The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-02-26
c BREVITIES.

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Six dollars and thirty-five cents per
100 pounds was offered for lead in
New York yesterday.
Ed Halstead was an arrival from
Duckwater last Saturday to attend
to some business matters in Eureka.
R. A. Dean, teacher of the Pinto
district school, came in to-day for
aweek end visit with Eureka friends.
Sheriff James Mackey returned by
MONDAYS train from a weeks Off
cial visit in the north end of the
county.
Judge Peter Breen returned from
Austin by Fridays train, where he
has been holding a term of Lander
County District Court.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Tognoni were
departures by this mornings train
for Goldfeld, Nevada. for a visit
with their son, Joseph, who is con-
Quoting a photograph gallery there.
The continued spell of fine weather
has removed most of the snow in and
about Eureka, and this week several
large spots dried off sufficiently
to permit of ball playing, which sport
is now being INDUCED in by both
young and old.
1t is learned that a petition asking
for the pardon of Jack Bardemas,
recently convicted of stealing cattle
in Nye County and sentenced to four
years in the penitentiary. has re-
ceived a number of signatures in the
Duckwater country. where the crime
was committed.
The Lobster Club band is adver-
Using in to-day's SENTINEL notice of
its annual st. Patrick's Day ball, to
be given in the Eureka Opera House
on Friday evening. March II. Every
body is privileged to celebrate on st.
Patrick's Day. and the boys invite
you to join with them in making
this anniversary ball one of the sea-
sons social and enjoyable events.
The spell of fine weather that has
prevailed in and around Eureka
since February / was broken Mon
day by a local snow squall that lasted
less than an hour. The barometer
dropped down into the storm period
again last night, and it commenced
to snow early this morning. about
one inch falling. This afternoon a
slight rain is falling, with the ba-
rometer still below the storm point.
Isadore Sara came into Eureka
Friday from the Fish Creek ranch.
He reports that the snow is holding
on wonderfully down in that section
on account of the freezing cold nights
and the blanket of fog that has been
lowering over the valley. The sun
has not been able to get through and
breaks up the fog banks until along
about noon, and the few hours it
then has to operate has caused little
thawing to be done. The Live Stock
Company this week succeeded in get
ting the two bands of sheep it has
been feeding there out of the valley
and down to the company's Bull
Creek ranch. where there is now
little or no snow.
A number of sheep owners and
their foremen who have bands of
sheep ranging in the vicinity of
Pogue's. in Fish Creek valley, have
been in and out of Eureka during the
week. Most of them came in for
supplies for the camps and to bring
in the pelts from the sheep that sue
cumbed during last months heavy
storms. and since. They all report
having lost a number of head. but
are now in good spirits again over
the long spell of good weather that
has since prevailed. and with the in
creased price of wool believe they
will pull through the Winter without
much loss. Most of these bands of