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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-02-24
A Banking House Change.

The banking house known as Paxton a
Co.'s Bank will on Monday next pass into
new hands and will thereafter be known
Is the Eureka County Bank, IL having
Deen purchased from Messrs. Paxton. Cur
W., muller and Platter by Messrs. Daniel
meyer, M. D. Foley. B. Gilman, r. K.
%o'.,son and W. E. Griffin. Alta meeting
VI .ne last named gentlemen Sunday
n,sn', M. D. Foley was elected President
=. .ne institution; R. X. Morrison, Vice
rsesidens; Il. 7. Hoadley. Secretary aud
oasnier; W: E. Griffin, Assistant Cashier,
.a1 a. =. Cheney, Attorney. The Board
directors will consist Of Messrs. Foley.
Gnsssr' Gilman. Morrison and w. e.
ulimn' The new institution will have q
paid-up capital OF 500, 600.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-02-24
OVER THE WATER.



ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
LONDON, Feb. 23.-One Of the most sim
gular incidents ever connected with an ex-
ecution or IN attempted execution for
murder happened to-day at Exeter on the
occasion Of carrying out the death SEN
tence passed upon John Lee, who was re-
Gently condemned to be hanged for the
murder Of Miss Emma A. W. Keys ct Bal
bacombe, near Torguay, Nov. Is last.
Three attempts lave been made to execute
him, but each attempt was futile, the drop
failing to work successfully. The execu-
ton was consequently postponed.
The details Of the futile attempts to
hang Lee make the case the most horrible
that ever disgraced the gibbet in England.
At first Lee was perfectly firm and ven to
thetscaffold u~ndaunted. When the first
attempt to hang him failed, the prisoners
spirits remained unbroken. He was led
from under the gallows and walked
back to the cell with firm
step. When first placed upon the
trap he resigned himself completely
but firmly into the hands of the execu-
TONERS. He stood motionless during the
preliminary proceedings, and when the
moose was placed and the spring was about
TO be touched he made an apparent effort
to adjust his body to the expected drop, 80
death might be as quick as possible. When
the murderer was made to realize that the
gibbet had not lone its work and he was
not yet TO be hanged, he appeared to start
as if from q nightmare, but quickly re-
covered himself. The machine was then
carefully overhauled and the woodwork
found wet and swollen, 80 that the trap
refused to work. After being oiled and
tried until it was thought all right the
prisoner WAS again brought forth. The
same scene as before was then enacted.
Once again was the wretched man led
away and the trap o second time pro-
nounced all right, and for the third time he
took q stand upon the trap, and q third
time did the gibbet refuse to do
its work. The strain and suspense now
overtaxed Lee. He sank down in Q swoon
and had to be carried AWAY from the place.
No words can give an adequate idea of the
painfulness Of the scene. A kind of over
towering dismay like that of superstition
seemed to have gotten control Of the
Sheriff. The officers of the gsllows de-
serted, and no one made any more at
iempts &c put il in working order. The
man who was TO have been hanged was
limp, m~otionless and in q most pitiable
condition, lying in his prison cell dazed
and stripped and physically exhausted.
The Sheriff decided to abandon his task.
He closed up the execution yard and went
down to the Postoffice, and telegraphed
Sir William vernonlHarcourt, the Home
Secretary. a full history Of the horrible
failure to execute Lee, and he asked for in
structions.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-02-24
COAST ITEMS.

Eggs are worth seventy-five cents per
dozen in Helena.
The whale fisheries Of Alaska's waters
are said to be worth a million annually.
Green peas are . drug In the Sacrs-
mento market, selling for eight cents q
pound.
The Democrats In the Arizona Legisla-
ture have declined TO indorse Gov. Tritle
for reappointment by Cleveland.
The San joaquin and Sierra Nevada line
Is nearly completed, and the work is being
rapidly pushed forward. This Is the new
line to the Yosemite.
Common to good steers are selling in
Denver at from So so TO 81 so and cows at
from So IS to 81. Sheep bring from 8 TO
81 cents, with well fsttened animals very
scarce.
The Woman Suffragists will shrek with
anger. The Oregon Legislature last
Thursday refused to submit TO o popular
vote the Woman.suffrage bill defeated Of
the polls last June.
The bonanza compsny's we'll ct Quijotoa
10 being sunk at the rate Of eight feet per
day, and Is expected to strike sufficient
water to run all the mill machinery and
reduction works in about three weeks.
Sheriff Hopkins OF San Francisco IN
nounces that hereafter no persons will be
permitted to witness executions except
physicians, members Of the press and the
officers Of the court Of criminal jurisdic-
ton.
A correspondent, after q tour through
Oregon and Washington Territory. and
after speaking OF the merits and dement's
Of that section, says: "In conclusion, ]
will say this is q good country to stay away
from, as every kind OF work and business
is overdone."
Reliable parties in New Mexico report
that cattle there are being held at pretty
stiff figures. Our New Mexico friends are
Of the opinion that in view OF the posi-
bility OF Texas cattle being virtually barred
out Of the Northwest. they will be able to
secure prices this season pretty well up as
compared with other years. when no en-
barge existed upon Texas cattle.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-02-24
THE MILITIA BILL.

