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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-22
Fancy.

On Saturday night the managers Of
Olympic Hall have arranged to give a fancy
dress ball. The intention is to make this
the ~liveliest party ever given in Eureka,
and we predict that the hall will be crowd
ed with the fun-loving and frisky ropula-
ton Of this region. Turn 'em loose
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-22
yEsrEnDAY,s STOCK SALES.
Ga, Francisco stock Exchange.


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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-22

The Ancient Order Of United Working
ingmen is one Of the best societies now in
u midst, and the way to get acquainted
with the people belonging thereto, etc. is
to attend their grand ball on next Friday
evening.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-22

The Eureka tunnel is jogging along
after the old sort. Yesterday the head
was 1,750 feet from the breaking Of the
ground, and the laborers were working In
favorable looking shale.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-22

Jackson House-Wm. P. Kingsman,
City; Pete Hansen, Pine Station.
Parker House-C. D. Porter, Salt Lake.
Turner House-John Mason, City.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-22
TOURS

rso once is open on week days from 8
n M. to 4:30 p. NJ, and from 8 TO
= o,ciock in the evening.
J 1Rsoistry and Money Order business closes Of
p.;iroad mails close at 8 P. NJ.
ON SUNDAY
The office is open from IL M. to P. M.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-22

owing to the recent and continued illness
o. Mr.. B. Alexander, the contemplated
holiday display OF his goods will not take
pace. He has a large stock on hand, con-
ISSUING OF candies, etc., and 1t will be sold
at cost price. n
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-22

A LAaor o Of masks have Just been
received by Davidson.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-22
Eureka uailp Sentinel.

- sxu,LMAN is authorized to receive sub
items, in this town, for the SENTINEL
scr,P.,yisct for the same. All persons in Eu-
ana ewing for subscriptions will make pay.
,nent to him.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-22
ARRIVALS AMI DEPARTURES.
sY TIE zunzxA AND sALrsAps sAIInoAD.


Wells. Fargo d Co.'S Letter List.
The following letters were received ct Wells.
Fargo & Cos once last evening and not
delivered
Feline Cislino Or Beli
II Arnhold
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-22

DAVIDSON, at the Postoface, is doing an
immense business In toys.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-22

RoUBL COMMENCED
With the death Of Mr.. Monroe's family,
his wife and three children dying inside Of
four months. Then the Steam Nav
igation Company started opposition on
the river and he sold his stage
and mail routes to . Boston COM
pany, from whom he never received .
cent-though their paper called for 1884,
600.
Grieved at his family loss, but still
flush with coin, he took q trip to the City
of Mexico and there spent nearly q year
and half among the Senioritas and silver
mountains Of that climate. He returned
to San Francisco, and was there married
to his present wife. In '63 he took in
Aurora, Esmeralda county, Nevada, and
there deposited the balance Of his coin,
leaving IS houses and lots to be
sold for taxes. In II he was
the contractor and builder OF the
courthouse and school-house in Elko in
fact built in two years about all the good
buildings they have up there. In '73,
with three others, located his famous
ranch northeast Of Eureka bought out
his partners in a few months, and two
years ago sold the whole business to John
Tcrre for a snug little sum dropped into
Eureka got hold Of the best part Of At
las Hill, and built himself q comfortable
residence. He has just finished q house
which he contracted to build q couple Of
months ago, and is still on the turf for
staging, steamboating, or house-building-
good for another twenty-five years rustic
IN the "border."
A nice little party met at the house of
the Colonel last evening to congratulate
him upon his cups" in life and ''condole
with the downs" We only hope to be on
the turf to give you the Centennial send
off," Colonel.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1880-03-05

