THE OMAHA DAILY BE IS : MONDAY , JU TE 10 , 1895.
Cripple Greek Scores Another Good Strike
This Time in the Homo Bun ,
QIMRTZ RICH FROM GRASS ROOTS DOWN
Couth DaUotn Cuttlomen Want the Kitrth
renclnc I" Government I.nuils nnd lias *
Ins I'til'l'c ' Ilnnil * I.iiruiule'i * Illc
Coat Vein w of the NortlnrosU
' One of the most Important strikes that has
been made In the Cripple Creek district re
cently U that of the Home Run. It Is lo
cated on the south base of Squaw mountain ,
just west of the town of Victor. Hlcli quartz
was found at the grass roots about three
iwcckn ago , says a Victor special to the Denver -
vor Newt. The shaft has attained a depth
nf thirty ftot , from which there has been
tlilppcd five tons of high grade ore , the first
1onot _ which milled $223.80. The second
chlprnent , It Is thought , will run even more.
In addition to the high grade they have
shipped five tons of mill dirt , which will
average $10 per ton. There are about six
tons of mill dirt on the dump , making up to
date over sixteen tons of good grade ore
from a thirty-foot shaft. Considering that
this strike has been made In a section of the
district thai has heretofore been looked upon
with fomo suspicion makes It all the more
Important. The vein , which Is about four
< ind a half feet In width , has been opened up
300 feet south of the main shaft. One foot of
ore was opened up , an average sample of
which ran $ C2 per ton. A picked specimen
of quartz showed 148 20-100 ounces In gold
jicr ton. The same vein Is opened 200 feet
north of the main shaft and shows up a fine
Btrcak of ore assaying well. The assay re
turns on thirty different samples show good
values from $30 to $1SOO on everything called
ere that comes out of Ihe hole.
FENCING PUHLIC LANDS.
J. 1) . Fay , a special agenl of Ihe general
laud oinco , whose duty It Is to sec thai timber
IH not cul from government land and used
for unlawful purposes , reports that many
complaints are made to him of persons fencing
vacanl government land In various portlom
of South Dakota , cays a Chamberlain dlS'
patch to the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader. H <
has alerady been called upon to Investlgat-
reveral cises of this character , In which hi
lound II necessary lo notify the olfendlnt
vartici to remove their unlawful enclosures
This they arc obliged to do within sixty dayi
from date of notice , or suffer the cense
quences. The practice Is growing In parti
of this state and Is a veritable nuisance li
many places. In almost every Instance cat
tlemen are the offenders. The cattle o
homesteaders who locate In the vicinity an
thus cut off from easy access to water , am
Iho refuge of the draws and breaks along th
dtrcams are monopolized hy this approprla
tlon of public laud. They are not conten
with fencing In large portions of the publl
domain In the unsurveyed parts of the Iliad
Hills. In many instances the only roads li
the vicinity are closed up , thus greally In
convenlenclng Ihe miners and traveling publl
generally. Cattlemen In the western portloi
of South Dakota are naturally averse to th
settlement of homesteaders In their vicinity
or on public land appropriated by them a
a range for their herds , and In order to prevent
vent such settlement have In numerous In
stances constructed fences around water hole
and small streams to prevent the home
nlcaders procuring water , and thus practical !
keeping them oul of Iho country. The per
nlty for fencing government land Is a fine c
not exceeding $1,000 and Imprisonment nc
exceeding ono year for each offense.
COAL AT LARAMIE.
Nothing but good news continues to com
from the coal discovery south of the clt ;
says the Lnramlo Hoomerang. It was sui
posed thai the vein which hai' been oncoin
tered was but sixteen Inches In thlcknes
The vein Is now known to bo more than foi
feet , with a probability thai It Is six (
seven feet.
It was supposed In the first place that tt
yen was hut sixteen Inches , bul a drill hi
since been sunk thirty inches further In U
vein , and II did not reach through the coa
thus showing four feet of coal thai had bee
prospecled. Very slow progress In the woi
is being made at the mine al present on a
count of the trouble the water Is giving thcr
The lale heavy storms have soaked tl
ground and the surface water is running in
the shaft. Now a pump Is being placed
the shaft and the water will give lilt
trouble hereafter , A vein of water has al
been encountered In the shaft.
A Union Pacific coal agenl was making 1
qtllrlcs about the coal and finally started o
for the mine The people are afraid th
the company will purchase the proper
where the vein has been uncovered. Otlie
believe , however , that the coal dcpos t w
bo found so extensive In that direction th
the company cnnnol control all the coal Ian
Coal has been traced by old miners len mil
Goulh of the city , with Indications of It dl
ping to the northwest. Even should the ve
be bul sixteen Inches , It Is largo enough
vork. Many mines are worked with
smaller vein than thai. Small lests ha
been made of the coal In burning and It
found to burn freely and to make fine whl
ashes.
CLAIMS PART OF JUNEAU.
A commission has been authorized by t
Department of the Interior to take tes
mony In Alaska wllh a view lo detcrmlnli
the ownership of a largo portion of t
townsllo of Juncau , says a Port Townse-
dispatch to the San Francisco Examiner.
Etrlp of land 1.500 feet long and COO fe
wide , on which are located the Unit
States court house. Occidental hotel a
many other buildings , aggregating In val
about $150,000 , Is claimed by two mlnei
claim locators , Goldstein and Nadcan. Th
claim that some years ago , at a pub
meeting called to discuss the situation , tin
official papers Issued by the governmc
were forcibly taken from them.
The history of the case goes back to 18
when placer mlnca were first discovered
Gold crook , which runs through Juneau.
' was about thai time that a prospector d
covered a gold quartz ledge beneath win
the court housa now stands , Subsequen
lie found a better ledge in the basin a
abandoned the claim. Some four yei
later , after the court house and many otl
' buildings had been creeled on the proper
Goldstein and Nadeau came along and
located the claim. They performed the n
ulslto amount of labor lo entitle them
n mineral patent. The application we
through the regular course In Ihe land
flee , nnd after being regularly sent to Wai
Inglon Iho citizens learned that a part
their city was about to be gobbled up
the Issuance of a mineral patent. A c
tens' meeting convened , and Goldstein e
Nadeau wore Invited to bo present a
show cause why they should not rellnqu
their title. The two men were bitterly i
nouncod and excitement ran high for i
time being.
