THE OMAHA. DAILY JlBEtSttlONOAY , JUNE 28. 1807.
case The representatives of the * ate ore
/K entitled to great credit for the aUe manner
In which the cafe na proccutcd. The de
fense wan well conducted add the technical
points presented' In A manner that called ( era
a depth of legal acumen anil ability on the
part of tli state that was not wanting at any
time. The verdict In the Hartley case In a
\tarnlng to other embezzlers of public money
in Nebraska that if Justice In elow , It Is cer
tain ,
Illalr Pilot : Last Tuesday the jury In the
case of defaulting ex-Treasurer Hartley
brought In \crdlct for the state and found
Hartley a defaulter to the amount of eome-
thins over $160,000. This decision comes na
a sense of gialincatlon to the republicans
All over the state wlio have been grossly
insulted by the acts of Hartley. The Pilot
predicted the outcome nnd In moro than
Vlenf.pi ] to mention thn fact tliat tliln result
no early obtained has been brought chiefly
by republican officials. Jndgo Halter has
boon largely Instrumental In bringing the
defaulter to a speedy trial and an early con
viction Ho ban held the defenno down to
t > U8lnca nnd ban ytt given It rope enough HO
that them Is hut little hope of a new trill.
After thn verdlrt was rendered In. court
Judge Haker reinnnilcd Hartley to jail to
await ncntenro Ills attorneys offered ball
which Mrna refuzL-d by the court on the
ground that hall wax Intended to relieve per
sons "before " tliclr trial when they arc under
the law presumed Innocent , but a verdlcl
of guilty xotfl that assumption aside and
Uakor iH'llevia that It la out of hla i > ro\luce
to accept ball
1'aplllUm Times : "auilty1" That's what
the Hartley jury ald. It aroma too good to
be line that now , after year * of Immunity
from Ki'Hous prosecution , one of the long
line of Nebraska's public thieves haw been
actual ! } found guilty by a Nebraska court
Let U6 not rejoice at the downfall of one
weak man , but let us rejoice heartily that
at last notice has been sorted , by n
Ncbtaska court that there shall no longer
bo iccotjnl/ed an ailstocracy among thieves ,
and that from henoeforth our prlrons arc
open to the rich as well as to the poor. Had
this rule bet-ii maintained fiotu the begin
ning ( ountlcHj thousand * of thu public funds
had been waved fioni dlvlmnciU hands , and 11
thief would bt < , i tblcf In Nebraska no intt-
ter wlm HIP al/e of his stealings. I'orhapia
the supreme court may release the convicted
rascal on n torhnl'allty. but for the present
It Is oil' ugh to know that ho Is headed to-
nvard prison ( loots. Hli erliuu was especially
mean It was like stuallng fooil from a alck
HIIUI'H hand. Ho stole at a time when hU
ntatt > wan most In need ; at a time when the
! > oopln had been port1 curaed by hot winds
from Texas and a financial policy from Kng-
laml He ll\ed In. clover while thousands
who had contributed to his coffers were In
want Ho cannot live long enough to suffer
punishment lit keeping with hla crime.
iowv i'in > > coMun.vr.
Do Molncs Capital The state of Iowa
Is big enough anil rich enough to do
the fair thing by the State univutslty In th-
present emergency without regard to the
condition of the state treasury. When u
ptlvato citizen meets with a heavy loss bj
llro ho does every possible thing he cnn to
save his property. That IB what the state of
Iowa ( should do.
Dubuiiuo Herald : Attorney General Hcni-
ley of Iowa , In an opinion written for thu
department of Insuianio , holds that a com
pany that InaureH bicycles against theft and
guaranteed to roluru tliu bicycle or nn equlv-
alent within thirty davs after It Is stolen ,
is nn Insurance compan ) In I ho full senjc
of the word , and mus t comply with the Htate
laws. In thu opinion Mr Iterate } takes oc
casion to state that thelowii statutes do not
provide for this class of Insuianre , anjway.
Cedar Kaplds Republican In no other poi -
tlon of the world of equal extent Is there
no high a grade of Intelligence or a pros
perity more uniform , nnd but for the pro
fessional agitator , a contentment so univer
sal. Talk about extravagance. Our per
capita expense for state purposes is lower
than that of any of our sister states. Talk
about debt burdens-tbo greater pot tlon of
vhnt wo have , and H is not great in com
parison vvl'h other states has been mostly
Incurred by men who have limn adding to
possessions that , vere already such us to
Iceep the wolf out of fight and hearing.
DCS Molnes Leader- Although , when the
etato committee determined to call a state
convention of the gold democrat ? , It was dis
tinctly declined that the convention was
merely to consider the advisability of nam
ing a fitato ticket and would not necess.inlj
Imply that action , It seems now practically
certain , v.hen the convention meets on July
7 , ( but a ticket will be named. This will be
done , 'If foi no other reason , because the dele
gate. ? would haidly liketo be placed
in the position of marching up a hill
and then down again without having done
something. Whatever may have been the
theory of the call , when ono was Itsued , it
practically made It certain that n third ticket
would bo placed In the field. The only thing
now likely to prevent the nomination of a
ticket Is failure to obtafn the coiuent of
some creditable candidate to head the ticket.
The gold democrats doubtless would prefer
no ticket at all to ono whoso names did not
Inoplro personal respect. It Is understood
that Judge John Cllggctt of Mason City , an
old line democrat , a man of ability and a
stumper of considerable power , will be asked
to accept the nomination.
/.Y M.MS.
