The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1885-07-25
HAMILTON NOTES.
Iron Our Regular Correspondent
HAMILTON. ,Julv 90. 1885,.

HAMILTON, July 20, 1885.
We are having very warm weather
just now. The thermometer was 800
IN the shade to-day.
i. N. Robinson, of the Sweetwater,
has returned from New York, aud
came in from Eureka in special
four-horse coach last Saturday. He
WAS received with a salvo of giant
powder from the bluffs.
Rod Mcleod is slowly recovering
from his late stroke or paralysis, and
it now looks as If he would come out
all right.
Sheriff Bassett and wife were in
town most of the week, but returned
home yesterday.
Commissioner S. F. Paul, who some
time since injured his eye from a
lying piece of rock, is still ailing
from its effects.
Assessor Peters, who has been laid
up for several weeks with a severe
attack of rheumatism, is slowly i'm
proving and hopes to be able to at
tend to his official duties In few
days.
The Chief mine, the property OF
James Reilly, has been leased to
some of our town boys, who are TAX
ing out better ore than was ever be-
fore found there.
A portion of the county officers
have moved into the upper story of
our new Court House, where they
will have comfortable quarters.
The coyotes are making havoc upon
Lockwood Il Co.'S lambs.
Several persons are engaged In con-
centratiDg the material from the Stag
dump Of the Matteson furnace. They
have erected a machine for that pur-
pose short distance below the
slaughter house, where they are en-
aDled TO get some water by building
small dam.
An accident occurred at the Man
haitian mine on Thursday last, which
came near being serious. n. Bush
and Pete Shearer were removing the
gearing to a failing car from the track
across plankway over the shafLing
connecting with the pans and settlers
to the blacksmith shop, when the
planking gave way aud they were
precipitated several feet below upon
The running gear. Shearor received
an ugly cut npon his lip and u burn
from friction against the machinery,
With which he came in contact. Bush
Was also scratched up considerably.
About week since Mike Ahearn.
no had previously been TO Eureka.
went out from here to his mine on
White Pine Mountain, near the Jen-
nie a road. He came IN The first of
the week apparently pretty badly
banged up. AMI reported that when
he reached homie he found his cabin
broken open, but noihing missing;
that he made some bread and tea;
the sugar didn't TASTE right; took
more OF it. felt awful sick and went
To bed. In his own words. .could
just get his boots off and pray TO the
Lord to lot him live just one week. 1"
Mike says he could not ge. to water,
but part OF a roll OF butter was within
his reach, which he ate, which acted
as an emetic. He remained in this
condition for 26 or % hours, having
eonvulsions, twitchings, etc. DR..
Hagar, who was I'm town pronounced
the symptoms as those arising from
strychnino and gave Mike milk
diet. That evening Deputy Sheriff
Minshall and Constable Pritchard
went out TO the cabin and brought in
the remaining portion of the loaf of
bread, sugar. etc. Susplcious-look-
ing crystals were picked out of the
sugar, and an experiment was made
on an Indian dog with some of the
sugar enclosed in a piece of meat.
The result was that in due time the
.rurp" siiffened, fell over and went
into commissions and in pity was shot.
The jar of sugar was stated to be
impregnated with enough strychnine
10 kill every man, woman and child
in Hamilton.
NOn-Sutted.
In the District Court in Eureka,