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.ation of Till : DAILY HEK.
OMAHA is gay with decorations ixnd
"Tinging with music.
Tin : mans of the republican party in
Virginia will mipport thu Maliuno
ticket.
SEVKNTY-FIVK thousand women cnni
their own living in Nuw York City in
the various trades.
TIIK mania for mines is rampant on
"Wall street , and prospect holes com
mend a good premium.
CoMPAiiEi ) with other atalen the
crops in Iowa and Nebraska uro far
above the average.
IT. THE Wyoming caltlo "rounds up"
liavo proved that the winter losses
Lava been greatly exaggerated.
. " EV.KN in the cast the problem of
cheap transportation is rapidly assuin
ing a prominent place in politics.
TIIK success of the ijiungerfcst is no
less creditable to tho.citi/.ens than to
the members of the Smngorbund.
FAUM rcnta in England arc report
ed as rapidly declining , owing to the
'increased competition from America.
> t
THE attack of the Colorado settlers
upon the Uncompahgre Utcs is likely
to precipitate a general Indian war.
THE English don't ' relish the doses
of Epsom salts which Lorillar'd and
ZKcono have been giving their horses.
FOST.MAHTBU JAJIII.S has already saved
$800,000 annually to the postal service
"by Ills investigation of the star route
system.
QUKBEO Buffered yesterday from a
destructive conflagration which burn
ed down six hundred houses , and
inado nearly * five" thousand people
, Jiomolcss.
Mu. WxiiDKii , a former resident of
Omaha , has been presented by Col
orado vigilantes with a handsome lit
tle cofliu. Mr. Webber will leave the
place.
BOTH Messrs. Larrabeu and Sher
man arc scratching in a very lively
manner for that Iowa gubernatorial
nomination , and the friends of both
- claim a good majority of the convon-
tionr utes.
/ 'CniCAao mocks and Now York re
fusen to believe , but St. Louis goes
right on building barges and oitjruii/-
ing liver transportation linos. West-
urn producers uro vitally interested in
.the result.
f * ff I'i > ENULANH must either bo prepared
HIvJ Elk I B ° vorn Ireland indefinitely by
martial law , or make liberal terms
with the agitators and their con-
atituonts. '
T r-4 Miu 'LouiLLAKD being engage ! in
' 'trade ' cannot' belong to-thu English
Jockey club , nnd ia- forced to have
aoino rcproBontativu attend to his in
* terests. He manages to win the races
nil the name.
THE Italian press expresses grave
t concern over the heavy emigration in
, / , -Italy , this spring , During the past
U. J
300 , 400 , nhd aomotimca
v. . qyon COO peasants from Lombardy
have left daily via the Alta Italia rail-
' way. Tlioy nro represented as bound
for Franco , but it is believed that n
; ( large numbernro destined for llio
United States or Tanunm to work on
Do'Lcssopa' canal ,
JUST now Spanish papcra eooin to bo
* , , at ijinch pains to demonstnito to the
world the simplicity between the sit
uation of Franco as to Tunis , and that
of Spain as to Moroco. In political
nnd cabinet circles at Madrid , it , is
openly doclarocl that the success 'at
tained by Franco in Tunis , is indica
tive of the fact tliat the time is pro
pitious for Spain ut the first opportun
ity to pounce upon Moroco and es
tablish over that territory the protec
toratewhich , was agreed to by thu war
f I860 , and the then concluded
treaty Between Marshal O'DonnolK.
on-tiie-part of Spain , and the govern-
. jnent of that , country. ' 10 protec- '
- . ' tprale could be the cosier established ,
tits . as Spain is. already in possession of
Centa , Melilla , and other stations on
the African coast.
NOT ANOTHER MORTGAGE ,
. There was a time 'when ' the build
ing of railroads in this state had to bo
encouraged by liberal 'subsidies in
lands and bonds. When money was in
active demand at hih rates of inter
cat , when capitalists could invest their
means in non-taxabla government
bonds at seven per cent. , special in-
ducemontfl had to bo held out to npcc-
ulators to build railroads in Nebraska.
That time is happily passed. Money is
now n .drug iti the market , and railroad
corporations' § are building , in
every direction where they
see any promise of patronage.
The time lias come , in our opinion ,
when the people of Nebraska must sot
their faces against voting any more
mortgages on their farms to nabnidizo
railroads. Wo understand another
scheme to mortgage Nebraska farms
has been hatched. The intended vic
tims nro farmers of Lancaster , Saun
dor and Dodge counties. The parties
most active in ihis job are among the
most successful bond bulldozers in this
state. Their head and front is
prominent corporation attorney who
two yoara ago succeeded in
plastering mortgages to.tho , tune of
three hundred and fifty thoim'nd dollars
lars on thu farmers of Lancaster ,
Seward , Uutlor and 1'latto counties
as an inducement for building the
Lincoln and Northwestern railroad.
