THE OMAHA PAlIjY BF.K ; MOTTDAV , tlUJLr 22. 1805.
Pulse of Western Progress. I
Judging from what has so far developed ,
one ot the richest mineral strikes made In
thcio mountain. ) for many years has been lo-
cited on Mount Sharana , nortiivvcst of Oils
place Jotno fiftron mlles , at the head of
Ilrown's crcolc , says a Sallda special to the
Donvr Ilrpubllcan. Jt was found by a biy ,
In fac' , nobody but a boy could bo expected
to timl anything In such a spot. In company
uUli another nun he was prospecting the
inounUIn for his father , Thnmai McKelvey
TV three flays they hid boon ntteiip".iK to
rci h a certain ledge of rock , high up on
the mountain On the evening cf the third
day tlrrd and discouraged , the biy sat down
on a ledge of rock cropping out of the top
of a muund-Uko elevation about sixty feet
hlt'i nnd begin Idly chipping oft pieces of
rorl with hH hammer.
SudJenly he fprang up nnd shouled f\-
cltodly that he had struck It rich and In
large quantities , father and boy Immediately
ccncortrated their attention to this locality ,
and a few days' work developed the fart to
their bollnf that the entire hill was n mass
of mineral rock containing Ulvcr , gold , lead ,
copper nnd iron
The discovery was kept quiet and the pros
pect ma ; continued. Careful assays showed
that iome of the mineral would run $2.0 In
silver to say nothing of the gold , load and
capper
Mr MrKrlvry Immediately procaedpd to
take up three claims , each below the other , in
order to glvn him access from the basin
below nnd to furnish timber for working
the mlue
Then the ecret leaked cut and a rush of
prospectors began , and now the moun'tln Is
full of men seirchlng for the hidden treasure
A capitalist from Leidvlllp , representing a
mining company , accompanied by some min
ing experts , visited the mlno and nndo n
proposition to buy the claim outright. This
offer being refused he offered to bond the
dalm On being agiln refused ho asked If
the property could be leased This proposi
tion met with better favor , and as the owners
have not sudlclent capital to open the mine
nn the scale that It steins to warrant , this
proposition will probably bo accepted
Mr McKelvey Is a blacksmith and
as a side Issue has been prospecting for
sixteen years , but previous to this time with
out success , lie , as well as everybody else
who 1ms visited the new claim , is confident
that one of the richest deposits ot mineral
ever discovered In this section Is now ready
to lo developed
A ONE-TRACK UAILROAD.
In speaking ot the project of building t
Wcyclc railroad from San Tranclsco to Posca-
dero , the Intention being to ultimately come
to Santa Cni7 , S. W Iliigbeo of Oakland , vvlu
Is ono of the projectors , speak'ng to a reportei
on the Santa Cru/ Sentinel , said
"The bicycle railway is a decided novelty
though not entirely untried. The prlnclpa
feature Is a single rail nnd a single set ol
wheels under the cars , exactly like a bicycle
It Is claimed that this reduces the cost ol
construction of n line more than one-hal
and that the road can be built over grade :
and through country where even a narrov
K'URO road is Impossible
"This road is not an experiment. It hai
boon tried at Uelfast , I eng Island nnd a
Coney Island At the latter place It has beei
running two years and has carried 27,001
people and has never had an accident or In
jnred n person
"The plan Is perfectly practical nnd cai
bo adapted to either freight or passengers
A speel of 100 miles an hour can be made 01
It with perfect nufety , and the road can bi
constructed for less than half of the cost o
an ordinary steam road.
"Our proposition Is to build this road t <
I'escadero and develop some of this sectioi
of the country There are great resource :
there now , but there Is no way of developln ;
them The people of I'escadero have beei
promised a railroad many times , but all prom
Ises have failed We now propose to glv
It to them If they want It. The people seen
anxious for the road Some of the large :
landholders have made us flattering offers o
aid and a public meeting has been called li
I'encadero to discuss the matter
' We arc going to make It a people's rail
road and we want them to take hold am
f-how an nr-the Interest In the road. We cai
enhance the value of their lands and put tin
lumber , da'ry ' produce nnd garden product
of that section on the San I'ranclsco marke
If they dcslro us to.
