Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-11-23

been expended in preparing ior oh-
boring in Elko county.
Touopah Bonanza: Two hundred
thousand feet Of lumber have been
ordered from the mills for a lumber
yard to be opened at Tonopah.
Herman Davis and J. E. Gignoux,
the owners Of the Nevada Reduction
Works near Dayton, have raised the
wages oil their employees to IS per day.
The Presbyterian church in Wells is
about to build q parsonage for Rev.
w. p. Fredricks, who will bring his
family from Sacramento as soon as the
house is finished.
Murpheysboro, a new mining camp
in Churchill county, seven miles from
Eagleville, is coming into prominence
and thirty men will be employed in
development work.
According to the Reno Gazette a
Stockton woman has set up the claim
of being the long-deserted widow oil
the late Charles Kaiser. The estate
is appraised at $4,000.
The total assessment of Nye county
in 1900 was 1878 $40, and for 1901 it
is $419,412, an increase this year over
last OF $46,072. Tonopah is the u
of the increased valuation.
The jury of awards of the Buffalo
Exposition has reconsidered its de-
cision on the mineral exhibit, with the
result that Nevada has received a gold
medal for her display of minerals.
Prof. Mark Averill, who resigned
the principalship of the Virginia City
public school some time ago and went
to the Philippines to take a position
az teacher, has returned to San Fran
cisco.
Superior Judge Dunno of San Fran
cisco has granted Carrie B. Brown a
divorce from Harry Brown on the
grounds of failure to provide and will
full desertion. The custody OF a minor
child was awarded to the wife. The
parties to the action are well-known
former residents OF Carson.
Mrs. II. B. Maxson OF Reno has just
received a letter stating that her son,
Herbert, who is a cadet at Annapolis,
representing Nevada, took second
rank in the class OF French. This is
a remarkable showing considering
that the class numbers 14O members,
many of whom are graduates of the
oldest and largest universities in the
United States.
Tonopah has doubled the traffic on
the G. & c., there being a train now
every day and that crowded with pas
sengers and heavily laden with freight.
Two stages leave Sodaville for the
mines daily and sixty large eight to
twenty horse teams are freighting be-
tween the railroad and Tonopah. A
daily stage also runs from Candelaria
to the mines.
The Elko Free Press says Sheep In
spector Frank Winter was in town
last week on his way south to inspect
several bands of sheep. He reports
the many bands he has inspected this
year as being unusually clean and free
from disease. This is due to the in
creased number Of sheep dipping
plants in the county and the careful
work of the Inspector.
Wadsworth Dispatch: Orders have
been issued from the general Office of
the MOO Railway Company to finish
up the work already under way in the
car shops at Reno and then close the
shops. The company stocked up with
all kinds of material, spent 500, 900
during the past year and had plans for
extensive Improvements. Its bust
nest will be transferred to some other
point. A jury found the apparent ex-
cessive verdict of $15,500 for alleged
damages to a former employe, and the
company, in our opinion, is right
eously indignant. Even corporations
have their rights.