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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-02-23
LEAP YEAR LEvITY.

This year promises 10 be q busy one.
Everything will 10 jumping. IL Is
lpap-year, you know.
THANK goodness, it's leap year.
aid a Philadelphia girl. andlfCha
lie dosen't propose soon hlhi
now to do it,"
It il un lerstood that the girls have
adopted the following as their motto
or l.ap-S a r III you see what you
want ask for it."
Although women have the right to
propose in leap-year, there Is no la"
nat colnpels tho man 10 say yes.
This ought to encourage the young
men to stand firm.
This year young men who don't
want to- ct married will wear large
olacards on their breasts, readini: II
never had any experience nursing
babies and I don't want any,
For several years past ii has been
customary for young men to shootthe
.irl who refuses To marry them. Of
curse The girls Will be justified III
turning the tables this year.
A young Chicago man has applied
for "A divorce, alleging that his wife
forced him To marry her. This state.
ment, and the fact that leap-year Is
here, will make limil young mel feel
very nervous.
Ono leap year privilege which ladies
will appreciate is that OF going, III
.ompany OF two or more, to the opera
Or theater without male escort and
oaying for their own tickets. 1t Is so
Jolly, you know.
1t will now be again in order TO dig
up the old and baldheaiei story:
s leap year." said a rural dam >el TO
Ter beau as she tried to nerve herself
q pop the question TO him. "No by
.bmnder, | can't" he exclaimed.
The folks'll be looking for me al
lon,e."
The girls have already formed theif
plans for leap year. To the haslful
lover they will say: ''Do you like
homemade bread?" II he says
..Yes," the reply will be, "Well can
bake" Then if he dosen't take the
hint they are TO seize both his hands,
fall on their hands and kneesand pul
The question direct.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-02-23
Latest from Occur d'AIeno.

The following extracts are from a
letter to the Enterprise, dated Eagle
City, February 18th: Are still making
IA su.vev from Heron Siding to Pritch-
ards cabin. A shorter route f:om
Belknap will also terminate at Pritch-
ards cabin. but at the side opposite
the Heron Siding terminus. The snow
is five feet deep on a level. Many
nuggets worth from $40 To so have
been found. One nugget has been
shown in Eagle City that was worth
Sl75. The rou Q from Belknap Will
DE shorter than that from Heron Sid
ing, and will strike the mines on the
opposite sile OF Pritchard's cabin.
The country is covered with cedar
treesf from twelve TO for y feet through,
and the distance between the trees
does not average more than three fee.
There is five feet OF snow on II e
ground. All the gold is on the bed
rock,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-02-23
stuck After "a TRAMP Printer.

Mrs. Alice Kirkendall, wife of a
wealthy merchant of Plrkesburg,
West Virginia, fell desperately in love
with "a tramp printer and followed
him from town TO town, DESERVING
husband, home, wealth, position.
family and all for him. She plead
with Phelps, the tramp, To smile upon
her, after she had sacrificed so much
for him. We have heard of strange
things, says the Austin Reveille,
and have thought it The hight OF
absurdity for a white girl to marry
Il Chinainan, but here is a case which
rather lays y them all. Tramp
printers are moi fascinating. We have
fed hundreds, given sui 5 of clothes
to many, never saw one wash himself
or ever have a cent longer than II
would take TO get TO the nearest cheap
saloon, aud take them all in all, "a
tramp printer is a very unlikely bird.
But il Alice is happy, It's all righ:.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-02-23
WHITE PINE NEWS
SATURDAY FEBRUARY %, 1884
Coneress AFTER the Pacific Roads.

