Ecnowccl Activity in Black IIUIs Mines
Promises n , Big Annual Product.
HOPES OF A NEW SUBTREASURY AND MINT
ImmciiKo Wool Slilpnirnta Now Itiillnmd
In Arlzonn I'rmnlMiiK I'lnccrs Opened
ixirrlini : > nt with Muslim ! ( < ce < l
Occidental Jotting.
Nearly every mill In the Southern Hills ,
except tlie tin mill of tlio Hnrvey 1'cak com
pany , U now In operation. Tim Staml-Uy at
Hockforcl , Omcgn , near 1'actola , Hie Grizzly
Hear and J. U. mills near Hill City , nml the
Keystone at Keystone , are In successful ojicr-
ntlon , ? ays the Sioux Knlls Argus-Leader.
Tim Staml-Iy ) , after several years of Idle
ness , now Mils fair to btcomo H regular pro
ducer. A force of men has been busy dur
ing the winter driving a tunnel Into a new
ore body , nnd iho mill Is now In operation
with a laigo bo ly of ore In sight and every
prospect of continuous operation. The most
favorable reports alto come from the Grizzly
Hear. A largo ore hndy has been opened up ,
and It Is raid that us much as $ . ' ! was re
cently panned fiom a single bucket of ore.
The Omega mine near I'artola. whlch Is now
owned by wealthy New Yorkers , is worklnK
continuously , and the plaits are yielding a
rich return. Mr. Clark of New York , onu of
the owner * , Is fxpccted to visit the mine at an
early date , when arrangements will bo made
to enlarge the plant.
When all three mills have been In opera
tion for a few months the effect In stimulat
ing mining Industry tan haidly be overesti
mated. The success of a single plant Is the
best of arguments for the establishment of
others , and when the development of thnsa
mines Is assured the future of Itapld City
and the other towns of the Hills Is assured.
A gentleman Interested In mining and well
Informed as to the Industry recently ex
pressed the opinion that the present gold out
put of the Hills would Justify the establish
ment of a sub-treasury and mint In the re
gion. The annual gold product of the HIllH
Is conservatively stated at $8,000,000 , and It
Is constantly Increasing. All this gold has
now to be shipped east at a large expense to
the miners. The Homcstako company alone
ships $100,000 to $ .r 00,000 monthly. It would
neeln that such a product of gold would Jus
tify the establishment of n mint , especially
as Wyoming near at hand promises sooon to
greatly Increase the output.
HEAVY WOOL SHIPMENTS.
Slnco the fast service wool specials were
Inaugurated several wceka ago by the Union
Pacific the shipments along the line have
been something unprecedented. Instead of
ordinary trains of twenty cars or so , which
was all the company anticipated when the
ventura was put Into effect , the business has
amounted to thrice that , and during one
week It Is stated that over 100 toll 1 cars of
wool have gone eastward over the main lino.
The Salt Lake Herald gives the cause for
the rush as follows :
The schedule rate on wool has boon re
stored by both the Hlo Grande Western and
the Union Pacific and as a result there was
a great deal of the territorial clip shut out
from the cut rate. During the past few
weeks the rush of wool through Wyoming
has been very great , the greater portion of
the shipments having been made on consign
ments. The endeavor of the growers Is
to get their product on the eastern market
before the Increase of the railroad tariff ,
which hereafter will bo $1.90 to Boston.
GOLD IN EMIOUANT GULCH.
Standing on an elevated plateau on the cast
bank of the Yellowstone river , the eye takes
In at a glance one of the most symmetrical
nnd remarkable ranges of mountains to bo
Been anywhere In the west. Emigrant
peak , a high volcanic cone 10,625 feet above
tldo water , rears Its snow crested summit
majestically as the apex of the range. The
eastern surface of the range Is compact
basalt , in which the gold Is found. Emi
grant gulch , a deep narrow gorge , cuta
through the basalt deep Into the granitoid
nucleus , revealing the mineral character as
well as the future history of this range ,
writes a correspondent of the Anaconda
Standard. Lying along the flank of the
range Is a belt lode on which numerous
claims arc located. It Is an enormous fls-
, Buro vein several miles long and over 100
foot wldo In places. On ono of the claims n
tunnel has been run 140 feet , with a cross
cut of CO feet , and only ono wall In sight.
The group of claims are all on a direct line
running southwest and northeast , and. In
the hands of men who know how to extract
values , will yield richly , by freo-mllllng
process , from the grass roots down. There
arc numberleps other quartz mines in the
Emigrant district upon which a greater
amount of work has been done , and all that
la necessary to innko the district ono of the
heaviest gold producers in Park county la
capital.
PROMISING PLACERS.
