The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-05-23

Daniel McQuarrie, a pioneer resi-
dent of Virginia City. died recently
after a long illness at his home. He
was a member of the Odd Fellows.
The Churchill County Chamber of
Commerce has asked the city trus-
tees of Fallon to raise the automo-
bile speed limit from s to Is miles an
hour, and to strictly enforce the new
speed limit.
District Agent Fulton says the
discontinuing of two Southern Pa
cifc trains was due to dull times.
1t is also stated that the night switch
engines at both Sparks and Inlay
will be laid off.
Jack Lynch. the last of the pony
express riders between Reno and Vir-
ginia City, died recently in Sonora,
Cal. Lynch was 81 years of age and
a native of Massachusetts,. He lived
in Nevada for the major part of his
life.
James Mclaughlin. formerly su-
p~erintendent of the French Western
Exploration and Reduction Company
property in the Tokop district, south
of Goldfeld. succumbed Friday at
Reno to consumption after an illness
of several months.
The commencement exercises at
the Nevada University will begin
May 20 and end June3 Rev. Charles
F. Aked will preach the Baccalaurate
sermon and DIR. George F. James of
the University of Minnesota will de-
liver the commencement address.
Over in Spring Valley in western
Nevada, the Federal Mines Company
is operating the only dredging plant
in the State. j. H. Hart is the SUI
perintendent. The other day he
came into Lovelock with a brick
which contained S2l00 in gold. This
was the result of only ten days run.
In estimating the tons of hay from
old crops on Nevada farms, a late
government report states that a.
900 tons remain to be consumed or
sold in the State. On May l, 1913.
a total of 123, 900 tons of old crop hay
remained on the farms, while on May
l, 1912 the tonnage on hand was
68, 600.
Rev. F. R. Sanford, rector of the
Episcopal churches in Goldfeld and
Tonopah, was taken suddenly ill
while conducting services Sunday
evening at the silver camp church.
He fell in a faint and had to be re-
moved to the Mizpah hotel. where
he is now under the care of a
physician.
Property left by James May, Ne
vada pioneer, who was killed in
South America, will go the widow.
Hattie May, of San Francisco, ac-
cording to the will. While some
property remains, it is believed most
of the fortune of May, at one time a
leader among the gambling element.
had been dissipated before his death
in business ventures.
The directors of the Savage Gold
and Silver Mining Company met in
the company's San Francisco office
Monday and decided to shut down
the mine at Virginia City indefinitely.
President H. L. Slosson, Jr., who is
now in the East, and vice president
Goldman were appointed as a COM
mittee to devise ways and mean for
liquidating the company's indebted
ness.
Bob Skaggs was acquitted by a
jury Monday because the State was
not able to prove that the gun he
, pulled on Mr.. Burke was loaded. As
Bob is not a buffer, one would natur-
: ally think that when he pulled a
; double barreled shotgun with both
hammers cooked ready to fire, took
) aim and threatened to blow Burke's
r and Graham's heads off he meant
business. At any rate, they did not
, stop and examine the gun to see
whether or not it was loaded, says
the Elko Independent.
F. G. Warehouse, general mana
ger of the Nevada Telephone and
Telegraph Company, says there is no
truth in the report circulated at Man.
haitian that the Postal Telegraph