The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-01-27
Nevada State News

The Government has declined TO ALLOW
the bills of Storey and 0rmsby counties
for the rent OF their jails for the use Of
u. S prisoners, U. 5. Attorney Sam
Plat claiming there no authority Of law
for allowing them prior to 1909.
Hearings will be held in Reno by the
Interstate Commerce Commission on
February 5 On five cases involving rail-
road rates in which Ne ada firms and
corporations are the complaining parties.
10 each instance the Southern Pacific
Company is the defendant
The Interior Department has an
nounced that it will segrezate 5000 acres
Of land to the Pacific Irrigation Company
for Nevada under the Carey Act, instead
OF 10000 acres asked. Governor Oddie
lie satisfied with this decision. 1t is
rumored the company has sold out.
W. r. Bows, Of Garrison, Utah, is in
Ely to buy furniture for q new saloon.
He says his log house saloon was dyna-
mited several days ago bv a fanatic. The
cash register. containing $500. was blown
through the roof. The whole building
was destroyed, but no one was injured.
The Pacific Power Company, which
supplies power and lights to Aurora,
F~sirview, Luckyboy and Wonder. is
troubled by a shortage Of water, owing
to the freezing OF the water at the intake.
The Luckyboy mill was Obliged to shut
down in consequence, and Fairview and
Wonder are powerless.
Dan Dewitt, an old-time miner OF the
Comstock. fell down a shaft between
Silver City and Mound House some
time Friday night and was found bv
friends Saturday. He had fallen a dis
lance OF 80 feet and when found had a
broken collar bone and internal injuries
which may cause his death.
L. f. Smith. q carpenter, was arrested
ct Sparks Monday on q charge Of assault
with intent to commit q statutory offsnse
against Viola Gregg, a 10 year old girl.
The mother is the complaining witness.
She had left her two children in the
care OF Smith while she went out. Smith
broke down and admitted his guilt.
The work of unwatering the main
shaft and lower workings OF the Giroux
Consolidated mine at Ely is now about
completed. This is the mine in which
several miners lost their lives some time
ago by fire. The mine was flooded at
the time, and since then the company
has been pumping it out and preparing
to resume work.
The Tonopah & Goldfeld Railroad
Company has paid to the Clerk of the
District Court OF Nye County the sum OF
$26. 1866 SO judgment in a suit brought
against the company by r. NJ. Henning-
sen, a contractor. This contractor made
an agreement with the company for all
the ties taken from the road at the
time it was broad gagged and later sued
the company for damages for breach OF
contract.
As the result of the terrible beating
che received from her husband several
days ago, when he choked her, jumped
on her and broke a rib, and as the result
Of cruelties prior to that time, Mrs.
Christine ] WEIGH has asked for a d.
vorce from James WEIGH. a prize fighter,
on the ground of cruelty. She also asks
for her maiden name OF Christine j.
English, for $25 per month alimony and
5000 attorney fees.
p. ]. Conway of Sweetwater. New;
George P. Costigan Of Sonoma, New.
and Arthur g. Barlow of Mason are in
Carson arranging for the reclamation
oil a tract of land containing $4,000 acres
in the Mason Valley. This land has
been taken up under the Carey project
and will be irrigated with water from the
East Walker river, and lakes and small
streams running into the Bridgeport
Valley. The comany will bnild a large
dan in the Bridgeport Valley and will
form a lake covering 1000 acres, and
this lake will be used for the irrigation
OF the land in the Mason Valley.
Miss Lucille Wilson. who is visiting
In Reno with her sister. Mrs. Albert ID.
Ayers. has the distinction of being the
first in Nevada to be sued for
breach of promise. The suit was re-
Gently filed at st. Louis. Mo-. by William
S~teinmeyer, q lumberman. who asks
$4,000 as balm for his injured feelings
on account of the refusal OF Miss Wilson,
TO become his wife. Miss Wilson has
been visiting her sister for nearly two
months and states that she left ST. Louis
to escape the attentions OF Steinmeyer.
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