OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , FEBRUARY 2 , 1591.
MIAN SACRIFICE OFFERED.
Indians Thought Their Tbrtnro of a Boy
Would Bring Luck in Hunting.
ODD AND TRAGIC WESTERN STORIES ,
Death Don't Stop Divorce Bnltn In California
ifornia- Heroic Dcnthofan Old
Timer Mania for Steal
ing Itouonmilvea.
In Juno last an Indian named Blue Horn
went hunting and trapping in. the Beaver
till ! , near Fort Saskatchewan , accompanied
lj. the eight-year-old son of a Victoria Indian ,
rays the 'British Columbia Exchange. On
I Is return from thn bunting trip to the camp
I awns surprised to flncl tlio boy not there.
. n extended search failed to rovcal the boy.
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* half-breed from Beaver lake found In the
tvoods about six miles east of Fort Saskotcbc-
\ ? .m the sHcletonof a child in n standing
1 < .flttlon , its arms stretched out and it wrists
tl d to two trees. From circumstances sur-
t juudlng tlio affair it Is evident the lost boy
' 'as offered as n sacrifice to secure good luck
In hunting by the Indians.
TjOflt Hit IJfc ) i-ornn Unknown.
The Murccd river in California which is mis-
rometl Inasmuch ni the won ! is of Spanish
BiiKlnnnd means "mercy , " has claimed an
r chcr victim. John Clark , one of the oldest
lesldonts of Mnriposa county nnd for many
jcars the cfllclentand popular sheriff , yielded
up his lifo In the turbid waters of that
i-trcam last week. Clarlc lost his llfo in a
desperate nnd almost hopeless attempt to
save thu llfo of a fellow being who waste
to him unknown. This man , whoso
Identity has not yet boon announced ,
was crossing the river In n Btnal
boat , which capsized before reaching the
shore. ( Jl rk , who saw the predicament in
which the man was placed , at once Jumped
In to rescue him. An eddy caught him nnd
carried him tinder almost irnnredl'itcly. ' The
body has not yet been found The unknown
was nblo to cling to the bo.it until It reached
shore. Clark's untimely death has caused a
feeling of gloom to pervmlo the entire com
tnunlty. IIo was well liked and known as
courageous nt all limes and under all clr
cumstunces , Mr. Chirk wns well known to
all the Yoc einito travelers ot late years. Tno
Merced river is n treacherous stream , and
principal among the drowning cases nro
those of the Inhabitants of the country , who
nro perfectly familiar with the eddies and
bhoals so numerous In its course. Sheriff
Clark had lived along the course of the river
for thirty years , and was supposed to bo
aware of tlio danger ho Invited when ho
made his fatal jump.
How a MUer's \Vcnl h Wont.
William Lockcrman was a miser who died
t Frultvnlo about n year ajo , leaving nn es
tate worth over W,000. ) Ho had carefully
boarded his money , nnd It would have given
him undoubted pain could ho have known In
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his lifetime how It would have boon dis
bursed nftcr his death , and that $781 would
have been spent in putting hlra in his last
resting place , when a pine board box would
have been , moro in consonance with his
tastes. IIo left n slater. Mrs. Mary Ann
Roberts , living in Brooklyn , N. Y. , who
had frequently appealed to him. for
assistance , as she waft very poor.
Lockcrtnaa always refused her re
quests , but the money ho thus saved will
eventually reach her , because Judge Ells
worth ordered the estate settled nnd turned
over to her. The public administrator was
allowed $ lv23 ! , his attorneys $ * . " , nftl there
wore other expenses which were not in ac
cord with old Iiockorman's ' Idea of spending
monoy. A physician who pidd him twenty
visits wanted only $ tr > 00 , but tin ally came
down under order of the court to $1,100. The
old man who llvod so miserly nil his llfo was
finally buried In a motalic coftln which cost
the estate $500. while S''OO was paid to em
balm his emaciated remains.
Nnr-"Yrnr-OIl ) ( Annulled.
Mrs. Marina Hcaly , the wife of a Pueblo
boiler maker sworojjut a warrant for the ar
rest \Villtan Moran , charging him with
committing an assault on Mamlo Boll , a nine-
year-old girl , a child by her first husband.
Moran is nn old man , nnd has , according to
Mrs. Henly , a family living In Denver. IIo
has been n resident of Pueblo for about nmo
years , and wns employed in the Denver &
Hlo Grande round house until a short time
ago.
ago."Ho lives across the street nnd has been
boarding with me , " said Mrs. Henley , a red-
faced Httlo Irish woman. "I took euro of him ,
did his mending and washed his clothes and
he paid mo for his board. Homado improper
advances to mo , but I repelled him , and then
when I loft the house ho assaulted my
Mamlo , who is a bright httlo ono for her ago. " '
After hunting for Moran several days the
constables finally caught him. After a pre
liminary examination he was locked up in de
fault of bail.
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Divorce Suli orDecoosetl Partners.
\ VilllamS.Vilsonis missing , and his wife
who was suing him /or divorce , is dead , and
yet the cnso stands on the records of the Su
perior court of Onklnnd , Cal. Attorney Miller
lor , for defendant Wilson , moved to dismiss
Vie case today , but the motion was not prop
erly made , and the papers went back to their
dust-covered pigeou-liola In the county clerk's
ofllce.1
Amelia 1'lmcntnl of Berkeley , Cal. , is most
persistent In trying to obtain a divorce from
nor husband. Twice has she brought suit
for divorce and twice has it boon refused
She has nzain appeared before Judge Klls
worth and stated that she wished to bogln r
now trial , and having no money for trans
cribing the records wants her husband to be
compelled to pay it.
OiMlcretl Out of Town.
A few days ago a phrenologist named Prof
Mutch , went to Livingston , Moat. , nnd cut
wide swath. Having letters of recommemla
tion ho soon was on good terms with leadini
citizens. ITo Induced the superintendent o
the public sctiools to dismiss tluim ono after
noon and ho gave a lecture to young ladle
and girls. The lecture proved to bo so in
decent that the citizens becatno cnrapccl am
drove the phrenologist out of town. Ttu
superintendent of schools resigned on nccoun
of the nITnir , tiut the school board refused th
resignation on the ground that letters born
ly the phrenologist would fool nnybodj
Livingston has been torn up for the past twi
days , and the affair was the biggest sensatloi
of years. Mutch skipped to parts unknown
Horse TlileT.
JWm Nllcs , a horse thief , wns shot In Mon
town , along with three others , while resisting
arrest. The balance of the gang was or
rested. Among them Is George Niles , brotho
of John. The throe brothon formerly llvei
in Grand Forks , N. D. John formerly was Ii
the hvory business there and long under
cloud , lus brother Gcorgo was n fanno
near Morrlllcld. and had the reputation c
being an exceptionally pious gentleman lint :
about ( t year ago , when ho was arrested an
convicted of wheat stealing. Ho was 01
milled to ball and skipped to Montana , whoi
ho aua his brother piled their nefarious trade
Clemency Tor an Old Mnn.
The Governor of North Dakota pnrdono
old man Frank Morris of Pemblna count ]
from , the penitentiary , IIo bos served ou
year of the two years' sentence for nssaul
with a dangerous weapon. His pardoa we
naked by the foreman nnd a majority of th
Jurors who convicted him aud citizens gone :
ally. In a civil suit Ho paid * Jaw tor th
crime before being sentenced to the penltot
tlary. The crltno was the result of a JrunUo
row , in which ho shot hh hired man In th
hand.
