THE OMAHA. DAILY 3U3J3 SA'LTHDAY ' ' '
: , JTBURUARY 'AS IHOl-TN'EM'E PACES.
News of the Northwest.
Cronmof tlio Nowsof llio Northwest la horevvllli prenp.Ttorl In tvtx iiijle foiMn , No o'.li > r papm1
ninkos this news n Ictulinu feature. It is the week's history of llio Q rent northwest.
Working rnri : < HM > tlO , ( > OI > , j
l".i > H are under dlsounlon In California
\vii.n. if sucee fill , would make it po sli > lo
ti wry out livdraullimlnlntr without injury
li lie farmers In Iho valleys and open up
o ii'ii ' ono of the rli-lio t gold Holds III tlio
w .rut . The Ideals to construct a lingo debris
a in n tbo canon to the cast of Smartsvllle ,
ni i in.liil from thcmii innminnlti Ilium-lo
' uivi'v thu water tolhu lule lands around Iho
bav lly this means the dam would catch
ni-db ild all the rougher dobiK while thu
mime would bear the "sllclcens" nwny and
fl iHi ! > it II on the tlJo lands , whom II xvould I ,
ti.-'iiiinlato ' and convert them Into rich farms |
liu.id f leavingthoin to lie at waste ns at
lr suit.
Probably taomostmcteii'dvo ' portion of the
W'trk wniild ho tin' ilniii , which would lir >
ii'ii'iit ' ' 'in ' ) feel , tn height and which would
K VIMI full of (100 ( feet to the tldo level. His
ti'-'minti'd by competent engineers thiit this
X.ul.I bo suftlciont to scour tlio Hume by
U'l'u'-ul ' ' means nnd would irivi'tho h.ulniulir ;
u .ni'fs in tliuinouiit.iliisb.iclc of Nevada fily
nu ii | > | iiirhniity to work full foreo. The cost
of Hie entire work is estimated at from
$ . iMo.omMo fi.iiOi ) ( Mi , vhieh is hut a trilling
B'.ro ' i-uinpiiroil wltii the f < OO.IHX > , OIXIor more.
lUK liH-ki'tl up In the hills , xvllhout nliy
pv.nt means of .exit-art ing It , and which
.ai'i- - -t lie taken out In paying ( luuntltiesbv
iij \ - itn'imeans. .
An objection has lioen tirtfo.il to the plan on
nriinint of the water rlKliuinvolved.biit this ,
It - iid , will not mtc-rlern as the miners
n' in their own xx-atcr In reservoirs and can
i TO ) t it as they chose without being inter-
fi-n-il with by laxv. In Ihi ! ( oustruetioii nf
'
t - tluiiii' , it'is proballe that heavy red wood
lumber would bo used. It could bo
1. ' uncovered so that If any
oustruetioii should occur It could bo
pit-ill v removed , which would not bothocaset
wiih iron pipe. The stream of water would
bi'sn regulated that no ovorllow could occur.
\syetthoplansaronot fully formed , but
II is salil that KoiiH'of llio best engineers on
tintoiisl have examined Into the mutter and
have reported favorably without a single ex
ception. In the meantime Iheiaatteris bciin ?
pushed quietly and an cgortlllbomadoto \
orgaiiixiia svmliciito to taho tlio inaMerlii
baud nud ralso the money to carry it out.
A 'Krlsoo MltMiiiN.
Here is a condensed bntrovoltln R biography
Of a San l-'r.iiieisT-o millionaire as written by
Arthur.\U-Kwen for the Salt I.-aho Tribune :
"I saw him In a box at the theater grinning
lit llio unehaslo antics on tlio sta e. Ho was
nlnne , fur Just at prcsenthe. isnot on amicable
Irruisxdth bis family or families ratherfor
llio iiK-i-liiltyof this Rontlemaa has been mur-
riau'e , etc. Only in Franco xvould it bo per-
imltt-it to print his biography. ICven xx-hat I
am alinnt to tell concerning him Is sueh a
riivt-hitiiiii of depravity that jiooplo of
li'innul ' morals nnd dcei-nt lives will bo apt
tii'iolievc ' itboyoiiil credit. Hut people of
this surt know nothing of the lives nf u class
ui fpidwit animals common to all cities. This
] iarlicuiar old malformation is past sixty.
Jlo hn a xvifomid homo In the western ad-
ilitlrv buthe seldom goes there , llisnp-
p , .iicnts iu one of the hotels are line
. unh lor the prince of Wales , though In a
I ) ' , moss way ho Is n nklnllint. In the same
lintel are a man nnd woman baser than he is ,
fur he pax's them an ineoino. and in return
tin" . liavi > Kiven him tlieir daughter , \vhois
lint IHIeoii and still K > ' 'i to school ! YVtllils
fiiilu-rand this mother are a ratherniee look
ing elderly pair , who inovo ni-oiiiultlieliotol
without shanio , mid have the air of bein i
pel-sous of eonsU'.oralion m easy cir
ciimstanct"J. They xvould have felt honored
umtiT the ( iriiiiiih.tmico and patronage of
Tlm cltu-ay'a Lord Stcyn , devils out of the
pit as they aro.
Uecently the rich man went to Seattle on
business , nnd xx-hilo he was off thoyouiigcirl
Rave- party in his rooms to some of her
schoolmatesher iucrcOlblo mother superin
tend iug the rox'els , A * those xvcro nt their
height three ihiuchters of the absent p.iy-
inaster txx-oof them married and each born
nf -sepimito mother in wedlock invaded the
npar-ftncnt.s and inado such a scene that the
dam of tlicdoKi-ailed litllo hostes ? soi/.odtho
polcerand diwo thoin forth Into the hallway ,
locking tlio door for safety after them. Tlioro
tlu > three datishters , with rentty nails nnd
parasols , lay in xvalt for hours , until the hotel
people rallied nnd ojectcd the xvholo outtit ,
bchoolglrl ( 'tu'stH and all.
On his return the parent was Indignant
nt the conduct of his offstirinjr , and
pending apologies has cut oil supplies.
lrix"en ) from tlio hotel , ho has iiistalled
the father , mother , daughter and him
Belt' in a urotty cottage on the ontMurts ,
tlniniieds of men and women know of this
inei-lcnt , and the whole state I.s cognisant of
the sort of hfo the man has led for thirty
yeai-h , but be doesn't care. IIo bus the
inuiicy to cloas ho pleases , and Ids veidth
makes it dangerous for newspaper * to mon-
liiui him disrespectfully , there beliiK such
thinKSILS libel laws and courts willing to
enforce them xx-ltu river in defense of the
fuiiiidations of society a lar o block in
winch tills excellent old centlonian.of course ,
K KoSilenus , nslncllnod , buys voiith anil
beauty and coes his carrion way in safety ,
grinning in n- bluffed world's scaiidali/oil
face. It xvlll ho edifying to listen to the fun
eral sermon that i-ro lotin must bo preached
over his evil carcass. There Is nn dou'jt ' nt
all that it will bo worth tno money , and d
his xirtuesfull Jtistiee.
bid inns Can Work ,
12vcn nuioiiK the Piutes thei-e are a fo\\
men who have Mcient industry and cnt-or.
prise to farm on a largo scnlo land of then
own , writes Dan Do Qnillo from Virginia
City , Nox- . Chief Natchez is a < j.uict and am
bitious rancher. ISIauy others would no
doubt fin m after a fashion if tliey had un
disputed possession of a patch of ground am :
suftielcnt water to trricnto it. In IhtW , im
mediately utter tlio Pluto war , nil Indinr
raino lo me-In Silver City who , to my sur
prise , was full of the spirit of a. grander. IIo
Bald he had n ranch soiuewhero about the
Eiuk of the Hiinibuldt. He wanted a cow
breeding so\v , some chtokens and a lot ol
garden seed. With a Httlo assistance
the man would doubtless have soon
become an Industrious and contented -
tented ranchor. Perhaps ho may ox'cn now
bo running a much , i have forgotten tin.
man's name and do not mum- that I hnvo
seen him since that day. ho had then just
sold Hfty tons of hay and had the cash to pa )
fur tilings xvUhed to putvhnso , There are
now about Virginia City xvholo herds of Plute.i
ol both sexes. Many of the bucks are sirup
plntf young fellows. Show thoni ivork lhut
rim do , and offer them money , and they are
ready to take hold at oiice , but they nropooi
hamis at finding work mid never tblnlc o
originating anything or dolnp : anything 01
their own account that would bring tticn
money , unless iierlmps to shoot afoxvducltb
and foese. For those they always inuimiro to
get toil prices. Ono never gets a bargain on
of a Pluto , lie will hang on longer than a
ChlnifFnnn for the hist cent.