The people of these counties had
smarted BO long under the extortiun-
ate exactions of then existing mo
nopolies who hold them in their iron
grip that they wore in. n.flt state of
mind to vote anything to anybody that
promised them relief.
In Platte county there was the moat
aggravating incentive for voting bonds
to the Atchison & Nebraska extension.
Jay Gould had personally made a
public throat that ho would/lcstroy the
town of Columbus if the people of
Platte county dared to vote aid to the
competing lino. This threat very
naturally aroused popular indignation ,
and the bonds were voted as much to
rebuke Jay Qould as for any other
mason.
Although opposed on principle to
the voting of such bonds , this paper
on that occasion advised and urged
the voting of these bonds under the
belief that the north and south line
would be a permanent competitor and
could not pool with the east end west
lino.
lino.It
It was mainly this [ belief and the
assurance of the bond bull dozers that
the Atchison rnd Nebraska extension
would never consolidate or pool with
any competing line that induced the
people of tioso ] counties to load them
selves with that burden. No sooner
waa the bond election over than the
now road was offered to the very cor
porations with whoso lines it was in-
bonded to compote. The result was
: hat ovpn before it was built this new
competitor was sold to the Burling-
1011 & Missouri company and in duo
, imu the managers of that company
> oolod their earnings with the Union
[ 'acific at the very points whore they
are supposed to compote. The poo-
ilo who had generously voted mort
gages on their farms found out too
ate that their confldenco had boon
shamefully abused. Thu solemn
promises made by the bond
tiulldo/.ers and attorneys of the
A. & 'N. were broken al
most before they wore made ,
and now the impostors who perpe
trated that memorable fraud upon the
farmers of Lancaster , Seward , Duller
mid Platte have the sublime cheek to
enter the tier of counties immediately
east of those in which they made their
raid two yearn ago , with a proposition
for another bond scheme. As n pre
liminary feeler they liavo given out in
Saunders county that the proposed
road would bo built without a dollar
of bonded subsidy. This piece of
news was very naturally hailed with
general oatisfaction. Such enter
prises , when , undertaken by capi
talists with their own money.
We are informed however , that this
was merely a ruse to feel the public
pulse in .Sanndurs county. In duo
titno when the workers , strikers and
cappers who run elections and carry
influence are greased and trained to
their work , a proposition to vote
bonds is to bo submitted and bull
dozed throu h
Wo deem it high time that the
farmers of Sanders and Dodge conn
ties were put on their guard. Lot
them protest against the bond propo
sition and notify their commissioners
that they will hojd them responsible
for putting thu counties to thu ex
pense nnd trouble of an election. Let
them furthermore organize in every
precinct , and if thu proposition is sub
milled , votoitdown by overwhelming
majorities. There is no danger that
railroad-building in Nebraska wjll
stop if the people refuse to vote mort
gages on their farms , If there is uny
business for railroads they will be
built. If thu trunk lines need feeders
they will build them with their own
money. They have already extorted
millions out of Nebraska producers
and they can well all'ord to invest
their surplus funds in branch lines and
extensions. Lot it bo proclaimed far
and wide that the people of Nebraska
.mil not put another railroad mortgage
on thgir farms. '
The railway employes of England
are agitating a nine hours movement
which is attracting a good deal of
public attention , At lecent meetings
hold in London the grievances of the
British railroad men were publically
discussed , and the facts clecited crea
ted quite n sensation. There are about
135,000 men employed in the daily
traffic of the railways , to which must
bo added 70,000 in the workshops and
over 100,000 men employed by other
firms producing the rolling stock.
This is a larger army and a
much more useful one than the
standing army of England.
It appears that English locomotive
engineers are on duty eleven , twelve
and fifteen hours. It is proposed to
limit the duration of a day's work , in
( ho generality of cases , to nine hours ,
but for signal nnd switchman only
eight hours shall bo exacted. Should
the request bo granted it would no
doubt bo succeeded by a marked de
crease of accidents , which often owe
their origin to overwork , rendering
men incapable of properly performing
their duties.
A mu , has been passed by the Now
York legislature whereby a head tax
of one dollar is to be imposed upon
each emigrant that land in Castle Gar
den. Against this imposition a very
decided protest has been entered , and
petitions are pouring in upon Governor
Cornell to veto the bill. The Now
York Tribune supports this outrage
ous embargo on emigration under the
plea that the city of Now York must
be rc-ciubursod for thu discomfort
which her citizens experience from an
influx of unclean and malodorous for
eigners.
When it is born in mind thai lliu
muiibur of emigrants that are likely
to land in Castle Garden is estimated
at over ono million , wo can readily
comprehend why Now Yorkers ask for
such a tax. It would virtually pay
the entire expense of city govern
ment , lint suppose it were true that
Now Yorkers suffer some dibcomfort
by the presence of these foreign
emigrants , is it not also
true that millions of money
are pockottcd by New Yorkers
from those emigrants every year ?
