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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-15
A BLESSING IN DISGUISE.
The Great Drouth Disoussedi in Prac
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tidal Way.
The great season of drouth which
now effects this State is the severest
that has ever visited Nevada since its
first settlement by the whites. From
all points of the State come the same
reports. The valley streams have
been sucked up by the heat Of the
sun, which now, instead of cleaning
on cool pools and dancing cascades,
beats down on the dry, brown rocks
of the river bed. The rills which
babbled down the sides of the noun
tains are silent, the green meadows
have turned into an expanse OF shrlv-
eled yellow, and cattle drag their
gaunt bodies from place to place in
search of food and drink aud when
they find mud holes here and there.
spend their last strength fighting for
chance to lap the stagnant alkall
water.
The Carson Appeal hopes that the
believing of these poor beasts will
reach the ears of the short sighted
members of the last Legislature, who
fought the irrigation, artesian we'll
and water appropriation bills at the
last session, and in one sense IS glad
that this is particularly dry season,
that cattle are perishing from hunger
and thirst, and that farmers are seeing
the terrible effects of a summer
drouth on their crops. It will bring
the folly of the past home tothem in
practical way, and they will insist
this year that men be sent to the Leg
islature who will be pledged on these
questions before they are placed on
the ticket
The State should see that the water
laws are so revised that there will be
no inducement to men of enterprise
and capital to invest in water storage
schemes. Under the existing laws of
this State there is no protection to
man who spends money in water stor-
age, provided he wants to use nat
ural channel or ravine that some hog
has taken up to the exclusion of all
his neighbors.
The Appeal would like to see an ex-
perimental artesian we'll at least 1000
feet deep, and 1000 if necessary, sunk
in every county in the State at the
States expense,
The Appeal would like to see dams
constructed in this State for the stor-
age of water, that the wealth which
is wantonly allowed to run to waste
every winter may benefit our agricul-
ture in seasons like the present.
But we are convinced that nothing
but extraordinary emergency will
ever wake the people from their le-
thargy, and so we hope the drouth
will continue far in the fall and that
every body in the State will get a
good dose of it, and that when the
meets next winter the loss
will be fresh in uheir minds.
Let Storey county take the lesson |
to itself. The men they send down
to legislate on the water question
seems never to have had enough sense
to know that il is the lack of storage
reservoirs in the Carson river that has
stopped the mills running and thrown
800 Comstock miners out of employ
meDt. We hope the Comstock miners
this year will ascertain if their legis-
lative nominees propose to do any
thing in this matter this winter be-
fore they cast vote for them.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-15
NOTICE
OF the Meeting of the Board of
Equalization.
NOTICE

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT ]
IN have received the Original Assessment
Roll for the year 1888. from the Assessor of
White Pine County. State OF Nevada. and
that the same is now In my Office at Ely opeu
for public inspection.
Notice Is also given that the Board of
County Comm iseioners Of said County will
meet at my Office as a Board Of Equalization
Monday, September ~, 1883,
And continue In session from day 10 day until
all business coming before Ii Is disposed Of.
provided that said Beard shall not continue
In session after Monday. October /, 1888.
WIN. LAURENSON,
Clerk Of the Board Of County Con missioneYs.
Ely. SEPTEMBER 5, 1888. Estd
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-15

They have Democratic State Gen.
trail Committee in Nevada, with ex-
Governor Adams as Chairman and P.
]. Dunno, Secretary. They have es-
tablished an organ at Virginia City,
aud magnanimously ask the other
Democratic papers in the State to
"please copy"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-15

The Chinese total exclusion bill
passed by the House was voted upon
IN the Senate, but there was not a
quorum of Senators present and the
bill did not pass. Itrequires 80 votes
to pass bill in the Senate and only
SO voted on the Chinese bill.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-15
WHITE PINE NEWS


