Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , MONDAY , FEBKUAEY 9 , 1891 ,
MS OF NORTHWEST
rionda Roast Allvo an Aged Toll Britlgo
Keeper and Another Old Man.
THRILLING WESTERN NEWS STORIES ,
Bomo Queer , Semantic , Remarkable and
Criminal Doings From Many Sections.
GRIEFS OF THE NORTHWEST'S ' GROWTH.
Desperate Horse Thief Hounded Up
Hunting Kor Hidden Troasurc'-
( ku Army OHlucr Arrcnlcil For
Anotliur'H Overuout.
In n wild , rugged , lonusomo country about
lovon miles southeast of Sonora , Cal. , tlioro
was enacted a liortiblo tragedy early last
wock.
Kuch n murder hai not fop years , if over ,
startled ttio Inhabitants of that quiet , every
day community. Men discuss the subject
with flxcd looks and dolnrmlncd voices wblch
nururlfl for the perpetrators of the deed if
they are caught. Across the Llttlo Tuol-
unitio river , nenr the little linmlct of
Mil'on , was a fine suspension bridge-
wh it'll bad boon erected by private
cnvrprlso at n cost of over 810,000 , nt
a place which In former days was
known as Wood's forry. It was n toll bridge ,
niul Charles S. Pease was tno keeper. Ho
wm dxty-four years old , and had collected
th - tolls for years. With him on that fateful
ill'it sat Uyrum N. Lowe , n frlond , who was
si ' / years old. The tollhouse Is a comfort-
nYe1 ptoee ? , and the two old men sat quietly
talking , whnn two sneaking assassins
jrnind themselves up to the window of the
hJinll house , placed a rlllo upon the sill , pulled
iho trigger atid sent a bullet through Lowe's
br.iln. It was then an easy mutter to murder
Pcaso. The supposed cause of tUo crime was
robbery , but the poor unfortunates had not
inoro than Slfi upon tlelr | parsons.
Not satislled with the diabolical Crlmo they
had committed , the assassins pro cecded to
add arson to murder. They deliberately pre
pared to burn the toll house , perhaps to
- , cover their crime , perhaps forsomo other
reason OH yet unknown. Soon the lurid-
tongued ( lames were lapping up the structure
and the remains of the two old nion who had
been so foully * killed. Their plan was com
plete. The bridge Is In a rather lotioly place ,
and no one knew of the terrible deeds until
the followingday. .
The blackened bodies presented n fearful
Bight. Lowi was found lying on his back
and his arms , legs and head were entirely
consumed by the lire , only the white ashes
" ' ' outlining whut was once the members of a
& human being1. His trunk was burned to a
I-- < crisp , the heart and lungs being baked Into n
solid mass.
Penso was horribly burned. A small frag
ment of the body was found lying at the base
of the bridge abutment , but the head , legs
and arms and a largo portion of. the trunk
were entirely destroyed , and what was loft
was badly charred.
Intense excitement prevailed throughout
the county because of the crime , and great
indignation has been expressed nt the indif
ference of the sheriff concerning the matter.
Relatives of Pease telegraphed to Sheriff
1'horno of Calavoras county that they would
pay $1,000 for the arrest and conviction of
the murderers , but who they are no ouo can
conjecture. All the evidence points to the
fact that the crime was committed before the
men had retired , for portions of the clothing
wore found on the remains.
Illff Gold Strike.
There is great excitement at Dayton , Ne
vada county , Nov. , over a rich discovery of
fty gold in Eldorado canon. Jacob Grubber , a
I' ' \ , resident of Dayton , has for several weeks
boon In the of Eldorado
& , . ' , prospecting vicinity
canon , and about two weeks ago ho com
menced work on a claim which was abandoned
oomo twenty or twenty-five years ago. Ho
followed up the lodge and has been rewarded
by a discovery which is likely to result In a
magnificent fortune to him. lie struck a
body of quartz of almost unprece
dented richness in the fnco of his drift.
The ledge is two feet thick and
the quartz from foot to hanging wall is lit
erally speckled with free gold. Pieces of the
rock crushed In a motar yielded coarse nnd
fine gold In such quantities as to Indicate
that the entire ledge would work up In the
five figured thousands per ton. Hlro Ken
nedy , a wood hauler , arrived nt Dayton from
the canon at U o'clock at night , reported the
'discovery , and before daylight the next morn
ing a do/.eu people wore on their way to the
new Eldorado. Everything la the shnpo ol
a rig was engaged and many started on foot
for the scene of the find , which is about
four tnilo.s from Dayton. For the last twc
decades hut little prospecting has been done
in Klilorado canon , for , although the sides
nro thickly interspersed with veins and
ledges , they were supposed to bo qulto 01
nearly barren.
Hut-tint ; Hidden Wonltli.
E. Gliego and C. N. Lewis of Albuquerque ,
N. M. , have finally succeeded in purchasing
from the heirs of Antonio Sandovnl a piece
of property of about ouo aero adjoining tha
old church at Unreins , a suburb of Albuquerque -
quorquo in fact , the old ruins of Antonio
Kandoviu's house. Mr. Sandovnl died in 1801
Ot a very advanced age. Ho was peculiar ,
eccentric , cloio fisted , and was recognized as
ono of the wealthiest Spanish gentlemen In
Now Mexico. It has long boon a mystery
what ho did with his money or whore ho de
posited It before the Mar , for ho never did
business with any bank , and when ho diet
no record could bo found to lead to the dls
covory of his hidden wealth. Some , how >
'over , wflro under the Impression that thi
old mini hurled his money on his place , ant
among the believers was B. Grlogo. Mr
Sandovnl was nn extensive dealer In cattle
Bhcop nnd horses , nnd old inhabitants sintt
that ho would often drive largo ilocks o
sheep to the markets of Mexico and Call
fornta , returning homo witti bags of gold
For the past ten years Mr. Qriegohas beet
trying to purchase the property , nnd It I :
authoritatively stated has nt last succoedei
in company with Mr. Lewis. The gentlemen
will investigate the property nnd will dlj
after the Hidden inonoy , which is thought t.
amount to several hundred thousand dollars
I'D ring Dnwri n Chlmtinan ,
The pockotoook containing $12,000 worth
of diamonds belonging to L. M. Wagner , aLes
Los Angeles jeweler , which mysteriously
disappeared two weeks ago , has boon found
They wore turned over to the chief of police
by a Chinese vegetable pcddlor and by him
returned to Wagnor. The Chinese found the
Jewels the day after they disappeared , In St
Jnmcs'park. Ho aid not know their value
and exhibited thorn to various persons on hu
route. Ho sold ono stone valued at JtJOO to i
servant girl for * 3. Intelligence of till :
reached the police , and with the clue thui
furnished , detectives were put to work
Finally the number of his vegetable wagoi
was found , and by this no was traced , bohif
finally run down yesterday afjernoon.Vng
nor had for two weeks offered 1,000 for thi
return of the jewels. The Chinese wu :
given $ SO.
Jtoblird unil Nearly Frozen.
