Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-02

scraps from she Notebooks Of the
s~entinel's Reporter.

Scraps from she Notebooks Of the
semtineI's Reporter.
A hot temper makes many enemies.
A big wind was on tho rampage las
night.
The approaching pay-days ought te
make us all happy.
Eureka Lodge No. 20, 1. o. o. F., meets
at 7:30 O'Clock this evening.
The Carson Index says the present force
about 10.
Looks as though the storm is all over
Not q cloud anywhere to be seen last night
Robipson's mammoth circus posters
afford unlimited study and amusement to
the Carson Indians.
The dullness OF the times has devel-
oped a world Of solitaire players in Eu-
reka, but solitaire drinkers are still scarce.
The annual meeting Of the stockholders
of Prospect Mountain Tunnel Company
will take place ON Saturday, the 25th inst.
The virginia Chronicle says the squirt
in Ophir was caused by Sharon and
Morrow, to get the control Of the mine
for the sake Of its fat groupings.
The County Commissioners meet next
Monday, and persons having bills against
the county should present them to County
Clerk Cavanaugh on or before Saturday
next.
We are in receipt Of the August number
Of Our Little Ones and the Nursery. As
usual it is replete with interesting and in
structive stories for the little folks, and
handsome illustrations.
The Battle Mountain Messenger COM
plains that the fish in the Humboldt River
are being destroyed by giant powder, and
characterizes the act as dastardly. And
so say we all, saw the dastards.
By reference to our coast dispatches 1t
will be seen that, although there are some
bad men among the Knights Of Pythias, it
Is q good thing for a man to be a Knight
II he happens to fall into such hands.
The full Truckee Company will give a
matinee at the Opera House next Sstur-
day Afternoon. The company has been
greatly improved recently by the addition
Of new talent and the performance will
doubtless be q good n g
We are indebted to George Young, the
popular gunsmith, who appreciates the
good things OF literature in his own
language, the German. for . copy OF Frank
Leslie's Illustrated Zeitung, which con-
tains some very pleasing verses descriptive
Of q "Snow Storm on the Sahara"
The Footlight is authority for the state
ment that since the Fire Department OF
Virginia City has been put in . position
where Chairman Canavan has no voice in
the selection Of its members there have
been over 20 fire insurance policies can
celed by the agents Of companies in San
Francisco.
The "Colt" was arrested by Officer
Tickell last night for engaging in q rumpus
on Buel street and taken to the COOLER"
low neck and short sleeves and otherwise
in party attire. She was full OF the op.
preston she had suffered in being thus
snatched from her diversion and told her
grievances through the iron bars in maud
lin tones to passers-by.
The ''pspers" to prove the rascality Of
the Associated Press, exposed in a leading
article in this mornings SENTINEL. will be
shown to anybody wishing to see them and
to be fully convinced, il there are any
SO incredulous az not TO have been con-
WINGED already, and they will be held as Q
curious memento OF fraud and double
dealing already begun in anticipation Of
next years Presidential campaign.
In Q letter to the Richmond Company,
London, Mr.. Probert states, says the Lon
don Mining Journal, that q good find OF
lead ore has just been made in the Will
liamsburg mine, containing as much as 60
per cent OF lead and some silver. This is
very satisfactory. remarks the Journal, as
great difficulty has been experienced lately
in preventing a heavy smelling loss owing
to the percentage Of lead in the Richmond
ore being as low as IL per cent.