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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 4, 1893)
TIIK MIVTAI-TA nATr.v KRI * DOINGS OF THE WILD WEST ALedgoof Almost Solid Ruby and Native Silver. A NEW EL DOIUDO IN V/EST / K007ENAY Mining Fnjrn In Wyonilnir A Square Mil * of Whent Under Kxhlhltlon Sold J'nrt of n Rnllrond Clonernl Norm. Jack Hcndor on , an old prospector nnd minor , has Just returned from what ls known M the Senfonm district , nbout 100 miles from Holso. Ho reports n big find on Sulphur trcck , near Sea foam. The strike Is in the "O. 1C. " mlno , owned by Joha Early of this city. Thelodgo is four fcot wldo , carrying quantities of almost lolkl ruby and native silver. It Is the big- past ledge of ruby silver , Mr. Henderson lays , that has ever boon discovered. Tbo owner of Iho Mountain King mlno assayed some of the rock nnd it went $20,000 to the IOD. Mr. Henderson brought some of the ore In with him , nnd It is wonderfully rich. A small shipment of the ere was irnt to Salt Lake , but returns have not yet been received from thoro. When Mr. Henderson loft they had taken out nbout ulna tons of this ruby silver oro. Bomo fifty minors have rushed Into the dis trict to inuko locations. Mr. Henderson hns claim , the O. K. No. 2 , which Is a continua tion of Enrly's ledgo. In addition to this , Mr. Early has n number of other mines thnt how phenomena ) wealth in silver , with tome gold. Mr. Early will start for his mines in a few days. The new mine , the U. 1C. , Is being worked by two men , to whom Mr. Early has Xlven n one-third Interest. Ho will proceed to Soafoam , and will pack some of the ere to Boise. Ho nxpccts to reduce It by n now process In which ho I ; tnlorotod. Ho thinks the now process will win. Sea foam is des tined to bo one of the leading silver camps of Idaho. . A I.odsn of Sllvor. One of the most surprising and sensa tional finds yet recorded In West Kootenay vms discovered recently In the WhiteGrouso mountains , on the divide between East and \Vcst Kootenay. Hero , about fifteen miles from Kootenay lake , In n line , open grass country , thu wonderful claim , or claims , were struck. Forty foot between wallssuch Is the ledge discovered , and highly mineral ized from wall to wall. Assays from this tremendous uody of ere rnu from 350 to 0,000 ounces in silver and 55 per cent connor , with nbout $2 In gold. The country rock is slate and lime , the vein a contact ono , the crop- plugs of which can be traced seven miles and is easily visible at ten. 'This new El Doradn Is but fifteen miles from Marysvillo , on the ICootcnny lake , fol lowing up Loukhnrt creek , nnd abounds In cariboo , deer , grouse , nnd the rare white grouse from which it takes its namo. The whole way from the lake to the claims is easy and open nnd is most favorable for n trail or wngom road nt a minimum of cost. Much excitement has been caused by Iho find , nnd already about seventy or eighty prospectors have loft this place for the seat of the new discovery. Such an Immense body of ere returning such magnilicont re sults is enough to give any ono prospectors' fever. The names ot thu discoverers are James Black , David Gibson , John Noble nnd Ilobort Lockhnrt , and the number of claims they located were seven ; their names are Silver Tip , Banner , Colby , Mammoth , Morn ing Star , Copper King and Big Four , nit of which wcro recorded iu Ainsworth August 1 , and united under the name of Copper King group , the name of the big discovery. An OHl-Tlmcr's Views , Mr. Hurley , ono of the old-timers , has worked in Lincoln gulch for thirteen years , * nd before tha was six years on Spring trook. Ho has also boon In Montana , but declares ho never saw such gold there as has boon found IU Wyoming. During all the time that ho has been in this country ho has made his living by placer mining , and never i a year has rolled around thnt he has not made a good cleanup. He says that ho has done fairly well this year , but that frost nnd low water had to bo contended against. Yet witn the frost reaching down two feet in the ground last spring ho man agedto "pouch out , " as ho says , $10 a day. Ho hns not boon nt woric for Iwo months , but says that ho will probably do something Jn the way of improving his property soou. Ho now has n reservoir , which ho has been Improving steadily , and which backs the water DOO foot. Ho up will probably do some work upon this in a short timo. Mr. Hurley has bonded his gulch property to Denver parties , nnd should they decide to 'buy it ho will transfer his operations to an other claim which ho declares is just as good if not bolter than that which ho has boon working so long. Itich Kurtli In Wimlilncton. OPotcr ICoontz , the pioneer prospector in the Green rlvor country , has come in from that mineral liold , bringing with him speci f mens taken from the mine his party is de veloping , which specimens assay from $000 to fl,000 per ton of gold nnd silver , the former metal predominating. For six consecutive summers Mr. ICoontz nnd his party pros pected the St. Helens country , and wore the Ilrst to discover any minerals of n quality and quantity sufllcicntly abundant to justify tiny considerable amount of development work. Last year the region of the "find" was made known , and a great rush of gold hunters resulted. Three parties In particu lar the Maker party of Chohalis , Duffy's t\v < i camps , and the ICoontz ontllt are doing n vast amount of work on their respective claims , and are