The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1883-10-13
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.


tits reported that fire in Boise City
has burned all buildings bttw cen the
National Bank and Masonic Hall.
The first-class passenger rate from
Kansas City or Omaha 10 san Fran
cisco has been reduced To $50.
William Sharon is now in San Fran
cisco and has already commenced bis
legal warfare on Aggie Hill.
Free e ld-quariz finds in Del Norte
and Trinity counties, Cal, are max
ing that section Of the State happy.
There are several BOYS from seven
teen to twenty years old in the chain
gang at Los Angeles.
Emily Thompson, the belle OF
Roanoke county, Va, was married on
Sunday to Napoleon Il. AnsNorth,
full-blooded Choctaw Indian.
A Glendale, Montana, jury hung for
two days, but when tn Sherllf told
them there would be IA hors- race ont
on the street IN an hour, they agreed
In exactly seven minutes by the fore
mans watch.
A terrible AMI fatal epidemic OF
.blAck smallpox is raging in the Mex
lean town oi Tapachula. Twelve per
cent. OF the populaion have already
died. Filth Is said to Inc the cause OF
tho disease III its present form.
The Northern Pacific Railroad offers
areNard OF $500 .and 10 questions
asked " for the recovery of the sl2, ,oo0
worth or Jewels stolen FROM Secretary
Teller while visiting that section.
A German at "A hotel IN Boston the
other day had some Limbureer cheese
sent To him. Alutle BOY who sa. be-
side him, turned to his mother aud
exclaimed. "Mampa, | wisn | Was
deafand dumb in my nose.'
The Postal author ties al Wasting
ton ha o applied TO the foslolhee
Department OF Canada for details n
conn C ion with the pos ii savings
banksgsiem, which will be irerfuify
fun sh Il The depo.its by the Ia
boring clas.e .es Of Canada ave grown
to $l2 00o,OoO per annuin.
A piece Of property in Carson, with
improvements for which s. 400 Was
askea less that five years ago, WAS
the other day sold for loo. But,
says the Appeal, one or two bonanzas
struck on the Comstock. that prop
erty will sell at the old figures again
within year.
The Carson Tribune has following:
Among politicians it is whispered
that the consoliia of the Carson
and Eureka Land Offices IL bnt the
initial move in scheme TO create an
office big enough 10 accom- modate ex-
Senator w. w. Hobart. Whereat the
Sentinel exclaims. "Great God l.
this intliction to be put upon us2"
The need OF State Board OF l1q' al
izaton needs no better showing than
tie difference in the assessed value Of
tie Cantral Pacific railroad in the
State. Washoe county is assessed ut
$4,000, Eureka ut Sl4. 900, Humboldt
al $4,000 aud Elko at $4,000. Is
it worth more in Washoe than il is in
Eireka or Lander or Humbolt or
Exc?
TIE Lander county Gran jury has
indicted a dozen or more persons fcr
cattle stealing. Some Of those indict-
cd are under arrest, aud ai last re-
ports The Sheriff was after the others.
The thieving WAS done III the Win
Ity OF BItie Mountain ana some I
the alleged thieves are prominent citi
Zens oi that section.
1t appears that an Australian flag
recently made its appearance ON ev-
eral ships in colonial ports. But III
was something that would not be al
Owed To go on long by the authori-
ties. The Objectionable symbol was
in all cases ordered to be removed
and the Union Jack hoisted in its
place. The moving cause of this
manifestation OF national feeling WAS
the recent course OF the Home Gov
ernment with respect TO the annexa-
ton of New Guinea. The colonies
seem to be bent on taking possession
of that inland continent.