THE OMAHA DAIIiY BEE : TUESDAY , MAY 10 , 1898.
NEWS FROM THE FARTHER WEST
MIXING IN THE BLACK HILLS
Latent Advice * from South Dakota's Eich
Mineral Deposits.
WORK OF CAPITALISTS AND PROSPECTORS
ItrorrnnlintloB of the Portland Mln-
Ins Company at Clinton , lovra
Much Ore Vncorered la the
Golden Creat Mlae.
DEADWOOD. S. D. , May 9. ( Special. )
The Portland Mining company has been re
organized at Clinton , la. The new company
was Incorporated under the laws of Iowa
with a capital stock of $250,000 , divided Into
2,500 shares. Of this amount 2,250 arc sub
scribed and fully paid in. Two hundred and
fifty shares , valued at $25,000 , are placed In
the treasury for present capital. The first
annual election will bo held In January ,
1899. Until that time 0. M. Curtis of Clin
ton will act aa president , J. K. Smaller as
vice president , P. S. Poole secretary and
W. M. Thompson treasurer. It IB reported
that the Portland and Clinton Mining comlo
panics have consolidated.
A four-foot vein of white quartz has been
uncovered In tl j Eldorado mine , four" miles -
,
south of Hill City , at a depth of 110 feet. |
The vein Is encased In solid walls and
carries considerable free gold , which l
distributed through the vein uniformly. The
mine Is bonded to J. J. McLaurln of Penn
sylvania. It Is on the same belt with the
St. Elmo , Dolcoth and other paying mines.
H. D. Swain made the first shipment of
ore this \\eek from bit recent rich strike
on a part of the A. J. Smith ground at
Ragged Top. Assays on the shipment show
_ a general average of $5S .a . ton gold. Sev-
era ! assays went $300 a ton.
The shaft of the Hercules company at
Two Dlt Is down 132 feet and Is going down
at tin rate of two feet a day. A diagram of
the strata passed through In the shaft shows
that the first ihirty-two feet passed through
was a stratum of lime shale , then a three-
foot vein cf porphyry highly mineralized
with globules of pyrites. Below this was a
layer of trachlte twenty-three feet thick ,
then another layer of porphyry two feet
thick containing pyrites. Below this was an
other bed of trachlte thlrty-flvo font thick
below \vhlch was a thick bed of mineralized
porphyry In which they are now working.
Tliu Indications are favorable for encounter-
Ing-the ore body soon. A drift Is to bo run ,
ns soon as the ore zone Is encountered , about
fifty feet toward the southeast to reach
two strong verticals which are known to
exist.
V. L. Glbbs has purchased additional Inter
ests in the Little Blue mining claim on
Yellow creek , which gives him possession
of over half of the property. This mine Is
a heavy shipper , $50,000 being the value of
last year's product.
C. C. Parmele of Plattsmouth , Neb. , presi
dent of the Squaw Creek company , has ar
rived in the hills , and work will bo com
menced Immediately at the mine. Hoisting
machinery Is to be erected and drifting will
be commenced from the bottom of the fifty-
foot shaft to a vertical ledge 128 feet below
the surface , and It Is believed that a high
grade of ore will bo encountered.
A three-foot vein of siliceous ore , carrying
free gold , was struck within a foot of the
surface on the Omega mine , owned by P.
L. Glbbs , which adjoins the DcadwooJ-Terra
mine. It Is considered a rich strike.
The tunnel Is being leveled up In the Dla- '
mend Queen mine , on Squaw creek , prepara
tory to laying a track. The tunnel la In 200
feet , wUh good indications. The first drift
was started on quartzlte , which has been
followed the entire distance. The property
will be thoroughly prospected and blocked
out.
out.Work
Work has been resumed on the Detroit
and Deadwood mine , tn Two Bit. The shaft
was 'sunk seventy feet , when an overflow
of water drove the miners out of the shaft.
The material la X loose shil- . The ma
chinery ban been ordered for' rge hoistIng -
Ing plant It la expected that iho ore zone
will bo reached In 150 feet.
An Immense body of ore has been un
covered In the Golden Crest mine. In Two
Bit. The ore Is a low grade pyrltlc and will
not bear transportation by wagon and the
extra cost of smelting. When the Hard In
smelter Is built and the railroads extend
Into the camp the ore can be treated at a
good profit. The shaft Is to be sunk deeper ,
with the expectation of finding siliceous ore.
HID RANCH IBT SOUTH DAKOTA.
HOTV Farralnir ! Done Along the Ml -
onrl Valley.
YANKTON. S. D. , May 9. ( Special. ) One ,
of the largest real estate transactions In
South Dakota this season was consummated
last week , whereby the 1,600-acre ranch of
Barnum & Draper , a portion of which U
in the corporate limits of Running Water ,
passed Into the hands of I. W. Seaman , the
big banker and cattleman of Mitchell. The
land all lies in a body and Is said to be one
of the finest pieces of ranch property In the
state. It has magnificent buildings and a
complete system of water works and the
feed lots and barns are within 160 rods of
the depot of the Milwaukee Railroad com
pany , which will , at the suggestion of Mr.