Besides the quartz mines of the district ,
there are placer diggings which have been
worked on a small scale for a number of
years. Some of the ground Is Immensely
rlclv In bojli flno and coarse gold , but owing
to the enormous amount of money that It
would take to build a canal suitable to carry
the necessary volume of water on to the
ground for sluicing purposes , the owners of
the placers have had ( o content themselves
with working the poorer giound , close to the
river , and upon which water could bo run
without too great an expense. Ilut a bright
day la about to dawn for the patient miners of
Emigrant.
Charles R. Gllddcn , who owns some of the
richest placer ground In Emigrant gulch , re
cently formed a pool of several owners of ad
jacent claims , and ho has bonded to eastern
capitalists a tract of placer ground three
miles long arid over a iiiilo In width. The
flrat payment on the bond Is to bo made
early In June. .A representative of the east
ern syndicate visited the gulch but a few
days ago , and from him It Is learned that
the syndicate contemplates the immediate
expenditure of. SO.OOO In preliminary work
on the group of mines under bond. The plan
contemplates the construction of a largo
canal from the Yellowstone , near Gardiner ,
and the Immense volume of water thus se
cured will be used for working the placers
by hydraulic process. Should tha contem
plated plan materialize It would glvo em
ployment to a largo force of men and make
Emigrant second to no placer camp In Mon
tana.
RICH IDAHO PLACERS.
The Murray Sun reports that James A.
Ward found a handsome piece of gold , weigh
ing four and one-half ounces , valued at about
$70 , near the head of Trail gulch. Ho was
on his way to the Wako Up Jim quartz lode ,
but the snow being too deep he concluded to
work over an old dump of placer gravel. Ho
rigged up an old sluice box near the dump.
Ho shoveled In for several hours , cleaned up
nnd had the nugget with HOMIO flno gold.
The nugget Is nearly round , smooth , and con
tains some rose-colored quartz The claim
on which It was found has been prolltlc In
Blmllar lurgcr slugs. The Stelnmetz chunk
Is also said to have been found there. And
Mr. Ward and many others Incline to the be
lief that the Wako Up Jim , Crown Point and
other ledges crossing the head of the Trail
gulch are the sources of the wealth.
A party of capitalists have located four
mfles of the South Fork of Clearwuter for
placer mining , commencing at the reserva
tion line and running up btrcam. They pro
pose to work the bed of the river by means
of ate.xm machinery which forces a Jet of
gleam from a bucket on the bedrock , and by
rncuna of another stream of cold air con
denses the vapor , and thus cretitcs a vacuum
which la tilled by the sediment on the bed
rock , The bucket Is then hoisted und the
contents are prevented from escaping by a
valvo. On arriving at the surface the gravel
Is washed by ordinary placer process. The
machine Is the Invention of an old Coeur
d'Alcnor named Walker , und was tested
eoiuo yearn ulnco on Feather river In Cali
fornia.
CHUNKS 01GOLD. .
A rich discovery was reported In the Hill
top lode , on Granite mountain , by the 1'lt-
kln Minor. While working near the surface
George Adams encountered hugo chunks of
ore , which could not be hoisted without
breaking , completely covered with free gold.
A piece of ono of these chunks was pounded
up and panned and an unusual amount of
qoareo gold washed out. A rough estimate
places the value of the ere at from $1&0 tel
l < 50 per ton. Thomas Stanley , a plouecr
miner of th district , Myi that It la the
best surface showing he ever raw In the gold
belt. It In believed that this float Is from
the East Grnnltf mountain vein. Moiars.
Stanley ami Adams , owners , leased and
bonded the property to Denver parties this
week. A shaft has been commenced nnd If
the vein from whence these big chunks came
Is located the Hilltop will bo a bonanza.
A KIWI VEIN' .
Charley Dcnson was seen by the Durnngo
Southwest and guvo nome points of Interest
about the famous Columbus group , In which
ho Is Joint owner with Messrs. Dotson and
Williams. This valuable property was bonded
last January to the owners of the celebrated
HomcstHko mlno In thu lilack Hills nnd
$5,000 cash paid on the bond. A second pay
ment Is duo Juno 1 and Charles Wright of
Omaha , who represents the prospective pur
chasers , dame out last week to ex.itnluu the
property. Ho returned to Omaha wc'l ' satis
fied with the allowing und will arrange for
the payment duo to be made Juno 1.
The Columbus Is situated at the head of
the Silver lake ba > ln on the divide overlook
ing the headwaters of the Li Plata , Mancos ,
De.ir crcrk and San Juan ilver. About
$18.000 worth of development work has been
done on the group , The Columbus vc n la
over twenty-one1 feel wldo and has been pros
pected at different points along the entire
cropping for 4GOO feet , covering the three
locations comprising the group. The ore has
been pretty thoroughly tested at the cyanldo
mill on Junction creek , where a lot of tlilr
teen tons , representing an average of the
entire vein , yielded $38 a ton In gold , the
mill saving 94 per cent cf the total value.