Detroit Free Press ; "What made you
quit thu club , nilly ? "
"Kenson enough. I ean tell you I worked
flvo years to be elected treasurer nnd then
they Insisted on putting- a cash icglster. "
Washington Star : "Sonny , " sild Uncle
li.ben. "don't yob nebber wa o yob time
tryln' tcr dellno wliut happiness Ls. It
Isln bo anything film a million dollars down
to a circus ticket. "
Yonkcrs Statesman : Jack Whei e'a Illll
now ? Jill-Out west. "What doing ? "
"ItnlslnB palms1" "Doing what ? " 'Utilis
ing palm ? making the tenderfoot throw up
their hands. "
Courier Journal "You noticed how long
Jick | < ion talked to that pretty book nsentV"
"I lived next door to him , and you just
ought to hear him scold Ma wife for wast
ing time on pcddleis.1
Ohio Stiito Journal : "Daughter , what
time did your company leavu lust night ? "
"Why , pupa , he started home at hnlf "
"Never mind when ho Htarted ; i want to
know when he left "
IndlnnnpnVi Journal : "Sir. " said the
patriotic ptf.lt iplnn. "may I Inquire- whether
you consider voting a duty or n privilege ? "
"Neither ono , " suld the pcs.slmlHtlo IIIUK-
nump. "U Is nothing but u habit. "
Atlanta Constitution : The following lines
nave been carved on the tombstoneof a
North Carolina moonshiner : .
"Killed by the guv-eminent for nuikln ?
whisky out of corn grown from seed fur
nished by a congressman. "
Cincinnati Enquirer "I nnd the American
farmer so Interesting , " twittered the
pocte.-w. "I manage to extract n good deal
of intuic'H out of him iiijw'ir , " \\i\a \ ( tin
nnswer of the short , elderly double-chinned
KPiitlemtin , who. tit It afterwaid developed
was In the mortgage business.
Washington Star : "When I sees how good
some people treats pet animals nn' how bad
dey treats human folks , " said Uncle Kben ,
"lilt doesn' H'pilxe imt ter bh nm. h . "
eay dut hla dog Is 'Is most faithful friend. "
Tim ici : MIN.
U A.V JUillrtlu
There's no doubt but what
They cut a vrholo lot
Of Ice In the summer time , but
The small piece vvo get
, . . , Aml . ! ' * 'irUtikes ' ! ubet
Tlmt they pell whole lots more than they cut.
COMIMJNhVTIO.V.
\ Olrv eland I aJtr.
\ The boulevard was crowded.
-
And there wasn't anywhere
In all the long procession
A vision half UH fair ,
Or one that got the praises
The chappies meant by "beaut"
AH did the little lady
In the white duck oult.
Bho knew that she d < - orve < l It ,
And her saucy sidelong smile
Was a eordlttl invitation
To eulogize her style.
The other girls confessed It
Hy j-peech or keeping mute
Thecouldn't hold u candle
To the white duck suit.
Hut unto her that walteth
The fatc.s are ever sweet ,
< And Just a little later
They found a vengeance meet ,
All ryes vvero wtlll upon her
She wasn't quite BO cute
The sprinkler met the lady
In the white Uuck uult.
Pulse of Western Progress.
r n r
Stock pipern publhhcd on different parts
of the i ant ; , ' country uro beginning to tee
the end of the preterit method of handling
cattle , B3s a 1'lcrrccpeclal to the Sioux
Palls Aigue-Lcader The Incieasing number
of new settlers arc forcing the breaking up
of large herds anil Hie "llttlo men" with
from fifty to 200 brad of cuttle giving them
continued care , are the ones who arc bound
to be In It at the flnlih. while the large
herders ivlll bo working at a loss. When
that period arrives I licit , will not be so many
cattle kings , but the aggregate number of
ratllo In the county will he greater , and by
the better care they receive , the better
grades will bring moro wealth to the coun
try than comes under the present system.
The Stock Journal , In ppeaklng for the range
In this port of the state , sa > a : "Thero are
hundreds of ranches that can Ira seen red on
this range direct from the government with
out pa } Ing o cent except the fees. These
ranches have plenty of grass , timber and
water and are worth more today than nlno
out of ten of the ranches advertised for sale
at from $1.000 to $2,00 < ) each. If a stockman
wants to get a start let him come to this
range. Wo w'ant the small cattleman who
baa from twenty-five to 200 head of stock.
Wo will warrant him that If he will attend
to business for ten years ho will bo rich.
Wo vrant stockmen , for this Is the grandest
pasture In the west , nnd we got a crop every
} car , and poor Indeed Is the stockuiau who
does not make GO per cent. "
OASU OK I'l.UCK AND LUCK.
With pick and long-handled shovel over her
shoulder , knapsack on her back and Colt
swinging from her belt , Ida Wilson , aged IS ,
set out from Spnarflsh early this aprlng , sa > s
n Sptarllsh , S 1) , special to the Denver
News. She was determined to make her foi-
ttino prospecting for gold In the country di
rectly north of the Illack Hills , S'lc ' was Ig
norant of the very A I ) C of the art , bjt
she gambled on the chances and won. A
week ago she returned heavily laden with
the precious metal and sole ptopi-l ° tor of a
claim on lied Water crtek , for which she re
fused an offer of JlO.uOO. I'roliably she was
foolteh to do this , for the placer appears to
bo nothing more than a pocket fiom which
tt is doubtful If $10.000 will bo taken. Still ,
as a financial venture , the trip was eminently
successful. Already neatly $1.000 has bevn
taken from the claim and at least as much
moro Is practically assuied. The girl is the
daughter of an Immigrant who arrived In the
hllln In a prairie sthooner from the west last
fall and died , this spring of pneumonia. Ida
was without money or means of .support and
turned , to prospecting In despsratloii. She
tramped many miles In search of the claim
on which she has doneso well and took1 out
the gold when she finally found it with her
own hands.
GOOD INDIAN BRFOHC DBATH.
On the summit of the lofty Cascades a
fabulously rich mineral discovery is reported
to have been made , and Interwoven with the
circumstances surrounding the find Is a red
man's loniance. says a Seattle dispatch to
the iSan Francisco Call. In November last
there died In the historic range an old
Yukltna Indian warrior. As the spirit lleil
from the body of the old brave he called to
his side a prcspector known as "Dutch" Mil
ler , with whom ho had been on more or less
friendly terms for many years , and told him
of what he termed a great mineral ledge.
