Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-05-12

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Gambling lIOuse Robbt


A Gambling House Robbed.
TUCSON, May 1.-THE Fashion gam
bling house in this city was robbed last
night Of over 50, 100 by sneak thieves. 1t
is the custom Of the gamblers to deposit
their MONEY in the safe after the game is
finished, and last night did 30 as usual.
The robbery was not discovered until 8
o'clock this forenoon. The theft il sup
posed to have been committed while the
bartender was at lunch. The thieves
passed by 5000 in gold on the bar shelf
and took three sacks from the safe.
In a gambling row in Chinatown this
afternoon q Chinaman who lost some
money grabbed it and ran, when the win
ner followed and shot him three times in
the leg, inflicting serious wounds. Thu
shootist is in Jail.
Railroad Matters.
PORTLAND, May 11.-A dispatch says the
track of the Missoula Division Of the
Northern Pacific reached 376 miles yester-
day, which is 500 miles east Of Portland.
1t 10 expected the Western Division will
reach Missoula, and the eastern end will
reach Helena by June 10. The company
will then issue through tickets from Port
land to st. Paul. The fare will be $3.50,
including 1875 miles Of staging.
The Oregon & California Railroad an
nounce that the California extension will
be opened to-day to Glendale, 65 miles
south Of Roseburg.
The Portland Oregonian says this morn
ing that the fruit crop is q failure gener-
ally throughout Oregon and Washington
Territory. In the immediate %neighbor-
hOnd nj pDrk1ond oil tho paora DIumo and
prunes are killed; cherries, half crop; APP
Piles, half to two-thirds. The failure Is
caused by the very warm weather in Feb
ruary and March.
The Dynamite Invention.
SAN Francisco. May 11.-Henry Col
brough. President Of the Genesee FIGURING
Mills Of this city, has just learned that the
investment now figuring so c~onspicuously
in the dynamite plots is the same as the
one offered to him several years ago by .
~Scotchman, urging him to aid in patent
ing it. The apparatus consisted of clock
work, inclosed in . tin box, and . cap con-
tanning Illuminating mercury, to be used
for exploding dynamite or giant powder.
The patent was secured, but owing TO
some difficulties was never utilized. Ac.
cording to the description in the Edin-
burg newspaper, the Irish machine is iden-
tical with the one patented here.
Sam Francisco Intelligence.
SAN Francisco, May 11.-Hon. J. B.
Crockett, ex-Justice of the Supreme Court
Of California, is reported in . dying con-
dition.
The Fall meeting of the Blood Horse
Association is fixed for Aug. IL. 10, 16 and
IS. Messrs. F~innegan, Schwartz and
Simpson were appointed q committee to
make arrangements.
Senator Edmunds was serenaded last
night at the Palace Hotel by the First
Artillery Band Of the Preside. Mr.. Ed
munds has been visiting ex- Senator Sharon
at Belmont.
A fast st. Louis tobacco train, compris-
ing II cars. carrying the first load Of
tobacco for this city under the new stamp
law arrived last night, making the run Of
533 miles in 81 hours and 8 minutes.
Fred. T. Wright. postal clerk on the 8.
p. R. R., was arrested last evening on .
charge OF taking a IS ~greenback from a
letter. 1t is stated that the letter was put
in as a decoy, irregularities being suspect
ed. In the United States District Court
this morning Wright pleaded guilty, and
WAiNluB tlIuo Wh8 bcutencou 10 Ouo year D
imprisonment in San Quentin, being the
minimum sentence imposed by law.
In the appeal case Of FinnegAn W. the
Hibernian Bank, appellant claimed that
the earnings OF . wife may be taken for
the husbands debts, the Supreme Court
decided otherwise, saying that section 1893
Of the Civil Code reads: "Ths earnings
Of the wife are not liable for the debts Of
the husband"
Plans Accepted.
STocxroS. May 1.-THE Beard Of Di.
reotors OF the State Insane Asylum met In
regular session to-day and accepted the
plans OF Percy 4 Hamilton. San Francisco
architects. for the construction OF : new
asylum, costing $40. 900. and Accommo-
dating 800 patients. Daring the month Of
April 9 died and IS we're discharged.
Anniversary.
HAxyoan. CAL. May Ito morrow d
the third anniversary Of the Musssl
Slough tragedy. The citizens are making
extensive preparation TO decorate the
graves Of the men who fell on that memoir.