No Kxeuso For Hilling- .
'
A fatal shootlnt'oieuncd at BurKsido
three miles fromUanon City , Col. , bywhicl
John l-Vlch , aged txventy years , lost his life
A. brother of the boarding house keeper
when ) a number of the coal minors bean
brought a gun to the house for the purpose o
going rabbit hunting , and stood itairnlnst tin
bouse while he went lasiilo to cat his break
fustFeleh
Feleh anil three other men were standing
outside the door when a Hohemiai
limned John Seaman walked past the
homo toward the back end o
the lot , but turned nnd en IN
back to where the men xvero standing. Hi
i.ickcJ up the gun. which was an old rllle
boix'd outiind loaded with shot , and cocking
It turned around and pointed it at Felch , say
Inyas ho did so , "L.ook out ! " The cunva
discharged , the whole load strikhiK 1'clch In
tno head , tearing away part of the skull and
fccnttering brains and tlct h uguiibt the house.
Tliemanwos locked up In j nil , IIo nil mils
the shooting , but says It was not Intentional ,
Ho spcnlis very llttlo Kiih'lWi.
Kiii\v ; That ( iliifloiiN Climate.
A most oxeltliiK Incident occurri'd on
Pouith street , near Toxviiseud , Iu wkleti the
principal uetors xvoro n proinlnont lumber
dealer , n runaway steer and a small dog ,
* aystuo Ban Francisco CulL The steer es-
'
iMo ! | l from thn rallnud corral and had
started out tn tukolti Iho town. Ho liad lint '
ivivMillv. ii.-rlvcd fmm his iuli't count ry linmo |
and thn bomU of captivity had frottml his
proud nnil until ho lud been wwiiBlitiip to
the hlifhoMt pitch of r.igiv Thfiv win til-nxl
Inin hlieyonlii > turned into fourlli it root ,
and the oinlnnua haUeof hhhoiiil lii-tolinncd
inti
trotihle. jfuw fivt itw.iv lioeapleil tln'luin-
berjnaii tniietly walkingnlnng t tie street , unit
M tlm steer paused for an Ins Unit to get
tiearlngs nnd il ? up the 111,111 a smuli
uiifT spi'nng froniadoonvay and gave vent to J
a vicious tj.u k. A moment latt'rh' * made a
ash at tlu'sU'cr'i lid-In. 'llio luinhi'rni.iu.
\\lthhli \ b.ii'k tiirniMllo thcii'one , continued
oa lihviiy. . Without wamltur tlio steer
d.isbtd tort'.ird him with he.ul lowered , mid I
le lumberman lainied uimn hi > Imi'lc. rolling
wavlnto tin ; gutter , \\lii-n - ho ni-oio tlio
idiml hnd di.tappunml iirouiuliui ii < lacmit ]
nruer and was seen no more. 'I'he man ga ed
Ithnii airof bewilderment in all directions ,
liinccd sinpkMouily atthoslty. picked up hi *
at and llnuvd awav. A polirmn.in , xvho liad
Itnessed llio inehk'nt frnm a distance , ox-
lainiil the nat ure nl the necldont.and found j
UliluYiilttoi'inko tlio victim of tlm mishap
eliin-o thai It win nut 11 cvclnno tti.it had
L'iseilsuildenly doxx-n the sheet.
I'uH-d us I-'vn lliuiilll'in.
A Hurry of excitement was created at
lutto , ixlont. , by the advent of ii stylish
'oimn from 'eiv York , cl.iltiilng to he Kva
liiinlltoii. She registered at tbo leading
itcl under the name of Car r ID 1C. Austin.
lor llrst CMtr.mro to the diiiiiig room
reated a sensation , and a Chlcajo |
fti minor at onro foil victim to her
and the - - such
nsclnatioiH t -o wot-o soon
va nn friends that they started out together
hatiilKhtto "tako ia" the town. Tins waj
ionelii tlio most approved style , all thopopu-
ir rcsorubt'ing visited andi'.hainpafjiie lloiv-
UK freely , tliuwiunan footiiif ; the bills. It
VIIH during thiticvol that she nnnouiicoil to
wondering cmwil th.it sliowan the woman
vhohiul e.iusedllio . ilis i-.ii.o of Uolwit H.iy
' lainilton , and ills pla.vi'd papers which she
.aid . were onion from l/io / conrt for alimony ,
t Issaidthat aho also boasted of having
ieo.il on friendly terms with the prince of
vTales , and she even exhibited n pair of
linmond studded parlors which she elainiod
viis presented lo her by Dim. The nlpht's
doiisuro ended in the woman dalmiug that
ho had been robbed.
\Ylieii she returned to the hotel she ci-
dained totho proprietor that slu- had left
-Jew Vork under the lingering Itiilucncu of
i xvine paily and onlyeoinoto upon arriving
it ilutto , and avowed that she was not loaded
vith wealth. She said she would receive a
onilllaneofroma friend In KenVork in a
lay or txvo , xvlneli favor she is still awaiting ,
't turned out that slio wasn't ' thoorltrtnal
ircn 12x'a.
Tall .lumping.
The Jumping of tlicBentoii group of mines
) ii Suoxv creek , in the rCcilnirt district , Mou-
ana , is exciting considerable Intnrcsl. The
six leads cunipTiiotl In tholleiitoii group xvcro
oc.ited by Daniel llutro In 1-ivJ , live other
[ iiii-tlcs securing interests in thu discovery
iminedintclv nftcrxvanls. Nothing but assess
ment work was done for some six or seven
years , fractional interests in the same hav-
liands In severnl instances. J.
( - ' . K. Iiiirkur , a mining expert at Neiliart , e-
cured control of the propirty afexv iiionlhs
i o by purchasing llvo one-sixth Interests -
ests from dilTeront oxx'ne.r.s , the remaining
one-sixth beiiiK held hy lorry Collins of
( treat Kail * . The property has sineo been
merged Into si stock company , Mr. Collins re
ceiving no equivalent for Iho fractional in-
ierest ho still owns In tbo various leads. The
lumping is said to tiodoneon beluilt of Sir.
L'ollirts , and is based iinon some tectiiileal
omissions In the original local ing. The C ! real
Kails Tilbinio denies that Collins jumped the
( troup. This does not alter the fact that the
Loup has been ] unixd | ) , hoxvover , and that
in era of endless litigation is uboiitto bo in
augurated.
Want Itoiini I'lir rfclllc-rs.
A inectiiif7 of the settlers in Hound Valley.
Cnl. , xvas held In Covolo to express dissatis
faction with the proposition to extend the
boundaries of the Indian reservation , A.
iinmbor of speakers , both whlteaml Indians ,
addressed the meeting , and nil xvcro agreed
upon the proposed action of the government
eomuiis.sionors in proposing to extend the
_ seas to liicludo Irotn riO.OOO to
riKX ( ) acres as being imnolltic and unjust. It
xx-as slated that the wtiolo number in Kiev-al
loy , men , \ \ omen and childrenIncluding sev
eral Americans , Tortuiruose and Afi leans ,
does not ex coed TOO or sCHpet-sons. ) Theies-
olutlons adopted set forth that 10,000 orli-
IMJO acres are amply snfllcieiit to bo reserved.
aiTd that the same should bo alloted to the
Indian families in ten or twenty-acre tracts.
The resolutions also express dissatisfaction
with the present commission and rciuiest the
senators and representatives of California to
iibotheir influence to have it recalled and se
cure the appointment of a new one.
t hurc'li ot * OraiiR-- ( .
The 1'alorinoFYult Growers' association ,
which recently aftlliatod with the California
state board of trade , sent to San Kraneisco u
largo model of the Union church , which is lo
cated at Palermo colony In Butto. The
model has been erected in the board of trade
rooms and is now on exhibition.
The inlaiaturo ehurch Is an exact model in
every detail of the original niul just onc-sov-
onth its size. It is 11) feet in length , C , ' . . . feet
wide and 11'.j feet in lioicht. Thereof
roof , Rabies and belltoxver are covered with
oranges , some thousands of xvhleh are used ,
while in the windows and around the pedes-
tuU are arranged exhibits of nuts , dried and
fresli fruits and other products of tho-eobny.