lakiug out ere in abundantly paying quantities. The mineral vein in : h mine so far developed Increases , in size id quality as it is followed further into the hill 1- side. Mr , ICoontz returned to the mines , having only como out to secure n sum > ly of provisions. The mineral springs located about midway between this place and Mount St. Helens , are also attracting considerable attention. They are soda springs , the prlu- clpal ono of which bubbles up in the center of u group of n half n dozen , nnd ovorllows the land lu such un extent thnt fully an acre of land hns been hidden from sight by a for mation of the salts ror of soda and ether Ingredients of mineral waters , ere ducing a crusting strong enough oto bear up the weight uf a horse. \ Colorado Striko. f Frank C. Smith , secretary and treasurer of the Whnlo Mining nnd Milling company , Is In from thu Yankee Hill gold district , lib ' nhows a certlllcatu from tlio Chamberlain sampling works at Idaho Springs which credits uro from the ten-foot shaft of the : Llltlu Clair mine with thirty-four ounces In gold and seven ounces In inn. silver to thu ton. The discovery was made last n.re wcoic , iho ere Examined having been taken from iho vein by tlio editor of a paper at Idaho Springs. The Llttlo Clair shaft , in which the rich pro is found , is located on it small strip at the und of the Whnlo territory and has probably cut the Whulo vein. lu thu Wti'iUvinlnu the main shaft is down forty feet. The If" ere body widens and grows richer us depth is attained , which loads to the supposition that several veins nun-ire or run tnuuthvr nt the point whore the shaft is located. A Nnvel Wilful Show. Modem science nnd the skill of the best ! farming talent of the greatest farming country lu the world combined last week in giving to thu nations inX. of thu earth nu ex. ! hlbltlon such as they never before saw and which made un impression surely fated to bear fruit In Ihti-r and tos. years iu ether climes. Before the eyes of the foroipncommlssloners uml visiting nnwspaper men n square mile of ripe wheat melted away llko snow before a lummer sun , uud when noon came ever 820 _ icres of waving grain had been laid low and tucked up iu symmetrical heaps aboul one of thu finest and best equipped farms in North Dakota. The town of Larunoru Is nothing but a corner of Iho vustt estate of N. F. Lurlmoro , whoso acres number 10,000 , of which 10,000 ) are wwii in wheat. An army of mun work in the gro.it Helds and resldo in the hamlet bearing the uauio of tko proprietor of the farm. From the railroad tracks to the south lay the square mile of wheat waiting for hoOf harvest , The slightest possible touch of frost the previous night had not Injured the grain , but bad given u hint of iho necessity of notion. The guests arrived during the night from Grnnil Fork * . Gathered lo tco the attack , and nt ft word from Mr. Lurlmoro , forty-throo lolf-blndors , manned by ISO men , atnrtod from ono sldo of the field , and with all the ipcod of the most modem appliances , cut great swath * and throw the grain behind thorn In oven and woll-itackod rows. It WAS more llko mnglo than reality to mnoy of the foreigners , who gnzod spellbound at the work. Others , more accustomed to modern nerlcultural methods , watched with approval for awhile nnd then went shooting or on n tour of inspection nbout the farm , ns their Ustc * dictated. In either case the visitors had a treat , for the pralrlo chickens were plentiful and the farmIng - Ing methods n most interesting study. The trip to Lnrlmoro was taken after midnight , until which time the people of Grand Forks ontortatnod the visitors at the Pioneer club , concluding ono of the plcasantcst days of the trip. A Mlmonrl lnollo ( Annex. It Is assorted by projectors of the Vnnkton & Norfolk railway that eighteen mllei of this roadbed hnvoibcon sold to the Great Northern , nnd the contractors now con structing the Sioux Fnlls-Yankton oxtonilon of the latter road cxpoot to begin ironing the now acquisition by September 6. The purchase of only eighteen miles of Yankton & Norfolk roadbed Is Interpreted to mean that J. J. Hill intends extending his road In a moro southerly direction to connect with the Missouri Pacific. The Great Northern extension from Sioux Falls will bo com pleted to Ynnkton next week. It Is under stood that Senator Pettiprow has tranforrod his franchise for n railway bridge across the Missouri river to J. .T. Hill , and that Yank- ton is to bo made division headquarters for the Great Northern. Mrs. nruln'n I.unchoon. A few days since Paul Pascoo , wtfo and friends took n day olt and wont berrying on the head of Four-Mile. Mrs. Paul hied her away to the head of the gulch , whore she soon succeeded In filling her two-gallon pall with luscious raspberries. Just then the circus opened and the fun began. A hueo cinnamon boar had evidently been patiently awaiting her efforts to fill her pall and. un expectedly to Mrs. Paul , put in a sudden appearance. Mrs. Paul did not wait upon an order to go , but neglecting her pall of berries , started down the gulch at a 3:11 : trait , her feet dislodging the boulders of the glacial era , turning a sharp corner she struck bedrock - rock nnd ono of the aforesaid prehistoric rocks wont bounding over her form. Upon recovering her equilibrium she stele a hasty glance backward and behold her bcarshlp and family of , eleven oubs quietly lunching oft the berries , the fruit of her patient la bors for full six hours. Mrs. Bruin