Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-02-01
HOME AND COAST.
Matters of Lively Interest to the
General Reader.


Reno last Wednesday
linn Johnson came in from HE ranch IL
I'VE count last Thursday.
Gus De Flon is coming in from Duck
water with q small load OF potatoes.
II ia now three weeks to-day since w
have had a mail from the East or West.
The telegraph Office has been removed
10 the Eureka County Bank Building.
The irrigation schemes Of Stewart and
Nevlands are knocked out for this year.
Where, oh, where, is the blackboard .
mail? Lcho answers, somewhere In the
snow.
"swapses Jim " has been hauling sides
of fat beef from Billy Nickals' ranch dur
ing the week.
As soon as the blockades are raised
Judge Fitzgerald will go to Winnemuccs
and hold court there.
News reached here that there were
several freshets and washouts In Califor-
mia during the week.
Tommy Douglas and Bob jenkins were
around town last Monday oiling and over
hauling the fire plugs.
A portion Of the platform in front OF the
railroad freight depot broke down under o
pile Of ore last Sunday.
Four or five Eureka sleigh teams ran
away during the week, but no damage CO.
Cured worth recording.
The weather during the week has been
warm and pleasant, and the snow is
gradually disappearing.
A number Of our young ladies have
shown their fondness for coasting during
the moonlit evenings Of the past week.
Jack Mckenzie has quit hauling ore
from the Jackson mine for the present,
owing to the difficulty Of keeping the road
open.
The alarm OF fire last Sunday evening
WAS caused by SCOT taking fire in q stove
pipe at Mrs. Diamonds residence on Paul
street.
Capt. a D. Rock has removed his office
from his residence on Spring street to a
room in the Wilton building on CLARK
street.
1t ia reported that $50 head OF stock
have yielded TO the inevitable since the
storms commenced, in the locality OF
NickAls' hay ranch.
The days.pay men in the employ Of the
Ruby Dunderberg Mining Company have
DDtn lhl1 tu uuhAi VIC AbaAo w hIh
mines will be opened.
Last Monday no trains were running
between San Francisco and Sacramento
for the reason that the track was under
water in several places.
The County Commissioner meet next
Monday. All persons having bills against
the county should present them to-day at
the County Clerks Office.
1t rained all Of last Saturday between
Ely and Mrs. Shockles', which turned the
snow into a miro Of slush and raised cain
with travel on that road.
To add to our misery during the past
week, it has been impossible to send out or
receive press kilograms, a. the lines have
been down in all directions.
Charley Broy having had the New York
Canyon road broken, by packing the snow,
has been hauling light loads OF ore from
the Diamond mine during the week.
Tom Douglas respectfully requests
property owners when having snow
shoyeled from their roofs and porches TO
be careful not to bury the freplugg.
The roof and front part OF Mrs. Lees
building on Main street, formerly occupied
by J. Straus, the jeweler, was crushed in
by snow last Friday night a week ago.
Some Of the "s,oye shArps" are com
planning that they cannot get work.
When shoyelers we're wanted TO go 10 the
blockade these fellows did not respond.
Wells, Fargo, d 90. removed last Sun
day from their old quarters in the Bank
building to the more c~ommodious store
room formerly occupied AS the Palace
saloon.
Since Sadler's adobe house, opposite
the Eureka Con. reduction works was
crushed by the snow resting on the roof,
abe front wall has been in q dangerous
condition.
Mattoz Brothers sleigh got in last
Wednesday night. bringing the mail from
Hamilton and ~Seligman. II connected
with the sleigh from Ely, which left! there
eight days ago.
The most important question OF the past
week has been, when Will the blockade be
raised, and when will we again receive our
mails and find out what is going ON In
the outside world.
There are more Annaniases In Eureka at
the present time than ever before. Their
lies are 80 much superior to the Sazarac Ly-
ing Club that the latter has thrown up the
sponge and disbanded.
II, A. Rose, who has been stopping in
Eureka during the past ten days, says he
Will not attempt to return to Spring VAL
ley until the most OF the snow between
there and here has disappeared.
Our young men who go sleighriding
with their best girls should learn the
knsek-and there is a good deal OF knack In
it-of learning to drive with one hand
and thereby avoid accidents.
The din Of bombs and fire crackers
that usually accompanies China New
Year was not heard during their festival
last week, as their fireworks were on
board the delayed cars at Palisade.
Hon. Thomas Robinson and wife, and
VIM. Wainwright, came in from Newark
last Sunday evening. II took them eleven
hours to make the trip by the Pinto route.
The other route is entirely impossible.
A stated communication of Eureka
Lodge No. 16, F. & A. M. will be con-
vened at its hall this Saturday evening
at 7 O'Clock. All Master Masons in good
standing are cordially invited to attend.
j. q. Ford returned home from his
sheep ranch in Nye county last Saturday.
he lost a valuable mule on the trip, but
reported that his sheep were all right.
He also reported that the Wheeler broth
ers' sheep were doing we'll.
About 1875 tons Of ore, mainly from the
Diamond mine, now lies at the railroad
depot awaiting transportation. There
are several hundred tone OF ore stored
way in the Diamond which will not be
hauled until the roads are in better con-
dition.
The following persons have been in the
blockade for the past three weeks, viz:
Father Nattini, Henry Riyes, Esq, AS
SCISSOR Wallace and wife, Mrs. Jacob
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