A CORRESPONDENT OF the st. Paul
Pioneer Press tells this story, but fort
unately does not name the Bpsten1
firm. Can nobody supply it? | oncc
heard Mark Twain tell this inimifablcH
story illustrating how mean men
could be. and it struck me as being
one of the funniest and most pointed
tales ever heard. 1t was in sub
stance that a poor laborer was at
work blasting i'll ledge, when blast
exploded and he was blown out of
sight into the air. lie was blown 50
far skyward that ne was gone fifteen
minutes, at the end of which time be
came back and went to work The
company, however, were mean enough
TO take fifteen minutes out Of his
wages. The absurdity of this story
would bring a smile to the gravest
face, especially if told by the Hart
ford w.t. That company might, In
deed, be taken is criterion for mean
ness, but now they mnst yield the
palm to Boston firm, whose actions
were without parallel, and are excit-
ing nnfavorable comments in all parts
of the city The firm alluded to car
ry on the clothing business at the
North End, and in their employ are
thirty-five girls, more or less. just
before Thanksgiving, the girls,
prompted by the best Of feelings, con-
ceived the idea of making the two
members Of the firm present. The
hat was passed around among them
aud $22 was obtained, which was ex
pended in two albums. The Afternoon
before Thanksgiving was the tine t
make presentation and the whole bus
mess was done III approved style ant
seemingly to the satisfaction of al
concerned. The sequel follows
When the next pay day came arount
each girl had the pay of half an hour
the time occupied in making the pre-
sentation, taken from their wages
Here is theme for Mark Twain.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1880-03-05
A ssrusgie with = DevIl Fish.

Mr.. Smale, the Government diver
who was attacked BY large octopus,
Or devil-6sh, while at work, recently,
on the bed of the Moyne river, at Bel
fast, in the G sIony Of Victoria says
the London Times, "givcs this account
of the affair: Having thrust my arm
into hole, | found it was held by
something, and the action Of the wa
ter was stirring up the loose clay, and,
therefore, could not see distinctly
for a few minutes; but when it did
clear away, saw to my horror the
arm of a large octopus entwined
around mine like boa-constrictor,
and just then he fixed some Of his
suckers OH the back of my hand. and
the pain was intense. | felt as if my
hand was being pulled to pieces, and
tile more | tried TO take it away, the
greater the pain became. bad the
greatest difficulty in keeping my feet
down, as the air rushed along the in
terror Of my dress and inflated ii; and
if my feet had got uppermost, Ishould
soon have become insensible held III.
such a position; and, also, if | had
given the signal TO be pulled up. the
brute would have held on, and the
chances would have been that should
have had broken arm. had ham
mer with me, but could not reach
down to use it on the brute. There
was small iron bar about FIVE feet
from me, and with my foot dragged
this along until | could reach it with
my left hand. And BOW the fight
commenced, and the more ! struck
him the tighter he squeezed, until my
arm got quite bennmbed- After
while | found the grip begin to relax
a little, but he held on until | had al
most cut him to pieces, and then he
relaxed his hold from the rock, and |
pulled him up. | was completely ex-
haustcd, having been in that position
for over twenty minutes | brought
the animal up, or rather part Of IT.
We laid him out, and he measured
over eight feet aero 's, and feel per-
: fectly convinced that this fellow could
have he'll down five or six men"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1880-03-05

John Nevis was a fireman on the
Evart and 0sceola Railroad in Michi
gan. A log was chained to the track
one night, aud his locomotive was
wrecked, killing him instantly. His
widow sued the company for $4,000
damages. While the suit was pend
ing a good looking young fellow
made her acquaintance, professed to
fail in love with her, and made mar
riage engagement. Having conf
dence in him, Mrs. Nevins told him
that the log was placed on the track
at her request, she desiring to get rid
Of her husband, while they were to
have all the money that could be
gained by a lawsuit. The wooer in
duced her to repeat the story IN tie
hearing of concealed witnesses, and
then had her arrested. He was a de-
tective in the eompany's employ.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1880-03-05

Mr.. JOHN McCuLLouGH tells how ne
first fell in love with drama. IN the
same shop where he worked at chair
making was an old mechanic named
Burke, who delighted in Shakespeare
he used to murder Mccullough with
a paint brush, and recite "Mare
Antony'sr funeral Grafton over him,
Il became perfectly enraptured with
the man." says the actor, "and made
such patient, accommodating corpse
for him that he finally made me
present of copy Of Shakespeare.
From that day the doom of the chair
making business. so far as | was eau
cerned, was sealed forever
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1880-03-05


