The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1892-11-05
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.
Cot vo,,r samnle ballots from County

Thlrty-SlX mines nave cloSou o0""
in Idaho because of the decline IN the
price of silver.
Tuscarora has 400 registered voters,
nearly all of which will be polled Tor
the Peoples Party.
D. Felsenthal, Taylor's old standby
merchant, was at the county seat
Wednesday. He says the upper lev
els are very quiet.
Under the new election law voters
are not kept 100 feet away from the
POLLS as formerly. To keep outside
the guard rail of the voting booths Is
all that is required.
Sol Hip requests us to say that he
exceedingly regrets that his proposed
trip to Osceola was prevented by SICK
ness in his family.
Next Tuesday will be election day.
There does not seem to be much local
interest manifested in the result OF
what the voters will do.
Father Sheridan, of Carson, died at
his home in that city on Oct 9th.
He was loved and esteemed by many
friends, and was the first Catholic
priest to die in Nevada.
There is not much electioneering
going on in White Pine county this
year. The sboys" appreciate that
thew have got a good thing without
such exercise.
Some very rich float from the Duck
Creek district, Nevada, is being exhib-
tied on the streets, and several pros
pectors will leave for that section in
a few Days. L. Journal.
More miners are going into Fergu-
son district, Lincoln county, than the
time justify, and the Lode advises
those seeking employmentto stay away
for the present.
The attention of our readers is call
ed to the ad. of Mrs. I. M. Robinson
in another column. She offers her
fine residence at Seligman for sale.
There is much valuable material in the
building.
It is currently reported that W. B.
Lawler of Ruby has or is about to
consummate a mining sale for $50, 900.
We hope this is true, for no man in the
county deserves better success than
Mr.. Lawler. He has staid with Ruby
Hill for many years and worked hard
to develope it's mining resources.
Capt Norman and Dave McQuity
made an election bet the other day.
It was a steer against steer that
Weaver would get 1900 votes more in
Nevada than Harrison or Cleveland.
Dave in on the affirmative and Cap.
on the negative side of the question.
s'H. V. A. F'., the Tribune CORE
spondent who gave Cherry Greek and
Shellbourne such venomous dose of
his gall, is still "writing up the min
ing camps of the Shell Creek range.
AS he moves south the bile is working
off and his style is more genial
1t costs the taxpayers of Nevada
81 15 per diem for each prisoner in
the Carson penitentiary, or more than
double what it costs to keep the insane
patients at Reno. The Chloride Belt
says the next Legislature should scru-
tinize the affairs of the Carson institu-
ton closely.
A bitter and acrimonious fight is
now being waged in the western part
of the State between little clique of
men who have heretofore ''bossed"
the politics of Nevada and the cham
pion of the people, irrespective of
party-Wm. M. Stewart. The bosses
are kicking vigorously, but they will
surely get left this time.
The great difficulty bribers will ex-
perience in Nevada this year will be
their inability to put ballot into the
voters hand and follow him to the
polls to see that he deposits it. 1t
will cause them considerable incon-
venience and make the result of their
efforts very uncertain, because the
man who is dishonorable enough to
sell his vote will not hesitate to cheat
the briber and vote as he pleases.
The case of Geo. s. Sawyer against
the State, to test the validity Of the
law which permits the State Board of
Assessors to raise valuations, has gone