"The bicycle has come to stay , and so ha
the bicycle railroad Once established th
value of the one-track road will be seen nm
It will bo extended nil over the itate , wher
ordinary steim roads cannot go "
A WHITK METAL , HCGION
When the returns of the three mill run
running respectively 1,100 , 1,200 and 2,30 *
ounces silver to the ton wore received li
camp a keener excitement prevailed than ha
yet been known The 100 or more recen
arrivals carght the excitement , and th
scrambling about the hills for locations wa
like the usual race for fortunes , says a Col
umblne camp special to the Denver News
To state the population of the camp wit ]
any degree of accuracy at this date Is 1m
possible , ns the hills , covering a terrltor ;
of perhaps 5x10 miles , are dotted with varl
ous and numerous camps. The largest cam
now Is known as Columbine and has a popn
latlon of about 175 A dally stage line i
now running from Hahn'H peak , making con
sections with the Whlpplo & Shaw line t
Steamboat Springs and there with the South
western line to Wolcott , on the Denver i
lllo Grante railroad. The pisscngcr trafll
lias Increased EO that now three outfits nr
kept on the through route. Preparations ar
bolng tn a do for the erection of a lodgln
house , stable , etc. The report which heem
to circulate -with greatest vigor at a distanc
of many miles from camp that free gold ha
been found Is , from the best that can b
learned , a fabrication. All of the ere vvhlc
Is being assayed carries a small amount c
Bold per ton from $1 20 to $8 B (
Gold In amounts of high assay Is , howevei
found on the south and cast sides of Ilihn'
peak , but this , the northwestern slope c
the peak , has not yet shown up any gel
strikes worthy of mention An assay re
celved at Halm's peak runs C 00
ounces In silver , and the owners <
the claim from which the ere was taken-
the Hidden Treasure lode are now sackln
ore ot this class , of which a ton will I
shipped the latter part of the month. Thei
are now three different varieties of minen
found , all running In silver a quartz carrj
Ing sulphurets nnd brittle silver , running i
high as 2,300 ounces ; a cjilorlde and sllvc
glance , assaying 2,800 ounces silver , and aero
ere greatly resembling the carbonates (
Leadville. The latter has not yet been assay ei
but mortaring and panning brings out man
colors
WYOMING WONRUUS.
Kil Drummond , who has been cutting cedi
posts near Thcrmopolls , came upon son
very peculiar drawings on rock , says tt
haramle Hepubllcan. In the pictures tl
largest animal , bird , spirit or whatever It I
is taller than a man can reach standing c
the most convenient rock. The "great splrll
stands with Its back to the audience , cram
Its head to the right and while watching tl
crowd with Its single eye , swallows a Iltt
forked-tall , manheadcd serpent. Close b
ueath the protecting wing of the "gre
spirit" are two buffalo ; one with head ar
tall up , Is galloping away , while the other
apparently watching the swallowing proces
Close behind the running buffalo U what m :
easily be Imagined to be an Indian on liors
back , but It Is aery poor rcpresentatlg
There are other pictures of unlmals and re ;
tiles hard to decipher , but nevertheless cut
ousW II. Iteed returned home last evcnlr
from the place known as the fossil bone r
glen , just above Steamboat Spring ! M
Ueed made the expedition In search of curk
Itios for the university museum , and he
highly elated over his success. He discovert
a number of valuable relics of past age
among which were the bones of a dinesaue
an extinct reptile , which , In size , ranged fro
nlxty-fiva to ninety feet In length.
A large number of glralllc fossils we :
also found , which will prove a valuable add
tlon to the collection at the museum.
U hci been ascertained that the caurl :
recently found by Prof , Knight , Mr Ilei
and Prof. WlllUon during their trip to Ma :
villH Is one of the rarest fossil speclmei
in the world. In fact , tt It elated that It
the only specimen of the kind known , savr
ono which In In the I'eabody museum , There
are none like It In the museums of Europe
MOUTH DAKOTA SILK.
A large gieon , golden spotted worm Is eatIng -
Ing the foliage oft the boxclder trees In the
lllsmarck schoolhouse grounds and playing
havoc with boxelders on the slope generally ,
nays a Bismarck special to the Minneapolis
Tribune. Noticing that the worm spun a
cocoon of unusually strong texture , Cd Sloan ,
the school house Janitor , sent a cocoon to an
eastern friend , who Is a silk weaver , with the
request that ho Investigate Its worth for cloth
weaving.Mr. . Sloan has slnco received word
that the thread In the cocoon was almost as
strong as silk , very similar In texture , nnd
that If ho would send on half a doen cocoons
his friend would weave him a "silk" hand
kerchief therefrom. Specimens of the worm
and cocoon will bo sent to Washington , U
C. , for "analysis , " and what now Is deemed
a pest may turn out a blessing
MAMMOTH CHICKBN UANCU.
There Is soon to be established In the vi
cinity of San Francisco a poultry farm , says
the San Francisco Chronicle , which , when
operated to Its full capacity , will be cal
culated to put upon the market 90,000 broil
ers and 2,000 000 eggs annual ! }
The Industry Is to be conducted by a com
pany forming to be known ns the California
Poultry company Among the Incorporators
are William McCracken of 9 Lick Place ,
Homer Saxe , a fanc > livestock dealer , and J
A I'lnch of Washington , D C , who recently
came to the coast to engage In business He
will be general manager of the company. It
will have i capital stock of $23,000 The
farm , which Is to be located near Petaluma
or Napa , will begin operations November 1 ,
and the flr.it chickens will be put on the
maiKet the 1st of Jinuarj During the first
jear 30,000 fowls will be marketed CO 000 the
second , and the third year , when the full ca
pacity of the plant Is reached , 90,000 chickens
will be marketed.