Goldstein Is said to be determined to i
force his rights and will now Insist u [
' his claim to all the land embraced In
application and the Improvements thereon
The quartz in the disputed claim Is &
to be of a medium quality f
easily crushed , and It properly
erated the mine would become quite va
r.blo. Goldstein says be has ample cap1
at his back to develop the property ,
may bo years , though , before the title
ectlled so that work could be commenced.
GREAT KUSH TO THB MKTHOW.
A. H. Gamel , a prominent mlno owner j
returned from the Methow region , told
reporter of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer t
fully 2.000 prospectors have gons Into
usverat districts along the Methow t
pr'ng , and more are arriving on ev
steamer via Wenatchee , and some from C
leo City. Concerning his holdings and
country generally he s ys >
"Thb ( own of tves , on the east bank of
Methow , at Its confluence with the Columl
is already populated by about 400 people , ;
a more mixed class of human beings ne
xlsted anywhere on the face of the eai
i AVe have a great place there ; pilgrims , g ;
biers , prospectors , merchants , sporting I
jile of both sexes , and. In fi
everything and everybody that E
f > make up a typical mining i
agricultural camp. You see there are a R
many farms In that vicinity , too. so that
have good people mixed up with the I
> Ve have two saloons , a brewery , resuun
" < ! no , we have no churches ret , but t
will como by and by. Once In a whll a
traveling preacher comet our way and girts
u the word of tha EoipeL"
"Immediately across the Methow river , the
district Indlcntti well , and there li a con
tinuation of the Orey Eagle rein , with a.
depth of 000 ( cet. Immediately below the
Knglo Is the Four Ace claim , Tvhlch la fairly
well developed and sliows a very rich de
posit of high grade orci , smelter returns giv
ing | 04 to the ton In cold , with a small
amount-of silver. None of the claims In the
camp carry more than two ounces of silver
to the ton. From the Orey Eagle hill to
Johnston mountain ono passes over a perfect
network of bona fide mining locations. On
Johnston mountain are situated the two
Meccaa of the camp the Highland Light and
the Hidden Treasure. On both of these prop
erties there has been a good deal of sinking ,
excavating and tunneling , and Indication ! arc
that there nro rich and continuous deposits
of very high-grade ores. Just below the
Highland Mght Is located the Chicago claim ,
on which oonslilerablo development has bten
done , with excellent showings , Ilclow t'ne
Chicago Is the Just In Time and Philadelphia
blt of locations , rich with deposits of gold.
This bolt shows n continuous vein for three
miles , with consecutive location ; , on most of
which shaft- ? have been sunk and tunnels
run , Invirlably developing Il'.io depcslts of ore.
At the nppx of Johnston mountain Is the
Look Out group of claims , all ridi.
"On the mountain acrosx Squaw creek arc
situated the Mountain Lily , Den Ilur and a
large number of other well defined claims , on
most of which shafts have been sunk and ex
traordinary largo bodies of ore discovered ,
carrying an average of $25 per ton.
KHHHASKA.
Klmwood's new fifty-barrel flour milt will
commence grinding Juno 15.
Two women evangetlrts are conducting a
religious revival at Hlmwood.
Two dialer county newspapers have sus
pended for lack of patronage.
Elrmvood has organized a Uoard of Trade
and will endeavor to grow n little.
Springfield defeated a proposition to vote
$5,000 for a system of water works.
Two men are digging for coal In Thurston
county and have already sunk a shaft 100
feet.
feet.John
John Pcyson Is under arrest at Dakota City
for selling liquor nt a summer resort without
a license.
Charles Huston , n 14-year-old boy nt Sterl
ing , was drowned In the Nemaha river while
swimming.
A movement Is on foot to construct on
electric railway connecting South Sioux City
and Covlngton.
South Sioux City Is enjoying a boom by
reason of the construction of the new bridge
across the Missouri.
The nautical citizens of Fullerton will In
vest In a steam launch to plough the raging
waters of Cedar river.
Fifteen car loads of piling for tho1 new
bridge across the Missouri river at Uakot :
City are on the ground.
The 3-ycar-old child of n.V. . Grant a1
Olenover fell from a second-story window
but escaped with Its life.
Arthur McOlnnls , 7 years old , living a
Ileatrlcc , undertook to learn to swim. Tin
fui.eral was held the next day.
Several prisoners kicked a hole In tin
Gage county jail and would have escapee
hut for the vigilance of Sheriff Kyd.
It Is asserted that Omaha men are content
plating a new dally paper to be printed a
I'lattsmouth , with telegraphic features.
A man giving his name as Judge Aide
married a Nebraska City lady after havlni
been acquainted with her only live days.
The annual Methodist Episcopal camp meet
Ing for the Norfolk district will commenc
August 22 and continue until September 1.
Charles Donaparte , the Winnebago India :
who killed Henry M. nice In a quarrel , ha
been acquitted. He made a good case of sell
defense.
Edward Davidson and John Larrlmorc ar
In jail at Falrbury charged with passln
counterfeit sliver coin on Gage count
farmers.
Lightning struck Able Bros. ' general mei
chamllse store nt Mlnden and $5,000 worth c
goods were ruined before the fire could li
put out.
The assessed valuation of the real cstat
In the village of Wakefield this year 1
$36,485 , while the personal property foots ute
to I2C.2CO.
William H. Illanvllle of Edison was boun
over to the district court on the charge <
shooting with intent to kill. He has to
felted Ills ball.
Frank Stone , a dusky crook from Omah
Is serving n thirty days' sentence for the
at Beatrice , with a ball and chain to ke (
him from wandering.
A company Is being formed at Cedar Hai
Ids to extend the Errlcson ditch throne
Hoono county , and thus place 20,000 acre's i
land under Irrigation.
Burwell expects to secure a beet sug ;
factory wlthoul putting up a bonus. All tl
citizens have to do Is to guarantee 3,000 acn
of beets the first year.
The comptroller of the currency has d
clared the final dividend to the creditors
the Hod Cloud National bank. The bank hi
paid 90 per cent of its debts.
