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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , AP1IIL 18 , 1801 TWlsi\7' 11 News of the Great West. . Groom of the News of Iho Northwest is herewith presented In rendnblo form. No other paper makes this news a leading feature. It Is the week's history of the great northwest. llto I'Mrst Vlgllnnun Cotninlttoc. . Tlio story of the famous vigilance commit tee of 1S.10 thnt ruled San Francisco .from I\lay \ until Soptcmber of that year , Is n well knoxvn tnlo thnt lias been fully told in the tinges of Bancroft ; but the story of the llrst Vigilance committee , thnt of 1S. > 1 , is not so V-cll known , nnd Its slight record as given by JJnnerott Is denounced by tlio surviving executives of San Francisco's first lynch court us full or errors , Mr. Bancroft , escapIng - Ing the trouble of Investigation by wnat , iho survivors term "a heavy draft upon his Jmnghmllon. " Thu Portland Oregonlnn relates that whllo thu vigilance commlttco of 1S.V1 was a mill- lary organization ( iXXJ ( strong , drilled. dis ciplined mid oninorod by the loadbig citizens of San Francisco , whoso chief oxccutlvo was no Ion than William T. Coloman. Thu llrst Vigllnnco commlttco was originally com posed of but forty men. Its origin nnu Its prox'ocation is worth recalling at this time. in 18r.0-r > l Han Francisco was composed of wooden buildings which took flro easily and burned rapidly. In May. 18.10 , a great part Of the business portion of the town was dc- t roved by lire , and again in May nnd Juno. 1S51 , two other great tires loft but llljlo of the city unburncd. Tlicso disastrous fires Ivoro generally knoxvn to bo the work of In- - vcondinrics , among whom a number of es- cap d Australian convicts wore Included. If the tlitnvos did not always sot the ilrcs they always profited by them , for during and after the disasters they plundered the mores , the tioiiHPs , and vacant lots where the goods saved from the ilaincs had been piled. These criminals wcro partially or niiizod ; had iig- nul fires on the sand hills by which thov com municated with each other what to do nnd When to do It. The courts at that tlmo were not trustworthy could not bo depended on to punish crime. Criminals were saved from lusiico by attorneys whoso favorlto device was to prove an alibi , which was easily done through the confederates and comrades of the prisoners , Judge Lynch dealt with ( hose follows and rid the country of a mur- tlurous gang. A hit Matin. The granting of a now trial to John Koso nnd John Kdwards of Scaland , Wash. , who Vere convicted of murder , caused a mob to lynch them. About midnight the guard at the Jail was startled by loud knocking on the outer door of the jail. IIo asked who was 'there , and was commanded , to open the door. Ho refused to do so. and the leader 6f the mob told him ho nad three minutes In which to open the door , and if ho failed to do so In that tlmo the jail would bo blown up with dynamite. This fright ened him , and ho fired his pistol , presumably to give alarm , and n moment afterward opened the door , when , ho was solzed by three innn , who curried him to an adjoining build- Jug , where ho was kept for several minutes. during which tlmo several shots wcro ilred In ttio direction of the Jail. Immediately after the firing ceased ho was rcloasud and the captors started off. When he entered ttio Jail the bodies of Hose ana Kdwards wore found lying on the iloor of their cage. Everything was conducted In a Very quiet , orderly manner , and no. unneces sary noise xvns made. There wro about forty men In the party , and all of- them wcro masked so thnt it was impossible Co recognize them. Alter the affair was over they nil marched out toward Shoalwntor bay , tholr tracks toeing easily distinguished m the soft mud of the tldo land. Hero all tcaco of them was lost , but the Itcols of several boats were visi- bio in the mud , showing thnt the party had nrrlvcd in boats from up the bay and had de parted In the same wny , leaving no traces' of their Identity. Sheriff Turner was asleep at his house. ( The affair did not take over twenty minutes. No attempt was made to Jorce the Iron cage , tiltbouuh n slodRO hammer was found in tno jail , where It had been left. It Is supposed the men wcro shot down In their cells. pvorything was conducted in a quiet and or derly manner. "GrxKl I.UUk. " H. II. Jones , ono of the clerks employed in the internal revenue department at Portland , Ore. , had an odd experience recently , which goes far toward proving that fraud taitos unto itself many disguises to trap the unxvnry. Mr. Jones resides n't 519 Montgomery nx-o- nuo. One evening recently his door bell xvaa violently rung , and when -servant res ponded to the summons an elderly gentleman , " Inquired for the "gentleman o' the house , " "X using his full name xvlth qulto a show of fa- Jnlllarity. When Mr. Jones reached the door lie xvns confronlod by n man about forly-llvo years of ago , gray haired , sober faced and flros.sed In Uio ordinary garb of a inechanlc. "Don't s'poso you kuoxv inel" ho com- mcneod , coolly. "Can't sav that I do. " , "Wull , might's xvell settle It ; I'm n mascot , - f am. " I Several Instances have boon published ro- ccntlv of clox'or lunntics xvho fmx'o broken otil of asylums nnd palmed Ihomsolvos off ns nana peoplo. The recolloclion of such things \vns not particularly encouraging lo Mr. Jones nnd ho kept a wary eye on the strang er's bin pocket. His surprise xvas doubled when the "mascot" shoved n horseshoe under hU faco. It xvns an ordinary horseshoe , ex cepting that It had been highly glided. 'I ' found this 'ero shoo in front o' your liouso ttio other day ; " said the stranger. "I nllus picks up horboshoss xvhon I finds 'em. 'They brings good luck xvhon I gives 'em to ( invbody , and I brought yours hack. I'm fllfcd xvlth luck , Just llko a rog'lor mascot. I brings It to every ono but myself. I'm the moV xinforllnnt' devil hoggin" ycr pnrdiu nllvo , I nm. Huro's ycr shoo ; take It. I don't xvant it. " Jones scorned to hesitate , but the mascot milled In ahurt tone of volco : "I ain't ' sollln' it , mind ye. Don't want a cent for It. I'm a pcor man , nnd tbo bard , html world's big enough for mo to die in I rcclion. I nin't'oat nothln' In thrco days , but 1 don't xvant yor money. Take ycr shoo ! " Seeing no xvay to got rid of ttio sorroxvful mnsi-ot , Jones look Ibo shoo and gave him GO Cents lo buy food xvllh. U xx-us learned subsequently by Mr. Jones that thu horseshoe mascot had been soiling good luck" at xvholesalo rates In various portions of Iho city , one of his victims being Jr. Mahoney , xvho paid $1.50 for good for tune. Tlio New D W. S. Martin has been busy t East lake Jn outfitting for the TJeon creek country. Jfo bus txvo horses , weighing about twclx'o hundred pounds each , n strong farm wngon With covered bed nnd txvo water barrels , xvlth a commissary tc last six xvccks for a party of four. The outfit xvlll bo Joined at Stockton by Mr. Martin. The party will visit Dngxvay , Deep crcok and Cherry creek mid prospect the country. \V. M. KUsxvorih nnd Harry Nexvbomh start for Dugxvay xvlth thrco wagons loaded xvltli merchandise , a couslder- nblo portion loaded xvlth xvet goods , They will llrst pitch tliclr touts in Dugxvnv , but should the prospects for trade bo bettor farther xxust will push on to the Deep Creek country. Tlio country is filling up xvlth men very fast.Tlio weather thcro Is very pleas ant. Nearly nil of the Deep Creek country Is devoid of water , and that Is Its greatest draxvbac-k outsldo of Isolation from mil- roads. Mr. Kearney has been solving the wafer fjuostlou by sinking artesian wells. JIo lias six of thoao , five of which lloxv twelve per mlnuto nnd one Hews twenty gallons per minute. These xvolls nro In depth nlghly-savon to 1(53 ( foot. Mr. Bagloy hns a xvoll near which lloxvs sixty gallons per nilnuto. Fish Springs minors get their water from thosu xvclls , ttio haul being txvolvo Wiles. The tv.itr Is very pure and sxvoet. Ttio stork and xvngons for the Iioon Creole flago line Lnvo boon going forxvnrd t'.ia past throe dnys to place ? along- the linn ready to begin work. This morning . H. Wallace , Will Ultima O. i ) . Shnll wl'lstart ' out along tlic line In opsu the station and get things in snapo. The line xvill l > o In operation as soon , W ull the details mo nrransnd. xvblch xvill laito ton ixxijlvo day * yst. Mltrileror l-'HRiiprs. John , nlUt Hob Piincr , sentenced byJudgo frl"ti ! nt Oonvor to eight year1 Imprisonment W inning Tborau Buukuor at * negro tlanca at Elyrla last September , is a fugitive from Justice. An hour after being sentenced , In company xvlth Deputy Sheriff Rooms , ho xvas allowed to visit the Golden Orajjo saloon , at Twelfth nnd Market streets , where Kcems filled un xvlth liquor. Soon after the prisoner persuaded the deputy to nlloxv him to visit Jonnlo , his wife , residing at No. 1213 Market street. Hcoms is said to have boon very much intoxicated xvhcn they rcnched the woman's ' abode. Here ho nlloxvcd Fisher , unhandcuffcd , to retire to n room xvlth his wife. Becoming impatient at the delnx' , the careless deputy called out to Fisher to hurry. Receiving no reply , ho Investigated nnd found his prisoner had escaped. Ho took xvlth him about $ > 00 , xvlth which his \vlfc had provided him , Tlio alarm win quickly glx-on , anJ every available man In the sheriff's ofllco xvas sUirtcd out after Fisher. The negro xvas easily located , having for some hours boon hiding In H. barn kept by ' Happy Jack , " a colored man nnd n friend of Fisher. Hy a puculla ? xvlnstlo ho gave the prisoner the signal that the officer * xvcre on the track and Fisher took the most desperate means to escape. In full view of the Olllcers ho nnd his brother lumped out of the stnulo window , followed by n volley of shots from the deputies. The Hoeing prisoner returned the fire , nnd , aided by the darkness , escaped despite the fnct that seven deputies xvero in the Immediate vicinity. Ills xvlfo and Itcema were locked up. The deputy xxill be tried on the charge of abetting In Fisher's es > capo. Cornered Ili-aiidy. A scheme to corner nil the brandy In the xvest , unearthed at San Francisco , has cre ated qulto a discussion among the manufac turers. Mos.1 of the latter , by personal ex perience , know of the existence of the youth ful trust.for many months. In the Interim it has assumed serious proportions. The market is heavily stocked xvith xvino and prices are unusually loxv. On the other hand , the bonded xvarohousos nro loaded doxvn xvlth brandy , only a small fraction of which lias been sold. It xvas stated by n xvell known manufac turer that there nro nt least . 1,000,000 gallons of xxlno unsold , representing surplus , which in the croxx'dcd condition of the market coulu bo dispensed xvith easily by having the product converted into l.OOU.OUO gallons of brandy. It xvas ascertained that the Cucamonga xvino company in S.m Bernardino county xvlll produce much more brandy than was at llrst supposed. This company Isut the head of the movement to control the great eastern market. The "combine" lias a broker In that city xvho is buying up brandy ns fast as ho can secure it. In some instances ns high as 00 cents a gallon has been paid , although the nominal price ranges from -17 to 50 rents. The cellars in the city nnd country nro filled , nnd it is ex pected that xvhon a collapse takes plaeo lively times xvlll ensue. The independent manufacturers refuse to budge an inch from their position. While they might benefit by a rise in price they still refuse to join the "combine , " and will market their oxvn product. An KiiHtor Whipping. It xvas nearly dusk. It had been n typical San Francisco Easter a beautiful , sunshiny morning. The xvell dressed throng of church goers on their way to morning service had stopped again and again among themselves to comment on the beauty of the day. In the afternoon It had still been clear , but the fresh xvcstern xvind had boeun to bloxv. Arid noxv it xvas groxvlng lato. The fog the cold , damp , nasty fog xvns rolling In from the ocean. The xvind mndo her shiver as she stogd on the street corner. She xvas not big enough to bo out at that tlmo , xvhcn everyone was hurrying home- xvard , oven if she had been clad to withstand that western xvind. She couldn't have boon more than seven. Ho came xvhlstllng around the corner. Ho must hnvo been ten , and no cold could got In through the thick overcoat he xvoro. "Whatehorcryin1 forl" "I'm cold. " Ho came up close , looked around to see that no ono xvas looking , whipped off the overcoat nnd put it around tier. "I've got lots more homo. " Then ho vanished .into the modest little homo up the street. "Whero Is your overcoat ! " "Lost it. " . Ho got n whipping for being careless , but ho xvas a California boy , and he'd ' sooner take ten whippings than confess to anything llko soft-hcartcducss. Horrible Kxpcrlcncc. "I heard Stanley talt | about his big snakes that throxv their venom in the air , and hide in the packs of nntlvo bearers , " snid Mnjor W. B. Hooper of Cheyenne , Wyo. "I re member something llko that years ngo in Arizona , nftor the rebellion. I x\ras in a party that xvas crossing ox-or the southxx-est- orn corner of Dcatli valley , which xvas a reg ular highway then fo.r people going to Cali fornia. The days xvoro hotter than the driest room in the Hammain , but the nights xvcro terribly cold , especially toward sunrise. Wo saxv a good many rattlesnakes , and they wcro all monsters. They called thorn 'sand rat tlers. ' and though they may bo young ODOS with only eight or ton rattles , you xvlll find them long and fat. Well , ono nigtit xx-o xvoro xvrapDcd In our blankets on the ground when xvo hoard horrible yells and cries from ono of the men. Wo seUcd n lire- brand and rushed to his sldu. Ho'xx'as struggling xvlth a hugo "sand rattler" six foot long , with the blood iloxving from xvounds In the cheeks and neck nnd hands xvhoro the roptllo had bitten him , Some ono shot the snake as It tried to slide away , but the man died In txx-o hours , notxvith- standlng nil xvo could do for him. It Is probable that the soako had craxvled out of the rocks In the man's blanket and that as the iiinn rolled over In his sleep the ser pent objected. " Cosily Frauds. The seizure by the rox'onuo authorities of the Oa'logas ' xvino company's property nt Portlnnd , Ore. , surprised many of the load ing xvino manufacturers. The Oallegas com pany has ono of the host trade reputations in the state and xvas ono oft the largest mnnu- fttcturios In the United States. Facts xx-oro learned about the unwritten history of the seizure xvhich .shows that considerable Jug gling xvas done In the xvino business n few years back. Previous to 1S05 not $1 came Into the revenue coffers as taxes on brandy. It is stated thnt , in all probability many small manufacturers evaded tha laxv anil used untax paid spirits m the fortifi cation of their Bxx-eet xvlnes. In 1SS3 revenue regime , over { lyx,000 ) xvas gathered in by the revenue department for taxes on spirits. The xvido difference In receipts points to frauds xvhich groxv under the eyes of sub-agents and Inspectors xvho were charged xvitU tlio work of touring the state and ascertaining frauds xx-henox-er any ex isted. That certain corrupt Inspectors xx'oro employed at that tlmo Is certain. Hovcnuo Agent Ktdrldgo and Agents Thomas and Wilson hax-o proved a Nemesis to xx-rong- doors in the liquor trunic. The recent seiz ure at Irvlngton has unpublished features about It which prove that the old personnel of the agents was sadly xvantlug in honesty and diligence. A Fuijitlvn KotiirnH. Thonuis J. Ulloy returned to Marysvlilo , Colo. , nnd xvas soon nftor arrested on n xvar- rant sxvorn to by Thomas Farrcll , charging him xvith embezzlement. TWO years ugo Farrell xx-as postmaster of Marysvlilo nnd Klloy xvns his chief deputy. The office xx'as conducted m n very loose manner , and Ulloy suddenly sklupod. An examination by n poitoDlco inspector siioxx cd a doplornblo con dition of ad'ulrs , Thu shortage xvas variously estimated nt between $700 and $ 'J,000 , which Farrell and his bondsmen made good. Other oftlcos xvero concerned , as Klloy had bor- roxvod stamps from i'liun City , Oridloy , Colma and Ked Bluff. Illley bRd not been heard of until hw re turn. Ha said ho wont to Mexico , xvhcro ho .iteycd some time , and then xvont to lx > * Angeles. Whllo there he x\u stricken xvlth paralysis , * nd xvher. t > uffiuloatly recovered ho ro.solvud to return to Marysvlilo and clonr himself. He dtmtt taking tuoro than f$5 xvhich , ho savs , was his oxvn money. Ho says the ofllco"xvns run very loosely nud that Farrcll xvas In the habit of taking xvhat monox ho wanted out of the safe xvlthout making a record , and xx'as utterly Incapable of conducting the business of the office him self. AVns Already Dlvoroeil. Dlvoreo proceedings that xvould double dis count a Chicago court In point of tlmo took the breath of Inxvyoru nnd spectators In Vice Chancellor Green's chambers In Cheyenne , Wyo , , recently. Tlio complainant xvas "do Kob'rcn" Justus Jolinslng of Bushtown , Salem county. " The Uob'ron' Johnsing xvns called to the stand and his counsel asked : "What is your business 1" "Clo'gvman , snh. " "Of xvhnt church I" "Tho Afr'can Moth'dls 'Phcopal , sah. " "When xvoro you umrriodi" "In 18C8 , sah. " "What xx'as your xvlfo's name. " "Her name xvar Smith , then , but bor malton ) nnmo war Pu'noll , sah , 'kaso she xx'ar married 'foro I got hor. " "Was her first husband dead , or xx-oro they divorced ! " "No , Indeed , sab , 'knso 1 seen him about thrco months ago , nnd hoxvar'llvo theni" "That settles the case , " said the vice chan cellor xvlth n txvlnklo , "ho Is already di vorced. " A Votf fa I I'M ( > nii. A shooting took nlnco nt Salt Lake , the result of xvhicli Is that S. N. Schwartz is in bed xvlth a bullet In his groin. The cause of the shooting was over a sale of a one-third Interest In the Monte Chrlsto mine. It seems that Schxvartz grub-staked n couple of men In doing the xx-ork on the mine , and when the rich strike occurred a foxv dnys ago ono of the men , being dissatisfied xvith Schwa rtz , sold out. This did not suit the latter and ho became very wrathful and Insulting , the main object of his wrath being Captain Gcorgo T. Bridges , xvhom ho blamed for making the sale. Captain Bridges xx'alkcd into Schxvartz's place nnd bought n couple of boxes of cigars. While making the purchase Schxvartz became very olTeiiiivo. but the captain , an old veteran and Grand Army man , merely laughed at him. Finally Schxvartz hccamo very Irate nnd xvont behind the counter nnd procured n gun. Then , nfter xvnlklng out on the street , the old xvar spirit of Bridges Hushed up , and in self de fense ho gave it to the threatening Schwartz. The xvound Is not considered dangerous and Bridges Is under arrest. Vnrnoy i * tata Sotllod. In the superior court at Butte , Mont. , 'bo- fore Judge tillsxvortn a settlement xvas effected betxveen Mrs. Gracy Vurnoy-King nnd the executors of the Thomas Vurnoy estate by which Mrs , King is to receive ? ! > ' . ' , - 500 , full of all claims ntralnst the cstnta. Mrs. King is the adopted daughter of Varnoy , xvho xxrns a wealthy mining man , dying about a year ngo , leaving an estate valued nt about * 700,000. IIo legally adopted her In her ciiildlfbod , taking her into his family , she assuming her father's name She married a young man named English against her father's xvish , nnd upon his dentil it xvas found that she had been given SM.OOO nnd a house in East Oakland for lifo. This did not satisfy her. Whllo English xvas nxvay in Honolulu she divorced herself from him on the ground of desertion , and ho returned to find this fact out to ills surprise. She nfterwnrd married Mr. King and instituted proceedings to have the xx-ill sot nsido on tlio ground of undue in- iluonco , and also n null to recover $150,000 as her Just share of the estate. Negotiations xvith the heirs and executors.havo baon pend ing for sorno tlmo. Tlio Hod Freely Used. San Francisco's board of education xvill moot in special session tt > glvo Principal Joseph - soph O'Connor an opportunity to explain xvhy , and to xvnat extent , ho thrashed ono of his pupils in the Valencia grammar school on Friday morning. The pupil In question Is Chester Kinsman , aged txvolvo vcars , and according to the state ments of his mother and other rclatlves.ho xvas most cruelly beaten , his body being one mass of bruises. Even his face did pot cscaic ) , ono eye being partially closed by a oloxv from n rattnn , xvhllo another stroke cut his lip badly , and other dlscoloratlons and bruises xvero produced , ns the box" states , by blows from the principal's ' fists. The boy remained nxvay from school for thrco days , and on returning failed to bring xvith him the rc.sult of certain xvork in nnth- malic xvhich ho xvas supposed to have done at homo. This ommisslon , ho sates , xvas the canso of his punishment. Principal O'Con ' nor Jerked him violently from his place In line xvith his folloxv pupils , dragging him nxvay to his ofllco and there boating him. Halt Imku IO [ ) < T. Ah Foy. a Chinese woman afflicted xvlth leprosy , arrived In San Francisco from Salt Lako. At. the mooting of the board of health Secretary Hoesch xvill aubmit the question of returning the leper to Salt Lake City. Hoesch says it is bud enough for San Fran cisco to hax'o to tatto care of the lepers of the other counties of the state xvlthout having to keep n