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THE OMAHA DAILY BJ'JJB ' : SATUUPAr , AFKJLL 4 , 1891-TWELYE PAGES 11 i News of the Great West. \j The Cream of the Novvsof the Northwest la herewith presented In rcndablo form. No other paper - mnkcs this news n lending feature. It Is the week's history of the great northwest. Modern 1'yKiimUon , "Wo burled an olil Italian last wockdown on the Columbia , \vho dlcd-wcll , of starva tion all think ' ' miner In the , wo , says n Spo kane Falli Statesman. "About fifteen years ngo Acolno Dcmlnick nnd his wife , fresh from Itulj , arrived In our section atd selected n D ] > ot in the ruffeed clifTiof the Columbia rangf , where they made their home , For ft' me time lie followed trappltiK anil hunting ti-r a livelihood , but when gntno prow scarce pscivilijatlon advanced ho branched off Into forming , which be followed up to three years a o. o."Deminlck was a sculptor of rr.ro ability. Onutlny when In tlio mountains nftcra long PoniTh , hocnino ncru's n squaw of marble. Taklnp it to hi * home ho began the work of 1111 imaginary form-tlio form of a woman. 1'or eighteen monthi he worked awaynt odd times until Iho stmio bcan tonssumo the proportions tie desired. This far .ilonis he iHvniuo inoro nttcntivo to his work , and the lentil res , ono at a time , were soon inndota stand out In strong resemblance to n living toeing. Atlofttttho form was finished nnd only ilt-slred the breath of God to be nut to t lie nostrils tomnko It a beautiful typo of woman. Ho hud nchlcvoil a wonderful under- tnklnir. Ko nltnclirddld ho bccomo to tlio filiain-ly plr-ceof stonotbatho gave little at tention to his wife , mid often would go for days without catltig nnylhlnK. Ho became disagreeable and three months ape turned lils wife out to KO wlipro she might. She came to our catnpono evening as wo were preparing supper and told her sad storyI Rave her permission to stay \vllh us until something could bo done , and she never loft thohousountllthcdayof the funeralwhen she followed the remains of her husband to the Kravu. Ho had tu.tun.lly devoted so much time to ndmlriiiR tils Ideal form that ho could Jind no time for his iieih , and consequently died of starvation InU week. "Tho stntuo was placed nt the head of his prnvo in n grassy spot on the banks of tliu Columbia and marts the resting place of a 3'ygmnlionvhoso work would have boon a Galatea had It turned from its marble state to that of Mesh , " Ktpetifw * nnd Tnves. Judged by the record , which discloses none of the dark seances of the lobby , nnd reveals none of the scandals that have smirched tlio names of many members , the work of the legislative session does not rnnko n bad snow- lug , comments tbo Sacramento Hoc. It must 1)0 ) said that In a largo measure tbo pledges inado by tbo majority to the people have been i kept. The most Interesting to taxpayers Is the fact that the lax levy has been kct > t dowa to the M ) cent limit , but It makes us shudder . to think what might tmvo been had the pledge- not been laid before the eyes of the legislature by gentle nnd timely admonitions from Governor MarUham and the honest men in both bouses who rwirdcd their word. Fifty cents M a Rood deal bettor than 07 , the rate fortho flrst year nftcr the session of two years npo. The saving to the taxpayers will bo likely to obliterate llio memory of the personal rottcn- ncsa of so many of the members. * The bcinl-nimual tax bill will brluglmporlaut -W . rellof to the people. Tlio withdrawal ot 115- Ottl.Ouo , for taxes , out of a total circulating medium of not fcW.OlMl.OOG , was oiiouuh to V-wUyzo business. Semi-animal payments will avert this inconvenience nnd danger. Hero are the amounts appropriated fortho state expenses fortho nresentor forty-third , liscul year : For tlio general fund , $ ! , ( U ! , ( i4 ; school fund , fl.OGOl7-l ; Inlorest and sinking ff. . . fund , fll ( > , < XK ) , nnd special MenJocIno insane ' * asylum fund , J175OM ! . For the forty-fourlh tisridyear : Cioneral fund , $1750,1XM ; school fund , ? lJKiCl , and Interest and sinking fuiia , 1151,710. * Tough " raveling. Just now the Flathond country in Montana , like the promised land , seems bard to reach. There Is an ncconut of n recent trip to Demersvillo. the prosuectlvo metropolis of Flathcad : Fourteen rnisengors on starting from liaviUlt Were promised good Iransporta- tlon. Two four-horse sleighs carried the crowd to the first dinner station , but on leaving there all the passengers and baggage were ( lumped Into DUO sloisjh. Think of fourteen full grown men and women and the usual bnggjigo for cacti being jammed Into ono twelve-foot sled , with only three seats to accommoJaU ) thorn. The strain was too srcnt nnd tlio sled soon gave wav , oblig ing the driver to rustloup another , Jclavmg the passengers for fully two hours and u fialf. At length everything was reloaded and pulled out forFlathoad lake. The horsessoon began to Ing and the passengers were compiled to walk at almost every little hill or grade over which they went. At lost the lake was reached. Just In time to bo nbout thirty minutes too late for the boat. The boat -was expected the next morning nt 8 , but did not get In until nearly fi o'clock that night , The following