Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-03-20

What an Old BOdfefte and Conn.,
stOcker Has to Say.

stOcker Has to Say.
Dan De guile is doing some wholesome
work with his humor towards calling off
few Of those who might otherwise join the
swelling tide for Ceur d'Alene. We give
the following letter as . specimen of his
repressive efforts, just as we find 1t in the
Enterprise. Pat Moran may have written
it, but its not ~infrequent reference to "the
deep snow" the Armstrong" sawmills
and Kettle Belly Brown suggest Daniel
rather than Patrick.
EAGLE CRY, Idaho, Feb. II, 1884.
ED. ENTERPRISE: I left your city Jan.
IS, 1884, for these gold fields. / am in q
live camp. 1t puts me in mind OF Virginia
City and Leadville in their palmy days.
do think there will be 100, 900 people here
this Summer.
The snow is about five feet deep on the
level here. Men are now wading in here
daily by hundreds. Two Of the fair sex,
the first in the camp, came in to-day. /
to-day took q walk up Pritchard creek.
There is a town laid out in every Is miles,
and l do think I saw 1000 men at work at
building houses. I have seen considerable
coarse gold here.
A MEETING OF THE PIONEERS.
Last night the pioneers called q town
meeting for the purpose OF making laws in
regard to street and lot jumping. The
jumpers had two lawyers-all three are in
the town-to talk on their side. The pio-
neers called for their leader, Frank Reed,
who gave them a talk, and, in concluding,
told the crowd that was claw" Cheer
after cheer was given for their brave
leader.
THE OLD FAMILIAR MUSIC.
The house was a large log structure and
packed with men. Pistols were to be
heard Clicking all over the room, and
your old Comstocker (who had been there
before) was not long in finding his way to
the front door. He wanted to get a breath
of fresh air.
A STRONG RESOLUTION.
1 could see when the pioneer began to
speak that he had the better part Of the
crowd. They passed Q resolution to shoot
the first man who attempted to jump a lot,
and they meant it, for I could see blood in
their eyes.
L IN AN UPRoAR
Hundreds Of houses are going up, and
town lots have jumped from S25 to 1000
each. Everything is in an uproar, and it
looks like business.
Flour is $50 per barrel to-day. Eighteen
inches more of snow have fallen in the
last "a hours. / would say to anyone
coming here, come by Trout Greek, via
Portland.
CARRYING OUT HI
I return to my pencil to say that one
man has just been shot in the arm for
jumping q lot, and it looks as though there
was going to be a big killing soon.
OLD %"KETTLE BELLY" BROWN AND HIS
EANs.
/ have just met old Kettle Belly Brown.
He is putting up a big tent for a saloon.
He put on a pot Of beans this morning,
and when he went over to his cabin we
found the beans all over the fire. Kettle
had filled the pot full of beans, and of
course they swelled. / am now forever
convinced that old Kettle is no Christian.
His language is not that Of the "meek and
lowly." Still showing.
ARMSTRONG" sAwMILLs, ETC.
Over so Armstrong" sawmills are run
ming here. The lumber thus sawed by
main force Of muscle sells for $500 per
1000 feet.
1 would say that this has indications Of
being a good camp for a poor man for
years. I am cutting house-logs at S5 per
day. Carpenters get IS per day; any kind
of a man can get S. per day. Notices are
seen everywhere like the following: "Men
wanted, I" "Charcoal wanted" ETC., "Con-
tractors apply; will let contracts to sink on
lodges" 1t is all rush. No man need sit
down here. Yours truly,
PATRICK MORAN,
Late of Bodie, California.