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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 26, 1894)
Testa on Iho Baker Contact Pronounce the La Plata e Region of Fabulous Wealth , ORE IN SIGHT WORTH NEARLY SIOO.000,000 thn I.nrseit nnd Most Vnlaablo Ore noily on the Continent rcnt VOITIT 1'rojrct nt I.en l lllo Anatlirr Hall- roail Northwestern > 'C TS. The nakcr contact has far exceeded the most sanguine expectations of Its discoverer. For several days rumors of a clcan-up nt tlio experimental mill hare been floating through the air. The reports said that the result of the first woek's work allowed $10,98 a ton. An the experts never prophesied more than M or $5 few persons placed any confi dence In the reports. Colonel S. II. Uaker , the discoverer of the vein , arrived In the clly from the La 1'lata region , says the Denver News. He corrobo rates the statement of other persons from the district , and his Joyous manner Indicates that lie Is on the road to fortune. "There has been so much talk about the contact , " said he In reply to Inquiries , "that I am afraid to say anything. I will say , however , that the ore body Is far beyond our expectations. A mill run of thirty-five tons for the first week cleaned up between $10 and $11 to the ton , and tlio ten stamps nro now pounding away day and night. The ore Is growing richer as development pro gresses. Three tunnels nre being run Into the ore body , ono of which In In seventy feet on ere all the way , nnd the other two nre In about forty feet. The miners at work In the tunnels arc all men of experience , nnd they tay that they have reached $100 ore. " Colonel Uaker says the mill Is running at tha rate of fifteen tons a day. The- ore Is ent to the mill as fait as It Is mined and only eighteen miners nre employed , as the road to the mill Is too rough to admit ol heavy hauling. Thn ore body Is more decom posed as depth Increases. It Is a porphyrltlc quartz and Is stained with copper. In one place the ere Is ljuarrlcd from the vein , a straight cut of thirty feet being made. The vein Is 700 feet between walls. The syndicate o which I ) . H. Moffat , Eben Smith and Colonel nel Baker are members has located eleven claims on the contact. It Is now estimated at a conservative basis , that there are $9,000- 000vorth of ere In sight between the twc walls. If this estimate Is anywhere neat correct the llakcr contact Is by all odds the greatest gold discovery ever made on tha con tlnent. Colonel llakcr will explain the situa tion to Mr. Jloffat and a meeting of the corn- pany will bo held to arrange for operation ; on a large fccale. The success of the mil ! lias started a new boom In the La Plata re- glen and miners are again flocking to th ( claims which they temporarily deserted pend Ing the experimental the mill. The news of the clean-up carries Joy t ( scores of Denver people who pinned theli faith to the La Plata district and have waltei patiently for many months for reliable In formation as to large mill runs. Ten dollai ere means the erection of a reduction plan with ten times the capacity of the plant nov In operation. It remains for owners of clalmi on the opposite sldo of the mountain , flvi to seven miles away , to prove that thel properties are to be classed with the grca Uaker contact. At a conservative cstlmati the experts flguro that there are $35,000.001 worth of ore In sight In the Halter contact The successful experiment makes It probabl that the estimated value Is less than 1ml of the real value of the remarkable dls sovery. sovery.LEADViLLE AFTER POWER. That money Is power has long ago beei inown , but In the present ago the adag inay well bo reversed , for now power mean money. The Lcadvllle Water nnd Powc company Is to build a plpo line twelve mile In length , and will erect a plant for the pur pose of generating electricity to furnls ! power to the mines and smelters , says th Herald-Democrat of that city. The necessity of an electric power plan here has long been felt , and several year ago'Mr. Prlddy Interested a number of gen tlemen In the project. After looking eve the ground It was decided not to erect th plant. Last week , however , Mr. Prlddy re cclvcd a telegram from Mr. Hawks to th effect that himself and partners were no\ ready to proceed with the pipe line an < power plant. The pipe line will be twelve miles lonj and the pipe will bo thirty-six Inches I diameter. The new line -vlll tap the Ai Icansas river at Blrdseyo gulch , and will b run along the old Ore and Flumlng coir pany's ditch Into the city , until reachln Ninth street , when It will run down Jaine street Or Letter avenue to Front street. The pipe line alone will cost $100,000. 