The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-08-23
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

There were 432 suicides reported In
this country during the three Spring
months of the current year, against
81 in 1883.
Enough copies of the speeches
delivered in the last Congress were
printed To give one To every voter In
the country.
The present streng b, numerically,
of Freemasonry throughout the world
Is placed at l5S, ,065 lodges, with H.
1861 members
The father of Charley Ross has
spent $50, 900 IN searching for his son,
AMI examined over 700 cases of boys
supposed 10 be his.
Kansas, notwithstanding prohibi-
tion, brewed 1920 more barrels OF
beer last year lending Jun, 30th) than
during the preceding year.
There are ffty-three Postmasters IN
the State OF New York drawing sala-
ries less lhan $40 per anhum, the low
est drawing 81 OF.
A Goldfish twenty-five years old re-
Gently died In Maryland. IL ~ said
that during its captivity no apprecia-
BILE change in It's size took place.
Promising gravel diggings have
been discovered near the sourre Of
the Warm Springs, idaho. The gold
Is Of fine quality.
Chieago has tramp who returns
thanks for his breakfast in five mod
erh languages aud repeats the Lords
Prayer In Greek, Latin aud Hebrew.
There Is a well authenticated record
that John Cox. skillful Connecticut
blacksmith, built aud used bicycle
with one large aud one small wheel
sixty years ago.
Dwellings are burned in this coun-
try at the rate OF 600 or 700, worth
81 900, 900, a month. This equals the
destruction OF city of 1000 inhabit-
ants with every new moon.
A French Canadian gentleman
claims that nf the 5000. 900 Roman
Catholics In the United Sat, 8. b, tween
2,OJu.ooU and 3,0O0,0 are French
Canadians and their children.
An Elder of the Church, who died
Gently at the age OF 100 years, is stated
TO have attended 1890 funerals dur
ing his lifetime, besides marrying 5l4
couples.
The Chicago News gives statistics
showing that, in 1866. the deaths from
cholera in that city (900) were 'enor-
mauslv larger in proportion to The
population than WAS the case I'm New
York.
The mountains of western North
Carolina have u bright future as
resort for tourists. They contain the
lofliest peaks east of the Rorky noun
tains, aud the valleys abound in the
most attractive scenery.
Lower Lake, California. was visited
by a viol mt earthquake "Wednesday.
About twenty shocks were ielt ut In
tervals during II o hight 1t broke win-
dowS IN nearly every house IN town,
and the people were greatly alarmed.
Tn" Inter Id no contains an article
on "Hell's Half Acre." "a valley amidst
the lava beds, about flfteen miles
south of Shoshone. IL appears tn have
been the rendezvous of gang OF
thieves and murderers, where the re-
mans tf many murdered men have
been found.
The Ketchum keystone OF Wsdnes-
day says: "The locomotive was howl
ing yesterday within the hearing of
residents here. It was at the Cold
Spring ranch yesterday. The grad.
ing is almost completed, and most of
the workmen were discharged this
week I"
A nickel mine IL said 10 have besn
discovered In the Black Rock country
by some California prosnectors. The
strange metal which was found In
that country In early days and mis-
taken by the miners for silver may
yet prove TO have been nickel.