Congress After the Pacific Roads.
The efforts made to enforce compli.
ance on the part Of the Union Pacific
and Central Pacific Railroads with
the Thurman bill. requiring them to
meet the Government mortgages,
have been hitherto Intellectual. Il
was even thought that these con
panies would decline altogether to
meet the mort age debt. AMI that by
staying off payment they onld even
tually give up their roads as a couple
of sucked oranges, satisfied to pockei
the enormous earnings realized FROM
them.
Again /; Is q matter OF serious
importance that the Central Pacific
Railroad Company W every alter
nate section of Land along its entire
roadbed through Nevada Except "a
small portion sold), on which it has
put off getting patents in order TO
escape pa, ing taxes, the courts have
decided that until title to land is thu
perfected IL is exempt from tax. The
following dispatch from Washington
will be gratifying news ON both these
matters, besides placing Congressman
Cassidy just where his friends exPec-
ted to fluid him when the test came
on the side of the people.
Mr.. Cassidy, Chairman ofthe House
C ,mmittee on Pacific Railroads, says
there is no doubt but that his CON-
mittee will make a favorable report
on Anderson's bill amending Thur
mans Pacific r abroad Sinking Fund
bill. This bill requires that each OF
the corporations affected by the Thur
man Act shall pay into the Treasury
annually, in addition to the require
ments OF Thurman's Act, a sum which
shall make the total annual payment
equal to ons-tenth of he whole amount
of principal and interest due, or that
may becoms due to the United States,
aud on failure 10 do this the Attorney
General is required to begin proceed
ings for the appointment OF a Re-
c~eiver, who shall operate and manage
such read until the above provision
il complied with. MIR. Cassidy says
the Same cOmInittee will make q
favorable report on the bill requiring
the land grant railroads in the IVES
to list all lands owned by them, so as
to subject them to taxation by the
States In which they are located.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-02-23

The telegraph a day or w since
spoke OF the likelihood OF the contin-
uation of the Atlantic Il Pacific or the
Atchison. Tokepa & Santa Fee railroads
on to the Pacific coast. AsJay Gould
Is the inspiring genius of these roads
and also of the Union Pacific and Salt
Lake Western roads the que .tion
arises, will this new scheme interfere
with the contemplated roa I through
Southern Nevada? 1t is notlikely MIR.
Gould will build two trans-continental
roa,ls so o together, so one or the
other must be abandoned.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-02-23
POST OFFICE STORE.

81 BY strict attention 10 business end fair
dealing | hope to merit and receive a liberal
share Of the public patronage.
II. r. MILLER.
Cherry Creek, April 5. 1883. n
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-02-23
AT least $1,000. 900 has been donate'

At least $1,000 600 has been donated
and appropriated for the relief OF the
Ohio. valley food suffer. RI. Great as
this sum seems IL is but u drop in IL Q,
bucket toward meeting the necessities
OF the . 5 All it can possibly do is
10 give the. destitute ones sustenance
for . few weeks until they can do
something toward helping themselves
and undoing the great damage done.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-02-23
Some Of Nevada. Great Men.

"Monte cri-to," writing to the Sill
YER State from Carson City, says that
II the powers that DO want Laughton
to go 10 the Chicago convention he
will go, people or no people. lie also
says that Laughton is 10 DO Governor
of Nevada after Adams ia elected
United State sSena'orto succeed Jones,
adding that this is q pert OF the pro-
gramme laid out q year ago. VIVA.
an array of talent is here presented.
Imagine Jewett w. Adams in a body
with Edmunds. Just think ofGover-
Laughton fishing at the lakes or
loafing around California and Arizona.
Have all the brains left politics? We
will sec what the powers that DO will
do.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-02-23
nsnfy George.

This land agilaior, who is now 45
years of ago., began life as a printer;
afterward he became a sailor; then a
reporter OIL the Sacramento Record;
next editor of the San Francisco Post,
and later he took TO lecturing. His
wife Is of Irish parentage and Aus
tfalian birth.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-02-23

Ex-Governor Kinkead has gone to
Washington, where he will spend he
Winter, and prosecute II claim lie has
against the Government for destruc-
ton of property in Alaska some twenty
years ago.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-02-23
New TC-Dav-
Copy
MONS.