As the oranges used m deeorating the church
wither they will bo taken away and fresh
fruit substituted until the oninpro'.season is
over , xvhea ether fruits , dried and fresli , will
bo used for decorntinpr , milling it astandinp.
unique advertisement of tlio resources of
Palermo.
lcv. ! ( leorgoV. . Darr has boon on trial oo-
fore ttio presbytery of llouldcr , charged with
conduct Inconsistent with the ministerial
calllnp. Ho is well known aloujj in the toiviis
of southern Wyoming , having been pastor of
the Presbyterian church at Ksiwlins and
county superintendent of schools In Carbon.
IIo became Involved in debt and h.id to va
cate his charge at Itawllas. IIo preached at
Kvanstou several tlmos as a candi
date for tlio Pi'obyterlan churoh.
Afterwards rvlr. liarr was called
to L.iiramio City. Illswife Is n nloco
of Postmaster ClenernlVanamaker. . The
J.arainio Presbyterian church has many a
minister's ' scalp dandling from her belt , and
a good many thought that Mr. Earr's would
bondded. Hut tholnvestiKiitln eomiuitteo
cleared him on the ehnrges nf criminal im
morality , blithe failed to free himself of the
strictures passed on his liuaucl.il operations.
Tenderloin
The Silent Friend iiilno atPlUIn , which
shoiveda nine- foot vein of olld yaleaa at the
gra s rout * * , was found by two Swede rail
road liands woo didn't know what the min
eral was , nud K'O away throe-fourths of
their lutero.t before they discovered Its
value. Experienced prospectors had boon
over the Kiwmd thousands of times , but
there was no external evidence of the lead ,
The railroad men found It by rolllnur a boul
der down the mountain side. Tut. . mineral
cropped out from where the noulder had
been The great carbonate lleldj ot'Veiut-
villo were found by a man who WM thought
to Do lusiino fnr mldng shaft where there
wsro nooxtenial evidences of mineral , lie
found carbonate "blanket vein "
ma , lylnjr ni
level as u sheet of water. A regular pros
pector would never have sunk theiu It was
purely a ciuo of nccldcnt and tenderfoot lucli ,
Victim
LouU Vetty , a young ranchtnnn living on
\VhitoTail civok , Slontauu , about forty-llvo
miles cast of Great Pulls , \vas brought to tlio
latter place with both feet badly frozen uml
mortillcd by Improper treatment nnd neglect ,
On iTcbruary 1 , Yctty oud a companion wore
nuntiiig wolvoi whoii they broke thrnu irh the
ieoof i Smith river , and biiforo rouebliin homo
Vcttx".ife twi'ro fro/.eu solid , lie started
ford re.it KnIU , lint \vns caucht in the r"cetil
snow Mtorm nnd thrco days ehiisedbefore tin
re.iehod there. 4\tn | > utallonof both foetwlll
prolitibly bo necesviry to save Ids life.
\iMirS\vliilliin :
A soiiitticnal storv WH imblisheil by the
livening Star In relation to nrlni ? alleged to
have . Iv-eii - formed for the purpose of defraud
ing Pueblo , Col , , out of MOO.OOO. The
Colorado eoil : and iron company built the
South 1 'ue I ) lo waterworks tifteeii years nmi ,
niul until the fall ol issii owned a IIII-KO ma-
,
joilty ( of the stock. Is'o dividends wore ever
liald ' , niul In Ks ' .l , when the m.it tt-r of selling
the -works was broached , nil small stoclt-
holder * were In favor of it , 'riiepiircluiso
was m.ide by loesil capitalists , and the worki
li.ivo been run bylhoin'slneo. In Us expose
t heS tnr alleges that n rltn ? hait been formed
by a number of nhlormcn nnd the owners of
the works to soil the uropertyto thu city for
SHW.ooti , wlirruns It wm worth only Slixi,0 , )0. )
'Iho airlielo states that details hnvb been all
Jirrarigcil , and In a short time an effort will
be iiinde to nulotly let the c-lty in for 5VOOD ) ( )
with nut bringing the question to avotc ol the
[ WOplfl ,
Itunaxvny Krelirlit Tnln. . "
runawnv freight train did ronslilerablo
Jamagoiii the Santa FoyanU at 1'uoblo ' last
.Monday a fternnon , destroying several tliou-
sind ilollnrs worth of property. Kiiginooi1
Jifson brought in on glno il1 ! from Denver ,
and comltif : dowaii urado near tfio mylnm
tl.o nirhosn between the engluo and tlio llrst
car broke connections , praduiiliy ( Mining
speed. After nottlu ir out of the engineer's
rout rnl tin ; riitfl no rushoil throuqhtlie yards
nboutaniilo at a frightful speed , wilh tlio
train behind. Near the ( J rand iivenuo cross-
iiiL' six cars werostiiiulhin on the I rack , nnd
; hesoworc * smashed to pieces. The cujrine
was bully dnnageil , but tn-ld the rails and , no
ono uas hurt.
\Milppi-il liy n Uoiinni.
William Tlrre. pn-ildontof the St. Joe
mine of Gold Hill , near Uouldor , was badly
used up by Coorgo Klncli nnd hiswll'o a few
days ago. Tirronud Mrs. l-'hiehhad words ,
In which hard language was used , and the
.ady . snatched n horsewhip , thrashed him
soundly around his f aee and bond , Ho , losing
his temper , knocked the woman down , and on
ninhif' her feet she went at himiiRuIn
with , a determination to do him up , which sno
eertnlnly would huvo ilonolf Tlrro had not
runaway. U'hen the husband returned ho
was Informed of what had occurred , and
sailed Into Tirro with a club , hitting him
over thu head and inflicting painful , 1C not
serious cuts.
( > Mtrii1i I'm-miii t ; ,
' 1'vvo years ajjo.Iosiali Ilarbert purchased a
few ostriches and nut them on hit furm nc-ar
I'hci-iik ' , where they have remained with
success ever since , and ho is delighted to
ilntl ivitli his band four youngsters just
hatched , says the Ari/ona Gazette. i\lr \
Ilarbert said he was agreeably surprised , be
cause the birds don't hatch until they attain
live years of sige , nnd his birds are only
three , yet when 01115 thinks of the wonderful
grouth and maturity of evervthhiK1 else In
thin valley they ceasoto wonder at the JU1-
vaim-inotitof Mr. Haruerl's ostriehcs. ThU
brood demonstrates , hov-over , the womlfrfiil
nJiint-ibility of this climate to the growth of
those useful and prolltabU- birds ,
A His CupptiBrick. .
U'lio Copper C iieon comp-iny atliisbce will
exhibit at the world's fair A mammoth speci
men of ore from their mines. Worlc of chisel-
the piece out has boon going on for some
litre , and grant care Is bom g taken in Its
extraction without injuring its appearance ,
says the 'J'oin t-toiio , Ariz. , 1'rospector. 1 1 is
estimated that when ready for shipment it
will wei h live tons and will he in the shape
of a brick. The speeiim/n / is from the. big
stopofroiiuvlikh sudi beautiful specimen *
have Deci ! taken , and will contain ahout
every known character of copper formation
and colorings. It will , \vlthou tdotitt ) , bo the
most attractive specimen on exhibition.
Old c'ook.
"Tliero N none in our city who mourn more
for ( lenornl Sherm an than 'Old ' Shady , " the
once fimons singing cook , who followed the
fortunes of the bravo old peneral through
the war , " says the ( iraiid Torks ( S. I ) . ) Her
ald. " 'Old Shady , ' or Major Blakely li.
Duraiit , as he i.s known in ( jriiinl Perks ,
Jives on > 'orth Seventh street. IIo Is a line
specimen of manhood , and is almost white.
Ho Isauont sixty- voyeurs of ago. Quo of
bis children attends the university. ( Joniral
Shormaii gave a. flattering account of the
man and his famous SOUKS. In the Xortli
American Review for October , ISv * . " A
puit.e was made uj t by the Grand Ivories citi
zens to enable ' 'Old bhacly" to attcnit General -
oral .Sherman's funeral at St. Louis.
XVI nil I'nl IN.