1 will rcqulro over 100 carloads of lumber an forty cars of Iron bands. In addition to larga amount of other machinery. The power house of the company will b erected In the vicinity of the old clrcu grounds , which property Is owned by thes people , as Is the ground along which th line is to bo laid. It Is estimated that th power plant to be erected will cost at th very least $50,000 , as It will bo fitted u with mpdern machinery and will be equlppe in such a manner that there will be no deut of the ability of the company to furnish a the power that will be required. The real Importance of this new cnterprls may not strlko the average reader at fir : glanco. It will , however , practically revolt tlonlzo mining and smelting in the cam ) One great element of expense In mining ha l > een the. cost of keeping' up an expenslv cteam plant for pumping and hoisting. Th cost of keeping a number of pumr running Is something enormou nnd a great number of mlnln .men have been frightened out of attemplln to sink shafts by the presence of water. Wit the Introduction of plants run by rlectrlcll : manufactured , as It Is , at a nominal cost , a this will bo changed. In the first place tli cost of pumping will ba materially reduce ! and In the second place the cost of m nln will bo lessened. This will enable the mine to handle much lower grade ore than can t handled now at a profit. With the Introdui tlon of electrical power at the smelters tli tame reduction In expense will be mad thus enabling them to make lower treatmet charges , and thus encouraging the shlpmci of lower grade ore. Of course , at thU tin- It would bo difficult , If not Impossible , I .stato In dollars and cents just what this n ductlon will amount to , but that there wl > a a material decrease In both the cost < mining and smelting Is assured. WEALTH PAST RECKONING. From present appearances the wealth i the Independence m&7 > > even past compU Ing , says a Crlpplo C'ces eclal to the -Dei Tor Republican. When the property wi opened up at the surface the quartz on ! ran a few dollars to the ton. A llttlo deve opment showed better values nnd the pr ducts for many months were sent to stan : mills. Later on U was discovered that tl gold In the rock had materially Increase and , from that time until the present cvei pound mined has been shipped to tl smelter. It must be understood that th famous mlno has only been opened by drl to a. depth of 100 feet. A station at tl second level has Just been put In , fro which miners are busily engaged In drift ) : In both directions. It was no small woi putting the shaft down to its present dept as It Is of gigantic proportions. Mr. W. v St rat ton , the owner , realizing the Urn a tl ' sinking of ths bole would require , nnd grov ' Ing somewhat impatient , concluded to Eta a wlnxe on the vein and by this means s < what he could find. This hole la now dow fifty feet , and whlla It has been In good pi , nil tha time , within the last few days It hi cut something entirely now for the mln It Is a lylvanlte ore. The discovery startli . the foreman , and when the owner was li formed of the find he directed that a drl hould bo run toward each wall. Doth we found. * nd tape Una shows that they a fifteen feet end eight Inches apart. Fro wall to wall the- quartz iparklei with H ) vanlto. Some specimens run Into the thoi Bands , and It Is likely the entire body wl Average much better than ten ounces In go to the ton. ton.ONB ONB MORE RAILROAD. Still another Utah-Colorado-Wyomlng ra ! road project has been launched , ThU tin It l the Colorado , Wyoming tc. Great No them , Qrnnd Junction people , backed I UMtern and foreign capital , being the pr PrOTO is U b th western terrain nnd Grand Junction another , naya the Salt Lake Herald. Articles o ( Incorporation ct the company were filed In Denver. The Incorporators - corporators are \V. T. Carpenter , Thomas E. Sanford , Crlss P. Lass , Melvln O. Whltehcad and James 1 * . Ncsbltt , all of Grand Junction. The company Is Incorporated for $1,000.000 and the route of the line It proposes to build under Its charter Is from Grand Junction northwest to Douglas Creek Summit , In ( Jar- field county ; from there north to Rangclcy In nio lilanco county , then by the most feasible route to the Green river and up that river to Green Hlver station on the Union Pacific. A branch line wilt also bo run , starting at a point where the proposed line crosses the Whlta river , down the White to the Ouray Indian agency , up the Du Chesne river to Strawberry creek and on up through the old Indian reservation , crossing the Wasatch range and down to Provo , Utah , The company also retains the privilege o purchasing the Little nook Cliff Knllroad company property nnd will do a general railroad business. The proposed scheme wilt tap son "f the best country In the western slope < t H vlct , nnd they will have no com petition , ns the country li off tlio line of all roads nnd Is said to bo same of the best land In the west , particularly up through Iho old Indian reservation , which will probably bo opened for settlement next year. GRAPHITE IN WYOMING. The graphite mines , situated In Halleck canyon , on the boundary line betwtn Albany nnd Lnramle counties , says the Cheyenne Sun , are just now attracting 11 great deal of attention. . Considerable prospect work hss a'ready been donu and several claims located the present season. Assays made In Denver and at the State university of Wyoming show a high percentage of graphite. The ore body lies between well-defined walls of slate and Is practically Inexhaustible. It Is well located for convenient and economic working , both from the contour of the moun tain containing the mineral and from Hi proximity to railroad connections. It Is esti mated that a little work would show up fully 80,000 tons of the ore. The higher grades of the minerals are said to bo worth from $ SO to $100 per ton , while the lower grades are valued at from $50 to J70. Of the $1,000,000 worth of the material used In the United States In 1892 , over four- fifths was Imported. The substance Is largely used for pencils and as a lubricant , for both of which It must bo of high grade. The lower grades are used for stove blacking and many other articles. POWER FROM HUMBOLDT LAKE. While work Is rapidly progressing on the canal to tap Humboldt lake the plans of the operators are materializing , and the mag nitude of the operation Is becoming known , says the Lovelock ( Nov. ) New Era. When the canal shall have been completed torrents of water will speed through the great vent , tearing on within the Say slough to the Car son sink. With water heads and dynamos the expending energy Is to bo converted Into electricity , to be stored or transmitted at the will of the operators , and expended with greater convenience than any other known power. The opening of the canal will drain 15,000 to 20,000 acres of rich alluvial tulo land on this end of the lake , of which the canal promoters meters have already In tholr possession C.OOC acres. The land la known to be especially adapted to the growth of sugar beets ; fur thermore , the work of the agricultural ex periment station at Reno shows the average per cent of the saccharine matter In the Ne vada product to bo the highest In the world ranging as high as 24 per cent , with cor responding coefficient purity. With those facta presented , the conclusion Is forced thai the power generated at the canal , ten miles distant , will certainly be transmitted by cop per wire along the railroad telegraph poles t ( a beet sugar factory on the grounds. Not only the beet sugar factory , for. In ad dition , there will be a flouring mill to converl the farmers' wheat Into flour ; a starch estab Itshment , where potatoes will yield theli ' starch ; a creamery , where milk will give uj Its butter , The B.g Meadows of the Humboldl produce GOO lo COO car loads of wheat yearly shipped to Liverpool , and the farmers buy al their flour In California. On the Big Mead ows of the Humboldt last season G.OOO heat of beef cattle were fattened for market jusi as well might 3,000 milk cows have convertec the hay Into rich milk for a creamery. Fivi to sixteen tons at the finest quality of pota toes are produced to the acre. In the mountain range near the foot o : the lake gold , silver and nickel and othei ores arc found , and to reduce such an eleo trlcal reduction plant will probably be bull at the source iof supply. A wire Into towt will supply Lovelock with electrical light. A more Inviting combination of natural re sources can scarcely be Imagined. . TEMPEUANCE