The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1910-03-05
BREvITIES.
William Wainwright came in from
Naxark Tuesday.

William Wainwright came In from
Newark Tuesday.
ALI sESTINELs Of February 20 that &C
ont over the e. & P. are still being heid
at the Eureka post office.
There will be o called c~onvocation Of
Eureka Lodge No. is. +. & A. NJ, Sat-
urdsy evening ct 2 o'clock. Work In
the First Degree.
There will be o regular nesting OF
Reatifc Lodge No. 2, X. Of p, Tuesday
evening at 7 o'clock. Three candidates
are IN be initiated into the Second Rank.
There will be . special meeting OF
Diamond Rebekah Lodge No. 8 Friday
evening at Z O'Clock. A full attendance
of members Is requested % business OF
importance 10 to come before the
meeting.
Last Monday before the wires went
down it was learned that the Southern
Pacific Railway VAS badly washed out
between Palisade and Reno, and that
four trains were being held at Palisade.
1t was then reported to be raining heav-
lily west Of winnemucca.
State Auditor W. B. Ligon and two
commercial travellers. H. L. Moore and
P. II. Grotte, who were held in Eureka
on account Of the interrupted traffic
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arrangement with Merrill Fletcher to
take them to Elko BY private convey
ance and they left here Wednesday
morning.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
Board Of County Commissioners an.
nounced to be held next Monday, ow-
ing to Commissioners Alex Fraser and
W. II. Sweeney being absent from En-.
reka. and the unlikelihood Of their get.
ting here at the time set for the meet
ing. owing to present interrupted traffic
conditions. it is quite probable no meet
ing will be held.
Henry wedekind came into Eureka
Wednesday from the lower end Of New
ark Valley and reports the water In the
northern part of the valley In the vicin.
ity Of Cold Greek to be about three feet
deep and still pouring In from all direc.
tons. Mr.. Wedekind says during sll
the years he has lived In Newark VAL
ley he has neve seen so much water
at one time as there 10 now in that por.
ticu Of the valley.
The annual meeting Of the stock.
holders Of the Windfall Mining Com
PAM was announced to be held at Reno.
Nevada. March 1. A large party Of
stockholders Of the company were ex'
pected q from the East, aud it Is un-
derstood they intended to come on to
Eureka after the meeting and inspect
the company's new mill here. but on
account OF the blockade on the Z. x r.
this part Of their trip will no doubt be
abandoned for the present.
A telegram was received Ia Eureka
on Monday announcing the arrival at
Palisade that day Of w. Z. Jeannot.
managing director OF the Nevada De-
velopment aud Mining Company. and
Henry Bradley. one Of the principal
stockholders of that company. stat
ing they would come On to Eureka IS
loon as it was possible to get through.
Merrill Fletcher left here with . four
horse team for Exc on Wednesday. and
II he succeeds in making the trip 1t 10
expected they will return here with him
from that point.
Frank Romano Of Diamond Valley
left for home Tuesday with . two.
horse team. and On reaching the slough
at the railroad crossing In the valley ct.
tempted to cross. The horses proceeded
into the water about 90 feet. when IL
reached nearly to their backs. He sue.
csedsd. however. in turning the animals
and getting them out. He then started
that afternoon to reach home by skirt
ing the foothills on the east side OF the
valley. and as nothing has been heard
from him since it 10 thought he reached
home safely.
Miss Lizzie MORRISON. whose home is In
Antelope Valley. about 40 miles west OF
Eureka, started to come to town Mon.
day with a team. but on reaching o
point near Devils Gate eight miles from
hara aha had - abandon the rvs
ance on account Of the high water o.
that point. and leaving the rig ut Regli'i
ranch, made the remainder Of the trip
to Eureka on horseback. She returned
home Tuesday, taking a trail that avoid
ed the crossing Of the large body o.
water now passing through Devil
Gate.