THE OMAHA DAILY BHE : SEPTEMBER 2-L 1801 ,
TULSE OF WESTERN PROGRESS
A Gigantic Pool of Utah Interest Repre
senting a Capital of $10,000,000. ,
RAIL OUTLET TO LOS ANGELES PROMISED
Xrn pector Contradict tlio flliwlnir He-
ixirtn Alton I I lie Ulntnli llnncc They IHl-
cover it IMiiiiiinntli Joe Cnvo nlVnli -
ilerlul llomitjr WcHtcrn
Tlia magnitude of the deal whereby tlio
Salt Lake & Los Angeles * Railway company ,
the Saltalr Hooch company , tlio Inland Salt
company and tlis syndicate owning vast de
posits of coal In Summit county liavc pooled
their Interests , with a capitalization of } IO-
000,000 , will lie more readily grasped , * nys
tlio Ball Lake Tribune , after the reader lias
Btudlod It UH outlined by Mr. JUIIIOH Jack ,
one of Ihn principals and one of the promot
ers ,
Interviewed by a reporter , Mr. Jack stated
that theassttH of tlie consolidated companies
furnished better evidence tlinn anything lie
tulglit say cone mlng ttjo nblllty oC HID torn-
pany to prosecute all ot Its projects to a suc
cessful consummation , Tlio Initial move , Bald
be , would be DID extension to Coalvllle. that
the revenues now slumbering In ttic coal
mines of that locality may be aroused and
brought to Hi ? early assistance ot the com
pany. To tlilM end the company the Ulnl >
company , under which title all these preat
Interests are now consolidated will liesln at
once to raise moans , disposing of such Mock
and lloatlug such bonds as may be necessary
to provide ample working capital. This
brunch , which In tu link tb city with the
coal llelds , covers , he says , a distance of
forty mllca In round numbers , and with evi
dent gratification ho noted , would be taken to
0110 of the many lines now reaching out for
Suit Lake from the east , that the Utah com
pany was at lenst willing to in ct It part of
the way. The tapping of the coal deposits ,
unions which ore those of the Old Church or
(3rasa Creek mine , through nn Independent
outlet , means cheaper fuel for Salt Lake con
sumers ami a iiialty | ! of coal that engineers
on the I > os < \iipi-l i railway who were orig
inally prejiidju-d against Its use now declare
generate * mate steam than any they have
used. Hitherto their prolltabl ; operation has
been prevented by a fz-a-ton turlrt which the
I'nlon I'flclllo has Imposed upon them.
Through their own line the company expects
tu control the Suit Lalo market und , thai the
fields may b- tapped and the market reached
before another spring has opened , negotia
tions for stcM have been opened with the
JiCHScmer Ste I works at I'uchio.
One of the results of the consolidation ,
jilid one upon which he waxed enthnsluMIr * .
In dwelling upon It , waa the employment It
i SHU red lalior that la now Idle during the
winter , and which they hoped to see take up
< ? vtry ; man In JCInii who'wanted to work.
The Coalvllle branch having been com
pleted , Mr JacS stated that the Los Angeles
would then seoure the attention of the com
pany and bs pushed wastward as cnrgctlc-
-ally us conditions would Justify. At the same
time It Is no secret that the company has Its
eye on an RVCIIUP that will admit them to the
reservations , whose resources have r crntly
been thrown open and an effort made to com
prehend them as the pioneer road.
Mr. Jack waa not prepared to deny or au-
thentlcata u report which has reached the
Tribune through most reliable authority that
in the yards of the Itlo Qrando railway at
Pueblo was a consignment of steel rails from
the Ileasetncr company , sufficient to lay 100
miles ot track. He did admit , however , that
negotiations for stEel were pending and that
the order might be released very shortly , The
Tribune's Informant concerning the 100 mile
consignment not only beheld the steel Itself
but was Informed that they were consigned
to the Los Angeles Hallway company at Salt
lnke.
TIIK UINTAII COUNTHV :
Smith Eliengrr , James I'earcp , Frank
Jlooro and "Doc" Barnes returned from an
extensive prospecting trip along the north
ami south sld ? of tlu Illntah range , says the
1'nrk City Record. To the writer Mr. Klicnger
raid it ' .vaa the hardest trip ho ever took In
Ills life , and the poorest results , so far as
finding mineral was concerned. The weather
was b'aBtly during their entire trip , and they
liud cither snow or rain almost every day.
Tlio country , especially on the south side.
Klves very few Indications of mineral , and
though they panned every promising bar and
every creek cl ar through they failed to get a
slftgln color. They found a yellowish substance
that to the naked eye looked very much Ilka
jrold , but a close examination with a glass
proved beyond question that It was not ; and
this substance , whatever It Is , Mr. Ehenger
Is convinced. Is the explanation of the many
colors being found.
For miles and miles along the northern
boundary of the reservation the country Is
covered with stakes , while there Is not the
slightest showing for mineral anywhere be
tween the first end last posts. The only
favorable looking ground encountered was In
Dliick'n Fork , where Mr. Ehcnger says It Is
possible Eomc good mines may be found ,
though they prospected the middle and east
forks without results. The north side ot the
range Is the mcst favorable looking , mid one
point they Intended to visit they had to aban
don owing to the fact that they were short ot
irrub and that Mr , K'arco became BO crippled
up with rheumatism that ho refused to re
main any longer ; und the party came home.
It U the Intention ot one or two of the party
to return In the near future and prospect that
particular point.
In reference to the recent letter of Case
Illto- and the discoveries mentioned therein ,
Mr. Rhcngcr says the only place that Ilile
could have been and ba fifty miles from the
fake DeaJinan mine , and they have not found
a trace of him , would have been the west
fork of Dlack's Fork , and even then he till it its
they would hav ? known It , for Illte could not
Imvo very well gotten Into the country \vltn-
out goliiE by Coe and Carter's camp , near the
Junction of the forks , und the- man In charge
said he had seen truces of nothing but In
dians. Mr. Ehenger Is rather skeptical about
lllta'a discoveries and wants to know why he
wrote from Strawberry bridge Instead ot
going to Hcber , which would have been his
most natural objective point for supplies. Ho
la positive Illte found no mineral on Itock
creek or any of Us branches.