Seaman , put In a switch track to facilitate
the handling of stock. In the near future
Mr. Seaman expects to erect an elevator
and will also handle grain. About 400 acres
of the tract Is under cultivation and about
1,000 acres Is considered as good hay land
as there Is In the state. The property adJoined -
Joined about SOO acres belonging to Mr. Sea
man and he now owns 2,400 acres , all In
one tract. Besides this , he has leased a
echool section and other hay land adjoining ,
so that he has under his control over 3,000
acres. The purchase price of the property ,
with all Its Improvements , was $10 per acre.
Mr. Seaman considered It a big bargain ,
as some years ago ho offered $22,000 for the
same tract of land. Mr. Seaman has about
300 head of cattle now on the ranch and
expects to run about 600 during the season
and will feed out a good many this winter.
Gold Production of California.
SAN FRANCISCO , May ( Special. ) The
official estimate of the gold production ot lee
state for 1897 , placing It at $15,871,401 , will
be disappointing to many. Mr. Yale's estimate I-
I10
mate for 1696 was $17,181,562 , and this Is the
record for that year adopted by the state
Mining bureau , but the estimate was greatly
reduced by the director of the mint. The
reason for the reduction Is wholly the short
supply of water throughout the greater part
of the mining' regions during most of the
latter half of the year. Scores ot Important
quartz mines and many placer mines were
forced to close down for a time or run on
halt time , and this condition undoubtedly
reduced the output by $3,000,000 or $4,000,000.
During"the year there were" more new-mines
opened , old mines rehabilitated and mills
Increased tn capacity than In any year of the
last twenty. Of course , a large part of
this new activity was spent In unproductive
development work , but there were also
scores of mines that greatly Increased their
caje of productive operations and had the
water supply remained normal a large In
crease In the product would have been
shown. The coming year may be expected
to show the marked results of the gold min
ing revival
Xew Mexico Capitol.
SANTA Fe , N. M. . May 9. ( Special. )
capltot cuitodlu cociialtUe met In thli
city this week for the purpose of maturing
plans for the accommodation of the ensuing
legislative assembly and to examine plans
and specifications for the furnishing of the
new capltol when Completed. H li expected
the new building will be so far advanced
In construction as to provide suitable quar
ters when the legislature meets In January.
Buffalo Beef In Idaho.
TEKOA , Wash. , May 9. ( Speclal.-Buf- )
falo beef , and especially buffalo veal , has
been a not uncommon diet of Tekoaltes , and ,
despite the efforts to put a stop to the de
struction ot the flock of the many half and
quarter-breed buffalo , the meat still comes
Into town occasionally , brought by the In
dians from the reservation in Idaho , almost
adjoining Tekoa. A splendid 6-months-old
calf , handsomely marked , and with splendid
hair and well defined hide , was brought In
last week and sold to a local butcher , who ,
wise enough to appreciate Its worth , wired
larger markets of his prize and was rewarded -
warded by an offer of 40 cents per pound
head , pelt and all. The head was not brought
In and the butcher would not dispose ot
the Dolt , so a second offer of 33 1-3 cents per
pound for the carcass shorn of pelt was ac
cepted , the purchaser paying tfie freight.
There are several herds of half , quarter
and mixed-blood buffaloes tn the reserva-
tlon. One old Indian has 100 or more , so tbe
local butcher bere says , of which none are
under quarter-bred , while some are full-
blooded , and all are carefully bred.
A month ago an Englishman bought sev
eral youngsters , and but a week or so since
an eastern fancier purchased a bull and two
heifers from this Indian , both paying * ' "
each for their animals.
nnlnfall In Colorado.
GREELEY. Colo. , May 9. ( Special. ) Ore
Fowler , State Normal school meteorologist ,
reports the precipitation the last week as
2.50 Inches , equal to three good average Ir
rigations. Wheat , other small grains , al
falfa and range grass can almost be seen
growing.
Sonth Dakota New * Sfoten.
Lcroy Beemer and Whltflcld Jones of
Charles Mix county have decided to estab
lish a newspaper at Bonesteel , Gregory
county. A plant has already been ordered.
The new paper will be named the Tribune-
Independent.
Work has been resumed on the Decorah
mine on Green mountain , near Portland.
The mine has some old workings which
were closed down some time ago because of
the excessive charges of ore treatment. Ore
of fine grades Is now being taken out
through a tunnel on the Alaska Fraction ,
which adjoins.
The Deadwood Pioneer Times estimates
the value of last week's storm to agricul
tural , mining and milling Interests In the
Black Hills at $10.000,000.
Kllpatrlck brothers will sink their 430-foot
shaft at Ragged Top down to quartzlte ,
which will be at least 400 feet deeper.
George Caughlln , under arrest at Huron
for attempting to wreck a train on the Mil
waukee railroad , has waived examination
and will await the action of the grand jury.
There Is considerable activity In mining
circles tn Custer county , In the Southern
Hills. In the Penobscot district , adjoining
the Drummer group , an Omaha company has
let the contract to sink 100 feet with a sta
tion and cross-cut at the first fifty-feet.
Should the development up to the 100-foot
level prove to be satisfactory , the shaft
will be sunk to n depth of 300 or 400 feet.
