Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-08-25
LOCAL AND OTHER Jors.
Scrnps from the Notebook Of she
R~ensfneI's Reporter.


:. Yesterdays quotation OF silver, so %,
The first duty OF a citizen is to register
Unbaled hay Is selling in Reno at So pc
ton.
! Yesterday vas dissgreeably windy an,
dusty.
VIM. Hayes. Of Hamilton, is on III,
Base Range.
The most genial gentleman these time,
is the politician who desires favors.
The arresting OF q drunken man wa,
about the only excitement on Main stree,
yesterday.
Work will be resumed on September |
in the Utah and Occidental mines, Vir.
ginia City.
The quartz mill at Bernice will resume
work about September | on ore from the
Hoyt mine.
The rate from San Francisco to Chicago
is now $50 for first-class aud SA for third.
class passengers.
The assessment OF 81 per share on
Eureka Con. stock will be DELINQUENT In
the Board next Saturday.
Exchanges: Washington is the sickliest
city in the Union, its death rate exceeding
even that Of New Orleans.
The Times Review says IL is reported that
d~iphtheria prevails among the Indian
children in and around Tuscarora.
Col. Joseph Grandchildren, of Hamilton,
arrived in Eureka yesterday en- route home
from a four months visit in the East.
Many portions of the town are in q
filthy condition-Main street. for instance,
from the burnt district down to the Post.
office.
Virgins Enterprise: Rev. Bishop Man.
ogue arrived in this city e few days ago,
but his health has been too poor to allow
him to appear in public.
Democrats who stay at home and do not
vote at the primaries should not cavil at
the result or refuse to support the ticket
presented by the delegates.
A dispatch to the Carson Appeal last
Saturday evening states that the Holmes
works at Candelaria are closed down, owing
to the depreciation in silver.
Saturday night q Chinese store at Carlin
stolen therefrom. The burglars effected
an entrance through a cellar.
The Democrats Of Austin in convention
assembled instructed the delegates to the
State Convention to support Adams for
Governor and Cresswell for District Judge.
To be the sole possessor of q secret is
frequently a source Of unhappiness. For
instance, q man knows he is q great man;
no one else knows ii, and he is miserable
in consequence.
In the Ceur d'Alene placer mines q
Scotch company is testing q "gravel
pump I" similar in principal to the
"dredger" which will soon be ct work on
the Carson river.
Austin Reveille: Rev. ". @. Gray. for
merly Of Austin but last year stationed at
The Dalles, Oregon, was by the last
Methodist Conference moved to Spokane
Falls. There was talk of him coming
here next year.
The year In which August has five Sun
days is called ministers leap year; for. in
effect, q week Is added to the usual vacation
season. The present is the third success
sive year in which the pastors holiday has
thus been prolonged.
Dan De Quille sends word to the editor
Of the Carson Index that he is not engaged
in writing a history OF Nevada. He says
the story that he was SO employed prob
ably grew out of a remark OF his that o
pamphlet giving an account OF the re-
sources OF Nevada ought to be printed for
distribution among the Eastern States.
By q private dispatch received in town
yesterday it was learned that among the
State Convention delegates elected at the
Democratic primaries. In Elko county on
Monday last were W. Chase. l. 0streicher,
W. Dorsey and ] H .Nevin. The first named
10 said TO favor Adams for Governor, the
three last named are for Winters.
During the five days ending Friday
night last applications were filed at the
Carson Land Office for lands aggregating
81, 240 acres. upon which we're deposited
as first payment $3.50. Meanwhile the
amount Of SAT- was paid upon contracts,
SIS, ISL being the total receipts during said
period. Four new contracts were Issued
to applicants for State lands.