Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-04-03
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Scraps from she Notebook Of the
SentfnePs Reporter.
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sentineTs Reporter.
Umbrellas we're in demand last night.
To-day il Good Friday. and next Sunday
is Easter Sunday.
The Grand Jury will convene this
| morning at 10 o'clock.
Hon. Tom Wren is expected home from
| Washington tomorrow.
liberated throats are common among
| the children Of the town.
J. vanderlieth, Esq, returned from
| California on yesterdays train.
John W. Mackay left New York on
| Tuesday last for the Pacific Coast.
Henry Hip, a business man Of Ward
| and Taylor, is at the Jackson House.
The Holiness Band has invaded Reno.
| Carson will doubtless be tackled next.
Arthur McEwen has become e perma-
nent member Of the Sacramento Bee
staff.
e. @. Asher, OF Lovelock, has sold his
ranch and town property to Felix Cisto,
| of Battle Mountain.
Several Of our people are talking Of leav-
ing for differents points in Montana during
the coming fortnight.
The cattlemen and ranchers are hilari-
GUS over the drenching rain Of yesterday
evening and last night.
During the last 81 days Of March. 172
carloads OF cattle passed through Truckee
from the State Of Nevada.
The Richmond Company shipped yester-
day through Wells, Fargo d Co. seven
bars of bullion valued at 81, 1872.
On Wednesday last rs emigrants passed
through Palissde going west. Very many
OF the emigrsnts now going west seem to
be well-to-do people. who are looking for
homes.
The Reno Journal entered upon its
twenty third volume and twelfth year last
Tuesday. II Is newsy and s~prightly, and.
considering the times, ii holds its own as
well as any daily in the State.
Alfalfa IL several inches high in many
parts OF the State, early sown grain is
green. and trees are getting in leaf. Farm
ers are through sowing. and everything in
the agricultural line is q month ahead Of
last year.
Simeon Strong. who was convicted of
numbering his wife, committed suicide in
his cell in the Washoe County Jail Tues
day night by hanging. he anticipated the
judgment OF the Court, % he had been
sentenced to death.
The White Pine stage coach arrived on
time last night with two passengers aboard.
The driver reported the rainstorm, which
IL believed 10 be universal ~throughout the
State, to be especially severe in the neigh
borhood Of Taylor.
The SENTINEL il in receipt Of Q very
pretty and artistic Easter remembrance In
the way OF a neatly mounted egg, on which
is portrayed the lace Of a young miss, the
head being dressed in a hood. The In
known donor has our thanks.
Nevada Tribune: 1t is reported that
Superintendent Garrard has decided to
appoint ID. Il Sessions, formerly editor of
the Eureka SENTINEL, as Chief CLERK OF
the Mint, and Newton Roundtree TO the
place now held by Mr.. Otto Greehood.
Secretary Manning has instructed the
Superintendent Of the United States Mint
at Carson City to suspend coinage opera
ions until the beginning Of the next fiscal
year. July /, and reduce the force accord
ingiy. The Mint will. however, remain
open for the receipt Of bullion from de-
~positors.
Last Sunday, two boys named Joseph
Johnson and Joseph Williams we're at
Floyd's ranch, near Austin, and while
there ate some wild parsnips. Another
boy tasting the poisonous root, but not
liking IL, spit ii out. Antidotes were given
the two boys, but to no avail. They died
almost instantly, with the same symptoms
that %strychnine causes. Each little fellow
has a large number Of relatives there.