Last fall the DeKay Brothers , publishers
of the Whltewood Plalndealer and the Belle
Fourche Bee , traded these papers to D. A ,
Dunn & Sons ot Waukegan , 111. , for the
Waukegan Register , a dally paper. Last
week a suit for fraud was Died In the cir
cuit court at WaukcRan by Dunn & Sons
against the UeKay Brothers for $25.000 dam
ages. It Is alleged In the complaint that the
DeKay Brothers misrepresented the value
of the two newspapers
Knnimi New Note * .
In 1893 the Assembly Herald published a
list of flfty-flve active women's literary and
musical clubs In Kansas.
A preacher and a prize fighter are on the
roster of the Atchlson company of yolun-
teers.
It Is said that patriotic Kansas maidens
are now wearing red , white and blue lin
gerie.
The April expenses of the Hutchlnson re
formatory were $5,754.04. "
Evangelist Lane of Lamed has written
to President McKlnley. offering to raise u
regiment composed exclusively of- church
members.
Atchlson does more street paving than any
other town tn Kansas.
What the populists of Kansas would most
enjoy would be the chance to get up a
fusion deal with the democrats after the
small boy's style of swapping jackknlves
"slght-un-seen. "
Sumner county , where they raise wheat ,
has contributed $473 to the Omaha exposi
tion fund.
And along with. Its own sons Kansas
sends a full blooded Spaniard , 'Billy Bar-
nado of Abilene , who was born in Madrid ,
to assist In flaying the sap out of the dons.
Barnado has lived In Kansas so long that
he Is all right.
The commissioners of Douglas county are
Jaw breakers In an unusual way. The
county has so much cash on hand that
they are compelled to violate a state law
not to have more than $50,000 on deposit
nt the same bank.
Idnlio JSerrn Notes.
About { 4.200 has been subscribed at Cald-
wcll toward the building of a creamery.
In an oratorical contest at tbe Idaho unl-
veisltv for the Watklns medal Jennie
Ilughrs , the only colored student In the In
stitution.vns thn winner.
Two cnplnecrs in the employ of the Snake
Illver Valley Ktllroad company arrived at
Wa-wa-wal on tbo steamer and will make
the trip to Lewlston from that point on
foot along the line of tbe present survey
of the company.
Mauy men are now rushing to the Flor-
ccco auartz district in Idaho county , which
has been attracting gicat attention for the
last two > carn.
At Coeur d'Aleno. while the companies of
the Sixteenth Infantry stationed at Fort
Sherman were preparing to depart for the
front. J R. Paadburn piesented to the regl-
intut Ills ftmo'is rlr eagle , known as "Fred.
T Pubols. " Tbe bird has gone to tbo
front.
A large body of high grade ore has been
developed In the Golden Star , on the Halley
Gold Belt. The Tip Top Is being opened
uo at u depth of 300 feet and at that depth
the ore Iscry - high grade nd the vein
large. JlllU will be erected at both of
tboio mint * this year and the district is
expected to employ a large number of men.
MUioarl SfetTB Note * .
Mexico's swell country hotel , the Rlngo ,
Is undergoing $25,000 worth of repairs.
The school enrollment In Nodaway county
shows a falling off ot 871 from last year.
Four members of the editorial force of
.the Kansas City Times have enlisted for
the war.
Klngsvllle has organized a company with
a capital stock ot $100,000. $150 ot which ts '
paid up , to-prospect for gold.
The summer meeting ot the Missouri
State Horticultural society will be held at
West Plains tbe first week tn June.
Tbe remains of General John Pope rest
tn Missouri soil. He Is buried in Bellefon-
talne cemetery , St. Louts , beside his wife ,
who died several years ago.
The Milan Republican contains a standing
offer of one year's subscription free to every
man who can prove by his own words and
his ago tbut he voted for William Henry
Harrison. Abraham Lincoln and William
McKlnley. Thus far William Judd of New-
town and Hiram Tipton of Reger , two men
who are almost centenarians , have claimed
the reward. sdU.
Tbo Missouri Slate university council ,
composed of all the faculty of the univer
sity , has adopted formally the colors of the
college flag , which will be gold and black.
For tbe college flower tbe yellow chrysan
themum was adopted ; for college tree , tbe
sugar maple ; for college seal , the coat of
arms of Missouri , surrounded by the words.
Tbe University of tbe State of Missouri. "
Stoiy of the Discovery Made in Gregory
Gulch Thirty Years Ago.
GEORGIA CRACKER'S ' LUCK AT MINING
Stumbled on to a Rich Vein anil De
veloped It HU Adventure" De-
fore Striking It la
Colorado.
What 1492 Is to America May C is to Col
orado. It was thirty-nine years ago , says
( he Denver Post , that Gregory , a ragged
mule driver , made the most Important dis
covery ever made In Colorado , the finding of
gold in Gregory gulch on Bobtail hill , Ollpln
county. May 6 , 1859.
John H. Gregory had the California gold
fever. He was a Georgian of the class
known as "poor white trash" or "corn
cracker. " Working his way as a mule driver
westward ' from his southern home he found
himself In the fall of 1858 at Fort Laramle ,
Wyo. This was the nearest postofflce to the
Pike's Peak diggings , then some 200 miles
away. At Irregular Intervals mall was taken
to the Pike's Peak diggings on pack animals.
