Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-09-23
LOCAL AND OTHER JOrs,
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senstneI's Reporter.

SenNners Reporter.
Yesterdays quotation Of silver. so 95,s
The political situation is growing in
teresting.
Democrats and Republicans are satisfied
with the weather.
The Republicans Of Lincoln county will
hold their convention on October G.
In the District Court Tuesday evening
Thomas Hicks was admitted TO citizenship,
Messrs. Baker d Wines left yesterday
for Carson in the interest OF Cleveland for
Governor.
j. II. Mcmillan, the Democratic nom
inee for Congress, is in the western part
OF the State.
The hot spell continues, the thermometer
ranging up to about 81 degrees in the
shade the last day or two.
There is only one October election this
year. II is in Georgia, and IL will occur a
week from Wednesday next.
John Mackay's telegraph lines will be
on this coast in three months. There will
probably be q line to Eureka, Virginia
City and Carson.
Miss N. Holland, after q two weeks visit
with friends on the Base Range, returned
Tn her home in Hamilton on yesterdays
White Pine stage.
Jesse Mendes left yesterday for Rocky
Bar, Idaho, where he will seek q location.
Several ex-Eurekans are in that section,
and said to be doing well.
Hon. A. G.. Cleveland was among the
departures on yesterdays train for Car
son.. He expects the Gubernatorial nom
ination from the Republican Convention.
An autopsy was made in San Francisco
yesterday on the body of Fanny Douglass,
formerly OF Virginia City. and the doctors
found that death was caused by septicemia,
resulting from malpractice at her own
hands.
It Is stated by eastern papers that the
new postal sheet is to be abandoned as
imprscticable It is said the perforated
and gummed ends Of the sealed sheet
break off in the mail, and leave the letter
practically opened.
Bullion that passed through Wells.
Fargo Il Co.'s express here yesterday:
From Mineral Hill, this county, four bars
valued at So, 514 81; from the south, one
bar valued at 81 ,0S2 IL; from Typo, n
bar valued at $500.
Almost the entire delegation from this
county to the Carson Convention left for
the front on yesterdays train. Several
who have strong preferences in the way of
candidates for political honors accom-
panied the delegation.
Following are among the heavy taxpay-
ers OF Lincoln county: Southwestern
Mining Company on $12, $50; Mrs. Helen ].
Stewart, S5,605; Phoebe Con. Mining Com
pany. 5 4 1000; A. W. Gear, SO, 1925; Bullion.
vile Smelling Company, Sis, 900.
In q notice OF H. T. Hoadley, Published
In the SENTINEL yesterday morning. we
stated that Mr.. H. had served two terms
az County Treasurer. We were in error;
he has only served one term. He was
deputy under John Tore for one term.
W. T. Thomas. who was ~broughtin from
White Pine county by Sheriff Bassett
Tuesday night, was al once examined as to
his alleged insanity. The case proved a
clear one, and the Sheriff proceeded to
Reno yesterday with the unfortunate man.
Mrs. Lang.ry will produce in America,
on her coming tour. u new comedy by Mr..
Sidney Grundy, called The Ladies' Man.
She and her company, including Mr..
Charles Coghlan, are aboard the Alaska,
which is expected st New York next Mon
day.
Phoebe Record: Word comes from Sill
YER Reef that affairs are moving along
smoothly down there. The cut In wages
was made. A number of men quit work
rather than submit TO 10, and left that
place for the North. The mines are run
ming full force. The wages now are 50 80
for miners and So for lsborers.
The Superintendent of the nickel and
cobalt mines at Cottonwood. Churchill
county, has been ordered by the English
company owning the properties to put on
q force OF men TO develop them. A
shaft will be sunk, and considerable pros
pecting will be done before reduction
works are built. The future OF the prop
er.y will depend entirely upon its merit.