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Ho Sio'e Ijrotmmtlvo' .
The railroad oftlclals now believe that the
have obtained a clue of the man who startc
the engines from the side track ; at Fresn
December Sfi lost , says the Merced ( Col. ) 12 :
press. Tlio party who U suspected to hn\
done this deed is named Pete H. Short wt
hasti mania for starting engines. IIo U su ;
posed to bo Insane aud is certainly a Uauge
ous man to bo at larsro. IIo was arrested in
Sacramento oil Matcti BJ , 13'JO. for stealing an
engine la the Sacramento yard. IIo Is sus
pected as the party who stoleor ran the en
gines out of the Fresno yard. It Is under
stood he is traveling In the southsomowhoro.
A'/it's ttf rjflK xoirrnirmtT.
Nnbrnakn.
The proprietors of the Tokamah canning
factory ore endeavoring to cither sell or lcn.se
the plant.
Daniel McMulIon , former resident of
Dakota City nnd a prominent Odfollow , re
cently died at Leadvlllo , Colo.
Zenos McCoy , a farmer near Burchard ,
held a post while a neighbor drove it Into the
ground with a sledge. IIo is now minus a
lltieer.
A party of lads at Emerald enjoyed them
selves the other day by nrlni ? a charge irom
a shotgun Into a passonuor train. The
shot shattered n car window , but luckily
nobody was Injured.
A. Berry , aged about thirteen , son of J. A.
Duiilavy of Holdrege , accidentally shot oft
his hand , losing the cntirn memner , except
the thumb. The boy was riding on n wagon
nnd took hold of ttio muzzle end of the gun
with the above result.
It Is reported that F. M. Coakmgham , a
prominent Humphrey attorney , illled up on
whisky the other night and went hotno and
whipped hii wife. As n consequence Mrs.
Coaklngham has commenced action against
the saloonkeeper who sold her husband the
liquor.
An Arnpahoo btistnois man has been taken
in to the extent of ? . " > by n C. O. D. express
package which consisted of a cigar box con
taining two brass rings. He garnishced the
express company for the amount as soon as ho
discovered the fraud , but the probabilities of
his recovering are decidedly sllui. ,
Whllo Patrick Mnhon , a farmer living west
of Jackson , was In Dakota City procuring a
license to wed Miss Bridget .Smith , his in
tended was eloping with n , farm laborer
nanmd John Hums. Hums and Miss Smith
have not been seen since aud Patrick has n
marriage license on his hands which ho
would bo glad to soli at reduced rates.
A petition is being circulated among the
attorneys of Box Butte county , asking the
appointment of another Judge In the Twelfth
Judicial district. Although Judge ICInkald Is
exceedingly expeditious in disposing of busi
ness , nevertheless , tho.number of cases that
come up for adjudication in the several coun
ties In that district nro said to bo moro than
any ono Judtfo catuUtend to.
C. H. Stodmnn , who for the past flvo years
has represented the Union Paciilc nt Loiip
City as agent , has resigned his position and
left for Denver to seek a moro remunerative
position. Mr. Stedman wont to LoupClty as
the pioneer ngcnt on that branch and lias
ably discharged the trust reposed In him.
Ho was very popular in social circles , a
prominent Mason and Oddfellow aud a very
inlluential cltl/.cn.
Oswald Baler of Weeping Water , who ot > -
talncd n verdict at Plattsmouth In the dis
trict court against the Missouri Pacific rail
way for 1,500 for the death ot his wlfo in
Uucomber , 1SSU , has now begun suit in the
district court nt Nebraska City against the
same company for $ . " > , ( ) OJ damages for the
same cause. The verdict in the Cass district
court was set aside and a new trial granted ,
and Mr. Baler concluded ho would rather
risk Otoo this time.
An Incident occurred in this city n couple
of days ago which , did wo not know to bo
true , would sound like a novel , says the Su
perior Journal. The fatlior of liov. C. M.
Shcphord , the well known pastor oE the
Methodist church , lives in Washington City.
Every once in a while ho sends hta son n
bundle of Washington papers. The other
day Mr. Shepherd received a uum-
her f Stars , and , in glancing over nn adver
tising page , noticed an advertisement for
heirs to an estate in England containing the
name of Glascott. Thinking maybe the people
plo advertised for were some relation to Mr.
D. S. Glascott of this city , ho handed him the
after the "ad. " ,
paper uud ho. rciidlng over
discovered that ho , with his sister Mary and
another relative , were the heira advertised
for. Of course Mr. Glascott feels pretty
good over his find , and Is grateful to Uov.
Shepherd who helped him to make It.
loxvn.
The Muscntino Journal reports the demand
for dwellings in excess of the supply In its
city.
city.Tho
The storage battery system of propulsion
for street cars is said to work well in Du-
buauo.
James Dane" aged ninety-two , and a resl
dent of Iowa for thirty years , is dead at
Waterloo.
The alliance In Montgomery county Is pre
paring to start an. ludo pendent weekly paper.
A homo for aged poor people hna been
opened at Wavcrly. It Is supported by pri
vate benevolence.
George C. Ilavill , n resident of Scott county
slnco 1833 , died recently in the Mt. Pleas
ant Insane asylum.
"Black Jack , " the blossom rock for zinc
has been found otn comparatively shallow
depth nearMuscatino.
Davenport has settled the ward question by
changing the boundary lines and leaving the
number of wards as it was , six.
A free reading room will bn opened In the
basement of the Unlvorsalist church nt Dubuque
buquo by tlio ladles of the society.
The supreme court has decided that owners
of unoccupied lands can recover damages for
tresspass of stoclc grazing thereon.
Stock subscriptions to tbo Muscatino beet
, sugar factory nro coming briskly , nnd the
News-Tribune says "tho factory is assured. "
The Standard box company of Muscatino
Is about to establish a branch plant in Den
ver. The company is making arrangements
to supply the Mexican market with boxes.
The interval revenue collections for the
northern district exhibit an increase lor 1800
of nearly SjO.OUO over those of 18SI. ! There
was ? iyilT2.83 collected in 1890 , against
1140,020.44 , In 18S9.
C. Perry Byatn , in trouble in Chicago or
account of alleged swindling real estate
, transactions , was formerly a resident of Fort
Dodge , whera his father used to bo connected
with the land oflico. .
At Brighton Mrs. L. C. Wilson and hoi ,
sister , Deliuh Tredway , wore taitou very slch
on tbo satno day and died ten days latei
within twenty-four hours of each ether
Both wcro buried in ono grave.
1'rof. F. B. Cooper of Iowa City , has booc
i elected superintendent of the West DC ;
Mninos schools to succeed Prof. Ucardshenr
who resigns to take the presld ucy of UK
Amos agricultural college. Des Moluos pnyi
its superintendent { 3,000 a year.
Over two years ago n man named Bachelo
esn living in Dakota received ever the counter o
n- the State bank in Hawarden $100 in excess o
nid what was duo him , aud kept and approtiriatci
10 the money to his own use. Ho was indictee
nt by the lust grand Jury for larceny.
10 Corn Smith has been sentenced to the ponl
no tontlnry for four months for burglary at Leon
noX Her accomplice In crime wns another youti-
i-o woman , Martha Smith , her cousin , who ha ;
inu. not vet been tried. They broUe Into the housi
u. of a farmer and stole some provisions ant
other property.