( Jeorgo Clark of San Jose , Cal. , while Ic
Santa Clara recently , was accosted by i
young man , who asked him to cross to thi
other side of the town plaza and assist ii
iUlng n broken down wagon. When about
in the center of the plaza two other met
sprang from behind n tree , gagged Clark
bolt stripped him , tied him to a tree urn
searched his pockets. They secured MO ant
X n gold ring nnd escaped. Two hours Into
parlies going homo from services at thi
Methodist Episcopal church found younj
Clark half naked , unconscious nnd almost |
frozen. The officers wore notified nnd Clark
was taken to the Vnlloy hotel nnd physicians
summoned. At midnight ho had recovered
consciousness , but was In n very weak condl-
tlon.
Ijynolilng.
A man nnmcd Aldciman was recently nr-
roAtcd at rfnnalmo , 1J , C. , charged with crim
inal assault on a little girl , Idallno Trlpp.
After a summary examination ho was held for
trial. The child'onglvlnghcrcvldoncolu court
created a strong feeling against the prisoner
ana cries of "Lynch hlml" were repeatedly
heard. The prisoner , while ho pleaded not
guilty , partly admitted the crlrau.
Jilted niul Suicided.
Three men out walking in Orovlllo , Cal. ,
saw a man sitting against a railway com
pany shed some distance out of town. The
front of bis shirt wai on ilro nnd they ran to
him. thinking ho was drunk. While trying
to put out the fire the man fell backwards
ocad and It was then seen thut ho had shot
himself through the heart. Ho was idcnll-
llcd as M. S. Corbclay of U'yandotto. Ho
left a letter to his father Baying that ho had
taken his life because Eliza PurUcr , a girl to
whom ho was engaged , haa broken off the
engagement. _
The SheloUm Out.
A gentleman who arrived In Astoria from
Portland stated that there is a durk , dcup
mystery nt present connected with the Alns-
worth building m that city , says the Astorlnn.
On top of the building is n skeleton , whether
of n man or a woman , however , ho U unable
-o state. Ho said , however , that the ghastly
bjcct had been bleaching on the tin roof for
overal days , and that neither the coroner's
leputles , the iHillr.o nor the reporters suum to
invo any use for It. So lar as ho knows.
Lhcro is no anatomical museum or medical
college in the building , and he and others are
nxlous to have the matter inquired into.
Knro-l'Iiiyliie Judge.
A delegation from the Bar association of.
Port Townsend , Wash. , appeared bo-
'oro the Judiciary committee of the house at
Olympia recently , imd asked that * charges of
mpuachmcnt bo brought against Morris O.
Sachs , judge of the superior court of Giuliani ,
Jefferson , ICllsap Island and San Juan coun
ties. The delegation Drescntcd a sworn
statement by three reputable citizens oj. Port
Townsend in which It is alleged that Judge
Such * is in the habit of visiting gambling
dens and participating openly in furo. It is
further charged that Judge Sachs has in sev
eral instances prejudiced cases and sat in
Judgment in causes where hohnd a personal
Interest , refusing first to excuse himself.
Tno committee advised the delegation to
formulate charges of impeachment and to
present them to the house , which will In turn
bring them ucforc the scunto.
Wanted In ! see ilio Coin.
The new district attorney "created a sensa
tion In banking circles of Hockton , C.il. , by
refusing to recognize a certificate of special
iloposlt In a bank as a legal equivalent for
: nonoy. When the now treasurer took ofllco
ast month ho receive d certificates of deposit
ii the local banks and on changing the dc-
wsltory accepted their certificates for the
coin , his bondsmen being principally stock
holders of tno b.ink. The county furnishes
10 safe place for the money , and it Is the cus
tom to deposit it in the local banks.
When the chairman of the board of super
visors , the auditor and the district attorney
were called to count the money this morning
a cert If lento of special deposit for Si50,000
was not recognized by the district attorney.
The other oDlcors were ready to accept It.
T ) < o count was not made , and there is talk of
taking the matter into the courts.
Timber Frauds Convicted.
In the United States court at Portland ,
Ore. , last week C. F. Stone was tried and
convicted on a charge of defrauding the gov
ernment by fraudulently locating timber
land claims. For the past two years Stone
in company with n man named K. J , Hyde
has been locating parties In Oregon nnd
Washington on government lands , receiving
$100 from each ono. Alter final proof had
boon made Stone agreed to buy the Innd from
the parties who located it , giving thorn -a
check on the bank for $1,000. payable In
ninety days. The officers have been on their
track for n long time , nnd finally run them
down nt The Dalles several months ago.
Stone , who ls a desperate fellow , fought
the ofllcors like a tiger , but was finally over
powered. The penalty of this criino is two
years' Imprisonment. Both men will bo
tried on a charge of subornation of perjury ,
and , If convicted , will got nn nddiounl llvo
years. _
Army Officers Accused of Tlitift.
A strange case wtu before , the police mag
istrate at Miles , Mont. , last week.
Lieutenant E. Anderson of Troop C , First
cavalrywas charged with larceny and pleaded
guilty. He was lined $5 and costs , amount
ing to $20. and ordered to return the stolen
property. The facts are said to bo that
Lieutenant Anderson throw his buffalo over
coat on Henry Kankuni's wagons , ono of the
military train from the Little Missouri. At
night when ho and his brother officers looked
for the coat it was gone. Anderson then
seized Hnnkum's coat nnd fur gloves , not
withstanding the man's protest , who was
compelled to drive his team without , olthur
overcoat or gloves. When the command ar
rived nt Fort Keogh ho suffered intensely
from neuralgia and had to bo treated by the
doctor. Ho will probably bring suit for
damages. The confession of guilt on the
part of the ofllcor will make the case n inoro
complicated ono when It comes before tno
military authorities for trial.
Denounced the Alosaiali.
Black Coat , the progressive chief of POO
Arnpnhoo Indians on the Wind river reserva
tion in Wyoming has never accepted the
Messiah theory nnd has used his utmost en
deavors to keep his poop'o ' out of the move
ment. In this work ho was seconded by the
priests , who have boon laboring in the tribe
ton years or more. Yet many of the young
men have boon keen to join the revival.
This clement was led by a designing medi
cine man , a cnicl old fellow , who sot up as n
healer and prophet after an escape from
n leaden hall during a horao-stoaUng ex
pedition. Several big powwows were
hold and on these occasions the priests
acted as arbitrators. The dlscusMons wore
warm nnd free. Black Coat finally sug
gested a practical test. Five of the tribe
should visit the Messiah and report. Ho
would name the chairman of the committee
and tha dissatisfied faction could select the
four mombcn. This was ngroed to nt once ,
nnd Yellow Eagle , n bright young red grad
uate from school at Gonuva. Nob. , loft with
the three warriors nnd fthe meuldno man's
brother and n first lieutenant. They wore
gone live weeks. Four days were spoat with
the Messiah. Yellow Knglo makes n written
report which is sent to the Cheyenne papers
by Father Scnllln.
Yellow Eagle says ho prayed to the sup
posed Christ all- the way. He found the man
ut the fourth agency from here In Nevada ,
and his name is John Johnson.
"I examined him thoroughly and found
him to bo nothing but a smart Indian , well
able to deceive the simple. I told him I hail
coma to see my dead friends , as I had hoard
ho could bring them back to life. When nu
saw ho could not tool mo ho said ho had no
power over the dead. I called him a liar nnd
a fool for getting his people Into trouble , and
that if ho did not quit his falsa pretensions I
would sco that ho was punished.
