Nebraska Newspapers

    News of the Great West.
Cream of the News of the Noilhwost Is herewith presented In pen nn bio form. No other ptipor
ivmkos this news n. leading fentuio. It isthe week's history of the fjrcnt north\vcst.
\ Miul n Widow nntl Manioc ! Hot- .
A toll , handsome , full-bcirded man , about
forty y can of age , walked nrouml in Iho lob
by of the Ocilou hotel , inn ! In tuo afternoon
In company with n beautiful blonde liuly
nbout thlity years oI ago ho took idilvo
ftbnut l oiinell muffs sajs the Nonpareil.
That ovo'dug they loft for .Montana. Ho was
ti wealtln stockman of thnutato nml the Indv
With him was his brldo Thereby hangs a
torj uili'r tlngtalo of rotniitieo nml love.
In 1-07 , during a tcrriblobtormofT the coast
Of iMiilno , nn I'ngllshesscl was driu'ii
nifnlust the rocks atul the ciptalu and n laigo
nutnbor of passengers wen ; drowned Among
those saved were two very pretty rhtldiin ,
the captain's daughters. Ono of thorn wns
adopted bv Samuel Ward , n merchant of DoVer -
Vor , N. II Tliu gitl had a good ed'icallon
And ili'volopcd Into u hoautlful anil attractive
jmiiig woman Itor ailmlrors were inatiy.luit
tlu < fnvorod onoivus ( Ic-orge Il.irknessthosoii
Ofalioston tailor , Mr U'nrd disliked tlio
young tnnii , but Invu htiiw no b.mlors nml
ono il ly thetovMi enjoyed n seit-ntlon when It
wns lonruul the couple hitl eloped Waul
would not fin glvo his adopted dnuuhtor , so
llarkiiess limit hli wlfo to .lottoy Oty and
loft her with an mint whllo ho went west to
bicl < hh foitutio
11 m Itnois wound lip in CiiirlloldVnnou
county , Pa , In August , ISM ( iiullolil was anew
now oil town , In the center of tbo kaleid
oscopic t liorry Urovnoll Hold , with the sewn
of thooll coutitiy. Ono nioinhuj n. to.imslcr
tlrh ing iloivn a street passed nn unfinished
building , taw Ijliu ? on the porch of llio build
ing la thograj morning light what upi > oaioil
to bo the body of a munlcu'd num. Ilo drove
up to tin' pori'h and saw Unit ills suspicions
appealed to bocorroct , anil that the man was
Ftotio do.iil A coroner's Jury was hastily
empaneled , and nn iniucst | showed that the
poehof the voting 111:111 : was biolton Foul
play was suspected , but thuru was no evi
dent o Implicating any pnilieulnr person , nml
the Jury returned a voidlet of accidental
duntli. No ami know win re the young nun
raino fioin , ho had no friends to ditini the
body , but papers found in Ills possession
IdunUllud him us ( Jeorgo HarUncss.
It was so\era ! weeks uflor this tint Mi * .
UnrhniMs iccehcd from mi anonymous soiimo
p loiter containing $ H > D The letter stated
that the wilier hail boon Indiiectly iest > ousl-
blo for the diMth of licr husband , and as long
ns ho lived slio would not want liven
month iif tor that sbo iccclved an anon vinous
letter containing from & 0 to fllMK. Tlio let
ters wcu' mulled lltst from Oarlielil ,
then thoj cnmo fioin Hradford. 1'a , tlion
from 1'ittsbuig. then fioin Chicago , tlion
from Council lllutls , nnd then for tluoo
years tin1 } canio from Montann Jnlssstho
younir widow ieioi\ed u Itttor mailed at Jir-
fcoy Cltv , nnd , though she had not known
blni , she felt tint her unknown guaidiau li.nl
seen IIIM Then tbo lutturs eamo again trnin
Mont.uia Finally about six months ago , the
ivi itor of the anouj mous letters icquostcd nn
Intelviov , w buh was nccorikd. The meet
ing was a Htinngo one , but there are only
two people wlio can ilosorlho it. The un-
Icuuwn ptotoc'tor pioviul to boa hsndsom"
limn of nbout thirty ci ht\\lio K.IVO hU name
in James Henderson. To the widow of
( .lcoifo Harknoss bo explained the mystery
of her hiistmnil's ti IKC ! death Ilo stated
that llarltnoss was in a ( anibliiiKroonion
the sooond lloor of the building \vbeio be had
been killed , sitting in an open window. Dur-
liiff the ovoniiifj a light ensued between
Henderson nnd n stranpur , mid in the melee
lloiulerson tliruw the strau or back ajcalnst
' the wall , knocking Harkncss out of the win
dow , the fall In caking bis neck Henderson
Bald that lie was in good circumstances , nnd
that ho had tiled to atone for the accidental
IdlbiiK of Hnrlcuess by koupini ? Ills widow
from want. The rest of the stoij can bo told
Inn line , .lames Hcndenon nnd Mrs. Hnrk-
ness woio married last week at Jersey City.
Opcnini ; tlio i'uynllup
The Pujallup resorvatlon commissioners
have finished their labois and aroon their
way Inek to Washington. They will llio
their repoit there about March 10. AccordIng -
Ing to mi net of congress , the president np
pointed Charles D Drake of Washington ,
George 11 IClnkead of Levlngton , ICy. , mid
B. T. Harness of Kokotno , Ind , ns metnbnis
of tbo commission. Ono of the ie < iulie-
jncnts was a visit to tha I'uyalhlp Iniliau
reservation , which borders on tno citj of
Tacoina nnd restricts tuo boundary ilistiiets
of that npidly growing town. Tiioreseiva-
tion embiacoa 100 ) } acroi of line hind. Tno
eastern bouniHry Is the western limit of
Tnconm , n place of 10,001) ) population The
city has already extended around , a poitlon
of the reservation and theio are active ,
groning towns adjacont. The reservation
\vnssotauart , to the Indians under n treaty
\vith thorn signed in Kit , and they have
been in iKJSsossion of the lands over slnco.
Slnro then and until now onlj 1,800 acics , or
ono tenth of the entire icservatlon , has been
under cultivation. The rest remains in its
natural condition and ninor has been cloaiod.
At present tbcro are ( ill Indians residing on
the ls)0 ( ) nurcs cultntcd ! It Is this occupied
jioitlon that i needed for citv pmposes by
Tncomu. In the hands of whlto men thcs'o
lands aw ostlmatuU to bo woitb. as high .is
$0HH ( ) nn auio.
bhoulil the reservation bo oponcil or par-
tiallj bo , by tbo go\ernmont \ , which is more
than pioh.ihle , the Indians 1,111 dispose of
their lauds tlitinscho-i as .soon as the restric
tions are lomoved , says the Sin Tranchco
Chronielo Under the patents by which these
lands weio allotted In scvoialtyto the l'u\
nllup I dl ins n clause was inseitcd prohibit
ing alicnatioii or release beyond u term of
two.veni' .
The commission rtcvotoil upward of a month
to a full and thorough im estimation of all the
questions submitted to it , declined to give the
slightest information as to what its report
would bo , but It is hardly possible that it can
bo other than fnvoiablo to Taeoma , nnJ it
will prob inly suggest throwing open that
poitlon of the resointioa that is so necessary
tor the future of that citj.
? Ioro I'owcrfnl Thau Dynamite.
Dm ing tno fall of IbOO Consul Coney , iop-
rcsentltij ; the republic of Mexico In Sau
Francisco , apprised President Diaof tbo ex-
Istcnco of a new Oiplosho that had been in
vented by a Uussian chemist resident in that
city. It wns called terronto , and the method
of mixing the component parts of the now ox.-
plosho was kept as a well guarded t > eeiet.
At President Diaz' invitation the chemist
went to .Mexico Citj , nnd there manufactured
a quantity of the torronto for experimental
purposes From n in-tailed ofllcial account ol
tbo trials of the explosive the following were
the ipsults obtained : By order of the minister -
tor of vuir a board cointmed , consisting ol
General Pe o , chief of artillery , Colonel
Velasquez , director of the national poudoi
factory , and Ciiptaia MontniKon of the engi
neers.
