The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1883-05-12

Diptheria Is prevalent at To Tombstone,
Arizona.
A mica mine is said to have been
discovered near Mora, New Mexico.
Every mill on the Carson River will
be kept in active operation during the
Summer on low grade ore.
Fifty white men and 300 Chinese
are employed in the vineyard OF ex-
Governor Stanford at Vina, Cal.
The Carson q Colorado Railroad
will be built to Owens Lake this year,
and then the work will stop until the
route southwark has been definitely
decided upon.
Three faro games at Chico, Cal,
were raided one night last week aud
the proprietors arrested. They were
fined 500 each.
One hundred people are employed
in the Stockton paper mill, which
turns out an average OF $4,000
pounds of paper a month.
In tearing down an old cabin I'm
Shasta county, Cal, last week, for
mery occupied by Chinaman who
was murdered by Indians, $500 i'm
gold dust was found between the
walls.
The Prince OF Wales has apparent
ly been trying TO start a daily news
paper. 1t is reported that ho is S3,-
600, 900 in debt.
One OF the best definitions OF faith
was given by bright Sunday School
boy to his teacher: as near as ! can
make out 1t is feeling perfectly sure
of thing when you have nothing to
back IL up"
A recent decision OF the Pestoffice
Department is 10 the effect that a let
ter, after being sent, can he recalled
by the sender upon his making appli
cation To the postmaster. who has au-
thority TO recall the same by telegraph.
Occasionally some queer notions
are given for taking newspaper.
One old lady cheerfully informed an
editor not long ago that since she had
moved away she didn't care so much
about what was going on here, but
'it was pleasant To know when your
friends died, aud she took the paper
to keep the run OF them"
The men killed at the Mussel
Slough in the railroad troubles Of the
1lth OF May last are 10 be remember
ed by their friends. The approaching
anniversary Is to be appropriately eel
ebrated by procession, Grafton and
concluding with floral decoration Of
their graves.
Owing to tho cold weather, SHOWS
and frosts OF the past two weeks, SAYS
the Pioche Record, nearly the whole of
the fruit crop OF the northern portion
of this county has been destroyed.
There will be scarcely any fruit raised
in Eagle Valley this Summer, while
at Panaca the peaches, plnms and
apricots are killed, and in Pahrana-
gat Valley it is reported that even the
apple crop is destroyed.
Portland, Oregon, has adopted the
nigh license system for liquor shops,
and the result is that only twenty
two saloon keepers have taken out liz
censes, while one hundred and thirty
eight are fighting the law. Arrests
are the order of the day, and there
promises to be plenty OF business for
the courts for some time to come.
The authorities are determined to ar-
rest aud re-arrest any dealer who re-
fuses to take out a license.
The st. Louis Union stone.cutters
and plasterers went on strike one
day last week. They had presented
a demand on the bosses the day be-
fore for an increase from S3 so to 81 a
day, and the establishment of uni
form rates. The employers refused
to accede, and this morning about
900 stoDe-cutters and 600 plasterers
quit work. The .bricklayers will
soon demand an Increase of half a
dollar day, which the bosses will
not accede To, and they will probably
strike. There are rumors ofthe usual
Spring strikes in the various trades.