"He began to fear mid tremble , and said
ruuners from live different tribes had been
to see him , nnd ho told them to bo rood anil
iwuccablo and dnnco only once a month. IK
is now found out and his power ended. "
Yellow Eagle's party was plvon a blp
feast , and their report Is accented us final.
Frlsoo's Yc torn 11 Tire Cliluf.
Chief David Scanucl of the San Franclscc
Ilro department last week cclobr.xtod his
seventy-first birthday. The Call says thai
for a man who has attained ago and who foi
so many years has done fire duty , stood al
the hard knocks nnd bos been overheated
and drenched time' } without number while al
his post , in fighting tire , David Scanuol Is t
most remarkable man , ono who does not show
the years ho carries but looks , as he proudl )
says himself , twenty years younger tniin hi
ronlly Is.
" 1 may say , " remarked an old votorar
"that the chief hi a remarkable man whoi
you lake into consideration that he has got
scarcely n whole bone In hi * body. Why , ho
has had brick wnlls crush him , smoleii has
laid him out , cornices huvn struck him , nnd
he's been thrown from his buggy I tltm1t
know how many times ; but ho hat always
cnmo out nil right , nnd Is ns ready to nmmur
the call St duty ns ho over wns. "
Chief Scnnncll was born in 1820 , and lived
in Now York till 1810 when ho Joined the vol
unteers and look part In the Mexican war , m
a member of Company C , Klrst New York
ntato volunteers , commanded by Colonel W.
C. Uurnott , He , at the close of the
war , was nn ofllecr. Ho came to
California In 1851 via the Isthmus of
Dnrlen nnd soon became Identified with the
ilro department , and in July IS-VJho became
the first sheriff of this city and county under
the consolidation act. In the early days ho
became n member of EmplroKnglno company
1 , the company of which David C. Hroderlck
wns foreman , nnd which after his death was
known M Urodcrick 1. In 1801 ho was
elected chief engineer of the volunteer de
partment , holding that oftico continuously
until the close of 1S'X5 , when the paid Ilro
department relieved the volunteers mid the
chief was succeeded by Franklin K. U.
Whltnov. On the 4th of April , 1871.
Chief Scanncll was elected chief oi
the paid department to suvccod Charles H.
Ackcrson and held that position until April
U7 , IbT.'l , when ho was again succeeded by
Whitney , who only held until December 1 of
that your. On that day Chief Scan neil was
again elected chlof engineer nnd ha ) hold
that oftlro over sinco. During thotluio that
ho has been nn officer of the department It
has Increased materially ami ho has done
much to inuku It ( in efficient ono.
An Italian's Homincc.
Sixteen years ago Peter Bnclgalupl drifted
into Oakland from Now York city , where ho
was horn of poor Itnlt.xn parents. Ho soon
earned a good living nnd shortly afterward
married Miss Loasour , ouo of Oakland's '
belles. Their married llfo was hippy for a
time , nnd then they quarreled. Iluclsalupl
oft his wife and after wandorlng about
finally landed aboard of n steamer bound for
Cnllao. Mrs. Uaclgnlupl did not mourn bur
lusband's ' absence , but secured a dlvorco In
SanJoso , nnd last May married Andrew
Duffy , n cigar dealer at 'tho Seventh street
broad gauge station. Uaclg.ilupl's llfo from
the timu lie reached Lima , Peru , reads like a
romance. Qodavholsthorichos.ttnan in Peru ,
yet his capital when ho reached the South
American city was but ? l , and that was
stolen from him before night. Ho bccamo
the confidential clerk of B. D. Adams , nn
American living and doing business ntLlnm.
Adams died and Bacl ului > l succeeded to his
business and also married his widow. From
that time every stop Dnclgalupt took was
successful. He built up nn enormous trade
and carries in his establishment of
American goods from a pin to an
anchor , introduced .the typewriter ,
sold sowing machines , snap cameras and
every other kind of American invention. He
( Ittod ui ) two vessels as men-of-war , and
; nado a fortune out of coal nnd pork specula
tion. Ho ulso built a theater to seat S,000
persons in sixty days , personally superin
tending its construction. Ho engaged in the
printing and publishing business also and
prints the Peru lllustrado , the only periodi
cal of Its kind lu South America.
( rent Northern KxtciiHinn.
Burns mid Chapman , the well known rall-
: oad contractors of Spokane Falls , Wash. ,
: iavo received official notice that their con
tract for building fifty-five miles of the Great
Northern railroad had been approved by the
chief engineer. This contract U for the con
struction of the road from Kooteuai falls , on
Kootcual rlvor , westward to the Halfway
house , which Is half way betwoou Bonnor's
ferry , on ICootonal river , nnd Kootenal
station , on the main line oC the Northern
Pacific. This is ns fnr west ns the
road has boon definitely located. Burns and
Chapman will employ 2,500 men , some of
whom have already been sent to the
front to begin work. The contract
will require the expenditure of over
$1,000,000 , as it includes some of the heaviest
worlc on the lino. The contractors extract to
have their part of the road built and ready
for operation by January 1 , next , and It Is
confidently expected that cars will bo running
to Spokane Falls by that time , as the worlc
between the Halfway house and Spokane
Falls will bo comparatively light. Burns &
Chapman are among the largest railroad con
tractors in the northwest , haylnpr built the
Cascade branch of the Northern Pacific , also
the Spokane & Northern end n largo portion
of the Oregon Short Lino. Surveying parties
are strung out along the proposed line of the
Great Northern from Spokane Falls west to
the Bummit of the Cascade mountains. The
indications are , however , that Spokane Falls
will be the western terminus of the road for
nt least a year. _
FnmoiiH Horse Thlof
Ouo of the most notorious horse thlovos of
the western country has Just been taken to
San Qucntin , Cal. , prison. His narno is Jack
Williams , but he is known as "Black Jack. "
Williams bos bcon n terror in Arizona and
Sonora , Mexico , for several years , nnd is
grimly remembered by a score of horse-
owners In southern California. When Cap
tain Lawton went in pursuit of Gcrouimo ho
employed "Black Jack" as a scout , and the
latter rendered Invaluable services in the ex
citing escapades which followed. Ho took
to horso-stoallng on a largo scale ,
until ho. acquired a largo band of
animals. The manner of his permanent cap
ture shows what an Important part words
sometimes play in the dramas of life.
"Black Jacit" was llrst arrested for stealing
horses in Sonora. The courts In Arizona had
no jurisdiction in the matter and the pris
oner scoured his discharge. Marshal Paul
subsequently had him arrested tor smug
gling horses across the border. The mar
shal hud opium precedents to'go bv , and ho
believed that smuggling horses Into the coun
try was just as illegal n procedure as bring
ing in contraband opium. The charge held ,
and Williams will servo a good-sized term in
San Qucntin before returning to his old
stamping ground. _
Goinc Out of Politics
C. P. Huntlngton's throat that the South-
era Pacific railroad company must keep out
of politics is either bolng carried out effectu
ally , clso n big bluff Is being made to deceive
the public In that direction. From different
parts of California word comes that politi
cians who have held sinecures from the big
corporation nro losing their Jobs. Ail Oak
land , Cul. , dispatch tolls this story : Wil
liam Cruse was explaining how ho loft the
employ of the Southern Pact tic company , nnd
this was the way ho summed it up : "I was
fired , llrod bodily , nnd I want everybody to
know it. I didn't ' resign nt all. I was just
fired. " Cruse Is ono of the West Oakland po
litical landmarks. Ho is n republican of the
stalwart brand , and has been ouo of the
principal footers in the manipulation of First
ward politics for many years. Ho was em
ployed by the Southern Pacific company as
foreman of their bridge nnd building depart
ment , and as such he exerted an influence
over the yardmen , and ho it was who used to
manipulate the vote of the railroad yards.