Twenty-three years ago Mrs. Charles M
Menerny graduated at the Blair High scho <
Last Friday night she had the pleasure
seeing her daughter graduate from the san
sch col.
Conductor Lash bounced a tramp from ) i
train at I'latte Center. The next day t !
o fellow fired a bullet Into the train , givii
Lash an uncomfortable feeling for sever
moments.
Andy McClenahan and Joe Emery cngag
In an altercation at Gerlng. The villa
doctor prospected In McClenahan'a system f
several hours and developed a lead mine
paying proportions.
Joseph Zavorka , 47 years old , a widow
and a farmer near Snyder , married a gl
wlth whom ho had been acquainted but
week , Jle was married on Monday and dl
suddenly from heart failure the next day.
Charles IlntisclilM caught 1,000 pounds
catfish on his farm near Papllllon. The 11
floated into a bayou on high water , but ne
lected to float out with the tide. Cons
quently they were stranded when the wat
receded.
The Infanl child of Mr. and Mrs. Fr
Turner at Beatrice was smothered to dea
one evening last week. The baby was asle
on the bed with its brother , 2 years ol
The older child rolled across the face of t
Infant , suffocating It.
Two unknown tramps sat down on t
Union Pacific track between Wood HIver a
Orand Island and thoughtlessly dropped
ileep. The one that lived long enough to t
about it said that the train failed to wa
them up , The other was killed Instantly.
IOWA.
Work has been commenced on a new ope
house at Onslow.
Henry Schloman died suddenly of heart d
ease at Norway , after having lived there fll
years ,
J , I ) . Goldlng ran away with a Marsha
town servant girl , deserting his wife a
family.
Davenport la asking the national conferer
of Charities and Corrections to hold Its m
session at that place.
Ex-County Auditor Van Auken of Cei
Oordo county is on trial , charged with mu
latlng county records.
Thomas Streng , 18 years old , accidents
shot himself with a rifle at his home at N <
way. He cannot recover.
The Masonic grand lodge closed Its flfl
u * second .session at Dei Molnes last week s
adjourned to meet next year at Boons.
I * A state rifle range for the Iowa Natloi
Guards has been established at Cedar Kapl
The ground has baen leased for ten years.
James 0. Bain , a police detective of I
131 Molnes , Invested $400 In a gold mine seve
i at years ago. List week he sold out for $35,0
he Mrs. Carrie Dalllnger of Des Molnes si
its oessfnlly passed an examination for a cert
cate to law before the
ry practice supreme cou
IU- The recent rainfall over Iowa amounted
IUho one and one-half Inches for the entire sta
This Is equivalent to a lake twelve feet di
he over Polk county.
la , Frank Pleper. a farmer living near W
nd kins , fired a shotgun at a tramp just
rer scare him away. The tramp was palnfu
th. wounded. Pleper was arrested , but afterwi
in- discharged.
President Cassatt of the Pella Natlo
bank , who made an unsuccessful attempt
nd commit suicide , has been arrested for c
> od bezzloment. He ls alleged to have getaway
we away with $00,000.
id , A case Involving the tltla to 30,000 acrei
US land , scattered over several northwest' '
USy > counties , will come up bofon tb supr *
court toon. The land was entered In 1S57
by John Irwln , with soldiers' land warrants.
He became Intane and the land wa * sold for
taxes and never redeemed. The helm now
seek to recover possession of the land. Most
of It Is Improved.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
Tht State Medical society will hold Its tour-
teenth annual session In Parker on June 12
and 13.
Commissioner Lockhart will give up trying
to secure any school lands on the Yankton
reservation.
Rapid City has raised $1,200 to be given In
prizes at the firemen's tournament to be held
there In August.
During the year ending May 1 , final proot
was made on 78,000 acres of land In the
Aberdeen land district.
The Oacoma Gazette soys that for the past
few weeks there has been a continual stream
of prairie schooners and cattle coming on to
the Sioux reservation.
New hay has been marketed at Yankton as
early as the 22d of May. Wild hay was cut
as early as the 10th of last month , putting
hay on the market earlier than known In
any previous year.
The state Insane asylum at present contains
333 Inmates. This number HIM the building
to overflowing and there are eight cases wallIng -
Ing In different portions of the state which
cannot be accommodated.
State Treasurer Phillips has returned from
a trip east , where he succeeded in easily
floating $98,000 worth of South Dakota school
bonds. He says South Dakota securities are
considered gilt-edged in the east.
For the ptcsent season there have been
leased 300,000 acres of school land at an av
erage price of 5 cents per acre , and there has
been collected through the department since
the 8th day of January. 1S33 , $113.000.
The round-up on the Sioux rangi Is pro-
grassing finely. About 203 men are engaged
in the round-up , which will completed
about June 20. The calf crop Is greater this
year than during any previous season on this
range.
The Custer axle grease factory may now
be said to be practically completed , so far as
its readiness for the manufacture of axle
grease U concerned. This fact was demon
strated the other day when 1,500 pounds of
the product was produced.
Dullness before the land olllce at Mitchell
has fallen off amazingly , as up to the 25th of
May but seventeen applications had been tiled
on the reservation. There are now about 800
quarter sections of fine farming land which
can be secured It parties desirous of securing
them come at once.
Iteports have been circulating of a rich
gold strike on Iron creek on the road between
Keystone and CustPr. The ore Is said tc
assay $300 per ton. The district has nevei
been very thoroughly prospected , but as sev
eral Keystone men have gone over there , thej
will soon learn what there is there.
The government has decided to put In i
system of water works at Lower Bruli
agency , and the work is now under way
This agency Is a new one In every partlculai
and no expense has been spared for the com
fort of the ofllclals and government employe :
stationed at the agency. The new Lowei
Brulc agency Is one of the most substantial
Indian agencies In the west.
Ed Lemon , manager of the Shleldley Cnttl
company of the Black Hills , has returned t <
the state from a trip to Mexico , Arizona am
New Mexico , where he has been In the Inter
est of the above company. While away Mr
Lemon purchased 10,000 head of range cattl
and has shipped them to South Dakoti
rai ges. Seven thousand five hundred heai
have already arrived and the rest are on th
way.