Though they found no mineral. thy never
theless enjoyed the trip and saw someof tno
most wonderful sights , among which Air.
Ehenger says was a magnificent lea cave of
mammoth proportions , and which wns Oiled
with the most beautiful ami fantastic Ice pic
tures that the human mind can conc'lve ,
They explored It for many feet , but as It was
very dangerous and they were poorly equipped
for the work , they gave up the task. In the
handa of a company , made * easy of acc.'ss ,
lighted by electricity , and supplied with con
veniences for exploration. U would prove the
Mglilli wonder of the world ,
SAN JUAN GOLD FINDS.
Mr , C. C , Kocnnecker was down from the
upper country , say a the Sllverton Miner , and
exhibited a sample of ore from his property
In Maggie gulch. The ere Is what Is called
a maple sugar rock , similar to the high grade
ere of IlouKler county. U Is a tellurium
ore , and runs from twenty-eight to llfty
ounces In gold. Very llttlo work 1ms been
done on ( he properly , but a two-foot vein
has been unearned that contains the kind of
ore above mentioned. The property Is called
the Gold Nugget , and U owned by Messrs ,
Kocnnecker and Gottlieb. Directly across
the Gold Nugget of Galena mountain Mersrs ,
Koennecker ami Gottlieb have two prop
erties , the Columblna and While City , thai
with only a small showing have produced $500
ere and have much more In sight. For tome
reason the atetlon of country Including Meg
gie gulch lias been but little worked und
prospected. Uut llttlo Interest has been man I
fe ted until the recent dlecovcrle4 of. Keen
necker and hla partner.
GOOD ST1UKKS AT IDAHO SPUINQS.
The best strike made for coma time was
that In the. Hlslng Sun , where a vein of } 7t
ore thirty Inches wide was encountered aboul
flfey feet In. says an Idaho Springs special
to the Denver Newa. At the time u trade
was on the tapis , and Ilila was Immediately
consummited , a controlling Interest being
sold by 1'erly Langdell to J , G , Harris ol
Omaha for JIU.OOD. Mining men say that the
ore Is similar to the I'lutus and Stanley , niu
( hat for the development It Is the beat strike
that has ever been inado In this camp. I
has id ren the din ' rent prospectors much en
couragement and caused inoro activity will
Ul development work. Following tbU came
the report of a new strike In the Silver
queen. An eight-Inch streak has been nnfo
covered which runs ISO ounce * In silver , nnd
with th other good striken heretofore reto
ported , a number of capitalists from the cast
havr arrived nnd are trying to secure propth
.orty. Tlie Bates which have been made were
'ter rash , and this : means n great amount of
additional development work.
There him been some talk recently ot conIII
strnctlnc n tramway up Virginia canon to
connect with the ( Jllpin county tramway , no
that the low gradeores - ot Qllpln could be
brought hero for concentration , This line
could be built at a nominal cost and Gllpln
could furnish enough ore to keep nil of the
Idaho Springs mills running night and day ,
It Is paid that the railroad company cannot
make satisfactory rates and the mines will
never be developed unless better facilities
and more encouragement are given them.
The recent reduction ot rates to nn cents
has not Increased the shipments by rail , but
the reverse Is the case , and contracts have
been made to haul the ore by wagon , The
Qllpln county people asked for a rate of 50
cents a ton on this low grade ore nnd the
railroad company gave a compromise rate ,
which was as unsatisfactory as the 70 cent
rate. As long as the present rate Is In
e fleet and the wagon roods good , the ere will
come by wagon from all those properties
whcr It Is possible. A fo'.v of the mines will
ship by rail and a greater number will not
ship at all. as with such rules tli5 e.irnlng ! >
are more than likely to bo on the wrong side
of the ledger.
ANOTHRIl I'JIOSPECTIVE IIAIUIOAD.
From Information received here from a
highly reliable source It IH IcurneJ , says
the Han Francisco Examiner , tliut I ) . 0.
Mill * , tlie chief owner of the Carson & Col
orado rallw.y , which now tuna eolith to In
dependence , In Invo county , Intends to extend
th.j line lo Mojave , probably within twelve
month ! ! . This will give h.m two entrances
Into LIIS Ar.geles , one. over the Southern
I'nclflo nnd the ether over the Atlantic &
Pacific and Southern California roads. He
ban Just liad the survey completed nnd but
ono thing Is keeping him back. The gap
is only 125 miles between the two places ,
and ltd ccnslruetlnn would provide an out-
let for mni.'h ot the low grade ores which
do not pay a profit. If shipped lo San Franu
cisco.
Mr. SIlIls Is only walling lo see how the
English syndicate progresses with its big
110-mile Irrigation canal , and If they make
.1 showing that Indicates good faith ho will
rush tlio construction ot his road.
This nnnal commences twelve miles above
Independence , and Is Intended to convey
watT to Indian Wells , where It will be
turned upon some 400,000 acres of rleli Und.
It is being liullt by the California Water
"Works and Irrigation company of London ,
and c'ghteen miles are partially constructed.
It will be thlrty-rtve feet wide tit the bottom
tom nnd will csrry slsc feet of water.
Mr. Mills desires first to see a gosd pros
pect of this undertaking being carried out
before ho commences his extension. As
soon us the eighteen-mile section Is completed -
pletod ho will commence his work. This
road built to Mojave would divert from San
Franclscn to Los Angeles n large trnde. be
sides developing a remarkably rich country.
WHEAT PKICE3 IN OHI3GOX.
The Oregon roller mills nl Union , Ore. ,
are running day and night , Eighty barrels
of Hour are milled every twenty-four hours ,
Kays a special to the Boise Statesman.
OoDil wheat Is selling for 23 cents per
bushel delivered at the mill. One farmer
has 90,000 bushels anil has sold 15.000 bush
els at tlie above price. Many farmers have
turned hogs Into their wheat IIthis this
season , the low prlco having made harvest *
Ing unprofitable.