Out Cruse \va always faithful to his polit
ical trusts , if ho did not labor very hard foi
the bridge and building department , so he
will bo sent to Palo Alto and will bo made n
foreman on the Leland Stanford , jr. , un I-
verslly.
Arizona 1'ow-Wow.
An Indian pow-wow , under charge of
Chiuf Shcrutn of the Wullapul tribe , has boon
going on at Music mountain , , in Mohavc
county. Delegates of llftoon of each from the
Apaches of San Carlos , the Yumas , Mart-
copes , Pimos , Mohaves and Plutos have been
In attendance. Captain Bill , a member of tnc
Wallapal tribe , gave Information concerning
the pow-wo\v , but refuses to btato the object ,
Sherum , it is known , is not friendly to the
whites , but is afraid to raako any trouble
owing to the weakness of his tribe. Captain
Bill said the meeting would last about tor
days. _ _ _
I Cobbed hy n Quest.
Herman Luckhardt aged nineteen , whose
homo is In San Francisco where ho Is rojpoc
tably connected , confessed to entering J. J
Oil's assaying establishment at Nevada City
Cal. Ho had bcon making his home with tlii
Ott family recently nud lu thut way got an op
portuutty to steal the key to tha building am
entered It. Owing to his youth ho was per
mltted to plead guilty to petit larceny.
Kimpcndoil in Mli ! Air ,
J. P. Corpstem mot with an accident at the
Cupertino church which nearly resulted In
bis death , sa > s the San Jose Herald. Hi
wss enlaced In pnlntlng thestecplo , when ho
lost his balance. Ills % t having ueon caught
In the rope , ho daiiploa lh the air , head down ,
nln dls tun co of about/eighty / feet from the
ground , until his rescuers , A. P. Montgom
ery , I. V. Qnrrlgus' and E. P. Stntldloy ,
spliced two ladders nnd.roicued him from his
pcrillous position. Corpsteln wni unconscious
when found , the blood running frmn his nose
nnd mouth. Ho was 'restored ' to consciousness -
ness in about half nn hour.
xntra
A Sons of YoternnSrcump has been mus
tered In at Tekamnh.
A broken rail dltohofl'tho fast freight near
Oscsoln , but no ouo wtw 'hurt.
Thcro nro 200 more pupils enrolled in the
PlatUmouth schools than last year.
Albion business men talk of organizing n
stock company to build a first claas creamery.
The Ancient Order of United Workmen
lodge of Hardy enjoyed a fine banquet last
week.
It Is said that Aladlson teachers are unable
to got their pay because there Is no money in
the treasury.
While operating a circular saw , L. Alls-
naugh , an Auburn bee hive manufacturer ,
lost his thumb.
An election has been called for March 3 nt
Tokamah on the question of issuing f 10,1100 in
bonds for waterworks.
The firm of'Loranco k Brush , bakers and
confectioners nt Auburn , has assigned for
the benefit of creditors.
The question of changing from the com
missioner system to township organization Is
being agitated In Burl county.
The Homo Missionary society of Illslng
City Congregntlcmnl church has sent cloth
ing to the drouth sufferers valued at $150.
A shooting match will bo held at Hastings
February 'J5 for $50 n side between Frank
Crublll of that city nnd C. C. Hnlzworth of
Junlata.
A petition is being circulated in Dodge
county protesting against the proposed np-
propri'ation of $150,000 to advertise Nebraska
nt the world's fair.
Tlicro wns no coal for sale in Paxton last
last week nnd the Union Pacific agent secured
consent to sell the company's supply in small
quantities to these in liced.
According to the Nebrnskan thereIs a man
n Hastings so mean that although ho has
money , ho allows his ngcd father and mother
to bo "kept by the city or starve.
A Nebraska City man pawned his coat and
shoos for whisky on a very cold day last
week and was found In a drunken sleep In a
hallway In his shirt sleeves at night. Ho
was arrested nnd given a chnnco to sober up.
The state board of pharmacy will bold
meetings for the examination ol applicants
for registration as pharmacists ns follows ;
At Millard hotel. Omaha , Tuesday , February
10 : at Lincoln hotel , Lincoln , Wednesday ,
February 11 ; nt Grand Army of the Hopub-
lie hall , Grand Island , Thursday , February
12. Examinations will occur promptly at 0
a. m. ol each day.
Madge Day , the soventccn-ycar-old
adopted daughter of II. N , Day of Tehamnh ,
has disappeared from homo. From notes she
loft nt the school house and from what can
bo learned of her location it is thought she
loft to Join a young man with whom she has
become infatuated. This is her second es-
CJfpado and her guardian has signified his in
tention of making no effort to bring her back
homo.
M. C. Frank , editor' of the York Republi
can , started out to shoot' a polecat which wns
killing1 his chickens. Whllo carrying the gun
in position to shoot It slipped from his grasp
and was discharged , the load taking effect in
his foot nud making ii wound so serious that
it may bo necessary to amputate the limb.
Mr. Frank has only ono arm. the other ono
having been amputated by a railroad train a
year or so ago. _
Utah.
The number of gentiles In Utah now Is es
timated at 75,000.
"Who Made HoUV'lis ' the title of a poem lu
the Paysou Leader.
Utah and Wasatch counties have purchased
the old Provo Canon toll road for $4,000. ,
A vein of asbestos has bcon found in ono of
the levels of the Ontariq'.mluo at PaVk City.
Tho' Welsh society ot Salt Lake will hold
three sessious-ou March 3 in colobratloa of
St. David's ' day.
Governor Thomas has proclaimed that the
March term of the Second district court is to
bo held at Milford.
Salt Lake county records hold 0,207 un-
cancelled mortgages. The county assessor
has just revised them.
The shipments of mutton sheep cast from
Utah the past thrco years are said to have
averaged 50,000 per year.
A strike of good ore is reported in the Turk
at Dragon Hollow , Tlntlc , nnd another in
Cottonwood , near the Emma.
A paying voiu of silver has boon found in
Chicken creek canon , near Lovau , and pros
pectors are busy unearthing it.
Willurd , Utah , is to tmvo n brick plant
next spring that will have n capacity ol
30,000 brick dally. The machinery bus been
ordered.
It is said that there nro upwards of liftv
thousand shoup In and around the Wahwati
volley west of Frisco , and that most of them
consist of herds that have beoa brought
down from Salt Lake and the region Immed
iately north of that county to winter.
Pat Crowley nud two companions , while
working In the Bullion Beck mine at Eurcku
last week , were overcome by bad air. When
discovered Crowley was dead and his fellow
workmen insensible , but the ether men soon
recovered after being brought to the surface.
