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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-30
rLUE DUST.
Scraps from the Notebook Of the
semtlmel's Reporter.

scraps from she Notebook Of the
semtimeI's Reporter.
Eureka Lodge No. 20, I. o. o. r., meets
ct 8 O'Clock this evening.
The E. & P. train was four hours late
again last night, owing to detention by
the @. p.
Three thousand five hundred head Of
mutton sheep are offered for sale under
"New To-day"
Freighting on the g. P. IN very heavy.
Besides the regular trains specials are run
east and west daily.
II many returns Of yesterdays disasters
take place in lava the Dutch will have to
retreat to Holland, IL any Of them are left
to retreat.
The Comstocks we're quite active yes
terday, but prices were not materially
changed. The demand. however, may
send the market up . notch or two.
st. Joseph. as everybody knows, is in
Lincoln, and not in Nye County; also the
Irene mine was formerly known as the
Truckee, not a. the Tucker. Errata in
yesterdays SENTINEL.
The water from the fre-plugs on the
northwest corner OF Main and Bateman
streets, in front Of the Rescue Hose house
and on Ruby Avenue, near Bsteman, will
be shut OF for about 4S hours, beginning
this morning.
Neighbor Simpson Of Duckwater has the
gratitude OF this sanctum for a sack OF
roasting ears OF the most delicious kind
which shows what can be done in that way
in the good soil Of Nevada valleys with
improved seed.
From the vicinity OF Reno and along the
Humboldt over 1900 head Of beef cattle
we're shipped to San Francisco markets
last week. This large shipment at this
season OF the year was occasioned by the
Knights Templar Conclsve.
The E. & P. passenger train arrived in
Eureka about 2 O'Clock yesterday morning
and brought up passengers from the east
and west, both O. p. trains arriving at
Palisade about the same hour, owing to
the detention Of the east-bound train.
Miss Belle Cady and Miss Kate Dorsey
returned to Elko yesterday. During their
stay Of several weeks in Eureka they have
made Q large circle Of friends, who will
miss their cheerful and spirited company.
Miss Cady will take charge Of the school
at Tuscarora.
The highest temperature recorded in Ne
vada during the night time was rs degrees
Sunday Q P. NJ; 66 degrees at l o'clock
A. NJ, and ~ degrees at 5 o'clock A. NJ.
following. To the people in the East gen.
orally such Q night would make them
think they had been struck by q Polar
wave.
A man w~restles with the tiger, subdues
the animal, and passes in his checks.
Friends az thick as flies envelop him.
They congratulate him even unto the bar
and onto the sidewalk. He tackles the
royal beast again, bleeds and gets "broke."
The crowd is sad. He goes out alone.
Nobody follows him to the sidewalk.
A young lady was walking along Clark
street two or three evenings since with q
young gentleman. Said she: "Do you
know how old / An ?" mo-" said he.
"but l can tell" Thereupon he stopped
and said: Let me see your gums" OF
course she couldn't keep her mouth shut.
The test seemed pleasing and satisfactory
to both parties.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-30

The elements struggled hard ysstsrday
to bring about an old.tims dood. The
storm, however. oams from the wrong
direction, almost directly from the west,
and scarcely touched the great watershed
10 the south Of Eureka. Yet the rain fell
quite heavily on Prospect Mountain, and
the water rushed down the canyons In con.
siderable volume. doing more or less dam
age to the roads. All. OF this water came
10 the big ditch, but II was not enough to
create o boom, although the great eve
was quite we'll flushed and cleansed, the
current being strong enough to carry with
1t the dead animals which were scattered
along it's length. Another, but Q much
lighter. shower set in from the same direo-
ton o. the first one towards sundown,
and was followed by as pretty and perfect
. rainbow % ever spanned the heavens,
the arch being formed by one end appar-
entity resting on the mountain back OF the
Richmond Refinery and the other on Dia-
mond Peak. A little later the clouds
formed . most picturesque scene. To
the northward they were gorgeously red,
and to the west and south the massive
banks were constantly changing from the
dull gray to . bright yellow, and back
again to q leaden color. while the noun
tain sides were bathed in q golden haze.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-30

