Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-06-03
LOCAL AND OTHER JOrs.
Scraps from the Notebook o. she
semsIners Reporter.

seminars keDOFteR.
Holmes stock took a jump yesterday.
Yesterdays quotation Of silver, 50 98&s.
The recent showers will in a day or two
make mushrooms plentiful.
The heavy shower Of rain yesterday
afternoon was what the country needed.
There is a movement on foot for the
nomination of 9 Prohibition State ticketin
Nevada.
Uncle Sam welcomes into his domain
1900 babies a day, not counting those who
come by sea.
John r. Kittrell. formerly OF Nevada, Is
a candidate for District Attorney of Stanis-
laus county, Cal.
Pat Mcbride, who was tried yesterday
| before Justice Harmon for assault and bat
terry, was acquitted.
r. SadIer returned yesterday from a
| visit to his ranch. He reports a great
| abundance Of rain in the valleys.
About time our enterprising citizens
were making arrangements for q proper
observance Of the Fourth Of July.
Just now the little folks of Austin are
suffering from soarletina or scarlet fever,
and with fatal results in some cases.
The Carson Tribune says that ex-Gov-
ernor Kinkead will soon be sufficiently re-
covered from his illness to appear on the
streets.
County superintendent . of Schools
Douthett, who has been somewhat indis-
posed Of late, left yesterday for a brief
visit in Elko.
The population Of the town continues to
increase. The latest addition is o boy in
the household of J. j. Kermeen. Mother
and son are doing well.
The citizens OF Clifton, in Dakota Terri
tory, are digging a cave large enough to
hold all the inhabitants of the village for
refuge in case of a Cyclone.
Melons we're first called cantelopes from
being cultivated at Canteluppi, q villa near
Rome, where they had been introduced
from Armenia by missionaries.
Not q Chinaman now lives in Lewis
county, Washington Territory, where there
were 600 a year hgo. There are said to be
only So now remaining in Seattle.
Queen Victoria proposes to make the
Prince OF Wales eldest son Duke of Kent
her fathers title-snd Parliament will be
asked to give him an annuity OF s50,00O.
II the telegraph company had shown
any enterprise, they would have furnished
us with an account Of the Presidents mar
risge, which took place yesterday in Wash.
iDgton.
Three thousand infants have been en-
tered at q Paris. baby show, and II Ia safe
to say that when the decision is rendered
the French Government will have to call
out the troops.
Mr.. Blaine appears to have a literary |
bureau in full operation, sewing specious
paragraphic seeds which shall blossom
forth in 1888 and bear the fruit OF another
nomination. II is all right. The Demo.
Gratis can do it again.
Read Mrs. Rousseau's advertisement in
this mornings SENTINEL. II will tell you
all about her concert and ball that is to
take place on the 10Th instant, and the
names OF her scholars who are to take part
ia the concert and exercises.
The examinations for promotions OF the
scholars of the public schools OF the town |
will soon commence. 1t ia said that the
pupils OF the primary rooms will have to
be promoted. whether worthy or not, IN
order to make room for the fresh crop In
September.
The funeral yesterday OF George W. Nell
son was largely attended. Most OF the
men employed at the Eureka Con. fur
nsces, including Assistant superintendent
Mckenzie, Foreman Stevens and Asssyer
McTierney. were in the procession that fol-
lowed the remains TO the grave.
A Chinaman has been arrested at Spo-l
kane Falls. W. t., for having removed the
figures so from a revenue stamp in a very
skillful manner and pasted them on a 81
g~reenback in such a manner as to make 10
appear as a $50 note. What is most singu-
lar ia the fact that he succeeded in getting
the bill changed, carrying away for 1t s5O
in good money.
Justice Harmon is evidently determined
that hereafter due respect must be paid to
all summons issuing from his office. Yes
terday morning he hned a couple OF cit'
zens who had been summoned as Jurors TO
try a cause in his court. The fines
amounted TO about 81 rs ea~ch-enough to
pay for the issuing and serving OF the
bench warrants.