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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-07
FLUE DUST.
Scraps fr0En the. Notebook of the
Sentinel's Reporter.

Scraps from the Notebook of the
Sentinel's Reporter.
The Rono Plaindealer has ceased publ
cation.
J. L. Wines, Esq, returned last night
from Elko.
A large number Of Eurekans will spend
the holidays in California.
Norman Wines of Ruby Valley, Elko
County, was in town yesterday.
The Ruby-Dunderberg Company will
pay all their bills on the 10th instant.
DR.. H. A. Martin was exceedingly happy
yesterday, owing to the birth of a girl
baby.
Some 8, ZOO shares of Albion sold in the
Board yesterday at an average Of 50 so per
share.
Eureka Lodge No. %, I. o. o. F., meets
at Odd Fellows hall this evening at 1880
o'clock.
They are having a regular "~whoop-up"
at Austin. About half the youngsters in
the town have the whooping cough.
M. H. Joseph will put a force of men to
work on the Red Bird mine to-day for
the Red Bird Con. Mining Company.
George Thatcher of San Francisco ar
rived here Tuesday night from Cherry
Creek, and left for home this morning.
Leavitt's Speciality Company will be the
next theatrical attraction at the Opera
House. 1t has dates for Dec. IS, 10 and 20.
Wells, Fargo & Co. have discontinued
their express Office at Typo, Nevada, owing
to the general falling off of business at
that place.
B. Alexander is in receipt of some fine
German cake, known as "lebkuchen" and
maccaroni snaps, very toothsome articles
for ladies and children.
Rev. Father Maloney, at present at
Cherry Creek, is authorized by Bishop
Manogue of Virginia City to visit along
the railroad before Christmas.
The press all over the coast speaks in
the highest terms of praise of our late
Deputy United States Revenue Collector,
A. E. Shannon, for his many genial and
manly qualities.
Regular shipments of ore are being made
from the Herculean mine, on Adams Hill,
to the Albion furnaces. Ore, running 46
per cent in lead, has just been discovered
in the Herculean mine.
As we received no Western dispatches
last night, we infer that the lines were
down between here and Virginia City, or
else, that the operator at the above men
toned place did not attend to his duty.
The telephone between the Eureka Tun-
mel and the Office at the White Pine Bank
was in talking order yesterday, and greet
ings were exchanged. All the subscribers
will be placed in communication with each
other by tomorrow.
Arrangements are under way for a mas
querade ball to be given by the proprie-
tors OF the Eureka Opera House on Christ
mas night, Monday evening, Dec. 25. The
plan of the ball is under consideration,
and will probably be finally determined
upon to-day.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-07
PUGILISTIC.
A HarH-GlOye Contest Between
Waite and White.
Butte Daily Miner, Dec. A

Butte Daily Miner, Dec. 4.
An audience of about 3O5 assembled at
Caplice Hall last night to witness the hard
glove ontest between Waite and White.
At S:45 it WAS announced that Waite was
nearly ready to enter the ring. Soon
afterward White made his appearance. N.
B. Ringeling was selected as referee, and
the men entered the ring. The appearance
of the men led spectators to select White
az the ~fayorite at once, as his broad shout
ders and brawny arms made him appear
much the superior in physical strength
and powers OF endurance to hia slender,
though oompactly built, adversary, but
after a few rounds had been fought it be-
came evident that what Waite lacked in
weight and size he made up in science,
and the agility displayed by him in getting
in g paster and dropping so suddenly that
the return blow from White struck only
air, frequently elected applause from the
excited audience. 1t was evident from the
first that the affair was to be no hippo
drome, and that there was to be no child's
play. White got the first blood IN the
third round, and Waite the first knock
down on the fifth round. At the time OF
going to press the men had been fighting
three hours and ten minutes SO rounds had
been fought, and it was hard to tell which
had the, best Of the fight. Neither was
severely punished, but White had some
troublesome Commissions on the ear and be-
meath the eyes. Waite showed less pun
ishment, but his pale face and haggard
look indicated that the long contest was
telling upon him. Bets were offered on
either party without odds.
1885 A.. M.-At the call Of time on the
forty-fourth round, Waite came to scratch
smiling, but met no foe. He Immediately
advanced to his opponent and pleasantly
shook hands with him, and the fight was
over.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-07

