Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-12-09
LOCAL JOTs.
SCRAPS from, the Notebook Of che
sentfnePs Reporter.

sentfnePs Reporter.
King Alfonso's life was insured for
5000, 900.
The thermometer scored Is degrees above
zero last night.
Dan De Quille has written q Christmas
story for the Sacramento Bee.
Psrnell predicts that Ireland will be
practically free in another year.
A crowded house is promised the " Rose
| dale " performance Friday night.
A new SIS gold piece, outside good gold,
inside spelter, is the latest counterfeit.
It will be we'll for ore shippers to get
their ore in at as early q date as possible.
One thing the people Of this country
| will not sacrifice. and that is silver money.
Miss Frank, school teacher on Ruby
| Hill, is reported i'll and confined to her
room.
venison is selling In Idaho City for 10
| to 70 cen ts. II is selling in HALEY at 4, 8,
and 6 cents.
II ia said that the mail service on the
Reno and Cedarville route will be shortly
cut from six to three times a week.
Ben Sanders has removed his law Office
10 tQ6 EOOu On mdtn otACCs AOuA oOSAo
north Of the Eureka County Bank.
S~piritualistic seances are common this
Winter in Carson social circles. The
spooks make things lively now and then.
The road between Eureka, Pinto and
Newark Valley ia In places in q horrible
condition, much to the danger Of coal and
ore teams.
doc" Keen and his partner are doing
a lively business these days in the way OF
buying and selling secondhand, furniture.
stoves, etc.
It is said that polygsmists are thick in
the lower part OF Lincoln county, and
that they practice polygamy with impu-
nifty in FREQ Nevada.
Mrs. Nellie Grant-Sartoris, so the latest
rumor runs. before leaving for England
told q friend that she greatly preferred
English society to American.
The Gaze of p. Paroni vs.. John Tore
came on for trial in the District Court yes.
terday. Il will hardly be submitted to
the jury before this afternoon.
Miss Nettie Ladd, of Golconda, came in
on last nights train and will visit for q
couple OF weeks her brother Charles at the
residence OF D. H. Hall on Spring street.
Uhi. the groceryman. q few doors above
the Opera House, has received o large lot
OF toys, suitable for holiday presents for
the little folks. Call around and see them.
Heavy fogs similar to the one that hung
over Diamond Valley during Tuesday and
Wednesday Of last week are reported from
nearly all the large valleys OF the eastern
part Of the State.
The first land In this country taken mp
under the homestead law was by Daniel
Freeman. OF Gage county. Neb. He took
it up January /, 1856, the day after the
law went into effect, and still lives on 1t.
The tributers at the Silver Lick mine
have all been notified to clean up by the
last OF this month by the new Superintend-
ent, Mr.. A. b. Davis. Nothing 10 known
here OF the future intentions OF the com
pany.
Jim Allen will shortly remove his family
from Eureka to Secret Canyon. where he
has lately been prospecting. He believes
that he can make more money at mining
out there than at anything he can turn
his hand TO in Eureka.
In Judge Rix's Court. San Francisco,
last Wednesday. the preliminary examina-
| ton Of Xxx" Brown, the Hesldsburg
| aveuger, was continued for one week. His
victim constantly grows weaker, and the
Police Surgeon gives no hopes for re-
covery.
1t was reported on the streets again yes
terday that scarlet fever had made its APP
pearance In no less than three families in
town. Upon investigation the rumor
proved incorrect. The trouble with the
afflicted children is nothing but q rash,
common here for some time past.
A mining dispute occurred among sew
| eral miners on Adams Hill Monday even
ing. and firearms appeared on the scene.
| After some talk back and forth among the
| disputants ID was decided to test the mer-
its OF the dispute in o muscular way. which
was done. A wise conclusion.
Tho outgoing passenger train over the
E. and P. road that left town at 10 O'Clock
| Monday morning did not reach Palisade
| until 4 o'clock yesterday evening. The
| delay was caused near the Summit, but
we were unable 10 learn its character. The
incoming train last evening was, as o con-
sequence, several hours late.
Our Geographic report is again rather
slim. II ia owing to the wires being occu-
| pied by the Transmission OF the Presi-
| dents message, which ia unusually long.
| The SENTINEL made an effort to get at
least q portion of the document for this
mornings issue, but was unsuccessful,
| owing TO Its coming In u~nconnected seo-
| tions and for severa! other reasons.
Craxed by Liquor.
About 6 O'Clock yesterday evening
johnny" Horn, q teamster. became