Another lot of thirty-three tons yielded $73
In gold to the ton.
ROAD TO MILL CREEK.
The gold Held at the head of Mill creek Is
attracting considerable attention , says a
special to the Denver Times. The drawback
has been the lack of a wagon road to the
camp , but this obstacles will now bo removed
as the parties directly Interested , with the
assistance of the Hoard of County Commis
sioners , are extending the road which leads
from Dumont up Mill creek to the camp.
An soon as the road Is finished a stamp
mill , the machinery for which Is already on
a side track r.t Dumont , will be ci acted ,
A IIOVINE HAY RAID.
Mr. Pulton relates to thu Iloston Herald an
experience ho underwent on the ranch In
Nevada of Russell & llradley. The firm had
about 4,000 head of cattle , and as the supply
of hay was running low , that which was on
hand was surrounded by a fence , and was
doled out to the cattleIn small wisps , Just
sufficient In quantity to barely Keep the ani
mals alive. Mr. Fulton states that one
night after everybody on the ranch had re
tired they were awakened by a low , rum
bling noise which sounded like the approach
of some great atmospheric disturbance. Be
coming louder , the men discovered It to bo
thu lowing and bellowing of the cattle , who
were soon making a hideous noise. Hastily
dressing themselves the men hurried forth
to ascertain the cause of the trouble , but
before they had reached the herd the vast
body of animals had hurled themselves
against the fence surrounding the stacks of
hay and were plle.l In a compact , struggling
mass which had literally leveled the hay
from view. Nothing could be done with
the cattle at the- time , and the next morning
an Investigation disclosed that 350 head had
been literally trampled to death In the mad
rush of the excited herd for the tempting
stacks of hay.
TUB DAKOTAS.
Diphtheria has been raging at Willow
Lakes for the past two weeks. The schools
are closed and great terror prevails.
The annual reunion of the Missouri Valley
Veterans' association of Soutli Dakota will
occur at Yankton Juno 12 , 13 , 11 and .IB.
It Is expected that a colony of between
twenty and thirty families of Russians will
bo located on farms in Potter county within
the next sixty days.
An artesian well 1,300 feet deep at Edg-
erly , N. D.r Is throwing an Intense stream
mixed with mineral. A big lump of gold
was found there recently.
The annual conference of the Catholic
clergy of North Dakota , the state being ono
diocese , will be held from June i to 8 , at the
residence of Bishop Shanley , Fargo.
The grand lodge of the Independent Order
of Good Templars , which has been In session
for the past two days , has finished its work.
Watertown was chosen for the next meeting.
The Elkhorn railroad company has pur
chased the Hay Creek coal fields , paying
$100,000. The road will no doubt be extended
to that point this year and the mines will be
opened up.
The 190th dividend of the Homestake com
pany of 15 cents per share was paid at the
ollico of the company In New York on the
2Gth ult. , amounting to $18,750 , a total to
date of $5,156,450.
William Mahannah , a prominent artesian
well contractor , who had Just loaded up an
outfit to start for Cumberland to sink a well ,
was put In Jail at Miller for refusal to pay
a board bill. This Is the first conviction
In the state under the new law.
Mary E. Lease has signed a contract to
speak for the populists of Sioux Falls on the
Fourth of July. Senator Orvllle H. Platt
will speak for the republicans. Representa
tive W. J. Bryan of Nebraska will most
likely speak for the democrats. The city
will have the biggest political tournament
ever held In the northwest on the Fourth.
A Ouster merchant named Mason refused
to permit the stars and stripes to float from
hla store Decoration day In honor of the
nation's dead. Two members of the Custer
guards , a local military organization , were
detailed to keep the flag floating at the paint
of the bayonet. Mason compiled , but with
poor graco. Ho Is a Mlssourian and this was
Ills first Decoration day In the northwest.
The so-called Juno rise In the Missouri
river has set In In earnest and the stream Is
again on the rampage. The steamer Last
Chance has returned from Yankton and Is
now engaged In transferring to the west
sldo of the river hundreds of cattle and a
laigo number of prairie schooners that ac
cumulated at Chamberlain since the portion
tion of the pontoon bridge was carried away
by the high water of over a week ago.
The pontoon cannot bo placed In position
again until the water subsides.
The apportionment of the state tuition
school fund for the quarter ending April 1
has Just been made by the state superintend-
out of Instruction , and amounts In the aggre
gate to $141,818.40. There are 59,0'J1 pupils
In North Dakota , and the first quarterly
apportionment this year amounts to $2.40
per capita. This fund Is Increasing so
rapidly that even now some counties do not
raise any school tax further than the state
school tax of 2 mills. The fund , which has
only been established for a very few years ,
now amounts to about $2,000,000 , and Is con
stantly Increasing.