Daily Exchange: Everything heard
from the front of late shows that things
are mighty dull on the Comstock. The
Virginia Chronicle says that the faro
games have dwindled from dozens to two
or three, and the outcasts who pick up a
living from "~sleepers" and by striking
drunken winners for a ''piece" have had
to emigrate to Eureka, Candelaria, Bodie
and Tombstone. Once one could not walk
a block in the evening without being
tackled by some stout %ruffian, who darted
out Of some dark doorway, with d request
for ''four-bits to assist me to a neal" Now
beggars are very scarce. TIL fame of the
Comstock as a 'rocky layout has gone
abroad among the tramps of the land, and
they steer wide of it.. A strike in the
mines would bring a surging torrent of
hard-ups, as we'll as a multitude of better
men. A bonanza, indeed, would be to the
town what the TRANSMISSION of a gallon of
new blood would be to a man pegging out
because of general debility.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-07
Practical knowledge.

Many of the boys attending our public
schools should be taught or impressed
with the idea OF the advantages of a prac-
teal knowledge. Parents generally do
not fully appreciate the necessity of sug-
costing a means of livelihood for their
boys when they grow up. Nevada offers
few advantages to boys and young men for
the skilled industries, and the few that
there are should be accepted as a boon.
From the East there is a cry that the
cities are crowded with young lawyers who
have no cases and young physicians who
have no patients, while the other learned
professions are equally overcrowded. But
for the skilled artisan in every department
of mechanical labor there is room. In a
country 30 active as this there is bound to
be a steady and increasing demand for
talented labor, and this should be i'm
pressed on the minds Of the youth Of
Epratc
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-07

About eight tons of piping for the iue
dust tunnels at the Albion have arrived,
and will be transferred to the mine and
put in place as speedily as possible. Every
thing is in order to receive the piping, and
nothing will then prevent the W furnaces
from being worked up to their full capacity,
IT is expected by the superintendent that
in about ten days all the Improvements
will be completed and the mine put fully
upon its merits. Whatever kind Of stories
the bears in San Francisco may invent to
depress the stock, in order to brighten
timid holders, the mine cannot be removed
or the ore absorbed. When the furnaces
get fairly to work the stockholders will
have an opportunity to sit down on the
bearish croakers or "bull' them out of
sipht,
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-07
WHITE PINE ITEMS.

~N''o ~ 1900 y
Mr.. Stinson of this place, we learn, is
soon to take charge of the Round Springs
station, on the Hamilton road.
Reflex: The machinery and material
necessary for repairing the Martin White
Mill arrived Saturday.
Ole Hansen has purchased Cheyenne"
from Mike Walsh. The consideration was
23 head of beef cattle, or somewhat over
S900-a pretty good figure.
James Weaver of Deep Creek was in
town this week with a load of turkeys and
chickens. Mr.. Weaver informs us that all
his Mormon neighbors have pulled up
stakes and departed for other pastures.
No regrets.
The Second Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral has issued an order, to take effect on
the 10th instant, which makes Cherry Creek
the terminal point for the Hamilton route,
and not Schellburn as formerly. Schell-
burn is now on the Aurum route, and its
terminal point is Cherry Greek also.
E. N. Robinson is rapidly pushing his
water ditch to completion. 1t taps the old
ditch out by the furnace, and goes right
down the canyon by the brewery. He is
also getting a large pile Of wood at the
mill, and if the fine weather continues a
week or so he will lave everything ready
to keep the mill running on full time.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-07
THE TRANSIT.


kh
Yesterday dawned clear, but later in the
morning some thin, leecy clouds swept
along the heavens like the buoyant sway
of a lot of bridal wells sent along by the
elements to hide the movements of Venus.
They could, however, be easily penetrated
by those who desired to see the transit,
and from the first sight of the sun until
about IL o'clock, noon, when the phenom-
enon was over, there was almost a general
observation by our people through smoked
glass. The exact time when the contact
commenced here could not be learned, but
it must have taken place about 7 O'Clock,
giving the planet some five hours to travel
across the face of the great luminary. To
our observers it was, no doubt, only a
commonplace occurrence, a small black
bail moving directly across the sun.
Tn scientific world, however, had at
tached great importance to it, and we re-
greet that our Geographic column remains
silent on the subject. In England the
weather was unfavorable at the great
Greenwich Observatory, hence observations
there were impossible. But in time we
will get the results from other points, and
perhaps when the observations are care
fully compared the world may learn the
approximate distance between the earth
and the sun. This has been variously es-
timated by former observations at from
1886, 900 to SO, 1913, 600 miles. The OBJ
%servation of the transit before the one had
yesterday, that of 1874, fixed the distance
at about 80, 000, 900 miles. Venus dis
lance from the sun is rated at Is, 900, 900
miles as against 80, ZOO, 900 for the
earth. When, therefore, she passes be-
tween the earth and the sun,
she is less than one-third as far from the
earth as the sun is, and consequently her
parallactic displacement as she passes
across the sun is considerable enough for
tolerably accurate measurement by mod
ern appliances. The observations made
yesterday will be awaited with special in
terest, because, if in full agreement with
those taken in 1874, they will determine
the suns distance from the earth.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-07

