Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-09-30
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SeptineI's Reporter.
Eureka Con. shares sold in the Board
yesterday At 50.
A speech will be in order to-day from
Col. Perry.
The Republican County Convention will
be held tomorrow.
Democratic County Convention to-day.
May the best men win.
Col J. B. Tyson and Judd Riddle came
up from Palisade last night.
The registry books will close on the goth
of October. Don't forget it.
The Democratic Convention will meet at
10 O'Clock, sharp, this morning.
On Sept. l there were 2,640 patients in
the insane asylums at Stockton and Napa.
The candidates and delegates were doing
a deal of buzzing yesterday and last even
ing.
Mrs. Lou Dibber and family of Silverado
will leave in a few days for a visit to the
old home in the East.
Statistics place Montana third in value
OF product among the mineral bearing
States and Territories.
Capt. Frank Drake. accompanied by his
brother Timon s. Drake, came in from
Hamilton yesterday.
The V. d T. Railroad in Ormsby is
assessed at $500 o per mile, and the COM
pany Endorses the assessment.
A fine lunch will be spread at the Villa
saloon to-day for the benefit of the Demo
cratic candidates and their friends.
1t is reported that a rich strike has been
made in the Summers Consolidated Tun-
mel, on the Howell claim, at Sweetwater.
Tom McGovern, a first-class Democrat,
will be a candidate to-day before the Dem
o~cractic Convention for Sergeant-at-Arms.
Carson has SIS voters registered so far.
Ii is said that the total number will not be
more than 700, against $40 two years ago.
The Humboldt river is being turned at
Elko for the purpose Of sinking for a
foundation for the abutments OF the bridge
at Litton's crossing.
Reveille: The Carson Appeal thinks
that Thomas Wren and O.. O. Stevenson
are inclined to dispute the Senatorship
with John P. Jones.
A number of mountain sheep we're re-
Gently killed near Ketchum, Idaho. They
are the finest wild game west Of the Rocky
Mountains. The meat is delicious.
Electricity is now employed to tame
wild animals. With those OF a low order,
such as serpents and turtles, its use has in
many cases had fatal results.
During the temporary absence Of the
family, the residence OF W. H. Dickens Of
Reno was burglarized Tuesday afternoon.
The thieves got away with $40 in coin.
Thomas Mahan, who was arrested on the
Truckee Meadows a few days ago, on a
charge Of insanity, was, on a final exam
nation last Tuesday, committed to the
Asylum.
DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes, after his
numerous birthday congratulations, de-
scribes himself as embalmed like a Pha-
roah and built over with a pyramid OF
famous names.
While under the statutes OF the State
selling liquor to Indians is only a INSIDE
meanor, under the United States law it is
a felony, punishable by imprisonment in
the State Prison.
Yom Kippur, or the Day Of Atonement,
which began Sunday evening at shutdown,
and closed yesterday evening at the same
time, was religiously observed by our
Jewish citizens.
Boiled peanuts are a ~favorite dish with
the Chinese. Long cooking beneath water
extracts all the oil and havoring princi.
pie, and leaves a dough that can be used
in the same manner as that made from
-four.
At a meeting Of Richmond Hose Com
pany No. 8, held last evening, full ar
rangements were made for their annua
ball on the 31s. OF October. They also
passed a resolution recommending the ap'
pointment of a Chief Engineer for the Fire
Department.