The case of the American Investment com
pany against Beadle county , that has at
tracted unusual attention , has been decided
by , the supreme court. The question Involved
was whether or not the county was liable for
taxes where the land had been sold at treas
urer's sale , and for taxes paid after such
sale , where the land taxed was subse
quently canceled by the government , The
decision afllrms the finding of the lower
court and Is In favor of the defendant.
Nearly every county In the state has cases
hinging upon the decision of this case and
many thousand dollars held by treasurers
will now bo placed to the credit of the
county , The sums vary from $3,000 to
$10,000.
It has been known for some time that the
late Captain Farrell , a farmer of Stutsman
county , North Dakota , had patented before
his death a valuable Invention , but the exact
value of the same has not fully been realized
until recently. The patent Is a steanj
wagon , the principle In which Is said to be'
applicable to other machinery. M. B. Far-
rcll , the brother of the deceased , has lately
received letters from eastern parties endeav
oring to negotiate for the sale of theright. .
The principle Involved In the Invention Is
regarded as very valuable , as figures esti
mating the value of the same have been
placed as high as $25,000 and $30,000 , A
New York flrm has made a proposition In
volving $20,000 and the probabilities are that
a sale will be shortly mado.
COLORADO.
A flno now hotel Is Just being completed
at Mancos ,
Florence Is adopting the Sunday closing
rule for saloons.
About 100 miners are now employed at
Yankee hill In the larger mines and pros
pects.
Decoration day was observed In Denver In
a drenching rain. Snow spoiled the day at
Loiulvllle.
An electric yacht Is almost ready to be
launched on Lake Mlnncqua at Pueblo. The
yacht U thirty feet long and will bo run by
electricity by a storage battery. U will
take thirty passengers and will make the
round trip of the lakes In twenty minutes.
Grand Junction strawberries have been
rlpo for a week and arc finding a ready
market In Glcnwood.
According to the Drecklnrldgo Journal
there Is a dally output of gold In the Ko-
komo district of $4,600.
The now workings In the Beldcn at Red
Cliff give promise that the mlno will soon
bo n wonderful lead producer ,
The La Plata News Is Informed that the
surface dirt on the Kate group runs well
In gold so well that It might bo worked
as a placer.
Nlwot has a cheese factory. It has a
capacity of 10,000 pounds of milk a day ,
which means In round numbers 1,000 pounds
of cheese per day ,
A great many young grasshoppers arc
hatching out In the gardens about Boulder ,
and some of the farmers down the valley say
they arc coming by millions.
A great many young grasshopepra are
hatching out In the gardens about Boul
der and Eomo of the farmers down the valley
say they arc coming by millions.
From the present outlook Grand valley will
ship to Denver this year moro fruit than
that city will receive from any other ono
source , not excepting California.
A jwckct of hlrslte ore has been struck In
the main channel of the Forgery-Notting
ham lease near Red Cliff , which gives the
remarkable assay returns of $98,000 per ton.
There have been 2GO cars of sheep , fifty
cars of cattle and several hundred cars of
potatoes and other produce shipped from
Fort Collins during the past winter and
spring.
There have been 250 cars of sheep , fifty
cars of cattle and several hundred ciws of
potatoes and other produce shipped from
Fort Collins during the past winter nnd
spring.
Heavy rains , says the Las AnlmaH Leader ,
have fallen to the south and west , and In
consequence the Purgatolro Is booming be
tween Its banks. A rise can be expected In
thu Arkansas.
The feeling Is so very bitter over the
killing of Road Overseer McCarthy at Mesa ,
that another sheep war may break out , many
claiming that It was his siding against the
sheep men that brought about his death.
The Standard smelter will start their
lead furnaces In a few days , according to
the Durango Southwest. Three hundred
bars of bullion ore being forwarded from
the San Juan smelter to charge the fur
naces with. *
The Pueblo Canning company has now
taken form , and In the near future tlio
sounds of 1ho wheels of Industry > nnd
progress will mark the addition of another
manufactory to those already centered In
and around Pueblo.
Prospectors In East Beaver , a new gold
camp fifteen miles from Cripple Creek , are
sanguine. The county commissioners of
El Paso have given assurance they will
build a new road , now badly necJed and
which Is expected to boom the camp.
The development of the Fitzhiigh , aban
doned In 1881 , Is one of the most Important
enterprises In Lake county. A formation
has been found similar to that in the shaft
of the Bankok-Cora Belle. Eighteen men
are employed now , and an additional force
will bo put on as soon as tlie ere Is reached.
There Is considerable excitement at the
camp at Halm's peak over the fact that
a lead has been struck by D. Humphreys
which Is claimed to be a vein to the great
placer fields which have on an average for
twenty-six years yielded an annual output
of $ CO,000. Operations will be made on an
extensive scale.