IN THE JUSTICE COURT OF NlNTH
| Township of the County OF White Pine.
State of Nevada
A. W. GORDON * CO.. Plaintiffs,
VS..
JAMES STEWART. Defendant.
Yon are her BY sun nonsl to appear be-
fore mo. at my ofics in cherry Creek, Whit
Pine County. on ihs l7lh day OF May, A
1881, Mt II o'clocx NJ, IL an aciion bloagh
against you by the above named plaintiffs to
answer tho compliant of tho above nafnet
plaintiff.
Snid action is brought to recover III, sum
of SlSl 50. to wit: $751; upon a due bill mn +
and signed BY you in favor OF these plaintins
aad s. 10 for IN rchDndi 20 sold and deliyere'
TO yoa by these %inintitfs ut your special ln-
stance and request, tog 9Th r with interest on
said duo bill at per een.. per month, o.
jud I'm mt will be taken against you Tor tn
said amount, tog 9TH sr with c Ists OF | his sdlt.
ii yoa fail TO ap ,ear and ans Yer
To the Sheriff ar ANY Constable OF SAID
county. greeting: Make legal service and dd'
return hereof.
Given under my land this 2lst day of Feb
ruary, A. ID. 1881
A. T. STEARNS,
Justice OF the Peice Of said Township.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-02-23

John Boyle O'iseilly has the manu-
script OF Wendell Phillips famous
address on o'Connell, the only effort
Of the kind the disting nished orator
ever wrote out in full.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-02-23

AUDITOR AND TRzAsuRER's OFFIc2.l
HAMILrUS. January =. 1884
To tho Hon. Board OF Comfy Commits
s~ioners:
Herewith find our quarterly statement OF
the fiscal affairs VI White Pine TO inty, for
tn quarter ending December 81, 1855
Cash balance as per last report...... sj,S4s 4S
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-02-23

1t Is calculated that about $4,000
cubic feet of air per minute ponrs oul
of the Sierra Nevada, Consolidated
Virginia and Bonner Shat ana tn"'
this volume carries upward with II an
amount of moisture equal to l6,OOO
gallons of water every "a hours
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-02-23

Over $4,000 Of the 4,540,S22 pieces
OF mail matter that were sent to the
Dad Letter Office last year, contained
checks, money, etc., to the amount of
about 81, 0sO, 900.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-02-23

The San Francisco Examiner says:
"The Mormon lobby ut Washington
is said to have a bank account oi $751;
600, 600.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-02-23

Total in all funds .......SI5,cO3 IS
Total cash bal. Ia County Treasury. $751; O IS
We hereby certify the foregoing 10 be tho
tru. and correct statement of lhs inancca Of
White Pine County, Nevada. for the quarter
ending December 81, lSKl.
WM. TIMSON, County Auditor.
By S. S. Wo0DIs. Deputy.
SAMUEL LIDDLE.
County Treasurer.
Attest a true copy:
A. D. CAMPToN, Clerk.
By JOHN MCKERSAE. Deputy.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-02-23
Notice to Creditors.
Estate of 10. G. O'NeII, Deceased.

TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF TIE
! Sixth Judicial District, OF the state of
Nevada, in and for the County Of " bite Pine.
In the matter of the estate Of r.. c. 0Neil,
deceas ID.
Notice Is hereby given to all persops hav-
ing claims against The estate Of X. q O'Ncil
deceased, to present and exhibit tho same.
with the necessary vouchers, within TEN
MONTHS from the first publication Of this
notice TO Mrs. Mary Jane UNeil, Admins
tratIix Of said estate, at her rcsidenc ut The
0'Neil kaach, on PieTmont Creek. Spring
Valley, White Pine Comfy. State of Nevada,
or said claims will b. barued by tho $. atate
Of tho said State In such cases made and
provided.
MARY JANE 0'NEIL.
Administrator of said estate.
Dated this 3D. day of September, AID. 1889.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-07-04

Turrcd, But Not Fentkcrcd.

i dispatch from Aurora, Ind, says that
= woman was stripped naked In her own
rooms there 4 few days ago by four other
women and tarred from head TO foot. In
Il Fourth street tenement house among
others lives John Horton and his divorced
wife in separate rooms and Mrs. Owens.
For some time the former Mrs. Horton
has suspected her late husband Of iiIti-
macy with Mrs. Oweua. She became
very Jealous, and with three companions
went 10 the lattcr's room, shut the door,
caught Mrs. Owens, gagged her, stripped
OF every garment and poured tar over
her writhing, struggling body, using
large paint brush to paint her efectually.
1t was intended TO apply feathers as well,
but the woman who promised to bring
them failed to come TO time. When their
work was completed the women released
their victim after many threats If she
should disclose their names. She was too
mad to keep her promise, however, and
rs quickly rs possible procured assistance
to cleanse her body and told who her as
salants were. Here story was not cred
tied generally till she showed inGubitable
evidence of its truth. The women were
to be arrested next day If Mrs. Owens
was prescntablc by that time.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-07-04
zrnnic i'm al School.

