The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-06-08
Nevada State News


contract to an architect to build modern
and substantial Catholic Church at that
place. Ground has been broken for the
building and the money to pay for the
same has been subscribed.
The Lutheran minister at Gardnerville
is confined to his home with an attack
of smallpox and the parsonage and the
church have been placed under Quaran-
tine. The minister contracted dis
ease on a visit to California and it did
not make its appearance until he had re-
turned home.
The Journal says that at meeting Of
Roosevelt sdherents Saturday afternoon
at Reno in the Office OF G. r. Reeves,
Senator Flanagan was selected to go to
the convention at Chicago as The repre-
sentative OF the Roosevelt Republicans in
Nevada. Ray Baker aud W. b. Nation
Of GoIdfeld and w. f. Billings of Ely
were selected as alternates.
Fremont w. Ackerman is under arrest
at Yerington on a charge of having en-
bezzed funds OF Wells Fargo & Com pany,
for whom he was agent at Ludwig He
was found to be short in his accounts to
the amount Of s27s and was given
chance to make the amount mp, but
failed to do so and was arrested He is
said to have loet the money gambling.
Wills Brougher Of Carson, who has
turned considerable of farmer. is going
after the problem right. He recently i'm
ported carload of seed potatoes from
Oregon. The spuds we're the best that
could he found in the market and will
nave the effect OF bringing new seed into
the Carson Valley. as there has not been
a change in a number of years, and will
do much to stamp ont the eel worm that
has been causing so much trouble in
western Nevada.
The School Trustees OF Virginia City
have decided to take advantage OF the
new State law allowing the various coun.
ties to establish Normal schools to be
maintained by the counties. This Law
provides that the graduates OF these Nor
NAL schools shall have certificates en-.
titling them to teach school within the
state without taking the regular exami
nations by the State Board OF Education.
Nye County has esta blished such school
A young squaw of McGill, near Ely,
became drunk there "a few nights ago
with other Indians and on her way back
to McCill she allowed her papoose, which
was strapped in basket on her back. to
fall from the wagon on the desert and re-
main there. Next morning she and other
Indians searched for it and found that it
had been devoured by coyotes. Only a
portion OF the skull. parts OF the basket
and few bones remained. Officers are
now looking for the squaw and the man
who sold her the liquor.
1t appears that Tonopah is at present
afflicted with the presence of visionary
telegraphic correspondent who invents
strikes in the Tonopah mines. says the
Miner. If these do not occur often enough
to suit him. Already some of the Nevada
papers have been duped by his bogus
news. which is as annoying to the mining
companies a. il must be humiliating to
his dupes. Tonopah deprecates the ac-
ton of such dopester and will be glad
when the recipients of his wires realize
that he has no facilities for obtaining re-
liable information.
The killing OF one man and the wound.
ing OF another by Bud Terrill last week
at the camp OF Terriu, now has the other
side of the story At first il was reported
that Terrill had smbushed the men. 1t
now appears that both were armed and
the failure of one of the guns to work
saved Terrill's life. He used a double
barrelled shotgun. Teriil went into
Fallon and gave himself up. A prelim-
nary hearing was held and it is reported
that verdict of justiiable homicide was
rendered. One shot was fred at Terrill
which missed. The guns Of both men
were offered in evidence and one showed
the empty chamber while the other was
cooked but the safety failed to move at
the right time.