Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-08-27
LOCAL AND OTHER yOrs.
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S~ensineI's Reporter.
Yesterdays quotation OF silver, so 92A
Sales Of lead were made in New Yorl
last week at ATS cents.
During 1885 Nevada mines produced
| So, 100, 600 in gold and Sc, 1000, 900 in silver
The rabbits in Diamond Valley are said
TO be dying off by the hundreds from some
unknown cause.
Mr.. aud Mrs. W. o. Mills and Mr.. B. Gil.
man returned last evening from q briei
visit at Hamilton.
A party In from Newark Valley says no
| Democratic primary was held at Cold
| Greek last Saturday.
/ Rev. A. O. Dutton returned yesterday
from the Methodist Conference held last
week at Virginia City.
At winnemucca, MCMILLAN, Burns, Bon
TO the State Convention without opposi.
ton.
Gold meIts at 1888 degrees, or more
than nine times higher temperature than
the water.boiling point, which is 212 de-
grecs.
The Reno Gazette says: An army Of
~loafers. sneak-thieves. opium fiends and
bummers is gathering again In Reno and
the Jail Is crowded.
Watermelons retail at 30 cents q dozen
at Auburn, CAL, and two bits g piece
at Truckee. In Eureka we are glad to get
a good one for rs cents.
Since the first Of July the compensation
for services in the Carson Postofice has
been cut down $500 q year-$200 on clerk
hire and 500 on the Postm sster's salary.
A Carson paper. with great concern.
charges Governor Adams with having voted
at the recent Democratic primaries there
for the delegates to the State Convention
favorable to his reelection. Such bosh.
Reno Journal: II. 8. Mason, OF Car
son, was q passenger for Monterey Sum
day evening. He thinks any legislative
ticket in Ormsby in favor OF Stewart will
be beaten by between 300 and 400 votes.
San Francisco Alta: In warfare we are
q peculiar country. We have whipped
everybody Of our size hat ever stepped on
our coat tail, but We can't whip Geronimo.
We seem to be first-class on o lion hunt,
but worthless at flea-stslking.
The new ~fag-pole on the Courthouse
looms up In good shape. 1t stands about
so feet above the ground and about 80
feet from the roof OF the Courthouse.
The weather yane ia quite artistic. A new
flag ska feet Las been ordered from the
East.
The annual report of DR.. James p.
Kimball, Director OF the Mint, places the
total product in gold and silver from the
mines Of Alaska during the year 1885 ct
$500, 900. This hardly tallies with the
fabulous reports that have come from
Douglass Island.
Tuesdays Elko Independent: Clay
simms and family Of Eureka. and T. 8.
Fulton, OF Huntington, arrived in town
to-day by private conveyance. They are
roughing il for the benefits to be derived
from such a trip. They will return by the
way of Ruby Valley.
Tuscarora Times Review: The North
Belle Iale Is preparing to resume active
operations. The upper hosting works are
TO be put in good shape. and'an ore house,
similar to that OF the Navajo. il to be built
immediately. A resumption of work there
will infuse new life into the camp.
1t is estimated that there are about
1000 apple trees in Washoe Valley, 1900
OF which are on Mr.. Levers ranch. MI.
Robert Levers says that this is the best
year for fruit in Washoe Valley that has
been known for q great many years. The
apple trees are breaking down under the
heavy load.
An exchange mournfully says: IRE
ferring to an heroic attempt Of q young
man TO save O young woman that was
drowning. we began the article, 'Grander
heroism has never been exhibited The
intelligent compositor got in 'gsnder hero
ism ; etc. II is 8 wonder to us that so few
homicides take place in printing Offices"