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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-01-12
A Plucky Little Man .

In the Eureka Sentinel we find an
account OF a midnight encounter
between our old friend Otto Boetzel
and a burgler named Marco De-
Barba, in which our little Otto showed
his me al to good advantage. About
l. O'Clock Saturday night last Mr..
lioetzel went to his mouse in Ruby
Avenue. About three O'Clock i'm the
morning he VAS reused from sleep by
tile barking of his little dog, which
sleeps in the house. When he awoke
he saw a man standing by his bedside
with "A large, felt hat drawn down over
his forehead, a sheet envelOping him
all ove except the face, n hole having
been made for the head In the middle
of the sheet, aud holding n lighted
candle in his right hand. Mr.. Boetzel
Jumped out OF he'd AMI grabbed the
thief, and a tussle ensned in which
the latter was thrown, but being the
stronger OF the two he got loose, and
regaining his feet, ran out into the
back yard. Mr.. Boetzel lookei on
the table for his pistol. but finding Il
gone, he rushed out after Del Barba
enply-Landed, bare-fooied and in his
night clothes, and another set 10
occurred. The elderly little man en-
dishille, but with plenty of good
leather left in him Yet, grabbed the
burglar and pushed him against the
fence. In the struggle he got a sharp
blow on the chest, evidently made
by "a shea, he'd dagger, afterwards
picked up on the ground. Del Barba
then skipped out. Otto yelled out 10
him, "Come back you big son of a =
and light it OUT But the burglar
had enough and did not heed the
challenge. Later in the morning he
was captured, the stolen property re.
covered, AMI on examination was put
under s 1000 bonds 10 await the ac-
ton of the Grand Jury. Mr.. Boetzel
Is we'll known to all old White Piners,
having lived in Hamilton for a num-
Der OF years. His plucky defense
should be a warning 10 all overgrown
ruflians that it is not always safe to
trife with u man because he is little.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-01-12
Too Mean TO Pay Their Taxes.

Wells Fargo q Co., (the Star Co.
Ell. al must be generous cusses. They
pronfered the county $40 IN full pay
ment OF all their taxes, which Is set
down on the tax roll nj g., l25. %. or
course this liberal offer was not accep-
ted. Like all other %swindling cor
porations they VIII fight the county
and State before paying taxes like
other people. Ia us, however, il Is
soine consolation To know that
mightier corporations than this small
Try have before locked arms with the
State and been worsted In such eases
in the Courts of last resort. They
may rob the laboring man ont OF his
hard earned wages, but they will
surely have TO punglo these taxes
with heavy costs.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-01-12
STATE AND coAsT lrrms.

-
Seattle talks of raising saloon IL
cense to 81 1000.
The products of the mines of Mon
lana for last year is put down at about
Si5, 900 900.
Sixty-two marriage licences were
issued In Storey county during 1888.
Burglars entered five business
houses in Sacramento last Monday
night.
Silk handkerchiefs and dress goods
OF a very fine quality are low being
made at Salt Lake.
The sulpher beds of Utah are the
most extensive of any in America,
and embrace several million acres.
A bounty of $40 each for coyote
sealps in Butte county Call has In
augurate a general war against those
animals.
On December 31st there were Ia
prisoners in the State Prison. It cost
S),25j O7 to run the prison in Deem
Der.
State Controller Hallock Is said 60
be preparing an elaborate report
exhibiting the financial condition OF
Nevada.
The biggest turtle that ever came
in land va shipped the other day to
Salt Lake City. IL weighs 800 pounds
and is five feet long from tip I o tall.
Henry Burbridge, aged 100 years
and four months. died last week ut
the Mariners Home, in Portland,
Oregon.
The Secretary of the Nevada Board
of Pardons has u applications for
pardon in his possession SO far. The
Board meets next Monday.
The bullion product of Tombstone
District, Arizona, for the year 1853,
amounted to $4,000, 900.
Jerome b. Cox, the slayer of Me-
Laughlin, has been acquitted IN the
san Francisco Police Court. All OF
which was right and Just.
Samples of nickel from the mines
in Churchill county in this State,
owned by Chicago parties, assayed
65H and co. per cent, being the
richest ever discovered anywhere.
Tho measles are running riot all
over Carson, but the disease is OF q
very mild type and docs not stay wit h
the yoi n ysters over three days.
Col. jerry Moore, of RRby Valley,
has gone to San Francisco, where he
Will remain fer sometime for the ben
eft of his health.
The Carson Tribune has every rea-
son to believe that the bill appropri-
ating Sl00, 900 for the erection of pub
lie buildings In Carson will pass both
houses of Congress this session.
Mrs. Murphy, the well-known tom
serial artist at Sacramento, has been
given by her mother, who resides at
Melbourne. Australia, an estate val
ued at S62 800.
The Phoebe Record says that John
O'Doughcrty is now superintendent
of the Total Wreck mine in Arizona.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-01-12
namnen.. Prospects Looking un.