There appears to have sprung up aceiiuiiio
opidemicof fortunes In Mcokcr , I'olo , A fe\\
days aso the news was received that ono o !
the oldest settlers , Julius D. Kd wards , was
oiioof thodircet heirs to the 8.1)1),000,000es ) )
tate which is now helns settled up In Is'ew
Voik. Mr. Eihvnrds has received official in
formation from the lawyers xvho arc settling
up the matter , and expects to receive ns his
share some S.'Mi,000. .lacol ) Youch , a ranch-
niiin just outside flecker , has also received
the ncxvs that ho is entitled toI0ltnj ) as his
sliaro from an estate In London , luiigkuul ,
Ten Diiys \VUlowei' .
W. Tl. Mini roe , county auditor , is the sub
ject of much unfax'orablecomment in Vank-
ton. Tend ays a fo Mrs. Muiiroo died , after
a lingering illness. Saturday night ho mar
ried his second wife , the uoxv partner of his
Joys being Mrs. Celeste Bartlett , widow of
tholatu Oivenlliirtlott. Thu late Aln. iVIuu-
roe had a host of friends and a larfio circle of
acquaintances , und of course tliey arc all
pleased to Know that Mr.Munroo ; hid Milll-
ciont respect for her memory to defer Ids
second inarri.tiro for at least ton davs , JSIuii-
roe ! sixty years of aifovhlle Ills brido's
said to be forty.
An .Arrival in l/onilvl / lie ,
Itev. Koopsed , who is coniluctlni ; a sc-
rlesof inectiiiL's at Klorhsant , Colo. , told nn
incident of the earlier days of I.eiulvllle.
Unknown to the prospectors a church had
been creeled and a bell put In its steeple.
On the following Sunday morn wlillo n nuin-
of ChrUllans who had "forcotten' ' were out
on the lillls prospecting the church bell rani ? .
V man drove hi.s pick into the trround and
said : "Hoys , let's stop , " "Why , what's
up ! " asked Ills companions. "Listen , " said
ho , as the bound of the bell roiled over the
lulls. "Listen don't youhorrl Jcsua Christ
hns uonioto Leadvlllo. "
Jllu ol'lilumlor * .
In Slack's canyon , liftcon miles from the
1'caeh Tree ranch of Miller A Lux , in Cali
fornia , glanders hnvo hoe : ; prevalent for llvo
years , and ono farmer lost f..OOO . In horses
UurliiK that tlmo thruuRh Iffiioranco as to the
treatment of the malady. Kivehorsosaflllctud
\viththoitiscaso were discovered and kl.'lcd. '
J t h stilted by tlio doctors that several deaths
amoiiR the human family from glanders have
occurred In .Monterey county. Three of these
lire well authenticated , A com miss ion has
been making un Investigation to stop the
rnvagesof this and kindred diseases.
'KD Cut Itannli.
Apromlneutfnrinor of Sutler county , Cali l-
fornia , rcinnikcd that tlnce he had been
farming ho hid tried nearly everything to
inako money , says the Marysvlllo Appeal.
I Jo had raised line horses , cows , hog * and
sliecp. His last venture hnd been Angora
goats. They wore dying off very fast and
\vhcn the last ono was gouo ha was jfo'ug ' to
ralso Maltese cuts , if they did not prove
Vroutublo hovus \ b'Olue to renv bis ranch and
dovolo the remainder of Ids llfo to studying
thosubjectof wnati-J opuortunltleH ,
I'lond.
An ntlenipt wivs made n fewiiljlits ago to
wrivknDiMivcr A Itio liraiulo iiMaoiiiror
train a mlle out of Trinidad , Col. The next
day bloodhound * vcro taken to the set no nnd
put upon ttio trail , which they took up and
followed to a hut In Shllllli , wheroJose Ail.
117,11 , Jli'.vican , roildes. Ilci was arrested ,
nnd when linked why ho put n IIo. on tin * track
sniil it wn * beeausoho hated the llio CtWiulo
road and didn't cnro a dhow many people
ho killed o ho trot even with the road. ll
was placed iu Jail. Uucklly the eagliio did
not leave inotriu-U and ho aid not accomplish
his hellish , . _
Di'liulii llio MHO l-'itie.
Keniiter-ekvt.l. II , K.llo had to purehiKO n
rnllwny ticket lo rldo in the cars f rein Valley
K prints \Vortliington , .Minn. , and return ,
says the Valley Springs Enterprise. The
riMinii of this is InvauWV ) Ids pass reads "goou
only on lines In Soulli Oukotu. " Valley
Springs Is a Illtlu less than half a mile from
the Minnesota state linn , lint the line ; < eems
near enough to compel senators to get out of
the cars niul pay "toll'1 ' bcforo cnnslnjt the
state boundary ,
DisL'Iptineit. llio .1 nil ire.
Al-oadvillo Jury rcci-ntly bocomttif ? dls-
KU'luil with the "siass" ililndiiUtoredto them
selves , as will as the lawyers and witnesses ,
by the Jud e , ordnd ) the sherllV to look the
hitler up for a couple of wooki , "Jtnl to let
out u hole or two In his checkrein , " ns the
foreman , a livery stable keeper , aptly ox-
poration ho was inenntlentlv lugged off to
jnll , nnd placed in dunmeo vile , while the
easj xx-enl on .smoothly with the most popu
lar bar-keeper in town occupying : the judicial
chair.
Accepted nn A ! > nloj-y.
It .I.Hcanlau , n 1'iiioa i'aellle locomotive
lireinen , while at supper at thcltocUy loun-
tnin hold nt Kvnnstoti.Vyo. \ . , bi'cami ) nhusivo
to State Senator 0. W. Mnrx and the latter
Kcntloinen ejected the llremaii from the
hotel , whureii ) on the Union I'acille ' omplox-o
proceeded to malio xx-ar on tlio Iron t of thu
hotel , succeeding la smashing two glass
tloors. Tlio deputy sheriff pulled the RCIItie-
man ami .ImlKO t'astlo charged him ? 'JU for
his misili-mrai.or. He went back totnohotel
and Mr. Marx accepted an npolotj.v.
An Ofllcer of tlio Denver Humane society
was sent to Pine drove , Jefferson county ,
Colo. , to look after the case of Josw Spencer ,
a boy twelve years old , wtio Is siilTcring from
improper u'liputution of a limb. About llvo
years ago one of his legs was amputated mid
has never healed , and now the bono pro
trudes about live or six inches bovond the
llesb. Thunoor hey has no mother and his
fathersponiH most of his time at a saloon
near hii home.
Hard Oisr ,
Charles Shaw hns Just , been discharged
from the SIOUK Palls IS. D. ) penitentiary ,
whn.ro hevtu sent for stealing the diamonds
of his cousin , Cora nolle Chasten , tbo school
teacher wlio "mated with a dusky saviifr > V
Charles I * nluoUi.ii years old and has been in
Dakota not iinitoa year. Of that time ho
spent six wceus on the reservations , two
weeks la j.dl mid ton month * in the pe-iil-
tentiarv , Hn ivil1 go to another state and
take n fresh start.
Voulli Till IlurullalM'r. .
Chaneo Julm&oii of Oti , Colo. , has a
liainbletonian stallion colt now eight mouths
old which showed nt six months old a 'iir : >
gait paciiii ; , and trotting"'j. ) ! ' The colt Is
a Jet black anil very handso'ne. '
Chiinco is now twonty-threa years of n o.
When no wai sixteen his father nave bun un
old mare tor.iiso . him a colt. Hybreediiu up
Iu peed blood he got this colt and has refused
6IUULW for him.
Imlian I.jiiid I'atont.
The first United States land patent over
offercil for record by na Inoiaa in Wyoming ,
was presented to the let-order of deeds for
Ulnta county , last week. Jtls for 100 acres
of the line-it bottom land in that section of
the stale. Undi-r thetjtlo glvon the holding
is utterly exempt from'any sort of ineuin-
bran to. Hiss-lied to the minor heirs of a
Shosliono woman whowas married to awhile
man.
A Railroad Author.
Joseph Kinilelan , roaJinnstor of the Iowa
anil Dakota divisions of the Milwaukee roail
at Mitclic'il , S. D. , Is felting out a book of
several hundred pages on " ( foverninent
Oiviiersbiii of Railroads , " which will bo
issued in afow days b > the Mitchell printing
company. A book previously written and
published by Mr. Klndclan calleil "Tho
Trackman's ( i aide , " had a lai-RO and in-ollt-
aide sale and is considered -'ood authority.
