Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-09-02
FLUE DUST.


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Albion spurted yesterday TO 50 10.
s. wenban returned to Cortez yesterda,
morning.
W. II. Sweeney leaves to-day or to-mor
row for Salt Lake.
Two hundred shares OF Wales Con. wer'
quoted yesterday at rs cents.
James McBirney and Dave Service de-
parted yesterday for Tenn Piute.
A. Skillman of this paper has turned west
from Butte and is now in Salt Lake.
Superintendent Goss went out on the
line Of the road again yesterday afternoon
The cold spell is reducing the price Of
ice. At Reno it has come down to half Q
cent a pound.
Work has been resumed in the Star a
Grove mine at Lewis. The mill will start
in q few days.
Guiteau, the assassin, according to the
dispatches is expressing regret that the
President is not dead.
DIR. Owen is back from Cortez. He left
his patient, 10 Deau, in a favorable condi-
ton, though quite sick.
1t is possible that the Charlotte Thomp-
son troupe may come to the Range. 1t
will show on the Comstock.
The potato crop has been badly damaged
by the late frosts. Throughout Nevada
the cold snap has been severely felt.
The coming races are all the talk among
horsemen. Tom Moore, entered by Tom
McGovern. seems to be the favorite.
Grand Chancellor Of the Knights Of
Pythias, George II. Morrison, left by yes
\ tardav unornipnsa train for tho Meet
A letter from Chicago states that the
Matamoras Company will shortly resume
work on their property in this district.
The water is 80 low in the Carson river
that the Mexican mill has been forced to
hut down on working Crown Point ore.
Fred. Hart, at one time President Of the
Sazerec Lying Club, as small as he is,
now weighs 200 pounds, according to re-
port.
The G.. P. train from the West was .
hours late last night, and failed to onnec
| with the E. h P. at Palisade. The E. q P.
came up on time.
DIR. James s. Myer, an old resident Of
the Comstock, was found dead last Sunday
in q Gold Hill clearinghouse. He was a
victim Of alcohol.
llu6h ptOWClt III Il -. ltCllly
were called East by the illness OF their
mother. The daughters arrived a few
hours too late to see her alive.
In our dispatches will be found some
thing from Secretary Window in relation
to mutilated Coins. He says they must be
treated as SO much bullion.
Browns Lake, out at the sink Of the
Humboldt, is said to be covered with
ducks, geese, pelicans, stills, mud hens,
and others Of the feathery tribe.
Lost-A black setter bitch, about q year
Did. Answers to the name OF dot" A
suitable reward will be paid for the return
Of the animal to the Land Office. A
A handsome and valuable shotgun and
q Smith Il Wesson five-shooter are to be
ratified off at the Palace Saloon Saturday
evening, Sept. 10. Tickets, 81.
Jack Frost appears to have been a god
send after all. Farmers in the Western
part Of the State aver that he has settled
the grasshopper question by annihilating
them.
The railroad conference at Ogden is at
tracing some attention in railroad circles
here. An article published elsewhere in
to-day's SENTINEL shows that the O.. p.
folks are not taking much stock in it.
The station on the railroad at Stafford
District, near Palisade, has been changed
by the railroad authorities from Mohawk
to Gerald station. This is in honor Of T..
+. Gerald, Auditor of the Central Pacific.
The Ruby-Dunderberg will pay all bills
on the 10th, instead Of the 9th. Likewise
those of the Eureka (Nevada) Silver Min
ing Company's, comprising the Bald
Eagle and Williamsburg series OF mines.
People are getting to be very reckless
with their mules. A few days since one
claimed an owner on South Main street
another wants an. owner in this mornings
SENTINEL. The notice will be found un-
der New To-day"
The managers Of the Albion Club are
awaiting an answer from the Austin Ball
Club to contest for the prize OF $3.50 Of
fered by the Miners Union. The Austins
should make an early reply in order that
the ground may be suitably prepared.
The north end Of Walker Lake is said to
be black with ducks. This is a good sign,
and will insure q plentiful supply to the
lakes in the neighboring valleys OF Eureka
when colder weather sets in. The duck is
q migratory bird, and loves the rich seed
Of our valleys.
Mrs. W. P. Haskell. Mr.. and Mrs. H.
Bishop, A. G. Cheney, Mrs. f. W. Cole
and Mr.. Carpenter are putting In their va
cations at Santa Cruz and Hotel del Monte,
bordering on the bay of Monterey, Cali
fornia. Mr.. Cheney is at Hotel del Monte,
and very much improved in health.