The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-09
Saturday, October, 8, 1897.
SCRAPS FROM ELY.

Subscribe NOW for the NEWS.
John Raimal is in town from the Hot
Creek ranch this week.
The closed season for brook trout
went into effect October LIST.
Miss Florence Lamb OF Reno is in Ely
visiting her uncle, +. NJ. Clark.
Miss Margaret Parker of Round
Springs is visiting in Ely this week.
Tom and Harry Bews We're in town
Monday interviewing the Board Of
Equalization.
L. L. Elliott has been i'll for the past
ten days but is now improving and is
able to be around.
Mrs. Geo. Z. Metzger, of Eureka. is
in Ely visiting her uncle and aunt, Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. Metzger.
Times are beginning to get flush in
Lane City. In a game of sevenup the
other evening the stakes were $50 on
the first ten points.
The construction of the telephone line
between Ely and Eureka is nearing
completion. The boys are now within
about four miles of Eureka.
VIM. OKeefe, of Lower White River,
is reported to be dangerously sick with
fever sore on his leg-just- above the
knee cap.
Miss Rose Mclaughlin, who has been
vicitino bopo tba ma of weak left 'HhnPS-
day for Butte valley, where she is
teaching school.
Miss DR.. Sullivan returned on Sunday
from Schellbourne, where she had been
attending Mrs. VIM. Burke, whom she
reports to be improving.
J. C. Carpenter and S. Billings, who
had been working the past two months
on the Phoenix claim, left for Los An
geles, Cal, last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs McGary and daughter
Anna of Eureka, are visiting the family
of F. x. Murphy. Miss McGary is on
her way to the Shoshone District,
where she expects to teach the coming
term.
Everybody desires to keep informed
on Yukon, the Klondyke and Alaskan
gold fields. Send 1Oc. for large Com
pendulum of vast information and big
color map to Hamilton Pub. Co., In
dianapolis, Ind.
We learn from the Eureka Sentinel
that Charley Bosko was taken sick iu
Elko last week and his condition was so
serious that he was sent to his homo in
San Francisco in care of nurse.
Miss Ida Gallagher was in Ely this
week visiting her sister. Miss Gala
CHER has just closed very successful
term of school in the Illipah District at
Round Springs and next week takes
charge of the school at Duck Creek.
The machinery at the Chairman mill
is now nearly all in position. The COM
pletion of the work is being delayed by
the fact that certain fittings have not
yet arrived. 1t is expected that they
will soon be here and then the mill can
be quickly put into condition to run.
1t cannot begin too soon for us.
Judge Cheney of Reno arrived in Ely
on Tuesday and on Wednesday proceed
cd to organize the Grand Jury. Judge
Cheney will attend to the preliminary
business of the court but Judge Talbot
is expected to preside over the jury
trials that are called for the 18th inst.
The charge of murder against Fred
Gleason, who was accused of the killing
of two sheep herders in Cassia county,
Idaho, some two years ago. was dis
missed on the motion of the District
Attorney last week. Mr.. Gleason has
number of friends among the cattle
men of this section who will be glad to
learn of his exhonoration.
Chris Ostergard spent several days
last week at his claim, the Duck Greek
Chief. sorting and sacking some ore fol
shipment. He expects to ship about
six tons of lead ore averaging so pei
cent. While there is a well defined
ledge of low grade rock some four feet
wide, the rich streak has so far beer
so small that it hardly pays to take il
out for shipment; but like so many
other claims, the prospects of finding
larger bodies are SO good that one hates
to give it up.