Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-06-02
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Matters of Lively Interest to the
General Reader.

Colds are still prevalent.
Reno has two brass bands now.
Splendid ~pasturage in the mountains.
Silver was quoted a year ago to-day a
95s to 951.
The population Of Reno will not fall IA
short Of 5000.
Black Bart, the highwayman, was il
Fresno last week.
Reno Is fast ~disposing Of her large as
sortment of tramps.
Our public school will close next Firda,
Tor a three months vacation.
The "tiger7 will be turned loose thi,
evening at the Empire saloon.
1t is so cold in Prescott, Arizona, tina,
fires are needed day and night.
For the want Of funds the Elko public
schools will close next Tuesday.
The assets Of w. T. Coleman & Co. ex.
coed the liabilities by over 5000, 900.
The usual religious services will be held
tomorrow in the Episcopal Church.
The mail service between Austin and
lone, has been reduced TO once n week.
George Bliss put in a ire plug in front
OF Mrs. Browns restaurant Thursday.
Preaching at the Methodist Church,
Eureka, tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock.
William Il. Claypool, the well.known
horse-trsiner, died at Sacramento Satur-
day.
The Eareka Dramatic Club are thinking
OF doing Nevada during the coming Sum.
mei.
Cotton, Cal, is running ont the gamblers
and talking Of organizing a Vigilance Com.
mittee.
Chico has a large lily in full bloom.
The flowers are jet black and the perfume
IS yillainous.
The italian Benevolent Society will hold
their regular meeting at 2 o'clock to-mor.
row afternoon.
c. S. Young ehd John o. Twiss Of Aus.
tin, bonded a mine In Cortez Mining Dis
trict, this county.
Miss Carrie Robertson, who lives with
her father on Spring street, is quite sue
cessful raising garden flowers.
The Richmond and Eureka Con. Stag
dumps, Ia this town, are said to be the
biggest arsenic mines in the world.
The late showers nave had the effect of
making fragrant the Usually oderless wild
flowers hat grow in the hills surrounding
the town.
The first baby at the Thermalito Colony
was born May Is. IL wa a girl and the
management has ord red her to be given a
choice corner lot.
The new water works for Helena, Mon
tana, were tested May "a in the presence
# 10000 people. The works were built at
a cost Of $500, 600.
One Of our dressmakers got mad because
her lover serenaded her with q flute. She
said she got all the huting she wanted in
her regular business.
The big snowfall Of last Saturday morn.
ing was followed Ia the afternoon by q
heavy thaw, under the influence Of a
regular Summer sun.
A New York minister dropped deal
while writing poetry. He got stuck
while trying to make lawn-mower and
shower rhyme, and the strain killed him.
The Sherif's sale Of real and personal
property of the Star Mining and Smelling
Company has again been postponed, and
Is now advertised to take place on July 6.
We are obliged to Col. w. o. Mills for a
nice lot of ore specimens from the Gar
rison mine at Cortez, in this county,
range in value from about 81, 500 to
s., 900 per ton.
A large ease Of flowers were received
here last Thursday by Upton Post, q. A.
r., that were intended to decorate the
soldiers graves on Decoration Day, but
arrived too late.
John Walker was convicted Of using a
deadly weapon with intent to do great bod
lily harm, In the District Court at Ely,
White Pine county, last week, and was
fined $1,000 and 800 days in jail.
Sheriff Sweeny has had a gang Of men
employed during the week cleaning our
streets. and by commendable energy has
put them in very clearly condition, by
removing the fifth that had accumulated.
The Winters heavy snowstorms AMI
subsequent frost have killed nearly all the
rabbits within an area Of 40 miles Of Eu-
reka, and our farmers think they will be re-
lieved Of the pests for at least three years.
Father Nattini will hold divine services
tomorrow at Ruby Hill at 8 o'clock In the
morning, and in Eureka at IL o'clock in
the morning. His lecture at Ruby Hill
will be delivered on Thursday evening,
June z.
One of Charley Broy's wagons loaded
with cedar wood tipped over on Ruby Hill
Avenue, Just above his stable, last Wednes-
day. Fortunately no other damage was
done than breaking the stakes at the Iii
end Of the wagon.
The Eureka Con. Mining Company have
been burning lime in their kiln west Of
town, and yesterday the wind blew some
sparks of FIRE into a pile Of cedar wood,
which caught, and the pile, consisting OF
about IA cords. wa destroyed before any
thing could be done to prevent it.