a serious panic occurred in the public
school of TairpoYt, Va, a few days ago,
by the upsetting OF q lamp. The school
was holding its closing exercises. a mum
Der Of children were singing OH the stage
when the lamp was accidentally knocked
over, setting fire to the curtain. The
house being crowded, all made rush for
the door anu windows. Women and chill
dren were trampied under foot, and in
the rush the lamp was picked up by some
one ut the back Of the room and hurled
toward the door, striking Miss VILLA
DodsOn oil the head, cutting her severely
and setting her clothing and hair on fire.
The greatest confusion possible prevailed.
women tainted and children screamed.
Miss Dodson was taken home and attended
by DR.. j. w. Tankard, who was there at
the slime It is feared that her injuries
will prove fatal. There were several others
hurt.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-07-04
Suicide ut Sweet Sixteen.

Ella Thompson, a bright and lively girl
Of &c, living ut Park Hill, on the outskirts
of Scranton, Pa, committed suicide Fri
day morning by taking grain and a-haif
Of strychninc. Her father is 4 physician
and druggist, and the young girl obtained
the dose from his office. DR.. Thompson's
clerk found her mixing something and
asked W hat it WAS. "Poison, - she respond
ed, and 81 am going to take it myself"
lie thought she was joking, but told her
it WAS serious business to joke about.
She said 1t was no joke. She then pat the
poison in a capsule, and holding it up in
her fingers, said, "IIcre goes; one, two,
three" and drank it. The clerk did not
believe the pill contained poison, and paid
no more heed to 1t ut the time. Two hours
later Elias moaning attracted the attcn-
ton of her step-pother, WHO, OIL going to
her room, found the poor girl writhing
on the floor. Medical aid proved unavail-
ing, and the girl, after twelve hours of
terrible agony, died. 1t is said that her
life has been unhappy, and that since her
father married second time sle has fire.
qucntly threatened to poison herself or
her step-muther.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-07-04
A Egcrnnrss.1,ic Escape.

A dispatch from Lynchburg, Va. dated
June 80, says: One of the most remarka-
BILE escapes from IL great disaster on the
rail occurred hero this morning. When
within q half milo of the long wooden
bridge on which the Virginia Midland
trains cross James river the air-brake OF
tho southern-bound passenger train re-
fused to operate, tho air supply having
become exhausted. Down the long anu
steep grade approaching the bridge the
train rushed with lightning rap!d!ty. 1t
stuck to the track until the contre OF the
bridge was reached, when the wheels OF
the baggage car jumped the rail, striking
the bridge with such force as to cause the
middle section to break in, and through
this gap the Washington and New YORK
sleeping cars were plunged into the river
thirty feet below. But few OF the pasScn-
gers were awake, but the shock OF the fall
and the noise made by the rushing waters
of the river into which they had been
plunged awakened them to the sudden
realization that death stared them in tho
face, and an exciting scene ensued.
Some of the men managed to escape
from the windows OF the cars, which were
gradually settling in the water, which Is
about y feet deep III that point, and gave
their aid towards rescuing the frightened
women. 4 boat was pat out from the Am
herst side of the river and soon reached
the wreck. The passengers we're all saved
by the almost superhuman efforts OF
number of brave men, the most prominent
being Captain Charles 81. Blackboard, Il
prominent lawyer of this city, who saved
number of lives at the imminent risk OF
losing his own. The rescued, who were
IN night clothes, saved but little of their
apparel, but were taken to houses near by
and provided with the necessary articles.
VIM. Whaling, colored brakeman, re-
ceived slight injuries, and Professor Ii. 4.
Holt, of Boston, received painful cut oil
his left hand. So farSs known not life
WAS lost and but few persons injured.
Old travellers and railroad men say the
escape from an appalling disaster has no
parallel in the history OF railroad accidents
in Virginia.
Conductor VIM. King, who was on the
platform Of one OF tho cars, was thrown
into the river, and although he had two
ribs broken, he SWAIN TO the cars and
helped the passengers through the win
dows. Most Of the passengers were taken
out through holes cut In the ventilators ut
the top of the cars, to which the water
finally reached. There wore about forty
passengers in the sleepers, and all were
saved. After the water had covered the
top of the windows Mrs. j. $. Fardcn
pushed her two-montas-old child through
a window and held it above the water un-
til rescued, and then she cams out the
same way. Irains will be delayed for
two days.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-07-04
She Took zlinn ut Blis Word.