A Noted Desperate Turns Up His
Toes To tho Daisies.
jeff. Miller, who was killed the other
night at Monterey, Mexico, was we'll
known all along the frontier. He had
been in Monterey for several weeks on .
"shout-'em-up drunk" and, while hunt
ing for q GROCERY, he stumbled into q
house occupied by reputable people. A
Mexican policeman pursued him. JEFF.
promptly shot the officer for presuming to
dog his footsteps. Instantly he was set
upon by q squad of the dead mans COL
leagues, armed with sabres, and although
he bravely met the attack, he was finally
overcome. Miller was q fair representa-
tive Of q type OF mankind found in the
Southwest ten years ago. One of his
characteristic exploits was at . ball. Two
cowboys quarreled over Q belle. The lie
passed, . blow was struck and the six
shooters Of the CONTESTANTS we're elevated
with q simultaneous click. The fair
cause Of the difficulty screamed with
terror, and threw her arms about the
neck Of one Of the men. He shook her off
roughly, and, when she would have again
interposed her body between the two,
struck her in the face with his clenched
hand. At the same time her assaiIant dis
charged his pistol, and the mar he was
facing fell dead. He turned with the
smoking pistol in his hand just az q second
shot rang out. A little round hole above
his temple indicated that a bullet had
entered his brain. He never moved, and
JEFF Miller walked forward, pistol in hand,
and lifted up the woman. Episodes Of
this character were moi Of %infrequent oc.
currence at frontier balls in those days.
The dead men had no friends to champion
their cause and make further shooting
necessary, and no one made objection when
JEFF pushed his way out with the uncon-
scious woman in his arms.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-30

VIM. Roush. representative Of Booth d
Co.,, Sacramento, 10 on Q business visit to
Eureka.
A dispatch from Sheriff Sweeney yester-
day to Under Sheriff Hill says he will
return TO Eureka tonight.
Freddie -Gebhardt run Langtry sucoess-
fully for q while and yesterday be got
away with the whole New York turf.
Miss Lizzie Dorsey, employed to teach
In the primary department. OF the Eureka
public schools, arrived Tuesday night from
Fort Hallsok. Elko County.
|. Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Pardy we're spilled
ont Of Gen. Connos's gig Sunday night.
The former was unhnrt. but the latter 10
laid up with 4 spraiued ankle.
John Wilson, brother OF I. j. hes bssn
called By telegram 10 Norman, Illinois. 10
sss his wife, who ID suffering from . oAn
Ger and 10 lying extremely III.
Master Roy Jones. . son Of Senator
Jones. Il In Gold Hill preparing, under .
special teacher, to enter In December next
the High School Of Washington. d. @.
virginis chroniolst The friends Of Mrs.
limerick Of Eureka. formerly Miss Lixaie
Roach OF this CITY, who was sent 70 the
Reno Asylum some time ago. will DO
pleased 70 learn that hsy condition Is very
much improved.
Albert williams Jr., who WAS In this
city for some time two years ago, con.
nsotsd with the Clarence King Geological
Survey, 10 now Chief Of the Division Of
Mining statistics and Technology, 81
Warrington, D. @.
Dr.. Bishop writes 70 his former partner
here, Dr.. HAgar, that he 10 sick end I'M.
able 4 leave the house, and that Mrs.
Bishop and the children are oil sick. He
says he does not believe he oAn ever be we'll
In the climate Of Butte.
J. B. Hill. formerly connected with the
Carson Index. but who 10 now a Of the
most vigorous and successful commercial
travellers" on the coast, 10 In Eureka taking
orders for San Francisco houses In ave
different lines Of business.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-30
Montana Glacier.

Prof. Pumpelly's northern transcon.
tinental survey party. while working In
the Rocky range, $50 miles north Of Mis-
soula, discovered true glacier, having .
frontage of at least a mile, and with . face
estimated at least 500 feet In perpendicu-
lar hight. From underneath this noun
tain Of ice flowed q stream, milky-colored,
resulting from the melting ice. The
scenery In the u~nfrequented region where
the glacier was found is described as be.
ing grandly picturesque and varied
in it's character than that Of the Yosemite
Valley OF California. 1t 10 called Marias
Pass, and the snow-clad mountains there.
about are q source OF Q multitude OF
streamA and among them the Marias
River, q tributary Of the Missouri.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-30
Salaries Of school Principals.