IN THEIll RELIGION. "Chehalls county Indians have Just closci a peculiar religious 'revival' In the westen part of the county , " says a Walla Wall ! gentleman. "Now they have gone to Paclfli county , whore they are going to stir up tli tribes there. "Their religion Is very unique , striking ) ; original , and distinctly Indian. It seem that It first originated In the Sound countr : among the Mud bay Indians , and the stor ; goes that one of the tribe , J6hn Slocum was taken sick , gradually wasted away am died. In the midst of the preparations to the obsequies John created consterna tlon by coming to llfo again the da ; the funeral was to take place. II ken , and this Is balled with delight , as It I supposed that the bad spirit has left th candidate and entered Into the bell , filling I to bursting. AVhen this happens the candl date Is completely cleansed from all evil an Is born again. The candidate for admission after standing In the position for a slier time , commences to shako through fatlgUE This Is taken as a sign that the good bplrl Is entering , and the noise and the din are , I possible. Increased , until , from sheer ex haustlon , he falls trembling to the grounO His conversion Is then complete and h ( admitted Into full membership. " NEBRASKA. There are serious complaints of coal theft In Pullerton. Coroner Gregg of Howard county has re slgnesj his position. The work of rebuilding the burnt dlstrlc of Talmage la proceeding. Madison's new Knights of Pythias ha will be dedicated December 11. The Fullcrton company of the stats mllltl has been reorganized with twenty-five ne < recruits. Mulligan post of the Grand Army of th Republic at Western has been revivified wit about twenty members. The fourth annual meeting of the Bui County Farmers' Institute will be held e Craig some time during next month. Tokamah's lodge of the Ancient Order < United Workmen has been disbanded , and number of the members have Joined the Hei man lodge. Emll Von Dergen , a prominent business ma at Columbus , was held up on the outskirts < the town , but as he had little money he dl i13 not \oso \ much. 13 John McCarthy of Bellevue Is down In Ml ! sourl to buy a pack of fox hounds and coo dogs for Sarpy county. He also proposes I jP bring back a live red fox. 10 William Dustln , the aged postmaster i Dustln , was thrown by a cow and lay fi several hours In the cold before ho eon' make himself heard. Ho Is likely to t laid up for several weeks. Now that Ponci has secured her new ml she Is after a canning factory. It Is polnlE out that there is an unoccupied building I the town which could be utilized , and tt cost of the machinery would not exceed J3.00 Mr. Farrls of Ilroken Bow has removi to Auburn to enter Into the hotel buslna la that town. While on the- train enrou to Auburn his cook , who was traveling- the car , accidentally upset a lamp and a the goods and the car they were In wei burned. George Purncll , a farmer living near A klnson , was moving to another farm for tt winter. He had taken several bushels ' grain and some household goods and le them for ono night. When he returni they had all disappeared. Rev. J. P. Aurellus has preached hU far well sermon at the Swedish Evangelical LI theran church at Wakefleld and has le for El Carnpo , where he has beeu assigned missionary work along the gulf coast. He succeeded at Wakefleld by Her. P. SJoblor D. D. , of Fergus Falls , Minn. Hon. James Whltehead. irho campaign ! through the Sixth district for Matt Daughert has returned homo , and report ] to the Call way Courier that the Russian thistle Ls g li lug a strong foothold In tha northern portli of tha state. He saw timber claim * o pllt up with the lodged weeds that only the ti limbs of the trees could bo teen ( ticking out above the mass , while wheat fields , harvested this summer , were covered with a dense mass ( the prickly growth. They even come up n the prairies wherever there Is a chance or them to take root , nnd the roads nnd nces are lined with them everywhere. Hon. William Kaup , member-elect of the glslaturo , has disposed of his windmill nd pump business at Western In order to o able to give his time to his constituents. Rev. Francis Mueller of Clinton , la. , has ecelved a call to the Lutheran church at /erJon , and wilt begin his pastorate there bout the first of the year. Richard Bruin was In Lodge Pole for n hort time , and while ho was In a store lap robe and a