The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-02-16
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Nose ScrafnlHn IL III NOOui HiS'of
and is ut present engaged In putting
I'D an assaying 0tt1ce.
Eighty dollars is the stage n rail-
road fare from Cherry Creek 10 Occur
d'Alene.
The thermometer marked 40 degrees
below zero at ElkO Wednesday morn
ing. A cold belt Is that Humboldt
Valley.
lanes REILLY, OF Hamilton, has
Withdrawn from the bond OF Mrs.
O'Neil, as administrators Of the estate
her deceased husband.
Dick Adams Is keeping a lodging
Al Treu vi Greek, Idaho. the nearest
s.at,on to Occur d'Alene, and has "A
prospect for a rushing business u the
spring.
"Tex." who was shot at by Wheeler
two weeks ago in Newark Valley. has
been arrested aud is now in Jtil a,
Elko. Tom Short swore a complaint
against him for demonstrating.
Robert Meyerhoff. Of Hamilton,
passed through this morning, ell route
for the northern country by wagon.
He repor:s the road between Ill mil
ton and Robinson almost im~passable.
The mail carrier between Halleck
Station and Ruby Valley lost n horse
during the snow storm OF last Thurs
day. the snow through Secret Pass
and in the valley being three feet
deep.
There has been excellent sleighing
here for the past two weeks, ant the
merry ringing Of the sleigh bells late
into The night tells that some OF our
people at least are enjoying the sport.
Notwithstanding the snow block
ades East and West. on railroad anil
stage lines, our Wells mail has come
through regularly every day, only
missing its regular time once by a
few hours.
Among those who will leave here
in a week or ten DAYS for the northern
placers are: =. Weber, f.. NJ. Cook
Fr.nk Nay aud FL. Cowley. More
will probably be added TO the list
by that tune.
Senator Fair has introduced n bill
10 incrtase The salary Of the United
States District Judge ~ Nevada fronI
$1,000 to $1,000 per mum. Judge
Sabin's friends will be pleased TO have
him get the .'raise."
Reflex: Six bars OF bullion from
the Argus mill. valued al sl2,s6O 43,
have been received at the express
Office for shipment. IL is all stamped
09s fine. This Is the first shipment
made by the Argus Mining Company.
A. c. Cleveland known among Ne
vada polite ans as ''Cleve'') is regis
tered st the Lick House In San Fran
cisco. lie NAV be down there To look
out the lay of Nevada politics. Ia find
ont what the moguls are going 10 do
this year.
j. Weber tells this good one on
himself: Among the merchandise he
bought at Trout Creek TO take into
Occur d'Alene was a sack Of flour at
81. lilo hauled IL over the trail IL
miles and then sold IL for 81 80, rather
than take IL further. Not u profitable
speculation.
An enterprising individual is en-
gagged In carrying letters TO and from
III ROFhI ~ hiFue WlnPS At Oh cents
each and is making from S25 10 $50
per day at the business. lie is likely
To make more clear coin out of the
racket than most OF the miners.
The Reflex saws: 10 Liddle has o.
500 sheep on his aHc 35 miles south
OF Ward which are i'm great danger of
starving to death. Every thing in
the shape of grass has been covered
up by snow, and unless they can be
moved or hay hauled to them, which
1t Is difficult 10 do, 10 is liable to be
ont and injured.
Monday night the thermometer
registered IL degrees below zero and
Wednesday morning 10 degrees
below. Tho latter was decidedly the
coolest night OF the season. At Egan
Canon the mercury froze mp and Mr..
Costello WAS hunting round for a spirit
instrument to record the intensity Of
the cold out there.
Farmer Burke. of Schellbourne,
tells us that the snow is now deeper
In Steptoe Valley than ever before
known since the whites settled here.
Cattle are now having a tough time of
1t. One thing Is in their favor. They
were In fine condition before the cold
spell set in.
by reference tn the items under the
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