The usual exaggerated reports about dally
finds tn the distant diggings drew Gregory
to the canvas city , situated at the junction
OI Cherry creek and the Platte.
This motley collection of dirty tents , raw
hide dugouts , Indtao tepees and brush lean-
tos wai > known as St. Charles. Soon Its
fame spread throughout the world under the
name of Denver.
Gregory was one of those lucky , careless ,
ragged adventurers who press the first foot
prints Into the path of progress. He arrived
In St. Charles with nothing to lose and
everything to gain. A slight knowledge of
primitive placer mining , as It was .pursued
In his Georgia home , was his only capital.
This wandering mule driver , Ignorant and of
rather weak mind , was soon to become the
Messiah of the miners. He was the advance
scout behind whom was soon to come , rushBj
Ing over the prairies and pouring Into the
gulches of Colorado , an army of gold seekers.
He was the man chosen by fate to stem the
ebb tide of disgust and disappointment that
was beginning to flow from the Rocky moun
tains back to the east. The mind and hand
of Providence is seen in the fate that con
trolled this man.
The picture Is dramatic. The California
boom had resounded around the earth.
Men's blood was heated by the lust for gold.
The business panic of 1857 had left many
penniless and desperate. Reports of gold In
the sands of Colorado streams had swept
across the plains to the eastern seacoast
and even over the waves to Europe. Lured
by the hope that reports of new gold fields '
always have and always will arouse In the
human heart , thousands risked their all and
crossed the deserts , firm In the faith that
once In the shadows of the Rocky mounj
tains , gold could be picked up In every
stream. But these argonauts found only the
hardships of the frontier ; no gold. Wagons
by ones and twos and by trains , drawn by
staggerlne animals , dragged their painful '
way once more over the rusty trails , this I
tlrno with their backs toward Pike's Peak.
Whispers of a rich find at last made on
Jackson's Bar In Vasquez Fork , now known
as Clear Creek canyon , had reached the ears
6f the departing thousands. But they had
been disappointed so often lhat mosj of
them turned away in anger nnd derision.
This was In the spring of 1859. George A.
Jackson , as he admitted many years later ,
had already discovered rich diggings up Vas-
quez Fork at the place still known as Jack
son's Bar. He had made his discovery of
gold , the first one of any Importance made i
in Colorado , on January 6 and 7 , 1S59 , but ;
had kept the matter a secret. May 6 he led
a party of Chlcagoans to his as yet unrevealed -
vealed diggings. This place Is known as Chi-
COKO creek , near Idaho Springs in Clear. !
Creek canyon , Colorado. Here the strike was j
confirmed beyond dispute. Many made a
rush for the new discoveries. But many I
were In doubt. j
Panned tfce Dirt. .
Before this , however , Gregory had en- j
deavored to reach the Jackson diggings. He. j
and Jackson were acquainted. Each had a j
rough knowledge of gold mining , a rare
accomplishment In the Rocky mountains in I |
1859. While others prospected the prairie j i
gulches In a vague sort of a way and some
few were washing n few dollars a day out
of the sands of Cherry Creek and the
Platte , as can still be done today , Gregory
and Jackson reasoned that the One gold
tn these streams came down frum their
sources In the mountains. While the many
were complaining In Idleness the few
searched the mountains for lodes. Being
a born prospector Gregory panned the creek
as he went up the canyon In search of
Jackson. Arriving where the town of Idaho
Springs is now , at the mouth of Chicago
Creek , up which was Jackson's Bar , Greg
ory , by mistake , or the will of fate , trav
eled up the right hand or main canyon to
tn forks of the creek. He was alone
and was probably the first white man to !
awake the echoes of Clear Creek canyon.
Arriving at the forks of the creek , as it
is known , Gregory washed a pan of dirt
from each fork , determining to explore and
prospect the branch that yielded the most
colors to the pan. Fate again directed
him. Gregory went up the north fork ,
panning as he went. Ttoe golden grains
led him up the creek to tbe mouth of what
is now historic as Gregory gulch. Up the
fork beyond the mouth of this .gulch he
could find but little gold with his pan. Com
ing back he panned along the bed of this
gulch. Shining particles , sprinkled by
nature , led this modern seeker of the
Golden Fleece up the gulch to the mouth
of the little ravine that comes in just to
tbe southeast of the Gregory lode. Here
the ways parted once more. Gregory panned
on up tbe gulch , then came back and tested
tbe little'ravine. It was the richer of the
two. Like a bloodhound he followed the
scent up this ravine and suddenly lost U.
Gregory knew then tbat ho was near the
source ot tbe gold that Impregnated for
miles the sands of Vasquez Fork and the
Platte river , Into which It flowed. But he
was alone , the first to penetrate a wild ,
dangerous and unknown region. Hostile
Indians prowled silently through the
mountains , hunting for scalps. Deep snofts
cohered tbe ground. The cold was Intense.
His grub was exhausted.
From the trembling edge of success Greg
ory was beaten back. Down tbe canyon he
went to a camp where Golden now Is. Hero
this beggar prospector , whose worn boots
bad but recently trodden upon tbe treasure
vaults of a nation , to which ho unknow
ingly held the key , sought food and iiclp.