The shells used in tbo experiments were or
dinary ones , such as would bo utilized with
powder charges , and wore fitted with Ameri
can and rionch fuses Hoforo the
Mexicans ventuied to loid the
cnnnon with shells filled with tor-
rorlto the shells weio subjected ton se\oro
test in order to determine their insensibility
to shock , Then six shells with concussion
fuses wi'to fired from n muzjslo-londiair how-
Itzer.and nine shells wore tired fiom a French
breeeb-londiiiR steel nun Tluoo shells fired
from the gun were without fuses and bur
rowed into the Ki'ouiul , without exploding
imii uuinlurod The other six shells smashet
hgllnst the various tnrgct * of wood , oaith-
\voik , cianitoand cast and wrought Iron , de-
niollshinp them into small fragments. Tor-
i-orlto is smokeless , and the Jiloxican ofllcers
determined that its relative strength is from
four to sis times mom powerful than ordinary
dynntulto , and that shells tilled with It can bo
Jlrcd from an ordinary cannon w 1th n powdet
charge without any danper to the cuu. The
Mexiciin government has ncqulieil the right
to manufacture and use the new explosive
for the purposes ot wnrfaio.
Ono Way to S
Charles D. Uowan nnd It. D. Hobb worn
business partners In La Junta , Cal Tnoy
lliarrelcdwlicn trj'li'S to maUo a seUlomout
and the mailer formed the basis of a suit In
the co mtj court The case was trh'd.Vhcn
It was over Uowiui went out into the hall ami
iiwiiited the appearance of Itobb The lattir
foon eauioout , nivompanii'il by his attorney.
Mr Spoiior of Punblo Hnwan then pulled
his involxer- Hobb run In fiont uf
Spomi'r anil llnalh took iefuio ; beblnd a
mini b > tbo naiuu of 1) . VV Weedmanvlio
happened to bo In the hall. UowanMS oliwo
behind with his gun. As ho came up with
U'ocilumn tbo litter caught hold of tbo ie-
\olvcrandpolntcd ttioiuti/rle down the front
stairway
A shot was llred nnd tbo bull wont through
n lar ! ii oik post mid nftrr striking the unll
foil in the ( 'i-ound Hobb might hold of the
rovohor with his loft hand ami at the sanio
moiuint stinck Koxvnu ovei the bead with a
heavj cano ho tariled In lib right hand.
About the Kami ) instant tlio soioiid shot was
Ihcd This ball uru/oil the left arm of
Uowan , iniklnii ! slight llosli wound. It also
barked tlio unil of the torellncir of Uobbs
loft hmd and then bulled Itself In the paitl-
tlon wall Sp\eial more blows fiom the cano
were sent down on the hold of Itownn. At
this Juncture they \\ero paitod. The Justice
bound both parties oor to await tbo action
of the grand Juiv in tlio sum of (501) ( ) each.
'I hat Mormon rxudiix.
The nlr Ins forsomo tltno been lull of tu
mors ivgaiillngii coming' evodus of Moriiions
to Movlco. From iiiformatlou obtnli.cd by
the Hilt Lake Tilbuno It Is learned Hint nl-
ro.uly a Inrco colony from Utah Is noIn \ \ the
land of the cactus nnd the ban ilciillo "living
their lollglon. " T'.oseat ' of this Now Tom
tom on on th is the state of Chihuahua , nnd
Is about ono hundred and twentv-lUo mlles
in length and varies from three to fifteen
miles tu width. It Is a beautiful valley , fuif-
uint with flowers of the sonil tropical dl-
in.ito , tbo soft winds fan the check
and the \ery laiidsc.ipo Is a poem In
fact , It is Just such a place as would he cho
sen by him who desires a ciatllkatlon of
the sensual passions While tbo Moimons of
course would s.n nothing icgaiilliiR the nnt-
ter , theTiibuiiolnus ltl > int . .JohnV Voting
solccted the spot , anil that bo made n yood
eholco of location Is oUlent. \ .
It Is stated on Moimon aiithoilty Unit as
soon ns the next senil-aunual conference Is
endeil and the pi losthood has adjusted matters -
tors that tno carloads of the oleit will leave
1'rnvo for Moxleo and will take up tluir
iboilo with thoao gone bofoic. Tnoy are , of
( oursc. like these people iiicntloiioil by St.
1' ml In Ins noted ndvocacn of n lllnev , jet
giving to tcrtain ones lca\e to enter the nnt-
liiiionnl stito rather than suffer unplensmt
nltorantivos. The same authority siys that
befoio next fall over IWM ) families will have
gotten awiy from the vii lmco of the oillcci's
of the law mill gonu to the southland
Dcnth Valley .
C.ooil ino're- ( has been made by the scion-
title expedition that Is exploring the famous
Death valley in California and No\ada. It
will divide into two pirtics to facilitate ) the
woilf One ( ; oisIth a pack train up llio
\mnrgosa to Ash meadows , where It joins
the other parU , who go vU Paliruiil valley.
'rom this point the expedition will go to
Col"l ! Mountain peak , when , after a short
sta % , it icturns to llcath nnd I'animental ' -
eys O\cr Iho liimdrcd miles hn\o \ been
coveted by the expedition anil much Impott-
mt work has btuii done In the botanical and
ornithological divisions , although the season
s too early lor the work of the botanist.
The weather Ims biun oxcosshely cold , the
hormomotor registering as lowas 14 = abo\o \
/oro in Dejthalloy anil S3 above on the .Mo-
nvo desert. All the mountain ranges of tlio
o ion arocovered with snow. Somotaiii his
fallen. 'Iho Intliuiient wcathei has letardud
the work of the expedition to some extent
A poitlon of the expedition mailo tlio ascent
of Charleston peak , situated in Lincoln
county , Nevada , \vhero a laii'o quautitj of
valuiblo specimens woio secured by the
botanists Charleston peak has an clov.itlon
of 11,000 , feet , and is ono of the few moun
tains of the icgion upon \\hlchtlmbcrib
found.
Animal and vegetable life of thodesoitis
much moio oxtonsho tlnn is nopululy be-
llevul. Over six hundred specimens of ani
mals have been seemed lu the Death valley
country. Twenty-thieo speciebof biids alone
w ere found at Saratoga springs , \\ntennp
place lu Death vallcj * . AM the members of
the expedition are w oil. Professor Palmer.
who is ably directing tbo movements and
woik of the expedition , expresses himself
siitistiod with the woilc already accom
plished. _
Couldn't niiss I 'in Clilckrus.
One nicht last week the Rutto ( Mont. ) police -
lice laidod QUO of the notorious "coon dives"
that Infest that plaeo and anested "Kelly
the Coon" anil his consort , Minnie Gibbs.
Kelly f m nibbed much amusement to the
couit ottlcors and crowd of idlers piescntby
thoiUiiintnossof | his ronnrki > , Ilo insisted
that his woman had boon arrested because of
the strain of Knglish blood in her yolns , say
ing the police were prejudiced against heron
th.it account. "I'sohalf hlsh , " he dcclnrod
with all solcninity lo Clerk tiilUgan , "caso
my fadder ho was Irishman. "
" ( iotout , you rascal , " lepliod Mr. Gilh-
gnn
" 1'oro Ood'ssike , MnssiGilllLMiiI'so half
Irish , anil I ain't ashamed of it nuthcr , "
pel ilstod KelH , as ho was hustled down
stalls , being unable to Hi\e bonds lor his ap-
puuranco .
.lust as ho was polng out ho said he wnnteii
to sprak to tho"jodr'o , " and was permittee :
to return to the room.
"Sny , Jlnssn Jedire , I'so got a conplo ol
chklteiib ilown to do house dat I would like
to oat , " cilled out the irrepressihlo IColly
"Well , you go down ami eat thohO chickens
and como rlKbt back , " icnliodtho court
Kelly ictuined , hnyinglm had oaten "dom
chickens , " and nnuouucvd hisieadinoss to bo
locked up. _
Blnrtler Will Out.
OnoofthoLako count } , California , whlto
caps has confessed to Ills part In the killltif
ot Mrs. Hiche , and told the story on the wit
ness stand. The min is .lolm Archer , Iho
partner and cabinmato of II. F. Stnloy , who
has boon convicted of nuiidor In tbo seconi
degree for bis part in tbo crime , On the
night of October 10 , lost , a bind of elc\ei \
men , disguised and masked , iiisheil into the
saloon , near tbo Bradford mine , Kept by the
Kiehos. Accoiding to the testimony of Ithlio
who wns himself shot in the side , ono of the
men held Mis Uicho while another shot nor.