The latest advices from Hamilton
are that the mining outlook for the
coming season is brighter than for
years past. Mr.. J.. II. Kendall. since
his return. has put n force Of men To
work ON the Jennie A, anu talks OF
starting mp "A furnace by tho LIST of
April. II is also believed that Il. y.
robinson will 20 sums operations on
me Sweetwater Company's mines
ly In the Spring. All OF which
prospective good fortune we hope our
heighbors will have In duo time.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-01-12
Prosperous Utah.

The Salt Lake Tribune SAYS that
Utah produced $4,000, 900 in bullion
during the year 1888, and the total
bullion product Of the Territory since
the opening OF the mines by the GEN
tiles, is $70,0 900 900. The population
Of the territory is 10000. Salt Lake
CITY, the metropolis. is given a popula.
ton of 2S, 000-.an increase OF 1000
since 1880. There were 900 new build
ings erected in the city last year at a
cost of 81, 500 600, and l43 miles Of
railroad we're built in the Territory
during the same period. The assessed
valuation OF property in the Territory
is $50 900 900 and the number of Nor.
mon immigrants arriving during the
year was 5000.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-01-12
MINING LOCATIONS.
A Law Which Retards the Develop
ment OF Mines.

ment OF Mines.
The W~innenIucca Silver State SAYS:
There is some complaint Of the Con-
g%ressional laws governing mining
locations, and mary are oflhe opinion
that they ought To be amended. Ac-
cording to the construction given
those laws by the General Land Office,
II claim relocated on the first day Of
January, 1884, for instance, can be
held by the ~locators without the
expenditure of a dollar or an hours
labor for two years. This is held to
be- positively injurious to the mining
interests, as it retards the develop
ment OF mines and encourages the
location OF claims for purely specnla.
tive purposes. Tn er the old district
laws framed by the miners themselves
prior to the Act of Congress OF May,
1882, claims on which assessment
work was no expende ! quarterly, or
semi-annually, were held to be aban-
doned by the locators, and were sub
Ject To relocation. This compelled
claim owners To make some show on
them, NJ least Twice Il year, or forfeit
their ;ltlo, but rs the law Is now, all
thew have 10 do is tn define the bound
aries OF a mining location, and, II the
local cns'Om require it, have Il
recorded, and that Is sufficient 10 hold
It for u year from the 3lst day al
December next succeeding the date OF
the location. The Act ofCongress au.
thoriziag this manner of procedure is
entitled '"An Act 10 encourage the
development OF the mineral sources
Of the United States" bntthe title is q
misnomer. No person or corporation
ought to be permitted to locate IA mine
and hold it from one TO two years
without expanding "a minutes work
on il, a the drone5 which infsst every
mining camp take advantage OF the
privilege by holding clam II expee-
taiion Of The workers on an adjacent
claim making il valuable.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-01-12
Assessment ~CIonhburst.

Tho New Year Is not very old yet,
says the Revellle, but 1t has done
wonders In the assessment business
since its advent was heralded by tho
ringing of bells aud the pop OF bottles
and pistols, az witness this array:
Utah, 81 per share; Union, 80 cents:
North Belle Isle, 10 cents; Belle Isle,
10 cents; California, 20 cents; Alpha,
20 cents, Julia, 10 cents. A dividend
Just now would be SO unusual a thing
that the boys would not know what TO
do about IL.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-01-12
Running "a Hotel.