The people of Grand Hondo valley have
succeeded In raising a bonus for n sugar
refinery. The Chicago parties who con
template starting the enterprise are ex
pected hero some time this week ,
M. L. Cnusty of the Eastern Orcgn Land
and Improvement company has a splendid
collection ot agricultural products en ex
hibition at tlio hotel. He stales a large
party ol Illinois farmers will reach Union in
n few days. They expect to visit all points
of Interest In this section , and some ct them
will , no doubt , locate permanently In the
Grande Krndc.
GOLD IN NEVADA.
Gold bearing veins assaying from $180 to
il.OOO a ton have recently , bc n discovered
n eantern Xevida on Sheep mountain , at
; he lower end of I'ahranagat valley. There
Is a rush from Ferguson district und ether
polnt.s to the new strike. Even the ranch
ers of I'ahranagat have caught the fever ,
says tlie Vlrg'nla Enterprise , nnd arc
'mounting In hot haste , " and heading their
iiiistangs for Sheep mountain. Indeed , the
> Ig find win made by two Pahranagat valley
men. It therefore ! s a ranchers' find.
This , witli a big gold discovery some dis
tance telow. at St. Thomas , and the rich
miner at Ferguson and Osccnla , shws that
LIU Immense gold belt exists n eastern No-
yjdn out toward the Utah line. Nevada
Is fast becoming a "Golden state. "
SOUTH DAKOTA STOCK.
In nn p rllcular has South Dakota made
more rapid strides than In stock raising ,
and In no yesrs has Its Importance boon
felt more than the ono just past and the
present one , when exceedingly hard times
are prevalent nil over the c.untry. The
opening of the vast stretch ot grass land
west of the M.ssourt river four years ago
made I'leirene of the principal stock
shipping points In the United States. The
range this year has been In excellent con
dition and the shipments will by far ex
ceed tliose of all former years. Since
August 15 the Northwestern rallrcad alone
has carried to Chicago 132 cars or 2,772
head , and the season Is just opened. It Is
estimated that before January 1 there will
havco gone from this point alne 20,000 head
of cattle. There will be .mo re tlun this If ,
as the stockmen here fear , there are vast
numbers of steel ; cattle from the drouth in
fected lrcalltles of the eastern and southern
states driven In here for wlntr.
Cattle are in the best cond tlon they ever
were. The range , while In good cndltlon ,
has been burnt off in many localities close
to the water holes , and will necessitate the
moving of large herds of cattle to different
localities , While the range would stand
largo numbers mere ot cattle If their owners
would drive them past the lands already lo
cated , the Importing of any great amount of
cattle lo this country this fall and winter
would cripple everybody , those already hero
and those to come. It has been owing lethe
the vast amounts of money brought Into
this country through the stock Interests
that 1'lerro and Hughes county have not felt
the hard times to to great an extent * as
other parts of the country.
HACK FROM DEATH VALI.EV.
Special Agent II. H. Martin of the United
Stairs land nfllce , Washington , I ) , C. , has
returned frctu Death valley after a four
and a half months' absence , says the Ex
aminer cf San Francisco , Ho went In to
do some surveying and for Information re
garding claims o ( private citizens on a portion
tion of the country ,
Mr , Martin and his party entered the val
ley by way of Tule canon , and examined
the country for sixty or seventy miles to
the south , They were at Town's pass , and
camped fr some time near Furnace creek.
The Btamlstorms prevailed almost daily , and
the heat was Intense. Part of the time
they could irt get water and they lisd to
bring It from a distance on pack horses.
"Our nmln stock of meat was bacon , "
said Agent Martin ; "we couldn't get a par
ticle that was fresh , so we ate the big liz
ards of the desert , which the ; Digger Indians
eat and are known as Chawallahs. They
taatoJ a good deal like frgs. All our po
tatoes rotted In a curious way almost as
BOOH as we got Into the desert , and we. had
no vegetables of any sort. The one thins
that helped us out. was canned fruit.
"The crdcal was so rough that each man
lest from fifteen to twenty pounds of flesh ,
and all grew weak. Ileforc I would go
Into a country like that again I think I
would icsign. There ere many strange In
sects there things I never saw before. There
are also many horned rattlesnakes or side
winders. We killed fourteen of them.
There are also many poisonous scorpions In
the valley. One cf our men found one In
his bed.
"At a lonely place In Melinite valley , nn
offshoot of Death valley , we found an old
wagon bed , a lire and several old Iron * ,
relics of the famous emigrant train of 1851 ,
forty people of which lost their lives. It
ws a , trip to try the nerves and strength
of Iho nver ge man. I'll never forget it.
and I never want to traverse that track
again. "
A NEW METAL.
Prof Sadtler. for several years connected
with the Stale School of Mines , says the
Denver News , declares the metal nionazlte
contains IS per cent of thorium , associated
with Komo tin , lend and phosphorus. It Is
found In Connecticut and the southern states.
Sever * ! minerals containing thorium hive ,
bean found In Colorado , in the Plke' Peak
district , nnd there Is every geological reason
for ( heir occurrence in other parts of the
state. . The demand has not been sufficient
to stimulate search.
Thorium Is an Iron-gray metal of nbcut
the specific gravity of Iron , but more re-
tiemblliig tin In Us properties. At a high
hit it It burns In the o'r with a brilliantv
flame , and would probibty become highly
Illuminotis , without being consumed , under
the action of an electric current In a vac
uum. There has heretofore been no com
mercial demand for the metal , and whllft
found abundantly In pl'ces It ban simply
been regarded as a scientific curiosity.
Two ether minerals , thorlto and orangeltc ,
contain a much higher percentage ot thorium
than docs mon.i7.lle. but have not been sys
tematically searched for.
The percentage of thorium oxide ( thorld )
In thorite and orangclto Is G3.74 , against IS
in monajilte. Monazltc Is n red of a
Will-brown or brown or brcnze mineral of
a semi-metallic , appearance. It looks om -
thing like a dark garnet , but In much
heavier ' nd Is often m staken for tin ore.
THEIU FIRST GOLD IIHICK.
