The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-02-10
State News From Our Exchanges

The Hub" one Of the largest sa-
looms in Reno. closed Monday night at
midnight for an uncertain period.
Mrs. Nettie Ostreicher, a former Elko
resident, was married at San Rafael,
CAL. on Jan. 90. to James A Crosson of
the latter city.
Morris Tracy fell 70 feet through q
stope in the Mizpah mine at Tonopah
Tuesday, escaping with a dislocated
shoulder and lacerated scalp.
There are said to be in the neighbor-
hood of 5000 people in Rawhide. and
more are going in every day. The peo-
pie who are going in at present are men
Of means and are going to invest.
Miss Mary Greene, one of the Oldest
aud most highly esteemed residents of
White Pine County. a sister Of former
State Senator Charles Greene. is dead
at Cherry Greek. She died of la grippe.
John Breckenridge, a member Of the
proud Southern family of that name
and the %discoverer OF gold 10 the camp
of Osceola, one of the oldest camps
10 Nevada, died at the county hospital
in Ely Wednesday.
Tom Martin, an old character of Ely.
fell into a cess pool there Saturday
night and on Sunday his feet were seen
sticking up from the pool in which he
had suffocated. The man had been
drunk for some time and fell into the
cess pool beneath an clubhouse while in
a stupor.
According to the annual report of the
State Controller, the assessed valuation
of real estate and personal property in
Nevada amounts to 49,. 0S4. 765 SO and the
net proceeds of mines at 50, 901, 1857,
making the total assessed valuation $7l,
9S6. 2s1.63 as against SAG. s43, 009.08 in
the year 1906.
Judge Langan will not resign until
after the next election. AS a conse-
quence the law passed at the special
session of the Legislature to create a
new judicial district will not become ef-
f%ective. Judge O'Brien of Nye County
will be requested to assist in hearing
cases on the Esmeralda County calendar.
Seeming to have forgotten his terrible
experience in the Alpha shaft. neal
Ely, which was near to being his tomb,
Fred Mcdonald, one of the miners i'm
prisoned for as days on the 1000 level
with A. ID. Bailey and Peter Brown,
has returned to work. He has entirely
recovered from the effects of his long
imprisonment.
Thirteen hundred dollars placed in a
tin can and buried in the cellar disap-
peared from its hiding place at the resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. Critchfield Sat-
urday night. The money belonged to
Mike Curley, a brother of Mrs. Critch-
field, and it was thought that he and
his sister only knew of the hiding place
Of the treasure.-Tonopah Sun.
1t is reported hat the Southern Pa
cifc Company is about to discontinue
the custom which has been in vogue
since the first whistle Of a locomotive
was heard in the West, of allowing In
dams to ride free of charge on freight
trains. The report is causing consider
able excitement among the Washoes
and Piutes throughout the State.
A burglar entered the Robins store
in Winnemucca Saturday night and
tackled the watchman, Gerome Otis. a
man SO years of age. They had a sharp
tussle, but the old man finally knocked
the burglar unconscious and hen sal
down on him until 6 o'clock Sunday
morning. when assistance arrived and
the thief was turned over to the sheriff.
On complaint of President D. O. Nc