Alliance Oath
li. K , C5rim.sh.iw , who returned yesterday
from 1'ierre , H. 1) ) . , states that when the leg
islature met tlio independent members were
taken to the Kitoh block , nuido to grasjia
rope with ono hand , \vhilo they hihl the
ether aloft , nnd solemnly swear to remain
unllinclnng in their pnrty fealty , says the
DoadwoodTlincj. The rope ia supposed to
have boon emblematic of the noose that
would be theli'M if tlio oath was violated.
Pitiiieri In I'rull.
Begin n Ing IMarch 3 a state citrus fair -vvlll
Lo opened at I-oi Angeles , Cal. From Sierra
Mndro the contribution will bo n design of
Wilson's peait and tbo observatory. Kivera
will erect a tower of citrus fruit nud walnuts
and San Gabriel will work out a picture of
the "Old Mission" building in oiuuftcs. Al-
hainbru. will send a loorihh casllo fiibhioncd
after plans ot the famous Alhuiubr.i of
( Iranada.
Slujrser School in HHler.
V patron oFtho public schools undertooUto
thrash t lie principal of the Haiita liosa , Cal , ,
hiKh school the otliorovoiilnj , ' for chastising
his son. Several blows were exchanged ,
which caught the patron on the nose nnd
under the o.ves. Ttio principal was out on
the streets tbo next day in the pink of condi
tion , but tno patron has not since appealed
and is notreuekliiK callen.
lle-tnarlcsib o Kojipe.
A milo from Montcsano , Wash. , last
week u litllo child fell out of a coach window
of a railroad train , and xx'as not mis.sed until
the train reached thodopotat Slnntcsano. A
railroad laborer picked the llttlo one up and
carried her to town. Strange to say the lit
tle girl was unhurt , save a foxv trifling
semtdies.
Queer si in lilt- .
\Vhon the east-bound California train ar
rived at Lamar , Col. , ttio other morning it
wat > discovered that they had hooked onto the
Denver sleeper Instead of the Chicago sleeper
at La < luntil. This necessitated a delay of
about four hours so that Iho casino could
take back the Denver passengers and got the
other ear ,
Hl reo C'niiseil l > enli. |
rjobert Mnci , a miner employcii in the Hand
L'ouleo coal mines x .w instantly Icilled l y Lo-
iiifjstruck with a liugu chunk of slate that
had boeomo detached from the root of the
tunnel xvhi-ro hovvns working , l.lndh.ul ba-n
on a sprue tbo pi-ox-iuus day and failed to lini-
boruii that pait of the mine whore ho was
working at the tunoof his ilcatn. He was
thirty years old and lenx'es a wife and two
small children In do3tltntocircuiii.stancos ,
* Sniv Tier lioy It i licit.
The seven-year-old , ton of J. ( ! , 1Cntnis ,
station and oxprosn ngontatSau Marelal , N.
M.foll undiirtho xylnu'lfcol a moxMiig freight
car and wan instantly , killed a fowday.s upo.
Ills moUier was iit-ar-him at the time and I
witnessed the lifo 'Crushed out of her
precious little son , bul xvaf xiouerlcji to prevent -
vent the accident.
Car HIH Throat in n ICftuniirant , ]
Villinm II111 , Huppasul to bo u railroad :
man from the west , cut liU throat iu a public
rosliiuraiit In ItawllnsVyo \ , Hill wax so
long disposing of aslinploorder that an at-
tondanr , kiipiioslii hu had do/ed off in his
g.uiet corner , shoouhlty up. Ttio man was
I stone dead , lie had cut hit thront with a
pocket knifo. The body . - bathed In blood.
( "iiliroriiln.
Tin1 tyH | > wrllei-s and .stenoirrapliors nt S.iu
itose , | HI\O formed n union.
John llelnrlch , udl ipatcd anddespninlcnt
gambler , siilcKK'il ul Santa Crut , hy huiiKliifr.
Uenjauiin O. Uhudo.a well Known bust-
inwi iniiii at fos AugelOM , has been adjudged
Insane.
Settler * In.utolcpo vnlley w.llit to bmll-
voi-eed from lm AngeUM and Joined to Kern
I'OlllltV.
Tlio walls of the new oilv linll at l.o.-
Angeles are seltllnuaud fe.irsaro . ( Mitertnlneil
font * snfoty.
Arwngemouls nro now bolng iiindo for the
next iti-irtliiM'n citrus fair to ho held In Ne\v- \
ciistle in Pi-cemhi'r.
'Ihunoital clerks In San I'mnrlsi'o Iiavo
formed an assoi-ial ion whn i * object Ii thn bet-
termontof ttieir coudltion.
At San Itufael , I .ee Doou win ronvli'toil of
murder In the llrst ileu-ivc for killing UMIIhtn
Slit-noil and seuloncod to death ,
U'ho pruMiortnr a Ilawailnii siibinai-lno ca
ble has revived the project ol a ti'lrgrupu ca
ble between San Fraiu'lscti and Iho l-'iiral-
lones.
The Southern IJiiclllc track h.ii been tnldto
Clilno. Hejrulait'.ilns will bo iiitiuhiK In a
few days , ( .trading has been bejfim toward
IClsluore.
Kk'ht miles of cement wator-plpo have been
In id in San .Indnto valley , San I Moo ) county.
It will easily furnish enough water to Irrl-
Kato'J , < lHI iii-res.
The revenue authoritloi have discovered
an uiHlerground brewery on the Kan Bruno
road , near San l-'r.tncUco , kept by a mini
I'limed .1. I'll rut.
( leer oJosi-plis. a bollhoy at the I'iilaro
hotel , San l-'ranciM-o. beinj ; detected in the
actof stealing , nttempted snieido by sliootlng
himself , lie will probably die.
( lust Ilivman , who was charged with the
murder of bis brother nt Santa L'ruIn < mler
to obtain the IIHU ranee on Ilia life , Una been
acquit ted of the eharjjo bv a Jury.
'llio big stone dry dock at Mare Island hut
been completed nt a cost of a finv dollars least
than the original estlmato of J..T.Vi.OOO. .
( .5 round was bi-olcun for the dork in b 'J.
A coturiift for the constructloii of forty-five
miles of railroad from Sail ( jucntln , Uowor
California , to Trinidad Pass , has boon let by
the Mexican Land and Improvement com
pany.
P.it lIiiKhos , n San Kranciseo "rounder , "
was fatally shot by U"illlam llartinan , nlmr-
tender wtioin ho had assaulted with n boor
muu because ho would not yield up a. free
drink.
Moses Chase , said to bo tlio llrat vvhito
settler In Oakland , died in that city , agi-d
eighty-four. He came to California around
the Horn in ISt'.l and soon after settled in
Oakland.
There arc now llftecn persons * In ( lie San
'Francisco county Jail charged with cither
munlor or iiiauslan titer , and nearly every
case that has been tried H "hanging lire" in
the suiivino court.
Alfred Due , a l-'rencliman living near Tin
.luann , on the border ( if l-owor California ,
had a pet rattlesnake , and wlillo care.ssing it
it bit him. IIo tiled from the effects of the
pohon the next day.
Mi'iniiers of the Hoot and Shoe Makers'
"White- Labor lea iio Inivo struck in Orrin
.tones' factory in San bVaiirisrooii account ot
the linn not payincbuhednln waKCson turned
work of the linest class of shoes.
Dr. II. Hoffman of Alameda , who went to
Herliit alow months nijolo stiuly the cure of
consumption by tbo Koch lymph , is dead , nnd
hU friends beliovottuit he must have made a
fatal application of the lymph on himself.
Nelson Morris and other l'.liicaio cattle
dealers , In connection with Sim Francisco
capitalists , have incorporated a company with
5--iHJii.HiiH , ( ) capital for the establishment of
extensive yards at South San l-'ranclsco ,
Mrs. Williams , a resident of Santa Onz ,
Cal. , one hundred years old , died Monday
iiiglit. She lived In' what was known us the
Orclinnl tract , that the ( -'rani-iscan fnthers
had planted to fruit trees nearly a century
npo.
llonry Ilawley , a. well-to-do fanner near
East niitte , Sutter county , twelve miles from
IMarysville , committed suicide. A note
stated that , ho was foollns miserably and that
ho would kill Ulmsclf. Ho was worth ubout
Art lined man named Patterson dlod sud
denly lit his brother's ranch in Ventura
county. His clothes were k'iven to a servant
to pu tawny. In ono of his pockets was found
diamond Joxvelr.v worth fi.OOO. ITpou return
ing the je.welry to Sir. Patterson horexvardeil
the man by givingliimalhiohor.se.
