The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-05-02
C BREVITIES.

lnufSudy lfOtH Ihc Day DeotC iniic
in Newark Valley for a short visit.
w. C. McDevitt, a horse buyer
from Nebraska, arrived by Mondays
train to look over several punches of
horses in this section.
Robert Reid was able to be out on
the street again Wednesday after be-
ing confined to his home with illness
for a couple of weeks.
County Commissioner Otis Fulton
was able to be out and down town
yesterday for the first time since he
was taken i'll and came into Eureka,
shortly after the first of April.
On account of the funeral of Mrs.
Edgar Father being held at 2 O'Clock
tomorrow afternoon, and the teach
ers and children wishing to attend,
there will be no Sunday School SER
vices at the Presbyterian Church.
Ed Bergman of Prospect left this
week for Ely, Nevada, an from
there expected to continue to White
River. about 40 miles southwest of
Ely, where he went to investigate a
ranch procerty with a view of pur-
chasing if satisfactory.
J. A. Gilbert arrived here by auto
Thursday evening from Tonopah.
He is en- route to the Bruffey ranch
near Mineral Hill, but on account of
the present soft condition of the roads
decided to remain in Eureka for a
few DAYS visit with old-time friends.
c. A. Brown, formerly Southern
Pacific agent at Palisade, and who
was recently appointed travelling
freight and passenger agent of that
company with headquarters at Reno.
Nevada, spent several days here this
week visiting with friends and ac-
quaintances and rustling business for
the Southern Pacific.
The condition of Mrs. Mary Jury
of Ruby Hill, who has been seriously
i'll, is now reported somewhat i'm
proved and her daughter, Mrs. Will
lam Jury of Battle Mountain, Ne
vada, returned home by Tuesdays
train, where she left several small
children who needed their mothers
care.
Judge Peter Breen, who has been
confined to his home in Eureka
for the past three months with rheu-
matism and other complications, has
recently made rapid improvement
and was down town yesterday for
the first time since he was taken ill.
Believing that a warmer climate
would hasten his recovery, he left
by to-day's train for Santa Barbara,
California.
A special school election has been
called for to-day in the Italian ranch
district at which three trustees Will
be selected for the full term of Of
flee. No election was held on the
first Saturday in April as provided
by law, so the residents of the dis
trict took it upon themselves to call
a special election at which choice
may be expressed by the voters of
the district.
ID. d. Ogilvie and w. II. Bell, in
spectors of the Nevada Sheep Com
mission, accompanied by j. j. Gal
lager, veterinary of the Sheep Com
mission, arrived here Sunday evening
by auto from Elko. On Monday they
inspected several bands of bucks un-
der quarantine in this county that
are under treatment for the foot and
mouth disease, but except for a re-
port that they found the infected
sheep well on the road to recovery,
the result of their inspection was not
learned.
Eureka and its immediate vicinity
was treated to a snow fall of at least
two feet this week. 1t commenced
showing Tuesday night and kept 1t
up with squalls and snow fiurries un-
til late Thursday afternoon. The
first snow melted nearly as fast as it
fell, but early Wednesday morning
1t turned colder and there was a show
ing of from II to IA inches on the
level by eight o'clock that morning
Friday, the 1st day of May, was a
beautiful warm day and the snow