Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-02-14
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st. Valentines Day.
Eureka Lodge No. 90, L, o. o, F., meets
this evening at Z o'clock.
Charley and Frank Boskowitz came MP
from San Francisco last night.
The trial of the celebrated Cotton case
was resumed at Santa Rosa Tuesday.
Hon. George W. Baker and wife re-
turned last night from a visit to California.
Lizzie Lindsey, the Carson poisoner,
has been sentenced to rs years in the State
Prison.
Owing to the deep snow, no ore can be
shipped from Prospect Mountain to the
furnaces.
They say it was never so cold in Florida
before. The same in every other State of
the Union.
A charming woman is always young.-
Ex. Possible, but isn't it as rood q gag
that a young woman is always charming?
The scheme elsewhere explained in this
mornings SENTINEL is a good one, and is
likely to kill off the Mormon vote in Ne
vada and the Territories.
Express Messenger H.. G.. Ward had,
charge of a precious cargo last night, the
"innards" of which will adorn the young
ladies at the party tonight. a
Sweeney & Kermeen have an important
notice in this mornings SENTINEL to the
ladies who intend taking their escorts to
the Leap Year ball this evening.
Any person finding money or property
may leave the anne at this office.-Ex.
Not wishing TO be outstripped in any
benevolent enterprise, We rise and heartily
second the motion.
A timid young man has married a lady
whose weight verges closely upon 200
pounds. "My dear" he said to her, ''shall
l help you over the fence?" "No," says
she to him, "help the fence"
Some Democrats are annoyed by the
Geographic criticisms OF Mr.. Morrison's
bill contained in yesterdays SENTINEL.
No cause for annoyance. 1t was only an
Associated Press Republican editorial.
The cold blizzard seems to be over, the
mercury coming to a halt in its descent at
zero at IL O'Clock last night. According
to precedent, we may now look for tenn
perate weather. The record shows that
we are not likely to have more than three
days OF extreme cold or heat in Eureka.
The weather in Eureka has been mild.
At Winnemucca the mercury went down to
28 degrees below zero and at Battle Noun
l Will W ~ DCAO"s nv q t1saOA u
coolest place in the State, the weather
mans eyes froze while he was hunting for
the mercury which had disappeared. 1t
was nearly as bad at Reno. The passen-
gers who breakfasted there yesterday
morning say it was 80 degrees below zero
at that hour. AT Palisade it was 38 de-
grees below zero yes terday morning.
An Entertainments Long Desired.
The gentlemen who got up the Au Fait
party recently, which proved such q de-
lightful entertainment, have yielded to a
desire which is universal among the ladies
and gentlemen OF Eureka society, and will
give q grand invitation mask ball on the
evening of the 25th inst. Ii is to be q
strictly private affair, confined to those
only who are to attend as invited guests.
Those who are invited will not forget to
preserve their invitations and present
them at the door, for without this passport
nobody will be admitted to the floor.
Those who wish to attend as spectators
will be admitted to seats in the gallery,
for which they will be charged 81 so each.
Invited guests who prefer the gallery will
be subjected to the same charge. The
ball is to be strictly a masquerade, and no
unulaSkeu person MAi DC aiAo"ou VI sHo
floor. The masks will be retained until
midnight. At that hour dancers may I'M
mask, and all invited guests sitting in the
gallery may come down and join in the
festivities. It is needless to say that the
ball will be successful. No such an enter
tainment has been given here for a long
time, and everybody is pleased with the
announcement OF an elegant and alto
gether unobjectionable party Of this char.
acter. It's novelty and the character Of
the gentlemen getting it up. are a guaran-
tee that it will be q success.
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