The plant of the new Industry will consist
of an Incubator house 20x34 feet , from either
Elds of which will extend a wing 40x123 feet ,
to bo known as the boiler houses , and a feed
and store house 28x50 feet and two stories
high The rest of the farm , which is to beef
of forty acres , will be de\oted to breeding
houses and pens for the fowls which lay the
eggs for the Incubator and for the market.
The breeding pens , In which are kept solely
the hens which lay the eggs for the Incu
bators , will bs 18x700 feet , divided into sec
tions 11x20 , with an out-of-door court 20x
200 feet
The building will occupy about a quarter
of the farm , aside from that occupied by the
main buildings , and the rest \\lll bo devoted
to pens and courts similar to the breeding
pens , In which the fowls which lay for the
market will bo kept. Each pen accommodates
thirty hens , making a total of 900. laying for
the market Theie latter , as stated , fuinlsli
an output of 2,000,000 eggs annually.
The eggs are to bo hatched in two mam
moth Incubators of a capacity of 2,040 eggs
each
The organizers of the company believe
the industry will develop enormous proportions
tions within a jear.
WOOL IN NORTH DAKOTA.
If the raising of wool In North Dakota In
creases In the future as It Ins In the pasl
flvo years , the state will bo ono of the most
extensive producers in the nation , says a
Dlimarck special to the Minneapolis Tribune
The great Increase In production In the pasl
few years has been remarkable , and the
rapidity with which the business has beer
built up from almost nothing Is surprising
Where a few jears ago sheep along the Mis.
souri slope were the exception rather than tin
rule , now the the bands of them are numerous
and large. In Ulsmarck a wool market ha1
been built up from practically nothing to i
sale of 175,000 to 200,000 pounds of'wool dur
ing the present year An accurate cstlmati
of the clip from Jamestown to Dickinson , th (
figures of which are furnished bj' those win
are in a position to compute the amoun
bought at each station , ! > as follows James
town , 80,000 pounds : Steele , 60,000 pounds
Bismarck , 175,000 pounds : Mandan , 250.001
pounds ; Glen Ullen , 150,000 pounds , Hebron
80,000 pounds ; New Salem , 20,000 pounds
Selnn. 10.000 pounds , Dickinson , 300,00 (
pounds , total , 1,115,000 pounds
The wool has averaged 10 cents throughou
the whole clip , and the amount ot monej
recel\ed by the sheep growers will , there
fore , reach about $110,000 This , It may bi
reckoned , Is almost a total gain for the slope
since It has been raised without any Interference
ferenco with or lessening of other Industrie- !
AN ALASKA ItOMANCR.
Juneau , Alaska , has a Husslan romance , o
wljat It fully expects will develop Into i
romance , and It Is almost as Interesting i
subject for dlscu'slon as the new gold fields
says the St Paul Pioneer-Press. Whei
Count de Lanceau , a joung Russian , vlsltci
Juneau eight jears ago he was 22 years old
and ho followed the example of other vis
Itors before him Ho took an Alaskan maldei
as Ills housekeeper She was attractive li
features and affectionate In disposition. / '
girl , named Lucy , was born to them , and tin
joung count was devoted to her. He wa
satisfied with his housekeeper and very foni
ot his little daughter Ho decided to rental ;
In Alaska and enjoy his new possessions
The count conceived the Idea of building i
castle on Point Lookout , overlooking th
town , and Ret men at work felling trees an
building the foundation A cj clone cam
along and blew the men and the lumber ol
Point Lookout , nnd the count changed hi
plans. He bought a lot of land In the platen
valley below , and set a gang of men at wor ]
clearing It. After he had spent several thou
sand dollars In this preliminary \\ork hi
father ordered him to return to Hussla. Be
fore leaving he deeded over ten lots 1
Juneau , three lots In Douglas City and
cannery slto at Cape Fanshaw to his daugh
ter , Graco.
The count said goodby to his Alaskan fain
lly and left his daughter In the care o
Frank Starr of Juneau Since the count's rt
turn to Hussla his fattier has died , and h
is now in possession ot large estates Fran :
Starr Is now In correspondence with him , an
ho believes that the count will provide gen
crously for his daughter. So It is amen
the possibilities that this wait In time ma
become an heiress nnd a young woman o
some Importance , In Hussla as well as I
Alaska.
NEBRASKA.