David K. Wall responded. Wall was the
man who Introduced the. Irrigation bystcm
Into Colorado. He was the first tiller f
tbe soil in tbe Rocky mountains. The
farmer helped the miner. Back up the
canyon went Gregory. With him went two
men named Wilkes Dufrees and William
Zlegler. Gregory returned to tbe point
where be bad lost the scent , Selecting nta
spot about 100 feet from Its mouth on tlio
left-hand side of Gregory gulch , looking
stream ho said to Dufrees " '
up , , "Dig hurc.
An eight-toot bole was dug. The results
were promising , nothing more. Oregcry
examined the gold. Then ho salJ to Du
frees , "Bring a pick anJ shovel , " and
started up the hill to the ugh : .
About 200 feet up the hllUlds from the
bottom , of tbe gulch and farther up stream ,
Gregory stopped and again tald , "Die
here. " Dufrees threw > put several sbovcU
full.
"That looks like s l dirt ; fill the pnn. "
said Gregory , Greg3 Ztook the pan , two-
thirds full ot dirt , down to the little stream
flowing over the bolldih ( < t Gregory gulch.
He panned tbe dlft. He 1ml halt an ounce
ot gold dust. Ite dad found the Gregory
lode. The day waa'Mlry 5 , igss. The place
was Bob Tall hlll.o'lni
Colorado Wan Mnrte.
Then and there , of the lode and placer In
the bed of Gregory gulch was born the state
of Colorado. From the wounded side of
Bob Tall hill rose the spirit of gold that waste
to proclaim the wonders of the new born
throughout all lands and to all people.
Gregory , naturally of weak mind , became
dazed by his good fortune. His Ideas became
Incoherent. He talked to himself , ignoring
those around him. In the rambling way of
the Insane. But he kept on digging and
washing. The hole on the hillside was ex
actly upon the apex of the Gregory lode.
Did fate lead Gregory to this spot ? What
caused him to stop exactly at the right
place on the slope of Bob Tall hill and begin
to dig ? Was It luck ? Or did the future of
the thousands of disheartened pioneers be
yond the foothills and the destiny of a great
state In a measure control his actions ? Who
can tell ?
A sluice was built. The men worked like
fiends. The news swept aross the hills and
gulches like mountain fire. Denver went
wild. The glorious tidings reached Jack
son's bar. Up Virginia canyon and over the
wooded mountains rushed the gold seekers.
Like a herd of stampeded cattle they started
Instantly , overleaping nil obstacles In their
wild scramble for gold. Many lost their way.
Few found the right gulch. Gllpln county
was then a dense growth of mountain pine.
William N. Byers , who came to Colorado In
1852 , was tbe eighteenth man to reach the
new diggings. The pioneer newspaper man
of the Rocky mountains sought Gregory. He
asked for news. Gregory sat on a log at
the front of his pine bough lean-to. His
camp had been made half way between the
hole In the hillside and the gulch at Its
foot. The ground was sloping. Gregory
slept on the Incline with bis feet braced
against | the log that prevented htm from
slipping down hill and out from under the
meager protection of his evergreen shelter.
Gregory slept but little. An insane fear
kept htm a\\ake day and night. Mr. Byers
found Gregory seated upon the log , his head
burled In his hands , his elbows resting on
his knees , talking to himself. But Gregory
had now become more rational. Although
ho still talked to himself , It was the not
unusual habit of thinking aloud that many
Ignorant or weak minds fall Into when much
alone. A sluice had been constructed at the
toot of Bob Tall hill. The dirt , in sacks , had
been carried by men from the shallow hole
In the hillside down to the water. Gregory
had a man , or boyj rather , hired to assist
him. Dufrees and Zlegler were busy with
their ] own claims. ! Gregory had stopped
\\ork and was guarding his fortune.
Upon being questioned.'by Mr. Byers Greg
ory leaned back Into his shelter and , reachIng -
Ing j , over his bed , overturned a long-handled
frying | pan. Beneatb It * were three gold re
torts each as large asf.ho third of a com
mon brick. These three'retorts were the re
sults of three days ; work at the sluices by
the two men , The r total value was $972.
Cold weather had prevented work from May
C to May 1C. The gold was washed out dur
ing the next three days.
Gregory feared thaL.be would be robbed
of his gold , his clalrQs'and bis life. Law had
not'yet reached "the RockiesTho human
tide had begun * to pattr > : lnto the new dig
gings. The rush continued for a year and
new arrivals dally came In from all parts
of the world. Gregory soon sold his two
claims for $21,000- be paid for at the rate
ot $500 a week from the -proceeds of the
mine Itself. The new owners. In a few days
dug out enough gold to pay for their prop-
erty. Gregory took what was to him his
fabulous treasure and returned to Denver.
He spent most of it in a short time in riot
ous living. Taking what little * remained he
returned to Georgia.
The next year he returned to the scene o :
his wonderful achievements as poor as he
ever was.
But Fate was still bis friend. Miners arc
as superstitious as sailors. Gregory received
for such a man , enormous sums to prospect
for others. One hundred dollars a day was
a common hire for this ragged wanderer
Gregory believed In his lucky star even
more strongly than did bis fellow miners
But ] Fortune had deserd him. He drlftet
toward the new diggings of Salmon river in
Idaho and disappeared in the northwest
He was never beard of again.