A rich weld strike has justbneii inaiio in the
Illiick Hart mine , situated nine miles east of
Coultcrville , Muriposa county. The x-uiu , a
true ilsiuro , has tlius far produced about
SI.I.IMXI to the ton. Indications are fnx-ombio
fora very largo yield.
Hy the death of Thomas I5ean of Ronhani ,
Tex' , Dr. J. I ) . Jvlenjr of I'otalumn falls huh-
to JJDIM. Ol > 0 of a * HiO ) ( > , l ) , ) ( ) estate in that
state. The estate consists of HMJ.OOO acres of
the best cotton land In Texas , valued as
stated.
Peter Johanson of L-'ort Crescent xvas shot
by hn bi-other-iii-hixx' , who mistook him for
a deer. ' 1 bo ball passed through his lefi
forearm , severing a small artery , splintering
a none and cutting the lleaments of the wrist ,
and t lien pierced the lleshy pnrtof the left
thitfh.
Mrs. J. C. Ivoinpton , living four miles from
Kedding , on ttio Shasta road , xx'hllo attempt
ing topet a cow was attacked by tlio nniinul ,
which caught her in the abdomen , the horns
penetratiiiK the body tome two Inches , mak
ing a gash four inches long. The woman will
recox'er.
A timely InvestiRation of the Sacramento
jail has revealed that many prisoners had
pockotknix-os and razors , uholc In the xx'sill
was used to smuggle ! opium , and a tunnel In
the bacic brick wall had so far progressed
that a Jail delivery xvould have been possible
within a few days.
Edward Crosthwaito , a cattle raiser below
San Diego , is now in a Mexican prison. A
letter from him claims that ho xvas taken by
Mexican otllrors while on .American soil , and
lie is cruelly treated. Some time a o a Mex
ican shot at Crosthwaite. when the latter
used iiRunas a club nnd travo the Mexican n
tcrriblo beating , for this lie xvas arrested
by Mexican ofllcials.
l-'oul play is suspected four miles south of
Tcmplcton , on the -country ronil. A sprinn
WIIROII and hat , xvith firi'.y ' hair and blood
smeared on the Inside of it , a pair of shoes
and socles , a youth's * no\v vest , nnd other nr-
Jlclos were discovered In the woods. A hole
"
"tho sUe of a prravo xvas near the wafion , the
contents having been apparently removed ,
The oftlcors are hunting for evidence.
Thodnalalu river railxvay company has
boon incorporated xvlth n capital stock of
flr.t)0ll ) ) ) ( ) , of which SiOO.iiiM has been subscribed -
scribed by the directors. The company is to
construct , maintain and operate a railroad
from Boxvon's Landing , in Meiuloclnocounty ,
south through Ciualala and along tlio ( ! iuil-ili
river through Mendociuo and Sonoma conn-
tins to Cazailero , with iiitormedlato branch
lines to tap the lumber regions nloiijj the llt
tlo noith forlc of the uunlala river , the Car-
da river. Peppermint , Kock Pile and Huclt-
eye ciouksnnd otbor streams.
.Montana.
Stockmen of Choteax county report that
wolves , coyotes and ether stock destroying
animals are ipilta numerous.
Dillon dtiions have subscribed nioiiej
enough to purihisj : twenty aerc-i In uutleipa-
tion of Belting the Normal bchool ,
Montana is endorsing the bill Introdtu-ei 1 !
Into the ( lolnrndo leHisluloro providing for n
bureau of mines , and wants one like It.
Auold man nainod Flnloylivlnt ; near Hon.
nor , WRS btabbcd mid killed by a dohporaik
named Tom Leonard , who then robliod the
body ol W.
Tlio fund forlho childreuof the
sentativu \ \ liter , \x-hn were made orplnns bj
a roceiit railxvay wreck , noxv amounts ti
nearly Sl.iKM ,
The Yelloxvstonn 1'ark association will ox
! > onda large suui of thecoiningspriii ) ,
and suiniin'iin completing and furnishing
their now hotels ,
A piititlon is beiiiif elrrulaUid ninonp the
business men ot Helena , which xvillhu jire-
bonted to thu legislature , urging thu passage
of the bill giving the city the now charUir.
\Vork on the .Volhart nnd Unrkor brancho *
of the Ilrlt Mounttilii railroad will coiiiineneo
early In the spring , thu right-of-xvay ImvliiK
bean utfaln secured frum thoulnlm oxvnors for
thatpuriwso.
Ills statou that llio Orent .Vortliern lias
a contract with thalloston At Montana com-
iianv for the transportation of 8iHH ( ( ) car
loali or H 0floi , ) tons of ere from Ilutto to
Orcat Kails during IW1.
I Vithlna year ere shlpineiits from the I'arlc
jH'trlct hnvn Inrronscil fullv 1K\ ) nor cont.
lowiisendlast week ralHi-d * 1.VO ' for the
of a wauen road iiioti | ImUun rrock
lo the district , bringing It tlirooinilo.i nearer
own , \vltha contlntioiis down grade fi-om
the mliio. * .
MlM Kill IY Kno\vlo.s , the only ono of her
o.\ In Montana who ha * been iulmllted Hy
the Riipivine cnurl topracllrn law , was up-
polnliHl toiliifc'iid I'harlivsTlioinas. I In was
Indieled by t ior.unl , Jury nt it.i Into nn - iim
for nttemptliifr lo kill Mrs. llurnle In llolona
last Decoinlii-r.
Thocoinus of thoMoiitanil lndlnnsHln > ws
that they number lo.l.ltl , or an apparent ile-
creiMool fill Him-ii lxv.1. The only triho that
hns Increased urn the Asslnlbolmvs. and thov
show an Incrcasoof fonrtoen alm-o issn. of
tlu > ID.dDi ) or imiiii llinro uro , WI "ration"
Indian's in tin.state. .
l > avlil P. Murphy , one of Ilutto's host
known mliiliur and smoliliig men , dropped
dead. The causes t hat led to Mr. Murphy's
death ni-e mil KIIIUVII , nut II Is supposed that
llimor toKii'lu-r with an auurovated att.ii-u of
. . . . . nre lusponsiblii for It. IIo xviis
about forty-three year of ago.
A Helena Herald reiwrter lately Inter-
vlo\\od \ tin- republican members of tlio two
houses of the Mate legislature on thoirchoioo
fur president in jv.i.i. . Out nf thirty-two
UH'iiibisrs , twoiity-elulit favor Illalne , ono Is
lor Harrison , one furdiv.-sliaiii. ono non-coin-
initial and one fov the nominee.
Hoyle , who was struck \vllh a gun nnd h l
skull cracked by Charles t'owle.s , a f-ambler ,
In the l-i.\linn ( ; o saloon at Mlssiiiila , Is a rav
ing niniiiae. lie iiiWL-lnei that hmliiMid Is
tilled with tlsh books , ti-arliig his brains , and
also that a lar o llsh hoolc Is rustened to his
hoait. The case seems bopeh-rts.
ilnlni Ilciiton of I'ototinic inadoii rich Htrilio
In < pnirtivssavs , show $ nTJ In silver und
? . ' < V linrold per ton. The led o can bo traced
for llvo tulles , and Mr. lli-iitou hassoliliin
Interest In tlieloi-ation fora siiiiff sum
of money. This property Is situated about
ten miles from Sunset , in'MisMiuila county.
The Ontario company him u l Vponnd
specimen Irom Its inino i.car ( Inrkcron exlii-
bit inn at U'hitoSulihnr | Springs thai Is said
to lie the richest piece of ore -of its sl/o over
mined in that district , ft Is prini-lpnlly ciun-
posed nn black sulphiirots , tlirouirli wlilch Is
thickly intersiieMcd streaks of leaf and wire
silver.
Michael Carroll , superintendent of the
Anaconda iniiie.i , died of pneumonia. lie
was forty-four years of nji ; < , unmarried niul
n native of Dublin , Ireland. lie went lo
llulto from Virginia , Nov. , eleven years ngo.
llph.is boon connected with Iho Anaconda
mine sinefi its opening1 , having franked a
windlass In sinking the tlrst hfty feet of the
old shaft of the great mi no.