During the stiugplo Mrs Kicho suntchcd the
mask trom ono of the raWors. rredlJcniiott ,
thoHichcs' llnntiiiK man , rococrni/ed the un
masked raldei as Henry Arkmio , ono ot tbi
Urailford niineis , Aikano was nnosted and
confessed , giving thu names of these who
woio with him , but denied that he was in the
house Two others of the crowd , OsLood ;
and Uvnns , auo lonfesseil. McCiiilio , who
led the raldois , was loft dond on the porch of
thoCanuwrV Hotreat. On the trinlof Stoloy
all of tboso who had confessed weio put on
the witness stand , but absolutely lefuscil to
testify.
Opium
An attempt to land opium from thostcamor
Belgic wis frustrntcit in' S.in Francisco last
Saturday mornlnir Deputy Hurvojor Var-
noy Oabhill and a posse of searchers pro
ceeded In the government steamer to inter
cept the steamer Information had been ro-
cel\ed nt the olnco of the smveyor of the
poit thntcontiaband opium smuiriflori were
in tuo habit of dropping the drug In the hay
an the way to the wharf , from w hich It was
taken by boatmen in thoomiiloj of confcritos
In this citv. The "pointer" proml Hue.
Once the steamer was boarded u thorough
search was commented , but without roiult
until tt was bupgested to oxploio the bliiro
There -JIM Hve-tael Iwxesof prepared opium ,
valued at not less than f 1,000 , were found in
the lllthj water , linch tin wns carefully
sowed up In canvass , the better to protect it
from tbo water , The tins weio only half full
of opium , so that they were nil bonjniitnnd
would have floated had they been thnnvii
overboaid , 'o arrests were made , as the
smuggler * , whouvertuoy weie , kept silent
duiltig
in the Si iivo lluroly A
In the California soimto ono night last.
week a th > t light wai narrowly avcitod , sijs
the San rian-'iseo Chronicle. \ ulll pre
sented bj MiCJowau of llumbolt upptoprlnt-
InglHH ) lopiiiiluise huiih adjventto Sau
liHMitln pilson , was under consideration
'ainpbell , the bullet-beadi'd gonlloiunn from
Solainlo \ Knlncil sonio tiotoiletyii few
lys n 'o hi hl fiiilure to advoiiito his own
nil lo stop pool-sollimr , wbfoh , bv the
\av \ , was ilefe.ileil by tlio uw of Iliinn-
ial arguments , denounioit Mctiowan's
111 as a \ Iclnus iiicusmo Mctlowaii piomptly
I'toitpdthit the opposition of the Solano
otintor DiMM-d the icnl worth of the bill
'unipbiUl Hushed up and Intimated tint Mo-
! i > \viin hud dodged u MI to on the hill nmUinc
clOKiiipli lotniwnles common enrrleis by
nlrhiB with Suiatoi lloieock It was a
HK > 1 Inslntiition not boino out by nuy loll
all on the lolebiato-il bill.
Mcdownn la n hot-trnipered joung natho
on , jiirfoclly capable of taking care ol tiini-
elf. SprliiRlng to bis feet , his faeo Hushed
vlth passion , MiCiowan shouted " 'Hint's u
Irty.uilly Inslnuatloii "
t'ampl , oil paled and then replied : "I U tnlto
hat biek , but I will tell von moio later "
Child Lost in Hit * Mountain" .
A ncs 1'rnqnem , the live jear old daugliter
f .1. Pr.imiero , wtio lives In Indian guldi ,
Marlposa coutitj , California , was left at homo
bv her mother for half nn hour wlnlo slio
\entoiit \ in the timber to llnd n co\v. Helm ;
olayed In the search , she did not return for
ver an hour , ami found no child. It was
lien dark , nnd It is supposed the little" one
uindeied nwn > from tbo house In soircli of
icr inothoi The whole neinhbotliood turned
nit , mid IIHI nun \\illi iloo , hiitoinu mid
01 dies distributed themselves over the
noiintnlns It was lalnltiR bind nml con-
inued to do so for forty -eljtht hours , and at
bo expiration of that tiino the search was to
onio extent nbiiidoned. Ail lilsh shcop
gatheruiR his Innibs foiinil the child
vlug on the gioiind , crying nml uinblo to
novo Iloearrled her to his cabin and gave
ler some soup , unit slio soon rallied nnd was
ikon homo The spot whuo she was found
s nt least ten miles ovci roimh mountains
rom her lathei's houbo , and bow she sui-
Hod during two and a hnlf dus ) is n injs-
cry- _
Alison ) lull Sent lo , lull.
A nice point of law has arisen in a C1-.0
\hlcheamoup before .Iudj0 ! Oil bur In thu
Mnrysville , Ual. , police court. Joe Patterson
and Charles Rlnrp were tried imJer the
iciitil code for vagrancy. IJoth pleaded
; ulltj and the JudKOset the time , ptonoiinc-
ng sentence against them. The couit pu-
intteJ them to ( ro at hrgo without ball in tbo
ncantlnio.Vlicn the time atrived they
'illcd ' to appear The judno postponed the
ussiti of scntonco for six hours , nnd at/
ho expiration of the time , the defendants
still not appealing , wcie sentenced to ninety
lays each In tlio county Jill Tlio question
uisca "flad the of the
, court Jurisdiction per
sons of thedefcndaiitstopionounco judgment
ig.imst them of impiisoninent in their nb-
sencol"
Some lawyeis tlilnk there la no hw con-
lorrint : such Jurisdiction on superior couits
to pioiiounce Judpinent in the absence of the
dolond.mts The pnllco will airost the de
fendants on tlio committal it they turn up
withlu the next twoho months.
Couldn't Sec OlliriM
Chailes Keofer , aged nineteen , In company
with a crowd of joungmen , took advantage of
the light snowfall to do sonio coasting in
Vancouver , 13 C. , last week. An express
man , Oeorge McICuy , anxious to put a stop
to their fun , with doUlish wickedness drove
his rig up and down the part of the reid xised
for coasting , but no accident oicu vied until
the electric liRht beeamo dim for a moment
Then n sleigh , wltb Ketfer sittliig
hi front , crashed into tlio expicss
wagon. Kcofer was lucked up un-
lonsilous. Ilo was taken Immediately
to the hospital. He was conscious most of
Ill's ni ht. butunibloto speak and there was
great danger fiom the skull pressing on
the til ill n nnd ciiising paralysis of that or-
R.III. Mclv.iy's conduot Is strongly con-
iloinncd Should Kecfer dlo a clnr oof iiiau-
slaufhtorwill bo inndo against him.
\\oiilln'r "Marry the Girl.
Tames Wans was shot ana install tlv killed
Suiuhv night by irooto Ilurofoui. Tno deceased -
ceased "was the only son of Phillip Mans , a
prominent Uinta county ( Wyo ) cattiounn.
The famihos of Hereford and Mans Uvo on
Ilemy's Fork , about lorty miles liom Toil
llriilfer , and they aio the first settlers who
came to this country. The difllculty grow
out of a charge brought against voung Ala is
that ho had seduced a sistoiof Iloroford.
This charge was piof cried sc\ \ oral month1 }
ago , w hen , to adjust matters , Maas airreecl to
marry the girl , AVlieii the tlmo ciiuo for
bun to fullUl his proinlso , for some reason , hi1
refused , 'ihon , aftei ofl'orts to tiring about n
reconciliation , the fond giow out of It. uil-
minatlng in the shooting- . The deceased was
only twenty years of ago and regarded ns a
\oumjinan \ of moro than ordmiry piomlse.
ounit Ileieford will bo taken lo l austou
and lonlincd in Jail.
Insult ( D Injury.
Hud Loikwooil , clalmitiKto boa member of
tbo Urouln delccti\o agency of Cincinnati ,
wa- , list week taken to llio Albueiucniuo , X.
M. , jail. Ho persuaded the wife of J.V. \ .
Chuielull.ii respected old niiuer , to leivo her
huhlnnd and take up her abode \\lth lihn.
Uhuicbill wrote notes to his wife imploiing
her to return to him and pludijing th.it her
acts of infldollty would be forgiven , 'llio
wife showed the notes to T ockwood , who
sentwoid to Churchill that bo would not ho
allowed to see his \vifo and children , and that
if ho continued in hisontieatiesho would ho
killed , rearing for his life Churchill caused
Loclnvood's ' surest. In default of fcl.OIX ) ho
was sent to Jail Ilo is u tough character and
it is said has killed bib man ,
AitotliPT Queer Sect.
SK miles northwest of Las Cruces , N. M. ,
Is located the Shnlam colony , founded sevoial
j eais ago by I3r , Tanner. Tbej are a soil of
religious sect and ba\o \ a bible written by Dr.