A one-logged white man from Salt Lake
and a one-legged ncero'from Provo had a des
perate seven-round prlzo light at Tlntto last
week. The ncirro was victorious and put his
man to sleep In good shnpo. The tight was
for $ . > 0 a sldo nnd the one-legged champion
ship of Utah.
Salt Lake Tribune : George A. Smith of
Kansas is in Salt Lake searching for his
brother , John Wesley Smith , who left Sioux
Falls. S. D. . sixteen years ago. John Wes
ley would do well to put himself In a position
to bo found , as ho Is heir to nn estate worth
8100,000 , , which ho can get by callln * for it.
Ho was seen in Ogden eighteen months ago ,
at which time ho said ho was going to Port
land , but nothing has been heard of him
since.
There are n great many wild , unbroken
horses running nt largo on the desert be
tween Iron county and Plocho. These ani
mals are generally the colts of stock turned
out on the range by Iron county people ,
There Is much speculation ns to whom thoj
belong because other horses than these be
longing In Iron county run there. It is
claimed that the wild horses nro a nuisance
at present , and nro occupying ono of the bosl
winter ranges In Utah , to the exclusion ol
ether more valuable stock.
\ViiHliiiiKton.
The now dock at Port'Hadlock ' will bo 321
feet long , 100 feet Wide , and will lift 8,001
tons. i
The Great Northern railroad has filed will :
the auditor of Kittltas county a mortgage foi
0.000,000. ,
The farmers at Davenport are happy al
getting ' cents a bushel for wheat and in
having plenty of cars to , ' ship It.
' '
Prominent Wnshin'g'lpn statesmen wen
victimized by an advent ureas claiming to b <
Congressman Holuian'daughtor. .
The litigation over the , Dead Medicine silvoi
mine , w&lch has neen occupy ing tliont ton tioi
of the Washington , state courts for three
years , has been amicably settled.
A company Is being- incorporated InTacomi
to build u rmtatorlum > ro lie located In a-ilvo
story building. The Urst floor will bo thi
swimming tank , soexvul an assembly roan
nnd concert hall , and the upper floors room :
and offices. j t
The Investigation by'thocongrcsjlonalcom
mlttco into the advisability of opening tbi
Puyallup reservation , near Tacomo , hasfdo
velopod the fact that the Indians have soli
or contracted to sell nearly one-third of tbi
reservation , for which thov have rocolvei
some Si5,000 in part payment.
The supreme court rendered ix decision Ii
the cuso of tbo state against the city of Spa
knno Falls to recover from the city 10 pci
cent of the amount collected for llnuo
licenses from Aprils , 18S8 , to December
1MH ) . The amount alleged to have been col
lected by the city during that time was til.1 ) : ,
000. Tbo court decided In favor of the state
reversing the uccUton of the lower court
Thcro are similar cases against Tacoma
Seattle , Walin Walla and ether towns Ii
which largo sums of money are Involved
Under this decision the revenue of the stat
will bo Increased by over $30,000 annually.
Thrco suits against the city of Seattle wcr
hoard m the superior court at a special session
sion to determine whether the city had
right to impose n-special license of (1,000 a
year upon saloons having musical and theat
rical attractions. A short tlino ago the city
council passed nn ordinance Increasing the
license for saloons ot this class frotn ? 100 to
11,000 n year. A number ot proprietors of
theaters got out restraining orders to prevent
the city Irotn collecting this license and the
police from Intcrfi-rluc with their saloon or
musical attachments. The court has taken
the case under ndviscnwnt.
California.
A colony will ho started near Tularo City
by some pcoplo from Illinois.
A lively earthquake was experienced at
Simla Kosa. No damage was dono.
Murphy and Seinplo struck n iwckrt near
Coiiltervlllo recently , from which they took
$11XX , ( ) in tine gold.
San Diego has entered suit for $52.101.83
ngalust the Southern Pnclllo company for do-
llnijueiit taxes for 1SST.
' llnllroad Commissioner Kea lint sued Uriah
Wood Of Snn Jo.so for alleged slander. Ho
puts his damages at $100,000.
A big bull buffalo has boon shipped from
CJarJoti City , Ivan. , and will bo placed In
Ooldcn Gate park in Snn Francisco.
The owners of a mine on White river ,
Tulnre county , crushed twelve tons of rock
last week and got $1,000 worth of g ld.
The Los Angeles Times says the pcoplo of
Oranco county are out $51,0-0 on the deal In
getting n separation from the old county.
A train struck the Downlovlllo stage at
Marysvlllo and llvo persons barely escaped
death. Some of them wore badly bruised.
Thomas C. Kiddle , n prominent contractor
of San Francisco , has been declared Insane
and committed.to the Napa insane asylum.
Tliero is n bill before the legislature calling
for an appropriation of 200,000 for the pur
pose of constructing a sen wnll nt San Diego.
Thrco Snntn Gnus dcnlers have been fined
for helling cigarettes to tbo same boy , ho
having falsely represented himself ns being
of age.
At San Jose George Baldwlp , a veteran
soldier , fell from a wagon nnd was killed by
a wheel passing over his head and crushing
his skull.
Work will soon be stnrtcd on n Jetty nt the
entrance to the harbor of San Diego. Two
years ago congress appropriated $05,000 , for
the purpose.
A company" is putting up machinery to run
by steam nt the gold brook near Crescent
City. The expect to work twelve tons of
sand an hour. '
A swan wns killed in Trinity county last
week by Van Young. Its wings measured
seven feet when spread out and it weighed
sixteen pounds.
Up to date ten lawyers are omnloyed In
trying to settle the estate of the late Farmer
Johnson of San .loiiquin county , whoso will
has not been found.
A Mexican named Moynla was convicted
of manslaughter at San Andreas and sent to
state's prison for two years and six months.
His victim was an Indian.
At Independence. , Inyo county , rose bushes
and ether plants are leaving out nnd the
weather continues warm , and everything in
dicates that spring is at hand ,
Samuel Mlllikin of Santa Clara , the other
light , while looking for a lotion for his eyes ,
jy mistake rubbed some croton oil in tLoin.
t is feared ho will lose one of the optics.
Whllo visiting at his Yolo county ranch
after tho'concluslon of the Palmer trial , Sen
ator Fair stumbled and fell , cutting a severe.
Tiisliin his face. Ills left oar was nearly cut
u two.
The California hop growers' mot at
Sacramento , the object being to procure
oglslntlvo action on beer adulterations , the
> rovcntlou of importation of diseased hop
roots , etc.
The experiments bolng made ta the San
Francisco city nnd county hospital with
Koch's lymph nro thought to demonstrate so
far the efficacy of the remedy lu tuberculous
complaints.
A man named J. C. Clnrkson is charged
with having swindled a number of people at
Los Angeles bv means of an alleged bcno-
llclnrv order known as ' ' "The Progressive
Benefit Order. "
A house of 111 repute in Williams vas
burned. Ono of the inmates , Sadie Adams ,
ar Van Qrdcn , perished in the thimos and
her' body wai burned to a crisp. Tbo cause
of the lire is unknown.
ASchlole , proprietor of the Central house
at San Jose , which was destroyed by lire and
in which two lives were lost , was arrested on
n charge of arson and released on $3,000
oonds pending examination.
Charles Pclcsior , aged twentv , of Watson-
villo , while roturninb from a hunt Monday
was accidentally killed. Ills gun caught
while crossing a cattle guard and the load
was discharged Into his body.
