, was
dangerously wounded.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-09-27

GEN GRANT, on his arrival at San Franz
cisco, was received by the Governor of
California, his staff, city officials, and an
immense concourse of people generally.
All anxious to get glimpse at the returned
prodieal.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-09-27

JAMES REDPATH, who accompanied Bout
wells bloody shirt committee to this State
IN the capacity of clerk, and who is the
head of the "Redpath Lecture Bureau" of
Boston, is missing; it is thought that his
mind was unsettled, and that possibly he
has committed suicide.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-09-27

LAKE PROVIDENCE, LA, is acquiring an
unenviable reputation because of the many
shootings and killings that occur in that
town. Bro. Morgan, we believe, is a con-
seroat5oe man, and should use the great in.
fuence he wields in abatlng the evil.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-09-27

THE Winona Advance, recommends that
the State Executive Committee, have
meeting and officially notify the party
throughout the State to have election tickets
printed with the word ''opposed to the
amendments" on them.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-09-27

AT a meeting of the Farmers Club" of
Jasper county, held recently, the following
resolution was unanimously adopted;
Resolved, That we recommend the pas
sage of an act by the Legislature, vacating
the seat of any member who shall be guilty
of 1ntoxication while at jackson.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-09-27

"WHIsKY is now manufactured from old
leather If this is fact, we know of
man who has swallowed at least ten thous-
and pair of old boots
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-09-27

The Zulu King, Cetywayo, didn't get
away, as was reported, but has been cap
tured, and is now in durance vile.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-09-27

A Michigan evangelist is inspiring hun
drc,ls Of hearers with n frantic desire to he
saved. He portrlys hell as a hall in which an
Astly belt walking-match is in progress.
while at one end is platform from which
G.. w Smalley is lecturing ON the life aud
labors OF Sarah Bernhardt
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-09-27

A CONCERT was held on the ocean steamer
City of Chester, while at sea recently, for
the benefit of yellow fever sufferers; $lOO
was realized.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-09-27

The City Fathers of Vicksburg, have
reduced expenses in every department of
the city government, and propose, hereafter
to do business on cash basis.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-09-27

A widow lady, Mrs. Mary Jane Graves,
died recently at Morristown, N. j., and left
to different charitable institutions the sum
of $50, 900.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-09-27

GEN. FRANZ SEIGEL takes editorial control
or new paper, started in Newark, N. j.,
last Monday. 1t will be liberal in politics.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-09-27
The National Bank of Peru has failed,

Ex-EMrREss EUGENE. it is said, will
enter convent
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-09-27

The New Orleans Times never heard of
policeman being lost, but says it is
almost impossible to find one.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-09-27

Mr.. BERRY Russell, President of the
Bank of Lafayette, of New Orleans, has
been arrested for embezzlement.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-09-27

MEMPHIS has issued her annual warning
to refugees, which is good indication that
the fever is about over.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-09-27

Mr. GRANT has arrived. He has already
commenced to boom, or bum around.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-09-27

THERE is war going on in New York
State between rival Telegraph Companies
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-09-27

Ex-MNIsTER SToUGHToN has resumed
the practice of law in New York City.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-09-27

SECRETARY EvARTs, while In Canada.
was the guest of the Governor General.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-09-27

The famous thoroughbred racing mare
Nina, is dead She was thirty>two years
old |
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-09-27

Gov. GEo. B. MCCLELLAN, of New Jer-
rey, is seriously i'll.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-09-27

VIM WILLIAMS, manager of the Bullock
Printing Press Company is dead.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27