The following figures are the salaries of
Principals of public schools in some Of the
leading towns Of Nevada. 1t will be seen
that Carson pays the highest salary to its
Principal: Carson, $4,000; Reno, 81. 800;
Eureka, 81. 800; Austin, 81, 500; Virginia,
Fourth Ward, 81. 800; Virginia, First
Ward. 81 .400; Gold Hill, 81, 400; Battle
Mountain, l ,250; Dayton, $ ,250; Silver
City, 81, $50; Winnemucca, 81, 200; Sutro,
81 900. The salary which for IS years in
Gold Hill has been 81, 800 has lately been
reduced to 81 400; in Reno the salary OF
the Principal this year has been raised
from 81, 200 to 81, 800.-Carson Index.
These figures may seem large to some
persons, but they are not. Skilled labor
in the profession Of teaching commands
it's market price and never goes q begging.
While sometimes inferior teachers may get
big wages. superior teachers are never
compelled to work for small pay. All
things considered. teachers wages are not
more In Nevada than elsewhere.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-30

Everywhere people are anxious to know
whether or not there will be q change In
textbooks. Unless II be from the result
Of the decision Of the Supreme Court on
readers, there will be no change this
year. Tusoarora Times.
Our contemporary. We believe, has the
right Of II o. far ~ the disposition OF the
Board otEducation Ia concerned Ia chang.
Ing any Of the textbooks nowin use In the
public schools Of the State. The people
grumbls about hard times and they do not
want any change. They think the old
books are good enough for the present, or
until they feel that they can afford TO pay
for new ones. That the Board OF Educa.
tion-the Governor, Surveyor General and
Schoolmaster-0 eneral-will give way to
the popular sentiment In the premises there
Is hardly any doubt, however beneficial
they may think certain changes would be.
Az to the suit OF D. Appleton d Co. TO
force the Board to introduce their readers,
on the ground that q contract was made
with them TO that effect. nobody can fore
say positively what the decision Of the
Supreme Court may be. But, being
familiar with all the circumstances in the
case, We are confident that nc such con.
tract ~ Is claimed by the publishers was
ever entered into on the part OF the State.
We may fairly presume that this has been
made clear to the Court. and hence specu-
late upon . decision In accordance there.
with.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-30
A Noble nor.


lew Gays since = little child-a mere
oaOy-wandsrsd away from homo on
spring street and toddlsd towards the
Roman aquedust, better known a. the Big
Ditch, with smells as numerous and pun.
gent IS the sewers Of Cologne. The child
when 1t neared the bank got down on all
iours and began to pick mp and plsy with
Tome refuse that was lying about. Grad
uslly II crept nearer TO the edge Of the
Q which is some 20 feet high, and
extremely dangerous from being partially
undermined. A lady on the opposite side
OF the ditch observed the periIous position
Of the child, but was afraid to cali ont to
" ior fear II would move forward and be
preclpitated down the embankment. Just
.nen a good-sized Newfoundland dog came
oown the street. He stopped opposite the
cniid for . moment, and then taking In
the situation Of the little one he moved
around IL, and began pressing 1t away
its unsafe playground with his
head. He succeeded in pushing the child
back some ten feet before the lady on the
opposite side had made her way around
by the bridge. On her arrival he appeared
wagged his bushy tail and re-
sumed his walk down the street, only look
ing back once to see whether everything
was all right.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-30

The testimony in the suit OF Woodruff
against the hydraulic miners 10 very
voluminous. That for the complainant
Ais 10 printed bound volumes Of 400 pages
each. The number Of words that those
volumes contain 10 estimated 1t 1000, 900.
The testimony for the defense will all 10
printed volumes, and the rebuttsl testi.
mony will require two volumes more.
Altogether the testimony will make 2,E00..
600 words. We boil the above from the
Sacramento Bee, says the Grass Valley
News, and beg to remark that ~ the
Court has heard none Of this testimony,
and will have to read II all. the said Court
has Q big Job before II in understanding
what oil q II means. II would be better
10 lust put the testimony In opposite
scales and decide in favor Of the heavier
mass Of testimony. II the miners side 10
the heavier, or In favor OF the lighter
weight II the farmers side 10 the heavier.
In that way justice will be vindicstsd.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-30

fremont Courier, Aug. 70.
Work in the PrussiAn mine is progress
ing nicely.
Work progresses as usual in the Bel
mont mine, and good ore is encountered
daily.
Some Of the mine owners in lone
District will have their ores leached at
Ellsworth.
George Nicholl & Co. have about 1000
tons Of pay rock on the dumps in San An
tonic District.
The Jefferson mill is running, and the
company shipped several bars Of fine
bullion during the present week.
The Twin River Co. at Ophir Canyon
shipped another bar Of bullion on Tuesday
last weighing 81 pounds, valued at 81 1883.
The mines in Northumberland District,
this county, are yielding good ore. The
company shipped three more bars of bullion
on Tuesday last weighing 271 pounds and
valued at "a, 800.
The Arlington Teaching Works in this
county are producing fine bullion. The
owners, George Nicholl & Co.,, shipped
yesterday one bar Of bullion weighing
1,345 ounces, 963 fine, and valued at
81. 674.
Nuggets are sometimes found in South
eastern Nevada. One day last week .
p~rospector found q small nugget IN Tulle
Canyon worth $55 in gold. We learn
there are now about 80 Cinnamon pros
pecting in that section.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-30

