Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-16

A Cosby Letter From Lander's
Capital.
AUSTIN. New, July Is, 1880.

the Fifth was the hveliest as well as the
most enjoyable anniversary of that notable
event in the history Of the United States
the signing of the Declaration of INDIE
pendence-that this section of the country
has ever been treated to. The nicely Of
the arrangements throughout was a point
to be especially admired, and those who
planned the proceedings are entitled to the
thanks of the attending throng. The
banging powder reception with which the
dawning Of the nations natal day was
welcomed, l venture to say could not have
been more enthusiastic in any city of even
more force and mention, than it was in our
little sagebrush town. The ~far-sounding
booming of the Manhattan boys cannon,
with the sharp crack of the myriad OF
small arms, and the incessant pop, pop Of
the inevitable small boys moneys worth
of frecrackers and torpedoes, made up
such an expressive display OF tumultuous
loyalty that George Washington himself,
had he been present, could not have failed
to have been proud Of the honor OF father
ing such a noble ward as was exhibited in
AZ LOuuS hulCItCdS VI lOby oAaJOu Oh
this 104th celebration Of the origin Of In
dependence, and its following invulnerable
successes. At an early hour On the morn
ing Of the Fourth the surrounding country
was to all intents and purposes, deserted.
Everybody, and their cousins, and their
sis /; no, I won't say it for I've taken
an oath not to be a party, in any way, to
the resurrection Of those t~hread-bare Pin
afore gags--at any rate, T" we all came to
town to see what we could see."
By IL o'clock every available barouche,
family carriage and milk-wagon had been
engaged, and were at the Clifton flats ready
to receive the Battle Mountain incoming
excursionists, and convey them up town to
the seat of activity. Yes, Battle Mountain
turned out in goodly force-there being
some hundred and fifty of them-and with
their customary good sense and good-fel-
lowship wen in for a rousing good time,
and from all indications il is to be judged
they made a center shot of that part of the
performance. Some of the Battle Mount
aineers may have labored under the delu-
sive idea that they were not as cordially
received and entertained at the picnic, at
Walters ranch on the 22nd Of June, as
they should have been. They should con-
slider, however, that we were all strangers
there, and that the picnic was a one mans
power, and one mans pocket affair, run to
a great extent in the interest of the King
Bee, and the guests had to introduce and
enjoy themselves after their own varying
notions. The manager of the picnic gave
no cause for censure, for more perfect ar
rangements could not have been consum-
mated under the circumstance than were
those over which he ruled. ALI he could
do was to lead them to the grounds, and
leave them to picnic in the ways they most
desired. At all events, from the express
sions of satisfaction put forth by the visit
ing crowd on that day, and since, it is
understood that they had no cause to COM
plain of a lack of entertainment or warmth
of reception during their %sojourn here on
the 5th instant. At about 1890 the pro-
cession formed, headed by the Austin Sex
telle band, in uniform, with our friend
James Murray as the Theodore Thomas of
the o~ccasion-and they added materially to
the martial appearance Of the parade.
With one or two exceptions all the societies
and orders of the city, including the fire
companies, were in line. The beautiful
feature Of the occasion was a man.
moth grand car of State occu-
pied by a bevy of Austin's youngest
ahdShtNA AZ 6atR-aoF Wa CoNh AORLN-
senting a particular State of the Union.
Altogether, the procession was a browning
and was the marked attraction Of
the programme of the day. The exercises,
such as are usual on this day, were per-
formed from the grand stand in front of
the Court House, and then, at about 2:30
everybody made q rush for the Clifton
base ball grounds, where a friendly exhibit
ton game was to be played between the
Antilles of Austin, and the Bonanza's Of
Battle Mountain. The game lasted until
about dusk, and was a remarkably weak
performance. The loss of strength and
b%rilliancy Of play, however, was altogether
due to the splitting up of the Austin nine
there being some wrangling among them
selves, which resulted in one or two of
their best players declining to play, and
their other best players being placed out
Of their respective and proper positions.
The Battle Mountain boys got away with
our ba~ggage-after a fashion, but it was no
game to brag over. Just think of it, the
score stood: Battle Mountain, 38; Austin,
26i Look at that We frisky ball fingers of
the base-range and laugh-but, when you're
smiling, don't for a moment suppose that,
should you ever play either the Antilles or
the Bonanza's you will have a soft thing,
bagging such pipped chickens as the result
of this last game would indicate; for, If
you tiatter yourself on a fly snap from this
cause, you will surely be most w~oefully
sucked in. 1t is rumored that the Antilles
and B~onanZa's are to come together again
at Winnemucca IN some near day when it
is expected a nice, close game will be played
and, as this will be the third game, a de-
cision rendered as to which of these clubs
are the champions. On the evening of the
fifth, the Reese River Pioneers gave their
annual ball and, what with the Battle
Mountain guests and Austinites, Interna-
tional Hall was a scene of jollity from Up.
M. till daylight dawning. and a fine time
was INDUCED in by all in attendance. The
old boys never stand back when there's
any fun to be had, but go in to entertain
and be entertained. Charlie Sproule, OF
the Battle Mountain Messenger, was there,
but he was barred out early in the game on
account of his size, he being 30 small in
stature that he kept continually losing
himself. and the door-tender got tired of
looking after him. As Charlie gave the
Austinites a good send off in last weeks
Messenger, we'll say no more about it for
this time. With a few solitary exceptions
all the visitors returned on the excursion
and regular trains early the mex morning,
and all seemed to be highly pleased with
their fourth of July in Austin.
Cash Thomas, our genial young Sheriff,
has just succeeded in driving another tack
into the placards of his good name for
faithfulness to trust and duty in his official
capacity, by following and arresting W
so-called a~bsconding debtors. The pur-
sued made a zigzag run of it back and
forth through Lander county, and finally
got into Eureka county, but Cassius, who
was on o fresh trail, hailed their boat. and
brought them back yesterday. Cash is an
earnest, faithful and efficient officer, and if
he is not nominated by reclamation by
both the Republican and Democratic
County Conventions this fall, I will miss
my guess. As I said in a former letter,