Traci : laying on the Southern Pacific ex
tension at China Is in progress. Nearly 100
men nro engaged In the grading , which is
nearly finished , The company expects to
open the Hue some time this month.
Frank Wilson , a boy 11 years of age. Is in
custody at San Diego for larceny. Ho is a
confirmed thief , having been arrested half n
dozen times within a year. On" the uresont
occasion ho stele (10 from his father.
The Lower Callfornlan says that over
$101,000 worth of cloths made by the Ense-
nada woollen mills have been shipped to
Mexico , and they compare .yory favorably
with imported English and French cloths.
A decision was rendered by three Superior
Judges of San Diego county that there is no
legally existing police courtin that cltv under
Its new freehold charter. The salary has
been reduced to $0 a year by the city council.
Tno editor of a Colusa paper saw fit to
crlticizo a barn-storming company recently.
The manager and the "heavy villain" tried
to assault the editor , but ho produced a gun
and drove the pair into tbo Sacramento river.
Joseph Morrow was mysteriously shot near
Elk Grove , and his assailant has been identi
fied ns T. J. Batty , n stepson of Morrow. His
stepfather stabbed him some years ago at
Chico and the shooting was done In revenge.
The report of Isnno Upham , president ol
the San Francisco board of trade , made to
that body shows the productions of California
for the past year to have amounted to
$110,415,114 , an Increase of t.OOS.aST . . over
1889.
1889.Tho
The petroleum excitement in the Mnttnle
section , near Eureka , bids fair to throw the
country into a fever of excitement. There
seems to bo every reason to bcllovo that oil
and gas may bo produced in paying quan
tities.
George I. Holt died in Santa Cruz. He
\vas a member of the well known ' 'California
Hundred , " which wont east and became
Company A of the Second Massachusetts
cavalry , with which command ho served from
1SU2 until the surrender of Leo at Appomat-
tox.
tox.Contracts
Contracts nnvo been signed for all the
machinery required to run the now Stockton
( louring mill nto capacity of 1.230 barrels
of Hour n day. Tbo price was $00,500. This
will bo the third mill of tnat capacity Ir
Stockton , nnd will bo in operation early noxl
summer.
Richard R. Jones , while working In the
Tvler drift diggings near Carapconvillo ,
Yuba county , was shockingly cut up about
the face nnd arms by the explosion of u blast
It had hung lire , and ho went back into tin
drill to sco what the trouble was , when the
charge exploded.
The residence of George Long near Lnsson
was broken Into recently and the furniture
destroyed. The malicious persons , not con
tout with this , llxod a shotgun In the b.arn Ii
such a position that when the door wai
opened the gun would bo discharged , per
haps with fatal effect to the ono entering.
Fire dpstroyeel two dwelling houses 01
Coronado Bench belonging to J. F. Bcaudr
and Mrs. J. S. Brigrs. No cause can hi
given for the Ilro. The inmates barely es
caped with their lives In th1) clothes the ;
slept In. Coronado has no fire department
and nothing could bo done to put out tin
flames.
As Dr. Booth of Tno Needles was leavlui
the bedside of n patient the ether ovcrini
ho was shot nt by an unknown assailant will
a Winchester rifltt. A policeman who at
tempted to arrest the man was shot in th
arm. 116 was finally clubbed into Inscnsi
bllity nnd his weapon taken from him. II
was insane.
A warrant has been sworn out by Johl
Kelly for the arrest of Justice of the i'eac
Lovojoy of Mississippi township , Siicrnmcnt
county , for potlt larceny. Ho charges bin
with picking his pocket of ( SO. Ho say
Lovcjoy is nu ex-convict and a roformci
opium liend. Lovejoy was elected by a smal
majority at tha last election.
A few days ago the thrco-and-a-half-ycat
old son of Jonn Kennedy of Nevada Cit ,
strayed from noino and got lost in the inoui :
tains near by. Ho wnndorod around nut !
nightfall and than , Ilka the babes In th
s'ory book , scraped some leaves together an
slept on the Improvised couch until \lny-
btx'iik. Ho then made his way to a ranch ,
where ho was found by the men who were
searching for him.
Kecontly nyoung niiin who was hunting In
the woods near Nevada City wns chased by n
wild hog nnd "treed. " A- the boast showed
slpnn of staying , tbo young man reached
down for hit rttlo , which ho hndloftstnndlni ;
against the trunk. In drawing It up it was
discharged and the bull so badly shnttcred
the hnnd that it was found necessary to am
putate It. .
A. M , Thompson of Pntioiho was instantly
killed Iho other duy Whllo digging n well on
bit much. Ahorsouns employed In haulIng -
Ing the bucket from the well , and n new ,
stiff rope was being used. Tbo rope became
untied whllo the loaded bucket was being
lifted from the well , nnd In fulling It struck
Mr. Thompson on the forehead , crushing the
skull nnd causing hi * death.
The Ukinh Press snys : U. 0. Pltncr
prepnrliig n novel incub.itor and one on u
gigantic sca'o. ' Ills hop house is to bo con
verted into ono. The house roiitnlni two
rooms , cncn twenty-four feet sminro , with u
capacity of Hi.UOO ogns. lie will bt-gln nbout
February If > , by trying 8,000 OS/ITS in one of
the rooms. It is to bo heated with wood nnd
kept nt a torn pern tn roof US ) . It will require
attention Ouy and night.
Oregon ,
Isnao Brings , a pioneer of 184T , dlod nt
SprlngllcJd. Ho wns elghty-iilno years of
ago.
ago.Tho
The loglilaturo hns been nskod to appro-
prime f 1,000 to start u rogue's gallery nt the
stnto prison.
The Evening Telegram of Portland hni
been purchased bv ' n iinrtv of St. Paul capi
talists beaded by'O. II. MofTut.
Ex-State Printer of Oregon W. A. McPhcr-
son died tit Portland , Dissipation hid made
him a mental and physical wreck.
The Southern Pnclllo roundhouse nt Port
land wns destroyed by lire , with two engines
ind thrco coaches. Loss about $ ! 0,000.
The stnto treasurer ot Oregon reports cash
> n hand of $ _ ' ; & : ! , -U.-P. Ho nlso holds bonds
md securities for Insurance compnuios worth
B,1WMX ( , ) .
Burglars entered the postofllco at Uoso-
iorg and. opening the snfo , took f 1UIKI. They
ivorlooked $7ii In coin nnd about $4MO in
iromlssnry notes.
Thostonm schooner Louisa Olson has sailed
rom Portland for a year's crulso to Hehrlng
en. She is the llrst senior to leave that port
'or northern waters.
The Eugene City board of trade has do-
: ldod to give $5,000 as a bonus for the cstnb-
Ishnicnt of n first-class fruit and vegetable
cannery at that plnco.
Cattle and horses -iwo dying In largo num-
iors around More , and the owners have sent
'or the stnto v'ctorinary officer to find out the
auso of the epidemic. .
Twel-Da-Ha-Ma-Nlne. the oldest Indian
among the Umatillas , died last week. The
Indians say ho wns more than ono humlred
nnd twenty years old.
Captain Allan P. Wnrron of the steamer
ielshaw was drowned near Astoria a few
days ago. A boat lie was in struck n snng
and ho lost his balance , fulling overboard.
