The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1890-09-06
/ neal AND GENERAL NEWS.

Fred CLARK mas reluIucd i"'h "'9
flying trip to Salt Lake.
r. F. Miller comes to the front as
we are going to press as a candidate
for Sheriff and Assessor.
Alex Mcdonald is putting up a
residence on Altman avenue, in front
of his blacksmith shop.
T. c. Poujade caught 11-inch
trout in Steptoe lake one day this
week.
Miss Minnie Comins departed for
Reno last Saturday, where she will
enter Bishop Whitakers School for
Girls.
JR williamson, A. G. Cleveland
and o. Fl. Gray personally represented
White Pine county in the Republican
State Convention.
The Republican County Central
Committee has increased the number
of delegates in Taylor to the County
Convention from two to four.
White Pines delegates TO the
Democratic State Convention are E: Sol
Hip, ID. G. Mcdonald, ID. b. Akey,
Charles Green and Frank Paul.
John Verzan, the veteran war-horse
Democrat of Taylor, was in town Tues
day. exchanging friendly greeting
with old friends.
W. ID. Campbell and family of Step
toe Valley, and George p. Holmes
and family of Cherry Creek, have
gone on an excursion to Lehman S
Wonderful Cave in Snake Valley.
Aud still they comel Four new
candidates this week, and one of them
Democratic. Come right along,
gentlemen; there is room in the News
for dozen more.
Assessor Peters estimates that White
Pine county's Assessment will fall
short nearly 100000 of what it was
last year. Ely is the only town in
the county that held its own and
improved.
We have no news from the Re-
publican State Convention which met
in Virginia City last Thursday. 1t
would not at all be surprising if the
head of the ticket should be A. @.
Cleveland for Governor and Francis
G Newlands for Congress.
We learn hat josiah Fuller. a for
mer we'll known resident of White
Pine county, died in San Diego. Cal,
about a month ago. Mr.. Fuller was
both "a gentleman and scholar. and
had reached tie scriptural limit of
three score and ten.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sol Hip and chill
dren leave Sunday morning for Reno.
Sol will represent White Pine in the
Democratic State Convention, after
which he will return. Mr.. Hip and
the children will remain in Reno I'M
Ill after the fair.
The Board of County Commissioners
held a meeting last Monday. Present:
Muir aud Gallagher. The only BUSH
ness transacted besides passing on
bills was the appointment Registry
Agents for Taylor, Aurum and White
River. The appointees are ID. Felsen-
thai, Simon Davis aud w. VI. Moor
man.
We notice that our old friend Jacob
Weber, formerly of Cherry Creek, has
been elected delegate from Ormsby
county to the Democratic State Con-
vention. Though there was an OPP
position ticket in the field, the old
man polled the full party vote, 112.
We had short but pleasant call
last Saturday morning from A. B.
Cooper, Secretary of the Martin White
Mining Company, and Mr.. Crowell,
both of San francisco. From here
the gentlemen went up to Ward to
inspect the company's mines.
Constable Reeder raked in an inno-
cent looking Chinamsn the fore part
of the week, whom he nabbed in the
act of selling whiskey to 10, the Poor
Indian. Upon examination before
Justice Weber the heather was sent
up to await the action of the Grand
Jury.
Messrs. Cohen & Willard, now OPP
Grating the mines at Morey, Nye
county, have been in Ely for several
days. Their mission here is TO ex-
anime the mines of the district. This
they have been busily doing since
their arrival. Thursday they went
across the valley and took look at
the Peacock, which they pronounce a