THE New Yolk Bullion sets forth
the following reasons why the Uuited
States is entitled to the name Of be-
ing the worlds ca -hier: Between
IS4S and 1880 our gold and silver
mines produced $50 per capita of our
$4,000, 900 people, an amount equal TO
one-third the worlds supply. We are
now producing as much bullioa as the
rest of the world combined, or enough
to transact daily $40 per capita of the
globe, aud we have the largest and
richest precious metal territory known
and the most extensive aud perfect
system of precious metal mining"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1880-03-05

DIME novels bear their proper fruits
ever. in SO cold climate as Canada.
Recently at London. Ont, ten young
bows were discovered in plot to buy
a schooner and turn pirates on the
lakes. They had purchased revolvers
and were collecting weapons Of war
fare. The money for this outfit, one
hundred and eighty dollars, one of the
bows stole from a relative The CID
est boy was twelve years of age. All
engaged declared they got their idea
of the plot from reading Jack Hark-
away and Other kindred stories
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1880-03-05

IT has often been remarked that
very few people have any conception
of what is meant by million dollars
Perhaps the clearcst notion of such a
sum may be obtained by supposing a
man should deposit in savings bank
Sc per minute during nine hours OF
every day in the year, except Sundays
and four holidays, not until the last
day of the year would he complete
100000.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1880-03-05
. a r NJ r s !.

=. A. Lehman, solicitor OF Amer ~ l01I' -
and Foreign Patents, WaShing,op,
-,.ho.har al before the Patent Office or the
SanrtS nromntly attended to. No charge
~ No,, ode ~ ,,nless patent is secured Send for
circular.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1880-03-05
Notice to Co-owner

put We. Da;s ss@wtord; You are hereby notified
ae the fuil Dlv,a kaieht and John Dickson. have
l Congress- ns ioe ount OF work required by the law
I The Yello,s 70. z, and the amsiidments thereto
eshalf ni,s Jacket quartz ledge, situated about
ss COUNTY ABOVE Qaartzhrrg. in Placer District,
~ and ISIS :. l.. Tor the years 1874 1878. 1876
teeortion y, ~uu Your are indebted to US for your
"a nine .. o said labor and improvements on
fed to M Sou are hereby notified and re-
re and fnss an assessments against You on the
tasty dars she publication of this noti e within
4 n reh; ~, ir m the date hereof or forfeit all
t.ar Jaehst 'le and claim in, to aad upon said
fssbovs snsniaq quartz ledge. as provided by tho
Is. DAVID KNIGHT,
|1 !, 1870 90, JOHN DICKSON.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1880-03-05

The hook contains nearly 200 pages, AZ
by 6 inches, and is designed to be pocket
co5rnanion for every wide-awake man in
the mining camps and financial centres OF
the West
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1880-03-05
Jaahp semi 10 sshlg IL orld
Published
az, Esriday@,
BY
HEMAN and CHARLES e. JONES
Nr i, Brick Building adjoining Masonic Hall. Wall Stree

HrMaN JONES. BUSINESS MANAGER
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1880-03-05
Contents:

l. Tbs United States Mining Law and Land
ofsite instructions Hereunder. Each section OF
the law is Immediately followed by the Land Oiiice
instructions relating thereto. This is conven-
lent arrangement. it avoids turning several
pages when the instructions consulted in con-
nection with the law.
3. A Digest of all Decisions under the Mining
avs now In force. 1t rs brought down TO the date
of publication ard containing the latest DECISIONS
takes the place of all prior publications.
8. New and Improved Forms for making the
various proof from the location OF claim, miner
IIa, noti, . To deiinuuent co-owEers, SC. down to
issuance OF patent.
a A Comoiete list Of Patented Mining Claims,
arranged by star, Territory, County anu 5.
This list Is worth to mining men many times the
price of the book.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1880-03-05

A LARGE run of salmon in the Co
Iumbia is looked fer this year.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-08
A Bad Dive.

