Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-08-28
LOCAL JOrS.
Scraps from the Notebook OF she
SentIneI's Reporter.

S0ntiDeIs reporter.
P. Steler came 10 on last nights stage
from Taylor.
Ex-Sheriff Sweeney returned yesterday
from q visit to Salt Lake City.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. l.. Wines returned
home yesterday on the E. and P.
Rev. Father Burchard is expected to
hold a Catholic mission at Carson.
Berg yesterday received an immense
quantity of splendid fruit, and is selling /.
at reduced prices.
Jim Murray is doing very we'll in the
Munroe mine, Secret Canyon. Some of the
ore is Of high grade.
The State Printing Office employees, here
tofore laboring eight hours a day, are now
compelled to put in nine.
Ben O.. Levy has leased John lannon's
mine at Secret Canyon. The property is
regarded out there as q good one.
VIM. E. Hardin. OF Steamboat Springs,
| was married to Miss Jennie Douglas, Of
| Virginia City, at Carson last Sunday.
Lieutenant Governor Laughton is on
| his wsy TO New Tacoma, Washington Ter
| ritory, to accompany his family home.
Pat Dougheriy. at Secret Canyon, is
| raising q large number Of calves this year.
They are unusually fat and healthy look.
ing.
The fruit in Carson, Reno and Washoe
Valleys that escaped frost is rapidly ripen-
ing. 1t is far ahead Of California fruit in
flavor.
The fact that an inventory of the ma
chinery of the Carson Mint has been
ordered leads to @ suspicion that it is 10 be
shipped away.
Two white men and one Indian were
killed by the ditching OF q train on the At
lsnsic and Pacific road, near Powell Sta
ton. Saturday.
John Harmon and Jim Brown have just
made q shipment Of good ore from the
Scorpion mine, Page Canyon, to the Rich
mond furnaces.
The Independence Mining Company has
levied an assessment OF 20 cents and the
North Belle Isle one Of 10 cents per share.
Both Tuscarora mines.
Buena Vista John says the embassado rs
sent to confer with the Washoes report that
they were well treated during their visit,
and that there will be no war.
Messrs. Pope and others interested are.
taking some fine ore out Of the Blue Ruin
mine at Secret Canyon. which bids fair to
become q fine paying property.
Messrs. Nelson and Anderson are get
ting ready for another shipment OF coed
ore from the Geddes mine. They are in
dussrious and are making money.
The bergman boys, who have leased the
Fairplay mine. Alhambrs Hill, will divide
their force. Dick Bergman will remain
a Eaarak aud 4avL Aha 6o.so-s{n-
The funeral Of Arthur Wanless yesterday
was one Of the largest seen in Eureka In
many days. During his brief residence In
Eureka he made Q large number of warm
friends.
The Supreme Court at Victoria, B. O.,
has declared the Act Of the Provincial Leg
i~slsture. which imposed a head tax Of $40
on all Chinese in the province. u~nconstitu-
| tionsl.
The Commissioners Of Washoe county
have passed an ordinance compelling all
boys and girls under the age of 16 years to
be off the sire jts OF Reno by 8 O'Clock In
the evening.
The following scores were made by the
Carson Guard team at their range on Sun
day. only five members shooting. Thaxter,
46; Saffell, A; Doc Alley, A; Lsing, AZ.
and Hark, az.
Entries for the State Fair trotting races
close September /. Horsemen should bear
this In mind. Entries for the running
races do not close until two days prior to
the races as advertised.
The prizes hung up at the Storey county
Miners Union picnic for target shooting
are as follows: To team making best score
/ a y On0 yarIZ &fE. 40 onoAnA Anam XIX IN
best individual score, SIS.
Messrs. Stanton and others interested
made connection between the tunnel and
the old workings of the Irish Imbassinder
mine, Secret Canyon. II is understood
that they have q good thing.
Smith 4 Doak's dog-cart. which was re-
ported as having suffered but little injury
by the runaway Wednesday evening, Is q
total wreck. II might be patched up, but
1t can hardly be made presentable.
Messrs. Steele and Waters are doing
some good work in the Little Nina mine,
Secret Canyon District. They have great
faith in the property and believe that II
will be second TO acme in that locality.
A cave occurred in the Kearsage mine,
at Benton, Mono county, CAL, last Wednes'
day, whereby James Trombigo, one OF the
owners, was Enclosed in the tunnel, and
had not been rescued at last accounts.
The troops from Forts Douglas ano
Bird ger. Utah, will rendezvous on the head
waters OF the Provo river, Utah. about the
25th. for the field drill and q camping out
There will be combined about 1000 strong
II. M. Yerington has some men en-
ployed in prospecting q short distance
northwest of Soda Springs, Esmeralda
county. II Is reported that they have
recently found q vein OF ore assaying very
high.
Reno supports two daily papers. thu
Journal and Gazette; five churches-Cath
Ollie, Episcopal, Methodist. Baptist and
Congregational; is lighted by gas, and is
supplied with water by o most admirable
system OF water works.
The effect OF o decision rendered in
Chinese hAbeas corpus case by Judge Saw
yer, in San Francisco, Monday, will be tS
give every Chinaman who wants TO get into
this country the right OF appeal 10 thu
United States Supreme Court.
In consideration OF SIS. 900. W. H. Coffey
| 20 ruxaLa has uurchaaad from T, p Drax