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The electric railway s'cheme for the city
of Boulder has for the present been given
up , as it was Impossible to raise enough
money to start the line.
W. J. Bennett , who is canvassing througl
southern Colorado for the horticultural ex
hlblt 1 at tbe Omaha Exposition , has reported
that ' be Is having much greater success than
ho anticipated.
All of the Sunday schools of Colorado
Springs will unite for a union picnic to bo
given about the middle of next month a
some ot the several parks in this locality
There are upwards of 0,000 Sunday school
children In tbe city and the affair will bo
the largest of Its kind ever tyrtempted.
The organization of the new bank at
Montrose , to be known as the Western Slope
bank. Is completed. Capital stock full paid
In cash , $30,000. The officers elected were :
President , J. W. Trlpler ; vlco president ,
James F. Kyle ; cashier , George O. Gilbert ,
with E. E. Shlnn , J. V. Lathrop , William
Boot and F. P. Tanner as directors.
Thomas Holland of tbe Salvation Army
purchased in Denver several thousand del
lars' worth of farming Implements for use
in tbe colony established at Holly , Colo. Ho
says the army cannot accommodate tbe
families who deslrVto enter tbe colony.
About the middle of this month another In
stallment ot colonists'will ' reach the Arkan
sas valley. r > su
Tbe trouble between the members of tbo
school board and patrons of tbe Trinidad
schools over tbe dismissal of Superintendent
Stevens culminated In & big mass meeting
In ' the opera house. ) rThe reasons given by
th'e members of thy "board for their action
were not deemed ffu'jtic'lent and resolutions
were unanimously bajsej asking the board
to reconsider their action in dispensing with
Mr. Stevens' eervlcuji i
wl aflbrcd the tortures of tlie damned
witb protruding plloj brouRbt on by constipa
tion with which I was adlcted for twenty
years. I ran across your CASCARETS In the
town ot Newell , la. , anil never found anything
to equal them. To-day I aa > entirely free from
plica and ( eel like a new man. "
O. U. KIITZ , tut Jones St. , Sioux City , la.
_ ! ? Palatable , potent. jMta.Gocd. .Dp
Good , Noror Sicken , Weaken , or Qrlpe , lOcKcSUc.
CURE CONSTIPATION.
-TO
In the * old day * of the
Christian martyrs it was
not unusual for the say
age 1'agatH to cast inno
cent women into A dec
of lions , to suffer faorri
ble Hony and fear be
fore death finally carat *
to their relief. In
this Christian agA
i and this laud of
) J civilization ten *
> * \ of thousands of
f women dally suf-
the slow tot
tncnts of ap-
_ preaching death
They do this because of & fals. delicacy fre
quently inculcated by their mothers.
There is a marvelous medicine for womee
that cures all weakness and disease of tbf
distinctly feminine organism. It acts di
rectly on the delicate and important orpins
concerned in maternity and makes them
stronjr and healthy. It is Dr. Fierce' * Favorite -
vorite Prescription. It allays inflammation ,
heals ulceration and soothes pain. It Rives
rest and tone to the tortured nerves. Under
its magic influence the headaches and pains
in the back and sides , the dragging and
burning sensations , the nervousness , weak
ness , lassitude and de pondency that result
from -called female weakness are ban
ished. It fits forwifehood and motherhood.
Taken during the period of solicitude , it
banishes the usual discomforts and makes
baby's entry to the world easy and almost
painless. It insures the new comer's health
and an ample supply of nourishment.
Thousands of women have testified to its
marvelous merits. All good druggists sell it
Mrs. Ursula Dunham , of SUtersvHle. Tylef
Co. , W. Va. , writes : " My baby i < now nearly a
year old. After she was bora I lind local weak
ness. I could not stand up. I took three bottles
of Jr. Plerce's Favorite Prescription and It has
cured me. I can now do all my work. "
* > T\ * It is better to do
Df . PierCe S mending while the
than wait until the whole structure is ready
to fall- is the all-embrac
fallConstipation one , -
ing disorder that is responsible for many
other disr . cases. Doc
tor Picrce's PIpnQflnt Pie388" *
Pellets cure * ICaOaill it. Drug-
cists sell them. They never gripe. One
little "Pellet" is a gentle laxative , and
two a mild cathartic. They are tiny ,
sugar-coated granules.
Nothing else fs "just as
good. " A permanent cure.
It's not a "patent" medicine , but Is prepared
direct from tbe formula ot E. E. Barton. M. D. ,
Cleveland's most eminent spectall't.bylljalmcr
O.UensonPh.D..lJ. S. lIAtv-I > hxUtborrcat-
est known restorative nnd Invlgorator. It cre
ate * tolld llesh , imuclo cntl Btrrugtli , clears
tbo brain , rrmltcs tbo blood
I uro anil rich and causes a
Ctncral feeling of health ,
strcnpth anil renewed > ital-
ity , whllo tbo Generative or
cans are helped to rcaln their
ncrmal powers and tbo suf
ferer Is quickly mafio con
scious of direct benefit O-c
box will wcrl : wonders , Klx
should perfect n cure , full
directions In every Ixix , or till
out tbo diagnosis fchcet you
find enclosed , and we Mill rtlva
your case special attention vilt-out ! extra
charge. BAH-HEN is for * ale a' nil Oruz
stores , a OO-doso box for CO ctntor vro will
mail It securely scaled on receipt of price.