A stranger had an almost miraculous es
cape from drowning, just this side of Lin
wood, about five o'clock Wednesday even.
ing. A Davenport gentlemen, in buggy
with his wife. drove into the river to water
his horse, and in a minute the stranger In
in box top buggy with a fast horse came
down to the water with a rush, and drove
into the river nearly twenty-feet farthers
than did the first conner. The new arrival
had neglected to uncheck his horse,
which stood in the water
making vain attempts to drink why
don't you uncheck." asked the Davenport
er. The stranger replied, that's so" and
rose to his feet. Just then his horse
fairly leaped toward. and got
into very deep water for horse and
buggy and man all disappeared from view
while the gentleman and wife sat in the
other buggy fairly horri6ed. In less than
a minute to their astonishment. the horse
appeared, headed for shore. and in an in
slant the form of the man came to view as
he was stretched out behind the buggy,
and holding on it's lowered top for dear
life and the horse pulled his whole load
ashore. 1t was very strange accident, with
strangely fortunate termination. The
Davenportsr alighted to assist the stran-
k6Ef NbO uEsb pultSG WditSA Out VI las
coat. took draft for 500 and at least
$400 in greenbacks from it, and spread
them out on the grass to dry, while he
wrung his coat, remarking. here's suit
| gave $48 90 for this very afternoon. gone
to- the place where water can't be had.
AS he seemed TO need no assistance. the
Davenport drove away. charging the
stranger to be careful about exposing that
money while he was alone
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-08

BRADFORD. Pa, May IA destructive
FIRE is still raging 10 Trim Hollow and Oil
Valley. Hundreds of men are at work
endeavorlng to confne and subdue the
flames at that point. The greatest mum
ber ofries and tanks of oil were consumed
IN Fosterbrook valley, along the Harris
burg rup, in Kendall Greek valley and
about the summit The fire also ragged
near Tarport and Degolye. The scope of
territory in which the fire prevailed is
twelve miles in extent. Smaller aud dam
gerous fires are still burning in all parts
of the woods. A rather stiff breeze now
blowing leaves the situation in all parts of
the region very periious and liable to
break out again and become more disas-
trous than before, unless it rains or the
wind subsiees.
WILLIAMsPoRT, Pa, May IA fire
broke out this morning in Howard & Stan
aker and Howard, Perly & Howard's lum-
Der yards. destroying about / 1000, 000 feet
of lumber. From there It spread to the
yard belonging to the Star Mills and de-
stroyed about 100, coo feet each for Will
liams Il Foresman. B. c. Bowen & CO.,
aud Thomas W. Thompson & Co. Six
tenant houses were also destroyed One
of the Williamsport fire engines was
placed in such position that it had to be
abandoned and was burned. Loss $55,-
900; insurance $40 900.
The saw mill of Thomas A. Thompson
& Co. and the shingle mill of Thomas
Duffy are now burning.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-08
SPOETS.

LEXINGTON. KY. May THE spring
meeting OF the Kentucky association COM
meDces tomorrow. a great attendance
is expected. there being three events with
eight, eleven and thirteen starters respec
lively.
Boston. May Base ball-Boston 5
Troys 4.
CHICAGO, May THE entries to the
stakes to be trottsd at the July meeting
here were made public tonight. In the
eleven states there are Isl entries, com
posing the best known trotters in the
country. The mum Der in each race is as
follows: Free for all stations, 5; 2:2l
class, 81; free for all PAGERS, 4; 2:40 class,
26; 2:3O stations, l6; 2:23 class. 10; 2:34
class, II; PIG class, 5; 1921 class. 9;
2:3O class, %; 2:25 class, Is. The total
amount of entry money and stakes will be
between $4,000 and $4,000. the largest
amount given by any trotting association
this year at auy one meeting. In the free
for all stallion race the entries are Bone
setter. Monroe Chief, Voltaire. Wedgwood
and Hannis The 2:l9 class will have for
starters Bonesetter. Charlie Ford. Eta
Jones and Hannis
CHICAGO, May Base ball-Cincin
Dati 7, Chlcago2.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-08
Colorado Excursions.

Rock Island, May 4.-The Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy Railroad company
placed on sale May.1 1880, and to continue
during the season. full line Of first class
Colorado excursion tickets at principal
points on it's Iiue, by the following named
routes, Denver, Colorado Springs and
Pueblo.
l, Going via Council Bluffs and Union
Pacific railroad and returning By same
route.
2. Going via Council Bluffs and Union
Pacific railroad, and returning via Kansas
Pacific railway and Quincy,
3. Going via Quincy and Kansas Pacific
railway and returning by same route,
q. Going via Quincy and Kansas PreiGc
railway. and returning via Union Pacific
railroad and Council Bluffs.
5. Going via Hopkins aud Atchinson.
Topeka & Santa Fe railroad. and return
ing by same route.
6, Going vie Quincy and Atckinson
Topeka & Santa Fe, and returning by
same route.
These tickets will be good going West with
in fifteen t15) days from date of sale. and
to return until Octorber 81 1880. 4dlw.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-08
What BETTER Evidenos

