Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1894-07-07
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Matters of Lively Interest to the
General Reader.

Fourth.
The ls.es. New York quotation OF silver
was ca o; lead, % 20.
The weather during the week has been
warm and showery.
Az usual, Newark Valley was well rep
resented here on the Fourth.
The usual religious services will be held
a. the Catholic Church tomorrow.
A large number Of Ruby Killers. both
ladies and gentleman, spent she Fourth
here.
Thu hard times did not deter many
persons from getting drunk here on the
Fourth.
The miners Of the Diamond Company
laid of Wednesday 70 celebrate the
Fourth.
The rain storm Of last Monday was the
most severe that has occurred here for Q
long time.
The County Treasurer aud Auditors re.
port shows Q cash balance on hand OF
S20,4i8 %.
Hon, Thomas Robinson and Billy
Vain wright, Of Newark Valley, spent the
Fourth here.
No mail matter OF any kind has been
tcCtlNDu hcto bAhNo ~ Weeh 90 Ae1F eeesH
day morning.
Hon. A. T. Stearns came in from Ely.
White Pine, last Tuesday, and remained
during the week.
Miss Louisa L~oscbenkohl Of Palisade ar
rived here Tuesday. and will spend her
school vacation with friends.
Miss HALLE Ford came In from the
Roberts Greek ranch on Monday last. and
remained here until after the Fourth.
The ball given by the Base Range Gun
Club on the evening Of the Fourth vas .
very pleasant affair and largely attended.
At the meeting OF the County Commits.
s~ioners, held last Monday, about the only
business transacted was the passing OF
bills.
The blackboard mail between here and
Palisade will hereafter leave the Postofice
at z O'Clock. A. NJ, and arrive in Palisade
81 0 O'Clock p. NJ.
The footrace on Main street on the
Fourth. for q purse Of $40. between Van
Powell. Paul Norman and Willie Cor.
man, was won by the latter.
Job Halsey Of Peckbam's Hills, N. H,
has q setter which 10 afflicted with corns.
The animal 10 very intelligent. and 10 fire.
quently discovered soaking his feet In Q
creek near the farm house.
Mrs. wayup: Society Ia awful dull
these days. Mrs. Gsyly (yawning): Yes.
/ guess IL must be on sooount OF the hard
times. No one is rich enough to do any
thing really wicked.-Truth.
The showery weather Of the past ten
days has been quite similar to that which
occurred here on July "a. 1874, whom the
great cloud burst caused the death Of
eighteen persons BY drowning.
The Eureka and Palisade X. n. Com
pany continue TO run their trains as
usual, Notwithstanding thai they have no
freight or passenger travel. owing 10 the
blockade on the Southern Pacific.
Loeb Fraser left last Friday for Ken
needy. Humboldt county, Nevada. II 10
his intention to remain there for some
miner, and Eureka's loss 10 Kennedy's
gain.
Our latest dates, OF mail matter or pa
pers. from the East and West, are 70 the
2Sth OF July, and at this writing II 10 i'm
possible to tell when we will receive any
more-not until the railway blockade is
open.
Some OF our people are spprehensive
that, should the railway blockade continue
for fifteen or twenty days longer, there
will be Q shortage In certain kinds OF pro
visions. We are OF the opinion, however,
that 10 will take 9 longer siege than 20 days
10 starve us out.
A gentleman who came In from the
western part OF the county on the 4th
informed rs that be saw about 100 dead
sheep on the road between the Nicksls
horse ranch and Devils gate. He thought
shat the sheep had died Of poison, and
hat they belonged TO j. @. Ford.
The Fourth Of July was celebrated here
In q very quiet way. The weather was
pleasant. A large number Of the people
spent the day at the picnic grounds in
dancing 10 the line music OF the Star
Band. There we're Q number OF shooting
matches at the grounds for sweepstakes.
10 the afternoon there we're several horse
races on Main street.
"It really isn't fair,
And it's hardly on the square,"
Said the weary and disgusted plutocrat,
"Thata man cant have no money
without someone getting funny
And loudly wondering where he got IL a..
Indianapolis Journal.
Reliable information reached here dur
ing the week that Charley Bourn had
made 9 valuable strike at South Bald
Mountain, In q claim belonging TO Tom
Rookhill of White Pine. The ledge 10
three feet thick and yields ore that u n
from $500 TO 81, 700 per ton IN silver. The
find Is about 8 miles from the Bald Noun
tain gold belt. The ledge has boon known
for two or three years. and Tim Fulton
and Clay Simms have valuable locations
on 10.
Loeb Fraser and ]. G. Gwartney left on
the blackboard q week ago last night. the
former gentleman bound for Kennedy
District and the latter for California.
When they reached Palisade they found
the railroad tied up. with no immediate
prospect OF untyipg. The two gentlemen
put their heads together 10 devise some
means by which they could proceed on
their journey. They hit upon q very novel
plan. They purchased some lumber, built
. boat. sunk ID In the water over night
TO make il ''sea worthy" bailed out the
boat the next morning. put their baggage
aboard. got into the craft themselves, and
started down the raging Humboldt for
their respective destinations. They were
heard from at Battle Mountain, at which
point they arrived in good order. They
have sre this no doubt reached Winnie
mucca. Railroad tie-ups have no terrors
that these two Base RangeCommodorss fear
The old woman Talks.