DKS. JIARTON AND BENSON.
91 IJar-Bcn Blocl : , LlevcUnil. CX
For sale by Kuhn & Co. , 15th nnd DOUK-
las : J. A. Fuller & Co. , U02 Douglas St. ,
and Graham Drup Co. , loth nnd Farnam :
Kins Pharmacy , 27th nnd Leavenworth ;
I'eyton's Pharmacy. 2Uh and Leavenworth ;
B. J. Seykora , South Omalin , and all other
druggists in Omaha , South Omaha , Council
Bluffs.
DR. C. GEE WO.
WHO IS llKt
He Is one of the moat
skillful of Chinese doc
tors , because of his
great knowledge and
cures. Having been
eight years In the med
ical college of China ,
he understands t'ne Im
mediate action of over
S.COO remedies. With
eighteen years of ex-
pet lence and over eight
years of that time In
_ , „ Omaha has given him
o.iv. Wfe ; a reputation backed up
by th0usani < i Of tes
timonials In curing EVERY CHAUACTEn
of disease , whet'ner CHRONIC OR OTHER
WISE. Dr. C. Gee Wo guarantees a cure
In every case or the money will be refund
ed. Consultation free. Send a two-cent
stamp for book and question blanks.
Dr. C. Gee Wo. 519 N. 16th St. . Omaha. Neb.
Intttct Relief. CtjrelnlSdiyi. Kever return
I will Elullr tcnrt to nnr tnfferer In n rl ln ncal
BRUN'S FOIl XUTlir.K SEX
Tlits remedy being in
jected directly to tin-
sent of thoee diseases
of the Gcnlto- -
GcnltoUrlunrj
Oreano , renalres no
change of diet. Core
. . jrnnranteeil in 1 to B
SdayM. Kmall plain park-
azc. Iiy mall , Ol.OU
Mold only
Blyern Dillon Draff Co. . S. K. Corner
lOtli anu Kurnnm Sin. , Ouialin , Xcb.
Mothers ! ' .Uotlicmll Motliir. ! ! !
Mr * . WlnsloW. Soolhlnz Syrup has been tiro- !
( t or oter U yean by million * of mothers Cut
their children while teething vnih perfect ruc-
cecs. It soothe , the child , softens th ? J.-IITJ.
allajs all pain euro wind colic and Is ihu ti !
remedy for Diarrhoea. Sold by dru.'glsM In
every " nan of th world. Ite tore and < k fir
"Mrs. "Window's Sooltilns yrup" and taka no
other kind. cent * a bottle.
MADE ME A
AJAX TABLETS fOSlTTVELY COK
AI.LXrmua DUratct Fcllloa HIE
otjr , IspoteccMlo.pi tn s , etc , ctpisc
br Aba a cr o-.hir Kicpat * ana In-tj
orations. 'Jnry quIcAty ai i > ui-e ( ;
rectors I/MtVltall/ oldoricunu.a. .
fit a Ban rorrtad/ , bu'lncn or ra
1'rerent laucltaad
iop. Iholrnia ibcnri InmoJ
cicatoad iatrtt * CURE vlmn all
tilt . . epee . hoTlng . h eeaula ' * AJ s
'wllleartToa. Wocl r--
rich ce > or leftod tbo coatr. Fric.U O I Ot j
Pickacei or U rc . ( fall roatm.nll for GW. L'
nail. In plain wmpr r. nnnr. r-jjolptof rrirs. i Irral/i
" -AJAX REMEDY CO. , "Sr r,1- ,
For cale In Omaha , J.'cU , by Ja. Porsyth , JCJ
N. 16th ; Kuhn & Co. , leili and Douslai ; lad
tn Council Ulutl * by O. ti. Brown. Imuclits.
T o Alaska
Cold Fields
by new EMPIRE I.IXH n.SOO ton tteamcn
"Oolo. "PennsilTanla. " "Illlnoln , " "Infltana. "
"Conemauch. " pel-tally fitted nltb steam aval ,
electric Hunts and all modern ImproTcments.
SEATTLE TO ST. MICHAEL ,
appointed to jail about Juno U.2J. i July 13.31.1 !
theselarge ocean Btcamcrt. so well ktiunnln tha
trantatlantlt1 bublnf * 9. In connection wltbcmr onn
Hector lei IV.w Ve.MUfor tbo Yukon Klter
trafflc , furnlib by far tua best route to l u\vnou
CHy and all otter YnUon lllver points.
"ALL WATER ROUTE. "
nKMKMIlKIl that thlt line enable ! iiauenccn to
roach the heart of tbe Gold Field , without cndur-
Ibg the hardtblps. exposure , tcrere loll and rtane.
to life and property cnoouutereJ on the Uvcrland
routes. Apply to
EMPIRE TRANSPORTATION CO , ,
07 Pint . % vr. . gr.\TTT.F. AVAHII. , or to
INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION COMPANY ,
143 I.a Nolle Ntrrrt. f'lllCAOO.
w their afinU in th. Baited SUtsi or Canad
For an up-to-date
Western Hev/spaper
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Read The Bee
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M
You Will Find it in the
Principal Cities.
l-i
ATLANTA , GA.
