The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1883-06-02
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

One thousand men are at work on
the new railroad line now building
from Tacoma to Seattle.
The plasterers of Stockton, CAL,
have struck for an increase OF wages
from So To SO 80 a day.
II is represented that several frauds
in the guise OF nuns are working Mon
tana towns.
Two boys in Sacramento, only Is
years of age, have been sentenced To
three years in the penitentiary for
burglary.
The $40, 100000 United States postal
cards sold last year, If connected end
To end, would run girdle around the
world, with some to- spare.
1t is estimated that $50, 900, 600 was
invested last year by by English and
Scotch capitalists in the live stock
business in Wyoming and Texas.
Itisrumored that as soon as Mackey
gets through with the coronation bus
mess at Moscow he will return to the
.Comstoek to take hand in mining
matters.
Henry Thomen, Swiss miser, died
in San Francisco the other day, and
in an old trunk in his room was found
vouchers for S77 900 and five thousand
dollars in coin.
Something seems TO be killing the
Willows along the Humboldt river.
In many places they are said to be
dead for miles. 1t is thought they
were killed by the intense cold of last
Winter.
Texas is about TO hang woman.
She caused her little girl To 20 on the
streets as n beggar, submitted her to
cruel privation in order to make her
look miserable enough TO arouse pity,
and finally murdered her because she
did not bring home satisfactory
amount of money.
the Ogden Pilot has made an as
signment of its property and plant,
and the assignee offers the plant and
good will for sale. 1t is almost as
easy for rich man to enter Heaven
as TO make "A Gentle paper succeed IN
Mormon town.
j. l.. Sears, for ten years Western
Union telegraph operator at Phoebe,
left with his family quite recently on
a visit to the Eastern States. lie was
in delicate health, aud died while on
the way home. lie leaves a wife and
two children. Deceased had many
friends in this State who regret his de-
mise.
The Grantsville Bonanza reports
the discovery OF new ore body in
the Centennial mine Mt that place. Ii
lies 400 feet west OF the face of the tun-
mel and proves the ore channel 10 be
400 feet wide. The tunnel has passed
through seventy feet OF metal and is
cutting the ore channel at right angles.
A cores pondent, writing from
White Plains TO Reno paper, con-
cerning the artesian well, says: The
drill struck through the volcanic for
nation at "A depth of lao feet, and
the total depth ofthe well is over / 300
feet, the last l60 feet being clay and
slate, with every prospect OF success
In obtaining water of good quality.
The work is going on as usual night
and day.
The Shasta Democrat says: Last
Sunday, Mt the mouth of Big Back
bone creek, where the railroad hands
are excavating cuts to put in stone
culverts, body OF gravel was discov-
cred, and an old miner who stood by
remarked that if he had q chance he
would pan out some oft. Contractor
Scobie and his book Keeper, Meken-
lay, thereuDOn procured "A pan, and in
about two hours washed out $50 in
nice gravel gold.
Evidently it blows some OCCASION
ally in Mississippi. IKE other day n
package containing two drafls-one
Tor 900 and the other FOR $1,000,
ana 50 gold belonging to
lady in Beauregard-was found 10
miles from that place, having been
blown there by Cyclone.