evi dently boltoved in Jacksonlnn democracy that to the victor belong the spoils. Wiints ( inino Wurdcu. Henry Shafnlt. of Steamboat Springs , Colo. , arrived in Denver to confer with the state game warden in relation to the viola tion of the game laws. Ho reports that the destruction of deer nnd elk In Koutt county is something appalling , nnd that the car casses are lying around the country spoiling and furnishing food for coyotes and wolves. Wagon loads of game , ho says , are being slaughtered and hauled away , regardless of any restrictions the law may impose. The Ynmpa river country is about the best game district In the state and the people of that country have taken considerable interest in preserving the game that the line hunting might bo prolonged as an attraction us lone as possible. It Is a camping resort and in"- experienced riflemen gather there in the summer provided with big guns and shoot at everything in sight. Mr. Shafnit will ask that a game warden bo placed in that district. lrcar the Apaches. Members of the annual roundup party which started from the San Bernardino ranch on the Mexican line last week , report having encountered two bands of Apjicbes in the Anlmas valley , fifteen miles north of thoro. One band was composed of fourteen bucks and the ether of six. They wcro well armed and mounted. The two parties were seen on different days. The larger band was encountered at the mouth of a canon. The Indians , evidently expecting uu attack , rode rapidly up the canon. The roundup party , composed of thirty-five cattlemen , had their herd to gether and feared a stampede if they fol lowed the Indians. Had they done so they would undoubtedly have been ambushed and a heavy loss of life resulted. The troops under Lieutenant Wallace , which have boon camped in that vicinity , h.ivo been withdrawn , and the renegades from San Carlos are roaming"ht will unmo lested. Unless prompt action is taken to capture or drive those Indians back on the reservation a raid equaling that of Goronl- mo's several years ago is predicted by the frontiersmen of this section , A courier from the roundup brought the news to Tomb stone with u request that the proper author- Hips be notilled. .Nubrngkn Fairs. Dates for fairs in Nebraska have been sot as follows : Omaha Fair September 5 to 8. State Fair Lincoln , Septembers to 15. Adams County Hastings , September & to 7. 7.Antelopo Antelope Nollph , September 2& to 22. Boone Albion , September20 to 22. Bo.vd nutto , September 27 to 2'J. Brown Long Pine , September 28 to 80. Buffalo Kearney. September 111 to 23. Burl Tokamail , September 20 to 22. Butler D.ivid City , September 10 to 22. Cass Plattsmouth , September 10 to 22. Cedar Hartington , September 20 to 28. CoUux Schuylcr. Soptemuur-1 to 7. Ouster Broken Bow , October 3 to 0. Callaway District Callaway , September 20to2'J. Cuming West Point , September 27 to UO. Dawos Clmdron , September 20 to 23. Douel Big Springs , October 13 to 7. Dixon Poncn , September 12 to 15. Dodge Fremont , September 18 to 21. I Fillmore Geneva , September ID to 22. Gage Bonlnco , September 5 to 8. Gosper El wood , September SI to 23. Hall Grand Island , September 2.'i to 29. Hamilton Aurora , Septembers to 8. Harlau StamfordSeptember 27 to 20. Hitchcock CulbertsonSeptember 111 to 23. Holt O'Neill. October 5 to 7. Jefferson Fnirbury. September 27 to 29 , Kearuoy Mimlen , September 10 to 23. Knox Crclghton , September B to 7. Lancaster Lincoln , September 8 to 15. Madison Madison , September 19 to 22. Ncmahn Auburn , September 20 to 29. Otoo Syracuse , October 11 to ID. Pawnee Pawnee City , September S to 9. Perkins Madrid , September 22 to 23. Plntto Humphrey , September 25 to 27. Plntto Columbus , September 27 to 29. Polk Osccola. September 5 to 6. Hod Willow Indinnola , September B to 9. Illchardson Falls City , September fi to 8. Sarpy Papillion , September 20 to 23. Saunders Wnhoo , September 19 to 23. Sheridan Hushvlllo , .September lid to 28. Howard So ward , September 20 to 21) ) . Stnnton Stnuton , October 3 to 0. Thayer Hebron , September 27 to 30. Valley Ord , September 20 to DO. Wilcox District Wilcox , October to 0. Washington Blair , September 20 to 29. Wayne Waym' , September 20 to 23. York York , September 19 to 23. > rl > rui > l4a unit .Ncbriulcuus. Hitchcock county republicans will hold > their convention at Trenton September HO. A Beatrice man is negotiating for the purchase of the electrio light plani'of hok. It. Gilbert , on ugod resident of Pawnee City , fell down u collunvuy and broke his ami. ami.A. A. Mekln , n farmer near Brock , bccamo Insane sane from thu effects of a sunstroke and was vent lo an asylum. Fire destroyed McCafferty's barn at O'Nttill , and a team of horses and a pony perished in the thtnies. Ono thousand people attended the Hay Sprinm firemen's tournament last week , and Hushvitlo won the hojo team race. Eleven children with their families it- tended the silver wedding anniversary itof Hon. and Mrs. A. Zluiuicror ut Nebraska City. The Sons of Veterans of Paplllioii will give a grand ball during the county fair for the puriwao of raising money to buy parapher nalia. srho The twentythird annual meeting of the Loup and Klkhorn Baptist association will bo hold in Norfolk on September 28 , 29 , UU and October 1 , Tbo fifth convention of the Christian En deavor societies of Cuss county was held at Avocu uud there was a largo attendance from all the towns in the county , H. A. Guriuian , au Armenian jeweler