Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-04-21
A JURY REPORT.
Indictments, Recommendations and
Suggestions.
Full Text of the Document as Pre-
sented Yesterday.

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The Grand Jury impaneled at the
March term OF the District Court, in
and for Eureka county, State of Ne
vada, report as follows:
We have had under IONS ideration
cases for various offences, and have
found the following
INDICTMENTS:
State of Nevada VS.. Jas. kelley
Charge, assault with intent to rob.
State of Nevada VS.. Frank Keiger-
Charge, grand larceny.
State OF Nevada VS.. Joseph Toomey
Charge, grand larceny.
State OF Nevada VS.. Chas. II. La
Force-Charge, forgery.
State of Nevada VS.. A. CaZaux-
Charge, grand larceny.
Stale of Nevada VS.. Owen Gerraty-
Charge, nuisance.
State OF Nevada VS.. Francis Riley
Charge, nuisance.
State of Nevada VS.. Hung Lee
Charge, nuisance.
Ill IGNORED.
State of Nevada VS.. j. d. Bigelow-
Charge, murder.
The matter in relation to III. j.
TOOmey's escaping from the officer
having him in charge, was investigat-
ed, but we failed to find that the OFF,
Ger deviated from the usual custom III
such cases; at The same time we are in
clined to the belief that the custom is a
bad one, and we recommend that it be
abandoned in the future.
There are many evils existing in and
about the town of Eureka, most of
which have been acted upon by the
committee on streets and highways,
but the principal one we think has not
been properly ventilated. We refer to
the so-called ditch running through the
easterly part of the town, which is
made a receptacle for o of the filth
in that locality; n we are clearly of
the opinion hat many persons using
ii for such purposes are subject to iu-
dictment, and some of them have been
indicted for said ~offenses, but as they
can only be reminded of their error
about once a year, it is forgotten before
the next session OF the Grand Jury,
and the offence is repeated. The evil
could be remedied to a great extent by
covering the ditch with plank or some
other suitable material, and we recon-
mend thai the Board of County Com
missioners direct the Road Commits.
SlDUtT VI COF6T SuCu pdItS VI Sdld ullCit
where it is the deepest and most ex
posed, and in localities where il is most
dangerous t wandering children and
runaway horses, and where the same
is most liable to become filled. In ad
dition to the covering, we would rec
ommend that the said Road Commits
sloner be instructed by the said Board
of commissioners, to construct a dam
near the head of said ditch, and with
the accum ulated waters runningthere-
in, sluice out the same once or twice a
week. This, in our opinion, would
prevent much sickness in that locality
during the m season, and IN the
town generally, for one part OF a small
town like Eureka cannot be affected
without, to some extent, polluting the
whole population.
We have also examined by commit.
tees the various departments OF the
township and county government; the
reports of which committees are hereto
attached and made a part of this re-
port, all of which is respectfully sub
mitted. n. WESCoATr,
Foreman of the Grand Jury.
STREETS M HIGHWAYS.
Your committee appointed on the
StItttN III pNS Ca' ~ U
portthe following: That we have visited
the principal streets in the town OF
Eureka, and find certain localities on
Munroe, Busl and Spring streets in a
filthy conditions; and earnestly drew
the attention of the Grand Jury to the
following complaints:
That VIM. Powell has a stable and
a manure heap on Munroe street; also
a corral, CONSTRUCTED of old wagons.
That Owen Gerraty Silver Brick
has a water closet and hog pen on the
same street, and the garbage and leav-
ings emptied in the middle of the street
for hogs and so forth, causing a great
nuisance by the odor to the annoyance
of the neighhorhood.
That JAS. Allen has an extension OF
stable OH Munroe street.
That John Stewart dumps
from his stable on South Buel street.
That Jos. Anderson has a large guam
tity of at the back of his sta
BILE on Buel street; that he has com
pletely fenced up the street to the
ditch.
That we find the water boxes crossing
the ditch a great obstruction in case of
a rush of water from a flood. particu
larry the one on Gold street, and your
committee would recommend a bridge
erected over that part.
That we find a large majority, if not
all the citizens residing close by the
ditch make it a common receiver for
all imaginable nuisances.
That WIN. Biddlingmyer has a water
closet with a spout running from 1t
into the ditch, and the manure from
his stable dumped there.
That We earnestly draw the atten-
ton of the Grand Jury to Jake imme-
diate action relative TO the dump heap
at the rear of Col. Rielly's residence,
as il is a bed of fire and likely to cause
a contlagration to that part OF the town,
and likewise an intolerable nuisance
from the stencil emanatiug from the
filth dumped there.
That Nj. Lees dwelling house and
stable occupy the middle of Egan street,
between Bell street and Sheridan
avenue, be removed.
That the water running from Hung
Lees wash. house down Adam street
and across Munroe street is a contin
ual nuisance and an injury to the
street.
That the water from Hop KEGS