The people of Glenwood.aro highly clatci
over the success of their artesian well. /
steam pump wns put in operation and kop
running for ten hours without cessation
throwing sixty gallons per imnuto and th
water was not lowered a particle. It Is o
excellent quality , soft a-s rain and of delight
Ina ful taste ,
Inor
a Mrs. J , II.Vrlght has returned to the hem
or
of of her parents at Ottumwa from Hot Springs
Ark. Her husband was shot down In colt
til
3d blood at the Springs by n man named Dennis
Wright , the murderer claims , was his fourtl
id-
idTO victim. The coroner at Hot Springs robbei
10. TO the dead body of the murdered man of i
watch and diamond ring.
Major W.S.Mnrshall has Just alcd at Chat
od tanooga , Tunn , , where ho was a prominen
ody attorney. Ho was formerly an Iowa man
y , cnlistlne In the First Iowa infantry nt Newton
no ton early in the war. Ho was a captive Ii
lit Libtiy prison sixteen months , nnd then mad
as his escape. After the war ho settled i
ho Chattanooga ,
jr- The success of Mills county in the hort
jrho cultural societies , where she bos taken firs
hem premium ever since she became a member i
mun 1837 , has aroused a great deal of Interest i
horticulture at Ulenwood. The result of thi
Interest was tbo organization them of A vcr
strong society , which will devote its oncrglc
to the development oT the natural resource
dy of the county aud tin ) advancemcntof its hoi
ou ticullural Interests.
10 , A postal inspector has called upon th
Clinton Herald , Ago and News to pay bau
postage to the aggregate sum of betwee
iVO j-,000 and M,000. The i apors have bee
ho printing soinl-weekly odl lions and calliu
in- thosi parts one and two of u weekly publlct
er- ! oa in order to secure tlio free mail deliver
to local subscribers to which woolcllci nra
under the law entitled. The publisher of the
Herald , Captain F.V. . Mahln , is himself
poUmaslor.
There was discovered In the public archives
at Burlington the other day the "expression
of sentiment" of the Dos Molnos county bar
on the death of Daniel Webtter. The docu
ment Is dated October 30 , IS5J. nnd is la the
handwriting of Governor Grimes.
AVnstiltictnn.
The Green block nt Spokane Falls was
ctittod by lire. The losses will aggregate
$10,000.
The Hebrews of Seattle have raised money
enough to build n Quo synagogue that will
seat nee peoplo.
The people of Kalnma have decided to clear
the place of the Chinese quarter by buying
up the property.
Postmaster Brooks of Seattle has resigned
to become cashier of the Boston National
bank nt Seattle.
A company with a capital stock of 300,000
has bflcti organized at Seattle for the. erection
of an opera houso.
Hannah Hnycj , the oldest Indian on the
Pitynllup reservation. Is dead. Her ago was
said to bo ono hundred and two years.
The amount of smuggled opium confiscated
by the United States government nt Senttlo
In the past flvo years is said to have brougnt
nt nuctlnn ever $ iVOUO.
During the past year nnd n half nineteen
miles of streets nnd sidewalks have been
graded , planked nnd improved in Now
VYtmtcoui lit n cost of $ .T.0UW.50.
Arthur Stevenson , who Is said to bo n son
of Lord Bristol , Is on trial In n Seattle court
for passing a worthless check for $3U on a
hotel keeper lu payment of his board.
The Northern Pacific hm had seized nil the
properties belonging to the Oregon & Wash
ington territory railroad ( the "Hunt road" )
for the payment ot $1S3,009 duo on freight
collections.
Some tlmo ago the common council of Col-
fax invested 81,000 in machinery for sinking
artesian wells. When it arrived no ono in
the city or county could be found to run it , so
they sent to St. Louis for nu engineer.
The sheriffs of twenty counties mot nt
Nortli Yiikhnn and held secret meetings for
two days. It Is supposed they discussed
measures for self-protection nnd for better
means of dealing with the criminal clement * .
At Seattle the other day n transfer of land
for whl-jh $2,000,000 was p.iid was made to
the Lake Washington belt line Improvement
company , composed of such capitalists as
John D. Itoeltfcller and General U. A.'Alger.
A convention will bo hold nt Walla Walla
February 5 to memorialize the legislatures of
Oregon , Washington and Idaho to take such
Joint action as will insure the speedy open
ing of the Columbia and Snake rivers to frco
navigation.
A contract for building flfty-Avo miles of
the Great Northern railroad between Hon-
ncr's Ferry , on the Kootenal , and Kootenai
Falls , has been lot to Burns & Chapman of
this city. The contract will involve nu ex
penditure of over 51,000,000.
Thomas King and Alfred Call , both bosses
in the employ of Peter Costello , a Spokane
Falls contractor , quarreled last week. King
drqw a revolver on Call and the latter ran
the lines of u pitchfork ttirough King's head ,
killing him Instantly. Call gave himself up.
The garbage of Tacoma is disposed of by
( tumping It into scowswhich , are towed to
deep water nnd there emptied. Farmers in
the country back or Tneoma have proposed
to take the offal and refuse of the city , bring
it by rnll to their hinds and use it as a
fertilizer.
A railroad corporation has been formed at
Spokane I'Mls to build n road to run through
the Columbia valley to the mouth ot Spokane
river , thonro through the Big Bend country
to "Wallula Junction , wheYo it will connect
with the Union and Northern Pacllic , nnd
thence to some point on the Columbia river
near that place.
During the trial of ox-Police OfllcoE Raymond
mend and Clouetto , for opium smuggling , in
the United States court at Seattle , Collector
of Customs C. M. Brndshaw testified that
during his entire term not n single can of prepared -
pared opium had been entered for duty at the
custom house. This shows the ereat extent
to which opium smuggling is carried on.
Seattle , with fiO.OOO Inhabitants , has n
fire Oepartmont with eighty full paid men ,
six steamers , two norlal trucks , one village
truclr , Jive chemical engines , two hose
wagons with 1,000 feet of hose each , ono
wngon with 500 feet of hose , ono reel with
000 foot of hose , six hand reels with 000 feet
of hose each , and a powerful aud fully
equipped fire boat.
The decomposed remains of Abner Abbott ,
n Seattle brulgo carpenter , who had been
missing over throe weeks , was found floating
In the bay beneath a number of disreputable
houses in \Vhitechapel \ district. Abbott
when last seen wns known to have several hun
dred dollars in his possession. Itis supposed
ho went to Whltechapcl and.was there mur
dered and his body thrown into the bay.
Writs of prohibition were sworn out nt Se
, attle to prevent tbo Harbor line commission
from locating certain lines along the water
front , nnd the juperior court has refused
motion on the part of the state to quash the
writs , so the case gees to the supreme court.
The property involved is worth
about $3,000,000 , and consists of
- wharves , mills , factories , railways nnd other
property built on trestles and piles along the
shore. Among the plaintiffs lu those cases is
Henry Lo Yoslor , ono of the pioneers who
homcstcaded land on which the business
center of Seattle now stands. The Northern
Pacific , PugetS.ound Shore und the Columbia
& Puget Sound railways are also plaintiffs.
Oregon.
By votlns : In favor of extendIng its city
limits Astoria now contains 0,000 acres.
Hay is now selling in Harnoy Valley at $3
n ton. Last ynnr at this tlmo It was hard to
get at SIS n ton.
Tbo government works at The Dalles can
not bo completed lu less than three years ,
unless congress Is moro liberal in appropri
ations.