could the people ask to substantiate the
merits of DR.. Pierces Family Medicines
than the fact that they have not only year
ly grown in popular favor in this country,
but the foreign demand for them has
became 50 great as to neccessltate the
establishing q branch of the celebrated
Worlds Dispensary in London, England.
that these blessings to the afflicted may be
dispatched from that greatest commercial
center Of the world to every country and
people? Golden Medical Discovery is Q
remedy, that wins golden opinions OF all
who use it for all humors from the COM
mon piuple. biotch, or eruption, to the
formidable scrofulous swelling. Internal
fever. soreness and liberation, yield TO its
benign influence. Consumption. which is
but a form of scrofulous affection of the
lungs, may in its early stages be cured by
a free use of this God given remedy. See
article on consumption and it's treatment
iu "Invalids' Guide Book"-lQ cents
post paid. Address. World's Dispensary
Medical Association, Buffalo, N, Z.
WoRCHEsTER Mass, Feb, Sd, 1879.
DR., r. v. Pierce:
Dear tSr-With embling hand from
my extreme age. being eighty-hve' i
write TO inform you OF the great oene1'
your Golden Medical Discovery and Fer
lets have been to me, Three years ago
was prostrated with pneumonia. ana nc
one thought would recover. BY the use
Of those medicines ] was raised to health
and by the blessing OF God and your
medicines | have enjoyed pretty eooo
health since though for years before TINS
suffered from weak lungs and a bad
cough, p pr
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-08
Moffat's Life Pills,
phHniX BitterS,

The Most Successful Medicines
in the World.
Established i'm 1885, by one Of
our Most Eminent Physicians,
and now used throughout North
and South America, with more
pleasing results than any other
Medicine.
MOffat'S Life Pills
are purely vegetable; they act
Oh the Stomach and Liver, and
regulate the entire system and
put all the functions of the body
in a healthy condition, and
WARRANTED q certain cure for
all hilarious Diseases, Torpid
Liver, Impure Blood, Jaundfce,
Bilious Complaints, Dyspepsia,
Indigestion, COstiveness, NerVs
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Scuryy, General Weakness, and
Fever & Ague.
MOffat's Phoenix BitterS
correct the SecretiOns Of the
Stomach, and are a Sure Cure
for SieepIeSSness, Nervousness,
Dyspepsia, Female Complaints,
Weakness, Debility, etc.
Thousands of Certificates are
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CURES effected by these invaIu.
able medicines, and we are cer-
tain that they will do just what
we have said. 1t is simply ask
cd that the afflicted VIII TRY
THEM ONCE, their use will con-
vince the most sleptical.
paSe's Climax Salve 25 cents a box.
I1tia:'s Life Pills 25 cents box.
IafEat's phrnix Bitters $1.0O bottle.
E3- Sold by Druggists everywhere.
j. P. MILLS, Sole Proprietor,
S5 Liberty Street New York.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-08
NEW yoEK.

New YoRK, May 7.-The inquest on
the Madison Square Garden disaster was
flushed to to-day. The Jury returned the
following verdict: We. the undersigned
jurors, 6nd that Mrs Anuie Willis, Mrs.
Anvil S q. Helman Mary Ann Connolly
aud Wm NJ. Tieston c...4 TO their deaths
by injuries received ou april 2i, 1880. by
the falling of the vest wall of the building
known as the Madison Square Garden,
which was due 10 faulty construction OF
said building, and We hereby censure the
Harlem Railroad Company for employing
8 civil engineer TO aot as architect who il
not conyersans with the construction OF
buildings We also censure the depart
ment of buildings for negligence in their
duty in allowing the aforesaid addition to
be erected cuntIEis =, lev ard III !. lAuiLy
manner, and we recon-. tnat the en-
tire building be knocked down, as We
deem it dangerous and unfit for purposes
of public emblages.
WEST POINT. May THE testimon,