A female cougar In Tlllamookcounty killed
seventy-live sheep recently in one band.
Hunters started for her scalp , but she es
caped. Two of her cubs , however , weroshot.
The charred remains of E. Haggo , a farmer
who lived near Boyd , ton miles south of The
Dalles , were found in the ruins of his burned
cabin. Haggo was a bachelor , living nlono ,
and nothing can bo learned as to the cause of
' .ho flro.
Ed Bellinger , employed at the railroad
yard at Pcmlloton , whllo uncoupling curs ,
missed his footing and was rolled nlong the
track in front of a car for somu distance. He
was unconscious when picked up , but it is
thought ho will recover.
During evening service in the Baptist
church at Llnkvilio , the chandelier fell to the
floor ana scattered blaming oil on the carpel
and scuta. A pnnlo seized every ouo but
Pastor Spoon , who stood by and saved the
building from destruction.
The SkyhoinUh , nn affluent of the Snohom-
Ish , n stream that empties into Puget sound ,
Is said to abound with the "tvoo , " or king
salmon. This stream has not hitherto boon
resorted to by fishermen , but the Indians
have spread the fnmoof the "tyeo , " and it is
'Ikcly thut it now will bo ,
At Mcagher's Landing on the Columbia ,
near Astoria , a few dnys ago , Jeremiah Me-
Grow attacked his brother , Uobert McGraw ,
and stabbed him thrco timcs.inlllctlng wounds
that are likely to provo fatal. The men had
an unsavory reputation , hut nothing Is known
of the cause of the crime.
Five inoro damage suits have boon brought
ngalust the Southern Pacific railroad com
pany by passengers on Iho tram wrecked at
Lake Lablsh in November last. The dam
ages aiked for in the llvo suits today amount
to $92,850. In all seventeen suits have been
brought , asking for 37T,0'J3. ,
A bill introduced In the Oregon legislature
nlms to take the building of Iho city hall al
Porland from Iho hands of the city council
nnd plnco It In the hands of a commission.
The councllmer. will oppose tbo bill to the
bitter end. They now have the structure
well under way and do not propose to lose
their Job.
T\vo Japanese women were shot In a Port
land house by a Chinaman. They became
Involved in n quarrel over a small sum of
money , when the Chinese drew n revolver nnd
fired several shots. Ono of the women is
thought to bo fatally injured , ns a bullet
entered her thigh and ranged upward. The
Chinese escaped.
F. M. 0. Holston , convicted of forging pen-
siou vouchers and cheeks , was sentenced nt
Portland to the penitentiary for ton years ,
llolston. who is an old man. broke down and
wont bitterly. .Ho claimed to bo an old
soldier and has "aa excellent record. It is
claimed that Holston hud nlno wives , but
this ho emphatically denies.
The rush of freight at Portland for San
Francisco by tbo Union Pacific steamers
during the past month has been unprece
dented. Grain , potatoes , etc. , have been
pouringin from Wlllumetlo valley until the
steamship dock Is crowded. The company
has found it necessary to stop receiving auy-
hlng but strictly perishable freight.
Company 0 , First regiment , infantry , O.
N. 0 , , has issued a challenge to any company
on the Pacific coast for a drill for not less
than $1,000 a sldo and the entire gate receipts.
ISach company to drill thirtv-two men , two
guides and thrco olUccrs in the school of the
soldier and company. Upton's tactics nnd
official decisions to govern. Thrco nrmy offi
cers nvo to judge nnd their decision to bo
final. The drill to take place in Portland.
Two boys , respectively eight and nlno
years of ago , were arrested at Portland the
other elay for breaking into a store under
cover of the night , forcing the till , and steal
ing a eiuantity of knives and books. The
crime was executed with a coolness and at
tention to detail thut would have done an old
hnnd proud. In consideration of the boys'
youth they were returned to their parents.
A little girl of Mr. Linvillo , residing on
Lower Trout creek , near Cross Key , was
burned to death last wool : . Mrs. Linvillo's '
attention was attracted by loud screams from
the children , anel whomsho returned to the
house the mother found the dress of her lit
tle girl in flumes. U is supposed she went
too close to the fireplace or that ono of the
ether children ignited her dwm by holding n
lighted brand to it ,
Ting Wing , a well known Chinese labor
contractor proposes to Institute heavy dam
age suits against Pcndlutou and olher east
ern Oregon towns for outrnccs commilled on
his countrymen In the recent raids. Ting
Wlug had a largo force of men nt work on
the Union Pacific railway , nnd as they all re
turned to Portland , glad to escupu with their
lives , ho will seek redress of Manager Mc
Neil for breach of contract. Some of the
Chinese lost considerable property.
Directors of the Portland clearing house
last week held their annual nicotine am
elected a now board of officers as follows
President , It L. Durham ; vice president , W
M. Ladd ; secretary , H. C. Stratum ; manager
J. L. Hartman. A clearinghouse ) committee
was appointed as follows : CJ. E. Wlthing
ton , William Mackintosh , K. L. Durham , U
F. Sherman and L A. Macro m. The tola
exchanges for the voar end Ing December ill
18'JO ' , aggregate $ QJ,4.)9I ) ! 4.7.VI balances , $17 ,
78li,075.34. The dally average exchanges
8'"JSG2r.87 ; dally averniro balances , $ .5lb'1.82 (
The total exchanges during January , Ib'Jl
were W,5S4 , , 45.'U ,
Colorado.
During 18' ' ! i,317 , dwellings were erected Ii
Denver , The amount expended on nov
buildings of nil kinds was flli.JVOO.OOO . ,
Following is the number of acres of lam
filed and entered In tha vailous land ofllc > '
of the stata during J81H ) : Denver , fcH/JT. !
Pueblo. 2.TJ.407 ! Glomvood Springs , ( W.7M !
Centrni Cltv , W4.783 ; Del Norte , lOll.Wl
Guunlson , 0,880 ; Durango , 7U,000 ; Sterling
Q'.aM : HURO , IS.CM ! Montrose , 89,0001
ron , ar.ooaj totni , ! vr > 3m > .
A pool was recently formed to work th
Darker mine In the Nevada district. A pUuV
is being erected consisting of n thlrty.hors *
] > owcr onelno , friction holster and forty-horn *
I > ewer boiler.
Efforts nro being rondo to establish a
smokeless powder plnnt In Denver. The
projectors are Germans nnd they nro said to
have the monopoly of the Inventor's rights in
this country. It is estlmntod that the plant
will cost f.VX,000 , of which tha German syn
dicate is ready to advance half.
The report of Fish Commissioner Lnna
shows that there nro not loss thnn 0,000 , miles
of trout streams In the stnto , nnd nt least MX )
lakes which It Is the duty of the state to
keep stocked with llsh. Tlit-ro are now about
1,000 miles ot barren siroams In thostntu
where it Is possible for trout to llvo and
thrive.
The Lookout mountain resort company pro
pones to establish ouo ef the finest Humnior
resort.i In the country. A broad-gauge railroad -
road will DO tin ill from Denver to the biuu
and another line bo constructed to the crest
of Lookout mountain. Steam will bo the
motlvo power. Article's of Ine-orporatlon hixu
boon flli'd lu the secretary ol state's nllU'o for
the Denver , Apex Gulch ft Lookout MounUiln
railroad. Hx-Sonntor Tnbor is designated 111
mvildentof the company. The capital at
hand is sufficient to equip the road with thu
most substantial appointments. Work will
begin this month , nnd the now line will bo
eJlinblng the crest of Lookout mountain by
the end of spring.
