Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-11-23

Scraps from the Notebook of the
S~entinel's Reporter.

NpAt"BOOA Oh The
Sentinel's Reporter.
The usual reli ,ious services will be held
in all our churches to-day.
Mrs. E.. Il. Bliss, mother of Gaoyoe
Bliss, arrived here from the East Fridsv
night.
+. W. Granger, OF Belmont, announces
himself as a candidate for Minute Clerk in
the Senate.
Keep in mind that the G. A. R. ball
takes place Thanksgiving night. 1t will be
Q grand affair.
An extra coach will leave this morning
at 8 o'clock for those wishing to attend
court at Hamilton.
At Reno, the other day, Samuel Baker
was reunited to the wife OF his youth after
a legal separation of 16 years.
The box Office at the Opera House ia now
open for the sale of reserved seats for the
benefit concert for VIM. Plumhoff.
President Mckenzie. of the Eureka Con
Mining Company, accompanied by his
wife, passed Palisade last evening en- route
to Europe.
George Henning and j. T. Williams,
Grand Officers /. o. o. f., returned on
the stage last night from their visit TO
Hamilton.
Mrs. Senator j. P. Jones has leased the
Harry Hunter dwelling inst north Of the
railrond, and proposes spending the com
ing Winter in Carson.
N. Moser, of the Postoffce bookstore, re-
turned from San Francisco Friday night,
where be purchased an extensive assort-
ment OF books, stationery aud fancy goods.
Major Downie, the pioneer prospector.
has located at Auburn, Placer county, with
his family. A gentleman who saw the Ma
jor a few days ago says the old gentleman
is apparently as young and hearty 90 he
was five years 60.
Lady Hesketh, daughter Of Senator Sha-
ron, has been thrown from her horse while
hunting in England, but was not severely
injured. Sir Thomas and Lady Hesketh
are to return to America prior 10 the close
OF the year.
Hon. Geo. W. Cassidy leaves San Fran
cisco this morning and is expected to ar
rive in Eureka tomorrow night. He will
remain here a day and then proceed to
Washington to BE- in his seat when Con-
gress convenes.
Miss Gussie Mannheim gave a pleasant
party "a ''candy pull") to her young
friends last night. 1t comes from the
loss Of a wager on the Plumed Knight.
Had he won she would have been the
guest at a heightened oyster supper.
The Baroness Burdett-O outts. who, in
spite Of her silly marriage, ia and always
has been n Of the most charitable Of
women, has been passing some weeks in
Ireland, where the poor in her neighbor-
hood have reason to bless her liberality.
Capt. VIM. Coulter, OF Jersey City, the
veteran railroad conductor, who died q few
days since, after being in the service Of the
Pennsylvania Company for over 40 years,
had during that time travelled 1000, 900
miles and carried 1000, 900 passengers with
out losing q single life.
The wife OF the new japanese Minister is
said to be a good English scholar, and if 30
her advent among society at Washington
will institute quite q new feature in diplo-
matte social life. Her daughter, who is
just 16, will, it ia rumored, make her en-
trance into society this season.
In opium joints and hasheesh houses,
ssys the New York Sun, tea and water
adulterated with aconite is used to heigh-
ten the effect of the drug upon the nerves
aud brain. This is almost the same ex-
element that was used by the New Eng
land witches, according to Prof. Schele de
We're.
Hugh j. Mohsn, who is pretty we'll
known In Western Nevada as a Demo-
cratic "stumper." but who has been lead
ing a Bohemian life in San Francisco for
the last five or six years, seems to have
done some good work for Cleveland In
New York, which the President-elect recog-
nizes. 1t may be that Hugh has struck q
soft place.