The Centennial Guard rs . hooy
and the Miners Union at Variance
Action Taken by the Two Bodies.
A meeting was held last Sunday evening
At the Eureka Opera House by the mem
bers OF the Centennial Guard and the Ruby
Hill Miners Union for the purpose OF
discussing Governor Adams veto OF the
Militia bill. Several spirited speeches
we're made by Senator Foley and others,
and the differences OF opinion expressed
were quite marked. No definite action
A taken until after the meeting adjourned,
when the Centennial Guard met and passed
the following:
whereas, II appears that several mem
bers OF the Guard have, as individuals,
signed q petition to have the Governor
veto what Is known as the Militia bill, and
Whereas, II appears that said mem bers
signed said petition under q, misapprehen-
sion as TO the scope and effect OF said pc
tition and bill, and
Whereas, The action OF said individual
members in signing said petition has been
construed TO be the action OF the Centen.
NAL Guard; therefore be ii
Resolved. That the Centennial Guard Is
in favor OF the Militia bill becoming . Law
Notwithstanding the veto Of the Governor.
and that we as a body desire the delegates
from Eureka county in the State Legisla'
ture to use all proper means to secure the
final passage Of said Militia bill.
A petition was also put in circulation By
the Miners Union, praying that the Gov.
ernor's veto be sustained. II was numer
ously signed by miners, aud also signet
BY members OF the Guard who opposed thu
foregoing resolution. The resolution an,
petition were both telegraphed 20 member
Of Eureka county's delegation in the Legis
lature.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-02-24
Distriet Court.

Inssmuch as the Court considered the
present number Of jurors inadequate for
the trial OF cases before the court. and es.
pecially for those set for the day. /. was
ordered that an open venire for ~ add.
tional jurors be issued to the Sheriff to be
by him served.
The case Of M. Fl. Joseph vs.. the Red
Bird Con. Mining Company was set for
trial Saturday the 2sth instant.
State OF Nevada VS.. G. l. Slingerland.
The following composed the jury: ]. II.
Riley, Thomas Barnes, d. Crowley. T.
Gordon, E. +. Ostman, J.J. Allen, John
Conway, George Sterling. s. II. Fraser. j.
D. Thompson. L. W. Thompson and J. II.
dreen. After quite q number OF witnesses
we're examined. and both sides were ably
defended, the Court instructed the Jury.
Az 1880 O'Clock P. M. the jury returned q
verdict Of guilty.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-02-24
A big Humbur.

ine Nevada. Cal. Transcript of Tuesday
s'sss the New River boom q wipe, as fol-
'oW' Gus Rosenthsl and John Graves,
N NJ ieit this city week before last for the
c ~sw hiver Mining District. in Trinity
iss returned Sunday. They got as
ma as copper Csty, when they met q great
oo aaJ men coming out of the much. doomed
rsuaasy and trying to get work on the
ns.Oaues ~ SS5 q month. Rosenthal aud
oni" ss say that New River Is q fraud, the
h. strikes " that are made there being
hundreds Of victims OF the scheme who
blasted place.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-02-24

How He Has Again Possessed Him.
self of q Fortune.


