The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1917-10-27
DAYS OF OLD
Interesting Interview Given SEN
TINEL By Former Eureka Resi-
/. dent Who Returns TO View
Old Scenes
is Mr.. Skillman in ?"

ouu TIC nquiISI was dutulkleu. n
brotherly mar extended his hand and
said, II am Charles d. Bulla a Eu-
rekan of the days of DID," This
statement is supported by the rec
ords. The SENTINEL of June %,
1880, carried the following news
item: arrivals last night-Chas.
Bulla
The editor encouraged his caller
and set him a-talking.
Il came to Eureka with my older
brother John. / wal just out of col
lege and wore a Prince-AIbert coat
and proper trousers and trimmings.
My brother had been in the West be-
fore, and knowing that my toggery
marked me as a tenderfoot, kindly
remarked. If / were you l believe l
would buy another suit took the
hint and became a westerner in garb
and spirit owe night. The natural
gait during those days here was a
runaway pace. Mines, furnaces.
and all town business were at full
blast. Eureka's future is not behind
it. There are millions locked up in
the mines of this district.
"Wha was your business here? ?"
| courteously ventured the editor.
II didn't have any business here.
| should have remained at home. AS
for employment, my brother and l
did a little wildcat mining and after
wards worked at the Eureka CONSOLE
dated smelter."
Our caller was silent and grave for
a time. Continuing he said: "The
people of this town should build me
a monument. / was something of a
hero here" The "show-me'' editor
waited for more light before calling
a town meeting to act upon the sug-
gestion.
II was here Tuesday, August II,
1880, the day of Coles circus. men,
agerie. and congress of wonders. in
Guiding five funny clowns, the Claire
sisters-acrobats, thirty dens of ami
mails, etc. This was also the day of
the fire that destroyed nearly one
half of Eureka. In a space of so
acres in the heart of the town. only
about a half-dozen buildings escaped
the flames. When the fire got be-
yond control hundreds of panic
stricken men. women and children
scaled the mountain eastward o r
hurried up Mob Hill. Cool-headed
men went into the stores before the
onrushing flames and carried valu-
ables into the streets. l was conspic-
Gus among the last mentioned folk.
From store to street and from street
to store | hurried bearing precious
freight. When nothing else was
handy | resolutely attacked a pile of
grindstones in front of store on the
east side of Main street lei the
present post Office, caught up valu-
| able grindstone and bore it out of
|, the burning. | was perspiring, but
it was no time to be idle. The hum
CRY flames were leaping On. | hur-
ried back and groaning under the
weight of a second grindstone, threw
it on the first, breaking both Of
them. In the establishment of that
crash | hurried from the scene.
Later in the day | might have been
found among the plucky four thou
sand in attendance at Coles. the
only sun-eclipsing show that ever
crossed the Great Divide The SEN
TINEL said that the people of Eureka
were the sandiest in the whole wide
world"
In the conversation that ensued.
the editor learned that after leaving
the West his visitor was for a num-
Der of years in the service of the
Government in Washington, d. c.
He then entered the ministry of the
Methodist Church. and is now Core
spending Secretary of the Sunday
Schools and Superintendent of the
Bible Glass Department of his de-
nomination.
DIR. Bullaaddressedth the pupilsof the