North Loup Is at present doing buslnes
without a bank.
Six Ked Cloud wheelmen started from Re
Cloud lo Denver.
The ninth annual session ot the Long Pin
Chautaun.ua begins July 2G.
The waste weir at Erlcson Irrigating can :
will furnish 160 horse power.
A telephone line to connect the cities c
Norfolk and Pierce Is talked of.
The First State bank of Arapahoe has bee
merged Into the Arapahoe State bank.
A daughter of John Goodman at Ohlow
was struck by lightning and Instantly killec
A woman pensioner at Wllsonvllle receive
back pension to the amount of $1,182 las
w eek.
The Dlxon State bank will establish
branch at Laurel , with n. A. Gurney 1
charge
Fullerton will vote Wednesday on a propc
sltlon to Issue $3,000 worth of bonds for a nv
school house.
The Genoa creamery has been sold to sal
: Isfy a Judgment. It will hereafter be ru
1 by local parties
The Nebraska City school census gives tha
city 3.IDS school children , a gain of twent )
seven since last year.
The Ancient Order of United Workme
lodge at York will erect a two-story brlc
building for Its own use.
The school district of Geneva Is $3,000 I
„ debt and there Is no money In sight fo
s school purposes the coming year.
Carl Hencelman , near Syracuse , had h !
right leg nearly cut off between the Kne
, and ankle by a mowing machine.
1 The Albion creamery has been rompelle
to put In an additional creamery , and Is no
handling dally 11 000 pounds of milk.
Tlia school census of Hod Willow count
counts up 3,300 children of school age ,
falling oft of 355 from last year The large :
falling off 1s In the town of McCook , wblc
Is 13G pupils short ot last year.
Dlxon county estimates that her verag
jleld ot oats over the entire county will t
fifty bushels per acre. Many fields -will ylel
100 bushels per acre. The w heat crop , takln
the entire county , will average twenty bust
els per acre , while It Is definitely settled that
the corn crop will be fhe largest ever raised
In the history of the county
Ashland has a dally paper the Summer
Breeze published by Harry G. Shedd , one
of the brightest young newspaper bojs In the
state.
S. J Anderson , near Osccloa , started In to
pull up n small patch of Russian thistles.
Ho pulled up 3.03S of the pssts before he fin
ished.
David Simmons of Beatrice has received
notice ot a pension allowance , ditlng back
to 18G5. He will get nearly $1,200 In one
lump.
Thlrtj'-fivo of the old swivel chairs for
merly used In the state senate chamber of
Lincoln have been sent to Grand Islind for
the u e of the veterans In the Soldiers' home.
The Norfolk factory has shipped 800,000
| pounds of brown sugar to Chlno Cai , to be
refined , In order to clear up all old stock be
fore commencing the run on this > ear's heels.
Washington county Is proud of one of her
old settlers His name Is J F. Mason He
Is 9J jears old and Is perfectly able to travel
from ono part of the state to another with
out assistance He has voted for every presi
dent since John Qulncy Adams.
The treasurer of Webster county has solved
one phase ot flic financial depression by col
lecting $9,131 of delinquent personal taxes ,
ranging over a period from 1S78 to 1892
The collection of these back taxes has put
the county general fund in good shape.
Holllo Cash nn 11-year-old ton of W. II
Cash of Kearney , two weeks agT > plunged
Into the tanal near that city and pluckl'y
rescued a companion from drowning He
caught a cold , however , and died Saturdij
night His funeral was the largest ever htld
in Kearney.
Harvey and Harry SeabrooK of Ashland
launched a couple of boats on Salt creek for
an exp'oratlon They sailed out onto the
broad bosom ot the Platte , Which was run
ning bank full They were unnb e to row
back against the current , and their boats
were carried down the stream. They emerged
from the mouth of the Platte Into the MIs-
[ sour ! and were carried as far as Nebraska
City before they were able to effect a landing.
They returned homo by rail.
Wayne county has 65,000 acres of wheat
this jear , which will yleU on an average
twenty bushels per acre , or a grand total of
1,300,000 bushels , which will bring , at 40
cents a bushel , $400,000 , or $45 to each In
habitant The county will also have 1,500-
000 bushels of oats , which she figures will be
worth 15 cents per bushel From 125,000
acres of corn she expects to husk 4,000,000
bushels. With her cattle , hogs and grain she
expects to market $2,500,000 worth of prod
ucts this fall.
IOWA.
Tlpton will have a new school house at a
cost of $15,000.
The state treasurer cancelled $113,000 worth
of outstand'ng ' warrants last week
The agricultural college cadets will be one
of the attractions at the state fair.
The Third and Fourth District Editorial as
sociation has been in session at Dubuque.