W. A Koneyman , superintendent of the
United States Reduction Works company ,
says that contracts have ben let for erectIng -
Ing a 123-ton plant at Florence , which It Is
expected to Increase to BOO tons during the
year. Grading has commenced for the
switch and side tracks to be put in by the
Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad company ,
and an order has been placed for 100,000 fire
brick.
A flock of 10,000 sheep at Grand Junction
owned by Mr. Martinez is being driven to
ward the Grand mesa. Mr. Martinez sqys
that he has the permission of the governor
to drive the sheep through the mesa and on
to Saguacho county. Inspector Mason says ,
howpver , that he has been authorized by the
governor to notify Mr. Martinez that he must
not undertake the trip. The latter Is deter
mined. Ho has forty-five men armed with
Winchesters In charge of the flock , and he
declares he will go through.
" .WYOMING.
There have been 30,000 trout recently placed
In Green river.
Over 2,000 feet of roadbed was washed
away at Arlington.
Cheyenne is arranging for a firemen's
tournament in August.
The Burlington Is building 4,000 feet of
track every day on Its Sheridan extension to
Montana.
A carload of elk will bo shipped cast as
soon as the water In the Snake river gets
low enough to ship them.
A very large acreage of grain has been put
In about Sundance. There- has been an
abundance of rain and crops look promising.
Casper's wool Industry Is assuming large
proportions and over a million and a half
pounds of the product will be shipped cast
this season.
Advices from Lander are to the effect
that rich strikes In both quartz and placer
gold have been made near Lowlston , In Fre
mont county.
Foiir gray wolves were brought to the city
from Laramlo peak alive , sa ; 3 the
Boomerang. They had to be killed , how
ever , before the bounty of $8 on each hide
could bo paid. These young animals were
run down and caught by a dog.
J. K. Graves of Dubuque , la. , has con
cluded the sale of the Larrabeo coal lands
In Wyoming. The transaction was made In
Chicago , and the purchasers arc eastern
capitalists. The coal Is of superior quality
and very abundant. The figures In the trans
action are not made public. '
The work of putting the track In better
condition on the Union Pacific main line
by laying new rails , which was begun two
years ago , will be continued this summer.
The work of laying seventeen miles of new
rails on the sixth district will begin on
Wednesday of this week at Fort Steel.
J. B. Long , an Illinois sheep raiser , has
shipped 10,000 head of western sheep to
London and sold them at n profit over the
prices paid In this country. He Is now
buying western sheep , which ho will fatten
In Minnesota and Illinois and then send
them across the Atlantic. Wyoming men
are watching his scheme with much Interest.
Gus Rydcen , formerly of Red Cloud , works
out In Wyoming for the Warner Live Stock
company. The other day he , with five other
men , were sent out with 5,000 sheep to
Goosehlll , or some such place In the moun
tains. Before arriving at their destination
they were waylaid by bandits and two of
the men were wounded and 250 sheep killed.
The round-up boys Inform the Paint Rock
Record that very few dead cattle are to bo
found on the range , and that unless they
begin to bhow up very soon the loss la
range cattle during the past winter will not
be any larger than usual. This Is decidedly
encouraging news , and It Is to be hoped
the facts will verify the statement. Judging
from the reports from various quarters the
above Is the case In all sections of the basin.
U Is expected that the Burlington will bo
completed to a connection with the Northern
Pacific at Billings by October 15. Com
mercing at Algcr , Wyo. , eight miles beyond
Sheridan , the builders have begun track
laying , and having about twenty miles of
road bed that was.gradcd last year to begin
with , will make rapid progress. A largo
part of the line from that point on to Billings
Is being graded , nml subcontractors are
stringing out their men along the route.
They have about 1,400 men now.
OREGON ,
Some GOO.OOO pounds of wool are stored at
Heppner.
The floods In Oregon are unprecedented.
The river at Port and has reached 29.9 foot
above low water mark ,
W , Perkins of Kingston came Into Albany
with about 2,000 pounds of wool , which lie
cold at 10 cents a pound.
Surveys are being run for a motor line
between Albany and Sodavllle. It will miss
Lebanon about two miles.
A company U being organized to establish
an enterprise at Danby , Columbia county ,
to smoke * sturgeon and other fish.
A BCOW containing SOO bundles of pulp
has left the Young's river pulp mill for
Oregon City , to bo made Into paper.
Henry Hunter picked up on Rock Creek ,
Union county , the other day a piece of pol
ished granite which Is pronounced an In
dian pestle , and was probably used to pound
cnnins and the like by the aborigines of a
great many years ago ,
Cottage Grove had Its gold excitement fet
nothing. The quarts had been dropped Into
the well by some practical Joker. So * ays
the Uugeno Register !