by three men armed with revolvers, who
demanded his money. He resisted and
was shot and instantly killed. His wife,
hearing a disturbance, came to his assist
ance, and was bound with ropes, gagged
and tortured with fire until she disclosed
where their money was hidden. Fifteen
hundred dollars were taken. No clue to
the criminals.
Loss by Fire.
BRUNSWICK, Me-. December 26.
Dunlap block and two small houses adj
joining, have been burned. The occupants
were the Denison Manufacturing Company,
of Boston, and d. c. Denison, fancy goods
dealer. Loss, S25, 900. The property was
insured.
The Pedestrian Contest.
NEW York. December 26.
In the six days pedestrian contest, Hart
was ahead at noon, having All miles to his
credit.
Too Much whisky.
The following are some specimen bricks
of the dispatches received last night:
Sr. PETERSBURG, December 26.
The statement that the Winter Palace is
illuminated nightly by electric light is I'M
founded.
CINCINNATI. December &c.
Whisky steady at l07.
CHICAGO. December %.
Wheat, 81 IS cash. S3ss January, $4as
February; corn. 40A whisky, ITO.
QUEENSTOWN, December 20.
Arrived-Steamer Egypt from New York.
NV YORK, December &c.
Arrived-Steamer Herder from Ham,
burg, and Ethiopian from Glasgow.
GRAvEsENp, December &c.
Almost continuous fog has prevailed on
the Thames for eighteen days past.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27

E NEWS
SPECIAL no THE KuRKKA DAILY SENTINEL.
The French Characterization Mat.
serx-The Abolition of slavery i'm
CEba.

PARIS. December 26.
Leon Say held . long interview with
Presiden. Grevy on Christmas. The
Temps says: De Freycinet's Cabinet will
be gazetted on Saturday. II is also said
that President Grevy having officially
| commissioned De Freycinet to form a
Cabinet, De Freycinet is solely response
bic. He viii have to submit, first, tie
names of persons, and latferly his pro-
gramme. Should his selection Of persons
not meet with Crews approval, De Frey
cinet will resign his commission.
ST.. PETERSBURG, December 20.
Morikof has arrived. 1t is stated on
good authority that General Dunteln re-
signed his Office under the following cir
cumstznees: Mirsky having given informa-
ton to the Russian police, Gen. Dunteln
committed his sentence to imprisonment,
but after the attempt on the Cars life
the more exeitable part of the Cars en-
tourage insisted that Mirsky should be
hanged. General Dunteln, however, in
sisted upon keeping faith with Mirsky, and
asserted that the hanging Of one more Of
their number would not affect the Mill
lists. Finally Duntein kept faith with
Mirsky. but the dispute produced so much
feeling that he resigned. 1t is said that the
Car sustained General Dunteln.
LONDON. december "a
A private letter from 8 British solder at
Cabnl, states that one of Yakoob Khan's
Generals told Sir Frederick Roberts that
Yakoob Kahn himself signed the death
warrant of the embassy, and ordered the
bodies OF the murdered men to be dragged
through the streets of Cabui. The same
letter reiterates the statement that eighty
thousand pounds worth Of Russian gold
was found in Csbul.
CoSsTASrrSoPLE, December 81.
A Mussulman priest has been sentenced
to death for assisting to translate the Bible
into the Turkish language. The British
ambassador has ordered the priests re-
lease. 1t is believed that Germany will
support the demand.
MADRID, December 81. !.
Both Houses Of the Cortes adjourned to
January 10th. The abolition bill. which
passed the Senate, provides for the gradual
emancipation OF slaves in Cubs in SO. 81
and SO, after eight years Of provisional
servitude under their present masters. 1t
is proposed to enact several statutes against
vagrancy in connection with this scheme,
martial. The West India members declare
the Law will satisfy neither owners nor
slaves. General Martinez Campos and
Senators from Cuba and Porto Rico were
opposed to the abolition measure Of Como
vas del Castillo, on the ground that the
new Cabinet had not presented these tariff
reforms which no colony might be able to
bear. owing to the increased cost OF pro-
duction which would be caused even by
the gradual abolition Of slavery.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27
"A CIFIC T.
ESPECIAL TO a EuREK DAILY SENTINEL.
CALIFORNIA.


