The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1890-03-01
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Board OF Trade, win ex'oena'oI N.
Msu.e IS President.
W.N. McGill has purchased a half
;o,erest in A. C. Houses butcher BUSH
ness.
There will be the regular monthly
meeting of the Board of Commission
ers next monday.
RS. R,dman IL to he Carson Citys
new Postmaster, to succeed the late
c. White.
Toe Woods, the timer, is back from
Cherry Creek, an. is prepared to do
any work In his lire the public ma
need. Joe is d 6rst-class workman.
Tim Shine, formerly we'll known in
Hamilton and Cherry Greek, 10 now
night foreman at the Diamond mine
in Prospect Mountain, near Eurka.
Mrs. Stenstrom, who has been here
for several months on a visit to her
daughter. Mrs. Peaslee, returned home
10 Cherry Creek last Monday.
Newspapers are often criticised for
what they print, but If it were known
how much credit they merit for what
they don't print, ar for the nonsense
the whack out of what they do priht,
they would command much more
generous judgment. - Homer Index.
One. Eyed Jack, an Indian well
known in Taylor, had both his feet
badly frozen while walking 10 from
White River. Ho was eleven days IN
the ruad.
We see by the Reno papers that Sol
Hip and J B. Williamson have pun
gled their fV's IS members of the
Board of Trade. The News man was
resdy to forward his dues just rs he
Was notified that he had been placed
upon the honorary list.
The ladies of Ely are making pre-
partitions for = grand masquerade ball
at Fuckers Hall on st. Patrick's day.
Tickets for the same will be issued
from this office in few days.
W. y. McGilI has shipped $50 head
of fat beef steers from the Monitor
Ranch to Salt Lake. They are being
ettvSn ~ C1oEIEts WV VII NC
put on The cars. Provision is made to
have hay Ia feed the stock at conve-
nient stations along the route.
After week of snow, sleet and l,afl
weather generally, cold wave swept
down on Us Wednesday night and laid
its icy grip an all animate AMI in
animate things in this section. It's
great intensity run the mercury down
10 20 degrees below zero. making il
the sccond coldesf night Of the season.
Thursday night the indicator let up
1T 10 below zero.
Drunken squaws are again becom-
Ing common IN our streets. The salu-
tory lesson taught the vendors Of fire.
water to Indians in the District Court
here about year ago seems to have
been forgotten. Our Sheriff should
endeavor 10 round up another batch
Of these offenders for the cunning term
of Court.
Two Of the largest wildcats we ever
saw were killed in the mountain
north of town last Monday. Hunger
and deep snow drove them out of tho
mountains and they made feast on
the Cinnamon pigeons the night be-
fore. They wero easily tracked in the
fresh snow.
II Is evident that something must
be done tn set Ely School District on
lite feet and in running order. We
had hoped this could be done by pri-
vate subscription without resorting tn
tag, hut the more we have canvass ed
the business the more convinced we
ere that il cannot he dnne,as our people
seem lukcwsrm on the subject. The
Trustees might make one more trial to
raise the necessary means by subscrip.
zion, and II that fnil. proceed ut once
10 submit the question Of levying n
tag 10 the voters of the district. Such
tax should not be less than so cents
on each 800 valuation.
As foreshadcwed in our last issue,
"farson" Snllins Of Cherry Creek
writes US that he officiated At thu
marriage ceremony IF our esteemed
young friends, Mr.. Lawrence Stem
s'r"m and Miss Emma Lloyd. on FRI
day evening Ut last week, The event
TOOK took place at the residences of
Mr. and Mrs. r. A. Owens, after which
inc happy couple received the hearty
congratulations Of their many friends.
ana other demonstrations of good will