Three prisoners confined In the Adams
counly Jail at Corning sawed their way to
freedom
The ofilclal footings of the recent state cen
sus returns will not be completed for two
months yet.
C T. Huff at Jefferson was thrown off a
mower and nearly cut to pieces. He maj pos
sibly recover.
Julius Pasedach , a well known merchant ol
Mason City , died from the effects of an over
dose ot morphine.
Alice , the little daughter of Dr. Malln , al
Llvermore , was run over by a freight train
and cut to pieces.
Major Buttles of Burlington has stopped
the Sunday German concerts In that city In
the name of reform.
Joe Clinton of Carlisle was run over and
killed by a Burlington train while crossing a
brldgo over the Des Molnes river
The yield of barley In the vicinity of Iowa
Falls Is averaging from fortj-fivo to fifty
bushels per acre , machine measure.
Bankwrecker Cassatt Is number 3,121 ai
the Anamosa penitentiary. He wears tin
regulation prison uniform , and Is shown m
special favors.
John Potter , a well known citizen of Kudd
wont to bed In apparent good health. He diet
quietly In the night and the fact was no
known until morning.
Clara Fellbaum , a 14-year-old Dubuque girl
irmed the habit of stajlng away from hem <
11 night with utler strangers. She Is li
he reform school now.
Charlton has a running team In tralnln ;
'or the races to be given at Corning , Septem
icr 10 , under the auspices of the Soulhwest
> rn Firemen's association.
The business portion of Alia Vista wai
learly consumed by lire and $40,000 worth o
> roperty destroyed It Is believed that tin
lire was started by tramps.
The top wave of moral reform has strucl
Des Molnes , where the major has decreei
hat the bathing suits at the public ball
liouso shall reach from the neck to the knees
Tha third reunion of the Iowa Hornets
N'est brigade , Including members of the Second
end , Seventh , Eighth , Twelfth and Four
teenth Iowa Infantry regiments , will coin
nenco at Newton August 12.
George Henry , agent for a beef company a
Keokuk , shot himself three times and the ]
stabbed himself four times In the vicinity o
the heart. He did not kill himself , but i
likely to die of blood poisoning
One farmer In Cherokee county threshei
a field of oats , twenty acres , and the resul
was 2,080 bushels , an average of 104 bushel !
to the acre. He modestly admits , however
that It was a phenomenal yield
Miss Blanch Warner , a 17-year-old Waterloo
lee girl , took an overdose of laudanum am
died from Its effects. She had been in II
health for some tlmo and her family ar
afraid she took the drug with suicidal Intent
Tabor college has added several professor
to Its faculty and raised tha price ot tuitloi
from $10 a term to $12 a term.
THE DAKOTAS.
The South Dakota potato crop Is estlmale <
to be double last year's acreage , with at
enormous average per acre.
The fifth annual state fair of the Jamei
Hlver Valley Fair association will be hel <
at Jamestown September 21 to 27 , Inclusive
The construction of a new hotel at Dead
wood has been started It Is to be a three
story stone , with seventy-five rooms and mod
ern appointments.
It Is said that the formation of a compan ;
with a capital of $250,000 is now under waj
for the purpose of erecting at Pierre one o'
the largest sanitariums to be found anywhen
in the world
William Place and several other stocl
men west ot Chamberlain on White rive
have been proceeded against by the federa
authorities for herding cattle on the Indlai
reservation. Large numbers of stockmen'
cattle have been seized and are now held a
the Rosebud agency as contrabands. Stock
men will be tried at the next term of tin
United States court at Deadwood.
The government js preparing to experlmen
In the artesian well line on the Rosebuc
reservation. Machinery has arrived at i
point about twenty miles east of the agency
and the work of sinking an artesian wel
will begin shortly. The object Is to determln
whether or not the artesian basis underlie :
that country. If the well Is a success numer
ous others will be sunk on the Rosebud am
other reservations
Trouble Is brewing between stockmen am
homsteaders residing on Medicine creek li
the ceded Sioux landS northwest of Cham
berlaln The bay crop In that region Is large
than ever before , especially in the vallej
and along the tributaries of Medicine creek
Th"re Is considerable vacant Kovernmen
land In that tectlon and the strife exists a
to whether stockmen or sellers shall cu
I and haul away the hay crop from the gov
ernment land
Now that the new Uw has gone Into effec
reducing the length of residence to get i
divorce to seven months altogether , the clt
of Yankton has a peculiar proposition to con
slder A young man has arrUed from th
out and Is Interviewing the attornejs at tha
place with a view to entering Into a contrac
with them to furnish them divorce cllenti
He claims to be well acquainted In the eas
and a good rustler , and he proposes to hun
up people who are unhappily uurrlol tud ID
duce them to get a divorce , and convince
them that Yankton 1 the proper pUre to gofer
for that purpose. The attorneys have n t n
yet entered Into tlm.jip.heme.