A Last Spree-Suieide-Stoek Trans
aesions-ConSerenee Of Inc Yellow
Jacket Group Of Mines.
SAN FRAScIsco, December 26.
Ferdinand Crieck, q German boatrnan,
Was found dead on the city front this morn
ing, having evidently died from the effects
Of a prolonged spree.
Lawrence l.. Homer was found this
morning lying on Union street, near Van
Ness avenue, having shot himself through
the head. Deceased il said to have been
the discoverer Of the mines on Mill creek,
Homer district, Mono county, and still in
teressed in mining properties there.
Lately he has been living at the Hancock
House with his family, and Of late has
been threatening suicide on account Of
financial difficulties.
The Pacific and California stock boards
are in session to-day. but the attendance is
very small and the transactions light. At
the Paeific's informal session the principal
inquiry was for Yellow Jacket, which sold
at 81 and OK. Otherwise stocks were
about at Wednesdays rate with . tendency
TO weakness. In the second session the
market assumed a firmer tone, the closing
| prices being as follows: Best & Belcher
los; California. 360c; Chollar, 5h; Gould
Il Curry. 440c; Mexican, 1e1; Ophir. 16h
Hale 4 Norcross, Ga; Sierra Nevada.
17h; Union Con-, 40A; Yellow Jacket,
9k.
The conference Of the Trustees Of Crown
Point, Belcher. Alpha, Bullion, Exchequer,
Confidence, Consolidated Imperial, Chal-
lenge and Kentuck Mining Companies was
| held this afternoon, to consider the propo-
sition for working all OF the above mines
through the Yellow Jacket shaft. All the
mines except Kentuck were represented. A
proposition, showing the exact cost OF rails
ing n pumping. was submitted by the
Yellow Jacket, but as it did not include the
element Of wear and tear to the machinery.
it was referred to the several Superintend-
ents for estimates Of such expense to be
added. with q request to report as soon a.
practicable. As amended. the proposition
will then again be submitted, and each
Company will act for itself. in accepting OF
rejecting the same. The plan was inform
ally discussed. and the general opinion was
that it would be for the interest Of stock.
holders thus to economic the working ex-
pense OF these non-producing. southern
mines.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27


SAYS the St. Louis Republican: And
now Cannon. the Delegate in Congress
from Utah. is in a bad fix The Ladies
Anti-Polygsmy Society Of Salt Lake Is
after him with the sharpess kidd of a
stick, and will call the attention Of the
authorities at Washington 10 the fact that
he has four wives. one OF them the mother
OF two boys. another Of two boys and twin
girls, another OF four sons and one dxugh-
ter, and still another of three sons and two
daughters. sixteen little CAunons in all,
which they insist is more wives. if not
more children, than the Federal statutes
allow. and that Mr.. Cannon had better
proceed to the disarmament of his domes-
tic fortress at once.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27
Notice to Delinquent Co-0wner
la she PistSburg Mine.

ITO PETER JOHNSON You and your rep
resentatiyss and successors in interest are
hereby notified that l have performed work
and labor on the r~itssburg Mine and ledge, sit
uafed in the Eareka Mining District. Eureka
county. Nevada, TO the amount and value Of
two hundred dollars $500 in United States
gold coin, during the past two years, 10 wit
from the month Of January. A. d. 1873, to and
including the year A. ID. 1879. the same being
one hundred dollars $780, for each year. That
your proportion Of the cost of said work and
labor for the said tive years is as follows, to
wit.
Peter ohnson......z sex feet $50 COS
And you and soar representatives. and sue
cessors, and each Of yen. sre hereby notified
that IL yeu fail 10 contribute your said propor-
ton of the cost of said labor and WORK within
one hundred and eighty l1S0l days from the
date hereof. your interest in said PittsbGrg
Mine and ledge will become the property Of
the undersigned. your co-owner in said mine.
who has inside the said expenditures. and per-
formed sxi WORK aud labor. in accordance and
by yirtue Of the laws Of Congress, Section 2.s2i
Of the Revised Statutes OF the United States.
W. II. TAYLOR, CS-owner.
Eureka, New, December 70. 1879. d2T-9od
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27

WxLLA WALLA, December n.
Tuesday evening, at Pendleton, Oregon,
James H. Turner, editor Of the East Ore
gonian. killed a sheep herder named Henry
Strobe. The circumstances were As fol-
lows: w. L. Black and Strobe had some
words. when Strobe struck Black in the
face. whereupon Turner took Blacks place.
and a fight ensued. in which Turner got
the worst Ct it. Turner then left and went
to his room and procured a dirk knife.
On returning he sought Strobe and found
him In Wallock's saloon. On seeing him
Turner went up TO Strobe and pushed him
aside, when Strobe asked him, "what in
he'll do you mean 2" Turner then stabbed
him through the heart, killing him in
stantIy.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27