What would Now York bo without
this influx of foreigners ? It is to bo
hoped Governor Cornell , who is usu
ally clear-headed and far-sighlod , will
return that head tax bill with his veto
Loathe Now York legislature.
Mn. PKASK , the United States en
gineer in charge of river improvement
at this point , has boon directed by
Major Sutor , of St. Louis , to lay his
views upon the necessities of the river
at Omaha before our citizens. A
meeting of our citizens will bo held
next Monday evening , when Mr.
Pease will address the board of trade
upon the subject. Our two senators
are now in town , and it would be
very appropriate for them both to bo
iresont. This is especially the ease
n'respcct to General Van Wyck , who
las taken a great interest in the case ,
and at the last mooting of the board
of trade to consider the question ,
charged himself with pressing the
natter before the departments. The
inprovcmont of the Missouri is of
vital interest to the community , and
not only the board of trade should
agitate the subject , but also the rail
road companies and the industries lo
cated on its banks. The late floods
liavo shown the urgent necessity of
taking some stops to prevent n repe
tition oi the scones of last spring.
Any move should , however , bo made
only after a careful consideration of
the most approved plans and consul
tation with competent engineers.
With the amount which wo under
stand lies unexpended for this purpose
in the treasury of the United States ,
and with the co-oporation of these
most vitally interested in the preser
vation of river front , n substantial
and lasting improvement of the Mis
souri at this point ought to bo as
sured.
The Omaha JiliK , a professional anti-
nipnopoly paper has always been in
clined to flabbincsa in politics. It
now finds itself in a predicament. Its
political inolinationu nro against Conk-
ling. Its anti-monopoly professions
require that it should iiyht his ene
mies. Its twisting attempts to appear
consistent wliiio opposing itho great
senator aro'equal to the most sublime
efforts of the professional contortion
ists who exhibit .themselves for a dollar
lar a'corttort. ' Denver llopublican.
The 13KK has always boon consist
ently republican in its politics. Since
its foundation over ten years ago it
has1 supported every republican candi
date for president and every republi
can candidate on state tickets , except
two during thu last election , who it
knew to bo unlit for oflico. As far as
Mr. Conklinu' is concerned , the BKU
has no knowledge that he has over
planted himself on the anti-monopoly
platform or avowed himself as opposed
to corporation rule. This paper believes
that there are in the state of Now
York a number of gentlemen with
sentiments known to bo in accord
with thu anti-monopolists nnd with
abilities equal to lloscoo Conkling
who would more than fill the place
left vacant by his resignation in tha
United Stales sonalo.
declares that the "brib
ery" cry raised by the stalwarts at Al
bany is only a trick to stop desertions
from their ranks. -
Six deatlis from lightning occurred
in Indiana yesterday. Indiana is get
ting an unenviable reputation for
thunder ard marital bolts.
A NEEDED REFORM.
The Star route investigation has
proved the necessity of a very radical
change in the auditing methods of
the post oflico department. Hereto
fore the revenues of that department
have been excepted from a provision
of the revised statutes which requires
thatTho
The gross amounts of all moneys re
ceived , from whatever source , for the
use of the United Stages * * *
shall bo paid * * * into the _ Ircas-
ury at as early a day as practicable ,
without any abatement or deduction
on account of sal.iry , fees , costs ,
charges , expenses , or claim of any do-
scriplion whatever.
Under this law all the collections of
every other department whether aris
ing from the customs , sales of public
lands , patent fees , or other miscolla
neons sources must bo ' 'covered" into
the treasury by warrant of the sccrO'
tary of the treasury , and can only be
drawn out by the same authority. A
loose method of dealing with the pub
lienionejs has followed the non-en
forcement of this rule in the post
oflico department. It is true that a
portion of the revenues have been deposited
posited in the depositories of the
treasury , but to the credit of a sepor
nto account , and the warrants by
which they arc "covered in" and
drawn out are signed not as all other
warrants are , by the secretary of the
treasury i but by the post master gen
eral. The fiscal departncnt of the
government , whoso duty it is to col
lect , keep and disburse the moneys of
the government , and whoso . ' ( Organiza
tion is admirably adapted to perform
that duty efficiently , has no effectual
control over the revenues
and disbursements of this
great branch of the sen-ice.