The Superintendent Of n Of the lead.
ing cabls-oar street railways Of Ban Fran.
cisco has written to Adolph Y. Anderson
Of Virginia City. asking him to experiment.
upon . clutch by which the friction on
the cable, upon the starting Of q car, may
be done away with. To start the car in
wolves . friction Of the clutches on the
wire rope, ~ the claws" slip two or three
irohes before . start is made. The constant
abrasion Of the cable soon ruins II, and
10 put in q new one involves an outlay Of
many thousands Of dollars. A clutch
which would operate without iraying the
wire strands OF the cable would effect q
great saving to the cable companies, and
the inventor would doubtless reap q hand
some reward. The invention OF any Base
Ranger to meet the requirements given
will receive favorable confederation. Don't
oil "clutch" at once.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-30


Aboat I o'clock ysstsrday afternoon
there wAs quite . stir along Ruby Avenue
down 70 Main street and on 10 the big
Ditch, caused BY = torrent Of water. which
brought down humping tin cams and oil
sorts Of rubbish. A. Hrss II was the msr.
NJ rivulst, but Il was soon swollen out 90
y to occupy some ssvon or eight feet Of
NE street. The sight Of 30 much water,
look ct. and . crowd stood By 10 watch tbs
sntics Of the little river. Several persons
living On The banks OF the new stream
eeissd the opportunity 10 scrspe the rub.
bah from their front premises into the
current, and thus get rid OF u without the
cid Of Col. Reilly and his sosvengsr cart.
George Bliss was kept lively With the help
Of two or three men In divsrting the Good
from the ditch he was digging for water
pipes In the middle Of the street north Of
ths Courthouse, while Z force OF men from
sweeney q Ksrmeen's we're out dAmnlng
Me current TO keep Il from flooding the
livery stable. The two squads Of dam
nuildess made . narrow channel for the
stream between the stable and the ditch.
The occasion brought out the usual mum.
per OF jokes and amusing incidents. A
Vhinaman Wishing TO cross from the
Courthouse started 10 build . bridge out
Of Bljss' lumber, but was booted Oh and
retired In confusion. Somebody asked II
20 wanted TO construct bridge Why didn't
ns wait until Trofatter got bAck-hs would
90 u It the county's expense. There was
good deal OF wild guessing ~ 10 whore
the water came from, one fellow vsntur-
Ing The assertion that Tom Read had got
control Of the food In the new shaft and
had turned II loose onto Eureka 70 give
the own . bath. The truth 10 q heavy
rain fell In the neishborhood Of Ccnklinfs
foundry and came into Ruby Avenue In .
stream from each side. These coming TO.
gether some 100 yards north Of the foun.
dry caused the little food.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-30

The Ability Of a Married Woman ia
Control Her Separate Property.


Control He Separate Property.
Carson Tribune.
The case Of Cartan, Mccarthy & Co. vs..
Oliver Roberts and wife and other parties
has just been decided ty Judge Edwards
in the Second Judicial District Court Of
this county.
The action was for the foreclosure Of q
mortgage upon the stone stable and the
premises occupied by Keyser & Elrod.
Mrs. Roberts executed q note for 5000
jointly with her husband as surety for her
husband. She also executed another note
for $500 jointly with Jacob Muller, upon
which Muller was her surety. Muller was
subsequently compelled to pay this note.
At the time OF the execution OF these notes
Mrs. Roberts assigned Q S., 900 note and
mortgage on the stone stable as collateral
security for the payment OF the Cartan,
Mccarthy & Co. and the Jacob Muller
notes. The $1,000 note and mortgage
were the separate property Of Mrs. Roberts.
Mrs. Roberts set up as a defense the COM
mon law disability Of q married woman to
bind herself by a contract.
The case being Of general interest, and
never having been passed upon by our
Supreme Court, was argued at great
length.
More b lO0 authorities upon the sub
ject were produced and read before Judge
Edwards.
The Court held under sections 159 and
1859 Of the Compiled Laws Of Nevada, fol-
lowing the recent American decisions
under similar Statutes, that the Common
Law disability Of . married woman as to
the absolute control and disposition of her
separate property was removed, and that
Mrs. Roberts was bound by her execution
Of the Cartan, Mccarthy & Co. and Jacob
Muller notes, and by her assignment Of the
note and mortgage on the stone stable as
collateral security therefor.
The Court gives judgment in favor Of
plaintiffs and defendant Jacob Muller, and
DEGREES that the Sheriff sell the property
and out Of the proceeds pay Cartan, Nc
Carthy q Go. and Jacob Muller, and pay
the residue TO Mrs. Roberts.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-30

