Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-31
rLUE DUST.


Scraps from the Notebook Of th'
sentineI's Reporter.
The new system Of postal notes goes int
effect Monday.
The Enterprise has dug up a highland
alligator. This is the worst fish story yet
The passenger list was unusually larg,
last night-mostly owing TO the Conclsve
The next social event will be the Cen
tennial Guard ball at Miners Union Hall
A good many have expressed their inten
| ton to 20 to Elko on the Odd Fellows
excursion.
Mr.. Beard requests us to say that al
| those who want excursion tickets to Elk
must apply for them by 4 O'Clock thii
after
"Do you see that young man goine
| along there 2" Eyes, what of itf" "He'i
| got girl on the BRAIN" "Ah; judging
from his appearance the girl must have
a soft Sit"
The Odd Fellows excursion to Elko will
| leave here on to-morrow's train. Those
| who desire to make the trip with the three
| link brotherhood should apply at the
Postofice to-day.
Some heavy freshets are reported to
| have occurred on the road to Hamilton
| within the past two days. One at the 49,
Mile House cut the road up badly and
did some other damage.
Beatiic Lodge No. 7, Knights Of Pythias,
will confer the ranks OF Page and Esquire
at their convention this evening, COM
mencing At 7:30 O'Clock. A full attend
ance Of the members is requested.
We are told that the water in the Phenix
has not been removed by the pumping at
the new shaft, as was reported yesterday.
Mr.. Read, whom we gave az our authority,
did not state it as q fact, but as mere
hearsay.
There is q that j. W. Mackay Of
bonanza fame intends to build an elegant
theater in New York for Ed. Stokes, and
another in San Francisco, which will
eclipse any place Of amusement in the
United States.
There has been no objection, as far as we
nave heard, to admitting the two little
Chinese boys mentioned to the public
schools. The sentiment seems to be in
favor Of giving them 3 chance to get an
English education.
The Post says the news from the princi-
pal mines in the northern and middle Sec
tons Of the Comstock lode is of q very
encouraging character, and there are signs
that large operators are concentrating
certain OF the stocks.
We offer our acknowledgements to SEQ
rotary Of State Dormer for two copies each
OF the Senate Journal and Appendix to
the Journals OF the Senate and Assembly
one set for this Office and the other for
Congressman Cassidy.
In reference to the game law which is
off tomorrow with respect TO all game but
sage hens, which have been legitimately
hunted for a month already. Dan De
guile says: "Next week our sportsmen
may begin the e~xhilarating pastime OF
pulling their guns business end first out
OF wagons and through fences. The sa-
gacity and GOODNESS OF the majority OF the
Pacific Coast nimrods is enough to make
q jackass rabbit laugh"
The yearly festival of the Chez Kwong
Tong, q secret society and sort Of Mongoli-
an Knights Templsr. came to an end Tues
day morning at half-past 8 O'Clock. after 9
run Of three days and four nights. The
ceremonies Of the Order are intended to
commemorate the overthrow Of the Ming
dynasty in the Flowery Kingdom and the
establishment OF the present Manchoo sue
cession. The occasion was celebrated in
several Nevada towns, but was not OBJ
served here owing to . lack Of enough
Templars to make a boom.