The larger part of the revenues of the
postofficcdopnrtment is notplaccdintho
treasury at all. Last year $35,000,000
of postal revenues wore received and
disbursed , nnd of the whole amount
only $9,03,248.13 , or a little over a
quarter , was placed in the treasury
vaults. The remainder , amounting
to moro than 826,000,000 , was col
lected and expended directly by post
masters , and was taken up in accounts
of the treasury by formal warrants of
the Postmaster-General , issued ingress
gross at the end of each quartar , con
structively taking the amount into
and out of the treasury. It is a singu
lar commentary on official manage
ment that this practice , wholly con
trary to the law has-been - carried on in
relation of a positive requirement of
the statute which provides that
The postal revenues * * * shall
bo covered into the treasury of the
United States under the directions of
the Postmaster-General. This section
also requires that "tho treasurer , as
sistant treasurer , are designated de
positary receiving such payment shall
give the depositor duplicate receipt
therefor. "
It is difficult to see how the Post
master-General , or his assistant , could
have construed this clear declaration
into emptying that three quarters of
the revenues could have disbursed be
fore reaching the treasury , at all.
No investigation into the post oflico
will bo complete or satisfactory which
does not provide for a strict compli
ance with the laws in this regard. Aa
affairs have boon conducted , the post
oflico department , whoso primary duty
is to carry the mails , and whoso ma
chinery should bo contrived for the
simple purpose of performing that
duty efficiently and economically , has
become a great financial department ,
practically independent of all control
in its financial management. The
mere removal of dishonest officials
will afford no practical reform if
the present lax system of accounta
bility is permitted to continue. An
other Brady will arise to seize the
earliest opportunity afforded by the
contract office and the disgraceful
frauds will bo renewed unless a change
of system is made which will render
them impossible.
Luiou reform in Germany is ( .till
one of the problems of the hour.
The labor laws are about to bo mate
rially modified. A bill has been in
troduced in the federal council pro
viding that boys in mines shall not bo
allowed to work moro than eight
hours a day , and that before being
engaged they must produce a medical
ceitificato testifying to their physical
capability for the work , It must not
bo assumed that a desire for the wel
fare of the working classes and their
children prompts such measures us the
above. It is solely with a view of
raising the requisite amount of can
non fodder or men to Xill or lo bo
killed that causes Dismarck nnd his
colleagues to pay any attention to the
wants and necessities of the lower
classes.
OCCIDENTAL JOTTINGS7"
WYOMING ,
Laramie has a gymnasium in full blast ,
The LT. 1 * . will erect a large frcighthouuu
at Cheyenne.
The southeastern part of Laramie City
is building up with amazing rapidity ,
The Sherman copper luine , four miles
cast of Ited liutte , has been sold to eastern
parties
John Goodman accidentally shot himself
last week , near Shillard , while reloading
rifle ehelU.
A | iarty of emigrants , near Kvanstou ,
woa robbed of all their block lost week by
horse thieves.
On June 30th , and July 1st , 2nd and
4th , the Cheyenne driving park will give
$1,000 in premiums.
A larger percentage of ladies ride on
horoback in Cheyenne than in any other
town iu the country.
A Urge train of emigrant wagons passed
through Cheyenne on the 31st , en route
for Waihinqton territory.
The fhort cut from Cummin * to the
North L'nrk will be jn a Rlmi > e to nllow
teams to paxa over on Tuesday.
There wai ft herd of come two hundred
buffalo seen near what in known ai Cedar
mountain , about forty miles north of Haw-
linn , labt week ,
A Laramie ho c company l to have a
new uniform of white shirts with blue fac
ing * , military cajw , white with gold and
blue trimmings , and white belts.
The U. 1' . railroad company has begun
the work of constructing a new oil hon e
and general ( itipply depot ca t of the rail
road house at Cheyenne. U will be 90 by
24 feet.
Quite an outfit of Shoihone Indian
came into Green JUvcr with their teams
from Fort Washakle last week. They will
freight out their own ttuppliei this season
an they did last.
Wyoming stock raisers discover that
tin ir lo-inei have not been one half as great
as they anticipated , is having its effect in
that legion ? The cattle men are jiurclias-
Ing as vxtennivfly this eeason as over be >
fore. There is a great demand for ranch
la ! Hirers.
The .Iclm mountain gold and silver mln
Ing and milling company at CummingB
City , are making preparations to com
mence mining operations next week. Their
mines compute i-ome of the best In the Hra-
mol dihtrict , The manage of the nfTalrx
of the company are confident that their
mines will be producing b-llion in a few-
months
Some Kvanston parties have discovered
and located what they believe to bo a rich
pold nnd silver mine , near tunnel No. 4 ,
in Weber canyon. There Is an abundance
of ore , and they are shipping two car loads
from near thu surface of Salt Lake City
this week. Severn ! dilfercntj assays made
by experts give results varying from $35
to &r > 2 per ton.
Carbonate float wai found on the east
side of Jelm mountain la t fall by Mr.
