The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1890-02-01
loCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

The Ely mill started up again Thurs
Nv morning on Joanna ore.
The White Pine restaurant has been
,soneped by Mrs. Tucker and Mrs.
Clay.
potatoes have taken II sudden and
h;oh bound in Eureka and are now
retailing at 6 cents per pound.
Jesse Peaslee is cutting and hauling
fine quality of Steptoe Lake ice for
Sol Hip and John Weber.
Senator Stewart has introduced a
hill TO place General Patrick +. Con.
nor ON the retired list of the army
The weather for the past week has
clear aud pleasant aud the snow has
settled considerably bare spots
appearing on the sunny slopes OF the
low foothills.
The loss of cattle in White Pine
if we may judge by the number that
have died in this vicinity-will be
pretty heavy.
All the cattle and sheep in Nye
county are doing well, aud it is
thought the losses in that locality will
be very light-Eureka Sentinel.
T. F. O'Neil and p. G. Weber are
expected in from Phoebe next week.
The late storms had the effect of stop
ping mining operations and making
that town quite dull.
The Cherry Creek stage took out
from Sol Hips Friday morning quite
lot Of provender for the half-fam-
ished residents of that snow .bclea-
guered town.
The Eureka Sentinel of the 25th
reached here Saturday evening just
eight days after publication. Ii con
tanned nothing definite as tn when the
long blockade would be raised.
We have waited and waited. and
held back this issue of the News,
hoping tn get mail from Eureka, but
rs Sunday morning Approached and
none came, we had to go tn press with
GU; any news from tire outside world.
II is just three weeks since we re-
ceived our last mail.
During the present famice IF news
paper reading matter many have bad
recourees 10 Old magazines and other
time-worn literature, and in some in
stances, 81 great has been the craving
for something Ia read, that the old
family bibles have been taken from
dusty hooks, brushed over and laid ON
the center tables.
Dispatches from Paliaade from
Wren & Cheney aud Rives. who are
blockaded there on their return from
San Francisco, announce that all the
suits brought by Mrs. Walcott against
A. X. Watson have been compromised,
and Court will not meet here until the
regular term in April.
Capt. Akey, who drives the Taylor
stage, informs rs that the denizens Of
the upper levels had nice party at
Bassett's hail last W. dnesday night
Ten ladies were in attendance, aud
to the sweet straius of music, the as
sembly danced the merry hours away
TILL al early hour in the morning.
A letter reached here from Beaver,
Utah, bringing the sad Intelligence of
the death of a daughter Ii. Williams.
Mr.. Williams is now out on his stage
line between here and Rcvelle, aud
II will several days before the news
reaches him.
Again comes the report that Wash
Woodberry Is dead. This time the
news comes TO us from "Boss" Weber
In Phoebe, who writes that he read il
IN late issue of the Salt Lake Tri-
bune. The News, several wears ago,
on information which proved unreli-
able, published an account of Mr..
Woodberry's death We hope the
present report is rs uniounded as was
the first.
John 5. Wheatley, who was fore
man OF the Argus mines at Taylor
turing the last year of that company's
operations, has been in town for sew
eral GAYS. His family are now reeid
ing 10 Taylor Jack maintains his ro-
tundity without flaw.
The Robinson Canyon Consolidated
tracer Mining Company have COM
menced sinking shaft No. 3 on the
upper part Of their ground. No. 2
prospected well, but they are deter
. .nineu 10 make thorough test of all
the,r ground before starting in to work
win The view Of production.