IMPORTANT EVENTS OF 1876. Eureka County Some of the most notable local incidents of 1876 may be summarized as follows: January 1. Quite a number of persons were notified to leave town by the committee of "601." January 24. A great snow-storm occurred, blockading the railroad. February 16. A threatening anti-Chinese excitement began. March 13. An agitation was inaugurated among the miners concerning wages. David Rich was shot and killed in Frank Wallace's saloon, on Ruby Hill by Larry Lynch. The latter was subsequently acquitted. March 17. The anti-Chinese crusade renewed. Two Chinamen were killed in Eureka and one on a wood ranch in Diamond Valley. April 7. Joseph Schram. ailas "Dutch Joe," was shot by Daniel Sullivan, and died on the following day. April 10. The first party of Eurekans started for the Centennial Exhibition. May 1. Some town lots on South Main Street near Atlas furnace, were jumped by a party of men who were driven off by Captain Plater. May 9. A warehouse belonging to the railroad company, and occupied by E. B. Millen, was destroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000. May 23. First anti-Chinese public meeting. Juno 4. The Jerrott & Palmer lightning train passed Palisade at 5:30 p. m., four hours ahead of time. June 22. A Centennial flag-staff was raised, which cost nearly $900. July 17. Fire on South Main Street. Loss $11, 000. August 1. Decided by the Judge of the Sixth Judicial District, that an alien cannot acquire title to mining ground in the United States until the same has been patented to a citizen. August 24. Incorporation of the Prospect Mountain Tunnel Company. August 25. Hon. Thomas Wren nominated by the State Republican Convention at Carson, for Congress.

August 26. A son of Mrs. Fales, of Palisade, was drowned in the Humboldt River at that place. August 30. Joseph Dascomb committed suicide by shooting himself. August 30. A switch of the Central Pacific Railroad, near Palisade, was thrown open by two boys, and a train was thrown from the track. The offenders were arrested, tried in Eureka, and sentenced to a term in the County Jail. September 1. Kate Miller was stabbed by Mary Irwin, from the effects of which she died on the fourth. September 8. Matamoras furnace started. November 7. General election. Hayes and Wheeler carry the county by an average majority of only nine. Democratic Senators and two Assemblymen elected. The Republicans elect Sheriff, Auditor, Assessor, Surveyor. Public Administrator, and County Commissioner for the long term. November 14. The Pioche and Eureka stage was robbed near Pinto. December 5. Wm. Kavanaugh committed suicide at Ruby Hill. December 11. The contested election case between Hank Knight, Assessor, and J. C. Powell, was decided in the former's favor by a majority of two. December 14. After being out seventeen hours, the jury in the case of Mary Irwin disagreed, and a new trial ordered. December 15. Anti-Chinese demonstration. A number of Chinese driven from their work on the railroad. December 22. John Marsh shot by J. M. Fleming. December 23. J. McGarry shot at by J. Mann, in New York Canon. The number of marriages in the county during 1876, was thirty-seven; the number of divorces, seven; the number of recorded births, fifty -one; the number of deaths reported, fifty-one. At the close of that year the county debt was 836,000, of which 820,000 was in county bonds, payable July 1, 1877. Cash on hand in the various funds, $34,535.38.