From present appearances , the Portland
Oregonian says , there will bo twenty-three
canneries at work on the ColnmOia river this
_ season.
Tlio expenditures for Oregon for the flscnl
years 18SS-00 amounted to $1,071 , V.'S.nu. ' The
, heaviest Item , 8l7tltl3.'Jl ) , was charged to
the Insane nsylura fund.
Isaac Briggs , nged eighty-nine years , died
at his homo in Springfield last week. Ho
was ono of the early settlers of Lane county
nnd highly respected. Ho went to Oregon
from Iowa in 1817.
A sensation was created nt Ellonsbiirg by
: finding1 the bodies of two infants In the city
roservolr by the leo cutters. Many families
have ceased using the water and will await
developments. How the bodies came there
Is n mystery.
Mrs. Mancy Westfall , wlfo of a Chinese
contractor of Albany , was baptised at the
Baptist church recently. Her husband Is al
. ready n member of the church and is liberal
with his means in the advancement of the
work of the church.
The sounding of the bar in Gray's harbor
has been suspended temporarily in consequence
quence of an attempt to bribe the leadsman
ot the engineering party to give the false re
turns. A spiteful tug owner , ' the services ol
whoso vessel had been declined , caused the
mischief.
The Unitarian church of Portland was nl
most destroyed by lire. The blaao started in
the belfry nna Is supposed to hnvo been sol
by n lighted cigarette which tramps , whc
had boon sleeping la the belfry , bad dropped
The loss is about 110,000 aud is covered by Iu
Buranco. .
Governor Pennoyor has remitted the flues
id of HIJgs ( and Suyerj , the convicted priz (
a fighters , who were ordered to pay $1,000 each
for lighting on Sunday in Pendfofdn. The.v
t- could not pay and wore sent to Jail. Afte'i
tut working out $250 worth the governor stepped
in nnd lopped off 5T50.
i
v- Mayor Do La Schmutt of Portland bought
vIn the celebrated stallion Noonday , by WodgD-
jo wood , UIC , dam Noontide by Herald , the sire
in of Maud S. The consideration was $15,000 ,
The purchase was mudo from W. H. Wllsoni
the famous Kontucy brooder , aud the stalllot
st will be taken to Portland.
in The bill allowing the city of Portland t <
in issue bonds for the purpose of bringlnf
ils water into the city from Bull Run vlver hui
ryes nassod both branches of the legislature. Th <
es governor will not sign the bill , but It is sale
cs ho will allow It to become n law without hi1
ir- signature , owing to the urgent demand of thi
irbo people of Portland for better water.
bo Captain Symons , United States engineer
ek has Just m ado an Inspection of tbo govern
211 tnent works at Yaqulnn bay under tils charge
an Ho reports that the Jetties have wlthstoo (
tbo storms and winter"very well. The wnvoi
have cut under the south Jetty nnd it Is sunl
ry lu places , but this boa all been stopped bj
( lumping rock. This Jetty Is out to the full
length. Preparation ! ara noarlr completed
for extending the north Jetty , which Is now
out ( UK ) foot , nnd worlf will ho begun at once.
A meteoric stone resembling grantto re
cently fell near the m/mth of PlUol river. In
Curry county , Oregon. 'It ' weighs something
over -100 pounds , and hnboddod Itself sovcjal
feet in the earth. Parties who saw It went-
to dig It out , but foundlt : so hot nothing could
bo done with It. Alter It had cooled It win
removed , and will soon.bo placed on exhibi
tion. ' "
i'orllnnd will try W place AlbUm nnd Ea < t
Portland within its' corporate limits. In
Albino , where Is tho'most ' opposition to the
consolidation , ever 60 , per cent lgned ; In
E-ist Portland over 71 , and In Portlacd over
( VI. There Is but Httlo doubt as to the bill
passing the legislature , and from the showing
made by this petition it will certainly bo
adopted by the citizens.
Colorado.
Senator Eddy , an old Colorado pioneer , died
In Boulder. ,
Fine veins of coking coal nro being opened
up about Mcoker.
Plans for n f 10,000 club house at Boulder
are being perfected.
Tlio state teachers' Institute will be held In
Trinidad this inontti.
Boulder Methodists will build a now stouo
church to cost $15,000.
Petroleum has been discovered at Crystal
Springs in considerable quantities.
The ice on the San Autonlo rlvor is twenty
inches thick and as clear as crystal
TheOtoro Fruit and Land company will
put out 100 acres more fruit this spring.
Grand .function is to hnvo a wine press nnd
distillery In time for next fall's grape crop.
O vcr StWO.OOO will bo invested in increasing
the steel plant ut Bessemer during the pres
ent year.
A county horticultural society has boon or
ganized hi Boulder. Hegular meetings will
bo hold.
Tlio city council of BouHcr have Issued a
cull for bids to pave the now reservoir in
Sunshine canon ,
Billy Wilson , well known by everybody in
Pueblo nnd surrounding towns , died recently
of consumption.
A stock company Is oruatdzlnB in Brighton
to build n hall to nccommodnto" three sccrot
societies of the place.
A new cave nas been found near Mnnttou.
it will probably bo opened and explored in
time for ucxt season.
Work has boon begun on the now state
bridge over Gunnlson river near Delta , All
tbo material is at hand.
The now orchards nnd vineyards about
Uocity Ford ore In flno condition. The late
snow was it great boncllt.
It Is said that there nro now not moro than
10 per cent ns many cattle In the state ns
there were six years ago.
As Hi Plcrco was driving between Ironton
and On ray his horses dashed over a cliff 150
or 200 feet nnd were killed.
E. J. Illckman , the slayer of Chnrlos Oscar ,
Is now on trial in the criminal court at 1'u-
eblo nnd attracting great crowds of people.
The Pueblo mineral palace Is advertised
for sale to satisfy a lien , and a committee
has found it n difllcult matter to ralso sufllc-
icnt funds to avert this.
Tlio Hio Grande company bos donated to
their employes the brick dispatcher's ofllce
formerly used nt tha old union depot nt
Pueblo fora reading room.
Frank Koiirn was sentenced to three months
In Jail at Uouua Vista for trying to influence
n Juror la a case whcro J. C. Whlto was tried
for the lurcony of a wagon.
Tno Anheuser-Busch Brewing company
has broken ground for a plant ut Colorado
City. The building will bo 120x190 feet in
dimensions nnd cost $ -0,000.
Miss Ida Laycocic was attacked nt her
school , near Lougmbnt , by n boy , who in
flicted n very serious stub upon her with a
pocket knife. She will recover.
Pueblo will have a new republican dally
paper called the Opinion , which will start
March 1. A publication company has been
incorporated with $ U)0OOD ) capital.
A mass meeting was recently held at Oreo-
ley to consider the question , of drainage. The
mayor and council were requested to ndviso
with a sanitary engineer on the subject.
Sister M. Melanla , n teacher In St. Aloy-
slus' academy , Central City died from con
sumption , l She bad boon connected with the
academy for four yours aud came from St.
Louis.
II. S. Sheldon is circulating a petition ask
ing President Harrison to appoint him post
master nt Bouldor. The term of the present
postmaster , Air. Butsch , docs not expire until
February , 1892.
The scheme to erect n smelter on the line
of the Hio Graudo Southern is meeting with
much success. Many mine owners in the
Sun Juan have agreed to take stocu ia the
new enterprise.
