Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-11-04
CARSON CORRESPONDENCE.
A Cosby Letter from the Hub
Of Eagle Valley.

A Cosby Letter from the Huh
of Eagle valley.
CARSON, Nov. 1, 1881.
EDITOR SENTINEL: 1 am afraid thai
such news as 1 am able to dish up for you
here will not thrill the Base Ranger very
much. I have no sensation to offer you;
nothing Of the sort that paralyzes. Our
town is dull and getting duller. When q
business house is vacated now, it is sealed
up for good. All along the Main street
you see notices
Stuck up OF the doors Of empty business
houses. This means that they will be let
to stay shut up indefinitely. The fact Of
the business is that Carson grew to be too
big about the flush times of the big bo-
nanza. 1t is now contracting within its
proper and wholesome limits. As long as
Nevada lasts the town will be a substantial,
small place. 1t has important industries
going on about it, the. chief Of which is
the lumber trade of Lake Bigler, which
is a business that has to have its head
quarters in Carson. We are cheered, too,
by the presence of the State Prison. If
we can only keep this piece OF pie out of the
NAV Of the
UNSUITABLE RENO SENATOR
We will be happy in SO far. With old
man Garrard at the head OF this i%nstitu-
ton and Jim Natter for his Lieutenant,
Well take all the chances of a break. We
do hope that Powning will be satisfied
now that he is going to have the society Of
the insane at Reno; or, if he insists on
having the convicts too, that We will be
able to choke him off on some counter
proposition, ever if defeat should bring
him to tears. And then we have the
United States Mint here. This is a quiet
looking structure, and everybody about it
moves as so many pieces Of we'll fabricated
machinery, very regularly, you know, but
not exceedingly fast. The stranger might
think it a peaceful haven in which all is
rest and serenity. Not so. The crafts
harbored therein keep up a sharp watch,
and the political horizon is constantly
scanned with long-range glasses. Every
cats paw that disturbs the surface of the
smooth waters brings all hands on deck
with a tremor. Hard work to get into
this nice place for Uncle Sans pets, and
those who do once get their fins in stick.
LLCJ huOW Wudu cGCIudl NlRllduC6 Is EOOU
for, and they are %eternally vigilant.
CHANGE OF SUPERINTENDENT
Is talked of. The present incumbent, Mr..
Crawford, has done all that there is for a
Superintendent to do acceptably, but
there are those among the "party in
power" who think that a division of the
spoils in politics is as good a principle to
go on as a division of labor in political
economy. Senator NJ. J. Farrell is named
as one near the throne, and as one who
will be most likely to succeed Mr.. Craw-
ford in case of a change in the ANA
ment. W. D. G. Gibson, ex-senator from
Storey, is persistently put forward as a
candidate for the place, but l do not be-
lieve that he is. He is q heavy weight in
the Republican party, however, and if he
should stand in for the appointment would
worry any opponents that might enter the
lists against him. Thus it is, from the Su-
perintendent to the man who fires up,
that there are many more than one on the
any amount Of "inhuence" to bear to
have himself sacrificed and made a drudge
of for the good Of the country.
H ORPHANS HOME
Is another of the feeders to Carson. Every
now and then a wave Of trouble rolls
across its peaceful breast, too. 1t would
be hard work for accredited angels to re-
tain any shreds Of good repute if they
should be detailed to do duty in this insti-
tuition. The Superintendent and Matron
of the Home have a charge on their hands
that nobody familiar with the situation
wants to share with them. They have to
look out for and watch over ordinarily be-
tween fifty and sixty youngsters picked up
in all parts OF theS State, some of whom, Of
course, are as well born and as we'll be-
haved as a%nybody's children, but many Of
whom have been gathered in from degra-
dation and vice. For these there should
be a reform school, but there is none. At
present, there are not more than AZ or 43
inmates Of the Orphans Home, and all of
these but five or six are half orphans only.
This shows either that the people Of Ne
vada are not suffering extreme want or
that their pride will not allow them, unless
compelled to do SO, to make their offspring
bene1ciaries of the State. The children
in the Home are we'll cared for. They are
warmly clad, and have all they can eat Of
plain, wholesome, and we'll cooked food.
In the institution there is also a frst-rate
primary school, in which the rudiments of
an English education are thoroughly
taught.
THE FATE HOUSE.
This is a wide subject, and I guess I had
better tackle it "in my next" We we're
afraid for a while that we might not get
any Thanksgiving proclamation. But the
Governor is home again from the Bay, and
we breathe easier. Lieut.. Governor Adams
was afraid for a while that the RESPONSE
bility might be thrown on him, but he
would have "stood pat" even if he knew
the turkey market was short and he might
be called (on) to lead the people in a raid
on wild geese. Yours, without "nutri-
ment," FARMER TREADwAY.
WARD WARBLINGS.