Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-03-21
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Scraps from the Notebook Of the
Sentinel's Reporter.


"How we apples swimP'
Trout fishing in the Carson River is said
to be fine.
There is a message at the telegraph
Office for II. L. Florey.
Service at the Episcopal Church at 2
o'clock this afternoon.
Everybody is now hopeful for a speedy
settlement Of Albion affairs.
Mountain Lodge No. 27, I. 0. o. F.,
meets at 7:3O o'clock this evening.
In the District Court yesterday the trial
Jurors were again excused until March ~.
The world is defed to produce a love-
| lier night thar last night in this horrld
gulch.
The st. Louis Restaurant is for rent.
For particulars apply to E. LeVenthal or
John s. Capron.
Twenty-one days of uninterrupted sun
| shine in March Let California trot out
her climate braggers.
The cost Of the trial jurors Of Humboldt
County for the February term footed up
1924 80, including mileage.
The cooler contains at present but three
inmates, Ed. jacob, Mike Mclaughlin
and All Soon in for opium smoking.
The chief diversion Of the hoodlums on
Main street for the lust few evenings has
been the smashing of window panes.
Jim Donaldson left here yesterday with
three wagons loaded with machinery for
the Sweetwater Mining Company at Ham
ilton.
1t is generally believed that the bonanza
firm will make no effort to retain control
Of any of the Comstock mines south OF
Ophir.
The latest local Mrs. Partingtonism that
we have enjoyed, is in the way Of a criti-
cism on some amateur verses: "The words
don't mean anything, but the rympth is
good"
Billy Davidson yesterday received a
very extensive assortment of Butterick's
patterns. Ladies can now be
dated to any kind of patterns they may
wish.
To-day, being the 21st of March, is one
to grow longer, and the nights become
correspondingly shorter, until the 21st of
June.
Hugh Gibson while e%mptying a Stag pot
at the Eureka Con. dump yesterday was
badly burned on one foot by the molten
iron splashing on it. He will be laid up
for some time.
Bodie Free Press: There is a great effort
being made in Nevada to keep boys off the
streets at night. Excellent idea. Late
hours nave been the ruination Of many a
promising lad.
The committee to audit the claims
against the Albion is composed of Messrs.
Sadler, Hansen, Mills, Read and Mundy,
the latter gentleman being Secretary Of
the committee.
There is more prospecting being done in
this district at the present time than for
a number of years before. No camp in
the State offers better Inducements to the
miner than Eureka.
Fears are entertained Of an unusually dry
in Utah. At present there is not
more snow in the mountains than is
in June, so but little water can be
had for irrigating purposes.
Brooks" in his letter to tho Pacific
Life Of Saturday, notes the departure of
Miss Zanfretta as a loss to the variety stage
here. He thinks that the match between
Dennis and Berry was the first square foot
race run here in a long time.
Ranchmen along the Humboldt say the
river is falling, and at its highest stage
lacked three feet of being as high as it was
last Spring. Fears are entertained that it
will not be any higher during the Spring
than it is now.
J. W. Lambert happened to inspect his
wagon, which was hitched up on Main
street yesterday morning, before leaving
for Ruby Hill, and found the nut of one of
the fore wheels gone. How it came off
was the question which nobody was able
to answer. Lucky for him, however, that
be did not start out on his return home
without replacing it.
A very large telegraph picture of Lake
Geneva, belonging to one OF the pretty
waiter girls at the Stone Saloon, is to be
off as soon as the chances are taken.
The work is said to be a counterpart Of the
original oil painting by Otto Sumner, an
of much celebrity. The picture is
in a handsome and massive gold frame.
It will be on view at the saloon tonight. |