Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-03-23
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Scraps from h Notebook OF the
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SSA
Sentinel's Reporter.
Good Friday.
The temperature reached II degrees yes
terday at noon.
We suggest that the new debating clul
call themselves The Wranglers."
It being Good Friday the San Fran
cisco Stock Boards will hold no sessions
to-day.
The WEEKLY SENTINEL is q good paper
to send to your friends in the East and in
Europe.
Morris & Levy we're yesterday in receipt
of a large and elegant assortment OF Spring
dry goods.
The SENTINEL is indebted to Joseph
Bice for some handsome specimens Of
Calico ores.
The warm sun of yesterday inspired our
Chinese neighbors to clean the street in
front OF their shanties.
Several parties are making preparation
for a visit to the Calico District, in San
Be%rnardino County, Cal.
To-day being Good Friday there will be
divine service at the Episcopal Church at
II O'Clock this morning.
The Rink is almost clear of ice, and the
Olympics will soon have an opportunity
to resume their athletic sports.
Hawthorne is being overrun with mem
bers of the sporting fraternity who in
tend to be in on the anticipated Spring
boom.
1t was a crowd of small boys and not
Indians, as at first supposed, that made
the bonfire on the summit of Richmond
Hill last night.
Officer Walsh, Jailer Mayor and Janitor
Baird did a good job yesterday in cleaning
off the Winters accumulation of ice on the
Courthouse pavement.
There are 90 tributers in the Richmond,
40 in the Eureka Con-, and Others in the
Jackson and Phenix; altogether about 300
tributers on Ruby Hill.
Tom Cox, John Northey and Charley
Northey have taken a lease to work DR..
Bishops mine on Diamond Mountain,
and have commenced work.
A dark canary, belonging to Mrs. Weth-
cred, escaped from its cage yesterday
morning. Any one returning it will re-
ceive the thanks Of the owner.
A Stockholders meeting of the Ruby
Hill Tunnel and Mining Company will be
held on Monday, the 26th inst, at 2 O'Clock
P. NJ, at the c%ompany's Office, No. SO Main
street.
The Knights of Pythias will meet at
their Castle Hall at 1870 o'clock this even
ing for work in the second and third de-
grees. A full attendance of members is
desired.
Now comes the odoriferous wood bug to
the fore. Steamed out under the rays of
the Spring sun he begins again to smell to
high heaven. In other words, the stink
bug lives again.
The box-sheet for Rice's Surprise Party
will be open at the Opera House at 10
o'clock this morning. There will be a
rush for seats, as the company gives but
one performance.
A meeting of the stockholders Of the
Atlantic and Pacific Mining Company
will be held on Tuesday, the 9th instant,
at 8 o'clock P. NJ, at Judge Rives' chamber
in the Courthouse.
The stock magnates gave Yellow Jacket
a lively shaking up yesterday. About
5000 shares changed hands in the boards.
The stock has more than doubled in price
since last Saturday.
There was a slight break in the cloud
less march of March yesterday, and indi-
cations of a storm from the south. Rain
would be welcome to vegetation and the
parched and spongy soil.
1t wal currently reported on the streets
yesterday that a settlement by the attach
ing creditors of the Albion had been
effected, and that the miners and preferred
creditors would be paid either to-day or to-
morrow.
One of the County Commissioners in
formed us yesterday that it was the inten-
ton of the Board to have all the streets in
the town thoroughly cleaned this Spring.
We hope they will not change their minds,
as the streets are in a filthy condition.
Last Sunday morning during religious
services at the State Prison, while Par
son Davis was preaching from the text,
rye shall seek mo early but ye shall not
find me-" q trusty named Mcmahon
skipped out and has not been heard Of
since.
A little Eureka boy who has never had
any lessons in figures, but who shows
already q fair knowledge Of addition and
subtraction, was asked by his father, how
much are 80 and 20. He thought better
than he spoke when he answered, elev-
enty."
This is the pretty welcome Helen Hunt
gives to March:
All March! we know thou art
And, out Of sight, art nursing April violets.
Helen may hunt up a welcome for April
in a few days more.