Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-02-16

Dull Timcs-Judge Hil1yer's Con-
dition Assessments-An Expen-
i've Luxury-Dying-Going Home.

siye Luxury-Dying-GOing Home.
CARSON, Feb. Is, 1882.
To say that the State Capital is dull,
from a business standpoint, is putting it
in the mildest possible form. Yet, our
merchants do not complain Of the dull
times, but on the contrary say that busi-
ness is as good as during former years at
this season. But the hotels are running
light, the ginneries wear a dull look, and
disguise it as we might wish to, Carson is
dull.
Judge Hillyer, as / learn from one Of
his intimate friends who sees him fire.
quently, is improving, and his more
~sanguine friends look for his complete
recovery. Certainly, his symptoms show
a marked improvement in his mental con-
dition. He converses freely and nationally
with those who call ON him, and he seems
to thoroughly realize his condition. But
important eventssof comparatively recent
date, such as his short visit to San Fran
cisco, he has no recollection of. Judge
Hillyer's recovery would be almost a mira
Gle, and the question is, has not the day
Of miracles gone by for all time? OF
course, all hope for the best, and no one,
lot us hope, is selfish enough to not wish
for Judge Hillyer's early and complete
restoration Of mental vigor.
Carson Is never dull in the way Of
amusement. With dancing parties, local
entertainments, etc., we are more than or
d~inarily lively this Winter. The Circulst-
ing Library ladies have given three enter
| tainments at the Opera House this Winter,
and will give a fourth next month. These
affairs are gotten up on the cheap admis-
sion plan, rs cents a ticket, and are always
literally ~patronized. On Friday evening
of this week Miss Nellie Parkinson, one Of
our local singers, will have a testimonial
benefit, at which much Of our home vocal
lists and some Of the vocal celebrities Of
Reno and Virginia City to assist will ap-
pear. In addition to the usual musical
first part will be given a musical sketch,
written by James G. Chesley, in which Sc
l~ections from g Billie Taylor, -" Olivette,"
"Pinafore" and "Boccacio" will be pre-
sented. The young lady will undoubtedly
receive a substantial benefit, and those
who attend the performance will have a
rich musical treat. Some time next March
a performance will be given at the Opera
House for the benefit of the contemplated
Veterans Home in California, the affair to
be worked up by the Grand Army people
of Carson. There will be a vocal and an
instrumental first part, and for the second
part the two-act comedy of thine Tries
ALL"
Emerson's Ministries played here last
Tuesday night to a $455 house. The
orchestra was first class, the singing fair,
the negro acts, generally a bore to intelli-
gent people, were worse than usual, n
the Jokes Of the end men had q decidedly
decayed odor about them.
As an item of fashionable intelligence
let me mention the temperance in our
streets OF that sable celebrity Glenn Berry.
Mr.. Berry, so well known to all who have
visited or lived at the State Capital, has
recently, after the manner of Harry Cour-
tame, concluded a lengthy engagement in
the interior lof the county jail). Mr.. B.
occasionally seeks consolation in the flow
in bowl, and at such times behaves in a
manner not at all satisfactory to our local
police authorities, who regard the erratic
Glenn as q nuisance Of the worst kind. 1t
is estimated that he has cost Ormsby
County upwards OF $1,000. Does Eureka
want him as an addition and ornament to
it's "cooler 2" Say but the word, my
children"
John T. Farmland ("Pant"). at one time
landlord OF the ormsby House, is dying Of
QUICK CUDhuulpilOu ht Tile neTiudu f1Oh-
pital in San Francisco. The writer re-
Gently saw a characteristic letter from
Pant to a friend in Carson. He wrote
as cheerfully as one could be expected to-
write with the Angel OF Death reaching
out for him, and yet there was q tinge of
sadness in almost every sentence. Pant
was q queer fellow, a man Of contradic-
tions. He was apparently fond of display,
got himself up in cloud" styles Of dress,
and yet he was modest. When he spoke
OF his adventures in the late war, and his
rough experiences as a frontiersman, and
he had more than most men Of his age. he
did 1t in such a way as to convince the
listener that pant" did not consider him.
self a hero. He valued money only for
the pleasure II brought him. and that he
might assist his friends with It. He had
a good heart. and that in these sordid
times means much.
Mr.. and Mrs. Durkee, who have spent
the Winter with Judge Leonard and wife,
leave for California next Thursday even
ing. They will visit friends in Marysville
and San Francisco. and then start for their
Eastern home, in Vermont. via the South
ern Pacific Railroad. They are pleasant
people, and have made many warm friends
during their Carson visit. Mr.. Durkee is
a sister OF Judge Leonard. X. I. O.