hospital for all the states nnd terri tories of the Pacllic slopo. Ah Fey is likely to live for ten years. Hoesch says that the Southern Pacific rail- xvay company is to blame In the matter. There is a . laxv against railroads carrying people afillctcd xvith such diseases. The com pany's otllcials could not have been blind to the woman's condition. It xvas apparent oven to tlio policeman xvho caused her arrest , nnd should certainly have been noticed by the Southern 1'acitlo conductors along the road. Ho thinus the company should bo compelled to send the Chinese leper back to Utah , or else bo fined heavily for violating the ordi nance forblddlng-nny person or corporation from bringing n leper into the city. The board xvill sustain the secretary. Indian Atrocities. Great excitement xvns caused at Blackfoot , Idaho , over the killing by an Indian of txvo unkaoxvn xvhtlo omigj-nnts who xvcro camped tit the xvntor tank a mile boloxv that placo. Nothing can ho learned as to the cause of the affair , ns thcro were no eyo-xvltnesses. Their bodies xvero found by n party nt the tank nnd a number of Indians xvero seen taking to the hills cost of licro. An uprisingIs feared. Indian Agent Fisher , xvho xvas nt Pocatcllo , xvas telegraphed for and Wells came up on a special train. Deputy1 ShorllT Hess loft immediately for the sconb and- took charge of the bodies , leaving un armed posse on guard. Business Is suspended and the citizens tire up In arms. About ono hundred mounted men hax-o loft the city to demand the surrender of the guilty party. Should the Indians refuse , trouble is sura to ensue , as the posse nro nil determined men. Not an Indian xvas to bo found in the city an hour after tlio affair. The gox'ornor and adjutant general , xvcro telegraphed. . The .Morton The divorce suit of Mndadoim Morten xs Christian Morton , cams to trial before Judge Ellsxx'orth at Sacramento , Col. Mrs. Morten alleged that her husband had abused heron ono occasion so that she had fainted , and once at Tiburon had threatened to throw her i to the bay. She produced several letters - tors , QUO of xvhich xvas written by her step son , Lyiimn , to bis aunt , saying that Morton had been very cruel nnd abusive to his stop- mother. Another loiter xvas xyrlltcn by Mrs. , Morton to her husband from a government clnlm near MIdxvny. She said that she had xvorn men's clothes and xvorked out In the fields , suffering much for food and from hard xvork. Morten at the tlmo was In the city. Ills other child , Annie , by hi * last xvlfo , xvas dragged to death by n coxv , the lariat having caught around the child's body , bho also charged him xvlth infidelity. Morton denied the charges of Ills xvifo and alleged that ho bad only held her once xvhon she showed symptoms of lnsnnjtyand roinonatratnd when uhe sulod a sugar boxvl at another xvomao's bead. Lyiuao , the stopsou , testified that ho had xvrltton the loiter to his aunt under com pulsion nnd nt tils stepmother's dictation , Judge Ellsworth bollovod Morten's story nnd denied the xvlfo's uppllrntlon for a divorce. Ilroko the I'roalntin Ilottlc. Hanging on the largo mineral cabinet In tba mining exchange says the Spokane Falls Ho- view , Is a good sized bullion bag xvhich resem ble a small mail pouch. It bears this label : F. A. WEBEU , Lake VIoxv , Idaho. Hold In soak for ono belle of whisky broken by F. A. Weber - or on East Eagle creek , Sep tember , 1337. dl. H. KEMP. The label recites briefly the standing feud between Mr. Kemp and' Mr , Weber. They xvcro old miners toguthcr , nud In 18S7 , In cluded in n party of six. it [ tiers headed by Sydenhnm Mills , xvhowas buying property for the Cujur d'Aleno placer Syndicate , they made pack horses of tbfemselvcs and beaded for the diggings on East * Eagle creek , xvhich hax-o since become not d. In tha oullit xx-as a half gallon of xvlilnhy. Ono-lmlf of this they drank before thoy' ' reached Eagle creek , Wo bor carried the lost bottlo. Ho froze to It when they began * to xx-ado Iho crook. Chilled to the mnrroxv ( hey stood on the op posite bunk and dripped ; Wobcr made a mis- Clio and dropped the sacred bottle , it struck a rock and the red liquid mingled xvlth the waters of Eagle crook. Thu card on the bul lion sack explains tno rest , Irons. Nine prominent Aiualim have been ar rested and placed in Irons at San Carlos , Ariz , under guard. Among Iho prisoners is old Chief Eskimlzeno , called "Sktlllng , " for short. The first llvo prisoners xvero arrested on warrants issued by the civil authorities , charging them xvith the murder of xvhlto men years ago , but Eikimlzoua nnd the other tlirno xx'oro apprehended for giving help to "Kid , " n riotous roncgudo nnd murderer xvho defeated nnd eluded the authorities for years , and for xvhoso capture thogox-crninont vainly expended thousands of dollars. All of the Kid's cloao companions In crime have been killed , but ho pcoridli-.dly makes his ap- pcaranco within a foxv miles of San Carlos. AH soon as his presence Is reported ut the post n detachment of cavalry and scouts is soul hi pursuit. Ho appeared lost xvook xvithln sovcn miles of San Carlos. TrooiH xvoro sent in pursuit of him but to no effect. EsklmUcno Is the ablest and craftiest , the most treacherous and dangerous at the Apache renegades on the resorvetion. Noted Character Dead. Ono of Iho most noted characters In the mission died last night in the ulmshouso , says the Wilcox ( Ariz. ) News. Ho xvas James Inmnn , moro commonly Icnoxx'n as "Jimmy the bum. " In man for the past forty years has been n xvell knoxvn figure in Ihat section of the city. Heas an Englishman and a cousin of the owners of the celebrated Inman line of steamers. Ho had boon xvoll reared In his youth nndjind Deceived n thorough col- Icg4iito education. For some reason that ho xvould never ex plain ho left his home . and became a xvan- dorer , finally drifting to this city In the early days. Ho xvas handy at all trades nnd eked out a precarious llvllhood by doing odd Jobs in the neighborhood. His fluency of speech nud general knowledge of affairs made him n favorite xvith everyone In the mission , es- peciallv about the saloons , xvhcro in return 1'or nn hour's chat , ho received his liquor free. Ho died from a general breaking up of his . system. _ _ Pcnrl Starr A young xx'dman disguised in mnio clothing xvns captured by deputy marshals in the Uiowa and Comanche country in the Indian territory. She prove'd to bo Pearl Starn daughter of the noted Belle Starr by Cole Younger , a member of the Jesse James band of outlaxx-s. Pearl Starr Is noxv In jail on a charge of horscstcallnsr. She will doubtless bnvo to face sox'eral like charges. The young xvoman is qulto prutty , about eighteen years of ago , xvlth largo blue qyes and the form of Diana. She dresses In tbo'gurb of n coxvboy of the old days , xx'carlng a high-priced Mexi can sombrero , high-heeled boots and tinkling silver spurs. Peari Starr is n dead shot xvith n Winchester or six-shooter , nnd is snid to bo a superb horsewoman. j-BoJlo Starr hadthreD husbands , Cole Yoifeijjer , Captain Kced nnd John Starr. Pearrftsotbo daughter of Younger , but has taken the name of her step father. jg rnlif orii ( nl