The new ten-stamp mill erected recently
at Mill creek , In the Clear Creek camp , pro
duced the first gold brick ot the cam p.
weighing exactly fifteen ounces live and
one-half pennyweights. This as taken
from about two cords of mill dirt mined nnd
milled by HIP Mill Creek Mining and M Illng
company. The result cf this excellent
showing for both the mill and the mines
was celebrated by an Immense bonfire , built
on the extrcmp summit of Los Chlccs moun
tain , and the exploding of some fifty pounds
of glunt powder.
The camp Is In a most prospTOiM rond'-
llon and bonsts of over twenty houses. tl I *
situated ene mile south of the Alice mill
at Yankee hill , and flvu miles from Dmnont ,
on the Colorado Central rnllrcad.
THISTLE MUST IIU EXTERMINATED.
The occurrence of the Russian thistle In
Idaho Is regarded by the botanist of the De
partment of Agriculture ns a very serious
Ii ( natter , ami he urges Its Immediate ni'd com
plete eradication from that state , The region
already Infested by the Ilimlan thistle lie *
In Hie plains vast of the Rocky mountains
nnd : Is , therefore , separated by this gnat nat
ural barrier from the wheat-raising areas ot
Idaho , Washington , Oregon , Nevada and
"tab. The only way In which It can enter
tl : ils area Is. by Introduction in Impure seed
a nd by transportation through the passes of
tl IB Rocky mountains , especially along rail-
oads , Every endeavor should be used by the
irmcrs and civil authorities of this region to
xtermlimte It along the railroads , and to use
nly th ? cleanest and best seed wheat ob-
alnablc , If the Russian thistle once Infests
ils region Its next step will bo to cross tlie
lerra Nevada Into the wheat areas of cen-
ral California. The Importance , therefore , of
r = catitlonary measures along the great inoiin-
iln chains IK clearly apparent.
From about the 15th of August to the 1st of
cptcmbcr the liusslaii thistle begins to prone
ne- ? Its seed , nnd , being an annual , the cf-
cctual method of checking Its progress Is to
III the plant by cutting , plowing nnd har-
owing during or bfore this lime. In cajc
f wheat fields which are already Infested ,
ho grain should be harvested as early ns
'Osslble ' , the stnbblu left long , the whole field
iiowud close to the ground , and aft'r a few
ays drying burned over. Fields thickly in-
ested may rcaulre In addition plowing and
hnrough harrowing. A copy of bulletin No.
5 will bo forwarded to any applicant , nnd u
penlmcn of any plant supposed to be the
tuislan thistle- will be positively Identified
pen receipt by the Department of Agrlcul-
ure.
"MILLIONAHIE" GUOVE RETURNED.
According to tlie Unite. Miner , the "multl-
ullllonulre , " Charles Porter Grove , who Is
Ikewlse known us "I51ue Dick , " is back In
he KtatJ. He will be remembered as the cored , -
red man who gained &ch a reputation a few
uonths ago by selling worthless Montana
nlnlng Hharea to colored people and others
liraiighout the cast , The Miner says he re-
urnetl to Untte roc'ntly without a dollar to
his name and Ills clothing reduced to a mini-
num. "It Is understood , " says the Miner ,
'that Grove was backed In his scheme by
lirec or four finite people who got the bulk
if the money Ii3 derived from the sale of the
vorthless paper und lived fat on It whi'o
Grove shouldered the responsibility. He Is
now here In raga , and for fear ho will give
hem away they arc making a desp rate cf-
: ort to get him out of town. When ho first
struck the city he was given $5 and told to
skip , but he did not skip worth a cent. "
A RICH SAND I3AR.
About a mile above the lulfw.iy house on
More creek , says the Boise Statesman , C. H.
lark , J. D. Spargo , E. O. Ny ? and George
Urcen are working on a bar of wonderful
richness. The bar Is about 2,000 feet In
lepth , fully nine feel of which Is the richest
lay dirt that has been struck on More creek
In some time.
The bar prospects 4 cents a pan. A rt-
port wa * mad ° a day or two ago from the re
sults of four men's work In one day , as a
lest , all the dirt having to b& handled ( wire.
For this they received u check from the assay
office for $108.75 , splendid remuneration for
one day's labor. Th ? owners are confident
they can average ? 1'0 or more a day to the
manTho
The retort of the teat run > Vas made In u
rather unique way. A large potatn w.n
halved and ono of the plecs : hollowed out
The amalgam was poured Into the tuber und
the whole Inverted on n shovel , under which
a fire was darted. In a short tlmn the pa-
t.ito ; ibsorb d the mercury , leaving a chunk
of vehow bullion that looked nice enough to
eat.
NEBRASKA.
Cholera Is rtglng among the swine In some
partr of Colfax cocnty.
Ex-Mayor Hamlllon Cooper , an old citi
zen of Auburn , died last week of heart
failure.
Rev. C. P. Hnckney end wife of Ashland
were married dtty-elght years ago , September
1C , 1S3C.
The new flouring mill at Ponca Is nearly
completed and the machinery Is expected In
a lfdays. .
There Is n building boom on at Craw
ford and the citizens of the place hope to
have It continue Into next year.
Rev. Mr. Storm of Lincoln has been called
to I ho Congregational church at Springfield
and has already begun his pastorate.
A son of Henry Miller , at Emerson , was
playing with a gun ; "he did not know It
wjs loaded , " when It went off , badly Injur
ing the fleshy part of hla hand.
S. W. Fletcher of Central City has been
taken to the asylum. His lunacy appears
to be due to a breaking down of the mental
faculties , Induced by old age. The old man
Is a hero of two wars.
Sarpy county teachers have nn interesting
program In view for their next meeting ,
which Is fixed tor October 12 and 13. Among
other things , Mr. John Speed IB will explain
the new Income tax system.
Schuyler has a very prosperous Dorcas
society , having for its object the care of
the poor of the city. Its president Is Mrs.
Bryant and good work Is being dona In
preparation for the coming winter.
Al Woodward promised one day last week
to build an opera house for Wlnslde if the
people of the city wouU raise } 250. The
money was raised by the next morning , and
work on the opera house will bo begun at
once. It Is to bo 26x71 feel.
