The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-08-10
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

fair living. The field is open.
They have had heavy rains in por-
tions Of Lincoln county.
Mrs. Cupid has rented Reeder' 5
building and will shortly open a fruit
store there.
John Frank. Jr., has thrown up his
Job at the Monitor mine and taken his
departure for Phoebe.
The Ely public School will not re-
open before next January. Cause -
no funds to go on.
The Record says : Improveme nts in
real estate in Piocle is princi pally
manifested in the repairs of old build
ings.
Ex-Governor Adams has been tarry.
ing with Us for week. He goes
West this morning.
J. s. Beeder, our barber, has left
US. The Phoebe fever struck in on
him aud carried him off.
The hazy atmosphere during the week
is no doubt due to the smoke from the
forest fires in the Sierras and Idaho
being driven in upon us.
Shes coming sure. We mean rain
Those rumbling sounds and electric
flashes sporting among the mountain
peaks give no false alarm.
Jesse Peaslee, with his big teams,
and a big load of Shefer's brewery.
pulled out Yesterday for Lincoln
county's capital.
Just now people seem to be as anx-
ious to get out Of Ely as they were in
hurry to get in year ago.
Sam Chipman, late of Taylor, is now
a resident of Baker City, Oregon.
He writes that he does like the coun-
try. Wages are very low there.
The tax On the net proceeds of mines
for the quarter ending June Both is
now due and payable, due notice of
which is given by Assessor Peters in
another column.
Davis & Sanford, of Aurun. are
shipping 95-ounce ore to Salt Lake
City. They have fine property and
ought to have a mill ~ reduce their
orc at home.
The Merrimac Comp1nrs employees
at Cherry Creek hal n day this
week. The company continues to ship
the usual quantity of rich bullion
every week.
Judge Wells is expected here Mon
day. The only business we know of
10 the Court line Mt this timr is to
probate the will If the lato Eugene
n. Robinson
The Lyon County and Reno Gazette
are mad ~ hornets because the Vir-
ginia City Fourth of July Committee
cut their advertising bills. We cant
blame them as we get that way ourself
when treated 81 meanly.
For the first time in number of
years Ell, o county is issuing scrip for
the running expenses of the county.
The Independent says there is lots of
money in the treasury, but it belongs
to- the school and road funds.
We are in receipt of letter from
Lirutent.nt George +. Stockle, now
stationed at Fort Apache, Arizona.
lie SAYS that country is entirely differ
cnt from any he had ever even before.
Since he has been there he has seen
no once he ever knew.
No "innocent'' outsider got in on
the scrip redemption last Monday.
Chief Sharp Hayes raked the pot, all
but $40 he left for Little Bush out of
sympathy because he went up Salt
River last Fall "A fellow feeling
makes one wonderous kind"
The Record is In high glee over the
prospects of n local brewery. 1t says
that Boss Weber is coming from Ely
with apparatus to open in that line.
Our neighbor is mistaken. 1t is mt
the Boss but Max Shefer that has de
signs Of furnishing the thirsty Piochers
with foaming lagar.
We had just little sprinkle of rain
Thursday morning, though it threat
ened dcluge. Friday morning it
sprinkled again. Small AS the moist
ure was it had the effect of sending
the mercury down 20 degrees, and
greatly relieving us Of the excessive
heat of the past month.
II. X. Nichols, of the firm of Mich
OILS & Parsons, whe have large land
and stock interests in White River, has
been in town during the week. Mr..