Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-09-03
LOCAL AND OTHER JOrs,
scraps from abe Notebook Of she
A~emAIneEs Reporter.


Two prisoners in the county Jail.
Yesterdays quotation Of silver, so 92ss
Virginia City has an unusually large
number Of idle men.
Senator Jones has returned to San
Francisco from Washington.
Miss Martha Wunderlioh, Of Belmont,
is visiting Hon. Joseph T. Williams and
wife.
Prof. W. ". Booher, formerly Principal
OF the Lyon county schools, has gone TO
EIko TO take charge Of the public schools
at that place.
On Tuesday morning last Elko had a
| ST, 200 blaze. Captain Warmers barn and
Its contents comprised the destroyed prop
erty; no insurance.
United States Marshal Kelly arrived
here yesterday from Virginia City. He is
a recent sppointee. and a very proper per-
son for the position.
A Especial delivery letter awaits James r..
Brown in the Postofice. Postmaster
Smith is unscquainted with the gentle
man or his whereabouts.
The Paradise Valley ia the only mine
In Humboldt county at present that
pays any tax. 1t paid last quarter into
the county treasury 81, 107 So.
Mondays Reno Gazette: Colonel
Thomas, wife and son, of Sutro, went be-
low last evening, that property having
been turned over to the mortgages.
The box office for the sale OF reserved
seats for the concert TO be given on the
evening Of the 14th instant by the Or
chestrsl Union will be open this morning
in the Opera House.
The Reveille says that we'll informed
Piutes scout the idea that the tribe are
meditating retaliation upon b white
settlers OF Smoky Valley for shooting the
Indian who murdered Lineberger.
Rev. H. H. Buck, the Episcopal min
lister, accompanied by his wife and child,
at the st. James parsonage yes
terdsy from Austin. He will preach his
first sermon in Eureka next Sunday.
A mine in Eureka. Nevada. is named the
"Irish Imbassinder." At least that's the
way the Eureka SENTINEL spells its. F.
Republican. Yes; and the spelling is cor
rect, so far as the SENTINEL is concerned.
Inyo Register: It Is reported that r.
B. Hickey has purchased Broder's entire
herd of cattle. The price given Is $50
per head for 1900, this years calves not
being counted. This would make the
entire cost about $50, 1000.
Carson Index: The talk now is that
Hank Davis will ask for the Republican
nomination for Lieutenant Governor, pro-
vided he is defeated for the Governorship.
This would add TO the tangle into which
the fight for the Lieutenant Governship
has fallen.
The Elko Free Press says: The Central
Pacific Railroad Company Ia replacing
the Cinnamon lately employed on the diff
ferent sections OF their road In this part
OF Nevada with white men. About
twenty white men have been put on dur
ing the past two weeks.
About 25. 900 deaths from typhoid fever
occur in this country annually, says the
Medical News, and this represents fully
$50, 900 cases OF the disease. The LIS, 900
who recover lose six weeks out of their
lives, and carry, perhaps, some vestiges OF
the fever's influence for years.
The inestfruit sold in the Eureka market
is that grown in Nevada. Berg received
yesterday from near Reno several boxes OF
plums equally as large as any grown in
California and OF much superior flavor.
He also received several cases OF apples
from the same ranch that are not only
large but juicy and Of fine taste.
A draft OF 40 men was made from the
upper ore-producing levels OF the Con.
Cal. & Va. mine, Virginia City, last Tues
day evening, This is due to the scarcity
OF water in the Carson river. causing q
general hanging up of stamps in the
Eureka mill, In which all ore is crushed
extracted from above the 1900 level and
hoisted through the Con. Virginia shaft.
For some time past Sheriff stinson has
been besieged by several compliments who
have had their gardens destroyed by row
ing jacks, hogs and horses during nights.
The Sheriff says il the owners Of these
quadrupeds do not look out for them he
will; and in case they are caught and
placed in pound II will cost said owners,
IN order to regain possession OF their
stock, SIS for each head thus impounded.