Contracts have been let for the erection c
twenty-six cottages for the use of the em
ployes of the mills at Edgemont and wor
will be commenced thereon at once. Eac
cottage Is to cost not less than $1,100 , an
will be models of neatness and convenient
Two stone bridges will be built across Col
tonwood creek , near the woolen mills an
every fifth block will be reserved by th
company for park purposes.
A telephone company has been organize
which will construct a line connectln
Mitchell with Sioux Falls and Sioux City , la
together with all points en route. The rlgt
of way will be secuied at once and constrm
tlon begun. Should the investment pro\
successful , the line will b3 extended throng
to the Black Hills , thus completing dlrci
communication for Sioux City and Sioux Fal
and other points with the Black Hills coui
try.
try.There
There are so many artesian wells In Brul
county that when another one Is finished
does not create a sensation , but the gushi
just finished four miles south of Klmball Is , I
the parlance of the well men , a "daisy , " lei
than 1,000 feet deep , with eight-Inch caslr
from top to bottom , and the amount of wati
thrown from it Is marvelous. Ninety thoi
sand gallons of water every hour , 2,1GOOI
gallons in twenty-four hours , flowing over tl
P'alrle. It can hardly be believed until see
A representative of the American Pla
Glass company has bean nt Edgemont Inve
tlgatlng the merits of South Dakota grindli
stone for the purpose of substituting It f' '
the Scotch stone In the preparation of tl
trust's product for the market , which In
been used exclusively heretofore. Lari
sums arc spent abroad annually for Import
ttons of this kind by the trust , and they e
pect to keep this money at home In tl
f future , as the tests of the domestic grindli
e stone have proven satisfactory of late.
The Crow Creek Indians have Invited t
s Yankton , Brule , Slsseton , Standing Ilo
e and Cheyenne agencies to participate In
K grand celebration of the Fourth at the
il agency. Crow Creek , S. D. There will pro
ably be several thousand Indians prcsei
d The great event of the day will be t
o sham battle between the different trlbt
r The bucks appear , mounted on ponies ,
if full war paint on a suitable battlefield , t
opposing sides charge each other , giving t
r old time "Indian yell , " with all the rcallti
1 of actual Indian warfare. Following tl
the chiefs smoke the pipe of peace , a :
the athletic sports begin , Indian base ba
foot racing , homo racing , boat races , etc.
if For some time past there has been co
h slderablo excitement over some float fou
In the vicinity of Outnont , Lawrence count
which assayed $90 to the ton. Mini
claims were at once staked out In nil <
rectlons In the vicinity and prospectc
d have been trying to find the ore body. E
h they will now have to wait until the c
P crop grows , for It has developed tli
1. those valuable little pieces of float we
10 taken off a carload of ore passing throu
Dumont on its way to Kansas City In
a mine on Yellow creek and planted , wl
id the hope probably that some of the propel
o owners In the vicinity would bo enabled
11 "unload" some of their property at t
: e expense of tenderfeet.
COLORADO.
Several mines are being started up In t
vicinity of Alma and the camp Is unusua
busy.
* " The Pawnee Land and Cattle company i
' placing several thousand head of cattle
the range at Brush.
The St. Paul mine on Milwaukee hill
Garrison has developed Into one of the le :
Ing mines of the camp. A4ta > s range frc
$30 to $ ii.
The Midget on Gold hill at Cripple Cre
Is showing up better than ever. There i
seven feet of ore In the bottom of the sh
that average a trifle more than $100 to I
ton.
A four-foot body of lead ore has been stru
on the Rosebud at Duncan , from which w
shipped a 500-pound sample to the Puel
smelters , getting returns of $18- per ton
gold and 20 per cent lead. So far this Is I
only lead property In tha camp.
The Ore Flno mine at Jamestown , Bouli
county , has been leased by eastern capital !
and will start up about July 1. New n
chlnery has been ordered and will be put
place Immediately. There Is a good body
high grade ore , and about flve feet of 1
grade running $20 pr ton.
James Carr , while prospecting on Bonai
hill , just above the side lines of the Bonai
mine , at Duncan , struck the cropplngs ol
four-foot vein , with twelve Inches of a t
streak of honeycombed quartz ore that fal
sparkled with frfe gold. The strike v
made on ground that had been run over hi
drcds of times.
t-
tto Says the Colorado Springs Telegram : 1
last of Pharmacist has been
ly car ore samp
rd and runs 4.06 ounces gold , nearly or ab
$100 per ton. There were over twenty ti
rdtl of 11 and will net the company about $1,1
tl As this Is the second car In ten dsys
ton company will teen have plenty or funds
nen apply on Its debts.
en . There have been some very rich qua
enof lodes discovered In the vicinity of Hah
of Peak , and It Is a good field for tha prespect
rn as there are Indications of rich quart *
no posits. Harm's Peak Is about six tulles e
from , the Four Mile district , and can be
reached by stage fram AVolcolt on the Denver
& Rio Grande , by Way of Steamboat Spring' ,
or from Rifle , and llle'Djnver ' & Rio Grande
by way of Meeker aiyd Cralg.
GeM mines are .rfMpg even faster than
'
w-heat , cattle , Iron or'oil. The Portland mine ,
Cripple Creek , which \ < as examined fourteen
months ago. at the pnlda of $200,000 , U being
reported on by two well known mining en
gineers at $2,500,000"or ( the controlling Inter
est. The extent of' thb ore deposit ! Is not
well denned , but It lsi ; < iry groat.
At the Belle of Tltuivlllc , Gunnlsoa county ,
good ore continues tobe the rule. A soft
streak of decomposed 'talc Is the latest to
claim the laurels fnrlmerlt. Assays of this
uttiff yield over 9fO , funces ) of silver and
three ounces gold tier ton , while the hard
streak joining thls'rnrts ' over 400 ounces In
silver and 95-100 In gold to the ton.
WYOM.ING.
Over $170,000 has bqen expended by the
citizens of Sheridan during the past year
In the erection of now buildings.
Two thousand flve hundred acres of Salt
creek oil lands In Natrona county have been
sold to West Virginia parties at a good
price.