A nice shave , se.ifoam and haircut waa
untimely Interrupted In Thompson's barber
shop at Eugene the other day. While the
barber's back wad turned a sneak thief car
ried all the razors oft.
Dalles business men have subscribed $70 (
with which to build a road over to the Cur
rant Creek mill. The county adds $300
The road will bo an Inestimable boon to the
freighters from Canyon City , Dayvllle am
Mitchell way.
Alfred Ranch , who owns a halt Interest li
n band of 8,000 sheep In Kllckltat county
Washington , has Just shipped from Arllng
ton to San Francisco over 63,000 pounds o
wool , and expects to receive therefor 1 :
cents per pound , and would clear about 30
per cent on his capital Invested. Ho thinks
there Is a profit In wool at 8 cento a pound
The following are the now officers of the
Oregon State Grange , elected nt the meelliu ,
at Eugene : Master , J. Voorhees of Marlon
overseer , A. S. Roberts of Wasco ; chaplain
J. 0. White of Polk ; treasurer , J. B. Stump
of Marlon ; lecturer , A. F. Miller of Mult-
nomah ; steward , J. H. Scott of Linn ; as
sistant steward , O. R. Stcphcnson of Clacka-
mas.
mas.The
The party that recently went to the Bo
hemia mines country to soatch for the
bodies of the two men who perished In thai
vicinity n few months since , has been un
able to find them , nnd Intend returning.
H Is now the opinion that the bodies will
not bo recovered before the last of June ,
as the snow still lies on the ground from
ten to twenty-five feet In depth.
The report of the loss of the Canyon City
stage nnd mall In the John Day , Is con
firmed. The driver's name Is Frank Amell ,
and It was with great difficulty ho extri
cated himself from the wreck and swam
ashore through the swift waters. Mr. Me-
Ewen , the owner of the stage , picked Amell
up on the shore half an hour after the acci
dent , In an exhausted condition.
W. G. Ncsmlth of Independence shows
the enterprise several copies of the Oregon
Spectator , the oldest copy dated May 3 , 1817 ;
a copy of the Oregon Free Press , dated Sep
tember 9 , 1818 ; several copies of the Oregon
Statesman , of which the oldest copy Is July
12 , 1S53 ; also a copy of the Milwaukee Star ,
December 19 , 1S50 ; a copy of the Portland
Times , September 4 , 1S57 ; a copy of the
Democratic Standard , December 27 , 1855 , and
a copy of the Umpquu Gazette , March 24 ,
1855.
J. S. Shirley had made arrangements be
fore leaving his homo at Union to have
started toward Pendieton from that section
1,000 head of cattle. Eight men will drive
them through the timber , over the moun
tain , and stop them at Athena , where the
cattle will be kept to await the arrival of
the big bunch of 2,000 or 3,000 head which
Adams nnd Daughtry will bring from the
John Day country. The two bunches will be
united and shipped to Cut Bank , Mont. , for
the Cochran Ranch company.
WASHINGTON.
Over 100 witnesses are subpoenaed In the
Paiker murder case at Calfax.
Tlie Everett paper mill has made another
largo shipment of paper to Australia.
A co-operative creamery is to bo put Into
operation by Whitman county farmers on
Union flat.
Whitman county's slice of the state school
fund Is. quite liberal. For Its 8,412 children
It receives $ 16,002.
A survey Is being made by a detail from
Fort Wallu Walla for an accurate contour
map of the military reservation.
In Ktttltas county twelve creameries are
in operation , and It is said their patrons arc
the most prosperous of the population.
The Reynolds mill at Wlckerslmm burned
down. The dry house , full of shingles ,
was saved. Tlie mill was worth $10,00i (
and was Insured for $2,000.
Fruitgrowers In Walla Walla valley are a
good deal worried at the prospect for scarce
help In the picking season. Few Inquiries
are being made for situations.
The steamer MessenEcr , a pioneer Sound
steamer , built in JS70 and fornferly operated
between Tacoma , Olympla and Port Townsend -
end , was burned. She Is a total loss.
A Tacoma dispatch says that Secretary of
the Navy Herbert proposes to have Presi
dent Cleveland and his cabinet visit Puget
Sound and the northwest next spring.
The Monte Crlsto smelter received 100 tons
of silver ore from British Columbia Tuesday.
It made five carloads-nnd was detained some
time at Sumas , till the customs people could
bo satisfied about Its value.
Two female prospectors arrived In Ken-
drlcks. Each bought a "cayuse" and started
for the Pierce City mines , with the determin
ation not to ba outdone by any man. They
declared their Intention of sinking n shaft.
President E. A. Bryan of the agricultural
college at Pullman has proved his Intention
of settling down in Washington by purchas
ing a 200-acre farm about three miles from
the college and preparing to establish a
country home.