The press of the State, says th'
Reno Gazette, are unanimous on thI
irrigation and water storage questions
and upon the next Legislature will thu
burden rest of putting some plan %
relief into execution. It is useless fol
our people to wait for the National
Government to come to the States
relief the initiative must be made BY
US. Let il be practically determined
that system of storage reservoirs can
be made success and then the Gov
eminent will carry on to completion
the work begun. The plan of the
Carson Appeal, which is published in
today's issue, is the best which has
yet been presented, and should meet
with careful consideration at the hands
of our lawmakers. Our home people
can appreciate the need of such q
measure; the wise men of the East,
who Imagine Nevada to be sort of
American Sahara, land where water
is as precious as the silver and gold
that lie buried in her mountains, can
not comprehend that system of water
storage reservoirs can be successfully
established, and will not heed the ap-
peals of Senator Stewart in her behalf.
Wherever water is plentiful in the
State, the result of the generous dis
pensation is seen in the springing
vegetation which decks valley, noun
tain and plain in robes of green. It
shows, conclusively, what the State is
capable of as an agricultural region,
with plenty of water. There are hun
dreds of thousands of acres of fine
lands in all portions of the State
which only require water to make
them produce anything and every
thing in the line of fruits and cereals.
What Nevada needs to make those
barren valleys smile under the hand
of cultivation is system of storage
reservoirs and artesian wells. For the
former innumerable canyons in the
mountains which dot the State present
admirable sites, and we believe that If
is possible to find the latter in almost
every valley. It is an effort worth
making, and we do not know of an
other enterprise where such small
outlay promises such magnificent re
turns. Establish system of reservoirs
and let the fact once be demonstrated
that flowing water can be found in the
dry valleys of this State and an almost
endless vista of prosperity is opened
to Nevada. Population and capita!
will flow in upon us, and happy homes
surrounded by waving fields of grain
and orchards bending beneath the
weight of their ripening fruit, will
transform many an arid plain into
rich and productive valley. To secure
an appropriation from the State for
the establishment of an experimental
storage reservoir, or in furtherance of
the plan of the Carson Appeal, no eff
fort should be spared, and an equally |
liberal appropriation should be made |
for the sinking of artesian wells. The
duty of the next Legislature is plain;
the people demand that their servants
shall obey their behests.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-15

The Postmaster General recon-
mends new lock for United States
mail pouches something robber
proof.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-15

Fifty-three notice have been given
from as many Senators who intend to
make tariff speeches when that debate
opens.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-15

A Colorado Judge has held that a
man is obliged to tell his wife where
be has been when he come home late.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-15

Complaints are made that the yell
low fever refugee camps in Georgia
are simply death traps.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-15

Judge Terry has sued U. s. Marshal
Franks of California for $4,000,
damages for false imprisonment
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-15

Columbia, South Carolina, reports
over 100000 damage from floods in
shate vicinity.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-08
Shooting at Strikers In Pittsburg.

PIrrsBURG Feb 4-The Polar Iron Works
OF Clark & Co.. was Idle for two months. be-
cause the firm aud the employees differed ON
the question of allowing William Simms. a
roller, to retain two jobs The workmen
wanted Simms To divide the work with an
other man. Simms still holds the fort and
says that he has been admitted 10 the firm
Yesterday morning the mill was manned
with negroes, the furnaces lighted and the
machinery set in motion. This afternoon
at O'Clock work ceased for the week and
eighty of the negroes escorted by score of
policemen started for their homes. They
were followed by about 800 men and boys
A short distance away from the mill, one of
the boys threw brick which hit police
man. Nearly all the negroes at once drew
revolvers and fired atthe boys. A policeman
also fired. The boys scattered in all direc-
tions. Joseph Kenny, age seventeen, was
found unconscious in the street. He was
shot in the face. Two other boys are said to
have been wounded. One of the policemen
seized the negro who shot Kenny, and after
a severe struggle, took his weapon from him
He did not arrest him and atterward told the
lieutenant who ensured him that he had
forgotten 10 do so.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-08
The Republics Peril.