Owners of the Metcalf mine In the Silver
Crown district , near Cheyenne , have received
an assay of sample ore , showing $19 to the
ton In copper and silver.
The liny crop on the Lnramle plains this
year will be something enormous , and the
range will be belter than ever before , nays
the Laramle Republican.
Carbon county's wool crop Is placed at
3,25ri,000 pounds by the Rawllns Journal.
This year's output discounts that of any
other county In the state.
Black crickets are hatching out by the mil-
liens In ttic southern part of the Big Horn
basin. The ground Is black with them and
ranch men have fears for their crops.
A party of eastern capitalists visited the
coal fields near Sundance with a view of pur
chasing the lauds and opening mines. Their
Investigations have proven most satisfactory.
P. J. Quealy of Hock Springs has twenty
men employed developing his coal prospects
at Harris' Fork. He expects to build a spur
track to the Oregon Short Line , a distance of
six miles.
A couple of Newcastle men made a rich
find the other day. They discovered a wolf
den in which were thirty-three wolf pups ,
nil ofvhltfii they killed. The- reward In
bounties amounts to over $500.
Henry Jordan of Sheridan has commenced
work upon n ditch to servo as a race for a
flour mill , which he will build on lower No-
wcod In the Big Horn basin. This will be
the first Hour mill In thU part of the coun
try.
Dave Blanchard of Upper Owl creek , near
Kmber , caught nn 800-pound silver-tip bear
in a trap and succeeded In bagging him.
The animal had killed a number of young
colts in the neighborhood before his cap
ture.
Hears are being slaughtered In Wind , or
Big Horn , canyon , eight miles south of the
hot springs , nearly every day , It being noth
ing for a man to bring In two or thrco
hides , with a proportionate amount of bear
steak.
Ora Haley Is putting up a first-class cream
ery at Wyoming station , twelve mllus west
of Laramle. It is In the center of n fish
pasture region. Over $5,000 will be spent In
machinery and 500 cows are being purchased
by Mr. Haley.
E. W. Holland and J. D. Paulson of Sara
toga have had some surface rock , taken from
a lead on the Savery , assayed at the Wyom
ing university. Tie | rfsult shows $20.72 in
sliver and $2.20 in gold. A mine will be
opened on the lead. '
Metsrs. E. L. Mhrnfcy and A. F. Washing
ton , representing iSUl Joe , Mo. , capitalists ,
have returned from flic Rattlesnake basin
where they have I/elm reeking over o'l lands
Their report will no" favorable , and they will
locate a large bodf r of land for their cm-
ployers. ,
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Henry F. Cody of Omaha has erected i
$50,000 building at Blierldan. It is coiv
structed of dressed > stone from the quarries
at Edgemont , S. I > rand ( Is one of the largest
and handsomest buildings In the Btate
It covers a space of 6 < Skl20 feet , and Is threi
stories high , i u
An application will he made to the Unitei
States government to grant a right of wa ;
across the Shoshoiib reservation for a stocl
trail. RnngcfT whlchuirrtll'Accommodate 10 ,
000 head of cattle above the north fork o
Wind river are unavailable , because tin
latter reservation cannot be crossed will
stock.
C. E. Griffin of St. Louis left Rock Spring
for the Baby Boy gold property and will pu
a force of men at work changing the cours
of the Sweetwater river , which now flow
over a heavy vein of gold-bearing quartz
The Baby Boy Mining and M lling cornpan
was recently organized under the laws o
Kansas , and has a backing of $5.000,000. Be
sides the claim of that name , the compan
owns several other claims In Sweetwater an
Fremont counties.
s West of Rawllns ranges are In bette
r condition than for seven years past. Con
6 stant rains and good growing weather ar
the cause. Farmers and ranchmen hav
been able to get along thus far without Irrl
gallon. As water is plentiful , there Is n
doubt that crops of all kinds will b
abundant. Cattle arc picking up rapidly , an
will bo In good condition for early shir
ment In the fall. From the present outloo
the calf crop will be very large.
There is umiBiul activity In mining circle
In the vicinity of South Pass and much pro :
pectlng and development work is being doni
. Mill runs from the Carlsa mine show 1 !
ounces of gold from forty-six tons of on
Fifty tons of the Barr mine ore gave a retur
of eighty-seven and one-hulf ounces. Durin
the month of April $2,100 net was realize
hy the four men working Ihe Oarlleld mln
The Oregon gulch placers , localed Uveh
miles south , are be ng worked by hauling tl
pay gravel to Sweetwater creek , where
Is sluiced with a rcsull of from $3 lo $7 a dote
to the men engaged in the work.
OREGON.
Ontario Is Jubilant al the arrival there t
water through the big Irrigation ditch.
Dennis & Hall , miners on Jackson creel
picked up a nugget a few days ago wcighln
J4S.75.
Wool In large quantities Is coming In evei
day into Baker City , Heppner and Tt
Dalles.
From all corrals In Klamath county comi
ch reports of sheep shearing , heavy fleeces belr
; the rule.
: h The sheepmen In Union county report a
unusually good lambing season , 90 per cei
y having been saved.
Tha Waterloo woolen mills are now runnlr
for general business , with tlireo month
orders ahead on blankets alone.
A bonus of $1,000 U offered by a larf
cattle dealer to any one who will constru
a telephone line from Canyon City i
Burns.
The snake pest Is prevalent along the banl
of the Sink river. Myriads of'the big blai
reptiles vie with tbo rod and reel flshermi
In capturing the festive "chubs. "
Den ton county loggers who are getting o
cottonwood logs 10 be > iled In the manufactu
of paper at Oregon''City ' , are said to be plan
Ing young cottoh'Otooa trees wherever tin
operate. ' ' ' ' * X' '
Sheepherders Blbnji'.Uppor McKay crec
Umatilla county , .are bVlng. supplied with rlfl
and ammunition , a 'njpcessary part of the
outfit. In view of ft > alficreaslnE deprcdatlo ;
of bears and coyotes. '
Several Coos bay lumbermen are putting
bids to supply a , porlon ( of the ties whii
will bo used on th $ pqa Joaquln valley roa
The specifications caf ior either white ced
or redwood hewn tlesj , . Three hundred the
sand Is the nmoun ( required.