A. 31. Howland of Boston , the millionaire
backer of the colony. Their bihlo is called
Osple , nnd like tbo book of Mormon , is
claimed to have been inspired They nio a
poacefi.l and ludustilous pcoplo , attending
btrictlj to their own affairs Thcj do not
attempt to iniko now convciU , hut ha\o
gathciod totjetbei' some liftoen or twenty
babies , picked up at dilToient orphan asylum's
through tlio country , and it is tnelr inteutlon
to tiacb these youngsters thu piecojitsof
Osplo , and in that way swell tliulr numbers.
Muiderrd toninirv.
James Ilouiington , arrostoil for thomuidor
of J , T riott of Arthur , N , 1" ) , fobiuary 11 ,
has ron fcssod that on that night ho diovo
across the country from Targo to Arthur at
a tlmo when ho know that Flctt , who was a
grain bmer0iild \ have conblderable mouoy
on bl person.
"I killed Flett to got money with which to
be married , " aid Hemiugton coldly "I had
engaged myself to wed an old schoolmate at
Kilbourno City , 'ls. , and I had no nioiiov
nor imy pie pect of getting It honestly *
was forced to do this to kcop my woidgoo'd. "
The ICilupuiiio City ghl was to have met
Hetnlngton at LnCrosso. but was warned by
detectives not to tonio , Uemlnttoii'h only
regret seemed to bo that ho got only f.i.10.
Tlinwed tbo I'owdcr.
" \ Vorkmeneie getting leady for n blast in
the Main street sewer In fiout of thu Colum
bia hutol In Spokane Rills ono uiorulup hst
week , Cllant powder was Ix'lng ; used and
woikmon wore thawing It out by nllro. It
thawed too deeply and exploded with torrlllc
force , blotting three workmen down the em
bankment , a distance of twenty Icet , Injur
ing tlieiusovoicly. Pedestrians a block dis
tant \ totho ground by ttie fou-o
of the explosion , iiuuy of them iecoi\ln :
bruUos. Kvory window in the Columbia
hole1 ] was .shattered and guests in the ofllco
foil to the floor Houses for nquuitor of a
mile were juried aud shattered. No leas
than flftv people haVcriCd ! killed or seriously
woundeu liiSpokimo wltliin Iho pixst jonr by
nvlcss handling of iiowdrr " 1 ho worst ot
iiloston uns liist Scpteinber , whoti llftorn
neii ' ( Ore killed and M tunii ) mote wounded
Slopped nu Kngliu' ,
Charles Ihtoniiin , aneioctrlclaii.whllo . mak-
ng repairs to the mnrlunorj at a San I'rnn-
il co plumbing cilnblljlnncnt , had an nlai tilIng -
Ing experleiico. He Ml bet \\oi'ii n largo
wheel mid a rapidly lovolUng belt , nroutnl
which hewn * whlrli'd a IPOIO of tlnu's bo-
' 010 bi > was can ghl In wch n mniuor as to
stop tliotwcUe horse jiowor ougliio. Whllo
nnkliiK his evolution ov > ratilib of cloth
ng wns totn from 111' boiU. Hi' oscauoil ,
hough , without any Injury save a few Alight
irulscs nu lili mvk nnd sliottldors and n so
\eronervousshoik Ihitomnn was t.uii'ii to
lu % receiving hospital , hut on airlvluff thoio
10 xvas foundto luuo uvovoied from his
shock stiniclent to allow him to dcput for
ils homo without any medical attendance.
ltnrTi'\ Cost LI IV.
The tiinl of H .r. Ilovvltt , a wcnltln mer
chant who killed Pedro dc Nliochel last
"cptemhor. has ooeupliM tbo superior eomt
u Sun DIoRO , Cal The Jui > , after being out
learly seventeen IIOUH , brought In \otdM.
of tnuidor lu the second degree Scnteiuo
will bo pronounced March U. lunxitt ami
lose Tt'li'ophcn got Into nu altercition In San
laclntoovera lotof tutloj wbltli the mrr-
ihantihdmecl the Xicochei boys hud stolen
After some welds Josp N'lcoehea struck
ilc'u-itt In the face , unoculng him buck Into
the stieet. Ho Immediately drew a pistol ana
lied , but the bullet , insttnil of striking bis
nntngonlst , deft the heart of Josn's biother ,
; 'edri ) , who had lushed up ostensibly to pio-
xcnt further hostilities Hewitt's lawyers
will inovo for a new tilal.
Lost lilt Mil * forllirr > 4.
Siherno 1'enedro lost his life lu n heroic
effort to sa\o n number of Ainoilcnii women
nnd cblldi-en who were in Imminent danger
fiom the torrent at Tin Junna , Cal. lie
sttrtcil for them , but the euirent was too
stroiiR , and after b.ittlluc with the waters
'or n few minutes ho sink nnd bis body wns
lug out of a pile of sand , where It had been
nu led two or Unco feet deep by the Hood ,
i'ho women and childion wuo rescued by tbo
nhl of a ho.it. A. subscription has been
started lu Sm Diego to bvuj thounfoituunto
nnti and inovido for the inimcdlito wants of
ids Inigo family , who were alike robbed of
their bread-wimier and protector and every
thing they possessed in the world , except
the clothes they hod on , hj thoieuiorseless
waters ,
Horseman's Aceiilont.
Samuel Scott , proprietor of the Scott
liousoot Doer Lodge.an old tliuorand a noted
tioiseimn In Montana , met with an accident
iceonthHo had Just had Ills yoiuiR stallion
Montana , bj Bane Hero , at the blacksmith
shoi > to lra\e hia feet tii'ii-uo 1 and WMS load
ing him home. TUe horse , which had tbo
llbcrt ) of alonglialtci , arow in the nlr and
I'linu down with nil his inltjht upon Mr
Scott , crushlnp him upon the ground Mr
kott's right log was bacllj broken Just above
the anklo. 'f he colt Is thieo years old ami
weighs ly.0 pounds. At tlio tiino Mr Scott
was not witching , although ho knew the
colt was playful It will bo several months
biforo ho w 111 bo nblo to handle any of his
horsesngain.
Proposed WoHlprn ( "oncrr'ss.
W. K. Kobinsou of San Fiancisco is In
Deiiver.uhocating a scheme forholdlnpa
Joint convention of the states Ijlnsr between
the IJocky Mountains and the Mississippi
river. Ilo will try to have a resolution
passed by the assembly declaring in favor of
n comentlon of states for tbo puiposo of tak
ing steps tosecuio the donation of alllrripa-
bio public hnils to th various states to pro
mote Irrigation. Thoiesolution calls atten
tion to the fact that congress Is annually
giving many thousands of dollars to rher
anil harbor improvement for the benentof
cistcin st.itos , and tint it would bo only just
to grant these lands tb the western states for
tbo pin pose proposed
till n Woman's Hair.
The residence of ITiank Hill , a well known
railroader of Pueblo , Cole , was burglarized
by two tramps ind § l" > iu money and consid
erable wonting appaiol was taken Sundiy
nlplit. Before dcpaitlng they cut oft Mis
Hall's hail dose to her bead , kicktnc nnd
boating her shunefulh She \\as founct un-
cousiious bhei husband. Hill otleis a big
row-aid foi the an est of tlio miscreants In
the hope of catching the bmglais , Chief
O'C onnor oldoicd the nrrcat of all men fonml
on the street and in the saloons that night
af tor U o'clock. Foity anests were made ,
but the woman could not ioeoKiil/o her as
sailants. All but three of the pusoueis were
sent up for thiily dajs.
CholcinuOtr a Kival.
The Xoi thorn Pacific railroad com piny has
filed suit In the superior court nt Tncomi
against CJ. W. Hunt , a Washington railroad
builder , toreco\er on three promisory notes
for a total of SlC ! > , OOfl So\eral other suits
were brought a few weeks ago ag.iln t Hunt
by the Noilhein Pacific and others for sev
eral hundied thousand dollars. The object
of tbolitigition Is behoved to bo the crusti-
ing of aho Hunt lailioul fiom eabtein Wash
ington to ( Jraj'i ' Inibor , whitli has been
prottj well under wry. Lai go gangs of
graders weio at work last summer and fall
almost the entire line surveyed. The Noith
era Pacific recently put into opeiation a new
line Horn Taeoma to Cimy's harbor anil
Huiit'b road would pn.illcl it.