The Indian gave a minute description of the
location and peculiar landmarks surrounding
U such explicit directions , in fact , that Mil
ler had no difficulty In finding the ledge
tlito spring , after the snow had partially
disappeared from the mountain peaks. The
claim located by Miller eonclsts of a ten to
thirty foot ledge , containing copper , gold and
silver. So rich In mineral la the ore that
some of the big mining men of Kossland
and now in this city predict that the ledge
will prove the richest discovered In the
northwest. There is great excitement over
the find , and though the new0 of the dis
covery reached Seattle only a day or eo ago ,
there ore reported to have been from fifty
to beventy-llve locations filed In the Imme
diate vicinity of Miller's claim , which is
located about twelve miles ) south of where
the Great Northern railroad crosses ths
mountain range. Those who have been for
tunate enough to make locations say there
are strong Indications from surface cropplngs
that the ore body extends nlong the moun
tain * to the south of the Miller claim for a
distance of twenty-five or thirty miles , and
pcselbly clear to the Northern Pacific tunnel.
Until thla spring , It appears , this particular
section of the Cascades had never been pros
pected ,
IDAHO'S BIO SAPPHIRE.
An Idaho miner brought a stone to the
Miners' bureau which waa pronounced a
sapphire of the purest water and the largest
over eeen. says the Denver Republican. The
gem was nearly a cube , being about one and
one-half Inches thick , one and one-half
Inches wide , and two Inches long. It was
much water worn , showing plainly the pebbly
conformation gradually assumed by gems
found In the beda of mountain torrente , the
edges being very much rounded. This is the
fli t sapphire of any slzo discovered In
Idaho. They are frequently found in Mon
tana , and eomo line stones have come from
thero. The owner of this stone Is operating
placer mines In Idaho , and the stone was
found In the tailings and preserved on ac
count of Its bright blue color. News of the
find reached New York and an agent of
Tiffany , after examining the stone , offered
$3MO for It. The owner decided that if it
was worth Unit In the rough It was probaly
worth much more , and la now on his way to
London , where ho expeeta to realize Its full
valu.The stone Is almost perfect , the only
blemish being a fracture on ono side extend
ing less than one-eighth of an Inch Into the
Btone. Mr. Taylor , who has a long experi
ence In handling gems , says that In his
opinion It is the largest known sapphire In
the world , the weight being 203 carats , S/p-
plilres are valuable according to their pur
ity , | > erfcctly clear gems bringing high
prices , the pi ice , like that of diamonds , being
Increased per carat In proportion to the
weight of the stono.
PBTKOM3UM AT SUMMBRLAND.
Although for several years petroleum has
been produced at Summerland In Santa
Harbara county In paying quantities , nays
a Summerland , Cal , , dispatch to the San
Krancltsco Chronicle , the work of develop
ment han been carried on In a very primitive
and somewhat desultory manner , so that peo.
pie are commonly surprised upon seeing for
the mt time the forest of derricks that are
thickly planted In and about the llttlo town.
The. oil Industry glvea employment to ninny
men , and there Is not an Idle man In the
place. There are woven drilling outfits here ,
all of which have work ahead that will keep
them busy for months to come , woiklng
twenty-four hours a day. The number of
producing wells Is HO , which number Is be
ing Increased at the rota of about six a
week. II. L. Williams is ono of the heaviest
producers of oil , anil ho was also one of the
first to do any development. Ofl a tract
100x300 feet ho has ten well. , which are paid
to have made for him during the la t month
SI,600. Oil Is found near the surface , many
wells being not more than fifty feet In depth.
Still some bellovo In the theory that a deep
hole Is the 'hlng , and Williams U of the
number Williams bcsti well Is on the rsst
line of hlfl land , on the beach at low-water
mark. It has produced * cvonly-five to 100
barrel , * a day , and when not pumped the o'l
will rl > and overflow the casing Adjoining
the Williams property on the east Is l - nacres
acres recently leased by the Acme Oil and
Mining company , which has Juat contrac'cd
for the boring of several welU the first one
to be at low-water mark. Owners of welia
reallre about $8 per day from rach well on an
average , the Investment being but a few
hundred dollars. Eight carloadit of oil were
shipped from here In one week recently. The
supply has at no time been equal to the de
mand , which fact , together with the com
paratively light cost of a producing well , the
good quality of the oil and the almost ab
solute certainty of ptrlklng oil. have com
bined to Interest capital. f > o that the pros
pect In that the development of the field
will from now on be prcsccuted with more
vigor than heretofore.
DKSPEUATE HATTLR WITH SHARKS.
The crew of Ihe halibut schooner Annie ,
Captain Martin Olscn had a desperate battle
I with two sharks on the lust trip to the Cape
i Klattery flthlng banks , says a Seattle dld-
I patch to the San Kranclnco Call The Annie
I put out her dories at the southwestern banks
I one morning recently. The sea was running
I high , and to an Inexperienced person It would
have appeared a very seasonable time to so k
the shelter of a harbor. The daring Nor
wegian captain did not see It In that light
Ho was willing to return , but he wanted to
bring a few IIMi along , and he found the
halibut eo plentiful that In a very few hour >
the Aunlo had a cargo of 10,000 pounds In
( pile of thu weather. Just as the captain
and the man who was with him In his dory
were pulling Into the schooner with their
last load the encounter with Ihe shark , ?
occurred. They were only a few boat length *
mvay from the schooner and the halibut line ,
with about ISO baited hooks , most of which
held fine halibut , was being hauled In. Th
men knew from the weight that theyhad a
shark , which had got caught by I'walllng one
of the hooked halibut but It soon transpired
that they had two Helng drawn Into rather
rlo < - e quarters , the monsters bpcaino iles-
porato and began to shoot Into the air , first
ono and then the other. They looked like
two sawlogs that were being tossed about
In an Immense whirlpool of a Columbia
river Hood Neither Ilsh was less than
eighteen feet long , which Is about the length
I of the dory In which the men were riding ,
jTho maddened sharks would first shoot clear
of the mirfacu then dive down Had they
pulled together in any certain direction
they would have swamped the doiy. The
captain , seeing It would bo folly to try to
land the sharks , whipped out his knife and
cut thu line , freeing the monsters , halrbut
and all. The bridled runaways , tethered to
gether , are now plowing the briny deep oft
riattery or the Vancouver coast , probably
giving a fine submarine performance for the
benefit of a largu audience of sea denizens ,
great , small and Indifferent.