At a meeting of. tbp representatlvs of
Plcrce's creditors nd of the Leavenworth
Bridge company , U.is practically deter
mined to build a Uildpe across the Missouri
at Yanklon. All the preliminary work has
been done , nnd If dPders * are given to pro
ceed with the vvotkl lionstructlon will com
mence In sixty daya. The estimated cost of
th : structure Is $250,060 and Is to ba Inde
pendent of the Yanltlon & Norfolk railroad
bridge , which will also be completed at once.
A great deal of misapprehension exists In
and outside this state In regard to the present
status of the Nortli mkota game laws. The
shooting ceason begins August 20 The code
of compiled nnd rdvlied laws , as passed at
the last session of tha legislature , will not
go Into effect unty some tlmo next winker ,
after the laws are printed thirty daya after
the proclamation of the governor , and after
the fhootlng season Is over. The amcndmenls
to the stale's game hvv , requiring a $25
license fee from outside shooters , are In
cluded In the code , and therefore cannot be
enforced this feaaon.
COLORADO
The Blue Bird , Cripple Creek , Is producing
some good ore these days The first c n s Is
rated at $500 per ton
A discovery of gold on Willow creek , about
seven miles nortli of Como. Is reported , and
many prospectors are now In the district.
The management of the American Flag
mine , Ollpln county , Jias Just encountered n
four-foot vein of lead ore In the 600-foot level
of the mine , which Icoks very promising
L.ito arrivals from West Dolores announce
that a big strike of rich ore has been made
In the Emma. The pay streak Is said to be
two feet wide , and will average $170 per
ton In silver and gold valu = s.
A good strike is reported to hnvo recently
been made In the Black Belle on Beacon hill ,
Cripple Creek , the ore from which yielded
at the rate of seven ounces to over 200 ounces
per ton Selected samples from the best ore
gave $1,048 and $1,248
Henry Wood of Denver made nn assay of
ore from the Hussell mine , at Paiiner Lake ,
which resulted in $234 10 In sliver to the
ton. The mlns Is beginning to present a
fine appearance to Its owners , free gold hav
ing been found In borne ot the ore.
Prospecting In the lower Parryall district
has become \ery brisk this month A strong
vein of galena was uncovered Just atter the
4th and since that time a grcit number of
prospectors have gone to tint district. Old-
timers predict a rush and many believe that
the camp will be permanent
It Is believed that the work of the govern
ment surveying party now at Colorado
Springs will disclose an error In the reckoning
made from the old Kansas Pacific survey of
the elevation In this locality , and that the
altitude of Pike's peak will be proven to
be 15.G47M. feet , a gain of over 1,100 feet.
For about one year past prospectors have
been working on the Wheeler ranch near
Summit station on the Midland in search
of pay ore , and finally their efforts have been
rewarded with a strike of apparent high
value At a depth of ninety feet they are
reported to have six feet of ere from which
assays as high as $2,26S have been obtained
within the past few days
WYOMING.
In the last strike of ore at the Cooper
Hill mlno the assays bliowcd $49 to the ton
In gold and silver.
Returns of the ore taken from the Hazen
mine , recently opened up near Douglas , give
returns of $1,500 In gold to the ton.
The creamery recently started at Wyoming ,
near Laramle , is In full blast and turning
out several hundred pounds per week.
A new strike of rich ore was made on
the Go den Summit mine , says the Newcastle
Journal An assay made by Mose Lyon gave
returns of $245 gold per ton.
Much Interest 14 being manifested In the
Hartvlllo onyx fields , and It Is said negotia
tions are pending with eastern Investors , who
will shortly visit Hartvlllo to compl ° te their
Investigations.
A party of ycunp people from Lander went
over to the Indian agency to see the Indians
perform the wolf dance CSilef Sharp Nose
charged them each 23 cents , saying "When
Indian go tovhlto man show , he pay ; when
white man go to Jndlan show , ho pay , too. "
An application for 4,000 acres has been
made by a Fort Brldcer company for land
along the Black Fork river in Ulntah counly ,
An application foi 10000 acres along the
same stream will bs filed by the Black Fork
Canal company.
The Alpha cinal , composed of Papllllon ,
Neb , people , Is reclaiming 10,000 acres ol
land under the United States laws , In the
Big Horn region , and has a colony of Ne
braska people ready to settle on its land as
soon as work on its water system is com
pleted.
Over 3,000 acres of placer ground have been
stiked oft this spring near the mouth ol
Crystal cieek , a tributary to the Gros Ven
ire , In the Jackson Hole country , says the
Gazette About 100 mlneis and puispectors
are In the counry , and rumor bays thai
every pan of dirt thus far vvork'd has showr
fine colors , and the prospects lor a perma
nent camp are good.
