The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1893-02-18
/ neal AND GENERAL NEWS.
Predictions that the backbone of

work in the upholstery line that is
equal to anything that comes here
new. 1t is his old business.
Suit involving title to valuable min
ing property in White Pine Mining
District has been commenced in the
District Court by Diepolder against
Ross & Siri.
According to some the mercury was
ID degrees below zero Wednesday
morning, but M. B. Garaghan's mete
GEOLOGICAL works at the Court House
only registered 10 below.
The Bulls Head hotel at Wells,
owned by Fitch & Hardesty, was de-
stroved by fire on the 9Th. It was
valued at $4,000 and insured for
$4,000.
"Pioche Stratas" seems to be a
standing head line in the Ferguson
Lode. A word that is already plural
can't be made to hold any more by
the addition of an "s."
News concerning the sale of the
Joana mine was confidently expected
yesterday morning, but it failed to
materialize. That the sale will take
place there is but little room for
doubt.
The Act fixing the license for the
sale of cigaretts at $15O quarter has
passed the Assembly. It is a sump-
tuary law pure and simple. All such
laws are repugrant to any one who has
an idea above an oyster.
Geo. A. Richardson, who was ar
rested some time ago in Osceola charg
ed with rape, has been held by Justice
Hendrie of that place in the sum of
81, 900 to appear before the next grand
Jury.
Jimmy Harris has been quite i'll
the past week and unable to attend to
business, and Dave bennett has been
running the Capitol as though he had
been there before, due no doubt to
long practice on the other side of the
bar.
The White River Valley Live Stock
and Land Company paid into the
County Treasury Tuesday 81, 33O.25,
which comes very near wiping out the
delinquent tax list. The Company
at one time threatened to stand the
county a suit.
It is rumored about says the Rec
ord, but with what certainly we are
unable to learn, that work is to be re-
sumed by the Phoebe Con. Co. here
shortly, and on general scale. We
sincerely hope the rymor may prove
entirely true.
Two assays have just been made
from the "Golden Stairs" a mining
claim owned by JAS Service and Dave
bennett, located at the mouth of
Robinson Canyon and about a quarter
of mile west of Ely. No l shows 80
ounces in silver and 1928 gold and
No.2 AZ ounces silver and $751; gold.
It shows strong vein over two feet in
width at depth of 8 feet.
W. L. Davis, proprietor of the News,
10 CADOCUCu ObCh 1IOll OdloOll
morning, when he will Immediately
take the wheel. Seeing that the bill
for his relief authorizing the Commits
sioners to issue certificate of in
debtedness in lieu of one lost, passed
both houses, it is a supposable case he
will come back with certified copy
of the bill in his pocket.
J. B. Williamson returned from the
northern boundary of the county
Tuesday where he has been on an as
sessing trip. He took in Cherry
Creek going and coming, says the
place is dull but that the people are
making the best of the situation and
have dance at least once and some
times twice week. On the 22d they
will endeavor to eclipse former efforts
in that direction.
Emil Yost, land who does not know
himO has been heard from, and he adj
dresses his letter "Ely, White Pine
county, Nord America, Nevada. It
is not true that Emil has sacrificed
himself on the altar of matrimony.
If he has he fights shy and keeps the
all-important matter well in the back
ground. Josh Billings made some