( icorgo Kalean enterprising miner ot
Uramel district , lie kept the discovery a
fcccrct until spring opened , mcauwhilu he
took great pains KII investigate the charac
ter of the ore , and found that it was true
jarbonate. It bean to strong a rccem-
blmice to the black carbonate of Le.iilvilli" ,
that , when mixed with it , _ miners of ex
perience in Lead\ille mines could not
separate it. Mr. Knlcs has organized n
: ompany for the development of these car-
jonatc clainiH.
UTAH.
Salt Lake's butineas streets arc filling up
rapidly.
Graasluippers are ravaging fields in
bouthern Utah.
Considerable surveying is being done in
the 1'ark district.
Large Mormon immigration is coming
i nto the territory.
A very promising vein was recently lo.
catcd in Snake Creek Canyon.
There is a loud demand for faster trains
between Ogdcn and Salt Lake.
Ore is being bhipped btcadily from Alta ,
as it has been for afmobt two months pa t.
The new Horn Silver Smelting 'Works ,
south of Salt Lake City are preparing to
start up.
The Utah and Salt Lake canal , which
lias been in construction for a number of
yearn , is finished. It will supply water to
seventy miles of country.
The aggregate value of the bullion fehip-
ments by the Ontario , during the month of
May was $16(1,301.33. ( The mill was thut
lown for eight days.
Work has been resumed on the Silver
Bar and Great Western Consolidated , with
a fair prospect of continuing until an ore
chimney is encountered in the tunnel.
It is ntnled that the giadimj now In pro
gress in Immigration Canyon i * being d > ne
at the instance of Indiana cat itallsts , nnd
that it is the intension to build a narrow
gusge to this t city to connect with the
Utiili Eastern at KimballV , but to be en
tirely separate.
v During the early part of the week the
well-known mining experts , G. W. Koberts
nnd Col , Sounders , effected in Salt Lake
Cify thu organization of a company to bo
designated the Old Hickory Mining ami
Smelting compaliyl The mine is situated
'
in Rocky'District , not far from'Frisbp ,
and has a well-defined ledge ninety feet in
width , yielding 21 per cent , copper and a
Fair per cent , of fcilver , The amount of
capitalization is 31,000,000. Shares SOT
each. The latest improved copper smelt
ing furnaces and machinery have been or
dered. Southern Utah Times.
COLORADO.
Golden has organized a gas cos puny.
Pueblo is retorloj as crowdc l with new
comers.
Seven furnaces arc in blast at the Grant
works , Ltadville.
Rich discoveries in Caeca-la Gulch , in
Clear Creek caunty , n-e reported.
Several tons nf ore from the victor mine ,
n mountain , nin $ iOO p r ton ,
About lf > 0 Chinamen src sbrcing out
geM at the hci'd ' of the Unwell Gulch.
Thirty passenger trains arrive and de
part daily from the Denver union depot.
A young town called New Chicago is
spring ng up near ( ho Fish lake , fil taen miles
from Jio ! , > .
Tbo Yat Hl5rotlie-sare reprrtod to nave
mud- the biggest itriku of tue seas .n . in
Sugar Leaf dutrLt. Assays run as high
as § 33,000.
Oc'nsional rains and the absence of frost
has beuefi ted vegetation greatly in and
around J'ort Collins.
Travel is si heavy on the Denver & Hio
Graul just now that if a man gets a teat
in the baggagi c r or on the platform ho is
content.
A strike hai been made in the first level
of the GlotiM.l'cndtry , of high grade chlor
ide meneral The workings all through
the mines are looking vtry well.
The uew carbonate camp of Snriog
Creek i * located about fifty-five miles a
little north of west from Duena Vista.
The best iva-l la over C .tlonwo jd pass.
Heal estatci at Ft. Collins is liooming
now ; fifty llollam a foot for vacant prop ,
erty is the price , and 83,600 was offered for
one lot ninety by one hundred and six feet ,
but was refused ,
The Denver and lilo Crande shops in
Denver ore completed anil employ 800
men. They have an order for 3,500 freight
cars , There are thirty forges nuyv bla/ing ,
nnd more are being put in ,
A strike hax been made in the Ixmdon
lode , located at the head of the Holy Cross
creek , The new discovery conaibtx of n
4.foot vein of copper , pyrites and galena ,
assaying 11 1-2 ounces in gold and 38
ounces m silver.
A rich btrike is repotted to have been
made in the new incline of the White
Quail , on Klk mountain , at a depth of1 -
feet. The ore ia a fine load carl Minute , The
point at which the vein was cut ia U. > 0 fuet
from the outcrop.
Thu output of Lcayille mines for May
was the largest , tavo ono month , in the
history of the camp. The tineltera' output
was Sfl.li.'O.OOSj and the mill output SUO-
000 : the raw ore output $125,000 ; total ,
S1.35r > ,0ti8. The outwit for April was
$740,700. bhowing an increase of $370,308.
The I nke City Mining .Register thinks
that bt least three time * an many men will
be employed thin year as last ut Sherman ,
ami adjacent cuwps ,
NEW MEXICO.
