Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-08-30
LOCAL JOTS,
Scraps from the Notebooks Vf n
Sentinel's Reporter.

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Joe Dean, tho rancher, is at the jackson
: House.
The population Of Ruby Hill does no
exceed 300.
i Harvesting is going on in all OF the sur
rounding valleys.
Senator M. D. Foley spent a night a
Elko on his way below.
Il Large lots OF choice fruit came in on yes
terday's train from California.
"Lousy Dick" q Comstock character
died the other day OF alcoholism.
Supt. Robinson. of the Bay State mine
at Newark, was in town yesterday.
Miss Bette Tucker, Of Elko, is visiting
her aunt, Mrs. T.. d. Page, of Fish Greek.
J. O. Brooks, of Elko, has been ap-
pointed District Deputy Of the Knights OF
Pythias.
Regular divine services will be held to.
day at both the Catholic and Presbyterian
Churches.
Johnny Bray and Nick Paul, formerly of
Eureka, are honest miners now In the
Broadford mines.
"Tar weed brings $3.50 per ton in San
Francisco for medicine. 1t grows pro-
| fusely in San Diego.
The new steel cells for the County Jail
have arrived at the depot, and will be put
in place in q few days.
A dozen telegraph poles were broken off
by lightning between Winnemucca and
Paradise a day or two ago.
While there ia but little sickness In town
requiring the attention Of physicians, the
number "ailing" is large.
Wyoming csttlemen are trying TO pur-
chase the herds lately ordered by the Pres.
ident from the Indian lands.
Judge Bigelow, Grand Representative, I.
O.. o. F.. has gone East to attend the Su-
preme Lodge of the same order.
Miss Gussie Mannheim, school mistress at
Mineral Hill, came in for a brief visit yes
terday. She returns tomorrow.
The State Treasury contains S134. OPS 81
In coin and $500, 900 in bonds. The bonds
are Of the /" irreducible" variety.
The sagebrush plains are alive with jack
rabbits. In this section they are said to
be more numerous than in any previous
year.
Messrs. James and Andy Stinson, Chris
Malatesta and Tom Trainer went out to
N'o"oAA seiAoJ gossokuoy VI . Auntiub
trip.
No gambling will be allowed at the Sac
ramento Fair, by which we presume is
meant, banking games will not be per-
mitted.
Considerable barley has been brought to
town from the ne~ighboring valleys during
the past few days. Prices are said to re-
main stiff.
All Williams, of Gold Hill, and Adon
Butter, OF San Francisco, were billed to
wrestle at Piper's Opera House, Virginia,
last night for 500 q side.
The entertainment given last night at
the Opera House by the Truckee Concert
Hall Company was well attended and
passed off pleasantly.
Mr.. Henderson, the local banker, has to
import 50. 1000 in silver weekly to keep
Elko in change. A good deal of it is needed
for the poker game in the Gem.
John P. FAY, of Massachusetts,, who will
| in all probability be the Principal OF our
public pchools during the coming year, ar
rived in town on yesterdays train.
An agent Of the @. P. is investigating the
cattle traffic to the northward. II is pro-
posed to run the Northern Pacific and Ore
gon Short Line a tilt for this freight.
"Billy" Nickals. one Of the largest real
estate owners in Eureka county, came mp
from his home in Berkeley, GAL, last Fri
day. He is in the brewery business there.
Frank Abadie has a brand new drsy,
painted q bright green. Some OF the far
seeing ones claim they can discern an OBJ
ject on the part of Frank In displaying his
preferred color.
Carson Index: There is q man In town
who has more newspaper aliases than any
other man living. He is a traveller going
from one to another in that line, and even
writing letters TO himself.
Times Review: An agricultural paper
asks, "What is straw good forP" IL the
editor of that paper ever tackled q sherry
cobbler or a cider barrel, he ought TO know
better than ask such a foolish question.
Col. Jark Perry says Mark Twain got all
Of his best yarns from the bright fellows
who used to copgregate in Comstock bar
rooms in the early days. More truth than
poetry in it. Mark simply struck a lead
and worked it.
Emma Nevada, who Is now in Paris,
will leave for America In October, and will
visit the Pacific Coast. The chances are
that she will visit the Oomstock. She
will be married shortly to DR.. Palmer, who
has been acting as her agent for some time
past.