Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-07-11
LOCAL AND OTHER JOrs.
scraps from the Notebook of the
S~entfneTs Reporter.

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SentfneI's Reporter.
House flies are getting troublesome.
John W. Mackay ia on the Comstock.
Yesterdays quotation of silver. SO SO.
T. d. Page. OF Fish Greek, is in town.
Nevada wool lie quoted in San Francisco
at from Is 70 20 cents per pound.
Hon. Robert Briggs, Of Taylor, came in
on yesterdays train from the west.
Divine services and Sunday school, as
usual, at the Presbyterian Church to-day.
Four buses went to the depot last even.
ing for passengers. The opposition is
lively.
Mrs. Ina q. McLane, the mail con-
tractor, is expected in on t~o-night's buck
board.
Mrs. r. X. Morrison, after a three
| weeks visit in California, returned home
on yesterdays train.
The Overman Mining Company has
levied an assessment OF Is cents per share,
delinquent August IL.
The hay crop throughout the county is
quite short this year. As 6 consequence
higher prices can be looked for.
Parties wishing to purchase a we'll fur
nished house would do well TO consult an
advertisement under " New To-day"
General Rosecrans, In his oficisl capa-
city, has estimated the cost Of the late
civil war to the Government to be Sc, 1884,
900, 908.
Austin Reveille: The name OF Hon. E.
I. George. ~ex.Speaker Of the Assembly,
has been mentioned in connection with
the Lieutenant ~Goyernorship.
Carson Index: The Assessors office is
worth going for. as the lawyers think that
under the present law Assessors elected
this Fall will hold for foul years.
Yesterday was warm and sultry, the
Thermometer ranging about 80 degrees in
the shade, until about half-past 4 o'clock,
when there was a refreshing shower.
II is reported that q Reno man is to be
appointed superintendent OF the construc-
ton of the new Government building in
Carson, and that work will be commenced
in a short time. SO says the Index.
In this issue will be found the joint
quarterly statement OF the Auditor and
Treasurer Of Eureka county for the quar-
ter ending June 80, 1886. 1t ought to
prove Of interest TO all taxpaying citizens.
Complaints are made OF the condition Of
the bridge crossing the Spring-street ditch
In front of the rink. II contains three
holes that are liable to cause bodily injury
to horses driven over it-especislly after
dark.
Hon. Thomas Wren returned from his
Mt. Hope mines last evening smiling. If
this scribe owned mines that produced
such rich specimens Of ores as he brought
in with him, he 1.-THE scribe) would be all
smiles.
Superintendent Hahn, OF the Paul Pry
mine on Adams Hill, informs the SENTINEL
that sinking has been stopped in the new
double compartment shaft in the property.
and the work OF running . prospect drift
has commenced.
Colonel G.. w. Meacham. some years ago
procured some young carp and placed
them in q slough on his ranch on the
Humboldt. The river overlooked and
some of the fish escaped into the stream,
and are now abundant in the river.
The regular monthly meeting OF Rich
mond Hose Company No. 3 will be held at
their hosehouse tomorrow evening at 7:30
O'Clock. All members are requested to be
present, as officers are to be elected to
serve for the ensuing six months.
A special dispatch from Independence
states that the Democracy Of Inyo held 8
County Convention there the other day
and instructed their delegates to stand in
for the nomination OF Pat Reddy for Gov
ernor of California at the State Conven-
ton.
Some OF the State papers are publishing
an item concerning Edward Crutchley, the
condemned murderer in the jail at Hamil-
ton. being sentenced to be hanged on the
9th instant. The case having been APP
pealed to the Supreme Court, the execu-
tion has been indefinitely postponed.
It will be seen by advertisement in this
mornings SENTINEL that a change has been
made in the dictatorship OF the Eureka
County Bank. Mr.. H. Donnelly, Superin-
tendent OF the Eureka Con-, succeeds w.
f. Griffin. Mr.. d. Ia q sterling business
man. and will be an acquisition to the dl.
rectorship Of the bank. Mr.. Griffin will
continue us Assistant Cashier.