Ills Kilo Spared ,
An accident occuiied in the Vulcan mlno
nt 15utte. Mont , by which Cluis Swclt/or , a
miner , had a clo o call for his life. Koitrer \ \
nnd another miner were worklnc in the bottom
tom nf the shaft when a largo boulder pto-
truding from tlio side of the shift some dis
tance up became detached nnd frll 'Hie lock
struck Swcit < ! cr on the shoulder , tin owing
him on his back and then rolled onto his legs ,
brenkniK the left ono. Owing to the gioit
weight of the rock considerable tiino elapsed
before he could ho released and taken to the
surface. S\\ oilier was removed to Ms home.
In addition to the biokoii leg Knclt/cr is also
badlj bruised about tha loft side and arm.
iilowod to Pieces Jlidii't Know Tt.
A shocking accident happened In the Daisy
iiiino , on Illg cteok , In tlio Cour D'Alenes ,
Idaho KdByino , whllo smoking a pipe ,
stooped o\er a box of giant powder caps. A
spaikuropped among them , cnusiii } ; an ox-
plosion. When Hyrno icgainod consciousness -
ness ho was tliiisty and tiled to pot n diink
of water fiom a bucket near by , but was
horilled tollud that uoth bauds weio ROIIO ,
that one ejo was blown out , and that ho bid
three ton tblo wounds Ip trio abdomen. In
spituof thoio injuites ho walked through
four feet of snow to Ids ubin n mlle itis-
tant Hoi' , now 1uiR at the point of death
In a hospital at Osborno.
Knilroador Killed.
Fiiemnn Frank T O'Connor of tbo Den
ver & KioGrando accidentally killed in
the I'uoblo ymds last week. He was en
gaged under the tank ot cngino 'J-'ii , putting
on biako shoos , when some cms being
switched on another Uuck struck the end of
hi * train , which was not clear. It mood
forward about fix o feet , nnd when O'Connor
was pulled out hit neck was found lobo
broken. The deceased was a young innn
twentyfourcars of ago , nnd had boon om-
plo\odthne about live j cars. Ills parents
reside at Sioux City , In.
New Wyoming Find.
A new gold camp has been struck between
( iolcl hill and Klk mountain , about a dozen
mlles fiom the u-tabllbhod camp. H is easy
of au-oss. The rock is wbitu , cairlos iron
nnd decomposed iriMiilto nnu is flamed with
gold In the lion are found nuggets as big
as peas. Thuro is a well defined deposit.
The top aniioaianco was of the best and piv
rock was dlscou'ied when tlio mass roots
were displaced , Three I'cet I ? the width of
tlioeiu. . This prospect N llio property of
tno Allou Itrotheis , innchmi'ii. The lode U
near their lunch on Lake crcou.
tlio
The census taking of tbo Ninajo Indiana In
Xow Mexico \\lll I'ommoncQ Maieh 11 , Col
onel Murmou of the siMJclnl agents says that
the enumerators aio prevented from visiting
the villages of the Indians by the
told and dtsngroenblo wonllior The ro or j
MilU'ii Is tviMirtcd to bo co\iroil witlisuow
fiom su inches to two fwt dc-op , and Hint It
lii * boni storming out there Mr woolis
Major John Donnldsoii , the spivlul ngonl
from Peiinsjlvniihi , Invs locutod himself nt
( lallup.
r\c\v Alovlniiii I olid ,
The trouble in the Vermljo country , Nnw
Mexico , o\IT the assassinitlon of Oniccr
Kussoll , has taken n now tuin The Mexicans
ha ; o nollllod every whlto settler In tin ) val-
lovtolcuo If thoj-wfnse to ROthejmu't
tnlte tlwoonwqurnws. A night 01 two ago
the hnjstneks of Thounis ( .ilium , one of tbo
oldest setlleis in the \allcn. weio si > t on
llio , and it was with dlilloitlly tlio iiwolling
nnd outUulldlngs WPIO siuod The whites
ha\o mganl/od lo piotoct thoinsoluN nnd
will not tea\e , and II mnv looks ns If tbo kill
> ng of Itussoll is only the DcgliiuliiB ol whal
pwralses to bo a blood \ race light.
'I In- } Hold for a
Clerk Shoi'nfolt of tlio dioyonno njencj |
Ims undo llllngs nn laud at llio fulled Statw
Imd ofllco foi"J-lfi IndhiiH. The Indiuis are
prlnclpilly on Had River in South Dakota
Of thlsnumbor 1 III arnciyori'lghtoon years of
ago and take JLH ) ncro * cieh nml thin can
neither relinquish i or obtain tit lo for twoutj
Ihoyeais The other lift tnko tight v acics
oaeh. The land coinpuses WsOO acic's , or
less tb in tlueo townships.
I'iMMiioiil Located IliddiMi Hli-lii'-i.
Conspicuous niuoiij the old liiiuliuarks
about r.vaiistonVjo , Is a monument on the
summit of Medicine Hut to , erected bv ( Jen-
ciiii .lohn C rroinont Thu moiiiiment is n
Hide stm ctmo lustily put tognthor with un-
"
drosiedstoiii's On a" blight day the hlstoiic
shift cm bo seen from the town , which Is
twelve miles distant. 1'rospoctois say the
liill is rich in coal.
In 1MJ an Invalid , giving llio mine of .T. J.
Kubs , located at A/usa , I os Angeles munty ,
Cal , for the bonellt of bis health Ilo evi
dently had some inonoj , biilni > voi mcntlom-d
whore ho had como from or an\ thing legaid-
Ing his mitccodints A short tlmo ago lie
died nnd in his will lie loft considerable
money to Mr < . Mary W niters , who , was a
JUIss Mnrv KiibniiA her iluldien , JosopV ,
1'ied nnd Mai.\ , but no trace cf these hobs
his so far Ken found.
.Mother's Ai ny.
Mrs. I'nullni' , wife of a railiond man , HVOJ
with her children In Mitchell , H. I ) . Uiiring
arocent stoimv o\oning \ she stepped over ID
a neighbor's for a few minutes , and when .sho
returned both children , the jonngost of
which lould just walk , bad pen < 3 out of doors
After hunting for them soiiio lime In tbo
link , both were found in the snow , almost
fio/eti The oldest child's hands weio quite
badly frozen
_
Anntlirr "Min Do JHovo" Alan.
As aiosultof jcnrs of study Oilaudo Fer
guson , of Hot Springs , S. I ) , ilcclaies that
the eaith is not n sphcio. He has made a
model which shows tlio plnnct to bo tbo
slinnoof hnlf un apple. Ho contends tint
thoeailb is stationing and that the sun Is
only lViH ( ) miles away Mr. Fciguson is n
good talker and something of a genius 1110-
chauiiully.
l ) < M < npitiit . > il His Victim.
A horrible murder was petpetiatedat the
Chinese gold mii.ing cunn on the Columbia
river , In Stevens county , "Washington , about
80VOH miles above the mouth of Spnkmio
mor. Deputy Sheritl Clarilncrof Lincoln
( flimty , has the inurderor in tbo gn.iid house
nt Foil Spokane. Ills naino is ken Yuo and
ho decapitntcd his \iitim with n hatchet.
t Colorado.
Aspen Presbyterians have dedicated a new
church
Loclaud has been having a remiikablo
\ isitation of measles and imcumoniu. Many
dses have already proved fatal.
The snow at St. nimo is the deepest for
jears There is nlroidy flvo foot on the
level In tlio mountains
The bodies of all the victims of thoHoul
dor King shdo at Iruin ba\o been recovoied
and brought to Ciested Hutte.
Uoekv mountain lions am reported vuiv
plentiful and bungrv on the hell waters of
the Purgatolro , In Las Aniui.is.
Thice inon died of pneumonia on the Vlr-
giniusniinoncMrOiira ) dining the pist few
days U. P. Ilanscn , John Kv buig and A. C
Keiter
QOwcn J'erry , a young Welsh miner , was
instantly killed by being shuck on the head
bv a fulling lock in the jMeudota mine at
Silver Plume.
.lames P.ixloii , the Denver mining broker
who disappeared n few weuks ago , is said to
bo in the Citv of Mexico. Ho ewes o\or
$10.000 m Denvei.
D.i\id Hunt , n T'ucDlo lad. cut a horrible
gish in the check of Thomas , the llftecn-
jear-old son of W W Duke. Itvv.ia the ie-
suit of a quarrel about a young lady.
Two prisoners confined In tbo county jail
at Del N'oi lo i-fTceted their escauo by driving1
bick the bolt on the corridor door and tear
ing the hinges oil the outer door
The American 7inc Lead company of Can
on City is said to hnvo made expoiitnental
tests of their plants , which were extremely
satisfactory. They willstait up permanent
ly In March.