SHEDS SKIN EVERY YEAR.
John II. I'rlco of Phlllrsburg sheds his skin
every year. Ho Is in the city and will prob
ably remain here until the , shedding prjccss
takes place , says a Uutte , Mont. , special to
thu Minneapolis Journal. Mr. Price's case
has attracted national attention and has puz-
? led thu most celebrated doctors and Burgeons
of Ameilca , who are unable to account for
( ho phenomenon on any theory. On or about
thu IMth day of July In every } car be nheds
every particle of cuticle , which Is replaced
by an entirely new skin. He first shed his
skin when he was six months old , and he has
been losing It regularly every } ear since then.
Ho Is no\v 40jcars old , and a year has never
pasoed In which ho did not receive a no.v
covering. The earliest that the change ever
took place was at 5 o'clock on the morning
of the 24th , and It has never occurred later
then 3 o'clock In the morning of the 25th
There H no similar case to be found In medi
cal records , and there are only two cases
that resemble It In any way. One la that of
a Georgia man ami the other of a woman in
Nebraska , botn oC whom have shed their
skins five or six times. Mr. Price stated last
evening that the shedding of his bkin causes
him very little trouble and practically no
pain. Two or three dajs before the skill
conies off It congests and at that tlmo ho has
a high fever and a feeling of nausea , lasting
several hours. The fever conies quickly and
goes just as quickly. When the skin con
gests the pores close up. Just before It is
tlmo for the bUn to como off he takes a
bilsk walk and woiks up a poisplrallon ,
which loosens the outer ekln as it cannot
escape through it. The skin bllstcis and fin
ally peels oft nicely , leaving the now cultclo
underneath. The new skin Is naturally very
tender , but It soon hardens , nnd Mr. Price
says that ho usually wears the old skin as
moccasins for five or six weeks. The old
skin is kept perfectly natural by oiling It be
fore It conies off. Mr. Price went to Chicago
at the request of several eminent surgeons In
1S90 , and shed his skin In the presence of
several prominent doctors. His skin was
taken oft whole and stuffed and It still an
object of great curiosity In the hospital. The
doctors examined the skin by every proce-ss
and found It to bo perfectly normal and
Price's blood was found to bo puro. The doc
tors were unable to advanca any solution of
the problem , and although all sorts of theo
ries were buggested nouo of them vvero sat
isfactory.
RICH ORE- NEAR PORTLAND.
-The ore recently brought In from the Cop
per Creek mining district In the Cascades ,
In Skamana county , Washington , by Messm.
Shlllock and Clark , continues to attract gun-
oral attention , says the Portland Oregonlan.
In fact , no rock over brought to Portland
not even the best specimens from Trail
Creek , British Columbia , has attracted the
attention and created the excitement in min
ing circles that this rock has. The window
of the Copper Creek Mining company In
the Chamber of Commerce building , where
the ore is on exhibition , is dallv thronged
from morning till night , and great wonder
ment Is expressed at the tact that thexo
extensive bodies of ore from which this rock
Is taken so rich In gold , copper and Mlvcr
and so near the very doors of Portland
have not been discovered and brought to
the light of day before. The exhibit is pro
nounced by all who have any knowledge
of minerals whatsoever the finest that has
over been brought to this city , and what
adds greater Interest to the display Is the
fact that all of the ore Is surface rock , giv
ing only mere Indications of what may bo
found further down In the earth. None of
thu rock was obtained at a greater depth
than four and a half feet , while the greater
portion of It consists of cropplngs , having
bcon piocurcd with the aid of a pick and
hammer alone. The speclm-ns assayed glvo
returns In gold ranging alt the way fiom
$2.50 to $114 to th ? ton , but ns this Is sur
face rock It furnishes no criterion whatso
ever of what .nay bo found further down.
The excitement that thu discovery of this
gold-bearing rock hao created In this city
Is not to bo wondered at. There are various
I reasons for this. In the first place , this
district Is so pear homo that It Is dilllcult
to bellovo that Portland Is perhaps In the
very center of the the greatest gold-bearing
country ever discovered. Should this bo true ,
however , and some of the most experienced
miners In the country , at present prof. > ect-
Ing this section , are willing to stake their
reputations upon It , It will only confirm the
i theory long advanced by mmof the most
IMiinos nre cheap now Unit Is , nt
IIospo's lie's ot a fovv wore * of tin-in
very fe\v luul as ho got all the faetnty
linil jrliis ) ? will huvo to ( jo uj ) wliun
they're pine ? 1H7 $ HK ? 11 > S are the
juices -13 to ? 'J."i iMbh payment $8 to
§ 10 11 month on hulnnci1 Mich an oppor
tunity of gutting a high cl s nuw
guaranteed piano at suolt piiceti ami
terms doesn't occur very often probably
oncu in a lifetime nmyuo this Is the
tliuu It will pay you to Investigate any
way we're always glad U > bee yon.