Last spring Adolpb Brauer lost a pocketbook -
book while plowing in a Held near Crete , and
alter a thorough search he gave up hope
of ever seeing It again. The pocketbook
contained a note for $25f ) and $35 In bills.
This fall he found the pocketbook. The
money was stuck together nnd he sent It
to Washington for redemption. In return
he received $35 in new bills.
Since Custer county four years ago Insti
tuted a bounty for the scalps of wolves cap
tured In the county the number of applica
tions has been growing at an Increasing
ratio. Not many aj-j ago 101 scalps were
brought before tlio board. In 1891 $1,159
was paid In bounty , and In the first halt of
the present year the amount waa no leas
than $3,911. The question of rescinding the
bounty offer Is now being agitated.
THE DAKOTAS.
I irge numbers of horses and cattle are be
ing brought Into Hand county from Iowa and
Nebraska.
One hundred and twenty-five delegates at
tended ths convention of the Women's Chris
tian Temperance union held last week at
Aberdeen.
The county commissioners of Pembtna held
a meeting at which It was decided to sub
mit to a vote the removal of the county seat
from Pemblna to Cor.deer.
The rafHIng craze has struck Alexandria
in full blast. It started by the rattling of a
olcycle , which waa followed by the raining
ol several o trier bicycles , a J1GO new car
riage , new haicess , three guns , and a lot of
other articles. One man U now Belling tlcli
ets on his farm , wLJph- , , ! halt a mile north
of town. The farm consists ot only forty
acres , without biiliiliifi ; , and lie expects to
sell i 1,200 tlckcti atil ench.
The supreme court , , < ? t North Dakota has
d ° clded the state drainage Ianunconstitu
tional. The teit casc"A-.is ' from Cuss county ,
where $30.000 of bouds-ihavo been Issued nn'
dor the law. Pemblna county Is also Inter
ested to the extent of about $10,000.
A very rich strike lids' bc n made at Deadwood -
wood In the lower workings of the Decornh
lode , belonging to loha Orecnough , William
Mosler and I-'red Harries. At the depth of
fifteen feet they caiman contact with ore
that ] Is covered with * free gold and assays
from , $75 to | 3SO p < y ton.
The county seat fight In Hamlln county ,
which has been pending before tlie supreme
court for nearly two years , has finally been
nettled by n decision sustaining the lower
courts. Ily Oils decision Castlewood continues
flu I he county seat , and Ilryant people will
continue lo drive thlrty-two miles across the
prairie to pay their taxes.
The supreme court ot North Dakota has
handed down a decision of much Importance
to the JuMlce of the pence. There Is no
statute In North Dakota requiring tlie county
to pay the costs of Justices of the peace ; they
must render the services ill-signaled as "their
ofllclal duties. " nnd must hear and determine
all actions for breaches of the peace. At
least such lias been the cao until now , but
hereafter the county will be obliged to pay
justice fees.
The jecoml annual exposition of the Interstate -
state Grain Palace association at Aberdeen
opened with nn attendance of several thou
sand people. The special event of the open
ing was a grand concerl by soloists from
Sioux City. Milwaukee und local points , sup
ported by u grand chorus ol 250 voices. The
Iowa Sato band arrived from Des MolntJ
and took an Important part In the exercises.
The decorations and g ncral effects , electric
fountains , private and county displays , etc. ,
greatly surpass those of one year ago.
The city of Yankton will b ? connected with
the state ot Nebraska and the southwest by
means ot n combination railroad , wagon and
foot bridge , which Is to be constructed across
the Missouri river at this point during the
ensuing year. Plans for such a bridge have
been approved by the scretary of war and
the Missouri River Bridge company of
Leavenworth , Kan. , has made a proposition to
Yanktun which has practically been accepted
and work Is promised to begin this fall. The
bridge site Is especially Inviting and only
1,109 feet of bridge proper will be necessary
to span the channel. It will cost about $100-
000 to complete the structure nnd the Great
Northern railway will cross It first.
COLORADO.
The Geyser mine , Silver Cliff district , em
ploys sixty men.
La Plata City reports $1,200 net from eight
sacks of Com stock ore.
The Scuaca mine , . Lendvillc , Is shipping
galena ere lo the local smelters at $3.05.
The Ruena Vista mine , Cripple Creek , will
noon be n liberal shipper. The ore runs will
In gold and copper.
The grape crop at Boulder Is exceedingly
large this year. 22,000 grape baskets having
already been re'elvtd by grape owners ,
A flno body ot ore , yielding forty ounces
in silver , und from 27 to 33 per cent
lead , has been opened up In the Hcnrlett at
Leadvllle. '
The Sheridan mine\imler the management
of Louis Ilab-rman. Is1 ! proving one of the
richest and largeUj producers on Telescope
mountain , llegular shipments of six to eight
cars per week are1 'mrfde to the Durangu
smelters. Tlie or ? body Is large , and uniform
In quality and value
) |
The syndicate tunnel of the Rico-Aspen
Is now known as 'the ' 'Consolidated tunnel.
The concentrator of-thls-tunnel Is now turn-
log out live tons of .concentrates p < r day.
They expect to handle about forty tons of
crude ore per day.'The ' ore Is taken from
the concentrate vein-where rich silver ore Is
found In great qimntitle.
The Chicago ami Cripple Creek Tunnel
company , In Poverty'giilch , Is again workIng -
Ing , and Hie morerls , , oow 1,000 feet. Mr.
George Meacjiem. the , nipnager , has , returned
to Chicago , after paying the wages of , the
miner ? , and he state.'that the reduction
works his company HwU | i build , ) n , Cripple
Crock wllTbe started sUpr.tly. . . . , .
The famous'Mining1 ' Tuimet and Improve
ment com puny'at Aspen Is' shipping ore to
Its co-nceutratpr tt'itli thlrty-sK head of horses
and mules. It employs ten drivers and forty
other'men. Manager Wluclcr has decided to
increase the capacity of the mill. Two hun
dred tons ot Little Annie dump ore and about
150 tens of Mollie Gibcon dump has been
treated with success.