Two young men wpienriostod at Pueblo on
nchnigo of poddlinir without a license , and
tliov are now belie\od to bo professioml
nooks , although the slightest clew to thwlr
identity uaiinot. bo obtained.
Touitclotto Park Ins n sensation la tlm
shape of a suidtle. Macglo Chovcs , a ill
vorccd woman leeently fi-om Denver , took an
overdose of bolladouni , fiom the effects of
whichsho is not likelj to iccovoi
Most of the suhicilptlons fui the Ijove-
lind Hour null luvo boon nude. This is to
cot j,00n ! ) , mill the stock Is biln rapidly
taken Tliov have conunoncou the hauling of
.stone for its construction
A number of deer wore recently seen in
the vicinity of tlio Cow cieokcoul mines.
'Ihoi woio all thought to have gone to a
lower country on account of the snow.
Ihoyerofat \ mid sleek and allold ones.
D. Liiwhcad , a Ihcman cm the Denver &
Uio ( jiandoronil.vvaspiobibly falalh injured
three miles south of Colorado Springs Ho
put his head out of the c.il ) window just as
the engine was tutoring n hridgo His head
struck the timbers pulling him out of the
cab. When picked up be was senseless.
President William A. Undeiwood of tlio
American wntinworks companj says J I"V- ) ,
000 will bo ox ponded In the company on its
works in Denver. Tivo laige gangs oi tnen
have nlreadv bien put to work to laj mains
nnd extensions In the citv Work tit Snlll-
um will boiesumod as .soon as the we.ithu-
will | Knnlt ! ,
I-ast Munilny a big flagstaff la Colorado
Hjirings was blown down. It its fill it caught
soeial telephone wins and got mixed up
with Iho trolley wire of the electric railway ,
'llio strong current was canied into the cen
tral telephone otllee , burning out all of the
.111) ) loeal wires nnd setting llro to the ofllco
The llauifs weio put out without much
trouble Telephonic communication was
complotelj siiDpiossed
Commissioner ( IrofT of the general land of
fice has undo a decision In tbo c iso of the
Duraiigo ( .old companv against 11 ( ! Locke ,
in \ % hleh the local nlllci is aio dilooted to
order n hiMringupon the piotostund allega
tions of. ) II Crist us piosldent of the Du-
laugocoil rompiny , who is now injiossu , .
8ioito tlm etlee.1 Hint Locke's cod entry
was made for the benellt of S II llnir nnil
othois Tlm land involved is located hi lu- )
raugol'inddlstuct and Is sild to boaluat > lo.
A twontj foot \einof flno bituminous coal
was struck by the KuioUn Gas and Oil com
pany in their ' .IV ) foot well on Plum Cieek ,
llvo mill's below r.lttleton The now s of tno
striliohah boon kojit veiv qulot It Is bo-
llevod tbo vein Is a continuation of the U'elch
coal vein at ( ioldon. Thu until of this
belief will bo tested In a fuvv davs.
Samples of thocotd me hard , leave no muc !
upon the whitest suif.ieo nnd burn steadily.
Tbo Kurck.i companj will put on a Imgo
plant of iimchiueiy to prospect the \eln.
A I'm n Mi l itlieriiu eliuioh has boon os-
tabllshiHt at Rock h > ] irinurs
Kvimston Mnionw wnuta ICnlijlita Tomplnr
commiiuloiy Gstnblislicd there.
Duiiiif ; IS'KI ' llro liibiiranco comiiauloj pild
more In U'jomlng thiin they received ,
I. Nelsonlof UlntJi count ) sold n steer to
Salt l.uitn people thai tipped the scales at
: . ' , ' . ' ( K ) pou tidx
Faunorsof Sheridan county uuvo orgau-
1 Irod tlioMnnncroHill dluh company. All
Iho sliiiuvs were worth IJ.siV.
Colonel inrotrest Milliards , llio new r-om-
innndint of Wjomlng's mllltli , Inlends ID
\lsit every coiupmy In the stall'
A big gang U finishing the onnMriu-tloii of
sin on mlles of stdetracit fortho I'nlon Pacific
nl Chejeiino The cost 1 fiiii.iKW
Camps uf nllo vih conUailois of tbo Mm-
lingtun in t'look eouul.i have been fcaiidal
ol'I.N nHindeivd. lu ono liistaiu-o MXI sucks
of grain w LMV wurled oil.
The depot ill llul.on , Just west of T.iruulo
WIH liunied It was sot on llro b > spaiks
ftoin iiliHiuiiotlM' ' Tilt-building was nproltv
fiiiiuosttiifturo nml was b.illt about u > or
'I'ho old mil mlno at lllllhrd , which Ins
hemi i-losod for immv veai-M , Is being roopouod
nml is H ud lo bo showing nii-olv , There Is
mint hoi good cod niliio belli a opened nt
Mlllls
John Iluyleiof C'hevonno his issued
I'lialloi'gn too.it lilo agunst nu v mini In \ \ Veining
oining Ilu\lor \ Is the mini who ate Hoven
do/en nnd four law o > slurs on abet Tliaiika-
fihlngday
( ti > oigo Hull , n pioneer , ilic-il suddenlv at
Ills homo In I.mamio of p ir.lhsi.s of the
heart. lloleivossur\l\itig \ him his wife ami
several chlldtcn , .muiinitho lattci being John
Hull , lunv foi email of the Union 1'nclllo
holler bliops In Suit I , ako Clly.
CbejeuiHi Lender It Is leiiorted that
llmt'i"i\o Hiotlici's of Hiiulmlii lluttcs lost
NIKH ) out of n baud of I'.OOO ' sheep iluilng the i
rooeiit storms. Tlio sheep weio htougbt from
Oiogon last sunimur and wue in veij poor
condition wlii-n they nulvoiloxv IIIR to slioit
fiod on thodiive.
1 ! S I'luinb. n section mniiomplnyndlii the
I.uainlo > aid , \\hllri pulling a coupling pin ,
fell botwet'ii the cars and was diaggoil some
distance on the bnhoboam Hotliiifhls U-RS
fiom the kiu-cs down mid one arm wuo
bully bruiseil. His Injuries , whllo suveie ,
mo nut dangerous
Many fat stcois aio reported on Heir
iher and buyers nro there to pmehaie
Cattle lm\o been shipped torwhlili : t to ,1' ' .
cents per iiound live weight wns paid , and
iiioioini ) bulni' bought nt these prices 'Phis
is considerable of an ndyaiuoo\er rales ot a
few wcnks ago. Stock Is doing nicely
There are ten disabled locomotive * In the
icpair shops of the I'liioii Pacllic at 1ans !
ton. 'I ho foice of mm now U less tlnn hilf
tbo usii d number. Most of tbeso engines
liivo been Idle foi more than thlrtj' dajs and
tlio dunces nio they will bo idlottiiitj moic'
unless ( lie working fmco Is lucre-wed
rsowi'.i'-tlo.louiiml OnotlioiHind iiounds
of the llri.u llill loal was sent to l.nglaml
nbmit sl\ weeks ago to bolhoroughh tosteil
and H Is thought Mr. llohM'H'.s hip to
Dead wood is to coinplcto a deal with lopie-
si'iitatlves ot an I'.ngllsb suiditntu who will
oporalo the mines for the Flkhoia road.
ft ib.
A pivingcompiny with fi.OOO.OOi ) ciplt.il Is
talked of in Salt Lake ,
Democrats of Utah hive como to the con
clusion that the lime has arrived to contest
elections on political nnd not ecclesiastical Is
sues.
There ; Is agcneial appro\il bj re.il estate
men of the proposition to sell Old Koit
biiuare , Suit Lake , in aid of the Deep Cieek
lallroad.
I'reliminaiy steps hive been liken fur the
mganl/ation of the Pioneer hibiaiy associi-
lion in Bait Kako to absorb the old Maso'iic
lllnaiv and add to it.
Chief Stanlou of the Salt I.ako llro depart
ment has a bchenio whereby onosrt of poles
can bo used bv the stieot car , clectile light ,
telephone and telegraph companies , the u lies
beingbtrung In thu outer named 'Iheentiio
cost is put at S100OJO fur the four companies
buit.s hava been tllocl w ith the cloiK of the
distriit couit at Provoto enjoin certain dc-
fendnnts fiom appljiuglor a town site on
the giouml whereon part of the mam street
ol lOuieka Is located , the contention bclnu
that the giound so loeited is mlncial land
taken up bv the pluluttlls. The case will bo
one of muchinteiost.