A. HOSPE , Jr. ,
Music and Art 1513 Douglas. /
iri-
i jtfii is4isiiisyisii ) isyisj u i
t-nnipet nt g"olosl ts Mill mine ? aim MS of
the northwest thai tie ) .Cascade chain of
mountains from California Into Ilrltlsh Co
lumbia and perhaps Alaska contains one of
the greatest mineral bilta In the world The
Ilrltlsh Columbia UKrlcl.jIs pronounced by
competent authorities to lie only a continua
tion of the- rich leads of o e that are known
to e-rlst In HIP Cascadin In Oregon nnd Wash-
Ington. What the l > ti discoveries will lead
to only time alone cnn tell. As already state 1
none of the claims have bpon exploited suffi
ciently to rise to U < e dignity of a mine.
SUDDHN WINDFALL.
j Lnst Monday morning Hmmn Kromer. a
half-breed Indian , savs a Seattle- special to
the San Fiaiitlsco Chronicle , was a charity
Inmate of the City MHslon. At noon ehe
wa.s Informed thai she bad fallen heir to
$ IOono Hj evening she wns In a state of '
mind which caused her to waive- newspaper
men away and refuse tn trll her storv. Thi-
girl comes Into her fortune through the death
of her brother Victor nl a hoepllal in Sno-
hemlsli. Wash . and she will lose no time In
Blinking the dust of Seattle from her feet.
] Five week' ' ago she entered the City Mission ,
, nnd although she ohjet Is to any statement j
' which Indicates that she was financially emI I
1 barrnssed , It was learned that she was taken I
j as n charity case. Prior to taking refuge at
i the Institution Hmma tried to inak- her llv-
! Ini ; by Bowing , but It was a hard , up-hlU
road , and ohe slowly but surely became ills-
i cotiraged. Her father came to Puget Sound
| fiom Iloston , Mass , many vears ago , when
I Slwash Indian women were In dema.id. U
Is nald that he was a member of a promt-
I nent shoe firm In the bean eating cltj. but
1 that through a misunderstanding , family
| trouble frar and disgrace he migrated nnd
never relumed. After reaching Pugct Sound
ho mairled an Indian woman. After white
women uirlvod he astonished the natives by
remaining true to his duuky bride Three
I children wcriborn. . One of these , a boy , died
' many years ago , and now only Iho girl ICninia
13 left since Victor passed awny. Kramer
died nine jrais ago and the wife survived
him but a short time. When Kiomer died
ho owned the ranch on which part of Hverott
I now stands , and his will gave moat of bin
I property to his son Victor. The ranch vvn8
j purchased by Henry Hewitt from the guard-
I Ian of the Kromer helm about the tlmo a
I townslto company commenced lo rush things.
I A considerable sum of money wan paid , but
exaelly how much Is not known. After
Hv-erett bccrmc a well established town the
I Kromer heirs began a fight to recover tut
I property , but after a while the case waa
! dropped.
THi : DAKOTAS.
The creamery at Klmball has doubled the
capacity of Its plant.
The South Dakota Sheep and Wool Grow
ers' association held Its annual session last
week at Pierre.
The Interstate Elevator company at Her-
csford Is electing a new steam power ele
vator on the site of the one burned a shoit
llrno ago. Jl will have a capaclly of 25,000
bushels and have all Dip modern Improve
ments.
Two young men near Minnowaukon , N
D , the other days unearthed a she wolf
and her litter of ten.cubs , for which the
county paid a bounty of J33. As to Mze
ot volt family , this is believed to be the
record in that region.
The round-up on nisobud reservation Is
about completed and n large number of
cattle are being secured Ilanchnien le-
port a laige number of catlle wllh slrange
brands on their i antes , many of which
probably will never bJ fbund by their own
ers. Ono man has seen cattle bearing brands
of cattle owners far tjp In Montana.
Tlie Sioux on the reservation near Val
entino will celebrate the Fourth with a
sham battle representing Hie Custer mas
sacre. The arrangement .are being made
under tbo direction of a number of braves ,
who actualj ! participated In1 the fight Itself.
Following the battle will bo foot and ponv
races , a war dance , ana other exercise ,
Hods from all neighboring1 reservations have
been invited.
Two members of the United States sur
vey have arrived at Rapid City and aie
making preliminary arrangements for tbo
forestry reserve suivey , provision for which
was made recently by congress. The balance
of the ourveying corps will follow , making
a contour ot the entire Illack Hills district ,
which will require about five months. 1ho >
map will bo the most accurate nnd com
plete ever made by the government. The
future extent ot the reserve depends greatly
upon the report of this survey. Deadwood
IIHS been chosen the headquarters of the
survey corps.
Hattlcsnako knoll , In Ernrnons county , on
the Mlssouil river , is said to bo the great
and only summer resort for all kinds of
snakes. Here every summer congregate
thousands of snakes to dwell together In
peace and harmony during the hot season.
They bask on the sides of the hill in the
hot oun , and the knoll Is honey-combed
with thousands of holes , where they may be
seen crawling in and out. There are all
kinds of snakes , from the poisonous anJ
deadly rattler to the harmless garter snake ,
and they twine together in numbers.
Lumpy-Jaw cattle are being shipped to
the Chicago market from many of the coun
ties of South Dakota. Traffic In these cattle
tlo amounts to thousands ot dollars an
nually. Ono well-to-do farmer In Turner
county during the pant two years has bought
up cattle aJIllctcd wllh lumpy Jaw , removed
Iho diseased pa-t , fattened the catlle and
shipped them to the eastern markets. Stub
cattle can bo bought cheap , and consid
erable money has been made by the specu
lators. This business is causing consider
able Indignation where the practice Is gen
era ] , because homo of this meat has found
Its way to the local markets , and during
the paat few yeais pneumonia and cancer
ous diseases have prevailed to an alarming
extent. Those who have given the sub
ject study declare that the prevalence of
these diseases among the people can be di
rectly traced to the consumption of this
diseased mtat , and from using the milk
from the diseased cows.
