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Show Local JNows Items , m i , i ,i " , OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR3ELVES The Union Meicnutllo i-ompany has been shipping some of Its hoavy freight to St. JohtiH, on the San I'edni linn, and h lilting It Into Mercur by tenm. .1. W. Oddlo was In .Ion nursing n very budly damaged linger. He has been In Nevada the past year, but enmc home to Utnh to attend to bust' liens mailers here while nursing his finger. 0 !t J. I.. Coukll'i, formerly with the Mercur railway, has been offered n position po-sition with" tho Citllfornla Southeastern railway, with headqinrters nt San Francisco. Mr. Conklln is a vefy worthy gentleman nnd tins the good wishes of The Miner with him wherever wher-ever lie mny go. Deunm Hlanchnrd of ltoston. who Ins for ycnis backed tho Overland of Sunshine, has mnile n tiip to the property prop-erty nnd loft Frldny night for Idaho. Mr. lllanchard Is coulident that the tm petty will soon regain n paying basis ba-sis and Is highly pleased with tho campaign being conducted by Manager K. V Chirk. The Hell Telephone company has bought the jiower lino Into Mercur for-metly for-metly owned by tho Old Jordan company, com-pany, and Is now busily engaged In putting it Into shape for uso before tho beginning of winter In the mountains. moun-tains. This will glvo tho Hell people a direct line Into Hlngham nnd throuQh that camp Into Salt Lnko City. A forco of about fifteen men Is now nt work In Mercur putting this terminus In first-class fjinpe. J. (J. Jacobs, former superintendent of the Mercur railway, has secured several sev-eral big contracts on tho Western l'n-cllls l'n-cllls railway. Tho gentleman still retains re-tains his holdings In the S. I-. & M. railway nnd hns simply resigned his position In order to pny pcrsounl nt-tentltn nt-tentltn to the other heavy work ho ha undertaken. Mr. Conklln. former nil-dltor nil-dltor of tho road, has nn offer to go out on tho road and act ns general clerk and timekeeper for Mr. Jacobs, but Is undecided, nnd will, In nil probability, take up other woik offered him. v |
