The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-05-25

ernOr sparks ana wei kuOWu tntOuth
out the State, is critically i'll at his
home in Carson, suffering from hemor-
rhsges of the stomach.
The burden of paying freight charges
before the goods arrive at Goldfeld has
been ordered rescinded. On June 1 the
rule will cease to exist. This will affect
all points on the Southern Pacific Rail-
road.
The Rawhide News, which has been
edited and published by @. O. Emerson,
we'll known throughout the st t.. has
been leased by Joe Jordan. late Raw
hide correspondent of the Nevada State
Journal.
The bill of Senator George s. Nixon
providing for a fish culture station in
Nevada has passed the Senate. The
bill carries an appropriation of $4,000
and provides for a station to be estab-
lished in Nevada at once by the depart
ment.
The statute of John W. Mackay, the
gift of Clarence Hungerford Mackay,
his son, to the University of Nevada,
arrived in Reno Tuesday morning and
was hauled by the. Nevada Transfer
Company to the campus where it was
put in position.
The Commissioners of Churchill
County have just borrowed the sum Of
10000 from Warren W. Williams fo'
the purpose of settling the bills now
ut.tanding against the county and also
carrying on the business of the county.
The county will pay interest at the rate
# nine per cent.
At Goldfeld last week after a 20 min
ute deliberation, the jury in the case OF
George Williams, an Indian, charged
with the murder Of Barney Griffin and
William Connors, brought in a verdict
of guilty of murder in the first degree,
without any recommendation for the
mercy of the court.
II is stated that work on the Western
Pacific tunnels and track at Chilcoot
aud in Beck with Pass in the Sierras is
being rushed rs fast as possible apd that
il will take two years to finish the tuD-
nels on this line. The company has
given orders to increase forces and rush
everything to completion.
Iu the Western Nevada Company
mines at YeriDgton in the lower tunnel
workings the drift has already gone
more than 100 feet in ore, the average
of which is around seven per cent cop
per, The width of this ore body has
not yet been determined. but, Judging
from the reports made it will prove very
extensive.
Miss Edna Goodrich. the actress. who
is to be married at Berkeley. California.
to Harry Macmillan of Goldfield on
June 10, arrived in New York May IS
from Paris on the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
liner Kaiserin Augusts Victoria. Her
mother, who went abroad with her
when she sailed to select her trousseau,
returned with her.
R. Miller has ordered 10000 straw
berry plants to put out ON his homestead
near Fernley. He has had experience
in this business in Texas and will un.
doubtedly make a success Of it as that
locality is especially adapted to the
growing Of strawberries. Fernley is
in the Truckee Carson project and is
located in Lyon County.
Private advices received in Tonopah
to the effect that a meeting OF the board
of stockholders of the Tonopah Exten'
sion Mining Company, held in New
York recently was a red hot affair, in
which Charles NJ. Schwab. Donald
Gillies, Engineer Kitchener aud Engin'
eer Krum figured with some personal
illusions that almost started a fight.
One OF the most remarkable turns
that has come under the notice of the
local mining public for some time wal
made evident recently at Ely when the
morning shift at the Ely Bonanza prop
erty started to 60 work. Where they
had left q shaft almost totally dry the
night previous they found more thar
200 feet Of water upon their return in
| the morning.
There is much talk regarding tbs
holding of a mass meeting Of the de
positors Of the State Bank and Trus
Company and appointing Of a commit
tee to confer with Receiver Frank L
Wildes in regard to certain conditions
and to ascertain just what securities tn,
back now holds The matter has no
come to a focus yet but it will likely d.
so within q short time.
According to the Elko Free Press, {
number of burglaries were committed
in Carlin last week without the guilty
parties being apprehended. J.. w
Puett's store was burglarized and abou
$500 worth Of goods stolen. including
lot of jewellery, part Of which wa