COLORADO.
Delta fruit growers have secured a rate of
$1 per 100 pounds on fruit 'In carload ! oU > to
Missouri liver points.
Prospectors are rushing In at Hldoraln ,
Boulder county , at tbo rate of twenty-flvo
per day and work Is piogreislrig in oveiy
direction.
The miners of the Louisville- coal district
have agreed to abandon the contract system.
The Illinois Steel company will lake 40,000
tons of Leadvllle manganese ore this year.
In the last two months 'it Is estimated thai
at least fifty horses have been stolen from the
Crlpplo Creek district -and likely an many
saddles Hardly a day naasee now time gome
animal does not turn up missing and the liv
erymen caution their patrons to keep an ojo
on their horses when t\iy \ H ° Into the hills ,
as several have been stplqn while the men
were away from them forla.fovv | minutes.
Mr. Louis K Pratt oMho Ilnlm'a Peak dls-
trlu has brought to Denver a number of
specimens from recent discoveries In that ex-
tcnslvo gold region. Some of these speci
mens assay as high as $5W per ton , the per
centage of copper being fair. The roads to
Hawllns and Walcott aru now open and some
shipments of ore are bwlng made by wagon.
A largo number of prospectors are nolng Into
Ihe district , with come capital behind them.
A company composed entirely of Kansas
Pacific railroad men has secured control of
the Gold Nugget mlno , on Silver mountain
tn the Kmplro camp. The vein on this prop-
prlv , which hat bten opened at points along
Itr entlrd length , din-lose" ! a constant width
of ovrr five feet , ind gold \aluo ? of $10 to
$12 per Ion.
H C La.vrcr.cft Ins Just returned from
tha Hour Creek dIMilct between Sllveiton
and Lake City and reports the greatest ac
tivity In this now section , which promises lo
add greatly to th- reputation of the San
Juan trailing region The operators In the
district are very reticent hbout giving out
Information ng they do not calo to have a
rush In th ro until they have got their holdIngs -
Ings In good ihapp. \ gi iat many projec
tors are comlns 11. however , and there Is
every Indication of a very prosperous season
The dletrlet Is vny dilllcult for operation on
account of the eltltudo and the raggel char
acter of the surface , but the ores are phe
nomenally rlrh The OIP li a pctzlto quart ? ,
carrying from 300 to 400 ounces silver nnd
from 100 to 400 ounces gold to the ton.
The new gold camp of Sllverheels , In Park
county , ow Ing to Its favorable locitlo-a and
the wonderful showing already made with
but slight development. Is 'lire to attract
both attention and capital suinclc-nt to make-
It one of the most prominent gold eainia In
the state A fair sample of onn body of ore
eighty feet w Ue runs JS In gold and ten
ouncns In silver. Some hi Ark sand washed
out of the slide above timber Hue listed
$327 In gold. Tlnce tans of ore .shipped from
a pitapect on Sllveihcels returned J.'OO In
gold per ton Krom four samples taken from
cropplnps near the summit of SIlvorhorM re
turned $150 , SS.OOO. X'J.OOO ' and $4Sr,00 , per
ton gold. One pound of dirt taken from a
crcvlco In the King Solomon lode wa hcd out
$1.01 In gold. Ono propelty that will com-
mcncu shipping soon will lil : > from fifty tn
100 tons a day.
WVOMINO.
Negotiations are pending for the location
of a ncgio colony from the south on Laramle
plains near Laramle.
The old-Hirers and cowboys will hold a re
union with wild west featuics at Sheridan the
three flist davs of July.
The Standard Cenunt and Plaster companv
at Laramle U arranging to put Its mill In
operaIon. ; It has been ehut down for the
past year.
A fake corn doctor swindled a number or
Cheyenne's most wideawake cltlzei.s by Bel
ling them small boxes of axle grease labelled
"Magic Corn Salvo. "
Hx-Sctiator Caiey , who tins Just returned
from \Vheatland colony , savs tbo alfalfa
crop Is immci'80 this jcar. Five mowers are
runiiliiB , and cutting about fifty ncics oveiy
day.
day.The
The miners nt Wood Hlvcr , nig Horn basin ,
have recently struck rich 010 deposits of both
gold and ellvor. The average ussavs made
show Hut the ore runs about ? , ! 0 in gold and
40J ounces in silver to the ton. Omaha capi
talists have LciiKht a lumber of the claims ,
and Intend to develop the minis at once.
Grand Hr.tnmpment City Is rapidly build
ing and with the now undoubted pold devel
opment of the dlstilct , will bo one of the
stiongest and busiest of western mining
marts. The vallcjs of the Grand Kncamp-
mcnt nnd the Platte rivers are distinctively
and successfully agricultural and , therefore ,
In the development of the Grand Encamp
ment gold district the homo farmer will Una
a maikct in the home mine.
Hetwccn the head waters of Cow and Calf
creeks near the summit of the Sierra Mad re
range there are to be found a number of
bowlders weighing from ten to 6,000 pounds
each , any of which aie very rich In free gold.
In many it stanna as high as $2 gold to the
pound has been taken out of these bowlders.
It is estimated that there are some 200. tons
of th'-se bowlders on the burfaco between
these two sti earns. For the past six menthe
prospector have been hunting for the lead
fiom which these bowlders came and It was
discovered during the present week. The lead
is reported to bo ten feet wide , four feet ot
which is good paving quartz with an eighteen
inch pay streak that is very rich.
The high water In the Platte river this
sprint ; has taken out the bank until what wao
the cast wall of old fort Casper was carried
away. All that now mark that noted place
aio a few bare bpots on the banks of the
river. The water , too , encroached on the
burial ground of the soldiers , and human
bones were unearthed and washed away be
fore it was known what they were , when an
Investigation was made and what remained
were tiansferrod to the cemetery. These
soldiers were killed by Indians In 1S63 ana
Peter Hagney remembers of eight that were
burled in one grave. A corner of a roughly
made conin was seen protruding from the
bank , which caused the facts , bo far as given ,
to be known.