self Of q Fortune.
James R. Keene is again possessed Of q
fortune. Recently 1t became known that
he had been working the market quietly
for the past few months. He kept his own
counsel so that be was never referred to in
Wsll-street talk. Two months ago he
caught q drop in petroleum and cleared q
trifie over $50, 900. With this amount he
settled g few Of his most embarrassing
debts and then went for railroad stocks.
He got . lot Of New York Central at 80
for cash. and some two weeks ago he sold
out at 80, realizing $263, 900. News Of his
speculsting was developed recently, when
Lake Shore strengthened and closed at
66h bid, showing some Of Keene's old and
f%avorite tactics. Then 1t was found that
he was tremendously long on that stock,
bought at 59A, and had systematically
bulled IL to where he could handle
the market, and he is now In
Q fair way TO gain Q few millions. Less
than q year ago Keene failed. He was
completely cleaned out Of everything and
owed 5000, 900. His wife had q lot of dia-
monds and two houses, but no money. At
the close Of 1879 Keene had q fortune
which he claimed at $19. 600, 900. its very
lowest cash value being Sl3, 900, 900. OF
this he made So, 000, 900 in a Chicago wheat
corner and SIS. DOC. 900 be had brought with
him from California In 1877. In his wheat
and pork corner in Chicago he lost 81, 800,
900, and in Jersey Central alone he lost
$4,000, 900. Everybody on Wall street
seems glad to know that Keene has re-
covered himself.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-02-24
uOTEL ARRIVALS.

1.okson House-H. Story, Prospect
uonntsin: George T. Terry. Bristol; A.
W Tiegel, San Francisco; Allen Curtis
nnstin: F. W. Griswold. Joseph drandei,
A0ava- Hamilton; Robert Bailey q
family. Diamond Valley; D.. III: Birdsaii,
Tavior. Dan Mulcahy, Newark; Joseph
Williams. Hot Creek. po,xr.
Buresu HOTEL. Bergman, J. berry
man, Jr.. Secret Canyon; George Lewis,
prosneot Mountain; Thomas Mullen, jas.
nnnn. James Ainsworth, Phoebe; Martin
Purcell, Pine Station; Barney McCooie'
Diamond Station.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-02-24
Things That Are Not What They
Seem.

Black lead ia not lead at all, but q com
pound Of carbon and 9 small quantity Of
iron. Brazilian grass never grew in Bra
I'll. and is not grass; it is nothing but
strips OF palm leaf. Burgundy pitch il
not pitch, and does not come from Bur
gundy; the greater part OF it is rosin and
palm oil. Catgut is made from the en-
trails of sheep. Cuttlebone is no bone
but a kind of chalk once inclosed in the
fossil remains of extinct specimens of
cuttle-fsh. German silver was not in
vented in Germany. and does not contain
a particle Of silver. C%leopatra's Needle
was not erected by the Egyptian Queen,
nor in her honor. Pompey's Pillar has nc
historical connection with Pompey in any
way. Sealing-wax does not contain q par
ticle OF wax, but Is composed Of Venice
turpentine. shellsc and cinnabar. The
tuberose is no rose, but is a species OF
p~olyanthus. Turkish baths did not origin
ate in Turkey, and are not baths, but
heated chambers. Whalebone is not bone,
and is said not to possess a single property
of O bone.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-02-24

Tassell Brothers give notice that they
have purchased the boot and shoe business
formerly conducted here by Brown q
Tassell, and have removed their stock 70
the Foley- Richard building next door to
Remington, johnson Il Co.'s grocery
store. where they at all times keep an i'm,
mense assortment OF gentlemen's boots and
shoes: also, an elegant line of ladies and
children's foot wear. No store in Nevads
Keeps a larger assortment, or seiis
goods at lower prices, than the Tasseil
BROTHERS,
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-02-24
New rest for silver.

A German exchange Is rather lavish
with its adjectives, and says that the fol,
lowing is q simple, sure. and excellent
silyer.test solution: Dissolve potassium
bichromate IN water. and add a little
blood.red appearance. Grind the object
with the stone and apply the solution; II
silver, a red sediment will remain; but II
base metals, the coated parts will disap-
near or u yellow. The t~esting-stone
must be washed off after using.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-02-24

At q joint meeting Of the Hooks and
Knicks and the Richmond Hose Com
panies held last evening, II was, after the
report OF the committee appointed to con-
fer with other companies and an express
sion OF opinion on the part Of many pres
ent, determined that " on and after March
l we close our doors and will refuse to do
any more service in the Fire Department
unless a better proposition can be made
us by the County commissioners"
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of Base.

