The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-11-26
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few days at Elko.
DIR. Porter and wife went up to Carlin
Monday on No. 6.
Pete Jensen arrived from Austin Mon
day on his way to the city.
Thanksgiving Day passed off very
quietly in Battle Mountain.
Dave Stanton of Winnemucca was in
town Sunday for a few hours.
Special Thanksgiving services were
held in the NJ. e. Church this morn ing
day shaking hands with his many friends.
Harry Wise, a fireman on the s. p. is
spending Thanksgiving ia town with his
parents.
Transfers are now only getting IS
per ton for hauling ore from Tonopah
to Sodaville.
Mrs. Fl. Pierce vent down to Golconda
last night to spend Thanksgiving with
her daughter.
L. NJ. Pugh came down from Dean last
Saturday and left that night for his home
at Lovelock.
George Abel came down Monday from
his ranch with a Carload OF burros which
he disposed Of.
Smallpox has broken out at the Irdian
school near Carson, and the place has
been quarantined.
Ed. Uren will erect a residence in town
as soon as his carload of lumber arrives,
which is expected daily.
Joseph Jurey and wife and his mother
Mrs. William Jurey, Of Galena, visited
Battle Mountain this week.
The Fitzsimmons. Gardner fight took
place in San Francisco last night and
Fitx proved to be victorious.
Miss Leoua Allen went down to Reno
last Friday night to attend the Teachers
Institute which was in session this week.
T. l.. Oddie of Tonopah and Miss
Claire Mcdonald of Carson will be 10 ar.
ried at the latter place December 2nd.
Mrs. N. K. Bartoo has been very i'll
for several days past. but at this writing
her condition is said TO be somewhat i'm
proved.
John Tallack, an old pioneer Of Aus
tin. died at that place last Tuesday from
miners consumption. He was a native
of England.
L. A. Lemaire went down to Winnie
mucca Tuesday for the purpose of re-
ceiving several hundred head Of sheep
which he has purchased.
The writer received a complimentary
ticket to the Seventeenth Anniversary
Ball to be given by Elko Lodge No. 10,
X. OF p, tonight at Elko.
Read the article, Thanksgiving Oh.
servance," which appears in another col
m written by Rev. NJ. w. Frary. 1t is
a good article and worth reading.
Rev. T.. w. Van Deventer d. D., the
Superintendent OF the Nevada Mission,
preached in the NJ. +. Church Tuesday
and Wednesday evenings of this week.
Clarence Lee came down from Gold
Creek this week Clarence will work
this winter on his fathers mine, the
"Little Giant" located at old Battle
Mountain.
The writer received a letter this week
from Tom Cook from England In which
he says that he reached home safe and
is feeling much better in health since
arriving there.
Charles Campbell purchased from
Mrs. William Morgan this week the one
third interest in a mining claim at Bull
lion which was held by her husband, the
late William Morgan.
Six men are now on the death watch
at the state prison, and d ozens OF ap.
plications have been received by War
den Considine from the people who
like that kind OF work.
William Schwin and wife came in from
Mill Creek last Saturday. They were
accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. John
Steiner OF Santa Rosa, CAL, who have
been visiting the Schwin family for sew
eral weeks.
There are 1900 teams and LOCO single
hands at work on the railroad grade
between Calien.e and the Muddy, a dis
lance of nearly sixty miles. At the
Muddy a town, to be called Moapa, has
been laid out.
The sickness among the children Of
Eureka continues, aud late cases have
taken on more serious BY symptoms. Man,
. believe the disease is scarlet fever in 4
mild form. The latter fact has KEEP
subdued the alarm which pronounced
scarlet fever or even scarlatina Away
creates, and no precautions are taken Il
prevent infection.