The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-03-08
TOWN AND COUNTY.

Is III
Two nlorep pilgrims left this section
vsster lay for tha Occur d'Alene'
Vim. Erskine has returned TO Ham
,lton after q p~rotracted pilgrimage 10
the ElkO hot springs.
A. b. Eastwood, who lived hero
two wears ago, is now superintendent
of The Belmont mine.
The Occur d'Alene mines are pro-
nounced, by a returned British Col
umbia miner, a gigantic fraud.
Thomas Planpona has sold his
dairy cows TO w. ID. Campbell aud
will lea We us To settle in Arizona.
Monsignor Cal el calls newspaper
interviewers "intellectual mosqui-
toes"
We regret to learn that L. d. Pierce
has been quite i'll for the past week,
and hope he will be him sell again
soon.
Grif. J. Grlniths (late OF ours Is
now working for the Carlisle Mining
Co. 10 Grant county, New Mexico.
Dave Pierce is hauling gold quartz
from his mine in Eyan 10 the ficup
mill for reduction. lie will shortly
urn the stamps loose.
The Carson Appeal says there l.
every reason To believe that the Com
stock /. on tho eve of soma very
proinisin mining de velopnents.
l.. L. Crockett has been appointed
10 the position in tho Carson Mint,
made vacant by the resignation OF
Lawrence Elrod.
The weather for the pas; week has
be en- variably. A great deal of rain
fel here. intermingled with showers
OF hail and sleot. Taken altogether il
il veritable March weather.
That account in the Tribune of n
Mormon youth being seducedd by a
danlsel Of his " faith has scared
off several OF our old bachelors, who
contemplated visiting that city.
Tho Reflex says: AT tho presen
time there Is not u pound Of flour in
the stores Of this place. Those who
have failed to lay in n supply will
have 10 60 upon the rustic.
A large number o. men Ell route
for the northern placers. have turned
back from Rathdrnm, Idaho. Al that
point there are twenty men for every
bed.
Living "a we are in the mihst OF The
cattle raising country, It i nnacconnt-
able that We should la threatened
with a beef famine. but such seems
10 be tho outlook Just now.
DIR. Brooks writes us that our In
formation that the mines at Silver
Canon would be closed down for sofne
time on account of late accident. Is
erroneous. lilo has started up work
again.
Harvey Carpenter is renominaied
Receiver Of tho ". s Land Omc at
Eureka. Harvey has been sucking
nj the Government teat ever since we
knew him. It's abou. timo he got
weaued.
Here IL n straw for the cigarette
smokers : The decadence OF Spain
began when tho Spaniarls adopted
eiearets, and ifthis pernicious practice
obtains among adult Americans, the
ruin Of the republic is close at hand.
DR.. Tufford, assisted by n. Kinslpy
VI bufh 0Ioth, luSt mODudN per
formed n very intricate surgical
operation on tho infant child OF Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. z. Holmes. The child
stood the operation well and is getting
on all right.
Reflex: Sol Hip received n note
from Hamilton Monday stating thai
George Merger was quite i'll a. that
place. Upon arriving there he was
Informed that his brother Charley
was much better and that it was not
necessary for him TO come.
A Comstocker up In Occur d'Alene
gives his experience thus: The house
was q large log structure and packed
with men. Pistols were 10 DO heard
~"elicking" all over the oom and
yonr old Constocker (whp had been
there before) was not long in finding
his wPy TO the front door. He wanted
to get a breath OF fresh air.
Reflex: Mrs. Liddle received q letter
Tuesday stating that her husband. 10
Liddle, was Mt Parker's station with
his feet badly frozen. lie started
from Parker's for Ward on the stage,
which had to turn back after pro-
ceeding 0 miles, but before reaching
the station his feet were frozen As
above stated.