blanket were stolen from his art. The complaint is made that recently uch thefts have become- very common In ho town , and the business men of the place re Invited to take measures to put a stop o them. They even steal ballot boxes and lection returns when nothing else Is in Ight. THE DAKOTAS. The Incorporation of the Black Hills Ar- eslan Well company at Rapid City bodes ell for the future Irrigation In the state. The Merchants mill of Mitchell has been warded the contract to furnish 260,000 Bounds of flour to Indians at Crow Creek .nd Lower Brulo agencies. The Burlington road has completed a spur o the Crown Hill group of mines , situate ear Elk mounatln In the Black Hills coun- ry. There Is now over 100 tons on the dump hat will average $17 to $18 per ton. As : eon as the railroad company furnishes cars egular shipments will bo made to the cyan- de mill In Deadwood. Stutsman county has been notified that , the ccent decision of the supreme court of North Dakota reaffirms the first decision of Judge lose of the district court , before whom the : ase was originally tried , In the Northern : 'aclflc gross earnings tax suit. The court holds that the taxes are legal and can be iollected. The amount due the county now mounts to several thousand dollars. Other lountles In the state are similarly affected. COLORADO. The Suffolk mine , Ophlr district , Is pro ducing gold at the' rate of $3,750 per week. Pine Creek , the new gold camp of Gllpln aunty , will continue development during the A Inter. Up In the Red mountain country the sled las taken the place of the wagon for hauling bovo tlmberltne. The Summit lode , Virginia district , Gllpln county , Is producing ore running twelve unces In gold per cord on the plates. Durango Is moving for better roads to the La Plata mines. The present highways are unfit for the hauling of heavy machinery. The big Gunnell property. In Gllpln county , Is being gradually pumped out. Several car oads of timber ore on hand for use In re pairing the sha-fts and levels. A difference of opinion as to methods and results has caused a temporary shutdown of ho Prussian mine. Boulder county. About hirty-scven miners are thrown out of em ployment , but will doubtless find places In other mines. The Wilmington group of gold claims. In Ophlr camp , Is now owned and operated by a company of miners. Their first run of five tons at the Suffolk mill returned $22 per ton In gold. The ore Is free milling , and occurs In large veins. Quito an excitement was caused In camp at Yankee Hill by the discovery of a rich piece of float , found by W. G. Compton on Chesapeake mountain. One piece weighed several pounds , and a portion of It assayed $10,000 to the ton. A piece of It taken to Idaho Springs was literally permeated with gold. The Climax mine In the Tcllurlde district has a new silver vein about one foot In width and widening with development. The gold streak Is now about flvo Inches In width and Is just as rich as when first encountered. The contractors are working a double shift and are now In over fifty feet. The Climax Is an Ideal mine to work , being rather soft and easily handled. The Captain , the latest big find made at Cripple Creek , Is a bonanza. Returns from the first carload shipment of ore , eleven tons , went 81.00 ounces , or at the rate of $1,009.20 per ton. The. shaft Is down only thirty feet. The vein Is well defined and the pay streak two and a half feet In width. Another car load of ore from the Portland , shipped a few days ago , a&says $1,080 per ton. A force of surveyors In the employ of the Gulf railroad Is at work laying oft the land In blocks , lots , streets and alleys , preparatory to the opening up of a new town on the south side of the Platte river , where Orr sta tion was formerly located. The name of this new town will be Latham. Austin & Moore of Lupton have already opened up a general merchandise store there , and W. L. Clayton of this city has erected a large new ware house. The country around Latham is hlghl ) productive and well cultivated. WYOMING. One ranchman In the Big Horn basin ralsei over 12,000 pounds of alfalfa seed this year. A vein of coal has been discovered In tin Big Horn basin , In the vicinity of Hyatvlllo Ranchmen In the Lander valley have beer experimenting with celery this season. I makes a prolific growth In that region. The Union Pacific coal mine at Almy which caught fire over a year ago. Is stll burning. The