Stock is doing finely in Cache valley ; farm-
cis have loU ol bav and cialn ami wonM nil
DO happy If thcio was more monoIhe \
failuto to mirkctthoii produce caused the
sti Ingcncy In th it lino. The change of guago
of thoi.iilmid and tholack of urs last full
left the taiinors with their grain on hinds
( ! o\einoi Thoims h is been asked to ex
tend o\eciitivo cli'iuency toV H Ihllidiv ,
alifo piisonei'iil tlio penitentiary , lor his
utiivciy in downing Vounij , a convicted
negro , who tried to Obcipo fiom the nen
wagon , and m.itenallj aiding in jiro\inling a
goneial "jull dehvorv" llnlliilav is serving
a llfo sentence foi killing the man who tam-
peied with bis wife
A coinpmi ) is oiganWngln Salt Line to
supph n.itmal gis lei domestic and indus-
tnal purposes. It is pioi > o-u ( to utlli/o nn
nileshii well north of the stockyards site
I lorn this the owner gets not onlv w itor but
gas to light his house with The well his
bc.cn in use the past IHo j ears , mid the How
of both water and gas Is as good as over.
Louis Dem nhlpped from Reno to British
Columbia eighteen onloads of fat cattle.
\Villi.im JiMikins of Battle Mountain sold
his llock of sbocp to W. .1 Uliick and othcis
for about $ IOoot ) .
Augustus Malotto , while drhlng CeorROis.
Klder's ten animal ere team on a down-fji.ido
turn at Cmdelaria , was run ovci audm-
atuntU killed.
C. 1 ! Xaml < klof C'audelarin says his com
pany is cultivating lOD.icics of land in Deith
\allo\ , and that they cut eight ciops of
alfnlta last je.ii.
Ilmiy Short , well known on the Comstock
'
during' the past twenty jonis , died at Vir
ginia of n drojt-iical nlTectlou. Decease was
formcily watclnna. . at thoChollar.
James Welburn was sentenced to the
count ) jail for lifl/y dajs from Tuscniora for
whipping his "girl" On tbo waj to Llito
he escaped nnd lias skipped for pirts un
known
As a res dt of the decision in the price of
sllvci neatly 100 bars of bullion h.uo been.
taken from the Carson mint and sent to
China , whuo nhtghei puce pievalls foi it
than In Aihoiica
The ropoit of the board of dhcctors ofjtho
state orphan's homo shows tb.it sixty -two
chlldicn aio being cared for at tlio institu
tion , thlitj live bo.vs and twenty -Iho ylils , ,
at a lost , of about 8111,000 , per annum
Olher Koberts , proprietor ot tlio Aillnjton ;
house , Carson , has received n &iYX ) check
from bonator .1 P. . tones , in payment for the
buiquct o\pensci tendered to uicinhera of
the leglslaturo and Ncvadaus generally
Tlio Hattlo MouiiUm inhn ; , louipanv's
mill , situated at Uowis. will slnrt up In the
the toursoof a tew weeks on oio now belnir
produced by men nt woik in the minis ol
said ioiupany- The Ncvad i Central i.nlioac
has lecoived n contract to furnish the mines
and mill with fuel foi several months.
Idaho.
A rich strike. Is reported in the Mayllowm
ill liiilllon. Komoofthc oie taken out wll
assaj over fl.OOi ) portou.
Fi\o men weio sentenced to terms of six
jcars each m tlm penltt'iitiaiy foi robbmj ,
tuuglit can at Moutpelier
A hrgo fotcoof workmen will soon bo em
ployed on the construction of the \ailous
irrigation iiltchcs 110,11 Uobe.
Two Italians were run down by n Union
1'aclflo triln near I'oeatollo and one Killed
and the other piobublv fatally Inul.
Boise ospecta to have Us now woolen mill
running next month. Citl/ons gave Willinni
Mclntosh of Cnrrollton , JNlo. , a bonus of $10- $
| OHO to stiu t it.
I-iiouluumt Carver Howland , Fourth
1'nlted Stucs Infnntiy , has been dotnilcd as
Hide de-camp on IhostatT of llio govoinor.
Ho will act as inspector of the rlllo pi.iclico.
lolin Hudgers , niiimiKcr for tlu > AuiiMlcaii
milling companj , pmchnsod In the east a
fortj-ton smelter which liujintend.s to setup
in thohou'ii UoUlsas eaily us possible nokt
spring
1 Tbo commlttoof the legislature to select n
j cro.it seal ot the state has nettled upon the
ili'-siirn submitted by Misa Edwards of Holso ,
I which .shows miniiu and ngricultuie in
tj pit il lipuros , toKi'llior with the nocoswry
appropriate einbleins
AtKockv liar a disastrous sno.vslldo ro-
contl > occurri'd. 'Iho oio house and bmli-r
ot tbo Mountain ( ioat mine slid Into tbo
crock , and font houses on Mniii slioot were
smashed by the uilaiuho. . 'Iho amount of
the il image is not stated *
' 1 lie right of way has been granted foi ex
tending tlio Idiho canal thiough the I'ort
Hall Indian icsorvntlon to the I'ocatollo
Hiwnslio. This is a big thing torlhu uiiii-
mil ) , and at once places It lu tbo front i.iuk
of litigation si homos In tlio .state1.
A dued transferi Ing the Do hntnar group
of mines to a Umdon symllcnln is placed in
escrow with the Itolso City National bank
until the mono ) in-lived fiom lluropo. The
miivlnso ptloo lonlillo bo .ClOd.lXX ) , .1.11.
Ilo IjimiuMPliilim " ( KWH ) ) slmres , or half Ihn
inpitnl slock.
A mooting of the mlnoowiieis ntid mlno
maiiiigors of UiiiCciMir d'Alotio was bold in
\\nllii'o \ \ n few iliiyn slnco Hint iiMtuo Own
ers' I'mloi'llvo ' iHsoclnilou organl/cd There
( teemslo Iwnsoitof inutuil umlorliuidliig
to net In loucoit In nil itmllers iiip | < rtalnlug
to milling1 on the South Cork nnd Its tribu
lation , KiiohikH heights , transpuilallon , labor
and supplies
Stiver ( 'ill Aulnmho : U'hen the shoillt
went lo the Jail t < > look nlloinnd feed Ids
pilsoiiirs , Mlko Holun , ooiiinilt ted foi'iissuillt
nnd uttmiipl t ( > 1,111 , and .link Itniily , a hoiso
Ihloforo louiid missing The fiont door
which lochs with a honvv pidloik on Iho out-
tldn was found unlocked , w lihh must hnvu
hei'ii done liv sonio aiviinpllco. 'lhol ckon
Ihn buk duorMIH hniUon olT Itimly liuil
hu'ti looked m a u'll , vshllo Dolim hud tlm
inn of this bide loom
Cilllliil-nl I ,
The painters of San 1'rniieisoo Intend lo en.
foiou llio eight hour niloafler May I.
The Sau I'r.uu'lsiM cteiaatoiy < oiilpnny
Imvo In eoiiloinpliitlon the eroctlou of a fin-
mice.
Ono of llio me most thh'vosou uvord Is
Mlc-lnel lliirns , w honi ollhors In San Kran-
ilsro havo. nrii'slod ' for stealing tbo i.ir
ttunipcl of a do.if man
Theio am 10,000 houses In Oakland nml llio
inmatei of eu-h nf them mo lobu iislted by
siM'olnl consiis niirsh ils as lo tluir bollot.niid
Ifthi'V boiling tunny eliureh
The whcit wuohotises it 1'oil Costn nro
full , and there mo MiH cailoadsof wheat un
the ti ii-ksiUMillIng Milpnumi , hut there nm
no ships to lake llio giaiu n\vny \
The opening of the ( It rut fair at Los An
poles 1ms been postponed unlll MiuclilO. Mini
bunkers' convonllon will moot oft Iho 1 Uh
nnd bcilu smslun dining the full.
