The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-08-08
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

The Misses Carothers are visiting at
the home Of Senator FL. A. Comins.
Mr. John Wearne and wife, of
Cherry Greek, are visiting in Ely this
week.
Adolph Sunberg and Joe Newman
came in from Glencoe, Thursday.
Mrs James P. McOmie and Mrs.
DIR. Davis. left Thursday, for a weeks
visit in Steptoe Valley.
A new whim is being made for the
Revenue, and preparations made for
the commencement of operations.
Elk Governor Jewett w. Adams
arrived from the West Tuesday even
ing.
Find "bllls allowed" by Commits
sioners at their meeting last Monday,
in another column.
w B.Asmuss, representing the Pion-
Ger Nursury, of Salt Lake City, was
in Ely, Wednesday.
L. S. Scott, who has been at work
at the Horton place, Sunnyside, for
ome weeks past, returned Wednes-
day.
Work was begun at Copper Flat
last Monday, under the management
of Henry Dieterly and Thomas Rock
hill.
Treasurer Williamson who has been
under the weather for the past few
days, is around again, all right. You
can't keep good man down, no more
than you can crush truth.
Chas. Wagner pulled in from To
ano last Saturday with 12-horse
team loaded with merchandise for
w. B. Graham.
Since the discovery of silver at the
Gap, the immediate vicinity is being
prospected as it never was before
BoRN-To this wife of Fine Mollison,
on Wednesday last, a daughter.
Mother and Child doi.-g well.
In another column will be found
notice Of Tie call for Peoples Parry
Primaries to be held on Saturday
August ed. Also notice OF meeting
of Peoples Party County Central Com
mittee at Ely, on Tuesday, August
18th.
Johnny Farrell and Mrs. Neil
Munro left for DeLamar, lincoln Co.
on visit, on Monday They were
accompanied by Attorney f. X Muir
ply, who goes to attend the district
court now in session at Phoebe.
Mr.. Sol Hip announces himself,
in this Issue Of the News, as a candi
date for State Senator. See under
the head "Aunoun cement of candi-
dates D Sol is che Of the best men in
White Pine County, and will sure
ly win.
At the meeting of the Board of ca.
Commissioners last Monday, Geo. r.
Hayden was appointed Registry agent
for the White River Precinct, and
Simon Davis for the Precinct aG Au-
rum.
Hercules Gap has been thrown in
to prominence the last few days,
through the discovery by Jno. Merritt
of a rich vein of silver ore. Mr.. Mer-
rift who has been prospecting in the
vicinity of the Gap, for some two
months, made the find about four
weeks since; tire vein which was no
thicker than knife blade on the sur
face, is now between and inches
in thickness, and is increasing rapid
ly as the development work continues.
1t cuts the formation and has every
indication of true fsure vein. Three
assays made Sunday, went 10, 5665
and 38208 ounces in silver, each show
ing good percentage of lead. The
claim is called the Fountain.
1t is reported that Augustus Pulsi
pher and Capt. r. J Harmon, two
of White Pines "sotd Muldoons"
believing that one or two parties who
evidently aspire to political honors at
the coming election, would not be
wholly acceptable to the people of
Eastern Nevada, have decided to take
the stump in opposition to their can
didatcy. Messrs Harmon and Pulsi-
pher are men of decided convictions
and are power in politics, aud will
simply ''make Rome howl" May
the kind "divinities' rescue those I'M
fortunate political aspirants against
whom these political giants will direct