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Show HERMIT OF OSCEOLA DYING. M Pioneer of Nevada Supposed to be Son H of John C. Dreckenrldge. H i:iy. Net Patiently walling for thi H final atimmnn. John Ilreckenrldge an M octogenarian. Is lying nt the comity H hospital, steadily refusing to dlscloe his history Although one of the pin- H neer of White Pine county, lltllu l U known of him. but It la belleted he I H a son nf John C Ilreckenrldge, thu fa- fl mriit Kentucky statesman of the null. H belluin da) a H Ilreckenrldge came here forty year H ago, and since that lime ha been tl r ffl rinse. Iltlng most of hie life In n squalid cabin near Osceola Ol lino H stature nnd magnetic charrti r he bin B noliliil contact with hi nilghbor, and until n yenr ngn iMmstnl but one B friend That friend wna John Winner, W n aloonkeeHr, niter whoso death tint H old man tnlemted no tlsllors. lie bat H neter rercltcd mall nor sent any, and neter permitted any ono to question him at to the past. H |