Tbo procMtm of ntinllvi ) mill ut Palermo
Isnnnssiiied fait. 'Ilioro will be enough
tiei'sln that vicinity umiolnto bi'nrlng int >
leasoii to hoop n factory at woik during thu
season
lenn Uocnlor , n French Mieophcrdor , on ix
rnnoliiioai Anaheim , was hiii-mul to diuth in
his cabin , lie wns nn Invelnnitn smoker and
11 Is supposed ho fell nsleepu-iil Ins pipe Ig-
nttod llio bed clothes
My a decision of tlio supromu couit Sin
DloKoIOSIM tbo Innd onvhlih thn i-llv prison
Is lociited. The eitv had fuilol to oslnbllsli
its claim totho piopoity. I'lisoners will have
to bo plucoil in tie county Jill
Mrs Klikpatilek , arosiileiiL of Pisiidoni ,
look half an ounce of oil of tansy and went
Into convulsions It was with llio gioaUsV
dilllculty that her llfo win saved , bho toult
the ding without medical alvlco ' 1
There has boon t'llkof p4illlsliintt a fruit
( iiiuuiy at K"d lilulT , Cnl , fur some ti mo
'llio seboinc has been brought to a hn.id by
the subsciiplionof ever 'i.OOi * of the eapltil
titock , iindeonsiiloiMble moio has been prom-
Isod.
Isod.Mn
Mn Jniob Turner and a Mis Fmlov , 10-
sidingin the viilnlu of Ked HlulT , alletuptcd
to drive ucioss uswollen stieam The wagon
wns moi-Uutiod and Mis Turner-saved her
llfo bj climbing lutoa tieo. bho was tea-
cued by neighbors.
A do/on chaiiibuimnlds omplovod nt tlio
Baldwin hotel , ban lYaiulseo , liivo walked
out becMiiso thoj woio ordered to get up in
liourc.ullu than the usual hour and swoop
llio lulluMv and do other woik befuio de
volving upon Chinamen.
A lugo llovs' of gas WIM s trnclcln a wol'
beinibored ; In Mockton. Tbo well Is now
down 1,700 foot and the How Is now : i" > , ( ii)0 )
feet a day. Uoimg will bo continui'd. ' 'llio
now gianito i-oint ho'iso is bjing boated with
natui.il g.is from the county's well with per
fect satis faction
Thosimev foi the Jetty which thogovoin-
mont Is to build ut Sm Diego for the Im-
piovcmeiitof the haibor has been cwmplotjil
and the i-eport forwarilod to Washington.
'Iho ' Jetty will extend out Into iho ocean sev-
iial bundled yards , will ho sixty feet broad
at the huso nnd tun lU'.t at thu top.
Tluoo moil oinpliivod on thnbroad-tjaugo
rail roid. near Santa Urn/ , worn run over u.v
i band oar and fatallv injured They weio
utuinltiK from woilc and the liniid cur on
\\hUli they \\cio ndlng Jiuiii2d | the trade
mil imsoilnvoi tlieli boJies. rhounfoitu-
iat men woio .lolin Uloe , .Morris Urittlth
anil abridge builder ninioil Hrown.
All Konj ! and Ahl'oy , Uvo Chinese sain-
jlerslio were coinletcd In the Sin b'i m-
cisco police couit and soiitcni-eil to jm a line
of ? -ill ! ) each , wire released upon an appeal to
: he supreme couit. 'llic snpramo court's Jo-
cision in the Ah Von c-aso , Unit the city oiJi
naiico rolatlim to such oCfensus is invalid ,
lirTinlts the Moiiroliins ( to tramble with liu-
imiiitv.
A biff flic stalled In Junction Citj bv th
explosion of a liitfe/tanKo ! coil oil.
Kiiflticoii li.xo ascertained that the Piii t-
lindiaco tracK Is foitv foot too lout ? , wlilcli
accounts for the slow tnno tniit lias been
made upon It l > \ tbo ciacK horses.
The commission of lifleen me tubers cre-
itocl bv the net ot thelatoloKishtiiioto maku
and ni.iintiln npornianentLliiiiincl of twcntj-
live feet depth ftotii I'orthmd to tlio son , held
its llrst nicctincat I'oitl.nul lait week.
In the suit of Mrs , Juno ( Jlailc acninst thn
Southern P.icillo comp.uu for > _ ! ( ) ,0uo dun -
for Injuries alleKfil to tuivubeonru *
ceived in llio iailro.il nccidont at Lnko La
bish last Novoinhei , a Silcnijurvawiuik'd
the iiluntltt J.-.MKHI
Victor Ij McIClbben , depot afront fortlio
Norlhern 1'acillc express coiiipan ) In I'ort
laud , has been nrustud at the instnticoof
the Ameiicain surety company of XBW York
"
and limited with embolmjj "a p.ickaye con-
At a sKiMnl | mcclltiB of tbo Kuveno cltv
oouiicil. 11V llolnen , a raihoid tontrnitor
of Fort \Vorth , PCX , made applleallon for 11
fr.iiichisoto build A street r-.ulwaj A Mit-
Isfactui'v fi.uichisi' was ottered , nnd an option
of Hi\ty dus tM\eii for ncic'ptnnce *
Ailisputi1 of IOIIL ; standing between thoOr-
ocoiilnipiovcnient coinp.inx nml Its mincn at
Newcastle 1ms ii'sulted in ttioH'instnteinent
of about foity-llvo of tlio minors ho wert *
ilrivi'ii out.iftei ttic i lots two jc-arsiiRo , nnd
poctiiiout tproipeiliiiRs aijaitist MV of the
loadcis of the disclnrgeil iiicn ,
A | ire ] > osltoii ! is before the I ucene boiril
of tiade to build n couiitv i-oad fioin ( hut
plnte to the IJlue ruor mines The Tncoma
mining compam propoiObtooroet and opeiatu
a ton-stamp mill at its work-- , and if Lane
county will furnish a p.issabloioad Irouitho
mouth of IJiuo vhor , a distancoof scxeu
milt's , they will proeeod to open fiom the
othei end
_
\Viishiiiulnii.
The liiMhernien of Tutomuaro ortjatiizing
a lumborcoinblno.
Mattie Scott , the tipijress who shot aiul
killeil her lo\or , Hill Scott , Inst Mm at
TiiLomn , has hceu adjudged guilty ol in.in-
slauglitor
DJII Tolto ! : , a prominent eitlron of Kosnlin ,
fell bone ith the cars at Medical l.iku Wed
nosilay and lost nn mm HH had just taki n
out an nctidon' ' policy aim willieceivo if."iKn. (
The Piinot Sound steiinboit assoelalion
ha-silecideil tliittlu.it > mo toonmuvhtcainii s
in operation for tlieprtsintolumoof liusi-
ness , paitlfiilnily on the 'r.icoina-Iiellinfjhani '
b.iy lou'e , on wliidi Uioio aio elexcii. O 10
or two bfaiurrs will bo taken off until busi
ness plclii up in thnsprlnir.
A niiloiouthot isinn.is L'lty , on the line t.f
the S I. SU lallrond , an extensive di > -
posltof snpcilor iliv foi tile , terra lotta ,
briiks and possibU pottci ) unking , hiu , betn
disi'ovoivil AH expert from Joliet , 111 , bo
Ileus It Is not onlj of sapeiior quality fur
the ainking of tile , but also for terra'iutl.i
nndothoi potterv wuru.
j\n oloetionto Note on the proposition to
bond thu cit } for $5,51X1,000 for public un-
piwonientsMS held at hpokano 1'alN
Onlj about one-third of llio uglstuodoters
wont to the polls , and tbo proposition failed
to carry The vote lesultfil Wil for nml 5VJ
against , tin oo llftlis of thtoto cast bt'iiii ?
noivssaiy to iiutlioilzo the is.siio of ilia bonds.
I'ublie suitiineiit is In fivorof Iwndlnc tb. <
cltj , but not until 11 new clurtoi has boon
ndoiitedhon \ the proposition to iv > uo bonds
to tin- amount of $ IIHMX)0 ) ( ) will 110 doubt Do
ami cnnled
tthllol'iof Halliv , lalu of tbo School i > l
at UapM ( ih , was in Washington in
chmgo of thu liulmiiNitois , n paper I
that city loportod him as boln a siniaw man
of iieat ; Intluonuo , bcloiiclni ; to the UIK I'ish
tribe
Ono oftho ilrst hoiihosovor tmllt In His
mniclc win di'Uroji-d the other night bj tlr -
In thi ) earh ilnji ityas ( icoiiplcul as a
goM'rninent oluiv , the prepileton doing u
buiiliiom of $ ; ikl,0KI to IID.IHXI u air Vt'lu n
the Norlhern I'acllUt nilluiud InAlt we tttnr.l
It rut off UiolrHlnck HIIU business , anil the
rj\ir buslniYs tluiroasiHl nnd Uu > tuiu
vanlshod Of lati ) yeai-s thu bulldiufiu *
ociuplod us ucljjai umi.ufaotury *