Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-02-15
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There are 10 faro games in Tucson, Ari-
iona.
Nothing affects the Skating Rink, not
even Lent.
The Albion Company miners will be
paid to-day.
The trains of the G. P. were on time at
Palisade yesterday.
Eureka Lodge No. "a, 1. o. O. F.. meets
at 1880 this evening.
The old Arizona mine at Unionville has
been sold to Eastern capitalists.
During the remainder Of the session the
Legislature will meet in the evenings.
Tho payday of the Bayard Taylor, G.. B..
| Mayor in charge, will be the 10th of each
month.
Miss W. says she has soured on lemon
pie since she found an extra label in the
pastry.
1t is reported that favorable ore indica-
lions have been discovered in the Rich
mond.
The Alice Mining Company, Butte, M.
t., shipped up to Feb. II from Jan. /
S126, 309.
The snowstorm of yesterday afternoon
did away with the necessity of a fire patrol
last night.
The County Commissioners have decided
not to hold q meeting until the first Mon
day in March.
The valentine business was not very
lively yesterday, but gave rise to many
jokes, as usual.
The Grand Jury will probably make
their report Monday, Judge Rives reopen
ing court on that day.
Coal oil is very scarce in town. P. N.
Hansen had several orders from the coun-
try yesterday, which he could not fill.
A prospect developed into a mine may
bring a fortune; left idle it can be of no
benefit, either to its owner or the camp.
William Scheer says he is glad that his
recently acquired wife has left his bed and
board. 1t did not take him long to get
tired.
The people Of Ohio and Kentucky should
remove to Nevada, where there is not the
least danger Of losing their lives and prop
erty by high water.
The Phoebe Record says that John Deck
and Michael Joint have struck it rich in
Comet District. They have brought in
ore samples that go 81, 700.
Elsewhere will be found an advertise
ment calling for a meeting of citizens to
discuss the course of our State Senators in
regard to railroad legislation.
Judging from the quantity OF machinery
that has passed thr6lgh Reno from Vir-
ginia, says the Gazette, there can't be
much more left on the Comstock.
The SENTINEL was in error in stating
yesterday that a contract had been let to
run 100 feet in the Prospect Mountain
Tunnel. 1t should have been Ruby Hill
Tunnel.
The Senate bill giving the Lieutenant
Governor a salary of So, 900 per annum has
passed the Assembly and lacks 10Y only
the approval Of the Governor to become a
law.
The brakeman seems to have been re-
sponsible for the terrible Tehachapi disas-
ter. This is the judgment of the Court,
and the evidence, elsewhere given, seems
to warrant it.
We are reliably informed that good ore
has been developed in the Whalen copper
mine; as good as that which was shipped
to Boston and paid handsomely, going 80
per cent in copper.
Lansing & Mitchell have been employed
for the defendants in the mining cases of
Lawler vs. MCLEAN and Stockle and Bird
and McDermot vs.. the same parties. The
suits involve the title to mines in Ruby
District, east Of Steptoe Valley.
After the high winds subsidized yesterday
afternoon the fire laddies removed their
machines from Main street to their respec-
tive houses. They are entitled to much
credit for the interest they evinced in pro-
tecting the property of the town.
The Tuscarora Mining News says: Some
of our contemporaries are inclined to
doubt that Tuscarora is to be the ~liveliest
camp in the State the coming season.
Come, give the opinion Of the Mining
News, backed as it is by known merit in
the minea, a chance.
Rev. George W. James believes that he
can determine the mental and moral char
aoteristics of persons by inspection Of
their handwriting. He has ventlred to
draw pen pictures, In accordance with this
idea, Of number OF our State officers and
legislators, which appear at length in the
Teno Gazette. There may be something
OF science in this. but mr.. lames ia CON-
siderably in some OF his sketches.