Frank Pratt , n single man of thirty , em
ployed in the Bessemer stool works , wns
locked up in tbo Pueblo Jail for snfo keeping.
Ho is supposed to have become insane over
the Indian troubles.
Ilobert Williamson , a convalescent from
the Sisters' hospital nt Pueblo , was seized by
two men while tallug u walk and robbed of
$20. Dave Shlnockcr and J.V. \ . Place were
arrested for the crimo.
The Denver & Rio Grande Is building n
fine brick hotel on the summit of Marshall
pass. It will contain eighteen sleeping rooms
and will bo n great convenience to parties
making the ascent of Mount Ouray.
A largo body of cryolite is reported as hav
ing been discovered nearChoyenno mountain ,
adjacent to Colorndo City. The mineral is
especially valuable as nn article used in the
manufacture ot the finest kind of glass.
Sam Kogcrs , a wall knowa railroad em
ploye , was probably fatally hurt at Crystal
L > ako station. A wheel of a handcar on
which ho was riding broke , throwing him to
tbo ground and terribly lacerating his face.
Some of our ranchmen arc a Httlo nppro-
henslvo regarding the prospects for their
winter wheat , says the Meeker Herald.
They nro afraid that the absence of snow on
the ground will materially shorten next sea
son's crop.
W. T. Albert , n Pueblo coal dealer , wns
fined $35 and costs fur selling a load of conl
without having It first weighed upon the city
scales. The city has Just put up scale houses ,
nnd it is Mr. Albert's intention , to test the
ordinance.
St. Louis parties have purchased the Tip
Top mine nt Lcadvillo. The Interests of
iff
Senator Plumb and Mayor Calvin Hood ifSB
Kansas buvo been dlsposod of to Tauslg &
Co , During the past flvo years tbo Tip Top
has produced ere valued at $500,000.
Nolan Camp , Egati county , nnd located n
few miles from Red Cliff , is a late mineral
producer , tbo llrst car of ere from the district
trict having peon sent from the Adelaide re-
contly. The ere was shipped to a Pueblo
s melt or nnd ran n littlcover $ (00 ( to the ton.
The Salida calnbooso.was . partly destroyed
by lire and a prisoner came very nearly per
ishing In the flumes. Ho was saved by a
blacksmith battering dbwn thu door with a
, sledge hammer. How the flro originated is
unknown. A now anrt respectable city Jail
will probably bo erected.
When the state wa * admitted in 1870 there
wcro but thirty-three-.counties organized , and
their property was ) returncd to the state
auditor for taxation iu 1677 at $43,453,010.30
Now the counties number fifty-Jive and th (
taxable property has increased to & 0r 4- } ,
OOl.fia , the erowth being $177,090,118.SO.
School children are boinjr. interested in
, helping the sufferers , in the rain belt. Ii
< Colorado Springs last , week a day was sei
apart and $150 in caslmva.s paid at the differ
cut schools , and la addition every ncholat
Drought a package'/af food-or clothing , th (
total being about four-tons of necessaries.
A largo band of elk was run down ty
Coon , ICleson aud tho-Cohuan brothers on tin
upper fork of Whlto river. The bunch con
sisted of over fifty head , nnd the huiiton
after camping on their trail four days man
aged to kill four of them , each being a bul
and having a splendid set of horns with sli
points each.
Denver News : The police department o
Denver lust year cost | lU'J,7il.95 , or ovcr$3SC
a day , and yet nearly a dozen murderers es
cnped , tinarrosted and undetected ; robborio :
and burglaries wcro never more numerou
or captures fewer , while confidence am
bunko nisn carried on their games under tin
very eyes nml noses of the police.
Miners at the Phillips iniuo near Alma h
Park county quit work because they bo
llovcd the iniuo unsafe. The men havo.bcoi
doing overhead stoplug lor some tlmo und iv
the work progressed tbo company did no
furnish timber to brace the walls. The mon
ere thnt was removed the more dangerous bs
came the work end the louder the miner. '
clamored for timber. U was not forthcotn
I ing aud the men quit until only a tow ar
loft and they are not working near tha dan
gerous spot. Tncro will soon bo a uow super
intendent at the mlno.
A young colored man a Pueblo is Indus
triously soliciting subscribers to a memorial
to congress , praying for the granting of pen
sions for llfo to all ox-slaves.
Duraugo Herald : A delegation of Utoi
entno Into Ignaeto last oven ing to consult
with Koglstor Hitter. They wanted to know
of him why It was the government did not
pay some attention to the treaty made with
them nnd wanted him to wrlto to the presi
dent nt Washington und Secretary Noble nnd
find out If they would have to , like the Sioux ,
light to obtain tholr rights.
The cabin nonr the Wnrdcll ranch belong
ing to Loulo LnSallo , says the Tcllurldo Ho-
publican , was sot on tire early one monilug
last week by nn unknown person , and came
near ending the old man's llfo , as well as
burning up everything ho had , oven to the
most of his clothes. His face was almost
blistered before ho was awakened enough to
know what was the matter.
Another smelter will bo built at Durango
by the English conmauy which purchased
the Silver Hello mlno. The company paid
{ 1,700,000 for the property and bullovo tin-
ether good Investment would bo to build a
stneltrr. They would build at Our.iy or Sll-
verton If coal were more accessible , but hnvo
decided It would bo cheaper to haul ere down
hill than coal up the mountain.
TwocamtH conuirlslnti forty men belong
ing to tho. Denver it Ulo ( Irando surveying
corps , nro now engaged around the foot of
Logan mountain nud near the head of Oenova
ptik-li. The survey is by way of Itutchlnson
to Deer Vnlloy , thonro on the mountains to
Geneva gulch nnd to Montcxumit by tunnel ,
thence to Dillon , Hed Cliff nnd west , Not
withstanding this will bo out of the line of
local trafllc , It will , ho .vovcr , glvo the Hlo
Urnndo n good through line ,
The San Bernardo group of rlntnit , near
Trinidad , hnvo boon sold to Rnglisli capital
ists , who have Incorporated thorn uudor the
nntnoof the Sau Bernardo mines , limited ,
and the capital stoclc tins been placed at
150.001) ) . Tnoso claims were located lu 1ST"
and pay ere was struck in 1881. They have
always paid. The four best claims are the
Honduras , San Bernardo. Mosquito nnd Gar
ibaldi , all of which are patented and are lu
ore.
Mnntniin.
E. II. Wilson was elected president of the
State Engineers' ' society.
There are employed by the mines nnd mills
of Butte -1,757 men. Ot this number the
Anacondii employs 1,50 > ) .
Chinook Opinion : Cattle are fat nnd In
better shape than they h.ivo been at this
tttno of winter during the past thrco years ,
and In consequence our ranchmen are feeling
Jubilant.
Another strike of rich ore Is reported in the
Ilnttn , in Dunkleberg. A now hoist was re
cently added to the mine's equipment and
sloping on the 800 level Is now In progress
The ere ranges from fSO to f 100 per ton.
Articles of incorporation have been filed by
the Northwestern Brewery association , with
a capital of $1.000,000. The enterprise is
hcnded by Jacob Rupert , the brewer of Now
York. They will build n largo malting works
at Morolund , commencing some time next
spring.
Thomas Wnrd , npoil thirty , employed at
the smelting works ut Toston , wns fatally In
jured by n Irelght train thrco miles west of
that place and died the following day. It is
said that ho had been drinking and fell
asleep nnd was struck by the train while in
that condition.
