The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-02-23
TOWN AND COUNT

one thing can be said for February:
ghort as IL is 1t achieves a gain OF an
bonr and ten minutes in It's ailo wanee
of sunlight.
The funeral of the late John Fox
will take place sunday afternoon from
The residence of Mr.. Meek.
The Sentinel says tho exodus OF
miners from the district about Eureka
il greater now thaA at any time in The
past year.
The warm south wind is cutting the
snow very fat. In a few days more
II will be all gone about town.
Wilson Cary left for the Occur d
Al-ne Tuesday. lie goes by rail- 10
Trout Creek, Montana.
Two weeks more and Winter Will
be over. Nevada Winter are usually
followed by = second edition oil three
months.
The funeral of II. w. Nickel and
Wallace McCrimmon, two OF the
victims OF The late showslide, took
place at Aurum Thursday.
John wearne has taken L. NJ.
Cooks clothing and dry goods stock.
MIR. Cook leaves for the northern
country early next week.
The late casually at Silver Cafon
will, IL is thought, have the effect tn
suspend operations in the mines there
for several months.
John Fox, who was killel in the
snowslido at Silver Canon last Mon
day, was q nephew OF Mrs Meek.
Our Western mails have been very
irregular for the past week. Heavy
snowstorm in the SierraS was prob
ably the cause.
A serious accident TO sleigh riders
j. reported from Carlin. by tho upset
ting Of a sleigh. Miss Brown, II OF
the party. had n leg broken aud the
Others received several severe bruises.
The esta blishment of "A Touring mill
at st. Clair, in Churchill county, has
reduced the price of fiour in that yacln-
ity from s. per hundred TO So 80.
The "Nevada Live Stock Associa-
tion," recently organized ut Winnie
mucca, Is to embrace Nevada, Callfor-
mia, Oregon, Idaho and Utah.
Washington's birthday was honored
here with the customary display OF
bunting. In the evening "A pleasant
party MAS given in Nevada Hall by
the Grand Army boys, which IA well
attended.
Through the kindness Of J. q. Fair
the NEWS l. in receipt ofthe Memorial
Address on tho life and character Of
James A. Garfield: also the annnnl
report and statements OF The Chief of
the Bureau nj Si~atistics OH Commerce
and Navigation.
A funeral took places at Truckee last
week, and the corpse had 10 be rom
veyed othe burying ground by hand,
no team being able TO travel over the
deep snow, and they han TO cnt
through six feet OF snow, To get TO
mother earth where the grave was
dug.
The rema MS OF John Fox, one of
the unfortunate men killed in the late
snowslide, WAS brought in last night
by Mr.. jerks aud Tom Deaves, after
a hard struggle through the deep
SNOW. Part 81 tho distance the BODY
had To be placed on n hand sled AMI
hauled by the men, the snow being
80 deep as To make 1t impossible 10
use horses.
Our delayed mail, which came 10
hand Thursday night, was quite large.
All Our exchlnges give evidence that
the late storms were general and
severe all ove the coast, aud give n
long list OF accidents from high water
in California and snow slides in Ne
vada.
&C. Powning. ofthe Reno Journal,
publishes n list of names who have
answered his queries az to Presiden-
tial preferences. The Hon. II. A.
Comins is The solitary individual
from White Pine who speaks for his
party. Blame for President. Hawley
Tor Supreme Judge, and Powning for
Congress, are his choice.
A few days ago says the Sentinel. an
old miner who was ut work in the
bottom Of a shaft 81 feet deep, ON
White Pine Mountain, went Ia his
cabin 10 get his dinner. and during
his absence n snowslide occurred.
Milling the shaft completely. But for
The cravings of nm empty s'omacbe
ne would have been buried alive.