Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-03-07
THE BOARD.
What the County Fathers Were II
to Yesterday.

4
to Yesterday.
Pursuant to adjournment the day be
fore, the Board of County Commissioner
met yesterday morning at II o'clock il
the Clerks Office.
ALI the members and the District Attor
ney we're present.
The first matter of serious interest tina
came up was the consideration of a bill
from Ed. Leventhal to take care Of the in
digent sick at the County Hospital for 81
cents a head.
Mr.. Smith moved that his bid be &C
cepted and Mr.. Trofatter seconded thu
motion.
Mr.. Smith spoke to the motion, saying
that the harp is o on economy. and tina
was what he was on, too. 1t was q saving
OF 10 cents a day per head On the hospital
patients and he would vote for Leventhal
Mr.. Arlington said he thought it was an
injustice to Col. Monroe and his wife tc
Dust them before they had got we'll settled
in their new quarters. He said that he
was in for economy, too, but that he did
not think the INDECENT sick should be
farmed out as so many hogs or dogs
Their comfort should have some weight in
the consideration.
Mr.. Smith replied hat he thought they
would be we'll cared for by Mr.. Leventhal
and wife, and that as far as BUSTING Mr.
and Mrs. Monroe was concerned, had not
Mr.. and Mrs. Hunter been ousted in the
same way by persons who even did not
offer to care for the sick for less money!
After considerable discussion the motion
was adopted, Smith and Trofatter voting
in the affirmative and Arlington in the
negative, not, however, before it had been
so amended as to read that Q majority Of
the Board might remove the a%ppointees in
case they deemed them at any time unsat-
isfactory for the place.
There were several citizens in attendance
during the morning session, among the
rest, Reconnaissance John Horn.
Mr.. Horn protested against the payment
of the water bill for the Justice Of the
Peace's office and for furnishing the same
with lights and fuel at the expense Of the
county. He said, also, that it was not
right to pay out $50 a month rent for the
Justice when he might and should have q
room in the Courthouse.
Mr.. Smith said that this $50 a month was
more than covered by the $45 a month
paid by Baker & Wines for their room in
the Courthouse. "And," said Mr.. Smith,
sit would cost $50 . month to keep up the
wear and tear on carpets and mating il
the Justices Office were in this room, the
only one that could be go used"
Mr.. Horn-Mr. Smith, I have known
State in which they had no carpets or mat
ting on the floor of the county buildings,
and in which every county officer acted as
his own %janitor, too.
Mr.. Smith-Mr. Horn, do you want to
go back to the old fogy days, when you
and I were boys, and didn't know anything
about the comforts of the present day.
Mr.. Horn-Mr. Smith, when you and I
get to be 10 or Is years older
Here the controversy practically ended,
for the contingency suggested by Mr.. Horn
seemed so hard to take hold of that Com
missioner Smith did not tackle it.
The grand finale was an order that the
Justices Office should be shut off from
water and fuel and lights.
SESSION.
Converting in the afternoon, the Board
went through with q number Of bills re-
ported elsewhere.
A petition extensively signed was pre-
sented, asking that Mike Walsh be ap-
pointed policeman at S100 a month. The
salary was voted, and Sheriff Sweeney
requested to deputize Mr.. Walsh, so as to
confer on him the authority to make
arrests.
The same thing was done to practically
reinstate Officer James Tickle.
After all the business before the Board
had been cleaned up, Mr.. Smith called for
the reading Of the minutes OF the meeting
- 1 rrIsal~ H. 1.1 Ioon lnkIropnl fnNpH kl,n
Craftsmanship of the Board to give place
to Mr.. Arlington. The latter gentleman
shifted the breeze before it farely broke
upon him. He rose, and in a graceful
speech said he would resign in favor of
either the gentleman to the right or to the
left of him, he did not care which, and if
they had it in mind to put his head in the
basket he would save them the trouble by
anticipating their intended action.
Brother Smith, however, had blood in
his eye, and he moved that the action had
be rescinded.
The motion prevailed, and then Mr..
Smith nominated Mr.. Trofatter for CHAIR
man.
Mr.. Arlington seconded the motion.
The voting by the two former gentlemen
was done by ballot, and was announced by
the Clerk, "both for Trofatter."
Mr.. Arlington then wrote out his ballot
for Trofatter, too. and gave up the chair.
In the excitement that prevailed over
the election, Mr.. Trofatter, the elsct, had
lighted his pipe and taken a few calming
whiffs of the beneficent weed.
He arose and thanked the Democratic
Board for choosing him, q Republican, to
preside over them He also quoted these
pathetic lines, which are found in Long.
fellows Psalm Of Life, which terminate in
"foot prints on the sands Of time" where.
upon the monthly sitting Of the Dads
came to its end.