of Holdrcgo , was taken before tbo Hoard of In [ sanity uud found to bo suffering from u mild form of Insanity. His brother from Chicago will endeavor to tak * hlni homo with. Mm. It U thought ncbftngo of scene will bring him around nil right. A Perkins county farmer lift * discovered that thirty drops of carbolic acid In three gallons of water , glvon to hens or hogt la their food , is a sure remedy for cholera. The democrats of Hltchcook county have had no organization for four year * . but now they propose to gel Into shape nnd n mass convention has been called to arrange for consolidating the party. Says the Lyons Mirror : H. L % Twlford of the reservation brought tO'town ' on Saturday n sample of winter wheat of his own raising , which weighed nt the rnto of slxiy-olght pound * to Iho bushel. Who says wlnler wheat oan't bo raised hero ? The residence ttof Banker Chambers of Herman was burglarized the ether day dur ing the absence of the family nnd jewelry of considerable valtio was stolen , among which was Mrs. Chambers' gold watch , bracelet , pair of valuable cuff buttons nnd other good jowolry. The thief escaped with his booty. Pylo ft B.rlggs. the Syracuse horsemen , have Just lost Gumbo , ono of their most promising horses. I Mr. Brlggs was speeding him on the track , and had gone but n quarto when the horse suddenly dropped do.id. Gumbo made a record last year of 3:80) , and this year had paced a quarter In .10 seconds ends , nnd was giving promlso of becoming ono of the fastest pacers on the turf , The loss is a severe ono to his owners. W. E. Gleason of Hoskins has just cold his fine farm to F. WIckort of Iowa for a handsome pnco , says the Norfolk News. Northeastern Nebraska lands nro in good demand. The fact that the soli is unusually productive nnd good crops always insured in this portion of the state , is ono that hns not escaped the observing eyes of hundreds of farmers . from ether states , who uro coming ir daily in search of purchasable lands. Burglars broke into a saloon nnd drug store at Hardy nnd made n rich haul. In the saloon they took nbout $200 In money and goods , Including several ] ugs of whisky , cigars , clothes and about ( MO worth of lottery tickets. At the drug store they secured some money and n quantity of perfumery , amounting in all to about 25. They had evidently taken their time to iho job , for in the saloon they had made themselves sev eral lemonades nnd smoked several cigars. The Dnkotns. The state tax of South Dakota is 4 } mills. In two big pralrio llrcs north and south of Htghmoro , 700 tons of hay nnd a good do.il of pasture wore destroyed. Russian thistles uro getting ao thick nround Do Smot Mint the newspapers nro calling lor an organized effort to wood them out. out.Ono Ono of the features of the exposition nt Mitchell will bo the wedding of an Indian couple from Yankton agency , Iho ceremony lo bo performed by n native preacher. Tests of the wonderful artesian well nt Chamberlain show the spouter lo have a force sulliolent to throw a three-Inch stream flh wafer 175 feet in Iho air. The well is Iho largest in the world. There are ten wells In Yankton city alone , four of which are larger than the largest well in Urulo eounly. This counly went into the artesian well business thirteen years ago and has been actively engaged ever since. One hundred and nine full depth wells is the number in Yankton county. Hopresentatives of n colony of 200 families 1c 1 Upckford , 111. , have inspected lands west 1n 1i Pierre on the recently ceded reservation and have decided to have the colony locate upon ; these lands and go into farming and the slock business. The land opened for settlement between Sturgis and the state capital Is fast being settled up. The people of Spearflsh nro preparing to hold a grand demonstration on the occasion 1t the entrance of the Ilrst locomollvo over the B. & M. extension Into tholr city. The advent of a railway , connecting with one of the t great trunk lines of the west , is occasion for I rejoicing in any city and Spoarllsh will probably I bo duly heard from when the propor.tlmo comes. Colorado. Ore from the Fountain , Turkey creok. In El Paso county , is running { 15 gold and some copper. A lengthy load carrying $100 gold and thirty ounces silver has boon discovered near Taylor river , Gunnison county. The committee' sheep and cattlemen which mot at Parachute the other day failed to agree and trouble may begin again. At a depth of eighty-eight feet the Blue Bird , Crippio creek , has a two-foot streak of high-grade ere running five to seven ounces gold. Six inches of rich ere llko that m the Sul tan has been struck in the Free American mine nt Duncan. Another rich strike is re ported on Short creek. Mr. Calllcotle , fish nnd game warden of Ihoslalo of Colorado , will visit Elk croak soon , where ho will distribute 15,000 rainbow troul in the stream at Pine Grove. I 'ourtcen miners are cleaning up the Col umbus mine near Mancos , which was re- cenllv sold lo a Boston syndicate for $150,000. The four-Inch pay slroak runs $150. The potato crop is unusually largo and of a very flue quality nt Grooloy , exceeding last year's crop by 12 per cent. The ship ments will probably exceed 5.000 cars. A sot of tools weighing 1,000 pounds hns been blown out of a 1-lUO , foot ho.'o at Coal creek by natural gas. They were lost by the Colorado Coal and Iron company nine teen years ago. The Piko'3 Peak , Crippio crook , is down seventy feet and has seventy feet of