A clean-up was made by some Laramle par
ties on their placer workings In the Douglas
creek district and shows an average of over
$10 a day The claims are owned by Messis
Wolcott and Story brothers and were worked
by two men This is the second clean-up
this season , the first producing $7,000 In gold ,
Some coarse gold was shown In town and In
cluded nuggets from 50 cents to $25 In value ,
A powerful gas well has been discovered
In the pountry some few miles from Douglas
The escape of gas Is natural and comes from
the ground vlth a roaring noise through an
orifice which Is three or four feet wide al
the top. The sheep herder who found It approached
preached near to It In order to smell It and
was knocked benseless In a moment , but re
gained consciousness on being taken out ol
reach of the gas.
The city of Liramle will shortly begin the
construction of a new and complete watei
syslem. Bonds to the amount of $10,000
which will be taken by the local bankers and
capitalists , will be Issued at once and the
work of construction to be finished befon
winter. The water supply will bo obtalnei
from springs two miles east of this city
and the pressure will be obtained by gravity
the fall being over 115 feet
OREGON.
The Slletz reservation Is to be openei
July 25.
A single firm at Burns shipped about 500,001
pounds of wool to the railroad this year.
Strychnia was tried on the crickets In tin
vicinity of Harney , but only seemed to mak (
them livelier.
The farmers of the AUer slope are maklnf
arrangements for digging an Irrlgallng dllcl
from Hurricane creek , near the mouth of tin
canyon. The ditch , It Is estimated , will watei
100,000 acres.
The police aulhorlties of Pendleton re
cently arrested three men as vags , who
after being kept In jail over night anc
brought to trial b8.fre the recorder , de
clared that they were acrobats on their waj
to Spokane to fill an , engagement. The recorder -
corder had a space li ) the room cleared , am
after enjoying an loqr of some ot the fines
PURE ,
HARMLESS ,
SATISFYING
TOBACCO
Nicotine Neutralized
-DYSPEPTIC
tumbling ever produced on circus boards ,
concluded lit * claim of the men uai ctlab-
llshed , and let them go on their \ > ay.
The 1'endletun scouring mill has received
to date 2.4G3.SSG pounds of wool , ot union
2,000,306 were brought In by railway , and
457.GSO by team.
li , I ) , Alley recently found n largo stone
knlfo while spading In lila garden on Ills
ranch near Nchalcm , The Knife fa about four *
teen Inches long , and Is supposed to ha\o belonged -
longed to a prehistoric man.
The Irrlgitlon ditch near Ontirlo. which Is
to bo twelve miles In length and co\cr 10,000
acres , Is nearly completed , nnd one lateral
Is already built. The main ditch Is tlfteon
feet at the bottom , twenty-IHe feet at the top
and ll\o feet deep
A child of Mr. Dallas , who Is camping on
Wilson rl\er. came neir being captured bj o
conger the other day. The animal was dis
covered Just as It was ready to spring , by the
mother of the child , who threw stones at the
brute and droxe It away.
A largo ca\o was discovered and pirtlally
explored recently by James Dlllman. James
1'elton and other ? , Ihu miles beyond the lJ\a
on the road leading to lllg Meadow , Ore , on
the Deschutcs The ptrty explored the ca\e
for n distance of four mllc" >
Illrds are gild to be tuny dostro > lng the
fruit of orchards on the Malhcur river nnd on
Willow creek It Is slid that so great Is the
de tructlon that the crlcltet pest which re
cently visited these sections of country could
not be compared with the birds
A number of enterpr'slng ' young men are
endeavoring to nuke a large body of unctiltl
vatcd land northwest of Milton "bli'som as
he rose" by utilizing subterranean water
vhlch will be raised to the surface by moans
if largo pumps propelled by steam or gaso
Ine power.
Oregon contains more than 25,000 000 acres
of arable land Th Willamette \allev alone
contiins 5,000000 acres Over 10.000.000 ( or
about one-sixth of the of the whole state ) Is
covered with forests , the balance of the
state being mountain , gia/lng and desert
ands , the latter of which can nearly all bt
nade hlghl } productive by lirlgatlon
The Conley farm , In the Grand Honde
alley , will not have a first class yield this
ear , but a better one tlnn last There are
,000 acres In wheat , COO acr'S of which Imt
leen damaged by gr& shoppers , 900 acre
sill glvo a good half crop and 2,500 acres
vlll jleld probably twenty to twenty-live
millets to the acre It Is eitlnnted that
rom the present outlook the Conley fields
vlll turn out a total of 70,000 to 75.000
bushels of wheat this jear.
WASHINGTON.
