Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-02-13

scraps from the Notebook Of tile
s~entfneI's Reporter.


Reynolds benefit tonight.
Yesterdays quotation Of silver, 81 OIL y
Times are so dull here that only one faro
game now exists.
The population Of Alaska is given al
5,627 whites and $1,000 natives.
The movement In Californis against the
Chinese seems TO be almost universal.
Don't fail to procure your valentines to.
day., The Postofice bookstore has o fine
assortment.
Manager Edward Probert, Of the Rich
mond Company, left on yesterdays train
for San francisco.
g.. Levy, traelving agent for Henry W.
| Smith & Co., dealers In liquors, arrived
here yesterday from Belmont.
Mr.. J. O. Flood disclaims being an as
pirant for the United States Senate. in the
event OF the death Of General Miller.
Other things being equal. those who are
most careful in their eating and drinking
habits will have the least rheumatism.
Don't fail to attend Reynolds benefit TO.
night. II will be a very pleasant enter
tainment, and will assist a very worthy
actor.
The journalists OF Washington City have
an organization called 1.-THE Gridiron
Club" Well named. The boys keep folks
on the gridiron pretty efectually.
The Marysville Appeal says the contest
for the Presidential honors ia the Republi-
can National Committee will be between
Leland Stanford and j. G. Blaine.
It takes four things to be q gentleman:
You must be q gentleman In principle, O
gentleman In your tastes, o gentleman In
your manners, and Q gentleman In your
person.
The Manhattan mill at Austin has shut
down for q cleanup and q rest until more
ore accumulates. II will probably be two
or three months before II starts in for an
other un.
The only visible result Of the ~toboggan-
ing craze in New York seems to be the fact
that the girls wear their left garter yellow
for luck, so we are informed by the observ-
ant journals Of the East.
We are requested to announce that the
Chinese meeting called for this evening
has been postponed TO Monday evening,
owing to the benefit to be given to Charley
Reynolds this evening.
A letter received here yesterday states
WAS sAc CoutIbct IOr carrying tDe mails
between Palisade and Eureka, three times
q week, has been awarded to Mr.. Harmon,
a citizen of California, for So. $40 per
year. This Is 9 very low figure for the
contract.
The newly discovered mining district,
situate some IS miles southwest OF Eu-
reka, was organized on the 18th instant
with Dan Lewis as Mining Recorder, and
will hereafter be known as Lewisville
Mining District. The ledge Is located for
six miles.
The Salt Lake Tribune says: W. H.
Remington is happy over the big um-
brella, nine feet across, which he received
yesterday direct from China. being q pres
emit from the merchant there from whom
he purchases tes. II will adorn the store
room OF Remington. johnson & 90.
A dispatch received here last evening
from Elko states that q verdict for Sl2, 900
was rendered in favor Of the Nevada vs..
The May Queen Mining Company. Ed
ward Lsfferty is the owner OF the Nevada
mine. Messrs. Bonnifeld, CLARK and
Thornton were the attorneys for the plain
tiff. and VIM NJ. Stewart, Geo. W. Baker
and J. W. Dorsey for the defendants.