drifts. Forty pounds of the ere panned 350. Steady shipments will bo made to both the smoltcru and their mills. , The Holclen works of Aspen were closed ' under an attachment in tavor of Charles Graham of Philadelphia for $11)9,000. Losses in silver and general depression in business are given us the cause of the trouble. The United oil refinery at Florence is run ning full capacity , l'OOU , barrels a day. The Itocky Mountain refinery at Overton it run ning 800 barrels u day. The consumption of crude oil now exceeds the production , but there is a reserve of 250,000 barrels. Chlorinntion. which has proved so success ful lu connection with iho big Homestako mill , Black Hills district , is about lo bo in troduced nt Cripple crook as an adjunct of iho Ho&obud mill. All the concentrates from the stamp mill will bo treated by iho uhlorinallon process and refractory ere run ning from & 0 to fc > 0 per ton can bo worked cheaper In this way than by smelling. Wyoming. Major Schnltgor , the llsh commissioner , has distributed 11,000 fish in the streams of Uinla counly , John Cudahy , who lost so much money in Chicago by thu fall In pork , has 10,000 head of cattle In Wyoming. The Union Pacific is only shipping 200 cars of coul a day now , 100 cars less than it was shipping this lime last .year. ThoBluo Jay and Kyost.onu mines of the Otras Mining company , were sold at public auction. They brought $3,050. They cost iho company nearly $100,000. The Barton's ranch property , near Lara- rule , was sold the ether day for $30,000. aIt includes OU.OiXJ ncrcs of laud. This name property was invoiced lu 1837 nnd was then valued nt $700,000. A war between sheepmen and cattlemen U Imminent near Larauiio peak at the north line of Albany county. Sheriff Fruzer loft yuslorday for the scene. The cattlemen for bid Iho passage of aheap. Sir Poler Walker Bart of England has contracted with Colonel William II. I toot , asto furnish . . . him - wilh n . car load of . elk for his estate at Osmaston Manor , Derby , England , The cnrload Is to consist of twenty head , one-third to be male , There is supposed lo bo a case of leprosy at the penitentiary. It U Ed Fisher , snn- to.iced 10 onn year for grand larceny from Sweetwalor county , Secretary * Barber called at Lnramlo to inspect and Governor Osborno will come. M. W. Dillon expects lo continue the de velopment of his recent coal discoveries near Uuwlins. Ho will drive a slono on the four- teen-foot vein , north of Iho Union Paclno railroad track. A test has been made of the surface coal , which proved very satisfactory , but no complete analysis will bo made until thu slope Is driven in at least 100 foot on the voln. Oregon. The 13-year-old son of Lewis Paddock killed a lynx near Vale last Friday which measured four f.eet from tip lo lip , The astlmatoJ .vleld of hops m Polk county this year is 1BOO,000 pounds. The quality of the hops this year will bo boiler tlmu lust. The average yield wlll.tmlPM , but It will bo rnndo up in ncrcnRO. " Hop tickets will bo legal tender for the flrilAVeok of picking. A Wlllnmlnnnmn hn Invented ft hay proti that presses two bale * nt.onco , < It is a self- feeder and will bale straw as It comes from the thresher. * I'ondloton'a tolophonVtibscrlber are com bining lo have tholr monthly rental reduced from 15 to 13 , on penalty of withdrawing tholr united patronage. The Ore < ron Pacific dfflco at Chltwood has been ordered discontinued , tfiya the Albany Democrat , but the ngontnfofusos to discon tinue until his back salary , Including the old ono , Is paid. Ho continues to do business , nnd the company soemsoinnblo to got rid of him. fj/ / There Is n curious looking car at the Southern Pacific dnpot nt Corvallls. It woi built nt Chchalls , Wnsh. , and hns made ! v trip to Dakota nnd back to Corvallls. It Is ono of six of Its kind that are scouring the United States In the Photographic business , and in the last six years tholr proprietors haven taken 23,000 dozen pictures. Sheriff Furnish of Utnatilln county , found flvo horse * lying dead In a room of an unoc- uuplcd house on his ranch. They had been thcro for some time , nnd had evidently been placed thcro by some person or persons who had killed them. At least , this Is the sher iff's conclusion , ns the door was shut and only ono pane of glass was broken in the windows. Mr. Willis Brown of Eugene , has received returns from the carload of poach plums shipped to Chicago. Seventy-eight cents per crate was realized from the fruit. This was fully 10 cents a crate above California fruit of that description on the same date , but was not what It should have been , as the railroad delayed the par on the route and some of it had decayed. The wild parsnip hns taken qulto a hold of tlin cattle ranging on Buck and Hlatt prairies. Nine head ot tluo bovlnes have succumbed to the flatulent properties of the root of that , sweet smelling but death-deal ing licrb. These cattle strayed to the herds of Barren and Butler. As the ground In that section Is soft the wild parsnip root conies out pasllv , hence It Is feared others may go the same way. Washington. Vandals are shooting sheep on the ranges about Laurel. A Montcsano man captured two sea par- rots at Wcstport. The Pomcroy Independent reports a shor Iff's sale of 100 horses for $00. A Now Whatcom mill turns out 70,000 shingles daily for eastern orders. Sottlcrs west "of Custor are building a bridge moro than 200 foot long ever Califor nia creek by donation work. The Simpson