The Blatnc church school has asked the
Insurance company to rebuild the school
house recently destroyed by fire , and the
Insurance company will do so. As soon
as the building Is completed It will be oc
cupied by the Episcopalian school.
Ben Young , Andrew Young and John A.
Devlin are building a cannery near Blalne ,
on Point Roberts , and will pack salmon this
season. Its capacity will bo 20,000 cases ,
and the Astoria Iron works are now building
the retorts and other canning machinery.
The Northern Pacific contemplates the
erection of new coal bunkers at Tacoma this
fall. They will be nearly treble the size of
any other bunkers In the northwest , having
a capacity of 15,000 tons , and costing $60,000.
At the new bunkers a 5,000-ton cargo will bo
loaded In eight hours.
A women's political association has been
formed by a number of Tacoma women.
The resolutions adopted favor women taking
an Interest In political Issues , and declare
that the railroad companies should carry
Coxeyltes Instead of hauling half empty
cars and compelling the Industrials to walk.
Frank McDavltt of Port Towntend , a
restaurant keeper , lately of Port Angeles ,
turred up as a long lost heir to an estate
In Chattanooga , Tcnn. , valued at $50,000.
Ho had been absent from homo for fifteen
years , and several thousand dollars have
been spent In vain endeavors to ascertain
his whereabouts.
The golden wedding of Ashbury and Ruth
Pugh , aged 74 and 73 respectively , was cele
brated at Spokane. The old couple are the
parents of Sheriff McK. Pugh and Felix
Pugh. They were married In Iowa and
came across the plains In 1846 to Oregon ,
where they lived forty years. They have
six children , thirty grandchildren and six
great grandchlldran.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Hop culture Is being tested about Reno ,
Nov.
Nov.Reno
Reno has a population of 5,000 , nnd 1,000
children attending Die public schools.
M ny acres of Egyptian corn have been
planted In the IPecos valley In New-
Mexico.
About twcnty-ftvo men are engaged In
placer work on Granite creek a few miles
[ rom Prescott.
Boise , Idaho , .Is excited over the discovery
of wonderfully rich placer diggings south of
the Salmon , river In the vicinity of Loon
lake , in Idaho county.
Alfalfa cutting In the Pccos valley about
Eddy , N. M. , began itwo weeks ago and now
all growers arc engaged In the harvest , If
not already through , the first cropping.
U Is said on good authority that In the
event of the. canal to Indian Wells Valley ,
Nev. , proving a success the Carson and Col
orado people will complete their line to Mojave -
javo ,
A big land case , Involving C40 acres , said
to bo worth half n million dollars , will be
tried at Perry , Okl , It Is a dispute between
5,000 townslto settlers and twenty home
stead entry men.
A gathering of national Import w 11 toke
place In Santa Fe In July , at which time
some 150 teachers employed In the Indian
schools of the country will meet "for the
good of the order. "
The E. & P. R. R. company have men
employed In taking up the rails of the Ruby
Hill railroad In Nevada. This Indicates that
no more ore will bo hauled from the old
producing mines on Ruby Hill ,
Idaho wool growers are Jubilating over
their recant triumph In obtaining u reduced
rate on wool to Boston. The rate heretofore
lias been $2.83 per 100 pounds. As they
could do better , Idaho sheep men hauled their
wool to Kelton , on the Central Pacific rail
way , and shipped from that point at $1.90
per 100 pounds. This brought the Union
Pacific people to terms , and thay gave the
game rate from any point In Idaho , It Is 01
carloads of 20,000 pounds.
Governor West and Chief Justice Mer
rill of Utah and Mayor Haikln of Salt Lake
have received postal cards which contalt
threats against their lives It they do not
leave the territory within four days.
A. 1C. Yorkers , editor of the Chronicle o
Bozeman , and president of the Montam
Press association , has notified the member !
that the annual meeting of the nxsocliitloi
will take place at Great Falls June II.
There was n lively runaway In Stocktoi
n few days ngo that had a remarkable tea
ture. The man who climbed Into the wagot
and guided the frightened team through the
street until they came to a halt had but one
ICK.
ICK.An
An Orovltlc man has gone Into the potiltrj
business on a largo scale. Ho now liar 601
young chickens , and expects to hatch fron
10,000 to 11,000 thin spring. Ho has ten In
rubators In use nt present , but will add U
these soon ,
It Is quite the fashion for the train men tr
have to lay over at Silver Bow , Mont. , ti
put In their time panning for sapphires li
the old placer diggings at that place. Sev
eral of the boys have found stones of good
slzo and'flawless.
Eight thousand of the 15,000 steers re
cently purchased by Messrs. Sounders &
Tlsdalo In the southern part of Utah arc
now headed toward the Untcn Paclllc. ami
v.lll bo loaded this week at points In Wyom
ing and Utah for shipment to the Dakdtas
A cloudburst occurred In the Sierra Madre
mountains about seventy milt's south of
Durango , Mex , and n camp of charcoal burn
ers was washed away by the Hood , which
came raging down the mountain gulch. Ten
charcoal burners were In the cnmp and all
were drowned.
