The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1882-04-15
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

A Confederate silver bali dollar was
recently sold IN New York Tor $50.
There we're only four Of these coins
struck OIL.
Fully 100000 tons Of wheat viii be
sbippeI from Oregon and Washington
Territory this year.
The Grand Lodge Of the \. O. L.
W. for California Is now in session ~
San Francisco. TIE order has now
membership Of 1000 IN California.
AT Gayhead. a woman locked three
children in the house and went 10
neighbors. Durins her absence the
house took fire, aud the children wer''
burned To death.
The great avalanche Of Lake Cailon.
Mono county, Cal, that proved 50 de-
strnctiye 10 lie, swept away trrc- that
were more than 800 year, Il !, show
ing that no such storm or snowfall
had occurred in that section for at
least 300 years.
Work on he North Pacific is pro-
gre>siny rapidly, passenger trains
now running from The Daiies 10 Pen
d'Orcille over the Idaho line. The
line viii be working through some
time in 1888.
Four men named as follows, have
been sent to the state Prison from
Humbol II county. viz: Thomas Tai
bert, alias Fat. Fitnn. Geo, Marsh,
f.. l.. Tosh alias J. x. Kellogg, and
l.. j. Bozcnberg.
The following rostmasters for Nc
vada have been appointed: Frank y.
Amblaes, ualleci<. EiNo county;J j. +.
Short, Ruby valley. Elko cosnyi
Thos. Log ~, n. Joseph, Lincoln
county; IL. ". Braham, Sdtra, byou
county.
Ore O the value of over 5000 0Ju
was hi cd from N Wool tiVrf
coan,ry la,i year, according - re ufhs
published in ihe Times, Whicn Paper
Of Mafca -, publishes map of the
country an len column history oi
the 20 n AMI mines
The - OF cattle in Elso county
durln the "a Il winter Ia, been very
largo. and vii moi fan short Of forty
;er cent. Above Elko the SHOW has
b zen deep than Tor year, aud cattle
have died OIL by the hun ir Is. phe
loss Ia Lander county will not exceed
ten per ccnt.
Utah potatoes now command nine
ty cents bu hel ~ retail in sal Lake.
This is the highest prize THAI mas ruled
there Tor 10 or ID years, and l. cdased
by the great demand IN California
and Colorado.
The Grand Jury OF Eureka reports
as follows: We find that, nutwith-
standing re olution, passed by tne
County Commissioners o the contrary
the Salary law has up 10 tine present
time proved -aying o the county o.
several thousand dollar.
Tue Ogden Pilot gives the following
good advice: People should not think
OF starting to Wood River sooner than
the last OF April The season Is al
least one month late, and the snow Is
so deep that with the mo 4 favorable
weather it will take at least three
weeks 10 prepare the country for pros
perting.
A Washington special 10 tho Com
mere nj Advertiser says the Secretary
'of STATE is iii receipt OF Il cahle dispatch
from Minister Low, ii to the effect that
Ahe British Government has released,
nnconditionally, three OF the impris-
eoned Americans.
1t is said that owing TO the preva-
aent hard times on the Constock, i,
scarcely day passes but what one or
'inore miners wha, by reason of being
"oul OF employment. surrcpliuusly Zee
from Virginia City, leaving sWarms
"of mourn NJ creditors behind. In
the more prosperous days on tie
'Com>tock the majority of this class of
men were among those who were the
most prompt in the matter OF settling
their bills Of every description.