Everybody In Eureka remembers George
Come, the musician. Frank Riegelhuth
received . letter from him = few days ago.
He was on the wing through Idaho
for Eastern Oregon. He claims to have
struck . Incorporating enterprise in Q
movable shooting gallery. comprising .
tent 80 feet in length by IL feet In width,
and q set Of targets and the most improved
shooting irons. He had made . tour Of
the entire north and gathered in quite .
number Of shekels, and was on his way to
Union, Oregon, as the initial point for .
money out Of the Webfeet, and as he has
peculiar genius there Is little doubt but
that he will have a profitable trip.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-30

J. w. Simpson, . rancher from Duck
water, stated to . representative OF the
SENTINEL yesterday hat he regarded the
arrest. trouble. expense and humiliation
to which Albert Burgess Of Butte Station
was subjected last week, on the charge Of
branding another mans calf with the in
tent to steal, Is an ugly mistake and .
disgrace. He says he has known Mr..
Burgess for eight or nine years to be an
entirely honest and upright %neighbor; the
last man in the country to stoop TO any
thing like cattle stealing, which (he
oroaned as he said IT. 81 can't say for the
Generality Of people in the stock business
in this State" He says Burgess found the
cali smoking his COW, and supposing it was
his. put his iron on it. Said neigh6or
simpson: III / had found q cali sucking
INV COW I'd a gone for II too quick. you
bet your life. And l wouldn't . stopped .
70 AJAX where il come from either" Mr..
simpson states also that Mr.. Burgess Is
man who has no idea OF the forms OF law.
and that il he had known how to defend
himself he would never have had any
trouble about the calf.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-30
A simple Offering.

A San Francisco paper says . poor
washerwoman, near the Pavilion, who
could not afford to decorate IN the day Of
the parade. determined, with woman's in
genuity, to do honor to the occasion at all
risks. She propped her clothesline up
into the perspective, displaying q white
petticoat, upon which red, black and yell
low stockings were pinned in the form of
q Maltese cross. This simple offering
affected many Of the sturdy Knights to
tears. and with Knightly ~aallantry the en-
tire line salluted these tokens Of the real
power that rules the world.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-30

This we'll known wholesale and retail
liquor house is just in receiptof the largest
and best assorted stock Of wines, liquors
and cigars ever offered in this market.
Their stock OF WHISTLES, direct from the
distilleries in Kentucky, is the finest In
the market. Their wines and cigars, d.
rect from importers, are q surety Of genu-
ineness and purity, and include cham
pagnes, sherries and brandies, while their
domestic wines are the best the market
affords. Their imported and domestic
cigars include Q variety Of brands, which
for flavor are NOT excelled. Dealers are
invited to examine their stock and prices,
which are adapted to the times. y
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-30

P. Steler takes pleasure in announcing
to his customers that he has secured the
services Of the very best matchmaker ON
the coast-one who has had rs years ex-
perience in the finest Matchmaker estab-
lishments Of Europe and America, and
is prepared to do all kinds of fine
patchwork and clock repairing on the
shortest possible notice, and satisfaction
guaranteed. All watch and clock work
warranted for one year.
N. BAH kinds OF fine jewelry and
diamond work made to order, and jewelry
neatly repaired. n
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-30
Lavish Hospitality.

The lavish hospitality Of the Pacific
Coast Knights is a matter Of surprise to
their Eastern brethren, as in addition to
the $40, 900 subscribed by the public for
the Conclave, California Communicates
have spent $3.50. 900 out Of their own pock-
cts in entertaining their visitors, while the
De Witt Clinton Commandery Of Virginia
City put up the snug little sum OF $40, 600
for the same purpose.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-30

Jackson House-T. W. Bates, George T.
Odell, Salt Lake; W. Roush, Sacramento.
Parker Houss-Jake Lsvison, Geo. B.
Hill, W. Chas. Pavey, San Franciscan N.
Piantoni, Prospect Mountain, J. B. simp-
son, Duckwater.
Bureau HOTEL. Watson. Ruby Hill;
John NewlAnd, steptoe Valley; Richard
Bates, Diamond; Geo. Hillman, Summit;
Thomas Doyle, 4. L. Higgins. silverado.