Show zaff PELL DOWN A SHAFT john done of eureka severely fractures his skull LAST evening as john done a miner was about too down a in the centennial eureka mine his foot slipped and he fell the distance being about thirty feet the back part of the skull is fractured and there is a fearful gash cut in his scalp he was carried to liis home by his fellow workmen in a semiconscious semi conscious condition dr F A krausch washed and dressed the wound of the unfortunate man extracted fragments of rock from between the scalp and the skull and sewed up the scalp this morning he is resting as comfortably as could be expected and strong hopes are entertained of his recovery mr done is a married and respected citizen of eureka THE snort of the will shortly be heard in eureka the grade is about completed to the western border of the town and track laying will commence in a few daas th c grade up through the town and for switches is being vigorously forward but thera are snags in the way some three or four persons cannot agree with the railroad company abbot the amount of compensation pensa tion for passing over their ground removing their houses etc and these matters will have to be decided by the courts which will necessarily cause some delay in getting the cars into alie centre of the town EUREKA is a lively and busy place it continues to increase in population and as a matter of coarse new residences are being erected MANY of our wells are going dry and some fear a famine for water and antici pate a time of sickness tb is summer and hall TIIE mines are doing well shipping lots of ore and employing a great many men MAY |