On the old Fort Hallcck military road , in
Halleck canon , Albany county , some fifteen
or twenty miles from the Cheyenne & North
ern lailway , are found two leads of graphite ,
or plumbago. These lends , one of twelve feci
wide , the other four feet , lie In a micaceous
felspatlc granite on the south and a mica
ceous schist on the north. Uetwceri the two
veins which are twenty feet apart , lies nn
Iron 'garnet schist. The cropplngs of thla
plumbago run from 20 to 30 per cent pure ,
but eight feet from the surface It runs from
CO to 70 per cent. Those mines are in tha
midst of an abundant supply of timber and
water , and are only twonly-six miles weal
from Rock Creek station , on the Union Pa
cific.
OHKGON.
Tbo salmon catch at The Dalles is Increas
ing slowly.
Arrangements have been made to build a
cannery at Marshfleld. Negotiations are
pending for the Lackstrorn mill for a site.
Ten thousand head of horses have been
bought In the section of country between
Umatllla and Castle Uock In Washington by
the Llnnton cannery , -at an averageof ? 1.50
per head.
The gra-sshoppcra are doing considerable
damage In the vicinity of Lexington. Gar
dens have been completely ruined , und In
many places entire fields of wheat have been
eaten up.
The Indians on the Umatllla reservation
have held a council and decided to celebrate
the Fourth of July In great Htvto. Chief Pee
will deliver ahi address , dressed In full In
dian ccatume.
Arthur Hodges , county clerk of Crook
county , nays Crook county has shipped not
less than 100,000 sheep and between 8,000
and ! 10,000 cattle thlb spring. In answer lo
Iho Inquiry If the ranges were not depleted
ho said that the Increase for the year would
counterbalance the export.
Sheriff Agco la conslructlng at nosoburg
two now fruit driers , making five In all ,
with a capacity of 800 bushels a day. Mr.
Agco and Mr. T II. Sheridan have visited
the orchard In the vicinity of Honeburg and
were ourprlscd at the magnitude of the crop ,
All the trees seem to be well filled , and they
estimate that the amount of dried prune. )
will not fall far below 400,000 pounds.
The Nelmlum Tlmtti vouches for the facl
that there Is a spriico tree in God's valley ,
a few miles from Nehalem , which mcasurui
over eighty-one feet In clrcumfeienco at the
ground and slxly feet In circumference
thirty feet from the ground. The first limb
l/i fort ) * feet from the ground and measures
thirteen feet In circumference The tree
was killed by worms about four veais ago.
Arrangements have been completed for
pulling Hi the water svatem at Mainhlleld ,
Drex U Sliooman IsijliVPHt fellow for
i-omfort and lie ( 'fa ' rafts of It out
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and wide , Miuaru lit'ol It lllk > a lack
that has been very noticeable amoni ;
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there Is what will bo usfrd to supply the
town.
J.V. . and .lo'eph Hiihscl spent consider
able tlmo last winter in building a reid
from God's valley to connect with the county
load on the north fork of the Nehilcm.
They have completed a sled road from
PaiKers plaro near Neholem , to
the summit , a distance of about four and
one-half inllrs , and only have about one and
one-half miles jet to connect with the
county road , which they expect to finish next
winter When this Is completed an effort
will > bo made to get a road through to the
rinn settlement , a few miles above God's
valley on the North Xchalem.
WASHINGTON' .
Steamboat men at Gray's harbor aio talk
ing of putting a steamer on North river ,
above the jam.
The Atlas Lumber company , at Murray ,
Is putting an additional engine Into IU saw-
will. Last month the company shipped more
than seventy carloads of lumber east.
Miners In the Swank dlstrlcl In Klltltas
county have begun work for the season and
clean-ups are yielding well. Two large dams
on llaker creek , to hold S..OOO.OOO gallons
of water , are to be built this summer.
The citizens of Port Townscnd have on
foot a plan to complete the vvogon road from
Port Townsend to Port Discovery , to con
nect with the Clallam county road that has
already been built to the Joffur&ou county
lino.
lino.Two
Two new shingle mills are under construc
tion at Porter , Just over the Tmirston county
border , In Chehalls county. The Olympla
Shlnglo company , operating at that place ,
has just completed a new drybouso ot mod
ern design.
The Meeker hopyards In Puyallup are be
ing well worked , and their yield will doubt-
le.sss bo as heavy as ever. The vines are
well armed out , and spread over the strings
quite rapidly. The yards at Kent are not
nearly so forward aa aic the Puyallup
yards.
The manufacture of jute grain bags at
the penitentiary approaches the 8,000 mark
daily. The brisk demand for penitentiary
brick , which has this spring emptied the
yard of all Its old stock , still continues , and
an Immense kiln Is being mirned at pres
ent. About forty men are employed , In this
department.
The steamer Cruiser Is engaged In towIng -
Ing the Smith creek log output , which will
aggregate about 4,500,000 feet. There yet
remain about 200,000 feet in the Wilson
creek boom near Willapo ; about 1,000,000
on upper Smith creelc waiting for a rise
and -100.000 down In the Kcmah neighbor
hood. These comprise about all the logo In
the water In that section.
There Is now roughly estimated to bo
about 12,000,000 feet of logs In Shelton bay ,
and the Shelton Tribune Is Informed that
should the camps continue to work till
July 1 , the Peninsular road will have put
10,000,000 feet of logs Into the water , a
much larger output than ever before. Wil
liamson's Logging company also put In
moro logs during April and May than over
before.
The train road from the Red Ash coal
mlno to the Cowlltz river , In Cowlltz
county , Is rapidly being put In good repair.
