Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-03-19

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S~enftneI's Reporter.
The District Court will convene at 10
O'Clock this morning.
Mountain Lodge No. 81, I. o. o. F.,
meets this evening at z o'clock.
Information about mines to lease can he
had by applying at the assay Office in the
SENTINEL building.
General Grant has accepted an invita-
ton to review the veteran parade in
Brooklyn on Decoration Day.
See A. l.. Bancroft q Cos. advertise.
ment in this mornings SENTINEL for the
sale OF Knabe and Hartman pianos.
Several Ruby Hill families leave this
morning for Butte City, Montana, where
they will make their future abiding place.
The San Francisco papers say that an
assessment of so cents per share is ex-
pected on Alta as soon ss the present one
is off.
The work Of overhauling the machinery
at the Hamburg mine, preparatory to
hosting the tributers' ore, will commence
to-day.
The joints Of our rheumatic "stiffs''
about town are swelling again, and the
mercury in the barometer keeps on sinking
down.
A German has invented Q cannon which
is a steel tube tightly wrapped with silk
threads. 1t is light, does not heat, is ten
acious and is elastic.
The value of cattle in Kansas is $50, 000,-
900. No wonder, then, that the rinderpest
causes such q panic. II would be q fright
| full plague in this State.
Bruneau and Island Mountain, in the
northern part Of Elko county, will nave
lively placer diggings this Summer, owing
to the abundance Of water.
In London rosebuds are to be the fash
ionable embroidery, and rosebud satin
will be used for trimming. The Princess
OF Wales set the fashion.
Percy Jacobus, ex-Secretary Of the Eu-
reka Con. Mining Company, was arraigned
On 9 charge OF embezzlemens Saturday
morning and pleaded not guilty.
There seems to be no lack Of purchasers
for lands in Nevada for ranch and stock
purposes. Business in the State Land
Office at Carson continues lively.
The equinox in three days, and then,
perhaps, an end to the storm. The signs
last night were for another snow seige.
At half-past IL o'clock it was coming down
good and strong.
The train from Palisade yesterday,
which should have arrived here about 2
o'clock, did not get in until half-past 4.
The detention was caused by q carload of
hay catching fire.
Yesterday there was q discovery OF q new,
bright looking prospect on the 100-foot
level Of the Clipper mine on Home Ticket
Hill. The ore below this level is also i'm
proving in quality.
No doubt many persons think that Mt.
Shasta is the highest mountain in Califor-
mia. The question came up yesterday, and
upon examination, IL was found that its
altitude is less than that OF MI. Whitney
by $50 feet.
Rock and rye candy has just been anal
yZod by a chemist in New York, a report
Of which is contained in our dispatches
this morning, and has ben found to con-
tain enough fusel oil, or oil Of whisky, in
two pounds TO produce death.
Inquirer: Contrary to the usage that
prevails at present, in these parts, we find
that there is q mass Of the best authori-
ties on the subject for knights Tenn
plars." For knights Templar" we can
find only the usage Of the Grand Encamp-
ment OF Mssons in the United States since
a comparatively recent date. As for our
selves, we follow custom in the matter and
write always knights Templar."
Mr.. Oatman, Secretary Of the Eureka d
Palisade Railroad Company, informs us
that probably, for the next TWO or three
weeks. one through trip will be made to
Palisade aud back only every two days;
hat is. the train will leave here every
other morning. and return to Eureka
every other afternoon. 1t is considered
unsafe TO run trains at night. on account
Of the present condition Of the roadbed.