Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-01
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SentineI's Reporter.
These moonlight nights are perfectly
lovely.
The Board Of Commissioners will meet
next Monday.
A strike among miners and other wage
workers in Butte City is apprehended.
Six carloads of emigrants, 176 persons,
passed Palisade Wednesday, going west.
The State Printing Office force is now
engaged on the Supreme Court Reports.
To-morrow's Hamilton stage will have
a full complement OF Eureka's legal lights.
To.morrow's session Of District Court
in Hamilton will wind up the present
term.
Esmeralda county claims to be the ban.
ner county Of the State at the present
time.
The probabilities are that Elko will keep
the State University at least two years
longer.
Governor Adams has appointed Mart
Smith, of Tuscarora, Commissioner of
Elko county to fill the vacancy by the
death of Mr.. Babcox.
1t Is reported hat the owners OF the
Monitor mine in Taylor ask $500, 900 for
the property, and that an English COM
pany will probably buy it.
The Grand Jury OF White Pine county
made a report yesterday evening, but we
were unable to learn the number or char
acters OF the indictments found.
Quite a number have recently gone to
Taylor with a view Of opening business
there. In about two months the chance ia
that Taylor will be q muchly overdone
camp.
Seven Mormon teaming outfits were in
camp on the summit last night, and they
will, in all probability. be in town this
morning with their loads OF flour, butter
and eggs.
The Villa saloon has been removed to
the large and spacious room formerly occu-
pied as q storeroom by NJ. Ley, two doors
above the Courthouse. A grand opening
will take place this evening. Call around.
A New York exchange says: Mrs. ]. r.
Williamson, OF Nevada, has a volume on
the Age Of Shsms," comprising a num-
Der of ~sprightly essays, in press, to be
issued shortly by W. B. Smith, New York.
Dividend mines are not very numerous
at present in any Of the Pacific States or
Territories. There has not been q time in
ten years when there were SO few % now,
and the prospects are not very encourag-
ing for an increase very soon.
"Fritz," who decamped from Winnie
mucca recently with some jewelry and other
valuables belonging to parties he came in
contact with there, was on Tuesday last
arrested in Reno with considerable Of the
stolen property on his person.
The Walker Lake Bulletin says: Col.
Ellis has sold the State Line mine to a
New York company, under the name OF
the State Line Consolidated. The deed is
now in the Recorders Office, and the Col
onel writes that work will begin immedi-
ately.
The Virginia Chronicle of Saturday
evening denies that Mr.. Knapp or anybody
else followed Senator Fair about the
streets OF Virginia City last Friday for the
purpose OF shooting him, and adds that
"Mr. Knapp will doubtless be delighted
when no reads the Appeals account OF his
lodging his arrest, his armament. etc"
1t is reported that a rich strike was
made recently in the mine at Marietta,
Esmeralda county, Nevada. The ore
found is said to sssay ST. 800 per ton on an
average. The mill and mine at that place
was formerly owned by DR.. r. Weber,
who spent several years there in trying to
work the refractory ores OF that district at
q profit.