Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15
HOME AND COAST.
Matters Of Lively Interest to the
General Reader.

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Lent commences on the 18th inst. and
continues forty days.
The usual religious services will be held
A The Catholic Church tomorrow.
No girl is too good 10 be Rugged. The
Bible tells US TO hold fact to e good thing.
The SENTINEL acknowledges the receipt
Of the annual report Of the State Treas
urer.
II may be stated as . business fact that
Cupid doesn't always pay the debts he con-
tracts.
Superintendent Read OF the Diamond
Company returned home last Saturday
from Salt Lake City.
Carson Tribune: Judge Henry Rives. SO
long q prominent lawyer Of Eureka. in
tends 70 locate at Mercur. Utah.
The latest New York quotation Of silver
is67hc; Lead-New York Metal Exchange,
IS Is; New York Brokers. 50 90.
"The editor" said . contemporary.
"who said his mouth never uttered q lie
probably spoke through his nose"
White Pine News: A number Of the gold
properties in the Deep Greek country are
being developed with good results.
The Bon Bon party Last evening. given
BY the Eureka Social Climb, was very large
ly attended and everybody had . delight
fol time.
The San Francisco Mint coins on an av-
ersge IS. O00, 900 . month. Its capacity is
about IS. 0o0. 900. I. now coins 500, 900
In silver monthly.
IL Is never best TO announce what you
are going TO do. Then. IL you don't do ii.
nobody will know the difference. and you
will escape all criticism.
The County Commissioner have fixed
the tar levy at 90 rs on the 500 valuation
outside the Town OF Eureka and 50 IS on
property In the town.
The San Francisco dailies are stuffed and
padded with slush and truck. so that to
wade through them 1t IL necessary TO wear
gum boots Jim Townsend.
One OF the fret reforms introduced In
Formoss by the Japanese is . system Of
free schools. The Jsps have studied mod
ern civilization 10 some extent.
As In White Pine. Nevada. In go and
10. and ., Leadville. Colorado. in 10 and
80. pneumonia Is now reported to be cru
ely fatal a. Cripple Greek, Colorado.
II will be seen by advertisement In an
other column that Richmond Hose Com
pany intends giving 9 ball ct the Opera
House on the evening Of the 18th OF March.
The scandal which has been the sensa-
tion at Carson the last week has reached
Reno. Names and what purports to be
the facts are given by the gossipers .-Ex.
Rev. E. W. Van Deventer will preach At
Ruby Hill M. E. Church tomorrow morn
ing at II o'clock and at $3.50 In the even
ing. He will also lecture on Tuesday
evening,
Here 10 another explanation. A doctor
says that he has found that mos, women
70. Chewing gum may after all be bless
Ing In disguise.
II 10 said that when Governor Morton
OF New York starts his Presidential boom
10 the South and opens his $40. ooo. 900
barrel. delegates will gather around him
like nies around q moiasses keg.
In the District Court ~ Carson last
Monday. In the case OF r. ssdler vs.. State
OF Nevada. the charge for mileage was not
allowed. but the charge for salary during
Governor Jones absence was allowed.
]. @. Harrington fell dead on the street
sfsw days ago In Virginia City. Deceased
Was Q pioneer OF the Pacific Coast. His
death 10 attributed 10 heart disease. He
was . native of New York. aged "a years.
The preliminary examination Of John
Diss for the murder OF his wife. took place
before Judge Weller at Austin. The testi-
mony WAS damaging 10 the defendant. and
he was held TO answer to the Grand Jury.
The Russian war Office has discovered.
or thinks 10 has discovered. that gray
horses have more strength and endurance
than brown ones. Gray will therefore be
henceforth the color Of Russian artillery
teams.
A letter from Charley Hoier. formerly
OF Carson. who 10 In ALASKA. says that Ne
vada people don't know what cold weather
10. He says the frost 10 a quarter OF an
inch thick on the inside Of the window
panes every moning.
my darling I love you" said . masked
man to q masked lady at . masquerade
ball 10 Elko. He felt sick when she said
70 him in a low whisper. "Don't be . fool,
John. I know you by the war. on your
thumb" II was his wife.
The Chinese began the celebration OF
their New Year last Tuesday night a. IL
o'clock By firing crackers end bombs.
They will not celebrsts so extensively this
year As they have done in former times.
owing to the stringency in their money
market.
W. ]. Smith and J. II. Hoegh returned
last Tuesday from a visit al Mercur. Utah.
They report business there as being very
lively. and there will be a big mining boom
In the Spring. They had confidence enough
In the prosperity Of the place 10 make some
investments while there.
The Salt Lake police made a raid on
houses Of Ill fame in that city last week.
They arrested men and women. and among
the former were a dozen prominent bust
ness men. two city officials and two men,
bers OF the Legislature now in session. All
were locked up until released on bonds.
Internal Revenue Collector May has re-
ceived instructions from the department
81 Washington that hereafter he will be
expected to furnish II with the name Of
every Ohinaman that dies In his district.