Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-11-22
RUBY HILL lots.

n ~ NVs8s
from the Mining News of Yester
day.
On Tuesday last the infant son Of Rich
ard Martin passed from this life.
Poker still holds Its own, and several
all-night games have been run lately.
Ruby Hills population is rapidly in
c~reasing-two more births this week.
Joe Roxburgh, "Roxy," is still under
the weather, and unable to leave his room
We understand that Mrs. Kavanaugh ia
contemplating re-establishing her business
on the Hill.
A payday at the Price & Davis last
week put the boys on . flush standing
again.
Very cold weather the past week, and
the wood monopolist ia in no hurry to fill
orders.
Sid Mikels had occasion TO give his
patrons a sleigh ride this week-the first
of the season.
Parties desiring to lease a profitable
News Office at once.
A Western Union Telegraph Office will
probably be opened on tho Hill within the
ueAt Two Weeks.
On Friday last the household Of John
Trembath was gladdened by the arrival Of
q little stranger daughter.
Seth Longabaugh had quite q severe at
tack OF mountain fever during the past
week. but is again On his pins.
The Richmond waste dump is the big
gest thing out Of doors in this section,
and is quite a little mountain in itself.
Dave Roberts is laid up with a severe
case Of lumbago, OF in1ammatory rheuma-
tism. He is under care of DR.. Bean.
Uncle JEFF Burgess, one of Eureka's
best printers and a good man generally,
paid the News a friendly call last Satur-
day.
New Town Hill furnishes an excellent
coasting ground, and our youngsters have
been enjoying themselves immensely Of
late.
A large quantity Of ore is being hauled
from the "lava beds" by teams-the result
OF the tribute work in that portion of the
Eureka Con.
Fred. Fox has one Of the finest fighting
birds in the country. He is an English
game-cock, and can bear the gsff against
anything on the Range.
Our largs-hearted friend Dad Hyacinthe,
OF Jack Perry's Corner, was the fortunate
winner OF the house aud lot ratified by Dan.
Shea on the Richmond side.
There is an unusual amount Of sickness
~pervading the Hill at present, which OK
presses itself IN typhoid and mountain
levers, pneumonia, coughs, colds, etc.
Nose Lyon. after couple Of weeks visit
a mnn0 4rfnn1u ha.a lan.~S1I - Ga r IL
Thursday morning, whore he will spend
the Winter, says the White Pine News Of
the 18th inst.
On Friday afternoon Mrs. Lang Of the
U. s. Restaurant, while walking up the
Gulch to the postofice, clipped and fell on
the icy street and quite severely strained
one Of her ankles.
The little child Of James Eustace was
quite dangerously i'll Saturday and last
night. Mr.. Eustace, who has just lost his
wife, is certainly unfortunate In thus hav.
ing another sad burden 10 bear.
A gentleman coming up from tho Bow
man mine to the crossroads at New Tow
last evening, swears that he counted 81
cabins and GA dogs in that distance. Not
a very good day for dogs either.
Lew Dunkel and Johnny Rossitor deny
that they contemplated q journey to Spain,
and are DESTROYS OF learning how 80 haz-
ardous a journey could be made on q dol
lar and six bits-the aggregate Of their
combined capital:
"Hello, thar 7"
"Going far 2"
"No, not far"
Glow far ?"
"only to the bar"
"Well. I'm thar"
We doubt tho tr~uthfulness Of the rumor
received at this Office by the " Grapevine"
that Colonel John Van Buren, Perry Of Eu-
reka has purchased a pair Of the E. d @.
River Railroad scrapers and. is having
skate straps put on them, in order to visit
the Polar Circle.
The success Of the Eureka Tunnel and
other incorporated enterprises in the dis
trict Of late has given a new vim to min.
ing interests, and has been . breeder
for the formation of several new compa-
nies and a general reviyifcation Of min.
ing, especially on Prospect Mountain
What we need is more organizations like
the Eureka and Prospect Mountain Tunnel
Companies for the development Of our
mines. The Capitalization OF q little capt.
tai and the formation of homo companies
properly incorporated Ia the surest and
best method Of attaining this end.
The number Of boys in the intermediate
Department Of the Ruby Hill school,
taught by Miss r. Frank, Ia 16, Of girls al;
total 81. Average attendance, 29H. In
the Primary, taught by Mrs. B. Headley,
there are ~ boys and % girls, total 40.
Average daily attendance, S4.1.
The rabbit hunters Henderson and o.
borne-deny emphatically the story In the
SENTINEL Of a few mornings ago, and au-
thorize us to say that they regard the story
started by Hugh Kernahan as . fabrica-
ton out OF whole cloth, concocted for
running their reputation as shootists.
Frank says he can show any man the
blood on the snow, and Jimmy will COR
roborate him. That ought to settle 1t.
On Tuesday evening the Centennial
Guard band'met at Miners Union Hall for
Q general rehearsal. II has been some
time since the boys met regularly together,
| but the individual members have lost no
| time In private rehearsal, and the result
was very gratifying when the full band
| got together. The music rendered showed
that these artistic tanners of wind had
not been idle, and the band Is Q credit to
the company and its leader, Mr.. John
l.Pascoe.