Coal. San Francisco coal isviho latest topic for discussion by unineralQgists. There is not enough of it mined as yet to cut any llguro in Iho market , still it is hard to say xvhat in- flnenco It , may havoon-tho homo trade. To reach the mine you trot ; off nt the Bnkor's bcacli slalion of the Cliff House and Ferries rallxvny nnd xvalk along' the track nearly a- quarter of u miio toward the tuus nel until you como to a prcctpltous bluff looking doxvn on the water of the Golden Gate. Several tons of noxvly blasled rock are seen over ono hundred feet beloxv , nnd it is there that a gang of men are drilling and blasting an opening to the drive or tunnel thai Is being made Into the bluff xvlth the Intention ot exploring the coal vein nnd seeing xvliut quality of Juci can bo found. The tunnel xvlll bo driven at least soventy- flvo feet , and If the indications are favorable a shaft xvill be sunk nnd the mine xvorked. A Convlct'n Thrivlm * ISusltm < t . William Hess , n convict in the San Qucn- tin , Colo. , prison , found xvith opium in his | X > sscssion , xvas arraigned before the board. II xvas chaiged that Ho.ss sold qpium to the prisoncrs..laklng in payment mattresses , blan kets , shoos , money , etc. Koss confessed that ho received the opium from a visitor xvhoso nnmo he did not knoxv. Ho asked for clem ency , claiming that this xvas his first olTonso. Warden Halo said the board xvould perform n public service in prosecuting the poisons xvho introduced opium Inlo Iho prison. Owing to the secrecy exercised in this business it xvns extremely difficult to find the culprits. Tbo hoard decided to make Uoss' case nn example , and flx'O out of eight months' time credits duo him xvoro canceled. Hess has served thrco years of a ilvo-yoar term for grand larceny. 'I In : fiiiui mid Lamb. The inlercst In the arbor proceedings at Payson , U. T. , xx-oro heightened by a flag" raising , xvhich took place at the public school. It xvas Iho first event of the kind that over took place at a territorial school In Utah. The flag xvaa n beauty and xvas purchased by the pupils buying 10-ccnt shares in it. The exercises accompanying the raising xvero of n patriotic character. Principal I ) . H. Cbristenson , n young Mormon , delivered a manly nnd patriotic opening address , The school building xvas croxvdod xvith pu pils nnd visitors , Mormons and gentiles mingling together freely and xvlth muoh so ciability , showing how fast the lines ot ex clusion are disappearing. Ills clnws. fter n xvcek's chase Sheriff Hall of Wells , Nov. , brought In a desperado named Cass Austin , xvhom ho caught In the Geese CrocK mountains , Austin nud auolhor desperado named Dove have for n long tlmo been rob bing settlers and sheep borders on the bor ders of Idaho , Utah and Nevada and making raids Into Tacoma , Foano and other unpro tected toxvns , terrorizing the inhabitants bv knocking them doxvn xvlth six-shooters ami shooting Inlo their liouspa. They xvont into Tacoma and perfectly ) riddled Bellinger's hotel xvhllo the proprlotbn nnd thrco of his children xvoro very lo\v * xvlth pneumonia. Dove escaped into Montana. The countv Judge sentenced Austin tp six months In Jnll. Had Killed OJjuiy .Mori. At Albuquerque , Arfasf the , cnso of the ter ritory vs William L. Dux-Is , charged xvlth the murder of a man named Alblu Johnson at Gallup about thrco mouths ago , came to a sudden end. When ttio * 'casa ' xvns culled the defendant , on the adVftfJ of his attorneys , stopped in front of thuiludgo and withdraw his former plea of not 'guilty ' and pleaded guilty to the crime , oaHng tha inorcy of the court. He xvas assessed ) Uio lightest feculence pojslblo three years InHlio territorial pcnl- loiitlury nt hard labor.a - Davis says ho has kllod ) thrco or four men , escaping justlco , and now by pleading guilty ho receives u light sentence. After killing Jotinaou ho Hod to Sou Francisco , xvas cap tured there nnd brought back , secured bonds men nnd again slipped out , recently being captured - turod In Salt Lnko , U. T. , xvhcn his Identity became knoxvn by nn attempt ho made to tnko tbo Ufa of auothar man. lie is a dangerous criminal. Iiint of n. Dcflpcr.nu Clan ; ; . A dispatch from Clifton , A. T. , xvas pub lished n fexv days ago In which it xvas stilted that Iho last of the Clan ton family bad been killed at St. Johns.Graham county , Arizona , during n quarrel xvlth Ballard Pearson , says the San Francisco Chronicle. The Clautons , father nnd thrco sons , xvcro among the most notorious desperadoes that over Infested n region famed for such characters ns Arizona xvns eight or ten years ago. They xvero tlio leaders of n gang of "rusllcrs , " or cattle thieves , and tholr laxvlcss careers all ended In n sudden and "bloody death. With the Clanton family the names of the McLoxvrx-s , Ihe Earps and Iho notorious Dee Hollidny nro mlnglod In ono of the bloodiest chapters of the history of Arizona. It Is just ten years slnco the stage from Tombstone to Benson xvas hold up ono morn ing by n gang of robbers xvho. xvlthout giv ing the driver a chance to halt , poured n volley nt close range into the \-uhlclo , killing Iho driver nnd txx-o posaencers and severely wounding several others of the ton who xvcro on board. The express messenger stopped tbo team , xvblch had run nxvay , nnd the rob bers secured nothing for Iholr brutal crlmo. Much Knom 1'or I'ruHpoctlni ; . A report of a rich strlko recently made in the Piuos Altos district ot southern Now Mexico is n recognition of tlio of ten told story of how men hnvo for years passed near to valuable ere bodies xvlthout being axvnro of their proximity to so much xvcalth. In this case the strike xvas made xvitliln 200 feet of a xvngon road over xvhich thousands of men hax'o traveled. It is ono of the richest strikes over made in the soutluvost , It bolng said thai some of the ere is nearly pure silver. It goes to shoxv the Irulli of xvhat has been often said , that there is u sreat deal of room for prospecting In the Uocky mountains. Millions of dollars xvlll yet be taken out of mines to bo discovered In localities xvhcro the existence of any ere at all Is hardly knoxvn nt present. Irrigation in Arizona. The census bureau announces that there are 1,007 irrigated farms in Arizona , having n total area of 1)0,821 ) acres. The average cost of land , Including purchase price , fencing , ploxviug and xvuter right , Is SIG.'JJ ' per aero , of xvhlch 87.05 represents the cost of xvntcr right ; and the average valuation placed upon the land by the oxvnors Is * 1S.W ( per acre , in cluding buildings. The average annual cost of xvater Is $1.5.1 per acre , and thu average an nual value of farm produrts SlU.Oi per aero , ranging from $ ! ) .Ut ! In Mnricopa to 831 In Vnmr.nl county. The ncrcage now under ir rigation approaches tlio maximum possible xvith the present xvater supply and methods of utlllzatlou , but the conservation of the flood of watcr.4 that noxv mutually runs to \\-asto xvould largely increase the urea suscep tible of successful cultix-atlon. Kiithcr ItotiK'i IC.vpcricnen. The sailors of the schooner Mattie T. Dxx-ycr xx'cnt ashore on San Juan point for xvater snysiho Portland Orogoulan , and xvhllo on