The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-12-09
LOCAL BREvITIES.

.ssayer for the Windfall Mining Com
,suy for several months. left Monday
for his home at Idaho Springs. Colorado.
W. O. McGsrry and Julius Huebner
lsft here Monday with q team to look
ovsr conditions in the new mining
camp of Carroll, about 45 miles south
west Of Austin.
Iadore Sara, who came in from Fish
Creek, IS miles south Of Eureka, on
Thursday. reports that Wednesdays
snow storm barely touched hat section,
less than an inch falling there.
Frank Kopp, who is in charge Of the
Development work being done on the
Cyanide mine on Adams Hill for
Charles Wittenberg, resumed operations
there this week with four men.
Dan Morrison, owner Of the Brown
Hotel, this week commenced the work
Of painting and r~enovating the building,
an he informed the SENTINEL yester.
day he planned to have the hotel spic
and span and in thorough order by
Railroad Day.
The Committee Of Arrangements in
charge of the Mob Hill Fire Company's
masquerade ball to be given in the En-.
reka Opera House on New Years night
are already busily engaged in preparing
for the event, and . gala time is
promised.
William Sweet returned TO Eureka
Saturday from an extended business trip
both East and West. He informs the
SENTINEL that he expects to arrange
matters so that the development work
recently started on . number Of Adams
Hill properties will soon be resumed.
The long spell of fine weather Eureka
has been enjoying was broken Wednes.
day by the first real snow storm Of the
Winter. Fine snow commenced fall.
ing early in the evening and continued
daring the night. resulting in about six
inches Of the beautiful. The weather
then cleared and the snow is fast dis
appearing.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
Board OF County Commissioners was
held last Monday. Owing to a rush OF
work in the County Clerks office this
week on ccount Of the closing up Of
county tax matters and other business,
the minutes Of the Boards meeting
have not been written up. but will APP
pear next week. The bills allowed by
the Board are published in another
column Of to-day's SENTINEL.
Phil Paroni, the Eureka merchant. was
kicked In the breast last Tuesday by
enc Of his horses, and so seriously in.
jured be was laid up in bed for several
days. He slapped al old horse that was
standing at the gate OF his corral to
make him move away. when the animal
let fly with both feet. one OF which
struck him in the breast and knocked
him down, but no bones were broken
and lie is now able to be up and around
again.
Bernard Dameie. who had his auto.
mobile disabled by striking a rock in
passing through DEVILS Gate pass last
week. found 1t necessary to bring his
machine into Eureka before repairs
could be completed. While the engine
was not damaged. the connections be-
tween il and the running gear were
found to be badly wrenched. The re-
repairs were completed Wednesday
and he left the next moraing in the
auto for his home at Tonkin.
w. +. Nantker aud A. Y. Ross OF
Wells Fargo a. 90. arrived here Tues
day by auto from El1o. bringing up the
money to settle the taxes Of the South
ern Pacific Railroad Company. Mr..
Rossis a former we'll known resident of
Eureka. During the sos he was Wells,
Fargo & Oompany's messenger on the
Z 81 p. between Palisade and Eureka.
aud filed this position for several years.
He is the man who single handed stood
of q gang Of six train robbers near
Deeth. on the Southern Pacific. and
after the express car had been blown up
with dynamite refused to give up the
treasure. He continued fighting the
robbers with a shot gun until they
finally abandoned the job. IL is need
less TO say that he is now being well
taken care of by both of these COM.
panies.