Rtport ? from the La Platas continue to be
encouraging. The Columbus company in
driving a tunnel has xtrucU u body of line ore.
It Is a green quartz with streaks , of pure
white quartz running through it in every
direction , and it Is literally full of tellurium.
It Is the Intention of SupErlntcndent McDermott -
Dermott lo erect substantial buildings , as
quarters for a force of men who will probably
work on the property all winter.
A wonderful rich strike was made by
John and Taylor Brownley in their properly
ntar Alia Vista. It Is Impossible at the prei-
ent to give the exact assays , but one ran
away up In the hundreds. These two gentle
men lia\t been mining In Colorado for the
rant twenty ytars and have made and spent
fortunes In teeklng the hidden treasures of
the different mining districts. At one time
they were largely Interested In Boulder
county , and disposed of their Interests there
for an Immense sum to eastern capitalists.
WYOMING.
Hunters icpcrt that ducks nnd alt kinds
of feathered game are very plentiful this
yea ? .
\ A radish twenty-three Inches long Is cne
of the vegetable wonders grown In Laramle
Hill -year.
The Cheyenne Turnvereln Is mail ng prep
arations fr Its annual fair , which takes
lilac ? on the 10th of November.
The news that Evanrton Is to have new
shops and that a large force of men will be
employed there is pleasant to nil sections of
the state.
There Is every Indication that there Is
gold In paying quantities In the Big Horn
mountains near Lander. New discoveries
are being nude there every day.
The Republican asserts that there are at
least 20,000 tuna of hay for sale on the
Laramle plilns , and that fully 10,000 Ne
braska cattle will be fed there this year.
By guaglngs made In State Engineer
Mead's ofllco It Is ascertained that the max
imum ill-charge cf the Big Horn river is
53,000 cubic feet , while that of the PUtte
Is 20,000 leet.
Mr. William Hcmer of Otto. Wyo. , brought
R carlcad of steers from the Grey Bull rlvor
over the mountains und shipped them to
South Omaha , They averaged 1,525 pounds
and sold for $4.2.9. hundred. They netted
him about $5'J $ per
Ora Haley's recent'shipment ' of seventeen
cars of cattle bicught J3.90 and $4 per hun
dred , the highest m&r'ktt price paid the day
they were sold , Thin'makes them worth
abut $4S per head. > ijt ls said that Wyom
ing range cattle are'ln ' demand.
A number of resld fllsi In and arcund Fort
Laramle , about 100 mllejj north of Cheyenne ,
near the junction of tbji Laramlo and North
Platte rivers , report -mat devastaticn by
grasshoppers. Tliijy' ' Hive eaten the grass
for miles , ami the { -r.op'.of . hay will bo very
short. They appew.Vpwever | , to be gradu
ally leaving the neighborhood , but the dam
age already done Is-very great.
A gang of twelve"txpert linemen are In
the vicinity of Cheyenne bmlly at work on
the Transcontinental telegraph line. This
line U be'ng ' put uii 'by1 ' the Western Union
Telegraph c-mpany3 to ' 'handle ' the business
direct from New jVOf'k to San Francisco.
A No. 8 wire Is bqjng.placed on the Union
Pacific telegraph iMleiJi The linemen are
making over twenty-five mllea a. da/ , and
It Is their intention to | iuve th * line open
In another month.
E. J. I ll of Laramle will try an experi
ment with padded atock cars. The scheme
proposed Is for the protection of fat cattle
and consists In the 'padding of the cars so
the cattle will not become bruised by con
tact with the sides of the earn Incident to
their transit to market. The Union Pacific
Railway company has given Mr. Bell forty
cars with which to experiment , and a force
ot men Is now at wprk fitting thorn up.
Stockmen believe that the experiment will
prove a success ,
The Sundance Gazette &ayi a local cattle
man has a curiosity In the shape of a 2-year-
old Texas steer with three horns and one
eye. Its only eye la upon the right side
of the head In the usual place provided by
nituro , but the place where the other eye
should be U smooth and devoid of any eye
whatever. The horni cf the freak are
about fourteen Inches lone and u * three
A la Sullivan-Corbett.
Sullivan you remember him , don't you he is the
man that licked everybody on the face of the earth and
thought some of getting tip a scrap with the man in the
moon. . Nobody could lick Sullivan no , indeed the
boys up here bet all they had on Sullivan and then walked
home. Corbett licked him , you know that. You will ob
serve that above there arc 3 SullivailS and in Omaha
there are as manv "old clothing houses" but there is above
/ o
also but 1 Corbett , as there is but one 41livc clothing
house" in Omaha. They've licked everybody thus far but
at Jast they've met their match and we are the people who
are knocking them out. We knocked them down in the
o
first round with a body blow in the shape of our all wool
suit for $5 and when they gst too frisky we slap them with
it yet awhile. Then there is that $8 Sawyer cassimere and
the $10 silk mixed cassimere and the $4.50 fall overcoat
Oh , we're in it with them and we're champions , too. None
have trained so well bought so well none can deliver as
O
hard hits genuine low priced bargains. Watch the boys
hedging they're all coming to our side now and are falling
over each other to see the finish , make and style of the best
and lowest priced clothing on-earth.
successors to Columbia Clothing Co. ,
13th and Farnam Streets , Omaha.
In number ; two hornu grow out of the head
In the usual manner , but the third horn
grows directly up frcm the top of the head ,
giving It a most peculiar appearance.
A syndicate of Salt Lake and Minneapolis
capitalists , organized as the Diamond Ccul
and Coke company , Is opening up a magnifi
cent vein cf coal at Dlamondsvllle , Ulnta
county , about three miles frcm Ham's Fork
station on thft Oregon Short Line. The
vein Is twelve to fourteen feet thick. The
coal Is free from slate and Is a fine domestic
article. The company Is putting machinery
In with a capacity to Ii audio 500 tons of
goal a day , and exptcts to have a force of
150 miners at ork by the first of the year.
OHEGOX.
Salmon trout are furnishing fine sport
In Hood river.
The estimate of the Harney valley hay
crop this year Is SO,000 tons.
