The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-01-12
s.rURDAY. JANUARY 10, 1918
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

rater rTludy oSe~ui"S ~ S1S~So
satters in Eureka.
Mrs.J.C C. Tyler and little daughter
ut by Wednesdays train for a short
trip to Palisade and Elko.
Pete Carletti. Frank Winzell and
Stephen Damele were in Eureka
Monday attending to business mat
tiers.
Miss Alice Dees returned from
sOarks, Nevada, by Fridays train to
rsume her school duties as teacher
If the Birch district school.
John Minoietti. Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Lanie and Miss Nina Birch autoed
wei from Hamilton last Saturday
for a couple of days visit with Mrs.
Charles Estella of Eureka.
Tuesdays local train did not reach
Eureka until after 9 o'clock that
/ night, the delay being caused by the
engine becoming disabled and the
return to Palisade for another engine.
Andrew Malloy, a nephew of the
late William Dooley of Eureka. was
an arrival here this week from his
! pme at Eastport Maine. He is here
IN connection with the settlement of
bis late uncle's estate.
W. II. Smith of Newark Valley,
who was severely burned about the
head and face while fighting the fire
/ that destroyed his home on Deem
Der u, had sufficiently recovered to
be able to come into Eureka on
Thursday.
Word has been received in Eureka
that Mrs. j. B. Bale, who recently
underwent an operation at a hospi-
tai at Sparks. Nevada, is now wellon
the way to recovery, and Mr.. Bale
and his wife are shortly expected to
return home.
Postmaster Laura Hoegh received
atelegram this afternoon announcing
the serious illness at Elko of her
brother. DIR. Henry Hagar. and with
her son. Tracey. is planning to leave
for Elko after to-day's mail has been
distributed.
A. c. Florio autoed up from Duck
water Friday afternoon and reported
that the recent fall of snow in this
section only reached south a few
miles beyond Pinto. He has his
plows at work on his ranch and is
preparing to put in another big crop
ofgrain this season.
lsadore Sara and w. j. Hooper re-
turned Wednesday from an auto trip
in the Sand Springs country in Nye
County. They report thousands of
sheep already in that section for the
Winter. and state that on account
Of the lack of snow all those in charge
Of the bands were doing some pretty
lively hustling for water.
Sheriff James Mackey has a most
important notice to the public in to-
days SENTINEL regarding the future
dumping of all kinds of rubbish in
the Big Ditch on Spring and Buel
streets. With the prevalence of SER
ious contagious diseases in nearby
counties. and the reported ase of
measles in two Eureka families. our
people cannot be too careful regard
ing health conditions.
The long spell of good weather
that has continued into mid Winter
was broken this week. On Tuesday
about two inches of snow fell. and
Wednesday night the temperature
dropped to. two degrees below zero
In Eureka. At the Holly mines west
Of Eureka four degrees below is re-
ported. 1t has been showing and
raining here at intervals since. but
the fall has been light. 1t is showing
and raining here now with the bar
ometer below the storm point. Six
inches of snow is reported at Union
and the fall is said to he much heavi-
er in the north. 1t rained hard in
Diamond Valley last night.
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