Prof. Lanltw of ? linker City has disco
ored a solution whichlie ] , claims will revel
lionize the proceaj vok treating Trail ere
ores , nuking smeltltigjunneccssary. He h
cxrerimentad on sma.ll scale with succes
ful results and will Irtal a carload of ore
his laboratory In Baker City.
Bears ere getting numerous near Go
Beach , several having been seen at Huntei
creek , Big prairie and Grizzly camp. Stoi
has suffered from their ravages to such i
extent that It hai been determined to have
big bear hunt. Dogs have beep ent for ai
a grand round-up will soon be started.
William Helsler of Beaver reports to t
Prlnevllle Review quite an excitement In th
neighborhood over recent gold discover !
he about half way from the head of Beav
to creek to Canyon City. He 'says there Is
toU question that rich placer diggings have be
U discovered on a little stream called Murd
creek. The creek received this omlno
name from the fact that some prospectc
were supposed to have been killed by India
there In an early day. It U claimed the 6
eyed sluice boxes litre been found
they were mining at the time of the Indian
attack.
Stock Inspector James It , WybuJ com
pleted his labors of Insptctlng the sheep of
Morrow county , and finds 241,630 sheep In the
county 1 year old and upwards. Out of this
number 43,500 have since been driven out of
the county by eastern and local buyers. Mr.
Wyland estimates the lamb crop of the county
at about 125.000.
Frank Cochran , a boy 12 years old , living
near Brownville , was out In the woods after
a cow. His dog scared up a deer and tlitf
boy throw the noose of a rope that ho had In
his hand over the deer's head and caught a
turn with the line around a ? malt oak grub ,
It was found upon examination that the deer
was as blind as a bat ,
A new postolflce called "Mule" has been
established In Anderson valley , Harney
county , with James F. Mahan as postmaster.
In casting about for a name the people over
there could not agr e. and as Mr. Mahan
raises mules , and as the Postoffice department
la partial to short names , It was decided that
Mule would about fit the case , and the name
was adopted.
It will surprise our eastern readers , says
the Condon Globe , to learn that U. C. Henry ,
whoso cxcollent farm lies four mile. ? south of
Condon , Is cutting wheat with a reaper. Mr.
Henry did not get through cutting last fall
when the thresher quit work , so he Just left
It till this spring. The grain Is In Just an
good condition now as It was lost fall , and
will yield Just ns much to the acre.
WASHINGTON.
About 300 blcycl"s are owned In Olympla.
Ten new churches have been organized at
Spokane the past year.
Work has begun on n $12,000 girls' dormi
tory tor the Pullman college.
Over 100 laborers have Just passed through
Colvllle to work on ths Slocan & Kaslo rail
road.
road.Tho
The Indians along the Qulnault ore catchIng -
Ing many Qulnault salmon and shipping them
to the Sound.
On June 12 the new Jury law , which per
mits nine of the twelve Jurors to return a
verdict la civil cases , goes Into effect.
The Roslyn Coal company Is making ar
rangements whereby the widows and or
phans of the slope disaster of 1S92 are to bs
provided for.
A corporation Is to bo organbed In Se
attle to establish a hatchery In Sprlngbrook ,
near Orllla. The purpose of the corporation
will bo to grow trout for the market.
Northport Is growing. New business places
are springing up. A new harness , saddlery
and shoe shop , as well as a new restaurant
and a concert hall , nro to be opened at once.
A contract has been signed for the erec
tion of a smelter nt Lcavcnworth , within
a year , to have 100 tons dally capacity. It
Is to bo erected by the Blalne Mining com
pany for treating the rich nickel and cobalt
deposits of the Lcavcnworth district.
Within the past thirty days there have
been 140 car of lumber , shingles and lion
shipped from the Whntcom mills. This , witli
the amount shipped during the past month
from the Woodln mill at Fairhaven , makes a
itol of 200 carloads from Belllngham bay.
Reports of cargo shipments from the nlnt
rlnclpal cargo mills of the state of Wash-
gton for the month of April show that
ital of 13,336,039 feet of lumber was shipped
i foreign ports , and 13,757.103 to domestic
orts. making n total of 27,093,747 feet o ;
umber.
The combined dally capacity of the shlngli
nllls now running In Castle Rock vlclnlt ;
s 400,000. BesiJes these now In opcratloi
Jharlos Sturm and Ilcmln & Son will In i
; hort time have their mills running , with !
omblncd capacity of 100,000 ; which wll
nake n dally output of 500,000 shingles , am
t is said the mills are receiving orders fo
.11 they can saw.
Palouse City Is making great efforts t
lecure the establishment of the covete
eet sugar factory at that place. Ilppre
icntatlves , of eastern capital have made
propositions to build a factory of 350 ton
cr day capacity , provided the people wl
give a bonus of 1,000 acres of land , locate
ivlthln a radius of six miles of the cltj
Meetings are being held in the school house
bout Palouse , with the hope of securing th
bonus.
There are now 428 prisoners In the pen
.eiitlary , five of these being females. Mri
Grler of Spokane was the last one receive !
She is pale and thin , and will die then
There are 250 men at work In the jute mil
o turn out 10,000 sacks per day. Thor
are about 150 at work In thu brick yard ;
these being the hardest worked of nil , Tli
others nro employed In different shops , cool
ng , laundry work , gardening , otc. Onl
seven of the prisoners are professors <
religion.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Los Angeles has a mule which Is name
Trilby because of Its pretty feet.
E. R. Hawley of the Lost river countr :
Idaho , has just sold 4,000 horses at $10 pi
head.
Pack trains and prospectors bound for tl
mountains are a common sight In the stree
of Denver , Idaho.
During the flnt twelve days of May ov <
12,000 head of cattle , valued at $180,000 , wci
shipped from Arazona points.
A proposition to confiscate the property i
the Snllnay Gas and Water company will 1
voted upon at a coming special election.
An Invasion of crickets is reported In tl
Wood river country In Idaho. In places tl
ground Is said to be black with the pests.
The Alvarado beet factory has contracti
for 2,800 acres of beets this season. It h
also reduced the price of beets 20 cents p
ton.
ton.Jack
Jack Raycraft brought a meteor to Carsi
that was found near the Sweetwater mou
tains , It Is composed chiefly of nickel ai
weighs about 200 pounds.