The numcromi short curves are being
straightened and the grade made more uni
form. Steel rails will replace wooden ones
part of the length of the road , nnd the re
maining wood raUs will bo Htrap-lroncd ,
making a good road over which heavily
loaded cars can be hauled with case.
Grasshoppers continue their ravages about
Waltsburg. Several localities In that vicin
ity are literally alive with them , and since
they are now nearly giown , every green
plant In the gardens Is being rapidly con
sumed , and , unless they fly away POOH ,
garden truck will be entirely oaten. Those
pests have never before been so numerous
In that part of the country , and It seems
as If nothing can bo done to protect plants
against them.
Work on grading the state road between
Duckley , Plerco county , and the Notches
river. In Yaklma county , will bo begun
soon after July I , The road has been
surveyed from the twentf-elght-mllo post ,
on the Natcheu river , and distant from
North Yaklma twenty-eight miles , to Good
Hill , on the summit of the Cascade The
route selected traverses the north bank of
the Notches and American rivers. The
viewers and deputy surveyor claim that the
route selected la more feasible than any
other proposed ,
MISCKLLANCOUS.
The Southern Pacific has bought the VI-
salla railroad and taken possff-slon.
Eureka , Cal. . Is preparing to hold a big
Venetian carnival on Humboldt day.
Santa Barbara boj have killed three sea
otter near San Miguel Island. The skins are
valued at $400 cacti.
Santa Ana people say the Southern Pacific
company propceics building a branch to thtlr
celery fielda. Next year the celery growers
expect to have between 200 and 300 carloads
of the product to go cast ,
J. H. Cheatham and others have bought
the talllriKA of the Good Hope mine , Illver-
fildo county , California , for 20 cents per
ton It is estimated Unit those tallliiRi ) will
yield , under the cjanlde process , from $1
to JS per ton and that tliero will he from
$100,000 to $100.000 secured In working thla
debris over.
At Seal Hay , Alaska , n quartz ledge fiKty
feet \\lde Is bolng opened up , a * ave fiom
the ore showing $15 gold and fi per cent cop
per. A shaft has been outik thirty feet anJ
the ore Id found continuous.
The steamer Aoinngl , which led Van
couver on Juno 14 for Australia , took the
largest cargo ever Milppod to Austtalla from
thai port , amounting to : t,000 tons , the bulk
being Hour , beer and machinery.
A woman poiiltrv raiser ot National City.
Cal. , broke the record for number of tggs
lately found In one nrat. There were forty
fresh and bright , and twenty hens cackled
their owncishlp of the unusual pile.
A new and prnmMiu ; southern California
camp Is In the Kagle mountains , fifty intlm
from Walters station , on the Southern Pa
cific railway. The Iron Chief Is the mcnt
prominent mine , and BOIUO ore has been
shipped which samples JSO per ton In gold.
Several other piopertles aie being developed.
The camp Is Isolated and water Is scarce ,
but thnsp Interested are much encouraged
by the progicra of development.
An Immense- cave near Fort Stanton oa
the Hlo llonllo , In Arizona , has been discov
ered , which fiom Its description , rivals any
thing of its kind In Urn Southwest. Several
parties claim to have explored the cave for a
distance of over llvo mllc.s without finding a
rear terminus. At a dlstanco of two miles
from the entrance there Is a lake of pure ,
still water , on the margin of which vvero
found the remains of several Indian canoea
In a state of decay. Tlulr condition bespoke
the ago of many ccntutlos for them slnco
they had been used.
On Texada Island , Georgian Straits. II , C. ,
there are now live producing mines and fifty
that are unde ? development , while there are
at least 500 recorded claims In vailous stage *
of development. A jcar ago 0110 steamer
made weekly calls at the Island. Now five
steamers are crowded with business. The
district on the coast next of importance U
Harrison Lake , which has como rapidly to
the front Ibis spring through numerous dis
coveries of rich gold-copper ores. The d-ls-
trlct Is easy of accras by either the Canadian
Pacific or by boats on the Krazcr rivei.
The Metlakahtla Indians In Northern
Alaska , who have been cared for for years
by the Hov. John Duncan , do not appear to
have a warm gratitude for the man , who has
helped them to gain civilization. For jeara
Mr. Duncan has run the only store In Ilia
settlement , but recently several shrewd In
diana have started stoics which are getting
the lion's share of the trade. Mr. Duucau
tried to checkmate them by chaiglng prohib
itive dock rates for landing , but the Indians
met him half way to make free to all. They
are also talking of putting up stamp mills to
work rich free milling quarts , which they
have located.
A genuine American mining boom la In
progress throughout the Sierra Madre moun
tains In the states of Chihuahua , So nor a and
Durango , Mexico , largely duo to a complete
settlement of the Indian question. All bos-
tiles In northern Mexico have cither been
killed or confined on reservations. In Durango
range , are hundreds of American prcs-
pectors awaiting the completion of the
International railway west Into a district of
the Sierra Madro's which , until now , has
never been accessible to miners because of
the hostile Indians. In that district enor
mous deposits of silver anil gold have lately
been opened that yield from bO to 120 ounces
to the ton.
Vim , vigor and victory these are the char
acteristics of Do Witt's Little Karly Illsers ,
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William htteotp , ye-teidny , and-proceeded
to Mail a rough house. Alex.mdPr hai been
Uteplng company with Itliwinentlmll'fl sister
for homo time , but yesterday .1 bull VVHH
called by the brother Alexander bioko n
quantity of china and bad started In ort
tbo fmnlturo when the police nrrlved. Hoth
men were arrested for lighting and for dis
turbing the quiet of the Snhhnth.
ln ! for Tlu-fl.
Alfred Dujton hriH been nneated at tba
Instance of Mrs. Herhchmnn , who llvei nt
901 Jackson ftreet , who charged him with
the theft of tt The- money Is Bald to have
been taken from a poi kotbook which tepoaed
In a bureau belonging * to thu woman.
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