From the Baltimore American.
Congressman Burrows, in his speech at the
banquet of the Young Mems Republican
= ilub, h;f ihe nail sqnarely on the bead when
he said that unless frauds upon the ballot
box are corrected ske days of the Republic
are numbered. This country has more to
fear from the corrupt exercises of the cleo
tive franchise than from all other perils
combined
While this evil attacks the very basis of
our institutions, is does not excite the pro
found alarm oceasioped by less pressing dan
dividuals. To steal or miseount tiae votes of
those opposed 10 u in Poiiiies does aos pro-
woke the indignation or apprehension that
would be caused by the robbery OF their
stores or houses. and yet the latter ia its gen.
eral effects is infinitely less injurious than
the former. In the one case the public is
The sufferer not only by a reversal Of its de-
iibersse Judgment. bug by the disregard OF
solessB obligations and contempt for the
rights of tboSs rbo do not think as we do
and by the deyeispsasai Of an immoral aud
monsirous distineiiss Ia ethics that there
are rules OF honor and reefifGds hich should
influence person in ali his deiiiEgs with
bss fellow-men. save in the cxercisos ef ciH-
sessaap. while the robber Of ones house or
fockszssst At most only commits a crime
against the tseiyidGal. whose rscarrence
will he prevented - sound Pabiie senti-
meni oompclling the esfssarplent ofsi8c la~.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-08

Tnr follo.ing graphic paragraph. in
relercnoe a. the battles Of the wilderness,
- from tseneral sherman article on The
s;r<ai Strategy Of the War Of the Rebel
lion" IN the February tosfurg:
In the wilderness there was no room
fsr grand strategy, OF even minor tactics I,
but the fighting xas desperate, the losses
10 the Caion army being. according to
Phisterer. ss .71SS7. TO the Confederate loss
of II .4o0-the difference due to Lees in
fxenchments and.the blind nature Of the
country in which the battle was fought
son the night of May eth both parties
paused appalled, by the fearful slaughter; !;
i,xt Gens<al Grant commanded Forward
by the ief flank This was. in my
Judgment, the supreme moment Of his
Life: undisrnayed. sith full conprehen-
sion of the importance of the work in
wls<h he was engaged. feeling as keen a
sympathy for his dead and wounded as
axy one. and without stopping 20 count
his nanhers. he gave his orders eaimly,
specifically and absolutely-'Forward to
Spoitsylvanix'
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-08

TnE Senate on Monday passed the
Joint resolution proposing an amendment
q the Constitution providing that the
term q Office Of the President and Of the
Tlffieth CongreSs shall continue until
Apil 10. lssa. NJ noon; that the Sena-
tor who's existing term would other
Wis cxpire ON Mar,h 4. lssA and there
aiicr shall coniinne iH Office until April
~. snoc-c,iing such expiration that April
~. ~ nom. shat thereafter l.e substituted
Cor March 4. a. the csmmenormesf and
termination e the sfisrisl term ef ibe
l'nesidcui. Nicc President. >-naiors and
Representatives In Cungr-~, and that the
t.h articls II the amendment a. the
son-giiuiion slsall D. amended by ssrik-
fng om the words am day II March p
and Substituting the woTds soih d@y Of
Alxil, At moan
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-08
Wanted His Discharge.

WAsuTSGToS, February 2.-The postmas-
ter in a small village in Mississippi has
written TO the postmaster general asking
him TO discontinue the office. He explains
that his neighbors, who are wool growers,
became distrustful of his rabbit dog, and in
consequence, he states, lit turned up miss
ing. So am left here, continues the post
master patheiically, without the means OF
sustenance. So If you expect me TO sit up
nights for the train, you will have 10 for
ward, at once. some pork and beans or some
other nourishment. or new postmaster will
have TO be appointed at this place. He
adds in postscript: " Mr.--wants me to
split him some rails if | can get rid of this
office. so hurry up with the grub or the dis
charge" The office was discontinued in re-
sponse to this appeal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-08
An Infant Incendiary.