A new 'Iry-washer is now being tebted
at the I'errilloa by the patentee.
A thirty horse power ttaw mill is being
put up at Clairraout , in the Mongollons.
The Horptr lode in the new Placer dls'
trict has been bonded to eastern parties for
$25,000.
In Lake valley district the Trip mine hi--
been bold for 810,000. and the Snake mine
Bold for ! 0,000.
A large quantity of delicious fruit of al
most all kinds Is arriving daily in Las Ve
gas from California.
Little Mac is proving to be one of the
bent mines in White Oak dMrict. It
promises to be a tocond Homcstake.
The highest price retried for a single
lot of 25 feet frontage are Jl.fiOOiinW
I'aso , . 3XX ( ) in Albuquerque , and 52,000
Father Ferrari , of the Las Vegas col
lege , took the first railroad ride of his life
the other day in going from that place to
Albuquerque.
A rich strike of gold was made In the
New York lode , Ccrrilhv , recently , vvlnch
Nonly ten feet , and has aciii almost
three feet wide , carrying free milling ore.
An old miner who hai been inspecting
New Mexico's mining districts , says the
territory's grand resources lies in its cop
per deposits. They are of immense extent
and may yet rival or BUrpiw those of I ake
Superior.
The Mavachiinetts and New Mexico
Consolidated are making their property
productive. New machinery is being sent
forward nnd n powerful engine is to be
placed- The mine development in in pro-
grcsi , nnd the outlook for this New Mexi
can company is regarded with much favor
by its owners-
A very large body of rich ore Is being
opened up in the Marshall _ Bonanza , nnd
the present promMng condition of mines
in that district that have been Hunk to wa
ter level seems to indicate that first-class
pay ore will bo found In a large percentage
of the leads when development has ad
vanced to that depth.
Golden Gate in the name of anew mining
camp about 20 miles west of Las Vegas in
the Tecolotina mountain- ) . The carl > oiiatc
( [ iiecn has n fine pay streak of gold rock
which is rapidly widening The vein mat
ter on the Montezunia is about nix feet
wide. The croppings on the lead assay
310 in gold , and other good locations have
nl o been made.
CALIFORNIA.
Forty-nine miles of the Sonora railroad
are completed.
Hot weather i" injuring the crops in San
loaquin valley , Cal.
The flax crop in San Bcrnardina Is the
largest ever produced.
They are heading wheat in Stanislaus
county. A letter says the crop is good.
Hay is aqumlnnt in Solano county , nnd
can be taught for 83 and S3.0 per ton in
the fields.
The engineering corps of the California
Southern railroad has been ordered from
Tui-con to San Diego.
It is wild that a deposit of "platinum has
been discovered at Tomnles. In many
places it can I > c picked tip by hand.
The California Southern railroad com
pany is grading the Santa Mnrgaritn Can
on , which opens into the Tcmecula valley ,
and the rails will be laid , in January.
The greatest elevation of the railway on
the new overland road is 4,014 feet , at
Dragoon Summit , Arizona. Its general
elevation through New Mexico is 4,300
feet.
feet.The
The fanners in one neighborhood in Plu-
mas county made common cause the other
day , drove together millions of grasshop
pers , covered them with straw and burned
them.
About Goose Lake are yet thousands of
acres of government land , and the settlers
are lejoicine in the expectation that the
Keno , Nevada & Oregon railroad will soon
reach that point.
The surveyors engaged in the prelimina
ry work of locating a railroad to the Deer
C'rcek coal field , Arizona , have completed
; heir survey from Wilcox to the mines , and
ire now going over the route from Picacho
to Deer Creek.
The Southern Pacific railroad has reached
Kl Paso. The event was celebrated by the
citizens of that place. It is the asserted
intention of the company to push its road
through to deep water on tha Gulf of Mexico
ice , which will make the line a transconti
nental one , through without change of cars.
A farmer near Santa Barbara sowed
borne barley on the first of January , which ,
when ripe , was mowed. From the seed of
this mowing a second crop sprung up and
ripened. Ironi the seed of this uccond
crop the third grew up , aud is now in the
milk , and bids fair to ripen into good ,
large grain. Two crops fully rine , _ and a
third crop two-thirds ripe , ail in five
months , shows a remarkable capacity of
boil.
OREGON.
Lakevievv has organized a vigilantes asso
ciation.
j A large immjgration is coming into Coos
county from Finland.
The largest salmon caught at Astoria
this year weighed twenty poundf ) .
The cattle aie dyir r near Silver Lake ,
Lake county , from caTing wild parsnips.
The planting of carp in ponds in the
Clatsop county ponds is a great success.
' It is expected that fully 35,000 head of
sheep will be sheared at New York Bar ,
Columbia county , Oregon , this season.