BY n letter from Lambert Molinelli
Ia Uncle Dave Hall the Sentinel learns
that the former has drifted into the
hotel business Mt Blake City, Utah,
Green River, on the line of tho ID. *
II. q. railroad. He getsa good salary
and u show to better himself on the
outside in the near future. He thanks
MIR. r. ming,on and Mr.. Pefley for
his position. We hope that Lambert,
having got down to solid business. rs
he says, may show himself not less
successful than Mr.. Riley SO famous
in song.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-01-12
UNDERGROUND PERrLs

Fatal Mining Accident at Aurum
Last Thursday evening as the men
were about TO come off shift at tho
Blue Belle mine at Anrum, Thomas
Highland met with q terrible accident,
which caused his death thirty hours
afterwards. lie had been setting off
several blasts, but the "snuff," as he
thought, having failed 10 ignite tie
fuse on one of them, he went back To
'.resnuff" it., when the blast went off
and he received is full force in the
head and side. DR.. Tufford Of this
place was Immediately sent for and
he feacaei the bedside of the wound
ed man early next morning. From
the doctor we learn that the unfor-
tunate mans head, face and arm were
a most horrible 81 lit To behold. On
one side of the heal the scalp was
torn loose its entire length, both eyes
put out, the cheek and jaw bones laid
bare, the teeth shattered To atoms,
and one arms broken into fragments.
The doctor gave him some potions to
ease his suffering, which at first
seemed 10 be all that could be done
for him. But as lie rallied the work
of dressing his wounds and sowing
up the scalp was carried on. High
land vas a ma OF powerful cons'itu-
ton aud bore up We'll under the trying
ordeal, retaining his full senses all
through. But his injuries were too
much Tor human endurance. and at Il
o'clock Wednesday night death mer-
eifniiy came 10 his rescue and put an
end 10 his suffering. Highland was
Il Young who had but little expert
enee in mining. lie hailed from
Philadelphia, and had been at Aurum
but Il short time, having come in there
from Colorado. lie has no known
friends ia this section. This has been
tie I,rst and only aeei tent that ever
occurred IN the Anrum mines.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-01-12
Death Blow to Hydraulic Mining

In the U. S. Circuit Court at San
Francisco last Monday, Judge Saw
yer rendered his decision in the great
hydraulic mining suit of Woodruff
~. The North Bloomfield Mining
Company. The decision covered 600
pages OF f~oolscaps and occupied three
hours in reading. 1t is in favor of The
as~riculturists ard grants 81 perpetual
injunction against hydraulic mining.
The decision wa received with great
joy by the valley people, and CORE
spending regret and depression by
the people of the mining regions.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-01-12
TTOWN AND COUNT

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Mr. George Trimble, Wells Fargo q
Co.'S agent at this place, left thls mohf-
ing for a short trip To San Francisco
Ell Daley, of Hamilton is now u
stndent OF the STATE University at
Elko, having entered for the present
term.
John Quinn 1ate of Taylor) is hav-
ing his old saloon building out AT
bristol owe rhauled and RENTED,
preparatory to II reopening.
DIR, Brooks, who wasin town severai
DAYS tins week, Informed us that the
silver Canon ore is beginning to snow
quite n percentage III gold.
commissioner Cowley las returned
from the county seat, whittier he TOOK
Harry Com to the hospital. II also
attended the quarterly meeting oil 'he
Board.
This il n good time to advertise
delinquent co-owners IN MINING
claims. II they won't either pay Vi
work advertise them out.
Reflex: Sixteen tonso OF secand-class
ore. from the Breech loader nine,
in TAYLOR, owned 10y Jas Kixon,
worked at he Monitor mill q short
time ago, pulpod Sl02 to the ton.
Commissioner CoAley informs us
there is quite a stir in Hamilton, over
recent discoveries male in Paterson
District, on the Phoebe road, by q
Coulter aud Mr.. Flowers. g.. y.
Matherson is Interested with them
and left early in the week for the
scene OF operations.
A dispatch reached here Thursday
for 7. +. O'Neil If Ward, TO the effect
that his father in Wisconsin was on
4. the point of death. Mr.. Boyle took
the sad mes sage down 10 Ward.
We are indebted to general G. {.
Powning, OF the Reno Journal for a
COPY OF his illustrated Annual. II
Is tastely gotten up, full of useful
information, aud will be highly priced
by the Journal patrons.
Pete Weber and Adam altman left
here Wednesday in their own convey
anee for the northern country. They
will leave their team ut Wells, and
thence proceed 10y rail, taking IN the
Wood River country, and perhaps
getting up To the Occur d'Alcne hy
Spring. The NEws wishesthe gentle
men TIE best Of success.
Mr.. Turner, Of The Oseeola Mining
Company. says the Reflex. was in
town Thursday. lie says the resnli
from the ore put through the mill Ia
date is satisfactory and will satisfy thn
Company. For reasons best known
To himself he was elose-mouthed ~ 10
exact facts, aud wouldn't pump"
worth a cent. The capacity ofthe mill
Is As tons "A day. Tho late storm has
kept the road so filled up with snow
that IL is next 10 impossible to get
down ore enough to keep the min run
ming, so il has been decided TO shut II
down for the Winter.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-01-12
launching at Weiser city