San Diego lemon growers are contractli
with buyers for this year's crop at 2 to 2
cents a pound , as against 1 to 1V4 cents
pound for the crop of 1894.
The Dominion government refuses to era
the usual subsidy of $3,200 per mile for t !
extension of the Esquimau & Nanalmo ra
way from Wellington to Union , U. C.
A few years ago there was an abundance
catfish In the canals of the San Joaquln , b
on account of the presence of carp , which a
an enemy to catfish , the latter have nearly i
been killed.
One Redlands , orange grower , who h
twenty-seven acres of grove , has sold 1
fruit this vear for about $10,000 , which w
net to Uio owner about 25 per cent Intere
on his Investment.
Rumors are afloat in the copper trade th
the Rothschilds have bought the Anacon
mine , the greatest in the world. It has pi
duced 100,000 pounds In one year and cou
turn out CO per cent more.
Redwood City , Cal. , la elated over the prc
pect of securing a large flow of oil from we
about to be sunk there , The Indications
oil are said by experts to be promising , a
hopes of a rich find are running high.
Along Miller creek , Alaska , In the past s
son or two the yield has averaged as mu
as $1 or $1.50 a pan , and claims staked c
two or three years ago are now held at prle
varying from $2,000 to $20.000 each.
A tramp was recently arrested In Alamc
for refusing to chop wood In payment for
meal. When arraigned before Judge Mor
ho stated that the reason he did not chop tweed
wood was that he never worked In tumir
time , and seldom In the fall.
The extraordinary Increase In the numl
of divorce cases In Montana courts Is caus
by the going Into effect of the new divoi
law on July 1 , when It will be a great di
more difficult to eet a decree of ne pa rat I
from one's legally wedded spouse.
For many months fonr swarms of bees ha
held possession of the Methodist EpUco ]
church In East San Jose , and investlgatl
showg they have deposited over 300 pour
of honey , which to ba secured will necesslti
the tearing down of parts of the church.
On the Daly ranches at Hamilton there I
creamery In the course of construction wh
will have a capacity of ! > 00 pounds of but
a day. The patronage of home Industries li
saving doctrine which gains more support
every day In Montana , says the Helena :
dependent.
Indians In the v.clnlty of Chlco , espca !
those on Rancho Chlco , are laying oxtens
plsns for a celebration on the Fourth of Ju
The Indian band will be In attendance to f
nlsh patriotic music , the Declaration of In
pendence will be read , anvils loaded w
powder will be fired.
Lee Vader drove up from Boulder I
to attend the meeting of the board
county commissioners , gays the Shoshe
Journal. He had trouble opposite the but
The crickets were so thick tbo horses woi
not wade through them. Two swarms wi
passed , one lot headed for Snake river , I
olhor coming Ihlt way. When the army
that It coming this way has gotten through
frith th * many lawns around town there
will ba no need of going over the ground
with n lawn mower ,
Pnsadena Is to have an Alpine club In con
nection with the Mount Lowe railroad llm-
Med to 100 members , who pay $1.000 apleco
and receive a guaranteed Interest of 10 per
cent , which Is to bo taken out In board and
other ways on the mountain , each member
receiving an equivalent In stock of the road ,
The big Bimetallic and Granite Mountain
mines at Granite , Mont. , have closed down
completely , throwing out of employment
about 1,000 men. It Is possible the combina
tion , the only other mine near Granite , will
also Bhut doun , as the men have rejected a
proposition to continue work al reduced
wages.
The directors of the San Joaquln Electric
company have awarded the contract for build
ing the big reservoir on the north fork of the
San Joaquln river , by which It Is expected
that electric power , motor and Illumlnant
will be supplied to Fresno In the near future.
The reservoir will cover eight acres , with an
average depth of ton feet. Work will be
begun at once.
Plans are under consideration for the devel
opment of a pottery manufacturing plant In
Mlssoula. It has been known for several
years that there exists near Mls oulu a large
deposit of pottery clay , which Is of very
superior quality. It has been given practical
tests , which hove demonstrated Its excellence ,
and It Is said by experts who have examined
it that II can be easily and economically
worked.
An application has ben filed for 10.000
cubic feet per second of water from the Colorado
rado river , on the west bank , about one and
one-quarter miles north of the Mexican boun
dary line. The water Is to bs used for power
and Irrigating purposes In San Diego county
mid Lower California , and will b : conveyed In
a canal 200 feet wide and ten feet deep , to
the Now r'ver ' country , a distance of about
eighty miles.
Steamers from San Francisco report the
waters along the coast fairly allvo with thou
sands of fur seals. The "Umatilla" passed
through Immense herds fifteen miles south
west of Capo Flattery. This Is an unusual
occurrence for this season of the year , for It
has been the general custom In the past for
the animals to migrate In April to northern
waters , for which place all the scaling ves
sels arc now heading.
The Eden valley ranch , known as the Carey
nd Townsend ranch , al Uklah , Cnl. , has
icen sold under foreclosure by the sheriff to
he Bank of Uklah. The mortgage wai for
JGO.OOO , the decree of foreclosure $79J)00. )
This Is considered the most valuable ranch
n Mendoclno county , and consists of about
:0,000 : acres of valley and grazing land. The
anch Is about forty miles north of Uklah
nd on a direct line of road to Round valley.
The Reno Journal remarks : The people of
Truckoe are feasting on mountain trout.
Eleven miles west of Reno It is lawful to
catch trout In the Truckee river , bul on the
Nevada side of the state line hooklnR a trout
Is punishable by fine or Imprisonment , or
iioth. If the trout only appreciate the pro
tection afforded them In Nevada they might
remain In this state , but according to reports
from Truckee the blamed fish , Ilko our mll-
lonalres. all get Into California.
"Last fall I got a sack and a half of
rye , which I Intended to BOW an my place ,
but was told that If I did so I could not get
rid of It , " says a Tularc , Cal. , ranchman.