logging camps near Kainll- chlo have closed down and about 300 men turned out of employment. This is ono of the largest logging companies west of the mountains , averaging U ? . > ,000 foot n day. The body of Frank Switzer of ICaslo , the last of the two men killed by the snowslldo on the Freddiu Leo mine last January , has been recovered by his brother. It was in a perfect state of preservation and showed little mark of injuries. * H. C , Walters passed through Ellensburgh last week with a carload of ere from his mlno In the Slocan country , which assays $235 in silver and $50 lu gold to th-J ton. ThU is the ilrst shipment from the mine and the company has plenty of it on the dump. Two of Simpson's logging camps at Montc sane , employing about 100 'men , closed down last Saturday evening , and it is rumored that the remaining two camps will also soon shut down for the season. There are now 10,000,000 feet of logs' in the sound at ICumilchio which have'boon cut in Simpson's camp. Several prospectors have arrived from the mouth of the American river with samples of sand running from $3 _ to $14 per ton. Bill Tibb , the cook at the camp , came to Tacoma with some very rich ( samples , and reports those already there taking out from $3 to $4 a day with rockers. It is estimated that fromSlO toiSOaday canio taken out with sluices. Mr. Tibb was , among the ilrst to take up claims on the Americanriverplacors , and ho piloted in the flrst'party. . - * Ho has been prospecting since the gold fever days In California. " Near JJYiirhaven afow.days < ngo a cougar -visited the house qf a.farmer.i The animal came up to the dbor , jvhich was open , and a little girl , who wasulono in the house , saw it. She didn't know what kind of a boast it was , but the cougar blinked at her and she says looked at a piece of broad she had In her hand. She threw It to the beast ; it ate the broad , took another look at the child and quietly disappeared into the forest. When the child told her story an examina tion of the footprints showed thorn to bo those of a largo cougar. Four men in a boat had an exciting scrim mage with an enormous boar on Lake What com. They were on a ilshing trip and were armed only with an ax and a pistol. Ihoy saw it swimming in the waier and opened flre. The boar made straight for the bow of the boat , with its eyes llko small balls of llro and ils mouth open wide. It seized the boat , tearing a picco of wood off the gunwale sev eral inches in length ; then dodging Iho blows from Iho ax lhat were directed at him , Bruin gave the sldo of the boat a swipe with his paw , nearly overluruing it. But Just then Iho pistol nnd the ax got in their work and iho bear gave up Iho fight and the ghost. The carcass was towed ashore. The Moclrrn Ileauty Thrives on coed food nnd sunshine , with plenty of exercise in the open air. Her form glows with health and her face blooms with its beauty. If her system needs iho cleans ing action of a laxntlvu remedy she uses the gent oand pleasant liquid laxative Syrup of COUBTLAND BEAOH. Largo Crotrdn of K\oiir lonl t Hwell the Onto JlncnlptH Yeslerdny was Iho largest day , numeri cally nnd financially speaking , that Court- land bench has enjoyed this season , except ing the Fourth of July. The Union Pacific railway brought into Omaha about 3,000 Courlland beach excur- slonlsls , In. two sections , while the Elkhorn road's special excursion train contributed another thousand , iho Burlington adding1 200 beach visilors from Plattsmoulh. iffo Louvcnmark made his dive in iho presence of1,000 spectators \vlio stood on the beach. His tactics , us usual , caused Jeers uud shouts when ho made a mental survey of the dis tance fiom the tower to the water with sI1 parent fear , but In duo time ho made his usual matchless dlvo which was received wilh great applause and attended wilh cliar- aulerisllu success. rx The Biekotts gave Ibolr regular aerial ex hibition. On account of Iho high wind Jos- slo Xolno only mauo ono balloon ascension , which closed iho balloon contracts at Court- land for thu season. , ) Louvontnark closes , his third and last week tonight. Bo do the , Uickotis. Two ex hibitions will bo glveitjtjxlay in commemora tion of Labor day. .j , Tomorrow night wIHT > o fireworks night , iVi nnd on Wednesday , AH | Saints church will picnlo at the beach \yhUo the University of Omaha plcnio occurs 'hjirsilay , ana that of St. Vincent do Paul onSaturday. liusy people have no time and sensible people have no inclination lo use pills thai make them sick a da.vfor every close they lake. They huvo lo.irn d that the uao of Do Will's Little Eurlor { Users does not Inter fere with their health iby causing nausea , pain or griping. These little pills are perfect in action ana result , radiating Iho stomach nnd bowels , so that headaches , dUzinoss und lassitude are provontodtir They tone up Ibo system. Lois of health In tlieso llttlo fellows. NEBRASKA FARMER PROTESTS Sohomo to Open tlio Sand Hills Engineered by Cattlemen , HOW A THOMAS COUNTY MAN FIGURES Detnlli ot the .Manner In Which the \\enltliT Stock Holier Woalit Crowd the l'lonoer from Their Ilnril-Enrned Ifomei. Tnnnronn , Nob. , Aug. 81. To the Editor or Tun BER : Behoving thixt you have nt heart the best Interests of Nobr.