Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-02-08
NEVADA STATE ITEMS.

FATAL Acc1DENT.-Matt.K Kelly, for the
past ten years surface carman at the
Savage mine, good citizen, we'll known
and universally esteemed, met with an
accident at 10 o'clock this forenoon
which will probably prove fatal before
sunset this evening. He was in the act
OF passing through the ore house TO the
high trestle work leading out. to the
waste dump, and when over the chute of
the ore house he stepped on plank
which teetered up and pitched him,
head foremost, to the bottom of the
chute, a distance of fifteen or eighteen
feet. BY the fall his skull was split
open from point about one inch above
the left eye, diagonally across the head
to the base of the parietal bone, or pro-
tuberance on the right of the crown, u
distance of five inches or more, and
fragments of the skull were driven down
upon the right lobe of the brain. He
was Immediately removed to the Bur.
lington House, on c street, where he has
made his home for the past ten years
Drs. Weber and White were called in,
trephined the skull and restored him to
| consciousness. but have no hopes of his
recovery. Kelly is a member of the
National Guard of this city, an old
| miner, and man universally esteemed.
He is an Irishman by birth, single
| man. and we believe has no near relatives
in America. BY dint of hard labor and
successful speculation in stocks he had
| accumulated a handsome fortune, but
still kept at work, and his heart and
hand and purse were always open when
called upon by the needy and the
worthy. Il Virginia Chronicle. Feb. 2.
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA gen
tleman just arrived from Elko, where is
situated our State University, furnishes
the following description of said institu-
ton: The entire building is composed
of pressed bricks, is two stories high and
fronts the railroad 1t is erected on
plateau to the rear and east of the town,
commanding an excellent view of the
surrounding country. The main en-
trance is in the centre OF the building
and is handsomely finished off in black
walnut. From the entrance hall runs
directly back the full depth of the build
ing. At the left as you enter is hand
some walnut staircase, which leads to
the main hall in the second story The
rooms on the first floor are sixteen feet
high, and large enough to accommodate
one hundred pupils. The upper story is
devoted to one large room, to be used
Tor general meetings, lectures and exhi-
oitions. The ceiling is concave, and is a
relief from the old-fashioned ceiling in
general use. The dimensions of the hall
are 46I52 feet. The building is hard
finished black-boards, and has Man
sard roof 1t is n handsome piece of
work, a credit to the State, and the peo-
pie of Elko, and the builder, Mr.. Fitch.
1t is the intention of Mr.. Fitch to give a
grand Inauguration ball on the twenty
second of this month, by which time the
building will be finished completely. To
the courtesy of Messrs Lewis 4 Wright,
OF the Elko Independent, is the writer OF
the above indebted for grea. deal Of
his information / Enterprise, Feb, 3.
FEET FRozEN.-About week ago, dur.
ing the prevalence of spell of very cold
weather, the driver of the stage running
between Cornucopia and Elko, while on