M. M. Ley has removed his stock of gro
ceries, provisions. hats and caps, and
boots and shoes. from his old stand on
Ruby Avenue TO two doors south from
the Courthouse, where he will be pleased
to see all his old customers, and rs many
new ones as choose to honor him with
their patronage.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-02-24

DEPARTURES YESTERDAY.
=, ro,av Daniel Meyer
THOMAS Cummings.
ARRIVALS LAST NIGHT.
Carpenter 4 son W s Mcclellan
Mas Emma Vanderlieth
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-02-24
Eureka AmateursMiustreIs

A'a meeting last night OF the Eureka
~ .'eur Minstrels. II was ordered that the
c cua'' appoint a committee OF three TO se-
follous naii Tor meeting purposes. The
pras;snng gentlemen were elected officers:
ph;nsen', II. Bellinger; Secretary. e. j.
M%sn.psi treasurer, W. s. Pardy; Stage
Jsssssr; +: Douthett; Musical Director,
capital Of $50.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-02-24
Boots and shoes for Cash.

Owing to the stringency in the money
market. we have reduced our prices on
boots and shoes to the lowest living prices,
and hereafter will only sell our goods for
cash. So. please don't ask for credit. as
we will be compelled to refuse it. Persons
indebted to the firm will please make i'm
mediate payment.
n TAssELL BROTHERS.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-02-24
Grand Clearance Sale OF winner
~ClOthing. Etc

The prices on all goods VIII Dc
slaughtered from now until the first oil
April at the White House clothing EN-
norinm. in the building formerly occupied
nv M. j. Franklin. All goods will be Sole
At a great sacrifice in order to make room
for Spring goods. Call and secure par
gains. M. KARsKY, Proprietor.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-02-24

viive trees three years old and now
DsAring fruit can be seen on the HAYES
ianoh one and a half miles southeast from
nivermore, thus proving conclusiyelv that
vus 10 not obliged to wait q " life.tima'
'ot Olives to come into bearing.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-02-24
.Just Received,

At Bergs, a lot of Booths fresh oysters
which he will sell al ninety cents q o
He also has a large quantity OF fine, fresh
poultry, which he is selling at bedrock
prices.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-02-24
A Temuuug I.ot of Goods.

Aunt Hannah has received q full and
tempting stock Of hats, feathers n all
sorts of millinery goods. The like has
never before been seen in Eureka. liyou
want something nice, lady friends call on
the Auntie.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-02-24
vpITE PINE A LINE.

ARRIVALS SATURDAY NIGHT.
u NJ Peters. F. W. Griswold and j. IT,
Grandelmeyer.
DEPARTURES MONDAY MORNING.
]. +. Donnelly.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-11-26
FUN.

Sunday School Teacher: Now children. we
must bear in mind that between our last week $
lesson and this quite period of time is represented
having elapsed. During this time a very inn
portant event has taken place, Yes Annie" motto
ing little girl Mt the end of the class smiling
knowingly, you may tell US what it is"
u Annie: We've all got our Winter hats ~
Hnrper'S Bdzdr.
"A New London boy, with milk piteherin hand,
fell headlong down the back stairs. He had re-
gained his feet and was brushing the dirt from his
clothes when his mother appeared at the head of
the stairs and asked: Did you break the pitcher"
No, didn't; but i WILL" the quick re-
Spouse. And he did.-Hartford Times.
Possibly one reason why so few good books Of
travel nowadays written is because travelersar
whisked past instead of as formerly being rubbed
up against the scenery.-Macon (Ga.) Telegraph.
- am sorry for you, Mrs. Peyster," said Mrs De
Johgns, she leaned over the backyard fence;
your boy Jack must be such trouble to you"
Trouble to me? He's enough sight less trouble to
me than your boy Tom is to the whole neghbor-
hood. Jacks got lots of good stuff in him..
"Seems to know how to keep it there"
SIN I'm glad he does. He isn't making pictur-
esque fool of himself as"
Arrangements are being made for very high
board fence between the Peysters and the De
Johgnses.-Hartford Post.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-11-26
SCIENTIFIC CHAT.