-nkn and Its farmers , wo would like to ask the aid of your paper in giving publicity to a matter which threatens to bring upon us considerable trouble. The situation Is this : The settlers farmers In what ts known ns the "sand hill region" of Nebraska , nftor locating hero and taking up homesteads , have made . for themselves fairly pleasant homos In what was n wilderness when they camo. Uoforo iho farmers came the cattlemen hold nil this country and used It as a cnttlo range , but as settlers came In the cattlemen wcro gradually pushed back and have not operated In this territory for several years , and our present grievance Is that the cattle n are now trying to got back hero nnd crowd the sottlcrs out and make of this n cattle range once more , after wo have suf fered nil the privations of frontier life and labored live or six years to plant trees , build houses and otherwise Improve and beautify the country nnd make of it n productive ag ricultural region Instead of n lonesome cnttlo range. Naturally , wo object. " The herd law of Nebraska provides thnt the owners of stock must keep their herds off J ! of tbo farmers' crops , nnd the farmers need not fence tholr crops uuloss they wish to do so. First Act of the Opposition. The first act of the opposition was to call a mooting of the settlers In the early summer to consider the advisability of trying to have the herd law changed , just in this county , so that farmers should bo obliged to fence their crops and the owners of stock bo allowed to range their herds at largo In other words , a free range. The meeting was hold and nothing done , for out of n largo number of settlers presenter or represented , only two or three were In favor of the change , these two or throe being men whoso farming operations are conducted on a very famuli scale , and who mainly do- pcnd for a living on herding cattle tor other people at so much a head per season. The majority of the sentiment was in favor of leaving the law just at it is , for thcro is no timber growing in this county , absolutely none , and ail the posts for fencing , nnd , of course , the wlro would have to bo bought outside and hauled or shipped hero from a great dis tance. All this would put each farmer to a heavy cxponsn , nnd as building up a home in a new country is an uphill struggle at best , very few of the settlers are llnanclally able to fence their farms ; besides it is just the next thing to an impossibility to construct a fence which will turn range steers anyway. Barb wlro has no terrors for them and if they sec a cornfield on the other side it just about takes a stone wall or a regiment of cavalry to keep them out , so , wo fear , if free range is permitted , the sottlcrs will bo driven out of the country , their crops de stroyed and tholr many years of labor and privation brought to naught , while tholr farms become once moro a wilderness and a cattle range. Not Katlly Discouraged. As stated above , nothing was accomplished at the mooting and so the few in favor of the change schemed around and managed to bavo a committee ) appointed to call another mooting in hopes , perhaps , of having enough of their sympathizers present next time to make it appear that a majority of the set tlers In the county was in favor of having the herd law changed. The second meetinc was held at Thodford July 4 , and the result was the same as bo- lore nothing done , only a committee ap pointed to call still another mooting1 , and it began to appear as though a waiting panic was being played , the Idea being , appar ently , to continue calling nicotines indoll- nitoly until finally such an attendance should bo secured as would give an expres sion of the sentiment desired and enable the matter to bo railroaded through. The next meeting was hold at Thodford July 27 , delegates being Invited from several of the adjoining counties , Lagan , Cherry , Hooker , etc. , and this time a new sensation was sprung when it was proposed to try and secure u change in , not the state herd law , but the United States law , just In those few Nebraska counties , and give to each settler enough land , in addition to what ho already holds , to make him the possessor of ono square mile of land , nnd then after this to permit the cattlemen or companies to buy all the remaining land Irom the government , no ono company being allowed to buy more than ono township la a place , they to fcnco all tholr land and keep their cattle Inside their own fences , thus relieving the farmers of the necessity of fencing their crops , nothing more being said about free range. Kitrmors Not Satisfied. On Its face this seems to bo a fair enough proposition , but the farmers are afraid of it , for from what they have observed of the ox- porlencoof other states they think it Is Im possible lor range cattle and farmers to exist in the same territory. Ono or the other U generally crowded out and unless there is some law llko our present herd law to pro tect them the fanners are usually the ones to suitor ; nnd so , belloving that it Is moro to Nebraska's interest to make of this an agri cultural regiou than it would bo to make it a cattle range , they , in self preservation , ob ject to any change from present conditions and view with suspicion all encroachments of the cattle rocn. There was some hot debating at the Thod ford meeting on July " 7 , but as before no definite conclusions were arrived at , and the wultlnguamo wis continued by adjourning the mooting , llrst appointing the usual com inittoo to call another meeting. It U said that two or three of our legislators nro in favor of bringing about this change and letting In the cattle men , but the farmers have confidence to bo- llevo that they would