The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-04-06
State News From Exchanges

Mrs. Annie Mccarthy, wife of former State Printer Mccarthy,
died at Virginia City last week.
The town of Eko is to have a -four mill, contracts having been
let for a $4,000 building to house the new enterprise.
The dam of the Pacific Reclamation Company in Emigrant can
yon, a few miles north of Wells, is now conserving water for irriga-
tMn purposes this Summer.
The Southern Pacific Company is compiling statistics on the
agricultural products ofNevada for the purpose of getting out a
booklet that will be distributed throughout the East.
Mrs. Irene Brougher Maxwell. of Carson City, Nevada, bride of
a month of former Warden of the Nevada State penitentiary, W. J.
Maxwell, died in San Francisco last week from acute pleurisy.
People in Reno do not like compulsory vaccination and are
making strong objection to such ruling made by the Board of Health
on account of the prevalence of smallpox in sections about Reno.
Patrick Lavele, the man who was shot by Fred Burnham at
Goldfeld a few weeks ago, who later committed suicide. has died
from the wounds received. Lavelle leaves a wife and four small
children.
Lem Allen, who for the past fifty years has been one of the
Churchill stalwarts and a prominent farmer in that section, has sold
all of his holdings and in the future will make his home in Reno,
where he will erect a modern home.
Electrocution cansed the death of several hundred trout in the
Orr ditch at the University of Nevada several days ago. The fish,
were found dead in the ditch nea the point at which the power
wires to the University buildings ar grounded.
The district court of White Pine County has awarded $4,000 to
the heirs of Daniel F. Drea, one of the seven miners who died in the
Giroux mine fire, in accordance with a compromise effected. The
estates of the other six men have been paid 81, 200 each.
Pro-. s. G. Dinsmore, chemist in charge of the food control
and deputy scaler of weights, has been busy determining the natural
shrnkage of butter in this State. He proposes to allow only reason
able discrepancy and will prosecute the short weight butter man of
the State.
The Dennison News Company, founded 81 years ago by former
State Senator Eli S. Dennison, has been purchased by the 7. @.
Brown News and Hotel Company of Kansas City. April l the train
news and candy concessions will be taken over throughout the
Southern Pacific system.
The 80 horse power traction engine, belonging to Adams & Nc
Gill, promises to revolutionize farming in White Pine County
With the aid of ten gang plows, the engine is capable of blowing al
most twenty acres of land a day After all the necessary ground
has been broken up on the Cleveland ranch, the owners contemplate
using the engine in harvesting the hay and grain crops-White
Pine News.
George B. Honeran, a former mining man of Goldfeld, suicded
at the Bender Hotel at Houston, Texas, March Goth, as the result
of brooding over domestic and business difficulties. He was a for
mr partner af Harry Mcmillan in Goldfed and at one time had
considerable money. At the time of his death Holleran was on
his way to Peru for a California syndicate to investigate some min
ing properties.