A Seattle firm tent seven , tons of bottled
icer to Hongkong
Spokane mining brokers are endeavoring to
'ave a mining convention held In that clt >
omo tlmo In October ,
A flno elk was seen quietly grazing with a
> and of cattle near Hlma , not long ago. Ills
elkshlp was killed the next day by Ulnin
mnters
*
The Washlngtonhn reports tint 100stlcks
of giant powder were discovered under a
sidewalk In Hoqulam , near the business part
of town , recently.
Lake Whatcom loggers have orders for
6,000000 feet of logs , of which 5,000.000 arc
; olng to up-Sound mills nnd 1,000,000 to the
lelllngham Hay Improvement compiny's
will.
will.Drue
Drue Canyon coal will be used by the Great
Northern Hallroad company on the Cascade
division. This , in conjunction with the con
tract awarded by the United States govern
ment for 3.000 tons a month , will necessitate
an Increase of operatives from eighty to 100
men.
Persons returning from the Okanogan coun-
: ry confirm the report that an Indian child
tiad been eaten by hogs a few days ago ,
says the Wilbur Heglster. It seems that a
squaw residing just below the Indian school
on the Okanogan river had left her papoose ,
tied to a board In the customary manner ,
leaning against a tieo while she went to the
river to do some washing When she re
timed she found several head of hogs fight
ing over the remains of her child The hogs
had devoured the child , All t\itpt Iti liiid , j
and tint only rcteniblfd a bail of dirt I
A \vlnc collar , hiving n capacity ef 200 ( M ) ,
Kiljons , U being built In Alexander valley , '
Sonotin county , California , by Napi cipltnl
tits. Choice vvlno grapes nlo telling In the )
valley named at $15 per ton , |
Work on the Improvement of Uvrro't lur- !
bor Is to begin \ ry soon. The prcllmlinry '
lines Imvo been run. Tiio work will bo com
mcnecd at the lower i-nd cf Smith's Island
and U Is expected to bullJ. about one mile
and a third with the present iipproprhtkn
I'crsoni who have recently returned to
Kllonsbiirg from the White Illuflii of the
Columbh say the river Is filrly alive with '
I trout , which can be caught by the liumlnd
They also say that there i\re \ thoiisinds of
giouso In that region and they are ns tame
us barnyard fowls -
Another relic of the prehistoric i > U < phim
has been found by K 0 Lovojov on th nortli I
side of 1'cnn's cove , on Whldhy Mind It
Is a tusk from which n set of billiard bills i
sK or more Inches In diameter , could ! >
carved Mr Lovejoy dug out n section two
and a hilt fert In length Upon exposure
to the air It soon lost Its bony apprarai' o
and crumbled away
< * SWEET SAVORY- - SATISFYING
SWIFT'S ' PREMIUM |
Think of the thousands of limns
mul bacon that Roout from South
Oinahu d.iilyl Wo select lint the
p bi'sloiipi for the brand"SWIFT'S
I'KKMIUM"
Smoked lightly
tiitnmcd nicely o\trn mild not
R.ilty. No man could tnnko thorn
hotter.
For Sale by all First-Class Dealers.
SWIFT AND COMPANY.
A SOUTH OMAHA. NED. 2
for Infants and Children.
HIKTY - yon.ru * fVbuervntton _ _ _ _ of _ _ fc- Cnntorlnwith _ _ tlio - pntrnnngo * - of
million * of pomonn , pormU u 1ospcalc _ of tt without
It is nnqiioatlnnq'bly tlio tioat ronimly forjiifanti nmlChlldrou _
the world ban ovnr linown. I tI _ _ li armlnm > . Children Hli o it. It
glvcs thom health. It will grtvo their Jivon. In U Mother * Imvo
something which in n/lmolutoly / unfo praotloally perfect ni a
child's raeiUolno.
Cnntorla dcstroy-i Worm * .
Cnstorlrt nllnyn
Cnatorift prevents vomiting Sonr Curd.
Cnatorla cnroi Dlqrrhroa mill Wind Collo.
Cn-itorln rollovoM Toctlilng Troubles.
Cnstorln cinroii Comtlpniloii rtndJFliitulonoy.
Cngtorin nonfrallzoa thoi _ nootagf rnrTionlo nciil gray or polnotionn Mr.
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Cast orln. cloos not contain niorpliiuo , opium , or other nnroot lo prpportr.
Castorla jn.siimlln.toii < ho food , regulates the utomnoli mill bowels.
giving boaltliy nnd natural sleep.
Cftatorin. is put np in nno-stzo totting only. It in not sold in Tiiillt.
Don't ollow nny QUO to neil yea anything ol o on the pica or promltn
jha. * . it is "ju t mi Rood" and " will answer every purpoio. "
f---o thnt you pot C-A-S-T-O-R-I-A.
Tlio fnc-RJmUo in on every
gluaturo | of wrapper.
Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria.
EXPEN
OF BOSTON