Two coul clnlms nre located about flvo miles
south of Castle , and only a few feet from the
line recently made by Northern Pucitlo sur
veyors. The locators clnlm they have n largo
vein of good bituminous coal nnd will bo
ready to supply all demands by the tlmo the
road is completed.
Frank Chandler , on employe of Steadman's
foundry ut Helena , was seriously injured by
falling through an elevator shaft. The ele
vator foil , precipitating him to tbo basomeut
lloor , a distance of forty feet. Strange to say
ho was but slightly Injured in tlio full , but
the wheel and drum of the elevator gearing
foil upon him , breaking ono of his legs and In
flicting some hard bruises.
Butte Minor : The Parrott company Is now
engaged In nil experiment with a patent auto
matic caleincr , which is destined to provo a
valuable acquisition to smelters , Inasmuch as
no fuel is required to treat the orea , the sul
phur contained therein consuming itself. It
has now been in operation about thrco months
nnd with the excoptiou of a few minor Im
provements yet to bo rnado is giving good
satisfaction.
There was a stabbing affray aj Whitehall
which may result fatally to ono of the partic
ipants. Mlcliael Quinn and George Ilendly
got Into a dinlculty nnd the former drew a
knife and made n "pass at Headly , but only
succeeded in giving him a slight scalp wound
and in cutting the middle tlngor of ono of his
own bauds oft at ttio second Joint. He then
stabbed Headly twice In tbo back , ono tbrust
penetrating the left lung , making nn ugly
nnd probably fatal wound.
Prices for Bozemanrenl estate nro climbing
upward. Last July a man owning forty acres
of land near tbo town tried to got n loan on It
from tbo Cruse Saving * bank of Helena of
$1,000. After having tlio property examined
the bank refused the loan as not being
sufficiently secured. During the same month
the propertj- was sold to J. W. Imes , then of
Marysvillo , Mont. , for $1,850. , Mr. Imos has
already sold § 5,400 worth of the property and
still has J1U,000 worth left.
Phllllpsburg is tbo center of ono of the
greatest silver producing districts In Mon
tana or of the entire country for that matter ,
says the Helena Independent. It already
has the greatest silver mine in the world ,
and the greatest number of quartz inlllstamps
in the operation or any camp In the state.
The Granite mountain mine , has nddod
$10,000.000 in dividends to the coffers of its
fortunnto owners nnd the extent of Its ere reserves -
serves seems to bo unlimited. The BiMetallic -
Metallic Is crowding the Granlto for honors ,
and the Elizabeth gives promise of a great
future.
Idaho.
It Is expected that a smelter will bo put up
at Savon Dovils.
The Idaho North i South railroad has fllod
with the secretary of ' state Ihvoo prolllos of
the road as surveyed.
The Queen of tbo Hills mlno and works at
Bellevue started up again with n full force of
employes , after a brief shut-down.
There are six faro banks in Bolso nt pros-
ont. According to the papers , bucking the
tiger is becoming ono of the Important indus-
tries of the town.
The hot water well nt Bolso Is down 290
feet. The flow Is Immense. It is estimated
at ever 600 gallons per minute. The tompor-
nturo is 1150 = at the discharge. The heat
- boats the famous hot springs of Arkansas
- by 10 = .
There Is excitement at Eimoro ever the
prospect of tapping what Is known as the big
led eo insldo of sixty days. A great strike Is
predicted. Adrift has been started at the
550 foot level of the Eimoro shaft und thin
drift will cut the ledge by about two hundred
feet below the level of the old works.
Great things are expected from the Seven
Devils camp. The Weiser Signal tells of n
line specimen from the Whlto Mountain
mlno. Its peculiarity , and what makes it
moro valuable , Is the fact of Its belntr first
quality of copper ere with great knobs of
shinning , pure gold sticking out of it , some
thing unknown in mining history until thla
season brought to light this sort of specimen
In the Seven Dovlla.
Nevada. '
Reno has probably neon the heaviest bcol
cattle shipping point in Nevada this year.
All the lauds of Nevada embraced withlr
the military reservation have been throwt
open to settlers.
The speaker of the nssembly has Instructed
the sergoant-at-arms not to soil spirituous
or malt liquors in the capltol building during
the session.
All of the mines at Tusearora are running
single shifts. A largo number of mon hav <
been laid off. but It Ii thought that most o
the mines will employ additional forces Ir
the spring.
Winncmucea Silver State : Pole French
after having ordered ten cars to ship that
many loads of cattla to California , returuoc
Ills cattla to thu ran go on account of the over
stocked market of San Francisco.
In his message Governor Colcord favors t
hlgti valuation of property with Uxntiou 01
n uniform system , but ut a lower tax rate
Whllo favoring retrenchment , ho Is In favo
of paying good salaries and obtaining goo <
men.
men.ExSheriff
Ex-Sheriff Hanks of Klko died rocciitl'
from a peculiar cause. Ho had been lu excel
lent health nnd struck his thumb with aliain
iner whllo making a fence , breaking the ikii
und bursting the ilcsh. Next day ho wu
cutting some rnwhldo In strips. Tha hldo
hanncncd to bo that of nn animal which had
died of starvation and the virus coming in
contact with tbo wounded thumb caused
blood poisoning , which resulted fatally.
Virginia Enterprise : The Dow pumps nro
now wlthlu n few hundred feet of the 1,000 ,
level of the Crown Point Incllno , sucking up
over rt mil I ron gallons of water per day. Pro-
Kress of sinking is very slow at this point , ns
they nn ) uow doing the actual work of drain
ing ttio 1,000 level and nit thu slope * mid openIngs -
Ings connected therewith. After this level
has been drained It Is extracted thnt good
tlmo will bo made In sinking to the 1,700 ,
level , whore a stationary Dow pump will bo
placed.
Mon who nro familiar with the Storra Ne
vada niountnlns say there U enough snow
storca In the canyons from last winter to
supply an ubundauco of water for Owens
valley for two years to coma It there should
bo that many winters of light snow fall in
succession , says the Impo Independent. It is
asserted very conlldoullnily thnt nil the
streams ( lowing into the valley will bo quite
us liljjh as last summer. For many years
past Owens river and its tributaries buvo not
been HO high at this sca oti ns they uro now
nud have been for months post.
Two Dakota * .
Sprlnzllcid offers free the power of Its big
artesian wcllto operate n woolen mill.
An effort is bolmj imdo to secure the es
tablishment of a military post 011 the Chey
enne river , in P'onnlnRlou county , for the
better protection of settlers.
Second lieutenant H. Slclcels , of the
Seventh cuvnlry , has boon detailed ns pro
fessor of tnllltar/seicnco anil tactics at the
university of South Dnkotn , Vornilllton ,
Frnmi.l. MeMuImn , accidentally shot nt
Hot Springs by his friend , Boland , died from
his wound , liolnnd was trying to take n
shell from a Winchester rillo with n pocket
knife , when the shell exploded.
Forty men have received votes for United
Slates scnntor in the South Dakota legisla
ture. The i'lorro Free Press estimates that
the senatorial light nnd the legislative con
tests have nlroady cost the state $ . ' 0,000.
The police raided n gambling den In the
basement of Hotel ICenunrd ut Aberdeen ,
bagging six men with tables nnd complete
outfits. The gamblers wen ) heavily fined.
This Is the second mi a and more Is to follow.
