Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-03-09
rLuE DUST.
Scraps from the Notebook Of n
aentineps Reporter.

Albion was quoted yesterday at 81 Is.
Business was pretty lively about til
Courthouse yesterday.
Sheriff Kyle will probably take vasque
to the State Prison tomorrow.
Charley Moore has been appointed
deputy under Constable Wallace.
Mountain Lodge. I. o. o. f., meet a
their hall at 7 o'clock this evening.
Under Sheriff Jim Mason is still con
fined to the house with rheumatism.
Malcolm Mcdonald, a pioneer OF Eureka
but now of California, is visiting our town
T. B. Bruffy of the Hot Springs at Min
eral Hill has been in town for q couple o
days.
Owing to a snow blockade no mail wa
received at the Postofhce last evening cas-
OF Omaha.
Mr.. W. Simmons is authorized to collec
subscriptions for the SENTINEL at San Mi
guel, California.
The price Of Eureka Con. stock is still
upwards, large sales having been made
yesterday at S25 and $25 rs.
The Elko Independent says William j
Sweeney, the we'll known livery man Of
Eureka, is stopping in town for a few days.
The carpenters were working like T~rojans
on the Methodist church roof yesterday,
The disciples of shavings a%pprehend bois'
ferrous weather.
Miss Quessy has established herself in
| the dressmaking business, and solicits the
| patronage OF the ladies Of Eureka. See
advertisement in another column.
At Austin. early Sunday morning, in
Smyth's saloon, Thomas Riley shot John
@. Daley, causing instant death. The
cause Of the difficulty is not learned.
The County Commissioner yesterday
denied the petition of the people Of Ruby
Hill for the creation OF q new township,
on the ground Of economy to the county.
Judge W. s. Bonniield and family leave
for their home at Winnemucca this morn.
ing. During the absence Of Judge Rives
Mr.. Bonnifeld has been holding court for
him.
Many Of our old citizens who nave been
spending the Winter at the East and in
California are returning, and will tackle
business with renewed vigor as Spring
opens.
The Carson Appeal says that one thing
can be said in favor Of the late Legislature,
and that is, they have been, as a generality,
prompt and honorable in the payment OF
their bills here.
Paxton & Co. have elevated q handsome
new sign over their banking. house. The
letters are Of gold bronze set in a black
surface, which makes them quite conspicu-
GUS from the opposite side of the street.
Several bills we're vetoed yesterday be-
fore the County Commissioner by the
Auditor, but were passed over his head by
the Board, thereby taking the response
bility from off the Auditors shoulders.
The weather was very boisterous last
night, which made the circumspect citizen
take an extra glance at the ash heap before
dedicating his soul with prayers and lay
ing himself down to sleep. The sky was
clear, the moon shone brightly, and the
thermometer indicated a temperature OF
3e degrees above zero-six above freezing
point-at midnight.
Ninety-three seats had been sold at 6
o'clock last evening for the first perform
ance OF the Melville Opera Company. This
number includes some tickets for a single
night only, the others being for the season.
While many choice seats have been secured,
the box-sheet is by no means m~onopolized
by the early callers. Every seat In the
house IL desirable, and 1t is only a matter
Of taste with n~ear-sighted and hard hear
ing people to jump into the front rows.