PIICHE PlCk1NGS.
record Of Dec. Q

The water in the Colorado is lower at
present than it has been for a long period.
The Office Of Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Ex-
press Company out at Bristol has been
closed.
1t is rather quiet in Lincoln County at
present, but next Summer, when the
~grasshoppers hatch out, we will have some
thing jumping.
The residents of Eldorado Canyon are
complaining about the delays occasioned
in getting their mails and are getting up a
petition for the purpose of having some
change made in their schedule time.
Bullionville is going to the bad very
rapidly, if we are to believe the many
s%candalous reports that are borne to us
from across the slough, as there is scarcely
a night but what q fracas of some kind
takes place there.
The Bristol S. M. Company has dis
charged the few men who have been work
ing in the Maytlower mine lately. The
company will not resume work until the
whole of their affairs are Strengthened out,
which will be about the first of January.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-07
A Miners Wonderful Nerve.

The Tombstone Epitaph says that Julius
Rigo, the miner SO severely injured by a
blast in the Toughnut min last Tuesday,
is a man possessed of extraordinary nerve.
When the discharge took place, he was
thrown over thirty feet, and notwithstand-
ing the fearful torture he was undergoing,
he retained his senses and determined to
escape from the winze, o knowing but
what another death-dealing blast would
quickly follow. Although his left arm was
broken and hung limp and motionless by
his side, his body covered with bruises and
bleeding from different wounds, Rigo
succeeded in reaching his fellow-workmen,
after travelling a distance of 1913 feet. His
nerve did not forsake him even at that mo-
ment, and after his friends had conveyed
him home and summoned a physician. In
order to save his life amputation of the in
jured arm was considered necessary, the
operation being borne with heroic firm
ness.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-07
Pit An End To It.

One of the Jail birds commenced a Yell
ing racket at about midnight and kept it
up for an hour or more, disturbing the
peaceable residents OF the neighborhood,
and frightening the women and children
into the belief that a murder was being
perpetrated. Jailer Simpson was no doubt
equally disturbed in HIS slumber, and no
one would have blamed him If he had
rammed or jammed al old boot leg or
dirty sock down the throat Of his noisy
guest. / method Of bucking and gagging
for such demonstrativo and eleepleas indi-
viduals would prove a wholesome n
effective punishment, of which every fair
minded citizen will approve.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-07
Funeral of Mrs. Fitzgerald.

The funeral of Mrs. A. L. Fitzgerald
took place yesterday afternoon from the
family residence on South Main street.
Long before the hour fixed for the sad
rites a large concourse Of friends had ar
rived, mostly ladies, to pay their last re-
spects to the dead. An impressive oero-
mony was conducted by Rev. George W.
James, assisted by the NJ +. Church choir.
At 3 o'clock the procession formed to take
the remains to the depot, headed by tha
firemen, Masons and citizens on foot, and
followed by a long line of carriages. Ad-
ditional services were held at the depot by
by Rev. Mr.. James. The pall-bearers
were, Hon. George W. Baker, Hon. d.. Z.
Baily, Hon. W. H. Davenport, Hon. Q.
j. Lansing, Hon. NJ. d. Foley, George I.
st. Bryan, B. j. Turner and A. Skillman.
Mr.. Fitzgerald and John s. Capron left
on this mornings train for San Jose'
California, in charge Of the body, where il
will be buried in the family plot alongside
OF her father, Major W. W. Mccoy.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-07
BRISTOL ITEMS.