Chinjj Wee , n Chinese gnmbler of Dend-
wooii , dropped dead of heart disease Just as
ho had cashed In his cheeks at n. faro game.
Hova ? noted for his typically Hibernian east
of countenance and an unquenchable aversion
to labor.
J. O. tiiirrotson , thoploneergrocorof Deadwood -
wood , lately died at San Jose , Cal. The do-
cc.ised wns nt ono time one of tbo richest
men lu Montana , where ho operated the
largest freight line lu the then territory , IIo
died comparatively poor.
No wonder the prisoners ave well satisfied
with the new administration in the county
Jail , savs the Deadwood Pioneer. Yesterday
the bill of faro consisted of portcibousw
steak , with onions , corn , potatoes , cabbugo.
stowed veal , tomatoes , with npplo * plo and
rlco pudding for dessert. This was only an
ordinary week d.iy dinner.
Every ono of the incandescent lights in
Christ church at Vankton was extinguished
very suddenly while Hev. Wvatt Hannnth
was delivering tils sermon. The reverend
gentleman continued his discourse by moon
light. When ho had finished the collection
was taken up , the benediction pronounced
nnd the congregation filed out.
Charges have been madongainst the United
States bank examiner for South Dakota. It
Is said that two banks have petitioned the
comntrollcrof the currency for permission to
have tholr hanks Inspected by an examiner
outside of the district. It is also stated that
the bank at Huron was delayed hi Its re
opening for nearly two wc-eks because the
examiner was not on hand to attend to his
business.
The starch factory of Sioux Falls Is com
pleted. The work was begun in December
and prosecuted without loss of time. The
three buildings of the factory used up nearly
flvo hundred thousand feet of lumber. The
main work shop is 100 by ( iO foot and four
stories high. The dry kiln Is 80 t > y Ml feet ,
while the elevator Is four stories high and
30 by 40 feet. The factory will consume f > 00
bushels of corn per day und tlio machinery
will cost $11,000.
Archbishop Ireland of the nrchdiocoso of
Minnesota , Nortn and South Dakota , has
Issued the following order : Public sentiment
has become so pronounced , and rightly so
against lotteries and chance games that wo
deem it our duty to prohibit altogether the
raising of money for religious or charitnbk
purpoics by the sale of chances , the use o
wheels of fortune or by any method savoring
of lottery or gambling. This rule , which wo
now make , admits of no exception. U np
piles to counties as well as to towns , to eon1
vents as well ns to parishes.
C\llfbrula. :
Nopals going to spend fM.OOO for a steel
bridge across the Napa rlvor.
Two tenderfoot loft Loraooro to walk to the
lake that seemed oulv a mile distant from the
hotel. They walked fifteen tnilos before they
reached it , and hired a team to rldo back.
A. voung fellow has been making a living
around the Sonoma towns by soliciting the
loan of a postage stamp. So many stamps
meant a square meal. IIo has been nrrosted
for vagrancy.
A colored woman has been arrested nt Los
Angeles for kidnaping a mulatto child from
its guardian In San Diego. She gave us n
reason for the act thnt she heard the child
was being ill-treated.
The body of William B. Munsie , n oattlo-
man , was found In Grapevine canyon , Calnv-
eras valley , u few days ago. In riding to his
ranch his hat had blown off , and in trylnp to
recover It ho fell ever a declivity and was
killed.
Mrs. Charles L. Foster of Uoss Valley ,
Murln county , saw two bounds chasing what
she thought was a calf. Following them
across u Held , she found thehounds strangling
a lurfo spike bunk in a ditch. She drove the
hounds nwav and plucklly held the doer until
assistance came.
Two years ngo n Saa Diego man planted
some oysters at the mouth of the Sweet river.
His first plant was forty sacks of Long
Islnnu oysters , which hnvo now spread over.
12,000 acres. Three thousand acres nro now
ready for eating , and the owner expects to
got 1,000 , bushels to the aero.
Mrs. Mary Brisco , aged sixty-flvo , mother
of Michael Urisuo , a Stockton politician ,
wandered away from her homo and was
found drowned , She hod been ot unsound
mind for many years and required a watch
on her at all times. During the absence of
her nurse In an adjoining room she made her
escape.
A. L. Rountreo , xvho had boon a resident of
Santa Cruz county for thirty yean , died at
bis homo in l-'olton of aithma nnd dropsy ,
aged thirty-three years. Ho located on 270
acres of land near the ellII ut Santa Cruz
with n largo bench frontage now worth a
quarter of a million dollars. In 1871 ho was
elected sheriff.
An olive nnd vine company was organized
nt Marysvillo with u capital stock of > 0Xi ( ) ) ,
all subscribed. The company will purchase
100 acres of land at Coloma and plant It to
ollvo trees , with two rows of grapevines be
tween each row of trees. Among the stock
holders nro the wealthiest and most prom
inent inen In this city.
The brandy production of the Fourtli
district , asshown by records in
the United States internal rev
enue oflico is ns follows : .800 , 702,323 gallons
lens ; 18SU , 701,2ijj : 1888 , 411,601 , nnd lhS7 ,
aiJ,107. ( Tdo Fourth district comprises
twenty-seven countlas In the northern nnd
northwestern sections of the stato.
The city assessor of Los Angeles Intends to
look closely into the matter of mortgages. In
one case It is said that u piuco of property
which is valued ut J7OOO or $30,001) , )
Is only assessed by the county nt
83,600 , with a mortgage for the sumo
amount , while a loan and trust com
pany is sjInK for a foreclosure of n. mortgage
on the satno property of $10,000 ,
Hev. Father A. lioussol , pustor of the San
Luis Oblspcr Catholic church , died In Los
Angolotf of dropsy after a lingering illness.
Father Uousscl was ono of the oldest ami
best known priests on the lower coast , hav
ing coma around the Horn thu-tv-four years
nco. Ho was formerly pastor of churches ut
VVatsonvillo and Santa Cruz , llo was sixty-
eight years of ngo. The remains will bo
tuken to San Luis for burial.
With ono exception , nil the fruit cannerlos
In the state have fanned a compact with
$3,000,000 capital stock , to lost fifty
years. All of the cannerlos will bo pur
chased lor two-thirds cash and ono
third stock. They will then bo under control
I of n corporation which will bo known ns tlu
California fruit canneries , limited. The com t-
a- pany has $2.000,000 , In bank with whlcn U
aIn purchase the canneries , and 15,000 shares if
stock have been subscribed for ,
THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELER ,
Voracious Ed Roe Moots and Interviews a
Very Rointukaulo CSnnibal.
A FARMER WHO WANTED NO SNAP ,
Ttio Hayfork Man Could Not Giro
Him Anything Hustler * In Am-
trnlln Tlio Driiiiiinor nnil
the
Ed nee of tlic Onto City lint company has
nn unblemished reputation tor voracity.
When ono of the boys ou the romt tolls a
story wlilcli his hcarcrc are npt to scoff at bo
simply says : "Well , 13d Uoo tohl mo thn *
Story , " niul It goes. So there wna no look ot
Incredulity on the fnco of any of Koo's nudl-
oiico lit the I'uxtoti lust night whoa ho told
them of a reformed cannibal ho mot recently
at Denver.
"Ilo was nimtlvoof India , " said Kd , "anil
wns born on 0110 of tlio groups of the FIJI
Islands. Ho was a funny looking nmrlc.