shore ono of them shot n buck , wounding him. Two of the sailors named Frost and Bruno folloxx'cd it , and after chasing the an imal until they xvoro almost exhausted dis covered that they xx'oro lost. The schooner xvaltqd for about txvclvo hours , bnt was forced to Icax'o xvlthout the men. Frost and Bj-uno xvandored until Ihoy discovered n tel egraph xvlro , xvhich they folloxvedto this city. In their travels oxror mountains , valleys and through snoxv they encountered xvolvcs , ' bears and panthers. They describe the country ns very rough. They slept In the snjxv every night and' had to dig axx'ay the snoxv before they xvero able to light a flro. The poor felloxx-s looked exceedingly dilapi dated when they reached hero. Dorul in a Itnrtior Shop. . Captain W. P. Kirkhind xvent to Dick Milllgun's barber shop at Cheyenne to cat shax'cd , and opening the door found the solo occupant a woman , sitting upright on the Iloor , against the xvall , dead. Ho at once gax'o tha alarm and a * number of persons gathered and immediately the cry xvas raised that a murder had been committed. Milligan was found in tbo back room sound asleep and when lold of the dead body In the front room ho xvas as much surprised as any of the others. The xvoman has bocn In Cheyenne nearly n year. The report is that the dead xvoman came hero from Sydney , Nob. , xvhoro she loft a husband. Dr. Crook says that slic died from the effect of drink and typhoid fover. After tlio Hedsklns Are Com * . An "Oklahoma boocnor" was advertising thnt section in Denver. "We'll have the greatest country in all creation out there,1' ho said , ' -after the redskins are gone , and tlio blackjack lands are in trim , and the squatters take bold. The xvogons of the nexv settlers are rolling up all the time from every point of the compass , and In some places you can sco clearings end log shantlos. The xvhlto men out tbcro xvnnt to raise corn and xvheat'and cattle , and the negroes mean to raise cotton and tobacco , all of which things , xvlth lots of others , can bo raised a-plenty in Oklahoma. It's a big territory and I can tell YOU xvhcro you canasoo scltleuicuts that are bound to rise like a boom. A Plucky Woman's Work. Mrs. Shane , n xvldoxv with txvo children , xvont to Wyoming txvo years ago , nnd took up her residence in Jaxvbono gulch , Silver Croxx'n mining district , xvhero she took a claim nnd xvith her oxvn bnnds has kept up the assessment xvork. The claim promises to bo a paying ono , and already she hns un covered a body of rich gold quartz , xvith in dications of richer ere as depth is gained. Mrs. Shane is a soldier's xvidcxv. nnd is a lady of line education and culture. Her cabin In Jaxvbono gulch bears ovldonco of refinement , nnd xvhllo it is ono of the most out of tlio xvny places in the camp , she has nuy number of visitors , nmong xvliom xvill bo found the host people of Silver Croxvn and the surrounding country. A AVesroru Slcaninr. Captain Hogg of Denver , xvho Is largely nlcrcstcd in the noxv steamer bolng built to run across Utah lake to secure Tiutic pas senger and freight traffic , xvas In Prove on business matters. The boat is noxv nearly completed nnd xvlll bo ready for launching In o foxv pays , A largo , fiat bottomed barge , 00x40 feet , is also being built to accommo date the freight , ' ns it is expected there xvill bo considerable business xvben the Provo- Tlntic line via Utah lake Is once fairly in running order , and arrangements are to bo made with the railroad companies to make the round trip from Salt L > ako to Tintio good ox-or this route cither going or coming back. llorrllilo .Mmo Acoldcnr. Tim most borriblo accident that has ever occurred at Gallup , N. Max. , a coal mining , loxvn , happened in Iho Caledonia mino. Three men , Casslday , Lynch nnd n Frenchman , name not known , xvoro in ono of ino cnlrlos 800 feet from the surface , fixing the track , xvhon a rock xvclgblug several tons broke loose and fell on top of them. Ono of the . men was taken out xvith his head doxvn botxx'eon his logs and his back and head crushed. Another had boon caught ns ho xvas lying on the ground and lie xx'as mash ed Hat , The third xvas caught under the rock from the chest doxvn nnd crushed , Deatli xvas undoubtedly instantaneous to ull. Tlint Alaska Inland. Kodiab Island , Alaska , is described as larger than souio of tbo Nexv England states , 'xvith a climate similar to that of Maryland , " and is "capable of supporting a largo agri cultural population , " It is claimed that n part of tbo territory can bo made a competi tor of Washington nnd Oregon in Iho raising of Iho moro hardy fruits , such as apples and cherries.Tho next steamer sailing- for Sltka xvlll carry In her cargo n largo consign ment of young apple trees , " soj a the San Francisco Chronicle. N it an Klopcmom ? A slxWcn-yoar-old girl named Ethel Tierce , xvho had been nn Inmate of tbo county hos- .pltal at Santa Kosa , Cal , , for some time , sud denly came into possession of about (3,000 , and boa mysteriously disappeared Iroui that 5tltuttnn. She was enamored of a young mnru named Iloppy and the supposition is that tiioMrpung couple have eloped. The sup position Is ? oUlldea on strong circumstances. A search for the cloplng'par.UosJias been in stituted. A HoRim Doctor' * Methods. W. F. Lay of Grand Junction xvas arrested nnd loiters xvoro discovered on him xyhlch ID- d lea ted that he had boon doing a fraudulent . business through tbo mails. Ho represented himself lo bo n doctor , hut his only pracllco was on pnllents far nxvny. Letters of an ob- 'scene nnturo had boon received by different parties In loxvn , and Poslofllco Inspector Pal- lerson of Denver xvas notified. A'nodcd Secretary Boxvman qf Iho Pueblo board of Irado has collected numerous statistics by in terviews xvllh shippers ns to the necessity for railroad legislation. Ills figures shoxv thnt Tonvor freight coming that xx-av is han dled frco over the Intervening 1"0 miles , and that 1,000'imlo , tickets nro punched thosamo on a trip from Pueblo lo Lcadvillo ns from Denver to Londvlllo. Vnltto of n Human Ijlfo. Frank Gloncross , xvho beat Martin Koagnn to death , but xvho xvns found guilty of simply assaulting him xvilh moans and Intent to do great bodily harm at Lo ) Angeles , was sen tenced by Judge Shaxv lo pay n line of $100. The punishment is rcallcr greater llian It seems , as Glcncross has boon ruined finan cially and otherwise as n result of his fatal encounter with Hcngan. Struck u Pillow ol' rim. ! While xvorkmen xvoro boring a well In the Oddfolloxx's' cemetery nt Pleasonion , Colo. , and xvcro nt a depth of about ono hundred they came upon n strong fioxv of nnlural gas. It xvas ignited nnd burned steadily in a pillar of llamo ton feet high. It has been extin guished nnd relighted several times. The supply shoxvs no signs of exhaustion. Indian italdnr.