Farmers In the vicinity of Corvallis re
port many fields of grain yet untlireshed.
A black bear weighing 200 pounds was
killed near Elgin by a ball' from a 32-callber
revolver.
The South Bohemia wagon road has been
completed to ultliln 'our miles of KM ;
Meadows.
A Washington company Is said to be ne
gotiating for the purchase of the lodes May
Queen and Queen of the West" In Union
county.
| The Grant County , News says that snakes
are being seen In Umatllln county with heads
on each end , and yet I'andlcton wants a
distillery.
The Baker City Democrat says that the
money realized from recent sales of mining
properties has considerably Increased the
circulating medium , and Its beneficial effects
are plainly felt In the channels of trade ,
The placer claims known as the Jordan
ranch , on Burnt rlvsr , have been bonded
to a Utah syndicate. It Is the purpose of
the new company to equip the mlnea with
machinery. A pump capable of raising 200
Inches of water 200 feet will bs put In
place.
P. V. Cullen and C. P. Graves , two Ameri
can Hallway union men , once In the em
ploy of the O. It. & N. , being out. of work ,
went prospecting along the Unmtllla river
and discovered a cmartz ledge , the first
ever found -In that vicinity. They have flled
a claim and will develop the lead.
Corvallis has a. young lady 1 < 5 years of
age , who , for a walker , is hard to beat ,
says the Salem Statesman. One hot day
she walked Into town from her country
home , a distance of twelve miles , In three
hours , and after a two hours' rest made
the return trip In the same time , or twenty-
four mile * in six hours.
The second big cattle shipment of the
season from the Elgin stockyards consisted
of thirty-two carloads. The cows were
bought In Wallowa county by an Omaha
atockdcaler , and the steers belonged to stockmen -
men of that county and were shipped to
Omaha , where a part of them are sold at
J3.10 per cwt.
Parties from the mountains cast of here ,
says the Eugene Ileglster , report that In
dians are slaughtering large numbers of
deer there. A few days ago a gentleman
saw three ; Indians with ninety deer nnd
three or four bears. Indians conio over
from the reservation every fall and kill large
numbers of deer and cure the meat In
different ways for winter use. The white
people feel that the Indians are being granted
more privileges In the matter of hunting
than arc granted them.
Win Johnson's sluice-box was cleaned up
for him by outsiders , without hla knowledge
or consent , and between Jl.OOO and $1.800
In gold and quicksilver purloined , says the
Pendleton Tribune. Mr. Johnson has been
operating an extensive placer claim In Crane
gulch , seven miles north of Canyon City.
Ho employed four Chinamen to assist him.
When he commenced operations three mon'.iis
ago ho deposited fifty pounds of quicksilver
at the bead of his sluice-box , but when became
came to clean up the other day. be only
found ten poumU. ] je generally cleans
up about 14,500 as a result of thre * or four
months' run ,
WASHINGTON' .
Forty-three head of Polled Angus ciltle
have been shipped from Kllensburg to Hon
olulu.
A petition' to congress for the Improve
ment of I/swU river Is being prepared In
Clark county.
By a vote of 12G to C7 In a district having
000 voters North Yaklma school district
has decided to Istuo ? 20,009 ot bonds for
plying Indebtedness and Increasing school
facilities.
The patent for lands In Spokane county ,
flled In Spokane by the Northern Pacllk- ,
contains 20,000 words.
H Is rumored that La Center Is to have a
distillery and starch factory In the near
future , and that the necessary capital Is In
sight.
The number enrolled In the Deaf ami
Dumb Ipstllute and the School for the Feeble
Minded at Vnnccnver Is something over 100 ,
nnd Is dally Increasing.
Work will soon be commenced on the
Wide Hollow canal by the North Yaklma
Canal company. It will be sixteen miles
long and approach within one mile cf North
Yaklma.
Tho'rallrcad car shcps at Sprague are
now running on full time and with a full
force of workmen. There are about fifteen
damaged engines to be Tepslred and over
fifty cars , so thrt the force will be kept
busy several months.
R. C. Flaher arrived from Orondo , Lin
coln county , nays the Spckane Chrcnlcle.
He says the results of the gold excitement
in that vlclnlly cannot yet be determined ,
as n final test of the Oregon man's new pro
cess for saving fine gold has not yet been
made. It Is claimed that It will furnish
good pay for white men at all places where
Chinamen have been able to make a beauty
living. A test was made with a per water
supply and fcur men took out P worth of
gold In ninety minutes. It IK claimed two
men cnn handle tlio process when u suitable
supply of water Is provided.
The Skamokawa Eagle Bays that Mr. Ilob-
crtscn of the San Francisco firm which Is
now loading the cigar-shaped raft of piles
at Stella , reports the binding of the raft
progressing finely , about 1,000 pieces of the
8.000 being In the. crib , and that the raft
will be ready by October 1 to commence Its
ocean journey. The piling Is logs which
ccala under fifteen inches. This Is not a
new ventuio for the firm , for they have
already tewed ten such rafts to San Fran
cisco. The coat of the Stella raft all told
Is about $40,000 , on which there is an In
surance of $20,000 , the Insurance running
until October It , at a rate of 6 per cent.
It the raft Is rafely landed at San Francisco
the firm will clear over $20,000 by the trans
action , as the piles find a ready market.
MISCELLANEOUS.
There Is talk ot starting a distillery at or
near Bozemnn.
The raisin combine of Fresno now controls
41,883 acres ot vineyards.
RccelpU at the Helena branch mint now
average $120,000 per week In gold.
A telephone line Is to bo erected between
Coalvllle and Park City in Utah.
The alfalfa crcp In the Salt river valley
ot Arizona Is unusually large this s .rson.
An electric road Is to be built from
Nevada City to Grass Valley , In California.
During one week this month 2,295,220
pounds of fruit were shipped from San Jose ,
All the fresh water streams In Mendoclno ,
Cal. , arc being stocked with trout from the
Slsson hatchery.
The seal herds' ' of the Seal Island * are
rapidly decreasing , and It Is estimated that
In three years the herds will be totally ex
terminated.