not favor anything detrimental to the agricultural interests of the state , and think that the matter has been misroprcsdntod to them. A petition is now being circulated among the settlers , and when the signatures are secured will bo forwarded lo the legislature , requesting that no change bo made from the present order of things. Feeling is beginning to run a llttlo high on the Hubjcot , although trouble Is not seriously feared , the other aide keeping very quiet , except at the meetings , which are always called by committees of tholr own friends and which they are always careful to ad journ befoio any deciMvo vote is taken which would show a majority of the settlers opposed to the change they desire. They thought perhaps to catch the toitlors nap ping uud ' 'trick" them into consenting to thulr wishes at the ver.v llrst mectiug.beforo they fully realized what was bulng done ; but the farmers did realize what was going on right from the start , and they are docldudly opposed to admitting the cattle cornpaulei and wish to ask the alu of your paper and in inlluenco la sheddiuK light upon ir sides of Highest df all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE the matter , nnd then whatever U found tc bo right nnd for tlio best Interests of No * brftska we will gladly nocopt. A FAHMRR or TnoMln CVONTT. HIS FIRST NAME. " How Sergeant Orm l > rVn nn the \Vltnm .Stand. Police Sergeant Thomas Ormsby is nn Inveterate - votorato joker , and is constantly springing some "gng" on his friends. Sorgcant Ormsby sometimes has the tnblcs turned on himself , but ho appreciates the Joke the same as if it was on some ono olio. Some time ago ho acquired the habit of turning the laugh on story tellers by earnestly inquiring. Just ns the laughing | > olnt came up : "What isyotir first nninot" Not long ago Attorney Wilt Ourloy was caught in this manner nnd an swered the question by saying : "William ; darn it , haven't I been lu this town long enough for orory ono to know mot" The reply cost Mr. Gurloy several clcr.irs , and ho swore vonponnco. Some weeks Inter on Gurloy was defending n man whom Ormsby h.id nrrostcd on a charge of larceny. Orm by was the principal witness and Our- loy's face became illuminated with ono of his most ehlldllko smiles ns ho realized thnt the opportunity to "got oven" with the sergeant had arrived. After nsklng the usual ques tions , ho suddonlyi inquired : 1 "Sergeant Ormsby , what 1s your first nnmot" The sergeant was caueht and knew it , but ho would not answer the question. Gurlcy repented the question n couple J of times , nnd then turning to the Judge requested him to compel Ormsby to answer the question under pain of being in contempt of court. The court did so anil Ormsby meekly answered "Thomas. " "What Is your ether name ? " n ked Gurloy. "Jefferson , " said the sergeant meekly. "Now please toll the Jury what is your full name , " snld the attorney. "Thomas Jefferson Ormsby , " snld the wit ness nnd the court was compelled to Join In with the roar of laughter which went up ns the sergeant was excused from the witness stand. It cost the sergeant quite n tidy sum to square himself aud hols still laying for Gurloy. There are three things worth saving- time , trouble nnd money and Do Witt's Little Early { Users will save them for you. Those llttlo pills wilt save you time , ns they act promptly. Thny will save you trouble , as they cause no pnln. They will save you money , ns they economize doctors' bills. .Mnriium Uliolr Coming. Of the 400 Mormons who loft Salt Lake last week on n special train for Iho World's fair , not more than half have ever boon bo- youd Salt Lake City ; the other half repre sent the old pioneers , many of whom nroro- vlslting the cast for iho first time since they were driven from Missouri and Illinois in 1S40. It is strange to think that the weary , Hunted pilgrims who tolled on foot across the plains to the Ilockles forty-live years ago should now bo returning In Pullmans lo contest with the musical societies of iho cast for supremacy. The Mormon Tabernacle choir , ! ir > 0 strong , will enter the llsls ugainst u similar number from Scranton nnd Cleveland on September 8 for n pnzo of ? 5,000 , and on the Oth they will assist in celobr.itlng Utah dav. They give ono concert iu each largo city cnroutc , appearing hero at Boyd's now Ihoator on Sunday , September 10 , in a sacred concert. rr co VERS A DEAL OF a no UND Dr. Pierco's Golden Modicnl Discovery. 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The bow has a groove on each end. A collar runs down Inoide the pendant ( stem ) and { its Into the Grooves , firmly locking the bow to the pendant , > o that It cannot be pulled Or twisted off. Can only be had with cases stomped with this trade mark. _ Jas. Boss Filled Watch Cases arc now fitted with this great bow ( ring ) . They look and wear like solid gold cases. Cost only about half as much , and are guaranteed for twenty years. Sold only through watch dealers Remember the name Keystone Watch Case Co. , PHILADELPHIA. HOW BABIES SUFFER When their tender Mat are literally on fire , wltb Itching , burnlnx , truly , unJ blotchy eUu aiid nuilp dlnnicr , with IOBS of hair , HOMO Imt inolhcri rr&llzc. OiiTiruiiA HRUKDIKN uf- ford Iinmedl.itu rrllef , jH'rinlt rent ( inJ Bleep , and point to ne | > ci'dy nml itoiioinlc.il euro when the bent ih > IcUtu uiiJoll ether remedlca full. Holduverywheio. New York Hospital TREATMENT. 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