The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1891-06-06
NEW YORK QUoTATIoNs. = Silver
OF Lead. A. 30.

ANYTHING like IL Tor ram. IL cio"iou
nm. however, Thursday morning, and
NOW looks as if ii had settled. We
shall hope it has.
The Board of County Commission
ers-Gallagher g. Travis present-held
their regular monthly meeting Mon
day and transacted routine business.
DIR. C. H. Martin of Cherry Creek
was in town several days this week.
From here he went to San francisco,
where he will probably permanently
abide.
The trial of Ben Morris at Elko for
murder is progressing before a jury
and the evidence against him is said
TO be damaging.
The Governor has appointed John
Simpson of Phoebe Commissioner of
Lincoln county to fill the vacancy
created by the resignation of G. b.
Ball.
Major John II. Dennis is said to be
arranging for the establishment of a
third paper at Virginia City. John
will make Rome howl ifhe gets in.
The Carlin school has again closed
on account of diphtheria. Csrlin
seems to be very unfortunate with this
disease.
Mrs. Josephine Waicott is on top
now in the Joanna suit-Judge Haw-
ley having decided that her case has
been and Is now in the United States
Circuit Court.
In another column we advertise a
piece of county scrip that has been
lost or destroyed. As it is of record
in the Records Office, il is of no value
to any one but the owner.
We learn that man named Ira
Merritt, a stranger in these parts, had
his leg broken at Ward few days
ago by being thrown from a wagon.
DR.. Campbell went up to set the in
jured limb.
Louis Pollard came in from Cleve-
lands ranch Thursday and went on to
Eureka yesterday tn meet Mrs. A. G.
Cleveland aud bring her home. The
lady has been visiting in California for
the past four months.
Silver State: We understand that
VIM. Dunphy has made arrangements
for the transportation Of 400 cars of
cattle, or something over 5000 head,
from point in Arizona tn Argenta
station.
4. Dart, who has been on "A several
months visit tn the old folks Mt home
in Nova Scotia, returned here last
SATURDAY.. He came around by the
Canadian Pacific to Vancouver, thence
down the coast to San Francisco by
steamer.
Ex-Governor Adams. who is looking
after his cattle on a thosand hills and
valleys in White Pine and Nye coun-
ties, has been spending several days
among US. The Governor is pleas
ant gentleman and it does one good to
exchange his cordial greeting.
Louis Franks, the 17-year-old son
of John Franks, of Phoebe, accidently
shot himself in the foot while out
dove hunting on Monday of last week.
The Record says the wound is very
painful, and what the result will be is
not known.
Morris Hoeflich, the we'll known
San Francisco stock-broker, commit
ted suicide on the night of May 2Sth,
by shooting himself through the heart.
An unbalanced mind, caused by sick
ness, was the cause.
Decoration Day, while taking on no
organized form in Ely, was neverthe-
less generally observed by our peo-
pie individually, who repaired to the
cemetery and decorated the graves
Miss Carothers aud her scholars also
contributed to the solemnities of the
occasion.
John Tippett and Mr.. Mallory of
Eagle District, in the Deep Creek
country, were in town several days
the fore part of the week and left a
batch of deeds transferring consider
able mining property with Recorder
Cupid for record. AS soon as record
ed we will note the properties that
changed hands.
An agent of the Northwestern Stage
Company, an Oregon corporation, was
in Ely few days ago trying to sub
let the Ely and Reveille mail route,
which seems to be an elephant no one