"Hovoro n very red or cardinal colored suit
of clothes , knee pants mid Jnckot trimmed
with blnck velvet , collars ntul culls. Over
his shoulder ho carried u cloak that was Hod
over the loft shoulder nmt under the right ,
made of white ntul rod lluntiel. lit * licud was
covered with u blouse that fell down his
hack , ntul still over this n hombroii ) . HU
shoes wcro tied ntuler the Instep \vlth n oao-
hulf Inch whlto braid thnt wound nroucd the
leg up to the kitoos. Ills general appearance
WIM very gaudy.
"This nallvo wnwonvertcd when twenty-
thrco years old , ami ho Is now seventy-four
years ot ago. Ills father lived to ho ono
hundred and throe , and his grandfather ono
hundred and thirty years of ago. Ills llfo
has been spent In lecturing on the condition
of his people , llospouks twenty humungus
fluently. When live or six years old ho saw
nn Indian wouiiin throw her child to n croco-
dllo thnt weighed over ono thousand pounds.
The animal missed the diilil ami thu mother
raught It as It ran luck to her bogging for Its
11 lo , utid throw It again. This tlmo
the crocodile struck It with Its
claws nml toro it Into two pieces , ntul ate It
very quickly. She then reported her nets to
the pagan priest , nml he blessed her , saying
to her. ( io nml sin no mono.
"Ho wns also n cannibal. When ho was
seven yours old there ) were twenty-ouo minis
ters , who wore caught while traveling anil
prospecting for places lo loento churches , nnd
ono of these ministers was beheaded every
morning by their high priest and his flesh
cookud , and the natives were tnudo to stand
in u row and each cue was given u part of ttio
llcsh and they stiio.l ntul ate It. This was
continued every day for twenty-one days , un
til all of the ministers were eaten up , uud ho
nto n pu.'t of twenly-oiio preachers ,
"Ho says the natives never do cat ono an
other unless he bo taken in war or us u mis
sionary. That It Is a mistaken idea that they
slay ono another to eat when this man and
that Is fat enough to eat. That the honsts of
the llohi never slny ono of their kind to prey
upon , and that the savages tiavo never gotten
to bo lower than wild nnlinnls.
"This man says ho remembers whoa Cal
cutta had only (10,000 ( Inhabitants , and
now she has nearly r > 0ltx)0. ) ) Doing a
member of the Kpiscopal church of
Knglnnd , ho is extravagant in his
showers of praises upon the lOngllsh government -
ment for their civilizing work among Ills people
ple , unit being a preacher ho lavas to tell the
Christian effect upon his ponplo and how Ills
heart ROCS out to all efforts'nailo < o clvlllzo
his poor heathen brethren. A mechanic com
mands $ ! to $10 per day there , and ho knows
of a lady thcro Irom the city of Indianapolis
who receives $100 every month for teaching ,
and that thovo Is a great demand for uioro of
thcso teachers. Ho had ono of the imtlva
women with him. "
Tim Drummer mill the Farmer.
"You can cither boat a farmer as slick as
grease or you can't beat him nt all , " said tto
patent hay fork man ns a group of drummers
wcro talking about their adventures In the
rural regions. "Thatts , ho is eittior gulllDlo
or over suspicious. Some will refuse a good
thing and some will sniipat swindle. I
thinic I can illustrate my declarations rights
hero , or at least one of the in. Tlio man In the
seat over there Is n farmer. "
"I should say so. "
"Anil he's ono of the sort who suspects
every stranger. Watch mo try him. "
Ho took a enko of toilet soup from his
satchel and goinp over to the farmer saluted
him in P. pleasant manner , nnd adilo.l : ,
"I have n now tniiko of soap hero which I
am introducing to the public. It Is worth 13
cents n cnko , but 1 make the prlco only 3. "
"Don't ' want it , " was the urn It reply.
'With every cnko ROCS n fs prconbaric , a
gold bracelet , the deed of n town lot In Kan
sas , n nockct-tuiife , a pair of oyo-glnsscs and
a solid gold rlnp. "
"Don't want 'em , sirl"
"As Iwant , your opinion of the soap I will
give it to you. "
"I won't take It. "
"But , sir , In orJcr to'lntroduco It Into your
neighborhood 1 will give you 100 cakes free ,
and nt the same tlmo leave live watches and
five deeds to town lots. "
"Ijook-a-hero I" shouted the farmer us ho
Jumped up and spat on his hands. "You go
away from mo or I'll mash ynu I I'm onto
your tricks old man , nnd if you think you
have picked up a hayseed , you are barking
up the wrong tree. "
And the hay-forK man had to move lively
to cscapo the blow levelled nt his nose.
Homo ( -ruin Australia.
"Few people have nn Idea of the isolation
ot Australia , " said Mr. O. M7 Williams , a
traveling man , who has just returned from
the antipodes and is on his way cast. "Sid
ney is about thirty-two days from Liverpool ,
nnd n few years ago It took six months
to make the trip. Now Zealand is MOO
miles from Australia , uud the trip to Snn
Francisco consumes about twenty-four
days. And Australia Is a great country ,
being equal lu territory to the United Status ,
exclusive of Alaska. Australia produces
good timber , gold , copper , tin. silver and
other valuable materials , nnd has besides a
great number of valuable furnnlmals , which
uro now competing in tlio European market
with American furs. A half century prac
tically spans the civilization of Australia ,
and yet there are several largo cities thoro.
Tlio total population , however , does not exceed
; iM)0UlK , ( ) ) , and the growth Just now Is not
rapid. They need a httlo American enter
prise out there , nnd they also need self-
government Kngland Is too faraway to re
tain supreme power over that vast territory ;
It takes too long to hear from the mother
countiy , and , in my opinion , the movement
for national union now going ou will end lu
national independence. In fact , many pcoino
nnd lenders among the people , hi Australia
are outspoken in urglngtotnl separation from
the old country and the establishment of a
republic. When Australia does bacomo a re
public there will bo nn lack of people and
money to build up a great nation.
The Drummer mid thn Ijympli.
A patient who has received three Injec
tions of Koch's lymph related his sensations
under treatment yesterday. Tlio patlout li
an Omaha drummer who had his experience
at ttio Dunvor hospital the second day after
the arrival there of the first consignment of
the famous lymph.
"Not the least interesting- part of my ex.
pcrlonco , " ho said , "has boon the taking of
the Injections. Apprehensions not unlike
those of ono on ttio way to the dentist's
wore mingled with the hopes of recovery
that I felt before receiving the tlrst doio ot
lymph. But I bad no reason for fear ; the
operation wiw nothing to spvult of. A slight
pricking sensation , a fouling of fullness uo-
hcnth the skin at the side of the purctnrv.
and I wax put to bed to await the action of
thu remedy. A drowslnes.i comu over mo.
but I did not sleep , and a hot Hush spread
over mo. I seemed for the tlmo lo bo re
moved from surrounding objeuut and to live
apart from thu people ntout mo. Still I was
conscious of my whereabouts. The feeling
wasslmllar to thodollrum of fever nndthonU
lendunts bald my Uiroporatnro was elevated.
After thcso sensations had lusted for a tlmo
I bccaino sllgtitly chilly and fell asleep.
Whoa I awoke I was In a natural fratno of
mind.
' 'The same experience followed the second
'Injection , but alter the third dosji of the
remedy my temperature , to the surprlso of
the doctor , full from US.lt to WJ.l , instead of
rising , us h said to bo usual"