Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-10-12
POLITICS AND MINING.
Both Democrat and Republicans
Put Up Strong Tickets In white
TAYLOR, White Pine County, New,

Oct. 7, 1884.
Ed. SENTINEL: As l intimated in my
last the political campaign in this county
is fairly inaugurated Both. the great pol
itical parties have held their respective
conventions and have placed their nomi-
nees before the people. Each ticket is con-
coded to be a strong one, and from now
until the day of election there will be a
lively canvass for votes. Robert Briggs,
who heads the Democratic ticket for the
office Of State Senator, is acknowledged by
all parties to be the strongest candidate
that could be nominated by the Demo-
cratic party for that position, and is I'M
doubtedly one of the most competent and
best qualified men in the county to repre-
sent US in the State Senate. Having a
thorough knowledge of our statute law,
and being familiar with the workings of
our system of State and county govern
ments, and, withall, having foe literary
requirements he will know just how to go
to work to effect remedial
LEGISLATION so URGENTLY NEEDED
By our tax-ridden people. In a series of
articles published in the Reflex of this
place, in June last. Mr.. Briggs pointed out
in a clear and forcible style, which cannot
be misin terpreted, the manner by which
the people of our State may be relieved of
the oppressive taxation that now burdens
them. These articles were the keynote of
caution, as it were, to awaken the people
to a sense of the great load they were car
rying in the way of paying exorbitant sal
aries to unnecessary State and county off
| Gals. TO him and the company with
| which he is associated, the Monitor, is due,
to a great extent, the maintaining of
miners wages in this county at 81 per day.
FOUR A DAY.
In a communication to the White Pine
| News, and in answer to some structures of
my own, Mr.. Briggs used the following
language when the Monitor mine will
not produce sufficient to justify its owners
paying 81 for an honest days work, it will
close down, and your special correspondent
will have to seek some other field Of oper-
alton.
The two candidates on the same ticket
for the Assembly, George W. Baker and
VIM. Hayes, are equally competent and
have a permanent interest in the county.
The county ticket is made up of strong
men, all old residents of the county, who
command the confidence and respect Of
their neighbors. If the Democratic ticket
of White Pine does not win, it will give
the Republican party q hard russell, any
way.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
Local happenings during the past week
have been Of a lively nature. Lovers of
fisticuffs have INDUCED to their hearts
content. II a person were to Judge by out
ward appearance from some faces seen on
our streets, he would imagine the Fall
fights had opened in good shape.
A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
have to note for you a terrible tragedy,
which occurred five days ago, go miles
south of here. An Indian killed one Doc
Clay. The Indian was arrested here in
Taylor and taken to Osceola, where, l am
informed, Doc Clay's body had been taken.
The Indian said Doc shot at him twice;
then "Me shoot Doc Clay and his horse.
Maybe so me shoot him wagon, too"
You will recollect that about a year ago
Doc Clay, Bill Thomas and Oar Cornell
went to jump q ranch from the Indians
down in Lincoln county. They had a fight
at the time. Cornell got shot in the leg,
and was taken to Phoebe. He had his leg
amputated and died. Bill Thomas got
killed in a brawl at Bristol last January.
Now Doc Clay is left out on the roadside.
LATER.
After the above was in type we received
the following additional particulars in re-
gard to the murderous Indian:
Ed. SENTINEL: As l promised further
information in regard to the killing OF
Doc Clay, l would say that Deputy Sheriff
NJ. Lyons arrived here at Z o'clock this
evening with the Indian. He had a com
mitment from Justice Farnham of Osce-
ola. The Indian admitted having hid be.
hind a tree and from cover shot Clay
down as he walked beside his wagon up
the hill. Mr.. Lyons and the Indian are
on their way to the County Jail at Hamil-
ton. JACK.
Taylor, Oct. 8, 1884.
Our mines are coming to the front, the
Argus Company having unearthed a large
body OF high grade ore in the Sunrise
claim. The company's mill is running
steadily with the prospect of its doing so
for an indefinite period, The Monitor
Company are shipping their usual amount
OF high grade ore TO their mill on Steptoe
Greek. all of which is pleasing to those of
our citizens who have permanently located
in Taylor on the strength Of her mineral
resources.
oSCE0LA.
Reports from our %neighboring camp,
Oseeola, are also good. Tit Osceola Com
psnv, of which Godbie & Hampton of
Salt Lake are at the head, have at last
concluded to bring in water to their placer
ground, of which they own some 400
acres. Bishop Black Of Deseret, Utah,
having obtained the contract to cut the
ditch, will be on the ground in a few days
with some 200 Mormon poems, those men,
it is said, having agreed to work for 81 a
day and board; those with teams So per
day. They expect to have the ditch fin
ished by the time the snow will commence
TO melt next Spring. JACK.
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