"There Is a Frenchman west of Goshcn , Ir
Kings county , who had some of the worsl
alkali ground In the slate. He- heard 1 hai' '
the rye , and wanted to try It on the alkal
ground. I consented , with the understanding
that ho was to give half the crop. No
long since I wenl down In look al it , nm
was astonished to BCI thai Uio rye was
standing four and a half feel high. There
is a good stand , and U will yield a Ion
and a half lo the acre. "
Dlplitherlii Dlsrnvrrotl.
When a case of diphtheria Is reported tha
whole town Is In nn uproar. It is wise to IR
prepared for all such emergencies ! There Is
no cause for alarm If you have Allen's Hy
gienic Fluid at hand. Contagion Is impos
sible when It is used. U is a pteventlv (
medicine disinfectant , deodorant and gernv
killer , nnd has a remarkably agreeable taatc
and odor. It not only prevents disease , bul
la cleansing and healing. Refined peopli
everywhere use It.
A Turin I.iirgi'r Tlmn Hliiti' .
The largest ranch now running In full bias
In the state of Wyoming Is that owned b ;
ex-Senator Warren , The dimensions of thl
Immense "farm" are of such mammoth pro
portions that figures on Its area appear al
most fabulous and beyond belief. Its dl
mansions are seventy-five by 100 miles , am
it Is stocked with upwards of 00,000 animal
of various kinds. Including horses , cattle
sheep , goats , hog ? and half-breed buffalo
The Itemized Inventory shows that 400 horses
20,000 cattle , and over 150,000 sheep dallj
graze on the ex-senator's "broad acres. '
Compared with the slate of Rhode Island
this gigantic farm Is as a four-horse 'bus ti
a baby cab. The state mentioned Is enl ;
thirty-seven miles one way and forty-sevci
and one-half the other. The farm Is seventy
flve by 100 miles.
It Is old , pure and reliable Silver Ag
Whiskey.
THE DOLEFUL PROPHETS ,
'Ihry llnrr Not Vet Throntcnril tlio Cotm
try With Cholorn And K rer (
It Is not apparent , BO far , thnt this It
going to bo nn especially elckly mnnmon.
Tbo Job's comforters who nte fond , of pre
dieting ctiolora and deadly fcver.i , hava
been silent. Yet It cnnnol bo denied thai
tbo summer bent nhvnys brings out triers
or less innlarlii , particularly In district *
where the earth la totn up or drainage U
Im perfect.
Malaria nttncka the wonk nnd unnerved ,
but gives the hearty , well toned , buoyant
Hystvm n wide berth. Experience hai
shown thnt tbo best defense against It is
that Round nnd wliolejornn stlmuliint , Duf
fy's 1'uro Mult Whltkey. Mothers not only
tnko It themselves lit the llrst chill or
tremor , but they Klvo It to their children.
The effect I * nlwujs the panic.
At once the vital force Is so quickened
nnd nil tbo bodily functions o stirred thai
malaria IK readily shaken off. All whQ
know tin- splendid properties of Uuffy'l
Pure Malt Whiskey reKnnl It ns the bosl
of preNontlves. U Is never tnoro In tie-
in and than during tbo hot month"lion n
prompt mid Judicious stimulation niny aver )
n long and iintiKwott * attark of sickness.
Any ninbirlal trouble sticks mid cllngi.
Ilko a loovh. Tht > best wiiy to deal wllh
It Is not to have It at nil , Tlieio Is nq
of the least departure from normal
vliror and energy If met by Uuffy'H l' r
Malt Whiskey
His lifelong -
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fricuil ,
CURES
RHEUMATISM , NEURALGIA
Coughs , Colds , Lumbago ,
Sore Throat , Inflammation ,
Influenza , Frostbites ,
Bronchitis , Headache ,
Pneumonia , Toothache ,
Asthma.
Vsctl Internally tin well an Externally
A half to n tcmpnonful In hnlf n tumbler of water
euros Hloninch tr.ml.lon. Cold ChllU , MaUtlnU'ovori ,
Wliul In Uio llowcU , und all internal [ wins.
Fitly Cents a Hottlc. Solit by Druggist *
Y A CO. , Now Vork.
Itlarybyphillapvrtunnciitlr , cured In 16 to
JJ5dayii. Von can bu truntod at homo ten
( the rams price ttmlprsntno Kimrniity. II
Jyouproforto coma hero wo HlH contract
to par rnllrcmrt litre ami hotel bills , and no
ctmrgc.lf wo fall to cure. If roil Imye tnken mer
cury , inillilo | iotnsli , and mill have nrl.os and
p.ilns , Mucous I'ntclio * In mouth , SoroThroat ,
I'linploE , Copper Colored Niotn | , Ulrum on
nny p.irtof the body , llulrnr Kyobrown fulling
out.lt Is this 8ri > hllUn ! mOO ! > I' ( > ISONUiii !
we KuamiHco to euro. Wo eollrlt the niont obatl *
into CUKUH and clinlloiico tlio vror ! < l for n
cnnn we cannot euro , 'ihln dtH < mo tina nlirnya
tmfllod the oklll of tlio most omlnmit physl-
snOOOO cJipltal behind our unronill-
tlnrml fruarnntr. Absolute proof * > entseMod on
application. Addrcet < ; oK HKMiiY : CO. ,
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SKINS ON FIRE
Will ngonUIng cczcman nnd other
Itching , liuniliiK , bleeding , ecaly ,
blotchy , and pimply aklu and ncalp
dlspu c , uro initittitly icllc\cd and
speedily cuml by the cclobrntod
CUTIct'llA ItKMKUiEn , the ( 'rvHtcut
nLIu curoi , blood purlnen , .mil ! m.
inor rciuctllo 01 modern tlae * .
Hold throughout thu world.
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the world has ever known. It la harmless. Children Ilko It. It
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Crutorio prevents vomiting Sour Cord.
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Castorla relieves Teething Troubles.
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la Castorla neutralizes the effects of curponlo nclil gnu or poisonous nir.
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er Castcria doc not ooptnln morphine , opium , or other narcotic property.
er Castorln nsslmilaton the food , rogulatoa the utomnch and towels ,
ed giving healthy and natural sloop.
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Pon't nllow nny ono to soil yon anything else on the pica or promlan
that it is "Just n goo d " nud " will nnrurcr ovary purpose. "
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