The Bourne wine cellar. ' , near St. Helena ,
Cal. , have boon sold to C. Carpy , a wine
dealer of San Francesco and Napa. Thlo
cellar Is the largest above ground winery
In the world. It has a rapacity of olnust
1,000,000 gallons. The price paid Is said
to be considerably ICES than JGOO.OOO , the
original cost.
A petition has boon started at Fresno , Cal.
asking the Board of Supervl-ors to call a
special election to vote on a proposition fur
Issuing bonds In the sum of $ GOO,000 for the
purpose of the constiuctlon of n navigable
canal from Fresno to the San Joaquln
river. Much enthusiasm Is manifested ,
and the petition Is being generally signed.
The cattlemen of Grant county , New-
Mexico , are hunylng tholr cattle out of
that section , the most of them going to the
sunflower kingdom. Those cattle are mostly
young btoers , and It Is calculated to keep
them on grabs till fall , when they wdl betaken
taken to the market If In beef condition , or
sold on the range as fee.lurs , according to
their condition.
A ppeclal from Boise , Idaho , .says : "There
Is great excitement In the city over the dis
covery of wonderfully rich diggings south of
Idaho county. Prospector Williams , an old
California ! ! , arrived hero from the diggings
recently , and to a few confidential friends
told the story of the valuable find. Williams
says ho took out S100 a day with a rocker ,
and that there is plenty of rich ground
there.
Some time ago Jos Lazue , while pros
pecting In Box canon , near Florence , dis
covered a gigantic ledge which ha ? been
overlooked for many years as worthless.
He brought some of the rock In and made
a tcot. About two ounces were pulverized
and put In the pan , and a marvelous quan
tity of fine gold was the result. A workIng -
Ing bend of $10,000 was at once offered , but
refused.
C. Mathews , who lives near the Pacific
beach race track at San Diego , was digging
tree holes when he was attracted by n yel
low glitter on some of the pebbles he throw-
out. Closer examination showed that the
pebbles contained free gold In sufficient
quantity to make them valuable as spec -
mcns. The stones were worn smooth and
were probably pieces of float washed down
from the mountains.
I'ouiul n Ciiro for Scihuli ; lUiouirmtlmn.
Mrs. A. Invcen , residing at 720 Henry St. ,
Alton , 111. , suffered with static rheumatism
for over eight months. She doctored for It
nearly the whole of this time , using various
remedies recommended by friends , and was
treated by the physicians , but received no
relief. She then used ono and a half bottles
of Chamberlain's Pain balm , which effected
a complete cure. This Is published at her
request , as she wants others similarly af
flicted to know what cured her. For ta'lo by
all druggists.
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I'reinatureness means Impotency In the
first stage. It la a symptom of seminal
weakness nnd barrenness. It can be
stopped In 20 days by the use of Hudyan.
The new discovery wna made by the spec
ialists of thu old famous Hudson Medical
Institute. It la the strongest vltullzer
mado. It Is very pawciful , but harmless.
Sold for $1.00 a packngo or six packages
for $5.00 ( plain sealed boxes ) . Written
guarantee Riven for a cure. If you buy
six boxes and are not entirely cured , six
more will be sent to von free of all charces.
3end for circulars and testimonials , Addrcus
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fuutnml ulirht Im-hes In height , llus the ,
new style raised base which allow * ono to
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justable shelves. Bii
We close even'ngs at 6:30 : , except Mondays and Saturday
Formerly People's Mammoth Instailmsnt IIotnD.
BIG CLEARAHCE SAI.E OF
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Commencine ; Saturday , June 9th , at
Our buyer 'eft ' Thursday last for the Kastorn markets to order our
Fall goods , meantime we have concluded to rudiic our stock by a sweep-
hit ; reduction sale. , , , ± , ,
U you are in doubt , come in and see us. We are thu oldest clothing ;
house in Omaha , and you can rely on the goods and prices being right.
We quote a few of the cut down prices :
$22.00 Men's Suits go at $10.50.
$15.00 Men's Suits go at $7.75.
$10.00 Men's Suits go at $5.50.
$5.00 Men's Suits go at $2.75.
Boys' Suits Out.
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Full suit Hilbriggau Underwear for BOj.
White or Colored I/miutered Shirts go at 50s. _
Men's black and tan Socks , all sly.es , former price 2oc , go at lOc.
Shoes Bia Out.
$5.00 genuine Kangaroo Shoes go during tills sale at $2.75.
$4.00 Oilfshin Shoes go during this sale at $2.2o.
$2.50 solid leather shoes go at $1.25 ,
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