The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-08-21

Carson City has $40 licensed dogs and Sc
have been sent to the tannery because no one
would buy a tag for them.
Mrs. Somers, wife of Judge Peter j. Son.
ers, died suddenly at Gold6eld August IA.
She had been III for some time.
The Miners Union Of Ely has sent out
notices requesting miners to stay away from
that camp until the strike now on is settled.
Friedhof 4 HoeHel of Reno have been
awarded the contract for building the new
school house at Elko. Their bid was S29, 900.
Fire at Rhyolite Saturday destroyed the
Dan News Ice and Cold Storage plant. caus-
ing a loss Of about $40, 900. Insurance. of
So, 900 was carried.
Prof. Orvis Ring was operated upon in the
Red Cross Hospital at Reno Friday after,
noon, and the physicians state that he will
probably recover and be out again in q short
time.
One Nevada man was represented in the
first 80 names drawn at Occur d'Alene fo- the
Flathead Indian Reservation lands, number
IL going to Edward II. Charrett Of Gold6eld.
Nevada.
Ed. Mcconnell, the worlds champion
broncho rider, has returned to Elko from Salt
Lake. where he rode the widest horses and
won several handsome prizes, beside the
championship.
Eddie Watson aud Charles Gillespie have
taken up their residence at the State Prison
for the ensuing year for being zoo friendly in
the matter Of furnishing whisky to Indians
in Douglas County.
George B. Russell OF Elko has been ap-
pointed superintendent OF the census for Ne
vada. The position carries with it a salary oil
$500 a year and perquisites enough to raise
the amount to about $4,000.
Mrs. w. N. McGill of Ely, who has been
quite i'll for the past two weeks, has been
taken to St. Marks Hospital in Salt Lake
for medical treatment. She was accompanied
by Mr.. McGill and her daughter.
The body Of the woman found in Reno the
other day has been identified as that of Topsy,
a squaw. She probably committed suicide by
eating wild parsnips or she may have fallen
from the hume and broke her neck.
1t Is said the last spike of the Western Pa
si6c will be driven at the big bridge across
Spanish Greek. about 80 miles east of Orc
vile. 1t was believed at first that the gar
would be closed and the last spike driven il
Nevada, but this has been changed.
Clarence Benner, a well known young mai
Of Virginia City and Reno, was electrocutet
at the Chollar mine in the former place Wed
nesday while leaning against a corrugated iror
building across which a broken high powe
electric wire was lying. He was 10 years o
age.
Since the fourth unit of the Steptoe Vale,
concentrator was placed in commission earl.
last week, the Nevada Consolidated at Ell,
has been sending down from the steam shove
pit on Copper Flat an average of 1900 ton
Of ore q day. requiring the service of six train
of 20 cars each, or a total Of 100 cars q day.
J Deputy District Attorney George Spring
meyer was called down by Judge Stevens !
GolIfeld a few days ago for appearing !
, Court without a coat on. you may let tn
, waters run Town your spinal column an
sweIter in all the discomfort Of a Summe
Gay, saiu the Juuse, pus thc Oouhs NV
7 not see the evidence"
Edward Welsh, former Captain Of the Sar
. field Guards Of Virginia City, and more r.
t Gently o well known mine owner, committe
' suicide August 10 at his home In Gold Hill
by hanging himself to a rafter In the barr
The body was found by Welsh's wife. Fai
. ing eyesight was the cause of suicide. H
was one Of the earliest pioneers of the Con
stock.
With but 142 miles Of its line from Sa
Q Lake to Oakland to be constructed, the Yves
y ern Pacific Company expects to have trains
operation between the two cities within
a days, according to the estimates made by /
I H. Mccartney, first assistant engineer. Thr'
gaps in the distance of 927 miles remain to
filed before through trains can be operate
q Construction was started on the Western P
/, cifc on May 5, 1906.
Two work trains and a large force of trac
men have been put to work on the Salt Lal
= division of the Southern Pacific laying ne
y and heavier steel between Fenton and We'll