- * . Sheriff Olnoy , just from Solomonville , re ports the Indians .shooting Into and driving axvay a party of shcophordcrs at the shciip tanks , about txvcnty-tivo miles from luoro , betxx'oen Bonita and Soloiiionvlllo. Tbo hfards xvoro abandoned. Victoria and his band killed seven Mexicans nt thu sumo place in l&SO. _ Colorado. Pueblo has a300,000 flouring mill. Borthrond clcclod ils llrst high license ticket , Mrs. J. .1. Lambert , xvlfo of tbo editor of the Pueblo Chieftain , U do.ul. Deputy StiorilT L. E. Payuo died at Mon- iroso on Monday of pneumonia , Some agitation is In progress relative lo Iho coal mines near Villa Grove. Thrco Chinese doctors have boon held lethe the district court at Pueblo for practicing uicdiclno without a license. Frank Palmer xvas sentenced at Telluride to n year In the reform school for stealing a valise belonging to Gus Anderson. A Union Pncillo conduclor named Mable xvas badly hurt in n freight xvrock near Trin idad. Ono leg may have to bo amputated. Jose Alerez xvas acquitted at Trinidad on a .charge of nltcmptlng to wreck n Denver & Hio Grande train on the night of February 0. Jesus Morcria , n prominenl Mexican clll- zcn of Monlroso and cx-inturpreter for Chief Ouray , xvas burled Tuesday. Ho died of pneumonia. Bob Ford' fho slaver of Jesse James , has loft Wulsenburg. Ho Is noxv at Colorado Citv , bnt only on a visit , ns ho xvill go fur ther xvost in a fexv days. . Frank arrested at Fourtecn-yoar-old Holly , Pueblo for carrying a revolver and threalen- Ing lo shoot any one xvho didn't dance for him , is pronounced Insano. Warden Smllh look formal chnrgo of Iho penitentiary at'Canon City. Hotlrlng Warden - don Lamping xvas presented xvith a f400 silver set by the employes of the prison. The Pueblo medical society bolda ; meeting and decided lo proscculo bitterly all un- hced pracllllonors and mldxvlx'oi , and drug gists who proscribe over their oxvn counters. James Muldoon , n miner employed In the Simpson mine at Lafayette , xvas instantly killed by n fall of coal. Ho xvas n slugla man nud his mother nnd sister rcslda.in Indiana , wbcro his body xvlll ho shipped. Thomas W. Burchell , a pioncor nnd ono of the most prominent citizens of Leadvillo , died of pneumonia after nn illness of forty- eight hours. Ho had boon the receiver for Iho Loadvillo land ollleo since 1877. Del Norlo is just n ixv xvorking up a xvool- cn mill project that promises to do much for the placo. The schema Is all but completed , and the indications Just noxv point to tno con struction of the mill Ihis season. Ohio par- lies are at ibo head of Iho movement. Ten Chinamon xvcro jugged at Durance for running an opium dive and a regular kuock-doxvn don. Ono wnshco x\-os struck n bloxv on the head by a folloxv almond-oyo , xvhich cracked his skull and separated his queue. They xvoro fined $ .100 In police court. II. H , Ingersoll , one of the oldest employes of the uonver & Uio Grnndo on the western slope , Is the possessor of a half interest in a mica mine near Grand Junction , xvhich prom ises in the near future to bo a source of reve nue to him and to his partner , William Whcolor of Delta county. William Hort xx'as horribly disfltrurod by the premature explosion of a blast In the Smtiirgler mine at Ballarat. The minor bad blasted a ho'o ' xvhich took too long to oxplodo. Returning to see xx-hat xx-as the matter , Iho blast went off , tbroxvlng Iho chnrgo full In his taco and likely putting out both ayes. The jury in Iho case of Thomas Hoffnor , charged xvllh Iho murder of Jim Lay , a Chinaman at Denver , rolurnod a x-ordidtof guilty in Iho first degroo. Hoffnor , on being informed of Iho verdict , sxvalloxx'od half a bottle of morphine xvhich ho hnd hidden in his cell. Tlio txvo prison physicians im mediately xvont 10 xvork on him xvlth a stomach pump and the \voulu-uo suicide xvas saved. iV coxvboy near Lay had a narroxv escape from death n fexv dnys ago. Ho xvas about a quarter of a mlle from camp gathering Hrc- xvood , when ho xvas suddenly pounced upon by a mountain lion. Ho had no xveapou ex cept n boxvlo knife , xvhich ho used to good ef fect. Ills cries attracted the attention of his partner , xvbo solzed a Winchester and sailed forth to the rescue. Between the knlfo nnd Iho gun Iho lion xvns killed , but not before ho hnd badly bitten and clawed the attacked man. Nevada. Governor Colcord vetoed the bill making Lincoln's blrlhday a legal holiday. Tno citizens of Auslln hold n jollification uiocilng on account of tno passage of the bill granting a franchise lo Ibo Nox'adu air Hue railroad. There xvns oxlraclcd from the Consolidated California and Virginia , Ii73 ! Ions , eighty pounds of ore , xvhich xvas shipped to the. Eureka mill. The pumping association of the Comstock levied nn assessment amounting to ? J3.00 ( ) , xvhich xvlll bo apportioned among Ibo Gold Hill mining campi. L. Dutcrtrlo did not meet xvlth success In pumping Iho pulp from the lurgo shaft ho xvas .sinking at Golconda , the pulp being too hcux-y lo run , Mr. Dulcrtrio xvlll try some other process. Bcrulo , nn Italian sentenced to tbo state prison for txx'onty-llx'o years on July It ! , ISM , for killing a countryman , xvaS committed to Iho insane asylum at Hcno , he having shown signs of Insanity. Gould & Curry xvlll rommonco shipping ere soon. There are about ono thousand tons of ere on hand , andKorau ere has been * opened out from the txvo hundred to the four hundred level of the mine. Tlio big and much talked of Indian fandan go took place at Bnttlo mountain. Quito a number of big chiefs xvcro present and presented to the trlbo tlio reason why they should bo peacoabla and friendly. The Hcno cloetrie light nnd poxvorcompany has purchased n right of xx-ay for n ditch and ono acre nf ground of the Murray Brothera , about one mile xxxst of Hcno , for { 1,750 , nnd xxnll nrocta plant for the commmj utn cast of $15,000. Noxv gold ledges are reported to have boon found near tbo Storllnn district m the south- xvestorn part of Uio county , Ttio lliko mall carrier stales that a prospecting company from Los Anuolos , Cal. . has an onltlt pros pecting there , which Is fully cqulppoj to moot the dilllculties of that snctlun. The vcsidurut ) of George W. Cngxvln In Carson xvas totullv diutroynd by lire ; total loss , $ .1,000. Mr. Cug-.vm'K infant son was locked up in it jmall roam for punlsbinent. Securing uome tnniuho3 ho not thu puce afire and xvauted his grandmother to oomo nad too tbo blozo. When she nrrlvcd the flro had gained such hoadxvny that the building burned to the ground before the llro depart ment reached the scono. The Territorial Teachers' Institute was erA In Salt Lnko. A haiWl.'Kimo man has captured the xvlfo of 'G. Bau'nellofGonlvlllo. The xx-ool association xvnrobouso at Mantl li being rapidly pushed ahead. The Castle Valley rnllrond company ho * filed articles of incorporation. The people's party hnvo nn oUl-fnshlonod political eruption at Payson. Great mining activity Is foreshadowed on the Crescent Hill at Park City. Mall service has boon ordered on the So- vlcr branch of the Hio Grande Western. A superior nrtlclo of aspha'll has been found In Tie Foru of Spanish Fork canyon. _ The advent of the railroad In Sanpolo nnd Soviur counties opens up n country rich la mineral xvcalth. Mining litigation at Tintic Is assuming voluminous proportions , fourteen anils hav ing been commenced. In the $ l.l.OOO damage suit of Alfred Tom- lliison against the Union Pacific nt Provo.tlio Jury gave the plalullIT lOO. Diamond , secretary of Ihc bogus