company shut up the mine ai closely as possible , but the fire was no smothered. The work of exterminating wolves Is belni prosecuted vigorously by ranchmen in tin northern part of the state. Hundreds of tin animals have been driven Into Wyoming b ; the prairie fires recently raging In northen Nebraska. William Marshall , at the mouth of Greei river lakes , has recently started up his nov sawmill. It Is his Intention to raft lumbe down the Green river and establish lumbe yards at the mouth of tributary streams. I his rafting venture Is a success it Is hi intention to place the- lumber on the market A contract has been awarded to J. A Thompson to build a bridge across Wlm river at Merrill's Crossing , north of For Washakle. The contract price Is $2,450 , am the structure Is to be completed not later thai May 1 , 1805. The contract was also let to the building of a flouring mill at the Shoshone shone Indian agency. The owners of the Watklns mine In th Centennial district are convinced that the have discovered a fine quality of platinum An Australian sample of this ore sent fret Denver for comparison looks like a twin par of the Watklns ore. This Is a valuable mln oral , and If It holds out as the first assa ; shows the owners have a bonanza , OREGON. The Nehalem cannery closed after packln over C.OOO cases of salmon. Nestucca boy put up 1,500,000 pounds o fish during the season Just closed. There ore 31C Slletz Indians to partlclpat In the present disbursement of $24,000. A Scott's valley farmer drove Into Medfor the other day with 1,800'pounds of honey. Gllllam county Is spending $300 In build Ing a new county road , known as the "Thlrt Mile. " A Baldwin tree In the yard of Prof , Johnso at Eugene bore twenty-five bushels of apple this year. There arc hundreds of bushels of refus apples rotting on the ground , says the Cress well correspondent of the Eugene Quart pointedly , yet In six months from now th farmers , as well as other people , will b buying California vlnegnr , just as It there was nothing In OregoaOg make it. David Hughes of Ofiyonvlllo has raised thH year a 125-pouna rbuash. It measures eighty Inches In cltculnlVrence. I lay ford Droi. of tiuke county have Just nlstml a drive of | CqUJe to Gazelle , Cat. , or shipment , which paid them $23.000. The Sluslaw flshlnfe season closed on the t of November , with about 22,000 cases of : anned salmon put up. and about 400 barrels altcd. , , , James Wlllielm has yrwmrthod a twelve-foot eln of coal on Dear crebR , about eleven miles torn Crcsswell , Lane county. Experts have ecn looking at It and tlink | welt of the coal. James Campbell and.Ira , Sprout took to Jakcr City their latest cleaning up of nug- ; ets from the Humbolut placer mine near lanyon City , which I aggregated 280 ounces , ho value of which wjasjover $5,000. The railroad from Wclser to the Seven devils mines "will certainly be built during ho coming year , " according to the editor of ho Welser Signal , The distance of the road ivlll bo 110 miles , and Its cost $1,250.000. The ilerrlts of Duluth , Minn. , are back of the reposition. More activity than ever before In Us hls- ory Is reported from the Sparta mining lamp. Several Utah , Montana and Colorado : ompanles have recently become Interested n both placer and quartz , and considerable money Is being expended In development and iiachlncry for working. The old camp Is oklng on new life. There are about 250 men t work and all are doing well. A company has been organized at McMlnn- Ille for the purpose of constructing an clec- rlc IJght and water system , to bring water rom the hills two miles north of town , ho city has passed an ordinance granting hem the use of the streets for the purpose lamed. The. water system Is to bo com- iletcd within twelve months and the electric Ight plant within eighteen months from the late of the passage of the ordinance. WASHINGTON. The Standard Oil company has Just put In n 18,000-gallon tank at the South Dend depot. The State Agricultural college will apply o the legislature for a grant of $3,000 for a alrylng plant. . The Dungeness Trading company has built n approach and wharf about three-fourths -t - a , mile long at Dungcneas , costing $13,000. The Northern Pacific car shops at Edison re giving employment to 400 men and turn- ng out large orders for coal cars , besides egular repair work. The city of New Whatcom Is still In dark ness , the city council refusing