Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1898-12-10
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After January the Carson Appeal
will be conducted by Hal Mighels, s. p.
Davis retiring from the management.
General Turrittin takes his defeat
good humoredly, and says that he
gained seven pounds during the cam
paign.
f. d. Kelly, State Surveyor General
elect, has disposed OF his interest in
the Reno Journal to his partner, Judge
VIM. Webster.
George X. Vardy, editor OF the Wells
Herald, has completed his eighteenth
year as grand chief OF the Good Tenn
plars of Nevada.
Patrick Murphy has been jailed in
Winnemucca for -obbing the postofiice
at Golconda. He was held to answer
under 81 900 bonds.
Town lots in Cherry Creek, White
Pine county, on which owners refused
to pay taxes year ago, are now in de-
mand at S400 and upwards.
W.. Dooley, Assemblyman elect
from Lincoln county, has published
request to the people of his county to
toward suggestions for needed legisla-
ton.
The Pioche Record says that every
body in DeLamar is getting married.
1t seems that they can't withstand the
fatal example of the Mormons down
that way.
Don't forget the editor when you
have an item OF news, says the Genoa
Courier. II your wife whips you, let us
know and we will set you right before
the public.
w. j. Dooley, Assemblyman-elect.
gives the voters OF Lincoln county a
chance to vote directly for United States
Senator. The Messenger will send bal
lots to every precinct in the county.
A. Cohn. general manager of the
property of Captain DeLamar, has
rendered his resignation, and il is
thought John Hayes Hammond will be
appointed TO that position n.-Pioche
Messenger.
The Reno Gazette is authority for
the statement that Major Lord would
answer TO his name when called at the
convening OF the Senate and let Col.
Conboie Of Storey county contest his
right to occupy his seat.
Twelve sticks OF giant powder fitted
with caps and fuse and snufs were
found under the residence OF "Miss
May" at DeLamar, Lincoln county.
The snuffs had been lighted but were
blown out by wind before igniting the
fuse.
The Virginia Report says the people
of Douglas county reelected Sheriff
Brockliss. 1t is to be presumed that
the Gardnervillian mediate another
lynching in the near future and they
want a man there like Brockliss who
can be depended upon not to shoot
Postmaster Snyder has called for bids
for temporary mail-service between
Tuscarora and Mountain City, recently
thrown up by contractors, says the
Times Review. Another illustration
OF the beauties Of the system now in
vogue Of letting contracts at starvation
rates.
Surveyor General Pratt has just per-
fected an invention for raising cars OF
ore and waste out OF mine the power
being furnished by the dump cars.
There is millions in it if the invention
proves practicable and from an inspec-
tion OF the plans it certainly does seem
feasible.-Virginia Report.
The Virginia Report says the frost
crystals that decorated the atmosphere
between some of the Carson swains
and their lady friends and which were
occasioned by the advent of the Battal-
ion are gradually disappearing, and
several broken engagements have
been recemented since the festive SOL
dier fed the scene.
Virginia Report: A well-known
Comstock milkman claims to have lost
customer through the indiscretion OF
one of his cows which got ont Of her
stall the other night and ate half
sack of onions. The fsstidious GUS
toner insisted that the odor impaired
to the milk by the cows unusual diet,
affected her breath to a mortifying
degree.
The Phoebe Local Messenger. speak
ing stock conditions in that part OF
the State, says: "Owing to the poor
conditions of the ranges great num-
her Of stock and cattlemsn are dispos-