The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1893-02-11
LOCAL and GENERAL NEWS.

goes to San Francisco.
The bills allowed by the Board of
County Commissioners will be found
in another column.
Governor Colcord has appointed
Ben Sanders a Notary Public for
White Pine county to reside at Ely.
A bill has been introduced in the
Assembly for the relief of W. FL. Rich
ards of White Pine county. Who
Mr.. Richards is we know not.
We learn from the Ferguson Lode
that r. A. Martin, a former resident
of Ely, is on his way to this place to
see what the outlook is for business.
Col. Joseph Grandelmeyer writes
from Eureka that he is on his way
Es t with a collection of ore for the
Worlds Fair.
Harry L. Perry we learn from the
Phoebe Record, died suddenly in Pan
AGA on the 3Oth ult. Heart failure is
supposed to be the cause.
w. L. Davis of the News arrived
in Carson on the 31st ult. and left for
San Francisco Saturday last. He
will return to Carson in three or four
days.
w. R. Bassett has opened the
saloon formerly run by J. S. Reeder
in Ely. Billy has been out of the
business long enough to grow rusty
but he has MT.
The regular monthly meeting of the
County Commissioners with a full
Board present was held Monday.
Only business of routine character
was transacted.
It is claimed by many that wher-
ever water is reached in this district
much richer ore may be expected,
and point to the Chairman as proof
of the assertion.
The Midnight mine in which ex-
ceedingly rich gold ore was encoun-
tered week before last has opened out
to five feet and gives promise of a
much wider spread.
The snow storm commencing Wednes-
day and lasting two days seems to have
been general. The snow fall between
Ely and Hamilton is reported to be
quite heavy.
A bill has been introduced in the
Assembly allowing Justices of the
Peace to require of plaintiff de-
post of money or an undertaking as
security for all costs before issuing a
summons.
Haley News Miner: Hostility to
the cause of silver is not alone found
in the east; it exists right in mining
camps here among men who pretend
to favor free coinage, and yet who
would follow their old gold party any
where, no matter what its principles
were. That's what's the matter.
It is claimed by some hereabouts
that there is lottery scheme at the
bottom of the proposed Constitutional
Convention, that the time before the
election was made short in order that
the schemers, who have everything
fixed, may take snap judgement, allow
ing those who are opposed to the lot
tory but little time to look around for
good timber to send to the Conven-
ton.
DIR. John R. Morse, prominent
physician and surgeon of San Fran
cisco, and brother-in-l of Eugene
Howell, says the Sentinel of the 4th,
came here on Thursdays train for the
purpose of removing him to his rela-
tives in San Francisco. Mr.. Howell
has been confined to his sick bed for
the past two months with a very severe
case Of rheumatism. We hope soon
to learn of his entire recovery.
A letter has been received here an
nouncing the death of Felix Knight at
Phoebe on the 4th inst. For the past
twenty years and more he has lived
for the most part alone in Silver Park
district working his mines, which are
remarkably rich in silver, and only
making shipment of ore when sup
plies were short. He welded large
hammer with one hand and did quite
as much execution as an ordinary
man does with two. A few months
ago he refused $50, 700 for his mines