Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-02-25
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MINERAL HILL. Feb. %. 1886.
EDITOR SENTINEL: The all absorbing
problem agitasing the towns Of che Pacific
Coast at present, viz, "How shall we ge'
rid Of the Chinese2" was more effectuslly
solved in this town than in any other place
we have heard Of. The pigtails OF higt
and low degree gradually diminished I'M
der & successful boycott, until only one
poor specimen remained. He called him
self Lie Tung, but the boys dubbed him
Lie" for short, usually accompanied BY
significant explosives more or less forcible'
Lie had evidently taken Consul Bees ad'
vice and come to stay. He was q good
slayer. He held out for q long time. His
diversified accomplishments endeared him
to the hearts Of a few sentimentally-in.
clined persons, but tie boys were deter
mined he should 90. Lie was q COOK, also
o washwoman, q chambermaid, and In an
emergency, o wet nurse OF questionable
utility. He could say "muck-a-hi-lo in
the most savage style, and get away with
as many of the neighbors' chickens as any
other Celestial. Taking him all In all, Lie
was Q perfect type of his class-in fact, a
daisy. But he had to 60. Some OF the
boys got q little desperate one evening,
and after filling him up with "samshoo,"
roped him into q poker game. That set
tied the business. In less than two hours
Lie was b~roke-dead broke, fiat broke, all
broke up. His shekels left him like chat
before q fourteen-knot breeze, and the next
morning, while Morpheus still held peace
full citizens in tranquil repose, dreaming,
perhaps, of the sweet bye and bye, and
the good times coming when Sherman
quits tinkering with the silver bill, aud
while only the butcher and the baker were
astir, Lie packed his goods in his Califor-
mia trunk BARLEY sack and slipped quietly
toward the railroad. Whittier he went 10
only conjecture. That he left is a dead
moral certainty, and the boys are once
more. happy. Au revour, Lie. May you
never reach Chicago to blow soap bubbles
ment; but may you strike a bee-line for
the Flowery Kingdom, and there take unto
thee Q saffron. colored damsel and be
happy, and give some good industrious
white girl an opportunity to make an hon
est, v~irtuous living in this section.
During the dull times here quite q
number of our good people took q sudden
inclination or determination to visit
San Francisco. Among the number was
]. L. Thompson, a stirring business man
OF this section. 1t has been limited that
he has gone to seek q better half. Person.
ally we are not confident that he is matri-
monially inclined. Yet we have the
authority of Tennyson that "In the
Spring o young mans fancy lightly turns
to thoughts of love-" and he can be gra-
ciously recommended to the fair sex at the
Bay.
The long spell of fine weather has been
taken advantage of bye builders, and con-
siderable building and repairing is going
on-preparing. as il we're, for the snticip.
sted Spring boom.
social dance and general good time
a: Naples ranch, in Pine Valley, was the
social event OF the last week. Those who
participated pronounce it q very enjoyable
affair. Parties from here. Palissde, and
all along the line we're present.
After g very successful run the mill al
| this place closed down last month fol
necessary repairs. 1t is thought opera
| tions will not again be assumed for
| perhaps. q month or six weeks yet.