NV foRK. Feb. 2.-Iast Sunday night
there was fire ip the Hospital for the Rup-
tased aud Crippled which Eesplted in q
panic among the children aud the death Of
one Of the domesfies employed ia the ins,i,a-
tioB. IL vas ssidestiy u ipoeR5isry origin
but there was not the slightest eiue To the
culprif. The Fire Aar.Lsi Lss baen closely
investigating the matter sgef sinss and this
afternoon reached a rather asioBisiiag sclg-
ton OF the mystery. sinoe the fire Of sua-
day other attempts have been made TO fire
the building By placing matches on the rig
istss "a such a way that their sgnition
wOnld quekl, rsrt a conhagration made
This Afternoon saothsf and nearly saeress-
Sal ai,e'nps Was made by srsilRs mn 20 10,
q linen IN a drawer. The I'm aspzan,snt
Wa called and another panic ssneas the
crippies ctssnei bat f,rtunalely the firs uas
s.ssn pui ous and nobody rss hurt One e
tlis I'atssnis. Mary Wiisss. preiiy and esl-
eagiss child VI a. year.. xas discovered
snsaking asay from tl.s spsf Ehsre the srs
was discoser,l. sni the Firs Nsrshai. whose
ssssIisisus alrgady Peiutci soxsrf her.
tax~s her ~ith The crime She 81 6usf
-sou;is denied Il. hui finally broke down
and coaf~s~i that she lsad m.ir half
d.nrn sfrrEngss ~ hurn de hospital. She
"a NJ kno~ shy he did n. A physician
wAo szamined hsr ssys she i afsicied xish
Fyrpn4nia-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-08
Really Out OF Politics.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-Ex- Senator Conk-
ling has been in the city this week in con
neciion with the Bell telephone proceedings
correspondent asked him if il was true, rs
reported, that he had declared he would do
nothing TO further the election of Blaine or
Sherman, but that if Gresham, Allison or
Sheridan were nominated, he woald take an
active interest in the champaign.
Not a single word or suggestion is true, =
said the Senator. " have said nothing
further than has been already correctly re-
ported in The Disprtct, that thought either
Allison, Gresham, Hawley or Sheridan
would unite the tlisintegrated Republican
forces in New York. have not the fLintest
expectation of taking any part in the cam
paign of this year ! think | am believed
when say that | am out Of politics"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-08

IN this crisis Of National affairs the at
sr.H6s9n of the President of the United
Stxses Is respectfully called 10 the follow
ing words and sentiments
When the holders Of the ballot, quisk
ened by sense Of duty, shall avenge
snith betrayed and pledges broken, and
sslssn suffrage shall be altogether free
san6 sncorrup,ed. the full realization Of a
:roves<9ent by the people will be ai hand.
And ofsse means TO this end, not one
'<ould, in ny Judgment, be more effective
chan an amendment TO the Constitution
.d,sssslifying the President from re-elec-
rion-
suoh vcre the words a--i sentiments
.sf Grover CievclanA nonsinss Of the
g,enscratic cesucn;ion for she frcnsen-
c. Bot Crovsr cSereland a. Prcsidess
h2s ND rcommended such an amend
uaens 80 Tie Constitution: truth has l,een
betrayed and ,lesles< brsker By him 10
she matter Of siriiserrire efrm slec-
ticas have becn made norrur< in Mary
land nv the ct and dsrt u nls ssents
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-08
Atrocious Murders.

MAcoS. Ga. Feb. 4.-In Baker county a
young man went To the house of Amos
Grant, eolored farmer, and finding all quiz
ct and the house closed he looked around for
the cause and found the body of Grant hang
ing from rope thrown from projecting
joist in the rear of the house.
Inside he found Mrs. Grants body in bed
her head crushed to jelly, as if by club
On the floor was the body Of the wife's sis
ter. Farther over was the body of Grants
15-year-old son.
The theory Is that, as Grant was hard
taskmaster, his wife was about TO leave him.
and that Grant, frenzed by the thonght of
her departure, took club and Drained them
all while they slept and then committed su-
icidc
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-08


