Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-01-05
THE NEW DEAL
THAT WILL Be GIVEN THE COUNTY OFFICERS
0-M0RR0W.
Sketches of Outs and Inns.

Tomorrow is the day fixed by law for
the newly elected officials to assume charge
OF their respective offices. There will be
nearly A clean sweep of the present incum-
bcntso of the county buildings. Their familiar
faces will be seen again in the business
walks OF life, that have been vacated by
their successors. They have served long
and faithfully; the affairs OF the county un-
der their supervision have been judi
| ciously managed, and no set of county Of
ficials ever retired from public po-
sitions to private life who carried
with them such universal esteem
and respect as will those who leave
the service of our people tomorrow. The
incoming officers arc all favorably known,
and will doubtless vacate their places in
their predecessors.
District Judge.
Judge Cole retires from the bench with
a record OF which he may well be proud.
lie has won a reputation as a bold and
fearless jurist, and but few of his decisions
have ever been reversed by q higher tri-
bunal. Previous to his election as Judge
he served in the Legislature as a member
from White Pine county. 1t is his inten-
ton to locate shortly in Eureka, and he
will once more follow the practice Of law.
His place on the bench will be filed by
II. p. RIvEs.
Judge Riycs was born in Charlotte
| county, Virginia, April 6, 1917, and is con-
sequently but 81 years old. He studied
law in Danville, and was admitted to prac-
tice in 1867. He came to Nevada in 1868.
| and in 1870 was elected District Judge OF
the Seventh District, and was probably one
Of the youngest men who ever dOnned the
| judicial ermine in this or any other State.
He was ele:tel "a Julsc Of this district,
comprised of Eureka, White Pine and Lin
coin counties, at the late election. He is a
close student, a man of great versatility,
| courteous in manner and obliging in dispo-
sition, and in the coming four years of his
| judicial life will add to his already we'll
1 earned laurcls.
District Attorney.
George W. Merrill, the present District
Attorney, will be his own successor. He
il q native OF Maine, and was District At
torney of Nye county, for four years, pre-
vious 10 his arrival in Eureka, in 1870. He
was elected az District Attorney for Eureka
county in 1874, and has been reelected
twice, which is sufficient PROOF that he is
an able and acceptable officer.
The Shcrifr's OaIce
Will be vacated tomorrow by Mr. Sias.
He viii carry with him into private life
the well wishes of every person with whom
4 lo Iau con,a in aantaat aud mona will rAi -
his genial face aud frank greeting more
frequently than tho SENTIsEL's reporter.
Mr.. Sias is a New YORKER by birth, having
been born in Wyoming county, in that
State, February 18th, 1927. His father
cmigrated To Michigan in 1882, and from
| thence to Wisconsin in 1919. IN 1856 Mr..
Sias concluded to try his fortune in Cali
fornia. He remained in that State until
1870, When no removed to Eureka, and
was elected Sheriff OF Eureka county in
! 1876. He has been an able officer, aa.l
has performed his duties fearlcssly. He
will be succeeded by
MATTHEW Kyle.
/ No man Is better or more favorably
known in this section OF the State than
Matt. Kyle. Honorable in all business
dealings, correct and upright in private
life, he has won the esteem Of the commu-
nifty at large. and of political friends and
foes. He enters upon his duties possess
ing the confidence of the public-a conf
dcnce that will in no way be abused.
County Clerk.
Judge +. ii. Harmon, the retiring Clerk,
was born in Charlotte county, Virginia,
November IA, 1925. He went to Califor-
| ~. I,-s., Al. ox...oa A.. till
the gold discoveries in 1919. He embarked
in newspaper enterprises, and was one Of
the founders of the Sacramento Union,
and the Pioneer Netrs-tle latter being
the first paper ever published in FL Dora
do county, California. In 1868 Ire re-
moved to Nevada, and for five years he
served as Justice OF the Peace in Lander
county, and was elected District Attorney
81 that county in 1870. He removed to
Eureka in 1871, was appointed Clerk when
the comfy was formed. and has been re-
elected twice. He has proven an efficient,
obliging officer, and is universally es-
tecmed by all with whom he is brought in
contact. He will be succeeeed by
+. II. DODGE.
Mr.. Dodge was born in Wisconsin, in
1853, and removed to Austin, in this State, |
in 1869. He went to Phoebe in 1872, and
came to Eureka in the same year. He has
followed various pursuits, and is now q
collecting agent. His reputation is that OF
an active, untiring business man, prompt
in action and honorable in dealings, quail
tiles that will command the respect OF his
associates and the public.
Recorder.
After serving two terms as County Re
corder, Mr.. r. l.. Chase retires to private
life with the knowledge that the business
of none Of the public offices has been more
faithfully or more ably administered than
the one over which he has presided for
four years. He is from the famous Mo-
hawk Valley, in New York State, and came
TO Eureka in 1871. He was elected Re-
corder in 1874, and reelected in 1876.
Perhaps no more worthy successor could
have been found for his position than
BEN c. LEVY,
Whose business qualities and experience
peculiarly fit him for the place. Mr.. Levy |
was born in France, in 1916. His parents
removed to America when Ben was one
year old. He served three years in the
Union army, and followed the fortunes of
the Army of the Potomac. He went to
California in 1865 thence to White Pine
in 1859, and came to Eureka during the
same year. He has filled the position of
Secretary to both the X. X. and Phenix
Mining Companies, and is noted as a thor
ough-going, capable business man.
Treasurer.
Richard Ryland is a New Yorker; came
to this coast in SO located in Secret Can
Won. in this county. In the fall ~ 1860 /. |