At bradford, Pa, on Tuesday, three
men entered the bar-roOm of 4 dsreputa-
BILE house kept by Frank Meadows, who
has y daughter about twenty years Of aye.
She ia Il handsome girl, and has always
been kept from Intercourse with the peo-
pie visiting the saloon. As 1t happened,
however, she was In the bar-room when
the men entered, and one of them, Jacob
Head, began to Use insulting language to
her. Miss Meadows st first broke into
tears, overcome with shame and anger,
but, recovering her seif-possession, she
ordered the man TO leave the place
Head repeated his insulting expressions,
aud closed By saying, in jest, that il the
girl felt her honor wounded she could re-
venge herself by shooting him. Quick as
thought, the girl sprang behind the bar,
seized Il revolver which was in drawer,
and, pointing 1t Mt Head, pulled the trig-
ger. The bullet struck the man in the
left side, penetrating lung. lie threw
up his hands, staggered ont on the side
walk aud fell dead. The girl was arrested.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-07-04
MlarrioQe8.

IN tie N. =. Church South, Mt Martins
burg, June %, 1854, by Rev. j. r. An
drew, assisted by Rev. 4. S. Hank, Mr..
=. c. HUNTER to Miss LOUISA BERRY
ali OF Mar,insbur&.
June -. 1881. at Washington, Mr.. John
y. S'rEiILET, OF Falling Waters, Bcrkc-
ley county, ana Miss l.. LEVY, OF Relay,
near Baltimore.
Near Buffalo Forge, Rockbridgc county,
vs., OF Wednesday, June 20, 1884, by
Father John w. Lynch, (brethcr Of the
groom) Mr.. i. 7. LYNCH, Clerk Of the
Circuit Court Of Jefferson county, w. Va,
and MISS SADIE BRADY, of Rockbrdge
county.
IN Baltimore, or June 90, 1854, by Rev.
j. w. Duilcy, assisted by Rev. w. II. u.
Harper and j. Il. Smith, of Eutaw Place
Presbyterian Church, Mr.. CHARLES
SIMPLIFY and Miss IDA i. MERRITT,
daughter OF the late Jos. c. Merritt, all Of
Baltimore.
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THE SUN.
NEW YORK. 1881.

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Ueaths.

1t Mt. Crawford, Rockingham county,
Va, on June -, 1881, Mrs. ANN HEN
SELL, wife Of Rev. John G. IIensell, aged
81 years. The deceased was an aunt OF
McssrS. G.. Y. and Lloyd Licklidcr, and
formerly lived in 3hcphGrdstown.
AZ Shenandoah Junction, June 30, 1884,
Mrs. ELIZA MCKNIGHT, in the Seth
year OF her age, widow of the late John
Mcknight, for forty years schoolmaster
in Duiiields neighbOrhood, and soldier
of the war of 1912. The husband of the
deceased will be remembered by two gem
erations who received their early instruc-
tons from him.
At her late residence, Lake Forrest,
Illinois, OH Sunday morning, June Is,
1854. Mrs. MARY 4, BROWN, widow Of
the late Hon. John j. Brown, formerly of
Charlestown, aged - years.
In ChlrcStown, ~ the residence Of Mr..
G. Horace Gallahcr, on Friday, June y,
1881, Mrs. ELIZA j. SAPPINGTON-
widow OF the late George w. Sappington,
and daughter Of the late DR.. Samuel j.
Cramer.