The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1890-01-11


onerations in OsceOla had to cease on
account of the late heavy storms.
In the District Court of Elko county
Mary A. Cole has filed petition for q
divorce from Hiram Cole.
Willie Peters came in from HALEY,
Idaho. by the last Cherry Creek stage.
He reports the upper country very
dull.
Wm. Blair, mention of whom we
made last week as having his feet
badly frozen near Eureka, has had
both amputated. We are sorry for
poor Blair.
Postmaster ID. II. Collins of Cherry
Creek and w. ID. Campbell of Steptoe
Valley were in Ely Tuesday and Wed
nesday Their mission Was to get the
mail through.
Commissioners Gallagher and Muir
held the quarterly meeting of the
Board Tuesday, Mr.. Boyle being abb
sent for the first time in many years,
probably being snow-bound in fe-
hama canyon.
Geo. ID. Coburn arrived from Osce-
ola Wednesday evening. He had n
tough trip crossing tho Schell Creek
range, where he reports the snow five
feet deep.
Louis Pollard and Miss Rosa Nc
Laughlin, who left here Sunday for
Cleveland's. put into pert at Taylor,
awaiting fairer weather to continue
their journey.
A. X. Watson has retained Wren Il
Cheney of Eureka ~ assist Rlves IL
Beatty for the defense in the pending
Joanna mining suli. Two heavy legal
teams are they.
The sale of the personal property
of the late Eugene n. Robinson, at
Seligman, which WAS 10 come off on
the 9th Instant, mas been postponed
until April 10 b, On account of the bad
weather.
The Eureka Sentinel has il that the
next sitting of the District Court for
White Pine county will be January
Goth. Can't be certain of It, neigh
Dor 1t may he that the snow viii be
so deep on the mountain ranges be-
tween here aud Eureka that neither
Court nor lawyer can gel in.
Whew Whiz! But il was cold Mon
day and Tuesday nights On the ter
wer night Weather Sharp Cupi 5
thermometer registered 20 degrees anu
on the latter % degrees below Zero at
the Court House All day Tuesday
the mercury did not rise above zera,
aud those who ventured out doors had
10 be very careful IT being frost
bitten.
Mr. aud Mrs. A. X. Watson came in
from Eureka on Monday night $ stage,
when the mercury was 20 degrees be-
low zero. Mr.. Watson is loud in his
praise of the stage drivers who, he
says, deserve great credit for their
efforts In overcoming almost unsnr-
nountable obstacles in getting the
mail through.
Our mails from all points have been
several days behind time this week,
and the wonder is that any came
Nh'pdSh u All. Even our kucII1
Creek mail had hard time getting
10, though the route is all over val
ley road. Four horse were put ON to
bring IT through. The Eureka aud
Taylor lines have also doubled stock.
AT o'clock Thursday evening the
Eureka stage got in With the DELAYED
mails up to date.
More Snow. Everybody thought
when IL cleared up and the cold wave
swept dosn upon US the fore part of
the week that the storm was broken
and fair weather had set in. But
Thursday the mercury rose rapidly
and toward evening it commenced TO
snow again, two or three inches fall
ins during tie night. II stormcd off
and on all day ye,te' day, with no
signs of letting up.
AT the redemption of county scrip
tuesday, by Treasurer Williamson,
o"l Hilp and A. ID. Clute raked the
pot. Hips bid was 30 cents and he
surrendered 5000 35 in scrip for
POO 80 in coin. Clute's bid was
S'.e'A laveragedD cents, and he sur
rendered $2,00l 80 in scrip for
S.os ~ In coin, leaving balance of
W cents in the fund. Chief Scrip
sharp Hayes flew his kite too high
aud got left this time.