During May § 031,734 worth of foreign
exports were chipped from the Columbia
river. The total for five months of the
year was ? 1,034,101.
Surveyors on the Northern Pacific ex-
tenuion , between Knlomn and Portland ,
will reach Portland this week , crossing the
Columbia liiver at Vancouver ,
A grizzly has been committing ravages
on the cattle and sheep in portions of I uke
county , Oregon. Farmers of that section
have organized , and otfer a liberal bounty
for the bear's scilp. Several large grizzly
bears wcie killed last week by old hunters.
The California nnd Oregon railroad has
been leased to the Villard company for
ninety-nine years. With the expectation of
the steamers between San FrancUco and
Victoria , the Oregon KailroaiL and Navigation -
gation company ovvns every important
means of tmnspoatntion on the northwest
coast ,
The Oregonian says that the engineer in
charge of the survey for the narrow gauge
railroad , lion finished the final survey , for
an approach to Portland. The road will
come m over .Klk Illuff , just above the
White House , where a cut about 700 feet
long and from ten to twenty feet deep will
bo made through solid rock ,
MONTANA.
Benton in to have a Catholic college.
Benton'n new jail is nhno.it completed ,
Measles have closed the Madison
schools ,
A now $25,000 brick building is erecting
in IJutte.
Stevensonville is to.avo a new Metho
dic church ,
Grasshoppers have appeared in Lewis
and C'lArk counties. '
The quaitz lodeu of Madison county are
attracting attention.
Wood on the Mi bonri retails nt from 83
to 87 a cord to steauiboatmen.
John Douglas was hanged nt Virginia
City labt week for the murder of Alice
K.irp.
The members of the Helena Stock asso
ciation have decided to have no round-up
of cattle this year.
A double iuooflcosches now run between
Butte and tha IVrmimu , nnd still thu
vehicles are overloaded.
Last week the Butte Vigilantes branded
nearly every door along Parkstieet [ with
the myhtcrious iiumherH 3-7/77 , as a warn
ing to opium smokers end vagrants to
vamobB the runch.
It is aid that the Utah & Northern w ill
immediately common1 e the bui'ding ' of
branch road from Dillon to Helena , and ia
lebs than two yeaw Dillon will bo con
nected with the capital.
Twp minera were feiiously hurt in the
M ultonmine Sunday nUjbt. The cage
in the west department fell from 180 f et
to the 300 feet tUtion. Thamenweie in
jured by jumping out into the timber * .
ARIZONA-
The Masons of Glob * are fencing their
cemetery.
A vigilance committee has been organ
ized at Btnsvn.
, Cftchi o county assessed the S. P. railroad -
road Sl,3.-.7-18V ' I
Toombstone miners fhipped $00.900
worth of bullion last week.
There are CO I miners employed In the
various mines at Tombstone.
Though but only three months old Ca
ddie county carries a $33,000 debt.
A gctitleman of Ttic on offers to com
pete with any ono in throwing the lassothe
purse to be from § 100 to ST'OOO.
Tombstone and Tucson are to be connec
ted by telephones , which are coming into
general use among the milling camps.
IDAHO. '
Building In Bonanza City continues
brisk.
The road through Cnmas Prairie is pass.
able for light teams.
Harvest hands will be | scarce in l5oisc
valley this summer.
Sovcral [ .farms in the territory wcte
mined by the last flood.
Business has been better in Hoiae City
this year than ever before.
Crushing in the Forrest King , near Bo e
City , will commence this month ,
It is estimated that 200 wood choppers
will find employment on the Yankee 1 Ork
for the next four months.
& The Wood IHvcr News Kays that there
Is no work there for laboring men , and
vvarni laborers not to come until the "nick
ers get in operation ,
Some twenty cabins , two ( .loren , three
saloons , one hotel , n boarding lieu o and a
blacksmith shop make up the town , which
claims n population of 300 souls.
iV pack train last week took from the
General Ouster mill seventy-two haw Of
bullion , valued at 8178,000 , destined foi
Blackfoot. This shipment wius the accu
mulation of a fotty ifays run on the mill ,
making an average of 14,450 per day.
The road from Arco to Challis is nt pres
ent in excellent condition , and n largo
number of freighters aie en route from
Blackfoot loaded with all kinds of merchan
dise with which to feed the hungry inhabi
tants of the Yankee Fork district. At in-
tervnls of ten or twenty miles nlong the
road may bo found cattle ranches nnd btagu
stations.
Three miles above Hnlley a small , cleai
stream puts into Wood river , nnd becattso
of the many deer which frequent the little
\ alleys which it waters it has been named
Deer creek. Thcso
vallcyn are from n
quarter tt > three-quarters of a milo wide
and are , rich in the production of a fine
liinlity of hay. The land along Deer
creek has been all taken up , and is being
apidly fenced nnd irrigated.
