Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-20
FLuE DUST.
Scraps from the Notebook of the
sentincl's Reporter.

S8mthmoh'o kxeD0ftefs
Jim johnson, an old time Eurekan, il
in from Tybo.
Mrs. R. Sadler wants q girl to do gen.
eral homework.
Sam p. Dorsey committed suicide al
Elko Tuesday last.
Hon. Thomas Wren left this morning
for San Francisco.
There is no criminal business going on
in any OF u courts.
George Lamoureux and family left this
morning for the Bay.
Grapes continue to be one Of the frnit
l~uxuries Of the market.
Aistage load Of old Eurekans will return
from Cherry Greek to-day.
Mrs. J. s. Whitton returned last evening
from an extended visit in California.
A new song and dance man will arrive
for the Varieties on Saturday evening.
Morris II. Joseph is expected to arrive
here from New York about the 22d inst.
W. e. Sheridan and company will play
a season on the Comstock beginning Nov.7.
The flag was raised at headquarters yes
terday in honor Of the celebration at York
town.
Thomas Marks of Ruby Hill left this
morning for a three months visit to Cali
fornia.
The team Of English cricketers arrived
in California yesterday, and a match game
will be played to-day.
Miss Maud Rives, in care Of Hon. Thos.
Wren, left this morning for a visit to her
mother at San Francisco. s
The Monument Tunnel Company have
commenced the erection OF a boarding
house and blacksmith shop.
At no time in the history OF Eureka has
the general mining outlook Of the district
been SO favorable as at present.
Alex. Wilson, Esq, yesterday received
| the sad news Of the death OF his brother
in-law, VIM. Russell, at Los Angeles, Cali
fornia.
The Manhattan mine at Austin shipped
$54G, sos worth Of bullion from Jan. /, 1881,
to Oct.1. The Company must have a large
surplus on hand.
Anyone DESTROYS Of renting q nicely
furnished room should apply to Mrs. A.
McMartin, Mob Hill, opposite George W.
MerrilPs residence.
A sTinger Of ore has come in at the bot
tom Of the joint Sierra Nevada Union
Wine, but as yet, it is said, has Developed
into nothing OF special value.
Cinnamon do not make successful team
sters, judging from the manner in which
two of them worked with a team that was
stuck on Bateman street yesterday.
j. A. Jones, with W. II. Layton as
assayer, has established an assay Office
opposite the Bureau Hotel, at No. 100 Main
street. Correct assays guaranteed.
The writer OF the letters to the New York
Mining Record concerning the Eureka Con.
management appears to be quite we'll known
on Ruby Hill, though he resides in Eureka.
The houses on Main street should be
numbered. 1t is difficult for strangers to
designate the cross streets, but it would
be an easy matter for them to follow up
the numbers.
The mines OF Pachuca, Mexico, have
produced 500, 000, 900 in 80 years, mostly
by Cornish. miners. The Santa Gertrude
produced 3d. 800, 900 from June, 1867, to
March, 1881.
DIR. A. G. Bishop returned last evening
from Salt Lake City. He says Salt Lake
City is q very pretty place, but Eureka is
q better business town, and that he intends
to tie to the latter.
Toby Oberfelder OF San Francisco ar
rived here yesterday from Typo. He will
remain here q day or two and then go to
Cherry Creek. Toby was one Of our solid
business men in early times.
The Ontario OF Utah has been the big
gestproducer OF bullion for the nine months
ending Sept. 80 OF any mine In the coun-
try. 1t is credited with 81 ,661 lie worth.
The Standard OF Bodie comes next with
81 ,452, S34.
Belcher, with the pending assessment, has
made % calls on the stockholders, amount
ing to the 50. 500, 400. Considerable Of
the stock used to be held in Eureka, and
no doubt some of it is still held here. Joe
Bice. now of the Eureka Con-, was fore
man Of the mine during its big dividend
days.
In the Lower Comstock some rich
stringers OF ore have been cut in the west
drift from the Royal shaft. The company
are now preparing TO sink the south shaft
100 feet deeper. 1t is now down to the lao
level, from which ore enough is being ex-
tracted TO keep the Trench mill at Silver
City running.