The bucking bull ot Belgrade was suc
cessfully ridden at Helena Wednesday by
Joe Kirk wood , a Fort Benton cowboy , who
won $100 by doing the trick.
A disease la prevalent among the bees In
southern California which resembles paraly
sis , It Is said to be contagious , and hot
weather caused it to Increase In virulence ,
The bees will lurdly make honey enough
to feed themselven this season.
Amos Leo brings the moat flattering re
ports from the .Hidden Treasure mine at Ncal ,
Idaho. He says a 120-hour run of Hidden
Treasure or In the Alntdlo five-stamp mill
resulted In a clean-up of $1,400. The Hidden
Treasure product Is all free milling gold ore ,
and mills an average ot $10 a ton.
Another cyanide plant Is lo be built at
Mcrcur , Utah's revived gold camp , where
the ores are of a. sandstone nature. It will
bo located at the Geyser mine end will have
capacity for fifty tons per day. At the
Mercur mine the pioneer plant will soon be
enlarged to 160 tons per day. The con
struction of the railroad branch Is being
rapidly puihed , and when this la finished
the new mill will be started , For the
second halt of August the Morcur mine pro
duced at a record-breaking rate , enough to
Justify the payment ol a $25,000 dividend ,
making $150,000 elnoo tba oomp nv wu
formed.
For headache ( whether ICK or ncrvnuij , tooth
ache , npumlcia. iheuinatlim , lumbago , pali.ii
and neaknpnH In tlio buck , spine or kldnvyt.
ralna arounU th * liver , pleurisy , dwelling ot t j
jnnt ! and pain * or nil klmlltf \ application '
lUdtvay'B Ufndy Ilcllrf will afford lmrar.llai |
ease , and IK continued uia ( or a fcnr days e ( <
fecti a permanent CHIP.
A CURE FOR ALL
Summer Complaints ,
DYSENTERY , DIARRHOEA ,
CHOLERA MOKBUS.
A half to a teasDoonCul Ot Heady Hellot In H
lialf tumbler ot water , repented UH o ten ai tti
dUchurgei continue , and a llannel saturated
vltll Heady Itellef plnco.1 over tlio stomache of
bowels will afford immediate relict nnd soon rt-
feel a cure.
Internally A half lo a teaepoonrul Iff a tumb
ler of water , will In a lew mlnutri. curs
Crumps , Spnnms , s > mir Stomach. Nausea , Vomit-
Ins. llenrtbum. Nvoui ness. Sleepneimess. BlcK
Hrariaclip. Flatulency and nil Internal pains.
Miilurm in It. VHIIHI r'nrnit Cur.'il
HIM ! Pr vnntrl.
There Is not a remedial agent In tlio world
that n-lll cure fever nnd ague and all other ma.
larlous. bilious nnd other lovers , nld t by IIA.D.
WAY'H 1'II.I.S. so quickly fts HAOWAVH UEA
Y HKUKK.
Trice CO cents per bottle , Bald by all druggists.
IB THE BEST.
NOSQUCAKINO.
$5. CORDOVAN ,
FREHCH&ENAMEliED CALF :
$ 3. PDLICE.3 SOLES.
EXTRA FINE.
I7-s BOYS'SCHODlSHOES.
LADIES-
SEND TOR CATALOGUE
Wt-'DOUGL.AS
BROCKTON , MASS.
Ton cnn save money bjwcnrlne the
W. T. . Daugran 83. OO Hhoo.
RccaiiHS fro are ( ho largest manufncturers cl
tbls grodeof shoes In the rrorld.nli J euarnulf o their
value by stamping the nnmo end iirlc * ou the
bottom , which protect you against high prices and
tba middleman's profits. Our Bboes equal cuitom
mirk In style , ear nttlnx and wearing qualities.
Wehnvstliem sold ovrrywliero at lower prices for
tbo vnlno given than any other make , TaVa no sub
stitute. If your dealer cannot supply you , we can.
Sold by
A. W. Bowman Co. , It ? N. IQt'.i ,
C.J. Carlson. 1218 N 24th.
EllcsSvonscn , 2O03 N. 24tl.
Ignatz Newman , 424 S. I3t.i.
W. W. Planar. 2925 Uoavonworn
Kelly , Stlgor & Co. . Farnam & I5ti
T- Crossy , 2500 N st. So. Omaha
* . *
LIFE
Dr. E. C. West' * llervo end Drain Treatment
mold under posltlTowrUien guarantee. lj ; author
ized agents only , la euro Weak Jtemorj ; lot * ot
Urala arvt NorTo l > CfWGrI ; 5tMaauoodQulr ! > l < iiefti ;
Night Jjoftttj Kvll l > rnain < ; tick of Confidence !
NrrvouimuM ; Idsslludi * ; nil Drain * ; ijMtot I'OTTBI
ot the Ouneratlre Orgntu In either no * , raucecl bj
ovsr-oiertlonj Youthful Krrori , or KiccwlTo lire ot
Tolincco. Opium or IJ'iuor. wblrti eooa load la
II er/ , Con uinptlon. Insanity tn.1 Penth. Uyuiill.
llabqi ; OioTti' with written KunrBiit to euro oj
rotunarooney. WIWT'rtCOUailByjtUI * . AcorUln
euro for Conch' . OMAithmn , JJronchltw , Croup.
Whoorlwr Cou-h. BOTH Throat. Meo * nt to fise !
Hranll . . slxo atteoutlDued : olii.enc.ni , now35o. : oM
, ,
fl , nor-We. i i * { 'i1 ix1 i-yuQ ) ) only \ > y
qooaroan Drug Cto. , Ounniu
BAD COMPLEXIONS
I'lmples , LUckbculi , rril , roii h snJ lly Un
nud tttudi , dry , Iblu , ami Julllng
hair , and hojilo laby tleinlilirs
are [ irovcntud nnd cured by C'UTf.
emu H < ur , ramt offectlva sVlo.
purlfylnu and beautifying soap la
the work ) , ss well as purest and
inccteit ot toilet and Durstnr
oipi. Bold throughout Hi * world.
