The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1885-10-03
NEWS IN BRIEF.

ing by taking poison.
Strong protests are being made in
Mexico gainst the practice Of selling
vast tracts of land to foreigners.
Jay I. Case, the owner ofJayeEye-
See. has lost about $l.000,O0O IN bad
business ventures within the last lew
years.
An English firm has begun the
Manufacture of casks and barrels OF
steel. They are lighter than wood and
more durable.
Frank Pyers whipped his wife;
Delaware whipped him. He is a
brute; so is Delaware" says the SYRIA
cuse Standard.
People from Elko say that times are
improving at that place, and that
business If all kinds is better than 1t
has been for several seasons.
Nebraska oats are being sold at
Caldwell. Idaho fer 81 cents per 100
pounds, Oregon flour at So 30 per
barrel. Hay is selling in Boise Val>
ley for s. to Sc per ton in the stack.
Hawkins and Mclaughlin, two Cars
sou machipists. are said 10 have the
plant on the way from the East for
sinking artesian wells 1000 feet deep.
The soda making works are ready
for operation at Owens Lake. They
are expected to furnish an income of
about 100000 year, so the sangu
inc proprietors say.
HALEY News Miner: The station
agent al Bellevue, Mr.. w. w. Forbes,
was arrested yesterday on charge of
embezzement and grand larceny from
the railroad company. He is behind
$4,93e. He was placed under $4,000
bonds to appear before the next grand
jury.
Coahuila, State in Northern Mex
leo, is arming, preparatory TO the
election next mouth. Senior Falcon
is the States Rights candidate, and
Maria Colon the Federalist, backed
by Diaz. The pleasant news is
whichever way the ballot goes there
will be revolution.
The town of Eagle in Occur d'Alene,
which grew with such phenomenal
rapidity and then went down as
quickly, is again reviving, and town
lots are once more being held at high
rates.
In the Big Copper group of mines
at Cliff, near Houston, Idaho, ledge
matter was recently struck at depth
of $50 feet, assaying as high as $204
in gold and nine ounces ia silver.
News has reached Lewiston of the
murder of Daniel NJ. Frazier, Auditor
of Shoshone county, Idaho, early one
morning last week. 1t is evident that
three men entered his sleeping apart
ment in the rear of bis store, hacked
the body to pieces, and then attempt
ed to rifle the safe, in which they
were unsuccessful. There was no clue.
but the murderers are supposed to be
Chinese.
A club of 1890 members, in Berlin,
recently advertised for six medical
officers to attend them at a salary of
1915 per annum each. This would
make the contribution from each
member of the club about 70 cents
year for medical attendance. More
than 400 doctors applied for the
places.
Smith and his wife were on their
way to church, and the lady was puts
ting on her gloves. my dear" said
he pettishly, "you should complete
your toilet at home. I'd just as soon
see you putting on your stockings on
the street as putting on your gloves"
"Most men would she said prompt
ly, and the abashed husband didn't
say another word.
G. s. Kingsley, of Philadelphia,
was wounded in the war of the rebel =.
lion. and had silver place put on his
head. The plate subsequently pressed
against his brain and he became in
sane. He remained in this state for
twenty years. A short time since,
while in an asylum at Washington,
tile plate was removed, and the mans
reason returned. The past twenty
wears was a blank to him Like Rip
Van Wrinkle, he had no remembrance
of anything, and the changes be-
wiLdercd him.