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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1905
Page
3
Local Eureka items report on residents and visitors including Frank Bosko, Julius Huebner, and Miss Violet Hancock. Mentions a St John’s Chapter 5 meeting, Richmond Mining stockholders, and Judge Breen’s court session. Weather turns stormy with forecasted cold and frost damage to bottled beer shipments.
W H Smith of Strawberry bags apples and potatoes for Eureks. Coyotes are plentiful with one observer noting seven together. William Robinson welcomes a new cider press and promises real home made cider. Last Sunday Charles Sherman rode in on three burros to mend watches and clocks en route to Tonopah. Mrs J Bogantini of Pinto Creek visited her parents near the Smith ranch. the family plans to move to Burseke after the holidays.
The latest metal quotations list Silver at New York 65 conte per case and Lead at New York 95.25, with ore price $3.50 and Casting Copper at Salt Lake City 17 percent conte. Grove Holcomb, a prominent Washoe County citizen and former commissioner, died at his Truckee Meadows ranch on December 9 of pneumonia.
Rail progress on Ruby Hill line continues with a mile completed and two and a half miles in running order toward Eureke. Engineers project completion to deliver machinery by January, with two more months to finish to Richmond dumps. Delays stem from timber shortages and snow affecting the Ruby Hill school relocation. The Eureka Con furnace dismantling nears completion and optimism grows as steam power returns to Nob Hill and the town signals a revival.
Snow remains well frozen from November with little thaw until Wednesday. Sleighing stays strong in Lowther as E and P depot outfits banled supplies to Ruby Hill by sleigh. The Ely stage route remains clear from Eureka to Ely, packed solid, with coasting active each night. Clark street hill shifts to a new track near the schoolhouse across from the Eureka furnace.
The Now To-Day section prints the delinquent taxes for Eureka County's first 1904 installment. Delinquencies are higher due to patented mines assigned to unknown owners. Tax notices show many mine owners not listed, while other taxes in Koreka County remain similar to prior years.
The Eureka County Bank this week distributed 1006 calendars as part of an annual custom. The SENTINEL thanks a remembrance for the kindness. The colorful calendar card, titled Repaired While You Wait, shows a year old boy with torn trousers across his mother’s lap as she mends the seat while he sits on her knee.
Last Sunday a blast in the big mine caused a 50 pound rock to crash through the roof of the Ruby Hill schoolhouse. It felled two desks, turning them to kindling wood, and its force dissipated after striking the ground. Two workers beneath the building narrowly escaped and avoided injury.
Two Sunday School entertainments set for Christmas Eve in Eureka. At Episcopal Church on Spring Street the program begins at 7 o clock with Yale-tide songs and recitations awaiting Santa Claus. Presbyterian Board on Nob Hill hosts a later show at 7 o'clock. Public invited to attend.
Gabriel Zanoli died on December 14 1905 after a yearlong illness from dropsy. He was 68, a native of Italy, and survived by a wife and son in Italy. He lived in Eureka since the 1870s, ran a saloon and mining interests, then moved to Ely eight years ago to mine. Funeral, under the Italian Benevolent Society, will be held Sunday at 1 30 PM from the Society Hall on Monroe and Clark.
W O Moorman of Ely visited Hamilton this week. W O Rose returned from Ely on Friday's stage. Mrs A T Shields returned to Hamilton after a Eureka visit. The two daughters of T Williams of the Ruth mine near Ely attended Hamilton school this winter and will return home. Neil Monroe Cohn Simpson of Ely and Sam Pramenko of Anaconda Mont visited Hamilton with business tied to the late Theodore Pramenko's estate.
An idle hoisting engine at the Richmond shaft on Raby Hill was restarted for a trial row of the cage. The cage dropped to the seventh level after the automatic hook released. No one was injured. authorities will review precautions to prevent recurrence.
Dr. J. L. Robinson of the Reno Board of Health sparked a stir with harsh remarks on the sanitary state of city schools. A board inspection condemned most buildings as filthy and ill kept, with only the new South Side structure spared.
Eureka's fuel shortage eased at the week start as two carloads of coal were sent from Pali sade and more shipments are planned. Coal managers report standing orders are being filled as quickly as possible and patrons will face no further inconvenience.
The Eureka High School Class of 1905 will hold its graduation exercises at the Eureka Opera House next Friday evening, December 22, starting at 7:45. A social dance follows with admission priced at 25 cents, free for children under 12.
The first semiannual examination for teachers certificates will be held in Bareks commencing Monday January 8. Bee advertisement under New Today.
On Friday morning in Eureka Peter Schaefer stabbed Jack Cassidy in the abdomen with a stockman's knife after a quarrel believed to stem from ongoing tensions. Cassidy, seated in a wagon, was treated at Brown Hotel and later sheltered at the Schneider drug store. Schaefer was arrested after fleeing toward Rattazzi's store. Cassidy reported a heated exchange escalating to the strike, while Schaefer claimed Cassidy insulted him first and he acted in self defense. Doctor Burnett described the wound as serious but not necessarily fatal if complications are avoided. The incident occurred near the post office with Wainwright delaying a trip to support Cassidy.
Mrs. O. D. Green invites the public to inspect her Holiday Goods display featuring burnt leather novelties mailing cards and a wide assortment of toys books and other gift articles. Fresh candies and nuts arrived this week with more expected next week. Read advertisement under New To.
Mr Corliss head carpenter for the Nevada Cow Copper Company in Ely White Pine County was suddenly seized with appendicitis last Sunday. Arrangements were made to move him to his home in Oakland Oil. He arrived in Eureka by private conveyance in time for Tuesday's train and no operation is expected.
W H Russel, longtime owner of the Kareka Shaving Parlor, sold the business to Wilbur Lacey this week. Lacey just returned to Bareka from San Francisco where he worked in tensorial tasks. Roswell will stay in Eureka and take on other work. Mining location blanks offered at the SENTINEL office.
New Year’s Ball plans reveal a large crew invited to the Barska Opera House for New Year’s night. Managers finalize arrangements for the event with two prizes for best sustained female and male character performances. Date noted as January 1, 1900 with a grand march at six o’clock and subscriptions encouraged.
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