The Boise Statesman learns from
persons who arrived from Weiscr City,
that IN Saturday night, December
- l.. n party OF men went TO the Jail
where Charles Dirterle the man VINO
shot and killed young Basil on Christ
mas day. was -incarcerated, compelled
the iailor to deliver mp the keys, went
To the coll where the prisoner was,
shot him through the head and then
dragged him several hundred yards
through the sagebrush, to a slaughter
pen, and hung the bruised and man
glod body of the dead man on the
butchers windlass.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-01-12
Lrttor from Northern Montana

Through the courtesy OF Sheriff
Lander We are permitted TO make the
following extract from a letter re-
ceiyed by him from Dick Adams,
who, it will be seen, is right close up
10 tho Occur d'Alene country:
EvARp. MoyrasA, Dec. 8. 1883.
FRInND LANuER: | ike Montana mach bet
ter than Nevada. Plenty Of grass, mountain
streams aud all kinds Of gam, h re.
Tho eear d'Aien, mines arc but forty
miles from TIA, North ,fn Pacific Hailroad.
and lot over two days travel from here.
From all indications there Will be a big rush
there noxt Ssrins tho biggest rush that
Montana ever had it will beat the White
rino oxei;e nent all hollow. have several
friends in there nov, AID they write me tina;
that il l. immense. But nisa hard country
to get into on account of snow There are
three different trans being Travelled iiOm tbs
railroad to the IBinos. l met Dan Caroy a
few days ago on his way 10 lutte lily to sec
about getting a saw-niil up To the new eoun-
Try. lie tulI me that hs WAS in there for
a toh u moA'n. anu taaa INV AZ" ~ s"g1
placer digzin Is liefo as wer5 ever found IN
any eoaniry-both extensive and rich. l
nave seen plenty of nuggets and coarse shot
gold fron there this month. There are only
a few claims being worked at present on ae-
count of too much snow, bat IN tbs Spring
5 L. boom. Ii Is claimed that there are
/. 40 people ihsro nov. and il pretty safe 10
say there will b, lo.0Do hy tho lst OF June.
There are also some iieh quartz ledges being
opened. "Shc an the country for me-"
DICK ADEN2.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-01-12
Steel Cars.

According 10 the Denver Journal of
Commerce, the Denver & Rio Grande
Company are contemplating the man
ufacture OF steel cars in the near flu
ture. A sample car will soon be COM
menced at their shops in that city.
II Is intended to heat the car by steam
ard light II by electricity.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-01-12

1t is said that an effort will be made
during this session of Congress 10
create a United Safes Circuit Court
for this State and that Hon. b. G..
Whitman is to be the Judge.
il. Goodman, Arthur McEwen
and Tom Flynn will launch their new
paper at San Francisco some time in
February.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-01-12

Sixteen ladies we're present at n
recent social gathering in Harrisburg,
Cal, whose united ages amounted to
l,l36 years. or an average Of seventy
one years each. The youngest lady
was fifty six, the oldest eighty-onc.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-01-12

A new chamber of ore, assaying
500. has been discovered OH The
fourth level of the Day mine, and a
valuable and extensive deposit has
been found on the 900 foot station of
the Mendha mine. So says The Phoebe
Record.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-01-12

Gov. Adams house at Carson was
entered OH New Years night and
Mrs. Adams 81 1000 diamond ring
stolen. If Mrs. Adams liked display
us well as most Of her sex, that dia-
mond ring would not have been left
at home while she was attending a
New Years party.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-01-12
Sentenced 10 40 Years.

