Show lost on the desert the virginia chronicle says the writer of a private letter from sand Sp churchill county relates that a man who bad been lost on the desert for several days recently reached there crawling on his hands and knees he had been a long time without food or water and was delirious it required twenty four hours for the unfortunate man to crawl the last four miles of his journey to the springs the flesh was worn off his knees from crawling over rocky ground he was nearly divested of clothing having torn it from his person to bandage his feet the man was taken to stillwater the county seat and from there sent to san francisco for medical treatment by the churchill commissioners the name of tho unfortunate man was not learned |