Tim Two DnkotiiH.
Counterfeit money Is too plenty In the
Block Hills.
Pierre barbers have been lined for keeping
open on Sunday.
An nlumlnum clay deposit has been founij
near Chamberlain.
Arrangements nro nbout perfected for a
new hotel In Ucndwood.
It is said that at leaut ono hundred famllloi
wlllsottlo In Ouida county this your.
Thomas Kennedy , nn old-tl mcr of Deud-
wood , died al "Hot Springs Wednesday.
A turnc-woaks-old uov baby In a basket
wns left nt Mrs. Voso's door In Yuukton tin
other evening.
The South Dakota school lands ronmlnirq
unsold In April will bo leased to the highest
bidders for llvo yenra.
M. W , Shields , n tlckot-ot-h'nvo man , was
renrrosU'd nt Ynnkton for tippling and re
turned to the penitentiary.
Trnmpi at Dcadwnod made a descent on
and got away with the funeral feast left at
the grnva of n elend Chtnmnan ,
Clnrk & Smart's bank nt Coopcrstown has
gone into liquidation. This Is said to bo the
first bank failure in North Dakota ,
The committee of 100 at Ynnkton has no
tified the liquor venders that It moans busi
ness in Its efforts to enforce the law.
Parker people will organize n company to
work a quarry near that town. The stone
resembles that found around Sioux Fulls.
Much of the recent cattle stealing in South
Dakota which xvi.s charged to the Indians
appears to hnvo boon perpetrated by whltA
men.
men.Tho
The artesian well on Hind's ranch , near
Woonsocltot , will Irrigate adjoining farms ,
tbo cm era thereof paying $1 nn acre for
water.
The jail at Ipswich Is being rebuilt nnd ro-
Caired. It is less than eighteen months old ,
ut so poorly built that the work must ha
done over.
The school lands In Mlnnohaha county will
bo sold on April 13 at auction nt Siou < c Falls.
Nono. of lhc.se lauds can be sold for lets than
$10 an aero.
A party of Sioux Fulls oeoplo have planned
ix three-months' tour in Europe next summer.
United States Judge Kdgorton will bu ono of
the numbor.
Colonel J. S. Meyer of the famous Eighth
cavalry is lecturing on tonipernuca In South
Dakota , under iho auspices of the Good
Templars of Hint state ,
The school house nt Gilby wns burned
Wednesday. The patrons of the school weru
divided on the question as to whether a inalo
or a fnmalo teacher should bo employed.
The quarrel waxed so warm that the soncol
house was set ullro.
The slto chosen for the South Dakota state
fair is in what is known us East Pnrlt nd 1-
tlon in Sioux Falls. The lllineis Contr.il
railroad nnd electric motor lines puss imme
diately by the grounds , HO tlmt llui question
of cheap transportation Is solvr d.
W. W. Orr arrived In the city from Wlr-
ncshiok county , In. , with fiva cnr loads of < nt-
tie ISO head snys the MndUon Sentinel.
Mr. Orr comes from n dry district in To vn ,
whore feed wns mighty scarce , so ho ship
ped his stocK out to Lake county to winter.
State Veterinarian Collins has Just ccm-
pleteel an inspection of the horses bjlonglnif
to the Indians nud found forty-two at the
Yankton agency with the glanders. Thc&n
have all been killed. Tno Indians expect the
government to give them olhcr horses to tnko
their places.
Spline county commissioners offer n rownr.l
of 850 for tlio arrest nnd conviction of any
person charged with stealing lumber or other
material freun unoccupied farms. This Is
necessary on account of the frequent depre
dations of vandals. In some instances barns
nnd valuable houses left by settlers for
the winter tmvo been whollv destroyed dur
ing their absence. This is tbo case la many
c'oimtics.
The Huron Nntional bank , which sus
pended December 1(5 ( , has resumed business
ngnin. It wns supposed that when the bank
reopened depositors would mnko a rush for
their money , but they did not. Only a few
asked for their cash nnd the amounts were
small. Business men and others made
liberal deposits on tno first day , signifying
their confidence in Messrs. Hii7cn nnd
Fowler , the old nrosiclent nnd cnMilor , who
continue to hold their respective positions ,
Mr. Rousseau , who has lived in South Da
kota for thirty-seven years , told the Ouida
Journal that ho bus experienced there throa
w inters like this one. lie says that In each
instance the following spring and hunnnur
were marked by mi abundance of rain. For
the past ten yours each nuecoedlnK year has
been drier than the ono preceding it , nnd dry
seasons must soon come to a close. In nil
that time the winter of IHbO-l was the most
severe , whllo the ono two years ago was tno
next iu severity.
Wyomlnir.
Almy Methodists have dedicated a now
'
church' .
The farmers alliance 1ms organizations In
four counties.
Sheridan's public schools had to bo closed
on account of an epidemic of scarlet lever.
A Larnmio man claims to have si cured
$13,000 on two trips to the Alaska gold fields.
ICvanston Is overrun with men who want
work and can't got it. They are heading
eastward.
11. B. IJams of Cheycnno has boon np-
poinU'd secretary of the state board of llvo
stock commissioners. Willurd C. Irvln la
president.
A company of local capitalists hnvo lo
cated ulovon quarter sections of land witbhi
a niilo and a half of Newcastle under Iho
coal land law.
Laramie has an epidemic of measles. Ono
physician has live patients down with the
diseaseIn a single family.
Uinta county ranchmen say that sheep cm
tin ) ranges will mme through iho wintur In
prime condition , no m liter how violent Feb
ruary and Mm oil uiay bo.
Engineer Llbhy was Injured hy a roar end
collision on the Cheyi.'iino ib Northern iciul
on Wednesday. An on lnu with u snow plnvv
ran lute u passenger truiu ueur Iron Moun
tain.
tain.Storo
Store onlori nro prohibited by law In II estate
state , but Houk Springs buslnim inon USD a
form of assignment of wnjuis , which is much
the mime thing. They claim they hive to do
this to protect themselves , lor there ao
many mmi In town to whom they nro com
pelled to give credit. '
Twenty-six mllci soutn of Havvilns rn Cow
creek Is a natural blnk or basin embracing
about eight thousand nrrcf. This basin , It is
predicted , will produce oo.d. petroleum anil
natural gas. It Is pilled with holes that look
11 leu horse tracks. 1'liicu a funnul over a
hole , apply n match and a strong ll.imu ap
pears. Kd L\ Stable , theChovunnonurvoyor ,
hat made locations thora for u Denver syndi
cate.
J. C. Bnlrd , who was defeated for council
man in tha luil Cheyenne city election by
three votes has filed nollco of contest in the
district court. Ho wns acandidute on thu re
publican ticket and claims Ilio jnelgo * of elec
tion acted Illegally In refusing to coun a
number of votua on which the voters ha !
placed the mark designating for whom they
intended voting In the wrong place. He
claims if these votes had been counted for
for him hu would have bocu elected by u ma
jority of twenty-two.