Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-09-20

Scraps from the Notebook Of ths
ScntineI'~ Reporter.

Scraps from u NOte"DOOk Of tht
~cntinei'~ Reporter.
A scarcity of mutton is complained o.
in Western Nevada.
Mountain Lodge No. 81, 1. o. o. F..
meets this evening at 1880 O'Clock.
A little boy being asked if he had a good
mule replied: Zone end of him is good
Tomorrow the house and lot adjoining
the White House Clothing Store on the
south will be sold at auction by DR.. Keen
Rabbits are numerous on the Diamond
Range. A party of three Nimrods bagged
eleven on Sunday near Cottonwood Park.
Last Saturday was the anniversary OF
Mexico's Independence. The day was OBJ
served by the Mexicans on the Comstock.
By reference to advertisement it will be
seen that two mules are lost, for the re-
covery of which a liberal reward will be
paid.
The Star Brewery, with its many lights
and its crowd of pleasure-seekers, is one
Of the l~iveliest looking places on Main
street.
Pete Hansen has all sorts of cheeses
and many other sorts of all sorts Of things
| relishable.
How suddenly a man loses his mind
when confronting a public assemblage
who a minute before could talk the men to
death round a corner.
At present the fruit in the Eureka
market is remarkably good. A gentleman
recently from San Francisco says he saw
no better in the market there.
Wood is cheaper this Fall than for a
long time before. Prudent heads Of fami-
1iau ora Ior;no -, %hn;r W;nfnr5, above of
fuel now while it is easily had and cheap.
An Associated Press dispatch from the
Comstock says: A the ore that will pay
has been extracted from the Slopes of the
Union. The amount last week was but
forty-four TONS"
The Geddes & Bertrand mine has been
looking remarkably well during the last
week. 1t was rumored in town last night
that an important strike had been made
on the main level; that a four-foot body of
ore had been encountered, from which
samples were taken that ran up as high as
$500 and $500 per ton.
The Albion mine is looking better and
better. Within the last thirty days three
important strikes have been made. When
Joe Potts was about to die he said he
wanted to live long enough to see the
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Richmond ore bodies extended into it, and
that it would prove to be an immensely
valuable mine.
One of the hardest things in the world
is for a man not used to it to face a sea of
eyes and make a speech, especially when
he appears before a convention as a candi-
date with nothing to say except what
everybody else says. However, we antici-
pate something original when the clans of
''the great party" assemble.
Our Republican friends who were so
Justify predicting a split in the Democratic
Convention. and were disappointed, are
not themselves dwelling altogether in
unity. There is a little fun just com-
mencing. By the way in which they were
flying around yesterday, we should Judge
that a reconciler among them would COM
mand q big premium.
The news from all the mines of note in
Eureka District is encouraging. The
Richmond has ore enough to preclude the
idea of closing down for the present. The
prospect in Albion is immense. Well
authenticated reports from the Geddes &
Bertrand say they have struck it rich
there, while the less noted mines are pay
ing we'll. 1t looks as though there will be
a boom here before snow flies.