FUMES, zee. q
Bristol is as lively as a Quaker prayer
meeting.
No snow to speak of has fallen in Bristol
thus far.
Lincoln County is wearing a very glum
appearance.
There will be little done here till the
coming of Spring.
There are probably not two men work
ing in the mines Of this district.
1t will not be long before many of our
business houses will close for the Winter.
A. J. Blair speaks very encourasingly of
the mining outlook in Northwestern Ari-
IONA.
Lincoln County will send two sparring
Assemblymen to the Legislature. Let
their associates beware.
Our collector of Phoebe news has evil
IDENTIFY gone on another spree. How many
times must we warn him against the perni-
cious habit of getting drunk? He will be-
come an editor or a preacher unless he
mends his ways.
l.. s. Scott has returned from a trip to
Ward and vicinity. He gives a very
glowing account of Ward, Taylor and Os-
ceola. He says that the Monitor mine in
Taylor is the best ''poor mans mine" that
he has ever seen.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-07

Unlike old %played-out mines in other
s~ections Of this State. says tho Austin
Reyeills, there is plenty Of good ore to be
seen in the mines of Austin, even at the
lowest levels. The Lander shaft is show
ing a fine, rich ore body on the 600 level.
or at its present 5000 levels. At various
other points and sections CT the Manhat-
tan minea very rich ore is being found
and extracted, and the milling returns, as
regularly reported in the Reveille, and
| shipped to San Fr~ancisco-ten bars at a
time, worth ST, 900 eaoh-is thu best testi-
mony as to actual reeulta.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-07
Publication Ceased

Our sprightly little contemporary, the
Carson Bee, has ceased to hum and gather
honeyed news for the Democratic hive. 1t
issued tho last number Dec. 4. During
its existence it performed good service to
its party aud the public in the Republican
stronghold of Ormsby. Its enemies car
ried the day. and there was nothing left
for 1t to do but yield gracefully to the in
eyitabls. Biessrs. Mills Il Jones have our
good wishes for a more successful venture
in the future, when the tidal wave will
even sweep over Carson, and create a new
order of things among the Anticipated land
marks that appear rooted there.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-07
.sNIurIer VIII sbGi.s,

The Carson Appeal contains the follow
ing: "The Reno people paid Prof. Marsh
81, 900 to make a report on our prison
tracks, and designate them as being the
work of a sloth. This is the first step to-
ward removing the prison to Reno" In
reply to the foregoing the Reno Gazette
says, "We have the soil to make just as
good tracks as those at Carson, and if our
people can induce Deacon Parkinson Of
the Tribune and g. N. Harris of the Index
to come down end leave the imprint it
will give Reno as prominent q position in
the scientific world as ever Carson occu-
pied. But don't let Sam Davis give the
project away
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-07
StinsOn VS.. Sweeney.

The case of Stinson VS.. Sweeney contin.
tinued to occupy the attention OF the Dis
srict Court yesterday. The morning hour
was partially occupied by witnesses for
defendant, when argument commenced,
pending which the Court took q recess IN
I'LL 1880 o'clock in the evening to give the
members of the bar an opportunity to at
tend the funeral OF Mrs. A. L. Fitzgerald.
The evening hour was consumed In ar
gument. Both parties have reserved the
right TO introduce further testimony, and
the case may not be terminated to-day.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-07

The Silver State of the eth says; At
to-day Nine. Nilsson and her con-
cert company left Chicago for San Fran
cisco and will go through without stop
ping. The Swedish residents of San
Francisco have arranged to give hor a
grand reception on her arrival there.
In the latter part Of the present month
she will start from San Francisco on her
return trip, stopping on the way at Salt
Lake, Denver, Omaha and other Western
cities, and will thon go South.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-07

Itmay be gratifying to the citizens to
learn that the County Jail has undergone
some repairs. and thai henceforth prison
ers confined there will not find ii so easy
TO gaia their freedom without the aid Of
the blind goddess. Tho south wall.
through which all the escapes have been
made, has been so thickly bolted with iron
rods that it will take the most expert thief,
according to Jailer Simpsons estimate, at
least fifteen minutes to work through.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-07
Es0nNeI.

Chase. tho boy burglar. has apparently
got away. Jailer Simpson returned last
night form his search without the pris-
oner. He was tracked to Diamond VAL
lev, where all traces of the fugitive were
lost. There is q chance that he may fall
into the hands OF some one along the line
of tho railroad, or that he may be picked
IN at some of the ranches between here
and ralisade where he may have to resort
for food. but not much hope is based on
hia %recapture.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-07
New.

