Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-12-22
LOCAL JOTs.
Scraps from the Notebook 0f che
kentlnePs Reporter.

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Yesterdays quotation Of silver, 81 02h.
Congress has adjourned to the 9Th Of
January next.
Two small stamp mills are now en- route
TO Hawthorne District.
An assessment Of 81 per share has been
levied on Eureka Con. stock.
According to the papers the rattle nui.
sance Is general over the State.
William Pardy left yesterday to take Q
business look at Butte, Montana.
Most Of our storekeepers are now kept
| busy, filling orders for the holidays.
The Ti-cup mill at Cherry Greek has
| shut down, being unable to save the silver.
Owing to the illness Of Judge Rives Die
trict Court has adjourned until Monday
next.
During the holidays business men Of the
town will keep their stores open until 9
o'clock P. NJ.
Keep mp old customs and make your
friends happy by purchasing holiday pres
ents for them.
Advices. from Bodie District state that
the mill will begin to crush Mono ore
about January /.
The number OF passengers on the out
going E. and P. train yesterday morning
was unusually large.
The weather was so blustry yesterday
that IL even deferred the bill book fiends
from venturing out.
A rich gold ledge has been discovered
within the Walker River Reservation line,
on the Wasuch range.
The Eureka Dramatic Club talk of Civ
ing another play this Winter, but nothing
has Of yet been decided on.
Mrs. A. Jackson and Miss Oracle left
yesterday for California. where they will
visit for q couple Of months.
The price Of barbed wire for fencing has
been advanced In price half Q cent per
pound by the manufacturers.
John L. Robertson, wife aud family, of
Eberhsrdt, left on yesterdays train for
Reno. where they will reside.
The great men who were born In log |
cabins are nearly all gone. In the new
generation they will only be q tradition.
Miss M. Shoemaker, who has been the
guest Of Mrs. John Shoemaker for some
time, left yesterday for her California
home.
On Sunday the weather was beautiful, |
and many INDUCED in buggy riding. Two
vehicles were among the wrecks In the
evening.
1t is probable that in the District Court
yesterday at Winnemucca q day was fixed !
for executing judgment in the case OF
Clarence Gray.
Persons having chimnsys to clean, or
aknyao en- he uak will 40 nail 20 0opar1k %ho l
advertisement OF J. II. Woods. under the
head of New To-day"
Our neighbors in the Eastern part Of the
State are indignant over the curtailment
OF their mail service. We do not blame
them for being displeased.
The Board Of County Commissioners
held q meeting yesterday, but little or no
business was transacted other than the
passing Of q number Of bills.
The new development in the Bowman
mine, referred to in these columns the
other day, is said 20 be on the lowest level
OF the property and looking we'll.
The names OF Mrs. Julia Dent Grant,
Mrs. Tyler. Mrs. Polk and Mrs. Garfield,
widows Of ex-Presidents. are on the PEN
sion roll. each receiving $1,000 . year.
The sending OF Christmas gifts made 1t
very lively yesterday OF the Postofice and
Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Office. The rush
will probably be kept up for q day or two.
A recent fashion item declares that the
midwinter bonnet will be two inches taller
than It's %forerunner in the Fall. Theater
goers must carry ~stepladders to see over
them.
The outgoing mail yesterday morning
from Eureka made Postmaster Smith and
his deputy hustle around lively. II was
the largest that left the Office in many
months.
1t is said that J. W. McCammon, Prin-
cipal Of the public schools Of Palisade.
this county. and an alumnus OF the Ohio
Wesleyan University, is q candidate for
the position OF Principal Of our State UNI
versity.
The Secretary OF the Interior has re.
ques.ed the Attorney General TO institute
| suits in about forty additional cases
| against cattlemen. for illegally fencing
| public lands in Kansas. Nebraska, Wyo-
| ming, Nevada and Colorado. In many OF
! these cases criminal actions will be in
stituted.
A Nice Question of Law.
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