The Helena postoftlce location question Is
not yet settled. Tlio Ancient Order of United
Woilinion nulliiliiK association is nialcini ;
strenuous efforts to secure the postolllco for
their now building , which will lie erected at
the corner of Hlttb and Fuller avenues. Tlie
ditTere.it bids are still beititf considered by
tlio piistollleo inspector nud a decision will
probably bo reached In a few days.
-A carload of ore from the Emma Nox-nda ,
in Soap ( tiilcli , now awaits treatment at
lUitto. The Knmin NexMilu attracted con-
sidcniblo iittL-nlion last summer by reason of
the bonnnx.a character of Its oro. Tlio vdn
is a small one , however , and but few .ilno-
ments have been iniuU- , all from ere liken at
the lifty-fuot level. Arrangements hnvo
been iniido lor more tensive development
the coming sjiriu and sninmer ,
fireen Ulver has ii now paper called the
Advertiser. II. H. Kilt on U c'llltor.
Thn ( 'licycnno Sun says n heavy dnnl to
iron claims in the Ilartvillo district Is about
to bo closed . Only MJMO niinordctaib remain
to bo disposed of.
The Hock Springs railroad men are crying
for eiulit hours work. The Kvanston men
will tnlsp nine hours If eight lioni-s' work only
moans eight hours' ) iiy. ;
Acting ( lovernor Ilar > iir has Issued a
ptoclamatlon offering u reward of Kldil for
the aniiiehenslon of ( Jeiirtri" P. Ifillebrown ,
aivn-.c ( * nf the murder of Hiram Fnullcs at
( J nmito canon reconlly.
The Kock Spring coal mines have henn
working n peed deal more romilarly of late.
This is owing partly to the im'reru > oiif Ana
conda orders to forty and Hfty car.a day und
also to nn increase of eastern orders.
Last year It was impossible ) to use thn
Platte river water In many places on account
of the number of1 doau cuttle and sheep. The
siimo was true of many of the \Vyoinlnt ;
streams , This year no such tilings are re
ported.
Two men claiming to be from Chicasro have
boon in Luramio tryliiR to sell Australian
bonds on payments nt > per month. The
banks they nave w references were found
to bo bogus , and so far they have disposed
of no bonds.
\\ithiiitwo\vceks \ tbo Uawllns-dolil Hill
stngolmoof Concord coaches with six bor-es
each will be in operation. This is an enter
prise of leaning citl/ous of Kaivlins. There
i.s a natural trail between the railroad town
and the camp.
William 1 1 ray , the most important witness
intho Klnprm and Mi'Klmioy eases , is lyliitf
at the point of death nt the county hospital at.
"
Cheyenne and Is not expected to'live. . ( ! ray
Avas'conceded to bo the most expert rider
and roper of any cowboy hi western Ne
braska ,
KiKht Reverend Kthcllmrt Tulbot , Episco
pal bishop of Wyoming , teleuraphs fron. New-
York to Laramie , his see city , that a lady of
tlio metropolis has presented him with $ li- ! ,
000 to be used in foundiiiK a school for boys
in that state The academy will without
doubt bo located in Liiramiu.
A ranchman offered u few days ago to ! > -
nnstoii stocUmeu UK ) tons of llrst class buy
delivered in town for S3 per ton. Last > ear
that amount of hay would nave been a yowiu
fortune. A prominent ranchman there
thinks less than ono-half of the hay m L'inta
county will bo used this winter.
The Union Pacific coal mines of Carbon
county nt present glvo employment to iii'.l
coal minors , divided among the camps as
follows : Dan ; , 150 ; Carbon , < ( ) ' , l ; Iliinmi ,
: ilO. The best coal is found at Hanna and
the mines tlicro are operated cheapest. Tue
foreo nt Ilnnnn is beinjj Increased right
aluncr ,
.Since the. state Insane asylum was opened
in Kvnnston. a Year and a half ago , there
have been forty-tbreo insaiio persons ad
mitted , cloven of whom has been discharged
sind two have died. Dr. W. A. llockor is
superintendent and A. C. Beckwilh , Charles
Stone and William Crawford , commis
sioners ) .
A company of state militia Is bolnp organ
ized in Kx'uiislon. Forty names have been
secured and all the hoys seem qulto enthusi
astic. As soon as fifty nauiosnro obtained a
formal organisation will tnlio place. The
name will bo Company P , Wyoming National
Kimrd. A company of seventy was formally
organl/cd utrecn ( ! Uivcr last woe' .
It is thought that tlio now addition to the
Union Pni-illc shops in Choycimo will bo in
operation inshlo of six wholes. At least y.'iO
moro men will bo ruciuirdt ] , it is elnlmed.
There are now thirty-one disabled engines
thero. lleneral Master Mechanic , \IcConnell
tells Mr. Harnnm , local superintendent , that
these shops will \oxpoeiedlo < \ turn out llf-
teen engines a mouth after the llrst. Mr.
liarnum says that to tin this ho must linx'e
L'IHI more men , and the Increase of force has
been promised.
Or. Thomas 11. Owen , an old timer nnd
wealthy stock grower , died In Trinidad ,
Sixteen Inches of heavy cube iron have
been founc. m the Pearl loiUMiear Cascade.
'I'he residents of Duraiigo say that the
present fall of snow is tlio heaviest in many
years ,
TlioOold IfniKnt Tclluriiiovhleh brought
out ? IOl > 00 a low yeai-s ago , is producing
again.
( iraiKl .iunction'.s new high school building
was dedicated in the presence of a Inr o
audieneo.
The Heaver Hrook wapon road to the Colorado
rado Cen'nil ' depot on Clear nvok Is now
open to travel.
1C. ( ! . C'orlett xvas shot In the foot nt adanco
In IMiubio by thulovor ot a girl witli whom
be was dancing.
The Adams county scheme is the only now
county project that escaped the J.'l.nou.tXlO . tax
able property resolution.
An eastern syndicate lias purchased Clark's
mineral spring nt 1'imblo , and wl'l ' luiliil u
larfjo bath house , to cost fivio ; > nJ.
( iiveloy maintains her lolibv steadily ami
imlldly to light against any further division
of Weld county by the legislature.
Oolcrado socurei in the sundry civil appro
priation bill only flii.'iX , ( ) ( ) for the ( loinmeiice.
moiit of n piibllo building at 1'uoblo ,
Plnccra ear Aspen will be worked itilt
summer , and over f IK,000 ( ) la to ho expended
in limning and on hydratillo tiifli-ldncry.
A burner iiaiiieil.iosinili MoHvoy , wlillo on
tils way to 1,1-nilvlllo fiinn Aspen , dlod In
his soul when tlio Iraln was at Temiossoo
1'rtS.H.
lli'no I.ninb , a I-'ort Collins i > uglllst , w-
cclved n blow from a pupil whom lu was
KlvliiK lessons n few days iuo that uriito
two ribs.
An unknown man unippcd di-tiil on 1- '
street , near llio poilollh-ont S.dltla IIo was
dressed IH a luboivr , nnd xvas an Italian.
Ills ( loath Is attributed lo heart dlsivise.
J. M. l-'enlim , niin of HID publishers of llio
Denver Sunilav Sun , in nci-UHOdof publishing
an iibsci-iie newspaper. 'I'ho Sun luiil tin )
l-rlof - atul Interesting cxperUiiico of mm pub
lication.
A bill in-ovldiiitf for a counnlsslon Inquiry
into the irrigaliim quosliim and report loilin
Keuorul assembly has boon ropoi-tod from th <
.si-iiaiocomnitltor * on iigrienlliiro and Irri
gation
Alfred Mnlfiu-d , Iho ton-yonr-old son of Ilr.
Mulfonlof ( Irneiny , while fooling with a pistol
tel shot himself , tlio b-ill enterlin ; Just nb-.vo .
the heart , ll I.s uiirm'Uiln what may bo tlio
outcome of it.
A numhor of doer wore reotintly seen In llio
vlelullv of the Cow Creek coal minus. Tliey
xveiHi nil thoiu'ht to have jjoiio to a Inwci-
foiintrvnii iii'coii nl of the snow. Th'-y ' were
fill and Meek nud all old ones.
The canals of tbo l.immr liuiil nnd eanal
eoinpany are nearly coinplcti-d , nnd xvuu r
vtlll bo tiirnod on In a foxv wooks.V < > rlt
on the ( 'iitor.ido and Knusas irri 'iitlmr can il ,
to run across thn eoiint.ry , south of the river ,
will bo resumed in n short time.
