Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-03-21
PLUE DUST.
scraps from the Notebook Of n
Senfineps Reporter.
OF course the skating is good.

District Court meets at 10 o'clock this
morning.
A bowling drunk was committed TO the
cooler yesterday.
j. l.. Wines, Esq, left this morning for
Elko on professional business.
Mr.. VIM. III. Sweeney returned from
Kingston, Lander County, on Sunday.
Rev. Mr.. Porter, pastor Of the Eureka
Methodist Church, was reported very i'll
last evening.
The bill appropriating 500. 900 for the
erection of a public building at Carson has
passed the Senate.
Eureka Con. shares were yesterday
quoted at $23 so; Albion at 50 10, and
Eureka Tunnel at 81 IS.
Mr.. J. II. Mundy returned Sunday even
ing from a visit to Elko. He reports that
burg as being very quiet.
The road between Eureka and Ruby Hill
was open for travel yesterday, but is still
in bad condition for hauling.
Mr.. A Sturgis, Superintendent of the
Matamoras Mining Company, returned
from the East Sunday evening.
Robert Shinn was yesterday convicted OF
grand larceny and sentenced to IS months
Imprisonment in the ~penitentiary.
The case of John Potter will be heard in
the District Court to-day immediately after
the disposition OF the Lansing case.
The Eastern Oregon graveyards appear
to be yawning for victims. Judge Lynch
seems to be authority in that region.
Three days Western mail arrived Sunday
night. and the PostofRce clerks had it all
distributed on time yesterday morning.
A dispatch from Palisade at G O'Clock last
evening says that the road is clear, and
that a train would soon leave the Summit.
Alpha Lodge No. l, 1. o. U. W., meets
at 1880 O'Clock this evening. S%ojourning
brethren in good standing are invited to
attend.
The roads between Eureka and Hamilton
and Phoebe are almost impossible, and the
stage lines are having serious difficulties
to
The sun-bath yesterday made everybody
feel as happy as q young goat ON q stable
roof. First day Of Spring said al old
rheumatic stiff.
Mrs. II. NJ. Beatty met with a severe ac-
cident in San Francisco a few days ago,
Her left arm aud shoulder were 80 badly
injured as TO render both useless.
The Comstock stocks were let down an
other notch yesterday. Dealers are pre-
pairing to say good-by to their securities.
They look as il they had crossed the last
river.
1t is reported that there will be another
trial Of the case of the Presbyterian Church
Trustees vs.. Mrs. Straus, and then, il the
plaintiff is not successful, the church prop
erty will be sold.
Although Eureka Con. passed its divi-
dend again this month, it is almost certain
that "Old Reliable" will make the stock
holders glad in April. The company's
finances warrant it.
Several parties who have been talking Of
emigrating to Wood River this Spring have
changed their minds, and think that Eu-
reka's present outlook will do to tie to for
another season at least. e
The Belcher delinquent list foots up
"a, 1913 shares, or nearly one-third the num-
Der in the mine. The stock is selling for
five cents more than the so cent assessment.
which is not very consoling to Eureka
holders.
We understand that the great number Of
Studebaker wagons, wheelbarrows and
scrapers, brought here for the use Of the
+. q C. Il. r.. r., will be sent to Salt Lake
City and used ON that end OF the COM
pany's line.
A gentleman who arrived here on Sun
day from Elko reports the recent loss of
cattle in that county as very great. He
saws that in their weak condition they
could not withstand the severity OF the
late storms.
Mr.. G. W. Maynard, mining Super
~intendent, guest Of Max Mnller, arrived
Sunday morning from New York, and left
this morning for San Francisco. He will
return here shortly and go hence into the
mining districts out
II was not so torrid on Sunday evening.
The polar wave crammed the mercury
down.to two degrees above zero by mid
night, and later on il must have gone very
near to the lowest figures reached during
the Winter. Last night it was warmer.
The snow plows succeeded yesterday in
opening the Ruby Hill Railroad. and regu-
lar trips were again commenced last even
ing. Some OF the furnaces would have
been compelled TO shut down for want of
ore in a day or two If the blockade had not
been raised.
There are Sc, 625 shares, out OF $40 900,
OF Coh. Virginia advertised as delinquent
on the recent assessment. California has
very near -four times that number Of shares
delinquent-too many to count. A good
deal Of the latter stock is held in Eureka,
but holders will generally refuse to pay
the assessment.
A culud gemman," who has been do
ing chores about the house Of a gentleman
high in the legal fraternity Of Eureka, was
committed to the care Of guardian Kyle
until he produce certain missing articles
OF a portable nature. "Doan you put my
name in de pspah," said he. "'eause I
don't know who's 'sponsible."