to give the Ight company what they want , and the light company refusing to give the citizens what .hey want. Some -100,000 feet of logs were set loose by ho lilgh water just above Woodland , and floated down to the mouth of the Cowlltz. lost of them were recovered , some of Them after they had reached the Columbia. There have been shipped east this season rom North Yaklma 1,057,331 pounds of hops , 859,667 pounds of which have been shipped his month. This does not represent the otal county shipments , as there ore five other stations where many bales are being held for future shipment. The stamp mills In the vicinity of Loomls are all running , and the result Is bringing out several fine gold properties. At Conconnully there Is considerable excitement over the placer mines , and everything has been staked out for claims. Miners ore making good wages on a large number of claims. T. A. LInghani of Johannesburg , South Africa , has sent twjd cargoes of lumber to South Africa , nnd Js' negotiating for the whaleback City of IjYerdlt and other vessels of the same kind , tov < yigago In the same trade. There are cpuntrles which can com pete with us In whijat.ind cotton , but none ' .n Oregon pine. 5 f The German carp1 'am reported to be de stroying the sturgctou' wallows In Cowlltz county. They dig Into , ( lie mud and destroy everything in' sight , Tpey are wonderfully ravenous , and during. Uie great frcsliot this year they nearly rulued"some of the rich bottom tom land on Sauvla'ai.valley by rooting up tha grass. MISCELLANEOUS. ' ' In Arizona the Ha'rg'uijVIIala mine shows i surplus of $150,000'aifiX has declared a dlv Idend of 10 per cent.The oro. veins are Ir regular. f ' The Mount Baldy'rmlnlng district nea Marysvllle , U. T. , has come , out as a won derful producer of gold. Large ere bodle , of low grade are the rule. After a week's run with a full force o men the English company's great pumpliiE plant at Ploche shut down for good. Tin result of the clean-up was $30 In gold. Ex pert Glendennln has decided that the pump will have to be moved and their locatlor changed before they can work successfully. Senor Pallo Martinez Del Rio of Pueblo Mex. , who has returned from New York announces that arrangements have been per fccted for the consolidation of the Mexicai Southern and the Intercolonial railroads anc that the former line will be Immediately ex tended to Sallna Cruz , where It will connec with the Tehuantepec road , thus forming i direct route from the United States to th Isthmus of Tehuantepec. C. E. Mayne , well known to the people o Omaha , Salt Lake and Ogden as one of th mo-st active "promoters" during the boon days , and the original projector of the Ogdei power dam scheme , has come to the surfac again. This time he appears as the projecto of a transcontlental railway line , which aim ! have San Diego as Its western terminus an run through southern Nevada and Utah. Th novel feature of the enterprise Is that It 1 to be built by subscriptions from rallroa men. men.A A suit Involving the title to a large numbe of lots In Cheyenne and Evanston , as well a a large number of tracts of railroad land , ha been Instituted in the. United States cour for the district of Wyoming. The title o the case Is the United States against th Union Pacific Railroad company , and 1 brought under the act of congress of Marc 5 , 1887 , for the purpose of setting aside pat ents to lands wrongfully acquired from th United States under the railroad land grants It Is the Intention of the United States at torney to make present owners of the pror erty defendants In the case. It Is an Impoi tunt action and will require some time t take the testimony. A commissioner wl probably be appointed by the court for tha purpose. The official statement regarding the pelag ! scaling of 1891 , compiled from log book sworn to , has been forwarded to Ottawt London and Washington. They spent fret the 1st of August to the middle of Septembe strictly observing the law prohibiting the us of firearms under the watchful supcrvlslo of United States gun boats and conflnln themselves to the use of spears. Only aboi halt of the fleet were. able to secure spean men , nnd these did remarkably well. Dssplt this and other Interferences the total for tl year la the largest catch on record , the catc of the fifty-nine vessels being 94,474 th year's skins , against 70332 ; Vor the fleet i fifty-five vessels In 1893' ' and 45,385 for tl slxty-fivo schooners 'In ' 1892. There were er gaged this year 818 whites and CIS Indians , ACl.ll.l HnJo.T The pleasant flavor , gentle action and Booth ing effects of Syrurij ol-iFlgs , when In nee of a laxative , and IfUh * father or mother b costive or bilious , the most gratifying result follow Its use ; so that l Is the best famll remedy known , and dvery family slioul have a bottle on handi ' i -i i 0. 