The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1883-08-25
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.


At Eureka, last week, James NJ.
Sweeney burst blood-vessel while
laughing, and bled to death.
The gross value OF ore extracted in
Eureka county for the quarter ending
June 80, 1883, Was $526,00l "A, on
which the tax amounted 10 sl,436 II.
AT the Rainbow mill, Sierra county,
Cal, last week, for run OF five hours,
s., 200 was taken from the plates alone,
the battery not being cleaned up.
A forest fire several miles in extent
destroyed large amount of valuable
timber in the vicinity of Diamond
City, Montana Territory, last week.
Under the new passenger schedule,
TO take effect Sunday next, over the
Central Pacific, the rate will be re-
dnced between Truckee aud Sacra-
Inento from $40 10 50 80.
Sheriff Rickard, of Winnemucca.
clsims lo be the owner OF the largest
team in Eastern Nevada. They are
of Clyde stock and weigh over 500
pounds each. They were raised by
Hook Mason.
Ina telegraph Office: "What Is the
charge To Blankyille7" "Ten words
for 2s cents.n "Why, it used to be
25 cents" aYes, but that WIS before
tho strike. The additional 3 cents is
for the postage stamp.
pbia News.
The Northern Pacific Railroad is
rapidly solving the Chinese problem.
1t killed a score or more of this pc
euliar people a few DAYS ago, aud in
the lat few years has succeeded in
passing over 1000 OF them to the
silent una jority.
The $50, 900 donation Of first mort
gage bonds Of tho Northern Pacific
Railroad To the Oregon State Univer-
sity by Henry Willard, has been sent
to the agent of the Regents. This in
sures 50, 900 interest per annum.
A band of sheep in the mountains
near the head of Tukannon river, w.
T., was attacked by "A cougar recently,
and nine sheep and $50 buck killed.
The mountains in the vicinity are
said 10 be full OF cougars.
The Union acifc recently offered
i,T75,000 acres OF grazing lands in
Nebraska at an average OF 81 per acre,
besides largo blocks In Colorado,
TITAN and Wyoming, aggregating over
2,000,0 acres, ut An average OF 40
cents per acre.
The Oregon Short Line is now open
Ing a region capable of supporting 81
900, 900 cattle and l0.000,000 sheep,
which, when il shall be fully oecu-
pied, can export yearly 600 900 cattle,
l.500. 900 sheep and 10 200, 900 pounds
of wool.
d. o. Mills has presented to the
State OF California a magnificent piece
of statuary, representing Columbus at
the Court OF Queen Isabella. 1t is
nine feet high and cost $50. .000 1t
will be placed in the rotunda of the
Capitol at Mills expense.
In the afternoon of the 9th instant,
tho Central Pacific Railroad bridge
across the Ynba river at Marysville
took fire from the sparks of the loco
motive OF a freight train, and in fif-
teen minutes the whole structure was
IN flames. The bridge was built four
teen years ago and cost $4,000.
Tuscarora Times: The Eureka
Leader will please not locate any
more OF It's preacher yarns in Tusea-
Tora. We have only had gospel
expounder here about two weeks, and
we don't want him scared off before
he has undone at least portion of the
DEVILS uninterrupted work Of the last
year.
Mrs. Mary Lynch died at Scranton.
Pa last week, In her 10th year.
She probably was the Oldest person
In the United States of whose age
there Is any accurate data. Sho was
born In Sussex county, N. j., in
March, IVA. Her father, Jacob
Brunswick, served In the Revolution,
aud her husband, James Lynch, was
a soldier in the war of 1912.