Messrs. Singleton & McNicol are just in
receipt of some choice Winter drinks
which have never before been introduced
in this market. Following are some of the
brands: Peach and Honey Rock Candy
and Rye, Rock Candy and Kuemmel, Rhu-
barb Rock and Rye, Royal Pan and Geneva
Gins. Also, a very superior article Of
Irish Whisky. These liquors cannot be
surpassed anywhere. Drop in and ask
Don" to show you samples.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-07

n. B. Mitchell, Grand Chancellor OF the
Knights of pythias Of Nevada, in a cirou-
lar to the Order, pays a deserved tribute
to A. E. shannon, Grand Vice Chancellor,
recently deceased. Mercer Otey, of Har-
mony Lodge No. IS, Grand Inner Guard,
has been appointed to I'll the vacant chair
N Grand Vice Chancellor I'D interim. and
James Murray, Of Toiyabe Lodge No. D,
hiss been appointed to hil tho ohioe OF
Grand inner Guard sd Interim.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-07
About YOur wife.

See to it that your wife has every con-
venience. Make her life worth living.
Never allow her to become e servant,
Wives, weary and worn, mothers, wrinkied
and bent over before their time, fill homes
with grief and shame. If you are not
able to hire help for your wives, help
them yourselves. See that they have the
hest utensils to work with. Women can
not create things by magic. Have plenty
of wood and ooai-sood cellars and plenty
in them.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-07
Sierra Valley.

RENO Gazette: The altitude OF the val.
ley is about 5000 feet, a little higher than
Reno. and ii contains some Al, 900 acres Of
farming land. The valley Ia watersd by a
number Of small streams. Stock raising
is one OF tho chief industries OF the valley.
The production of butter for the last year
amounted to 81, $50 pounds. There are in
the county l.242 head Of horses and mules,
$50 sheep and 4i0 Angora goats.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-07
rr.e Vacant GoiIeetorship.

+. q. Lord, Internal Revenue Collector
sor Nevada, who is at present in Eu.
reka, is besieged by applicants for the
vacancy created by the death Of A. r.,
Shannon, each fortified with petitions
containing the names Of reputable citl-
gems. Mr.. Lord will probably make the
appointment to-day, as he returns to the
Comstock tomorrow. Whoever II may be,
his lease of office will be short, as the
present Congress will very likely do some
thing towards a%bolishing the revenue
systen,
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-07
e. x p. PASsENGER TRAVEL,
Hotel Arrivals.

Parker House-George Thacher, J. A.
Bristol, San Francisco; J.. M. Darling,
Chicago. f. G. Lord, Virginia City; Mar
tin Phantom, Prospect Mountain; J. q.
Jones, Ruby Hill; W. F. Mendes, Duck
water; Jake Harris, city.
Jackson House-N. Wines, Ruby Val
ley; H. Carpenter, Geddes; J. Q. Culver,
A. Lang, San Francisco; DR.. C%haigneau,
wife and daughter, Phoebe.
Turner House-Charles Jones, Ruby
Hill; Frank Culvert, Eureka Tunnel; G.
W. johnson, Pinto.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-07
ELasnOns' Hogs.

H. G. Emmons has made the Big
Meadows famous as a hog-raising locality.
The Silver State says Mr.. Emmons is now
~disposing OF more of his hogs. to make
room for the increase. He sold 1900 head
to Joseph Marzen a few days ago at $40
per head. Besides this hog business,
which is immense, Mr.. Emmons will ship
100 tons OF wheat to Port Costa this week.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-07

Lieutenant Griffith of the Second eav-
alry, while out on "a telegraph repairing
trip, recently met with a horrible death.
The party were on Indian Greek in Mon
lama, at a point about 80 miles from
Custer. Lieutenant Griffith was last seen
mounted and passing over the summit of
a hill. A few minutes later the horse came
back on a run, dragging the Lieutenant,
whose foot had caught in the stirrup. He
was dragged three-quarters of a mile.
Lieutenant Griffith was q native Of Cali
fornis, and . West Point graduate Of 1881.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-07

BATTLE MOUNTAIN. Dec. ga most
cowardly assault was made this evening
upon William Morgan at Beowawe by "
strangers. The Sheriff here has been no.
tilted, and is on the lookout for the men
They beat Morgan shamefully over the
head with their revolvers, and then left on
foot.