TzI kzloxist Of the Gold Hill News
kAsh4s mp the following Al the expense Of
the restaurant keepers Of Bodie.
A stranger In Bodie one day last week.
In eating . plate Of hash At one Of the
restaurants. being very hungry, upguard-
edly neglected TO chew il carefully, and
swallowed . large csaf button. They doe
tered him three days for the pneumonia
before he was able TO explain Then they
fed him . big buffon-hole tied to . string
and fshed it out In no time. He screens
all his hash now through . cane-bottomed
chair very carefully before eating.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27

TIE San Francisco Stock Exchange is by
long odds the spiciest paper published At
the Bay. There 10 . broad vein Of wit and
irony running through its every para
graph. The eaustic pens Of Brothers
yerdenal and Sunderland spare nobody.
They torture their journalistic brethren Of
the metropolis numerically. and in . ma
jorisy Of instances deservedly. The shoddy
and khams Of the times are never allowed
10 escape The vide awake Exchange. For
this reason ii Is the most entertaining
shees skas comes TO "a from beyond the
Sierra
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27

BCsISEss boom in the East means an
advance OF from 10 to 40 per cent. on all
kinds Of provisions, and no advance in
wages We do not see where . business
boom is Of much benefit to the people II
large.-Grass Valley Union.
A greas many people viii take the SAINT
view Of the situation. Certainly. it will
be difficult to discern in what respect Ne
vadA is benefited by it-a State that i'm
ports everything it consumes, from 9 iuci
fer match to . quartz mill.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27

THE San Francisco Daily Stock Report
issued . holiday edition, consisting Of "a
pages. 1t Is full Of mining and other in
formation; gives the assessment tables and
the highest and lowest prices Of stocks each
year from January. 1868, to the present
time. 1t exhibits an enterprising spirit on
the part Of the proprietors. and is invalua-
BILE q . means Of reference.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27

BRofHER PARKINSON. Of the Carson
Tribune, takes a gloomy view Of things.
We hops the case is not SO bad As he puts
it, Here is what be says in q recent issue
Of his paper
There is an arissocratie party growing up
in the North, thousands Of whose members
would hail with delight an Imperial Gov
eminent. and whilst they preach Republic
canism. would gladly append the title Of
Lord, or Duke, tn their names. 1t does
moi require much of q prophetic gift 10
foretell the breaking mp Of this Republic.
Il NAV not come during this century. but
there are those on Americas soil to-day
who viii live to see four distinct Govern
ments on the North American Continent.
The immensely Of the Nation. the growing
love for titles and honors must eventually
cause q disintegration Of the States
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27

IT is not yet settled how Colorado will
go next year. II the Leadville Express IL
70 be accepted Is authority. things are
nightly mixed over that way. The Eclipse
says For : real. old-fashioned. cross
grained. mixed up. Observation-Disclosures
way political spit-ire hullabulloo. Colorado
promises to take the PALM"
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27

We see ii stated that the libel suit insti-
tuted against C. r. McGlashen. editor and
proprietor Of the Truckee Republican, by
George n. Pinney. Of ~unenviabls fame in
connection with the rottenness Of Mare
Island. has been dismissed II il well.
For Pinney to have attempted to bolster
up his putrid reputation by means of .
libel suit was TO perpetrate the most colos-
sal Joke Of the nineteenth century.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27

Ma. GEo. A. KEyo has resigned = agent
Of the Nevada Bank in Virginia City. IF.
Bigelow. late cashier. and W. r. Berry.
lsts paying taller, are now the joint agents.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27

THE Sacramento Bee issued = double
sheet Christmas day. Il vas replete with
original md selected articles, and must
have proved an acceptable gift to the pat
rons Of the paper. The Bee is an excellent
paper. i conducted by enterprising men,
and ranks second TO no journal on the
ennse
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27

