The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-03-21
LOCAL AND OTHER HAPPENINGS.
location Notices at this ofIics.


A new Hosting Drum, and other ma
ehinery, has arrived for Pilot Knob.
Good rooms can be had in the Mag
nuson lodging house, in connection with
the Riepe hotel.
Admiral Dewey gets, as prize money,
for destroying the feet in Manila Bay,
the sum of 50, $40.
Mr.. L. F. Shepherd has returned
from Elmira, to which city he had been
called on business.
Capt. Crawford will arrive this week
with $4,000 pounds of seed -oats and
grass seed for VIM. Hayes.
Eight persons met death by the ex-
plosion OF boiler In Doremus Laun-
dry, In Chicago, on the 18th inst.
Mr.. w. N. McGill Is at home, again,
after an absence of several weeks in the
East. Mr.. McGill's family are still
away.
for the Spring trade. Nine thousand
pounds OF his freight left Eureka for
Ely last week.
Mr. A. ]. Mclean has gone TO Butte
TO be shift boss in one of the principal
mines there. He gave up good posi-
tion at Pilot Knob to accept this new
place.
The engagement is announced OF Mr..
Louis c. Wedekind, formerly OF New
ark Valley, and Miss Vernie Frazer, of
Reno The wedding is to take place in
the near future, in that city.
Mr.. Thomas Dearden has executed a
chattel mortgage to Messrs. Walter
James and Edwin w. Clay, on the en-
tire stock OF goods and merchandise In
the store at Baker, this county. The
consideration was s422900.
Mrs cordela Botkin, of unsavory
memory, convicted in San Francisco OF
poisoning a Delaware family, has been
granted new trial by the Supreme
Court. and now we shall have the dis
gnsting stun all over again.
The Sheriff and Mr.. Williamson are
of on another expedition. This time
they go as far as the Utah line, but in
a direction different from their last
eventful trip. They will come back
with the shout of eureka on their lips.
A Bill has passed the Utah Legisla
ture To prevent prosecutions for unlaw-
ful co-habitation. One of the Repre-
sentatives named Sharp, Polygamous
child, made strong speech against
the Bill The Governor will probably
veto IL.
Mr.. J. =. McOmie has purchased a
house In San Francisco, corner OF Page
and Ashbury streets. The house cost,
according to the San Francisco papers,
sl4, 900. The News hopes this purchase
does not Indicate in any way, that Mr..
McOmie intends to change his resi-
dence
Governor Sadler has designated the
18th OF April next, as Arbor Day, and
earnestly recommends that said day be
observed by the people of the State in
the planting OF trees and shrubs, and
In the adornment OF public and private
grounds, and by appropriate exercises
and ceremonies in the public schools.
The question has often been raised as
to what should be done with our eA-
Presidents, and 1t has never been salts
factorily answered. Death, 1t seems,
however, is answering the question for
Us, at least so far as the present is con-
cerned. The death OF General Harri-
son leaves us with only one ex-Presi-
dent, Grover Cleveland, and he seems
to be abundantly able 10 take care of
himself.
A very pretty and useful idea, which
is being carried out In San Francisco.
and its neighborhood, is the placing OF
Illuminated crosses upon the high tow
ers OF the churches. The crosses are
lighted by electricity. The first one
built surmounts the tower OF Christ
Church on the hill In Sausalito. 1t is
six feet and four inches high. 1t will
aid boats In making the harbor OF Sau-
salito at night. Another one, which
will be seen far out In the Bay, will be
placed on Grace church.
The Sheriff came in from Spring Val
ley on Friday. last, bringing very
young prisoner, charged with grand
larcency. The lad Is only about fifteen
years old He is wanted in Utah for
his crime. The Sheriff, In the good
ness OF his heart, would not confine the
lad in jail, but is keeping him at his
own home until the Utah authorities
claim him. There is a chance here for
some pleasant moralizing, but the News
will not take the opportu nifty; IL wou d
do no good.
Mr.. Riepe has lately received the sad
news OF the death OF his uncle, John Z.
Willie, of Alameda county, California.
Mr.. Willie was pioneer OF that section,
and drove the first milk wagon In San
Francisco. His wife kept the first ho-