James Warren, alias Jimmy Fresh,
who killed Rattlcsnake Dick ut Haw-
thorne, Esmeralda county, some
months ago, has been sentenced by
Judge Murphy to the penitentiary for
40 years. E.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-01-12

There arc rumors in the air at Vir-
ginia aud Carson OF another stock
ii ,ht for the control OF Savage, Nor
cross and Sierra Nevada. Let her
come. The sooner the ball is open the
better.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-01-12
FINE RAMS
FOR SALE

I HAVE SOME FULL-BL >oDED SPAN.
1 ish Marine Rams for sale at reasonab BILE
prices. Guaranteed TO be healthy and In
fine condition. Also a number OF others Of
lower breed at lower prices. This Ufsr r..
mains open till tho lst of Novenl Der, unless
sooner disposed of. Address
JAMES SAMPSON,
Simpsons Sheep Ranch, Spring Valley.
White Pine County, New. auls-3m
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1884-12-06

CoNKLIN. CHAs.- q s title to
100 acres of land a. joining
Barrett on the south and J NJ
Houston on the north, eight
hundred dollars. Mason VAL
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1884-12-06

There are toe many people in this
country. Reas tn reports daily Of the
discharge OF men, women and children
from the factories in the East, and the
strikes and closing down of iron mills
and coal mines. If the Democrats
want to make a record in the next four
years let them take some means Of stop
ping about nine tenths Of the foreign
immigration, and then it will be found
that the country will be more prosperous.
There will not be half the beggars,
tramps and paupers for the country to
support. Take the natural increase
alone from the 1000, 900 people in the
United States and in twenty years, or
even less, see what an enormous number
Of people there will then be. What is
going to be done with all these people2
We say stop the immigration and give
the poor people in the thickly populated
parts Of the country q chance to 60 into
and settle up the new country instead
Of sending to England and other foreign
countries for them.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1884-12-06
HANGS FIRE.

And still no decision has been render
ed by the Supreme Court in the case OF
Lyon VS.. Esmeralda counties. This
case was given to the Supreme Court
about the first Of last April, and why
the Judges have been SO long without
giving a decision is conundrum to a
great many people in this country if not
in Esmeralds. Ts some it may seem
plain enough but to the majority it is
certainly hard nut to crack.
Net few are claiming that there is
jobbery in it and That it is not Of the
kind to benefit the people Of Lyon
county. .. -
1t is also reported here-abouts that
during the campaign Judge Hawley
strongly intimated to the people Of Es-
meralda county that the decision, when
given, would be in their favor; and that
he also gave certain persons in this
county grounds to believe That Inc de-
cision would favor Lyon. There are al
SO many other strange sayings in regard
to the case which have lead people 10
believe that the decision is not to be
rendered until the meeting Of the next
Legislature, and that it is part of Job
by certain parties interested in the
county consolidation scheme. Whether
any OF these rumors are true or not we
have been unable to learn but where
there is so much smoke there must GER
tainly be some fire. If the people have
the right to know anything about this
matter, and it is fair question, 7OAy
has not decision been rendered in this
case?
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1884-12-06
LeaDyeGr Party.

This office acknowledges the receipt
of complimentary tickets to a grand
Leap.year ball to be given by the ladies
Of Silver City on the night Of December
i2th next friday. at the Miners
Union Hall. The ladies have been TO
considerable trouble to make this affair
prove an enjoyable one, and without
doubt all who attend will have a good
time. Excellent music has been en-
gagged for the occasion and the price Of
admission is low enough SO that all can
afford TO go, $3.50 admitting lady and
gents. A supper will also be given.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1884-12-06

A WASHINGTON dispatch says thai
it seems TO be a settled fact that Con.
gress will, as recommended by the Pest
master General, reduce the local post
age to one cent and that the 2-cent
stamp will carry one ounce, instead OF
one-half ounce, as at present. Old
members of Congress are reminded Of
the fact that Charles Sumner, fifteen
years ago, took bold stand in favor Of
a universal postage stamp Of one cent,
which was to carry paper or letter.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1884-12-06
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Election of Officers.

At regular meeting Of Dayton Lodge
No. S., l. o. o. F., held last Thursday
the following officers were elected to
serve for the ensuing year: A Walms.
ley, N. g.; Henry Fischer, V. g.; John
Lo,hrop, Secretary; J. D. Sims, Treas
urer; Trustees, w. r. Davis, James
Scott and J. D. Sims.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1884-12-06

r. Cleator, of the Philadelphia
Boot and Shoe Store, Virginia, has
returned from ~an Francisco with =
large and fine stock of boots and
shoes. lis has also q fine line OF
Eastern goods In his store, all OF
which he is selling at prices to SUIT
his customers. See sad" in another
column
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1884-12-06

THE Chicago Inter Ocean advocates
that Blaine be brought out in 1883 as
Cleveland's successor. 1t says, "the
intensity Of the feeling that Blaine was
really the choice Of the people for Pres-
ident, but lost the election through the
accidental utterances OF bigot, has led
to an expression from every quarter,
favoring his nomination"