0.id id ' ss There's no Danger to tom to be feared , even if you doiujfi too much II IIo Pearline in the washing. If'there's ' any t- danger of damage at all , it's $ Jien you use tle too little. In that case , you'll have-to begin of ft that dreadful rubbing and carloads of Pearline couldn't do as much damage to your clothes as that will. ft Follow the directions on the to Is package that's the best way of Isn all. But remember , tob much won't hurt anything. It's-only a > d dY waste of good Pearline. i.- i.l - Cj/a - r\ Peddlers and some unscrupulous grocers will tell you " this is as good as" lm OU11LL or "tho same as Pearline. " IT'S FALSE Pearline U never peddled , : d 1 and if your grocer sends you tomching in place rf Pearline , be > P JE honest unfit tact. 439 JAilES PVL2 , New York. I.ITK11AHY JVOTTtS. The will of Mrs. Henry Hcmcnwuy of Mil- on , Mass. , provides that thn Income of an state of $15,000,000 shall be used far educa- onal purposes. Prof. W. S. Wyman thinks that President ndrcw Jackson , Instead of being the author ' the expression " 0. 1C. " ( abbreviation for all correct" ) , borrowed the phrase from 10 Choctaw language. In which the word okeh" means "It Is all right. " Mr. Henry W. Fisher Is probably the only nan who has interviewed the household of he late emperor of Russia In true Amerl- an style. The result of his visit and ad- enturcs at Fredcnsborg , Denmark , will np- car In an article called "Tho Truth About 10 Czar , " to bo published In Harper's Weekly f November 17. Dr. Edward Everett Halo not tinreason- bly thinks the fact significant that five dls- inctly American poets WhlUlor , Longfcl- ow , Bryant , Ijowell , and Holmes were nil fnltarlans. And with this should go the eclaratton of Rov. M. J. SavageIoston ( ) ) hat he believes that "no Unitarian can be ound who disclaims that ho Is a Chris- Ian. " "Tho Dawn of Civilization , " by Prof. Mas ere , edited by Rtv , Prof. Sayce , Is nn ouuced by D. Applcton & Co. The porio. ' colt with covers the history of Egypt fron lie earliest date to the fourteenth dynasty nd that of Chaldaca during Its flrat empire Tlio book Is brought up to the present year nd deals with the recent discoveries n ( toptos nnd Dahubur. The October Virginia Magazine of Itlstorj nd Biography continues Its antlquarar leanings from the manuscripts found li mbllo and private collections. Some o heso are of more than local Interest , such n The Causes of Discontent In Virginia , 167C , ' ho genealogy of the widely scattered Flour ley family nnd the discriminating review f Keith's "Ancestry of Benjamin Harrison ' Dr. Holmes paid as little heed to thr tctum of the. rhetoricians that a sentenc hould not end with a preposition or othci unimportant word as did the author of r vork on rhetoric , who laid down the rule 'A preposition should not b3 used to cndi i entence with. " Dr. Holmes ended not nly sentences but chapters with preposl Ions and other insignificant words. Fo xamplo , chapter VI. of "Elsie Vennsr" end vlth the words "attend to , " and chapter XII f the same novel ends with the words , "dl nt n 1. Herr Wltlmann. the publisher , of Berlin ays the Echo , has Issued a curious accoun of how the l.brotto of Rossini's " \Vllllair. ll" has from time to time been changet or political reasons on the continent. Ai ho Royal or era. Berlin , In 1830 , for exam- do , the title "William Tell" was altered tc 'Andreas Hofer , " the hero of the Tyrolesc nsurrectlon against the French and Ba- arlan , who was shot at Mantua In 1810 vhlle the tyrant Gcsslcr was , of course , re placed by a French general. In Russia the > : cco was some sixty years ago rechrlstened 'Charles the Bold , " and Instead of William fell another hero was Invented , called Ro- lolpho Doppleguggel. It may be added Meyerbeer's "Les Huguenots" has In Italy and elsewhere suffered similar alterations , or both religious and political objects. BOOKS RECEIVED. MARIE. By Laura E. Richards. 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