The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-10-30

Virginia City has an epidemic OF scar
let fever.
Patrick Casey, murderer, has been re.
fused a change of venue from Esmeralda
County.
The Libel suit brought by Frank Col
den against the Tonopah Bonanza has
been thrown out of court.
State Veterinarian Richardson has
discharged from quarantine a number OF
horses thought to have CHAMBERS at Love
lock.
The Nevada Sunday School Associa-
ton is sending Rev. w. c. Merritt OF Ia.
coma, Washington, on atour through Ne
vads.
Mrs. Frank Spencer, colored. wife OF
the porter Of the Tonopah club. is under
quarantine at Tonopah suffering with .
mild attack Of smallpox.
Bondsmen OF the late Sheriff Shirley OF
Churchill County refuse payment oil
shortage and will endeavor to put re-
s~ponsibility on State Controller Eggers,
whom they charge with neglect.
Glandered horses to the number oil
lat head have been killed at Fallon on
the recommendation of the State Veteri-
marian at that place. The disease in
Churchill County has been wiped out.
Mrs. ]. H. Sim of Tonopah, who has
been under arrest and held by the Los
Angeles authorities. who suspected that
she was connected with the attempted
murder of Mrs. Margaret Staehle in that
city, has been released.
Samuel Little, a retired mining man
and at one time an associate OF Cover
nor Jones Of Nevada, died suddenly
October "a Of heart disease at his home
in Seaside, Monterey County, California.
He was IS years old and had lived at
Seaside for 20 years.
Robert Barker. a young man OF Carson
City, has at last succeeded in completing
| his invention OF a new kind Of windmill,
| which he claims will revolutionize irriga-
| ton on the deserts Of Nevada. This new
| windmill, according to Barker, will lift
| IS, $50 gallons Of water per hour a dis
lance oil Is feet in a 20-mile wind, and
will do as we'll proportionately in a wind
OF four miles an hour.
Monday evening George B. Manning,
. Westean Pacific brakeman. met his
death while coupling cars at Gerlach.
Hearing the screams Of the unfortunate
man, Conductor L. Sanford went to
Manning's assistance. when he found
him wedged in between the Drawbacks
Of two cars, still holding his lantern in
his hand. The man was extricated from
his position. when it was found that he
was dead, having been disembowled in
the accident. He vas 80 years of age.
Accidentally routed from his hiding
place in a haystack by the prodding of q
pitchfork, Charley Williams. the Reno
burglar. who shot two men and stabbed
one in a hotel at Vinton, California, near
Reno. was subsequently shot to death by
q posse. In his pockets was found the
jewelry he had stolen from the hotel
when discovered, previous to his battle
with the men who attempted to take
him. One Of his victims, Bert Questa,
whom he shot in the groin, has since
died.
VIM. B. Lennon, a we'll known pros
peetor met with an accident at Preston.
White Pine County. on Wednesday
which resulted in his sudden death. Mr..
Lennon and William Cromwell had re-
Gently ont6tted in Ely and started on a
prospecting trip through the country ad-
jscent to the Ely Goldfeld railroad, with
the intention Of putting in the Winter In
southern Neysds. While at Preston Mr..
Lennon a assisting some farmers in
raising a 45-foot hay derrick, when one
Of the poles slipped and fell. striking him
the shoulder and neck, from which
death followed in q few moments.
Judge NJ. A. Murphy died Tuesday
evening in Carson after a struggle Of sew
erai weeks with pneumonia. He was
born in New York in 1887 and came to
in 1868. He was admitted to
The bar in 1867 and met with great sue
less. He always took an active part In
and served q Assessor and Dis