Show HERMIT OF OSCEOLA DYING pioneer of nevada supposed to be son of john C breckenridge ely nev patiently waiting for ohp th final summons john breckenridge an octogenarian Is lying at the county hospital steadily refusing to disclose his history although one of 0 the plo pio of white pine county little Is known of him but it is belld believed ved he Is a son of john C breckenridge the to fa kentucky statesman of the anti bellum days breckenridge came here forty years ago and since that time has been a r cluse living most of his life in a squalid cabin near osceola of fill stature and magnetic character he has avoided contact wita his neighbors and until a year ago boasted but one friend that friend was john minnei a saloonkeeper after whose death tho the old man tolerated no visitors he ile haa ha lever received mail nor sent any ani never permitted any one to question him as to the past |