Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-01-24
LOCAL AND OTHER JOTS.
scraps from the Notebook ut the
SentineFs Reporter.

SentineFs Reporter.
The militia cost the State S7,275 in
armory rents last year.
The county Jail has but two occupants.
one of whom is q Chinaman.
Regular services to-day at the Catholic
and Presbyterian Churches.
G.. w. Boutwell, ia at Bernice making
preparations to start mp his quartz mill on
tho ores of that district.
Congressman WOODBURY., on Monday, in
| troduced q bill for the erection of an H.
dian school building at Carson.
Warden Frank Bell reports that the
total expenses of maintaining the State
Prison during the year 1885 was S4O,2S4 20.
Times Review: Such weather as this,
we believe we would rather be a bar-keeper
in the House Of the Lord, than a stage
driver.
Charles Johnson, the ex.convict, who
pleaded guilty to breaking into Governor
Adams house in Carson, was sentenced to
three years in the State Prison.
j. A. Blossom has sold his chloride
mine at Galena to an Eastern company,
who propose erecting a thirty-ton furnace,
and in other ways improving the property.
The new State University at Reno opens
in about three weeks. Orvis Ring, now
Principal OF the Reno schools, will be Presi-
dent. He will have two assistants to start
with.
The President has nominated W. NJ.
Garrard to be Receiver OF Public Moneys
at Cheyenne, Wyoming. The name and
initials are similar to those OF the Superin-
tendent OF the Carson Mint.
The almost total destruction by heavy
frosts Of the ~ungathered half of the Florida
orange crop has created quite a ripple Of
excitement among the dealers and ship
pers OF California, and high prices are pre-
dicted.
Winnemucca Silver State: The uieka
SENTINEL. which has ever been o first-class
local paper and q motor OF solid argument
in political affairs, has entered upon its
thirty-second volume. May it continue to
still prosper in the coming years.
Superintendent Donnelly, of the Eu
reka Con. mine. has let out q couple OF
contracts to eight practical minors on the
third level OF the property near the Rich
mond mine. Quite q block of promising
unprospected ground is said to be there.
Trees were uprooted in Carson by the
late storm, and considerable other dam
age was done. Three OF the large plate
glass windows of the dome of the Capitol
on the west side we're blown in, and the
dancing pavilion at Treadway's Park was
Frustrated.
A dispatch from G. s. Preble, dated q.
Washington, the 10Th instant, to Wells
Drury. says Congressman Woodburn had
just presented the memorial on the re-
opening OF the Carson Mint to President
Cleveland, aud that immediate considera-
ton Of the matter was promised.
The grand mask ball to be given by the
knights OF Pythia5 on the evening of Feb
ruary 10 will surely be a success. judging
from tho Committee of Arrangements,
which il constituted by the following named
gentlemen: W. S. Beard. A. E. Kaye,
Charles A. Mckenzie. James Wilson and
II. II. Beatty.
There are about eight inches of snow
in Dayton. which the Oldest inhabitant
says ID the deepest he ever saw there. The
same depth is observable at Sutro. At
Reno there arc ten inches of the white
substance. Heavy rains ave prevailed
in the southern part OF this State as we'll
as in Southern California.
Invitation cards for the Pink and Blue
party to be given by the Suuflower Social
Club on the evening OF February 8 are now
out. Those who know Of any friends OF
the club having failed to receive cards
would confer a favor on members of the
organization by reporting the came to the
Invitation Committee.