A rich body of ore has been struck in.
the Charles Decker mine. It is richer than
any ever before discovered in the mine ,
containing gold to tuch an extent that it
can be been in the ore in the face of the
drift. It is also very rich in cilver. nnd we
do not hesitate in say ing now that the mine
s worth , at the very least , 81,000,000. The
riciieet pay streak goes up into the bun-
Ircds , nnil ia from ft to 8 feet in width , Ks-
; imating this at 5 feet average width , and
counting the ore at 8100 per ton , there is
S0,000,000"iu bight.
Bullion is doing more work just at the
resent time to attract the attention of the
nitside world more than any other camp
tributary to Wood river. It is located K\\
nilcs west of Hniley , amid picturesquely
jrand surroundings , as beautiful in their
jrandeur as is oftqu reproduced in stereo-
iconic views through the art of photog
raphy. The town lies nestled between.
; wo gigantic mountains which tower more
; han three thousano feet above it , forming
.liusa canyon , the base of which is lew
Jinn one hundred feet wide. Through this
a stream of cool , sparkling water , coming
'rom the mountains to the north , winds
jraccfully tbward the river , and the hills.
; o the southeast , covered in their rich
mantle of firs , form a striking contrast to
the mountains opposite , now covered with
a new growth of grass than which there
a none more nutritious for btock to bo
: ound in the territory.
NEVADA.
Eureka is overdone with theatricals.
ncrea.se this upr-ing is above tl)0 ) average.
The pumps in the Oabwton shaft have-
jeeli btarted.
lailroad laborers have fctmck at Bodie-
for S'2.50 per day.
The Chinamen in Truckee are suspected
of mutilating coins.
The Eastern & Palisades railroad have-
concluded their survey across Pinto sum
mit.
mit.The
The Reno Gazette tells about alfalfa
raised in that vicinity beven and a half feet
high.
tU the Utah west drift the -100 level in
cleared out 500 feet , and the drill started
north.
rrangement * are being made for the
shipment of six or seven thousand head of
cattle from Winneinucca , TCuvada , to the
east.
Preparations are being made to extract ,
ore from the 400 and 000 levels of thu Bel-
: hcr. Much low-grade and some rich ore
ias been found there.
A moss-agate ledge three mjles from Ne
vada City is being developed by a San
I'rnnciscn man. He thinks he ha * a bnn-
an/a , but no choice agateb have yet been
'omul.
The diamond drill was run into Con oli-
dated Virginia fifty-five feet from thu facu
if the main south drift on the L',500 level.
riiorockiiMi hard it has worn out two
drill-heads.
Dayton , for a long time under a cloud ,
is getting to be quite a brisk little town ,
with the promise of beingstill better in the
future. She is liable yet to become the
Swansea of Nevada.
About 2,500 pounds of mohair were
brought into Winneinucca the other day ,
vvheioitwill be pressed and baled and
then shipped to Boston , where it meetn
with a ready sale. The Angora goats on
Mill Creek Kanch are doing well , and the
A report is circulated that Jay Gould
lias purchased the Battle Mountain & Aus
tin mad. The papers say it is pretty cer
tain quantities of the stock have been sold ,
but not so certain that Gould is the pur
chaser.
Blossom's artesian well , lately Mini : on ,
his inn die near Battle Mountain , Nevada ,
is pronounced the best in the State of Ne
vada. It is only 105 feet deep , btill it 4-
throws the water to a hdghth of ten feet
above the biirfapo of the ground. The wa-
tcr is clear am ] pure , ami flown at the rate
of 50,000 gallons every twenty-four hours.
During the past twenty yearn the Comstock -
stock lode has i < liown sixteen bonanza ) , ,
from which 0,500,000 tons of ore have been
extracted. The total value of ore extract
ed was S.103,071,005 , y ielding a net bum.
from the mills and slu ices of S.T.3C741K ( . - ) .
Thv average porportion of precious metals
in value it 45 per cent gold and 55 pet
cent silver.
WASHINGTON.
Dayton is' full of carpenters *
Quartz claims in qhe Paradiw ) Valley arc-
yielding S2 per day.
Walla Walla is infested with thieves.
_
Unless rain comes there will be u partial
failure of crops.
"Building is lively at Spokane Falls. The
contract for a bridge across the foot of
Howard street lias been let for Sl.fiOO. 1 he
site is directly over the falls and it will be
a miniature2Siagaw suspension bridge.
One of the conditions made with the
VilUrd syndicate btipulateH for the early
conbtruction of the Cascade line , the con.
tracts to be let as noon as the uurvevs are
in and approved by the present board. The
line is to be completed not later than the
main line reaching Ainsworeh.
Why Is a person getting the rheumatism
like a man locking a door ? Because he ix
turning a key ( achy ) the bebt cure for rheu
matism or Neuralgia f Dr. Thomas' hclec-
tric Oil.