Science determined long ago that when the
sun CROSSED the line" twice year at a certain
point the equator directly under the sun ships
quadrant would swing completely around. This
event had never befallen any seaman however,
until Capt. Gurdon Pendleton, Of Stonington, eX-
perienced it many years ago. 1t is supposed that
to no other Captain has the novel occurrence hap
pened.-NOrtCich Bulletin.
The German traveller, DR.. Gerhard Rohlfs
contends that it is unhealthy to wooden cloth
ing in the tropics 1t is well known, he says that
nearly all animals In Europe have q thickepcoat
In Winter than in Summer. But in Tuat. kufra,
and other hot regions of Central Africa sheep i'm
ported from colder climates lose their wool in the
course of year. and their skins are then thinly
covered with hair. The lion, who at the Cape and
Northern Africa has a long and thick name, loses
his name entirely in Central Africa. These facts
argues DIR. Rohlfs prove that there must be some
urgent cause for depriving animals of their wooden
coats in the tropics in other places the same ami
mails have for thousands of years been covered with
wool both in Winter and Summer and they give q
lesson to man which he would do well 20 follow.
Some interesting particulars are given by Nj.
Escalle, director of the important works at Tamsris
In regard to the employment OF blocks OF COM
pressed coal, in lieu of coke. for blast furnaces.
With the ores of the country, which argiosili-
cious and small the quantity OF compressed fuel
employed Is 20 per cent, but with those Of Motka
Phals 1t reaches regularly 80 per cent 1t has
been found that by the use of these blocks a much
higher of hot blast Is obtained and that
the proportion of combustible consumed-coke and
compressed coal ncluded-per ton of pig iron pro-
duced is less than with coke alone. NJ Escalle at
tributes this result to the quantity OF water, IA per
cent, contained in the compressed coal blocks used
by him. well to the nature of the volatile mat
ters The volume of gas obtained per ton Of the
compressed fuel, at these works, was some 7,6a0
feet.
DR. Carlos Finlay, of Havana. has been expert
menting on the inoculability of yellow fever. The
disease was found be transmissibe only from the
third to the sixth day. Out of ii NEGOTIATIONS. six
were successful, one doubtful, and four negative
The NEGOTIATIONS were brought about by the use Of
musketos which were first caused to sting patients
suffering from the fever, and afterward allowed to
sting the person whom 1t was intended to inocu-
lots Whnteyer m he the result of DIR. Finlay'a
inoculatory experiments as against yellow fever,
the ease with which disease may be transmitted
by the mere sting of small insect Is an important
addition to the history Of how zymotic diseases
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-11-26

slant to explode with awful destruction to
everything in its vicinity. All but the junior
Lieutenant recoiled at the sight, and Stanley
shouted:
Back back Warn everybody to get out of
the way; there is enough there to blow every
body to Tophet."
But to his utter establishment Horton, disre-
garding his orders, shouted to the men OF the
battery to come up and threw himself from his
horse. evidently intending to rush in to the
rescue.
Bring up a prolong! Cast of q prolong
from gun and bring it over here! Come on,
batterymen, and haul off the caissOn," he cried.
"What do you mean, you maniac" thun-
dered Stanley. "Wou]d you take men to GER
tain death2 Back, every man of you!"
But the men were up with the rope follow
ing Horton over the fence before they could
comprehend anything but the fact that their
officer called them to follow on an GRAND of
danger. 1t was not in Staniey's nature to turn
away even from certain death and leave men OF
his command behind him, and while he was
wondering what had so broken up the disclp-
line of his command, he saw the prolong fixed
to the pole of the caisson, the rope manned by
some of the men, while others seized the spokes
of the burning wheels, and yet others beat at
the flames with bushes and the boughs of trees
By their united efforts the caisson was run
out from the yard and the fire Oh it extinguish-
Gu IulS Dclng QOue UHe Ike Was oedtcu out
and the panic was over.
Mr.. Horton" said Stanley, as the young
officer, all smoke begrimed and exhausted, came
up to him" Mr.. Horton, respect your zeal
and your courage, and this isn't a moment to
find fault with you but let me tell you, Sir,
you've done d foolish thing"
"Will you ride little one side with me, sir,
if you please? said Horton and then and there
he told the Captain everything.
The deep resentment with which the latter
heard the story gave way at length to his sense
of the ludicrous.
"Great Scott!" he said. 81 thought you
were smitten with sudden insanity or wanted
to make hero of yourself, or something of the
sort But, after all, there is no harm done. We
shall stay here to night, and as soon as it is
dark bring me some of the champagne and a
few bottles Of the red wine, and some of the
pate de foie gyus, -enough for a supper for few
of us,-and then turn the rest of the stuff over
to the Surgeon for the wounded. He wont ask
how you came by it. If he does, you can say
you drew it."
"Yes, Captain" said the satisfied Lieuten-
ant
The friends of Stanley who called on him at
his campfire that night, not excepting Gen.
Weitzel, declared that he was a wizard, and
asked him to account for his luxury.
Il always told you," he said. " that my old
teacher, Monsieur Repart, maintained that his
art was not inferior to the art of war. This is
one Of his surprises.
1.-THE end.1