A puns Uruee , n minor i > iiilflyod ] on theSil
vcr ( lance mine on Deinoerat nioniitiiln. near-
( ieortcetown , fell to tin- bottom of the shad , u
dUtuiicouf U' ' , ' ) feet , the ether day. Hi- * right
shmililer and back were very badly inJimM
and his head was severely laeoratcd. Ilii
condition Is very critical.
Th ( ! llull-Uoiningi ) concentrator at Silver
l-'lifl' , after several \veeks' Idleness , catiseil
b.v the cold weather , rttiirted up ngaln. Tlm
mill is piled full of the lii-.st galena ore cvet1
mined In that part of the country , and tlm
present run will , It Is s.ild , bo the henvlo t
nnd mini lu'olltnblo ever niado hy the cmi-
ecrn.
ecrn.A
A new electric street rnllwuy i-ompai-v
has been oi-gaiiiit-d in I'uoblo with a capital
ofHilOIK : ) , ) lniUtxiliiires. : ) ) The stoeldin'd -
are all Pueblo men. A third oloctrln lhlit ;
eompanv also has been formeil xvlth a cap
ital stock of SIIKJ.IM , ) , and at the next mooting
of the city euuucil franchises will bo applied
for.
for.An
An Aspen rorivspondont , says that mining
matters la that camp tire now lit a far moro
prosperous condition than for many months.
During the panic hi November tlio place col
lapsed. Now the shipments iiniouiit tolf ! > 'it ' )
tons per week , 'i'he amount of ere in Bight
.shows that paving operations may bo con
tinued for an Inilelliiito i > eriod.
Kockv Ford hnd an exciting time last Tues
day , l-'iro ' broke out early in Iho morning in
thn barn of the Knclish lumber company's
yards from simrlts from a psiHsinjj locomotive.
Tlio highest wind over known in that section
was blowing. Flying bundles of hay un.l
sticks sot lire to a dozen different places m
town. The lire department hose xviw t-m -
short. Men from the mills nnd stores formed
n bucket Dripido.amt xvater was tnlcen from
the Horky l-oni eaual.
10. II. IlitfL'crs. postmaster nt LII'CI ' .
\\as \ found # I'IK ) short in his n-.onoy order
account and hud to piXM up the olllee. II" Is
an old resident and was formerly In the
wnro business , but was afterwards in u-a < l
villo several years. Not liem successful
there ho returned to I ako City. He win ap
pointed postmaster two years ago. A peti
tion is now boiiiu circulated for ttio-nppolnt-
mentuf J. R Steinbeck us postmaster , wtio
was one of his Liondsiiien. They have M-ttled
up the shortage and have decided not to
prosecute lliggors.
\ViiHli itiiri on.
W.M. OiitmiiiKham. n hard-tip Kntnblcrnnd
lover , committed suicide iitTiieoma.
It is e.xpeeteil that tbo railroad bt-twei n
Seattli- and Vancouver , U. C ! . , wilt bo com-
plott.-d within two months.
Txvn yoniiff Klrls ( jiuirrelcd nt n dunce at
Dixie last week ami inimincled each other m
true prize riiitf style on tue ballrouiu lioor lor
two rounds.
Unnlel Webster , a I'nynll up InJian , was
strangled to death by n fellow Indinii in t-i.-i
sKiMicneoof a drunken row on the reservation
near Taeoina.
A now board has ' been appointed by ttio
government marine hospital bureau toselort
a site for a ( m.iraiitino reservation In the
vieinity of PortTownseiul.
C. II. Cawscy , a contra-tor of Seattle ,
wlillo at Ot.viuni.i the other day fell sixty
feet in a falling olovnlor. He was injurd
liileninlly mid notli of Ids thiuhs we.ro broken.
A holler In a small feed mill at Ititzvlllo ex
ploded. The building was wrecked , but i.o
ono was Injured , Tliu uoiler lodged on t'io
top ol a | ) IK pine tree , forty feet from il o
ground.
The hop crop of Whatconi county , llgur < il
at : ) cents per pound , ai 'regaled $00Xi ( ) ) lust
season. The hop growers of Smnas ni d
XooKsak valleys during the past four ye.n-i .
ax'crngod ) ecnts per pound.
Amoiif ; some freight reciiiitly left nt the
railroad stationon thet'olville Indian re-serx a-
tion waca thirty t-arriai.v.s , hoventy-fi'iir '
spring beds and a parlor organ. Urnu says
"Lo" is not getting civilizcui
Washington's surveyor general "kicked"
and wouldn't make contracts for surveying
because this rates were not hiijh enough for a
surveyor to make decent xvapes. The result
Is xVa.ihiiixton pet-s an Incrcaso of ? 100,0tt ) ) ni
the utipropriatioii for surx'eyors.
The city couueil at Seattle charces the
mayor with being in leuijuo xvlth the mini-
blei-s , and the chief of | x > lice and his men sun-
sorvient to the mayor. Tlio police force hns
been reduced from eiyhty-thn-o to seventy ,
and the detective force has been abolisuod
entirely.
At I'ortTownseiid safe crackers blew open
the safes in the olllces of the I'ort Tqwnsi-nu
iiaxv mill and the 1'uget Sound engincurii.i . , '
company , getting but 10 out of both safes.
There were txvo xvntchinon at the sawmill ,
but they slept through the wliolo bnslne - , ,
and did not know of the burglaries mail
told thu next day.
Thu long pending litigation betxveen tin
nclllnKhnm liny mid NuoUsncIf boom eoiii | > .i-
nic.shas tx'in settlotl. All suits pro nnd c m
pondii(7 ( In the 8iiKirior | court of Wliati ni
comity and the supreme court of the stntinl
Washington hove been ivilhdr.uvn , nii'l ' tin
entire stock and franchise of the NooUsncK
hooni company HIM passed to thu oxvner.sliu
of the individual stockholders of the llelluib-
ham Buy boom company.
Oregon.
A nroiuiilnf ? vein of coal has been rthi-H'-
orod near F iiKene.
The first batch of news paper was turi.ul
out by the mills nt Salem.
Twenty-lilx tons of fro/cn sturgeon were
sent east front 1'ortlantt by rail one day l.iit
xveek.
The Knvernur.signed thn Australian hallo )
bill , which passed both house ! of two lujji.v
liMure.
The senate x-otod tn indetlnitcly postpone
tlio house bill appi-opriatin ( - . * > 0lH ) . ) for n
xvorld's fair exhibit.
Tlm KPtud Jury nt Milton nas Indielcil , v
oral parties tor the work of driving out the
L'ldnese in that section a few xvceks ago.
Kuunelt Htibb , a switchman In thn employ
of the Vidori I'acille , as killed at l'.rt . <
land. Hi' was coupling eai-s and was eaiitfUl
utitwcon them , 11 o leux'cs a xvidow mid uiio
child.
( lotilclbJacoli.a < icrman laborer ntOsxx-cgn ,
fell down a well n distance of fifty feel ,
Thursday , m-d w.n killed , lie xvas being
lowered into the xvcll , when the win Hasa
lroko.
Thn railroad b-idgo ncioss the McUtn./ia .
river was very nearly carried oil liiit xvi-'U '
b.v the river and u heavy wind storm. All Uio
moil ax'alliibh ) were put to work and b.v i.iml
labor hayed thuhtrueturj.
The lower bouse of the legislature . -011-
curred In the .sunato anieuilnienl to the ( nil
coiiMlilatin ( I'oriland , Kust I'ortland an-l
Albiiin. The ipiostlon of coiiaolldiitiiiii xviij
now IHJ stibndtto.l to a x-oto of the niuuicip.ii-
Hies.
Hies.Within
Within the past ninety days sUty heid
of raltlonnd horseshavodlod near the'Oaius
fiMin some unknown disease , tliovmpt -s ,
of which HIM similar to tluwo in bl'uul SMI-
eer.-i. The stnto veteriiury HIIIXOOII luis \
nmiiiud Into thu inaltur , hut ha * not yet ni.iiio
public Ids opinion.
The Methodists hnvo perfected nrrnu ' 0
nients fur Imikling a largo unlvorslty ium-
I'ortlanil. About six hundred ncres haul
been Helcctcit bo low tlieclty 1'hv burdinii
is exiHi'tttl to cost ititVt.iKi ) . Dr I' t'
Strntton I * tuv-sldont of the university
IVorlc I will begin injiiuy ,