Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-10-15
MINERAL HILL.

""ab fOittics- Enc EuDIsc ScfAOOts
Closed for the Winter with I'm,
teresfing Exercises Other Cos.
sipy Notes.
MINERAL HILL, New, Oct. II, 1886.
EDITOR SENTINEL: Now that the county
conventions have been held on both sides,
and we know the aspiranss to political
preferment in the county and State, ultra
partisan sentiment can work more quietly,
and each and every voter can 'talk up"
the virtues OF his choice In the political
arena or show up the defects Of ar oppo-
nent. Party lines are not very distinctly
drawn in such a cosmopolitan State az
Nevada, and there will undoubtedly be
much scratching of ballots on the I'd Of
November. The fight for delegates at the
primaries and their work at the conven-
tons being over, all those who were
metaphorically ~straddling the fence have
either Topped down on one side or the
other. Il is seldom, however, that any
person can be found who will pledge him
self to support the nominees Of both
political parties. Such an anomaly has
been found in this burg, however, in a per.
son who voted at the Democratic State
primary to elect o delegate to the State
Convention at Elko, and also at the Dem
ocrstio county primary. Nothing like
voting early and often; and we found him
voting at the Republican primary four
days after, standing In to support the
Democratic nominees. The question then
ally arises: To which party does this
individual belong2 To the one be votes
the oftenest for, or to the party for whom
he voted last? Will both sides in a
closely contested election claim his vote,
or will they repudiate his allegiance?
Most assuredly, no person can vote twice
at one and the same election, and We give
up the conundrum.
An amusing episode at the late primary
elections came near developing into a
massacre. A granger from the cow dis
tric.s came into the ring at the eleventh
hour and posed as a delegate. The boys
wouldn't have 1t that way, and he was
elected to stay at home. Nothing but the
vilest bug-juice could quench his anger at
such treatment, and as b~ug-juice is not
conducive to temperance or morality, he
soon became drunk and abusive. One fell
low proposed to another to "take two
chips and put him out" Of the saloon; but
q good Samaritan took him out gently and
laid him down tenderly, pulled dow his
vest and let him sleep off the almost
deadly potion in the cool night air.
After a continuous tuition of six months,
Miss Emma Williams closed her school
here for the Winter on last Friday. Sing
ing, defamation and recitative exercises
composed the principal part OF the pro-
gramme, and the scholars rendered their
parts very we'll. The larger scholars
showed marked proficiency in their studies.
The rendition OF 1.-THE Queen Of the May"
by Miss Belle Buchanan, was very effect
i've and pleasing, as was also the New
Years Eve" by Miss Annie Stanton, the
LEAK In the Dyke" by Annie Plum
mer, and 1.-The Conclusion by Miss
Nora Naples. The exercises were held in
the evening, after which the floor was
cleared and old and young tripped the
light fantastic until the wee sma' hours.
An Indian powwow here last week
brought in bucks and mahelies from all
quarters. The nature of the gathering
was quite unfathomsble, unless 1t was
for the bucks to choose mahelies to pack
ssgehrush and keep them warm during
the Winter; for there seemed TO be q great
deal OF trading and ~wrsngling over the
squaws, some fights, elopements, and it
q hOthth6 uhosun W y PASSJ 0fNN"
dressed in buckrsm, chasing her truant
spouse through the sagebrush-the afore-
said spouse in the meantime doing his
level best to get away with q younger,
good looking partner for his joys and sor-
rows. much after the fashion OF the pale
faces.
A boy popularity known as the boy
whose sister wasn't very good looking"
was observed roofing out potatoes with a
stick the other day, and was accosted
with. "Ssy, boy; those potatoes are not
very good" "Wa'rn't no good when we
planted EN-" "But they are small"
Powerful small when we planted EN-"
"Why don't you use a hoe?" "Ain't got
none" well. why don't you use a
shovel2" "Ain't got no shovel" why,
then. how do you do2" "Oh, pretty
we'll. thank you. How do you do 2"
There may have been some philosophy in
the boy. but there was no available answer
TO his Missouri or Arkansaw style at argu-
ment, and the reporter left. ToMAso.