The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-01-30

Engineer and Mrs. Frank
has departed from his Reno home &c
enter the United States Naval Academy
at Annapolis.
Lee wightman has been appointed
BY the County Commissioners Oh
Churchill County to the position Of
Sheriff made vacant By the recent sui
eide Of Sheriff Shirley.
John Davis, o. worker employed Oh
the new unit Of the concentration at TN
McGill smelter zeal Ely. slipped ant
fell about IS feet Tuesday and was In
stantly killed.
About 600 men working for tn
Western Pacific Company in the con
struction Of it's railroad in Northern
Nevada and Utah are out Of work as thu
result Of storms since January l.
Fallon has the prospects of getting 9
big beet sugar plant in the near future
A California company has signified III
intention Of buying mp considerable
land and establishing a large mill alona
the irrigation canal.
The threatened strike Of all the EN-
ployes at Steptoe Valley Smelter, located
at McGill near Ely, has now been
ayerted. All those who went out last
week have returned to work, a COM
promise having been reached.
Foundation work has just com
menced for the construction OF a two
story hotel at Carlin, to replace the one
destroyed by FIRE and owned by W. +.
Lineburger. The new structure Will
be 4SxS7 and will contain about 40
rooms.
The Carson News says a rnmor l.
running the gamut that Father Ramm,
Q Jesuit priest who has won honors as
an educator at the Santa Clara college,
in California, is being boosted by his
friends as a successor to DIR. Stubs OF
the Nevada State University.
Governor Gillet of California has
honored the requisition of Governor
Dickerson for the return to Nevada from
Los Angeles Of Homer G. Tabor and
s. X. Williamson, the crooked bankers
Of Searchlight, Lincoln County. They
are charged by John Howe of accepting
q deposit of $725 knowing the bank tc
be insolvent.
T. F. Flaherty. representing Iowa
capitalists, has filed in the Government
Land Office in Carson City an applica-
ton for 2450 acres of fertile land north.
east of Yerington, and states that il
will be colonized with farmers from
Iowa. He states that the men he il
associated with intend to build an
irrigation system for the colony and use
the water of the Walker river.
Jerry Bailey. who bearded Sundays
No. 8 at Elko with a ticket for Moleen,
on arriving at his destination jumped
from the train while it was in motion
and fell under the wheels. He had
both legs cut off. The injured man
was taken back to Elko for medical at
tendance and died there shortly after
his arrival. Bailey has been employed
as q grader on the Western Pacific.
II hope to God some one will steal
her and no one will let me know for at
least so long that they can get a good
start, 50 that I cannot get her back
again" This 10 one of the delightful
bon mots that Mrs. L. M. Fapp told the
Goldfeld District Court that her hus-
band. James Fapp bestowed upon her
not long ago. Mrs. Fapp is an appli-
can't for absolute divorce, and she also
wants a portion of her husbands prop
erty aud generous alimony. .Fapp is o
saloon man and gambling operator, &C.
cordinR to the complaint.
Thomas Cole and associates have
taken over the entire property which
was heretofore owned and controlled by
the Giroux Consolidated Mining Com
pany at Ely. which; Is considered one OF
the largest copper mines in the United
States. A notice to this effect wat
posted at the mine and all stockholders
of the Giroux Consolidated received
printed circulars apprising them Of the
change of management. The price paid
by the new management is not known,
but il is agreed that q large con.
sideration was paid down.
Postmaster w. J. Kennedy Of Search.
light. Lincoln County. has followed
in the footsteps of w. B. Atwell.
his predecessor. being found shor'
in his accounts to the extent
Of $500. Atwell was short a larger
amount. it was said. Kennedy com.
mitted suicide Saturday night after
being ousted by Post Office Inspector
Swain. who discovered his shortage and
placed one Of his bondsmen in charge
After Atwell was deposed, about a year
ago. one of his bondsmen. Howard
Perkins, was put in charge. and within
. short time he made a remittance by
bank draft. Owing to . bank failure
the draft could not be cashed, and the
amount he had deposited was lost.
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