The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-02-14

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blossomed, to appease a fresh crop
Of acrimony.
There are a lot OF lovely things
for lovers, with verses soft as the
COO of a sucking dove in a Sabbath
twilight, or the sound that swims
softly in the air when a bell no
longer rings.
Gall the world loves a lover"
Uncle Sam is sending machinery
to the Philippine Islands. Twenty
two cars, consigned to the old gen.
tleman, manufactured by Burton
& Chalmers of Chicago, passed
through last week.
Mr.. Grippe, the host of satan,
is visiting our town, and in conse-
quence several OF u people have
got it and can't get rid Of it.
Mrs. Frank Eads went to Carlin
last Friday to reside. Her husband
is employed in the shops at that
place.
Black Mag of Mill canyon was
in town this week. She is prob
ably the only female miner in Ne
vada and is located in Mill canyon,
three miles west of Cortez noun
tain where she is engaged in mining.
She handles the hammer and drill,
wheels rock and Gs ore with
the grace and cumen of an old
miner. Her visit to Battle Noun
tain was on mining matters connect
ed with her mine, and also pur-
chased supplies for the mine.
The Eureka Sentinel says that
the snow on Lone Mountain is be-
tween two and three feet deep on a
level and from five to eight feet in
the mountain canyons. This water
will all go into the Humboldt and
help to swell that stream as it has
not been for years. On the north side
the snow is still deeper, while a big
volume of water will flow down
Susie and Maggie Creeks. Mound,
Huntington, South Fork, Lamoille,
Starr and Ruby Valleys are well
covered with snow, and we feel con-
fdent in predicting plenty of water
all along the Humboldt river.
The Dean stage did not reach
Battle Mountain last Thursday
night until s o'clock, there being
so much snow in the canyon and
on the grade that it came near i'm
possible to get through.
Mrs. VIM. Mills and child, a sister
of Abe Wise, arrived last Thursday
night from Silver City, Idaho, on a
short visit to her brother and fam
lily.
The Salt Lake Tribune reports
1000 cases of smallpox in Utah and
says Colorado is considering the
proposition of quarantining against
the nest-riudeD State
Loyal Rebekah Lodge No. Is will
hold their regula. meeting to-mor-
row night.
Threeshouses in Wells have been
placed under quarantine where
smallpox exists.
The Nevada Company at Galena
laid off several miners last week on
account of the engine breaking.
The Bernhard t-Coquelin Theat-
rical Company passed through en-
route to San Francisco Saturday.
There were 100 in the troupe and
they occupied four special cars.
Speaking OF the ice man, how
would you like Mrs. Nation for a
mother-in-law?
1t Seems to be only a matter of a
short time until the strike OF coal
miners at Scofeld, Utah, will be
over with, as $50 of the miners
have returned to work. Freight
business will soon pick up again
and more crews will 400 be put
on.-News.
The school report will appear in
our next issue.
Ted Rockwell, Fred Barron and
Ed. Uren went up to Dean this
morning where they have secured
employment.
Phil Duffy and sister Miss Ella
will leave in a few days for Napa,
CAL, where their parents have pur-
chased a large and beautiful ranch.
Simon Bray OF Austin passed
through yesterday on his way to
San Jose. Cal, and after visiting
there for some time will so to Penn
~sylvania on an extended visit to his
mother.