Klmball House News Stand.
ANACONDA , MONT.
4UI
Jauics M. GodartL
BILLINGS , MONT. :
J. C. Sperry. Forester & Frlzellc.
CAMBRIDGE , MASS-
Harvard University Library.
DENVER.
Brown Hotel News Stand. Pratt Mercantile Co. , 1517 Larimer St. .
Hamilton & Keudrlck , 1)05 ) 012 17th St.Tha Stationer Co. . 13th and Lawreuce St *
McLean , 1'ltt & Co. , 835 Sixteenth St. Windsor Hotel News Stand.
DES MOINES.
Moses Jacobs , Hock Island Depot. Y. M. 0. A. Heading Ilooin.
BOSTON.
Public Library. . Boston Press Club , 14 Eoswortb St.
Vcntloino Hotel
BUFFALO.
Genescc Hotel News Stand.
BUTTE
City News Depot , Cor. Main & Broadway , . .r ;
CHEYENNE.
E. A. Logan , 212 West 10th SL Cheyenne Club.
CHICAGO ,
Auditorium Hotel News Stand. Postotlicc News Stand , No. 217 Dear-
Grand Pncltlc Hotel News Stand. born St.
Great Northern Hotel NewB Stand. Associated Advertiser's Club , Pahuef
Palmer House Ncwd Stand. House.
CLEVELAND.
Commercial Traveler's Association , Mnisoniu Temple.
Wcddell House. The Hollcuden.
COLORADO SPRINGS.
Brlscoe Bros. , No. 30 South Tejon St. Printers' Home. ' i
FORT SMITH , ARK.
M. S. A. Heading Room.
Room.HOT
HOT SPRINGS , S. D.
Emll Hargcns. George Gibson.
HOT SPRINGS , ARK. ,
C. H. Weaver & Co.
HELENA.
Helena Public Library. W. A. Moon ? . Cth avenue'and Main St
KANSAS CITY.
Coates House News Staud . Robert Held , 1022 McGce St
V > UUi1-9 AAUUOI * * 1 * J j " . . . .
Y. M. C. A. Reading Room SiO Wyau- Public Lmrary.
dotte St. Rlckseckcr Cigar Co. , OtU and Walnut ,
.Missouri Republican Clul ) , 005 Balti opposite P. CT.
more Ave.
LINCOLN.
Frank H. Woodland , agent with Frank
Du Tell Cigar o. , 1020 O St. ' , ' \
LOS ANGELES. '
George Joyce , 340 Spring St. A. W. Hall , 340 South" Sprlng St , " "
LONDON , ENGLAND.
Charles A. filing's American Exchange , ' - * *
2 Cockspur St , Trafalgar Sq. , S. W.
MINNEAPOLIS.1
Public Library. West Hotel News Stand.
NEW YORK.
Cooper Union Library. Mechanic * ' and Traders' Free Library . .
Fifth Avenue Hotel News Stand. No. IS East Slxtenth St.
Firth Avenue Hotel Heading Hoom. Piess Club , 12f ) Nassau St. i-
Brooine Street Libiary. Westminster Hotel Heading Iloom. '
Holland House Reading Jtoom. Windsor Hotel Heading Hoom.
Hoffman House. Y. M. C. A. , 23d Street and 4th Avonnj
Imperial Hotel News Stand.
OGDEN ,
W. Webb , 2405 Washington Avc. McCartney & Co. , 30025tJ > St. .
PARIS , FRANCE.
New York Herald Reading Room , 42.
Ave. dc 1'Opera.
POCATELLO :
V. G Roeder , West Center St
PORTLAND , ORE.
W. E. Jones , 201 Alder.St. Portland Hotel News Stand.
PHILADELPHIA.
Mercantile Library.
SACRAMENTO ,
Public Library.
SAN FRANCISCO.
Public Library.
SALT LAKE CITY.
L. F. Hnmmol. Lyceum Theater. Public Library.
Uult Lake News Co. . -
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- SEATTLE.
C. G. Oyston , PostofUce News Depot. Gw > rge F. Ward , " ' * * \ " ' * /
Hotel Seattle Newd Stand. . " > - ' / | ' *
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SIOUX CITY. ?
Gsirrettson Hotel Newn Stand. Hotel Vcndome News Stand. ' '
Mondamln Hotel News Stand. Public Library.
SPOKANE.
John W. Graham , 723-725 Riverside
Avenue.
ST. JOSEPH.
Junction News Staud , 501 Edmund St. llraudow's News Staud , 721 Edmoud 81
ST. PAUL , MINN.
Press Club. Windsor Holcl.
ST. LOUIS.
E .1 Jett. 800 Olive St Public Ubrary. '
Planters' Hcrsl News Stand.
WASHINGTON , P. C ;
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Arlington Hotel. Treasury Department Library.
Congnwlounl Library. Senate Reading Room.
RlgKd House. Republican Nut'l Commute * Hnnra %
At'rlcultural Department Library.
YANKTONV.
Frank Well , Jn