LOUISVILLE. Jan. 2a.-Judse Wagner and
County Attorney Lee Ferguson, Of Pike
County. together with S. q, Kinner. OF
Commonwealth attorney OF the Sixteenth
District, arrived in Frankfort and asked the
Governor for arms ard ammunition for the
Pike County people who are threatened
with massacre by the Hatfielsis, of Logan
County. W. Va. Several years ago the
trouble originated. One of the McCoys.
constable. arrested one of the Hatfields for
some trifling offense. Subsequently. at an
election in Pike County a difficulty ensued
between the parties and Hatfield was shot
Four ofshe McCoys were arrested. and were
taken from the authorities by the Hatfield
mob, who carried them. together with the
wounded Hatfield, into Logan County, West
Virginia. Here Hatfield died. and after his
death the four McCoys were taken back 10
Pike County. tied to heap of bushes and
shot to DEATH
Last September Governor Buckner offered
$500 reward for the murtierers Of the Nc
Coys, but the Governor of West Virginia re-
boldened by this refusal, the Hatfield gang
made raid into Pike County on New Years
Eve Of the present year and burned old man
McCoy's house. McCoy's youngest daughter
attempted TO quench the flames and was shot
in the breast and killed. A young son was
also killed ON the same night, and the aged
mother was beaten nearly to death. The
old man escaped and carried the news to
Pikevillc. The people armed themselves
and about thirty men formed party 10
avenge the Outrage. They went into Logan
County and soon after killed two men, Jim
Vance and John Hatfield. connected with
the Hatfield gang On Thursday last this
party crossed Tug River and proceeded a
short distance in West Virginia unmolested,
but when nearing the residence of Captain
Hatfield they came across a woman in the
road with a bucket, who was standing picket
and who Immediately waved an alarm.
The capturing party continued their journey
for q few rods and when turning point in
the road were fired upon by squad of eight
from the Hatfield gang. Bud Mccoy was
shot through the shoulder and dangerously
wounded.
The Kentucky party Immediately returned
the fire. and VIII Dempsey. of the Hatfield
gang. fell to the ground, shot through the
bowels. AT this jnncture the Hatfields re-
treated. The Iatields now threaten 10 re
taliate by burning and piIIaging Pkesville
and all the residences within their reach
They are well organized and well armed.
Governor Buckner granted the request for
nrr
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-08

TIE State Convention called for April
25,h will have lots Of good material TO Sc
lect candidate for Supreme Judge from.
The canvass for the nomination is becom-
ing quite active hut the question is likely
10 remain in doubt until the convention
shall decide.
ChiefJustice Gordon, Of Jefferson coun-
ty heads the list, but the fact that he has
served term-twenty-one years--is like
ly 10 operate against his denomination.
Judge Wilson, of Clarion is also can
didate and his nomination is urged by
his friends who succeeded in electing
him in district strongly Democratic.
Judge Mitchell, of Philadelphia, has
received the endorsement of the entire
Republican portion Of the bar of his city
and his supporters include many of the
most active Republicans of the State.
Judge sadler, who overcame a strong
Democratic majority in Cumberland
county is strongly backed in the central
counties.
Judge Stowe, of Allegheny county, is
about the most popular candidate in the
western part Of the state His canvass is
being jealously watched, however, by
the friends of Major Montooth, who came
so near being nominated for Lieutenant
Governor instead of Davies, and who
hopes to succeed Beaver as Governor.
The convention can not 60 wrong in
making nomination from the above
list as one is quite as likely to prove as
strong a candidate as the other.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-08
Bloodshed at a Wedding.

LITTLE Rock. Feb. 3.-Particulars Of IA
tai fight near Red Aleck Postoftice weincs-
day reached here. Anthony Fletcher aud
Miss Sue Beck were 10 be married, and a
large number Of people had assembled to
witness the ceremony. When the preacher
Pas beginning the ceremony man named
pegafred, whom Miss Beck recently rejected
ired IT tie groom, woundins hip slightly
Cummings, the srcVqsman, attempted 10
seize Deeafrel, when ? bgci.seF Of the latter
shot bip through the wrist. Tbe company
red ir all direciiops, many escaping through
iss windows The bride screamed for some
cue % ssse ses hgsbsps and fell 10 the ilcor
In esnsss.isss. FIelcisr sross she Dsgafor,ls
from the hou~e ~ist shot gsa. They rode
away and sere fsllowed by csnEaisss. who
fatally woanded the elder brother. aud was
himself weaaded IN both arms necs<-itsiins
their amPataiioa fleiclser hunted ny a
pn-sai,sr when order as re~torr.i. and xas
h.uisd- fhers sere 10 sitneses. Ds-a-
f's-i'- de-th y sossesisnis eslsectei.