Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-07-13
LOCAL MENEioN

Assassin w. ]. Hooper and Martin
BROWN spent several days in Elko the fore
part Of this week.
William Meecham of Snake Valley,
yh;,o pine county, spent several days in
Eureka this week.
Attorney Peter Breen returned from a
-.s...;o,.I visit to the Western part of
the State Thursday.
Latest quotation for silver is bS3 cents.
lad. New York Exchange, S4.37i. At
Salt Lake City, $3.50.
The Z. & p. r. r. this week furnished
teams with freight as follows: Ely. $500
pounds; Typo, 1000 pounds.
Dan Watson and Alfred Williams have
taken a pitch in the Richmond mine and
commenced work Thursday.
The people Of Eureka fully appreciate
the sprinkling being lone these hot, dusty
days by Pete Loh's sprinkler.
VIM. Robertson and daughter, Miss
Josie, left this week for q visit to the ranch
of Jake Minola in Huntington valley.
w. J. Tonkin left for bis ranch in Car
den Valley last Monday to put in several
weeks looking after the putting up Of his
hay crop.
Bert L. Smith left Wednesday for a
v;s;. Of ;nspection to the Rocco-H smestake
mine at Hamilton. He expects to return
Saturday.
DIR. T.. X. Keen and Tom Dixon left by
priyaye conveyance last Monday for Tona-
nah with a view to locating while the camp
is on the boom.
There will be a called meeting Of Eureka
Lodge No. 16, +. 4 A. NJ. this Saturday
evening at 7:30 o'clock, for work in the
FeIlowcraft degree.
The infant son Of Attorney Bartlett was
taken down Wednesday with a well devel-
oped case of measles. This is at present
the only case in Eureka.
Frank Kopp loaded his ten-horse team
with freight for Ely Wednesday. among
which was a core drill that is to be used in
testing some placer ground near that place.
Wm. NJ. Robertson, the painter, last
Saturday suffered a stroke of facial pa
~ralysis, the right side being affected. 1t
is believed the affection is not permanent.
Encouraging reports continuing to reach
here from the new mining district of Tona-
pah has given quite a number Of Eurekans
the fever, and many talk of going to the
new camp soon.
Bob Raftice succeeded in delivering the
large boiler in good shape to the Mining
and Reduction Company at Typo, and
pulled out again Wednesday with another
big load of freight for that company.
The Il. & p. train was three hours late
in arriving here on Thursday, the delay be-
ing caused by a passenger train on the
Central Pacific running into the caboose
of q freight train a few miles from Win
nemucca.
Reports from nearly all the valleys in
this section of Nevada are to the effect
that the present hay crop is unusually short.
The crops at Duckwster and Currant
Greek, Nye county, it is said, will return a
fair yield.
Superintendent G. ID. Abbott of the Eu-
reka 4 Palisade railroad left Palisade Fri
day evening for California on a months
vacation. During his absence s. b. Fur
miss of Oakland, California, will act in Mr..
Abbott's place.
A. Oldoerp, a mining expert from Mex
leo, passed through Eureka Thursday en-
route to Typo, Nye county, to make an ex-
animation of the mines recently purchased
by the Typo Mining and Reduction Com
pany at that place.
Attorney George s. Brown Of Elko ar
rived on Tuesdays train and left next
morning for D~uckwater. Mr.. Brown is
one Of the attorneys for Joe Tognoni in
the water suit recently instituted in this
Court concerning the water of Duckwater
Creek.
Louis Smith of Elmira, New York. and
A. @. Barton of Murphy, North Carolina,
are spending a few days in Eureka before
proceeding to Ely, where they go to look
into and make a report on the condition of
the mining properties owned by Mrs. VIM.
Mckinley near that place,
Mccoy Fitzgerald and Merrill Fletcher
left by Wednesdays train for Carson and
San Francisco and will later 90 to Red.
ding, California, for a few weeks. Mr..
Fitzgerald wished it distinctly understood
that there is no truth in the rumor that
has been current in Eureka for several days
to the effect that his purchase of the Rich
mond water was for the benefit Of other
parties about to erect a cyanide plant
here.