Salt Lake accident company , has skipped after fleecing many In bogus Insurance. Work on the sugar factory at Lohl Is progressing - grossing finely ami everything looks lovely for the Utah sugar company. The vote on Iho issue of 100,000 In school bonds for school houses nnd school sites in Salt LUKO xvas fiSO for the bonds nnd 83 against. The coroner's Inquest on the death of Frank Simpson , killed In n giwel bank cave near Hyatt exonerates those In charge of the xvork from nil blame. The noxv Eldorado of Fish Springs contin ues to excite the attention of mining men and prospectors. Parties nro leaving Provo dally for the noxv district. Fourteen coal minors from Castle Guto , mostly Italians , xvoro brought to Provo by deputy marshals under indictments brought by tins grand Jury. The saloonkeepers of Provo have formed a protective union In order to guard their in terests and to cinch these drug stores xvhich nro doing a retail business under n xvholcsalo license. The wool clip In the southern counties Is now commencing , and tbo condition of the flocks sdioxv that the output Ibis year xvill exceed - coed Iho ii,000,000 ; pounds of last year by considerable. George V. Schramm of Ogden xx'as struck on the bridge of the nose , exactly butxvcou the eyes , by acalibre rillo bullet , but U flattened itsojf against the skull. Who fired the shot Is a mystery. A young xvoman xvns held up at Hnynmrkot by an unsavory felloxv xvlth a slx-shook-r , xvho demanded her money. The xx'oman shrieked nnd mndo u xvlld dh'o for the nearest doorxvay , into xvhich she fell fainting. Utah is losing much by cattle being brand ed over the ribs. For years It has been Iho custom of hldu dealers in California lo deduct one-third from Iho price of the hides xvhoro the brand xvas on the side , and this system xvas Introduced hero about txvo months ago. 1X10111:11111 Deer Ledge has elected n board of school trustees composed entirely of xvoincn. Over three hundred xx'oinenotod at the election for schoof trustees nt IHitte on Sat urday. 'Mario Walnxvrlght's watch and SI5 In money xx'cro stolen from her dressing room In Ming's opera house at Helena. The Plutus mining nnd milling company has been Incorporatcdixvllh a capital stock ol $1.000,000. The principal place of business xvill bo at Bozoinun. Articles of Incorporation bnvo boon filed for the Butte consolidated railxvny company , the noxv corporation that embraces all the street railroads of Butto. SholTolborgor and Hoot , charged xvlth rob bitig railroad freight cars of Alaskan furs , xvoro found guilty at Mlssoula and sentenced each lo txvo years nt Deer Lodgo. An oxtensi\-o cave In the Mullen tunnel , oighleon miles xx-cst of Butle , has dlx-erloJ all Irafilc from the main line of Iho Northern Pa cific around by xx-ay of the Bulto branch. Ncxx-s from the noxvly developed mining properties near Woodvillo xvas received xvhon the Cabbage brothers came in xvlth many fine specimens of ere , xvhich are found to assay , on tbo average , seventy ounces silver. The Curlew Extension mining company has filed it-s ccrlillcalo of Incorporation xvitti Ibo clerk nnd recorder of Mlssouln county. Cap ital stock , $1,000,000 , divided Into fiOO.OOO shares nt tbo par value of $2 each. The principal otllco of tbo company xvlll bo ut Stovensvillo. At the election of school trustees at Mls soula the following xvcro elected : S. E. Murray , J. S. Booth nnd Mrs. Jacob Hem- hard for Ihrco years ; C. F. IJavis for txvn years ; Mrs. John Hankin for ono year. On Iho proposition la issue ? l."iWK , ) bonds for school purposes the vote stood --9 in favor and It against. Sinking has commenced in the shafts of the High Ore , Wako-Up-Jlm and Green Mountain mines of the Chambers syndicate , controlled by tbo Anaconda company. At the Mountain Consolidated xvork is progressing lu tbo bottom tom of the snaft , which is noxv between seven and eight hundred foot from the surface. The Northern Pacific through train from the cost , xvhioh xvas due ut Butte at 2:15 : , did not nrrix'o until 11 o'clock. The detention was caused by a hugo slide a short distance this side of thu Homostako tuunol. A mass of rock and dirt , aggregating many tons in weight , became dislodged and slid onto tbo irack. Mussigbrod nnd Mitchell luivo again secured - cured Uio contract for the care of the Insane for a three years' term. In Iho absence ol Iho gox-ernor , Lieutenant Gox'ornor Hickards signed the contract along xvlth Secretary Hotxvit and Attorney General Haskoll. The contract Is for $1 a day for each inmate , or ix reduction of $1 a xx'oek from tno lalo contract. M. A. Guthrlo ot Foley Bros. & Guthrlo , xvbo hax'o the contract for building thu Great Northern branch from Monarch to Noihnrl , sayslhat jusl as soon ns the snoxv gees off xvork on the extension xvlll bo commenced , Hailxx'ny officials are rotlcont as to the slalus of the line from Nelbart lo Barker , but It is Inferred Hint the same contractors also have the contract for this xx'ork. Both lines are expected to bo completed this summer. Idaho. The Seven Devils country continues to at1 tract great attention , OvorfiO.OOO xvas disbursed In Pocatello by tbo Union Pacific company on the last pay day.Tho The Seattle , Bolso & Salt Lnko rallxvay company noxv have ibeir surveyors In ibo Cold. Cold.Thero There xvcro soventy-ono convicts in the stale prison xvhen Iba bill nppropriallng $ "ii > , - 000 xvas introduced. A parly of surveyors xvlll soon begin opora- llons surveying n railroad line from Wflsor up Iho Welscr river. The Hcd Elephant mine has been sold to Noxv York parlies , nnd incorporated there xvlth a capital of # 500,000. Three hundred -JOOiOunco galena 'ore has lately been struck In Iho Sunday rnlno at Corto , oxvncil by P. M. Brunor. Hand Point is flooded xvlth men. Railroad contractors have taken quito n lot of men to their first camp , xvhich Is noxv completed , and nn ) putting un other camps on Iho lino. 'A sinnll bla/o occurred in the laboratory nt the school hoiisn at Bolso City. A few bottles containing chemicals xvero suiting In tlioxvln- ( low and the ncatof the sun caused them to oxplodo. Citizens of Moicow nro much ! ntoro .iod in the proposed paper factory. The mill will consume.1,000 tons of strnxv yonrlj , ur.ii T market will bo created for xvhnt H ao.v do st royod as worthloss. Krontoiinl county hns the prospect of be coming ono of Iho most populous counties In thu sinio , Tlio Indian iv.sorx'ation recently ended to the government alone , adds & ,000 lo its population. Nearly all the horsemen on that vide of Ibo Prairie near GrougovlUo bavo suiTored from Iho raids of horoitlilovcs nnd intoiul urtng ovry endeavor to suspend these nofnrlouH operations and bnnir the guilty O K 10 Jus tice ; Ed Harrington , ( t man sixty year * of ago , was on trial lost xvcuk at O'tborn for tbo murder of ono Kit Korlti. a man whoso rep. utntlon xva very bad. Tim Jury dbngrtxid and the court dhmlssml the cu o on motion of the district attorney. Hlch gold dltfKlr.gs Imvrt bncix futind at Coltopxvood. Tuu dirt ix U'uon up from tha iloor of tUo old hotel cub'n ' through a Mluca ! < bar , Thousand * ! nnd thousand * cl oiiucoa of gold dust were welghvd thof surly iajr ,