The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-11-06
Nevada State News


ready for entry TO Western Pacific ser.
vice when the new road is opened.
For drawing q gun and attempting to
kill his wife at the home OF a neighbor
who disarmed him, Charles Logan. a
barber, is under six months jail sentence
at Tonopah.
The reason offered at Banuock for re-
fual to permit visitors to inspect the rich
strike is that there has been too much
high grading in the carrying away of
rich specimens.
A mile OF the ditch diverting waters Of
the Humboldt river to the reservoirs OF
the Humboldt Levelock irrigation enter
prise has been completed and a large
construction force is rushing the remain
IL miles Of work.
Tie Commissioners of Elko County
have accepted the bid of Sellman Bros.
Of Reno for building the new courthouse
and Jail. Their bid, according to the
plans aud specifications, was s79,449.
Architect Weeks of San Francisco fur
nished the plans for the new building.
Saturday night the Sparks machinists
received a telegram from their delegate
at Ogden advising them that the $. p.
authorities had met their demands.
A raise OF three cents per hour was grant
ed all around, with an agreement for n
year. This action averts the strike which
was threatened in the Sparks shops.
Two holdup men entered a saloon in
Diamondfeld early Wednesday morning,
and after lining nine men up against the
bar proceeded to rob them. The men
searched all the inmates Of the saloon
and took all the money and other valu-
ables from the cash register. Several
times the robbers fred into the floor to
keep the men intimidated.
Some disappointment has been caused
in Phoebe by the complete closing down
Of the Day mine, and hence the cessation
Of all activities by the Nevads-Uta tab
Mining and Smelling Corporation. This
ia understood to be due to the closing Of
the Tintic smelter and the raising OF rates
by the other 'smelters, SO that the low
grade huxing ore could not be handled
at a profit.
Clarence III. Mackay has purchased Of
A. NJ. Cole. the Virginia City druggist,
a comprehensive collection OF coins, ore
and relics that has long been one of the
features OF the Comstock. and has pre-
scented the same to the State University.
Professor Young has been on the Com
stock for several days packing up the
specimens, and they have been shipped
to Reno.
Justice OF the Peace Anderson OF Rose
bud. Humboldt County, arrested and
tried last week on a charge OF having
taken money under false p%retenses, has
been cleared OF the charge. Dan Me-
Cleod, who acted as a Constable under
the orders of Justice Anderson, was also
acquitted. A Western Pacific brake.
man had charged Anderson and Nc
Cleod with arresting and trying him on a
misdemeanor charge and collecting a fine
from him without authority, but the
Justice proved that he had been legally
appointed to Office.
At Goldfeld last Saturday the Jury in
the trial OF Patrick G. Casey for murder
returned a verdict Of guilty OF murder in
the first degree, fixing the penalty at
the evening of August 10, Casey killed
Mrs. Thomas Heslip and seriously
wounded Mrs. Alice Mann. That his
victims did not number more was due to
the prompt disarming of the murderer
by Thomas S. Dunn and his son, who
were near when the shooting occurred.
The tragedy happened on the front porch
of the Heslip home, where the women
were talking.
The project OF recognizing some Of
the Goldfeld mining companies upon q
basis Of rendering the stock assessable
will be taken up by several companies,
it is reported, including one or two of the
Wingield concerns. The first to take
this step is the Precious Metals Mining
Company. operating a lease on the At
lanta. which has levied an assessment Of
enc cent per share to raise funds foi
further development at depth. SeyeraI
leases on the Atlanta are now in the
dacite zone, and have exposed ore Of
milling grade, but which is not Of com
mercial value to lessees.
Lawrence Jenuni, o miner in the Mon
tana mine at Tonopah adopted a terrible
method OF ending his existence Sunday
morning. He was at work on the fourth
level as a trammer, and shortly befor,
coming off shift he entered the powder
magazine and secured a stick OF dyna
mite. with a fuse and cap. Making hi
way to an abandoned drift. he lay down
placed the deadly explosive or Iii
stomach and ignited the fuse. Tn
eager noticed that one man was missing
when it came time for ascending to thu
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