WILLIAM N. LENT. who has been engi-
neering Bodie stocks in New York for tie
past year, returned 10 San Francisco on
Christmas eve He is reported TO have
cleaned up millions.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27

TIE Morning Appeal If Carson has this:
Besides the Appeal there are but two Re
publican papers opposing William Sharon
In this State. TheF are the Elko Post and
the Reno Journal. Tie balance are either
already purchased with Shzron's coin or
hope 10 be.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27

THE annexed scrap has been tele-
graphed from Washington. to show
that President Hayes viii not pay
much attention to the Democratic Senate
and House, when the vote OF his successor
comes 10 be counted. Hayes backbone
gets sitter and sitter:
1t is said that President Hayes said in
conversation a day or two ago. that lie be-
lieyed that under the Constitution the Vice
President of the United States had the
right 10 count and declare The Presidential
vote, and whether he counted il and de-
clsred it in the ro.ands of the Capitol. or
in the presence Of both Houses of Con-
gress in joint convention assembled. that
he Hayes should recognize and enforce
il IS the legal declaration of the count.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27

No one has yet explained why Grant
should BE- called q strung man. His ad-
ministration of the Government Was the
weakest, most corrupt and incompent on
record. Crime was triumphant and law
feSsness defiant. The only notable strength
of purpose developed By President Grant
was in shielding Official r0Sues from richly
msrltsi punishment.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27
Sir Ashley Cooper's vital Resfora'
tive.

Sir Ashley Cooper's vital Ressora'
tive.
The great English remedy has made more
cures Of Nervous Debility, Seminal Weakness,
Lest Manhood, nocturnal emissions. iassitude,
inability for mental labor, despondeney ana
snch diseases as are induced by youthful foilies
and excuses, than all other medicines com
bined. Why will You suffer. Send 10 a. L.
Miutie, NJ. D.. No. IL kearny street, San Fran
cisco. for the Restorative, and be cured. Price,
a. per bottle. Four times the quantity, slu-
Trv a bottle. DIR. Mintie treats all private dis
eases successfully without mercury.
~nov20-1yd&w
-
sheet Music.
sheet Music received daily. Sheet Music,
Music b ,oks ordered from the publishsrs. See
catalogues at the GOLDEN RULE STORE.
W.. II. Haskell
Has on hand a small lot of Tripie-plnted Goods,
consisting Of Table Cutlery. Casters, Butter
Dishes. etc, which he will close out at very
low prices.
Rubber Goods.
Full stock Of Rubber Boots and overshoes at
the GoLpEN RULE STORE.
Pipes.
Wooden Pipes. in great variety, at the GOLD
EN- RULE STORE. Eureka.
The Best
Two fer 25c. Cigars In Eureka. st the GOLDEN
RUIZ STORE.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27


We believe that two-thirds Of the people
OF Nevada rather connive at and coun'e-
nance the ~pretensions Of Sharon. II they
believe they will only come in for a share
Of the spoils.-ITruckee Republican.
Commenting on which the Carson Ap-
peal says: Such paragraphs As the above
must be pleasant reading for the honest
voters Of the State. Such statement hits
us hard here in Nevada, because its truth
is so easily recognized. The Republican
press, so far, has had very little TO say con
corning the coming Senatorial election.
II they had the true interests of the Re
publican party at heart they would not
long remain silent on the preposserous
proposition Of q resident of California pur-
chasing she Senasorship Of the Legislature
Of Nevada for coin. The next man who
goes to Washington as the Republican SEN
ator from Nevada SD auld be one who Is
both . credit to the State and party.
William Sharon has not a single requisite
for such an honorable Office.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27
SPECIAL NOTICES.


All kinds Of MINING CAR WHEELS and
AxLEs at the New Foundry. at
II. Ii. CONKLIN \ COs.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27

Two fer 25c. Cigars in Eureka. at the GOLDEN
RULE STORE.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27

DELPHos, Ohio. December &c.
Bernard Picker, IN old German resident
Of this place. was called to his door by loud
knocking at 2 o'clock this morning. and
upon opening the door he was confronted