morning the little steamer Tom Carter puffed away for Doaicrs- vlllowltb Iho delayed passengers aboard. The river being frozen over the boatcoulc could not get nearer than eighteen miles o : fioincrsvlllo. It was mot by two stages Hero the Jamming process was repeated Fourteen passengers and tlieir baggage wore crowded on one , and ton passengers nnt their baggage on the other. I''irniliiir. A party of floriculturists from the south o Franco has gone to Santa Hnrbara for the purpose of selecting ; a suitable location In the county , oral some point in southern Cnllfor nln , to establish a tlowcr farm. They intent to cultivate violets , roses , luberosos , Jas mines , narcissus , hyacinths , Jonquils nn from the blossoms produced perlumes b ; means of onlleuraKO. I'fao process to b adopted is can-led on with or without heat , Ja.siiiino and tuberose blossoms nro laid on lard spread thinly on sheets "of glass in frames ; the lord absords the odor , nnd by i renewal of llowors the grease becomes saturated with the perfume. The odor o otlicr Ilowcrs is extracted by the hot process Lard Is heated to a inclllng point and rvstiml IKirtlon of pure beef fat thrown into Id kotlle. The llowera nro thrown Into the ho grease and rapidly stirred. When the ab sorption Is completed the grease Is put Into press and Uttered Into cans , thus separating Iho blossoms. This process is repeated untl the grease Is full of perfume. It require skill to determine the proper amount of nb corptlon of odor , and that the lard or grcas tbould bo entirely odorless and free fron water is essential. The saturated grcas now taken to f\c\v \ York from Europe comes In tins ami pays N ) per cent ad valorem duty belling at the rate of $ ! .50 u pound for vlolc odor and from fl.M ) to Sl.Tiia pound forolhe perfumes. F"roin this grease , in combination with alcohol and uhomicals , the munufaclur- ItiR perfumers make extracts for the hand kerchlor nnd other purposes , flrnftlnir O ilukcn HOMPH In a I ) . \V. Mackenzie Is n well known nilninj expert of the Pacific slope. lie has bee. , superintendent of the Kuroka nnd otho largo mines and his juogment on milling mnttcrs is hold In great respect , Six years BKO , whllo cuglfccd In business in Colorado , Mr , Mackenzie was shot in a dispute , the ball loditltiK In the marrow of the thigh bouo. Efforts to extract it proved unsuc cessful , and since then Air , Macken zie irled "various doctors , bui obtained no relief. The wound , too , refused to close and occasioned proal discomfort by conilanl suppuration nud discharges. At last , acting on the advlcoof friends , ho bo. t-nma u patient In tlio Gorman hospital In San Francisco , uud placed himself under the. cnro of Dr. Morse. This wits a month ngo. Ur. IMor < o laid the Mx-ycar-old wound open and successfully extracted the hull. Then came Unremarkable part of the operation , The ball had shattered the thigh bone and torn the tendons , nud it was necessary to rckvlt the tumlons and build up the bono afresh In order to make the operation n com pit to suc cess. For this purpose the upper bones of chicken logs were used , Small pieces were laid on the surface of the ihlgh tociie nnd tilted together with prcnt nicety. The torn tendons wore also replaced by pieces of tendon taken from chickens. Thrvo weeks niro tbo operation was completed md uronilfcs to "make Jlr. Mackenzie as iouiul as ho ever was , tTho wound is rapidly "culinnaua closing up. The opening was largo or.oitBh two weeks ngo to allow the I insertion of two fingers , but nuw tbcro is ; scnrcely room for thopassngo of the doctor's ' little finger. Mr. Mackenzie's general health is also good and bo Is allowed a diet of a solid nature. Smlnjc I loiu-OoliI , The Mg placer mining schcmo on the Jc/Tcr- son rlvtr bar In Montana U being rigorously pushed by tbo Colorado company , organized for this purpose , The dredge coat at'Ihreo kTorks. which to work the JolTcrson river b.ir for r.olil , has a scow attached on which the amalgamating machinery will ho placed. Tlio apparatus was made especially for tbo purpose of saving line gold , such as hns been nund in the Jefferson and was difficult for ho miners to save by tha erudo means nt ian < l. The machinery was" successfully cstcd In Denver last summer , the amalgn- nntor saving cvci-y particle of the Hour gold. 'Ifleen men are now employed In build- ng the boat nnd six par loads of machinery mvo arrived. A 100-horso power engine will Iw put on the boat , The dirt will bo scooped ip from a depth of twenty feet , thrown Into n hopper on the scow atom-side , from where t Is taken up by the machinery and thor oughly worked , tbo tailings running back nto the river.Villiatn licrldns , who worked ip the scheme and Induced capitalists such as Senator Tabor to go into it , has the utmost confidence in the project nnd believes that It vlll revolutionize the mining Industry of tlontanu. Ijct IIINVIIe KIopc. Suspicion was oxcitcd In Grass Valley , > ! . , that there was undue Intimacy between the wife of Edward Dalss and Frank f larrls. f ho latter had been working for a tlrao on , ho ISarrow Gauge railroad. Harris an nounced that ho WAS going hack to Boston to spend the summer , nnd made preparations lor his departure. Mrs. Dalss also packed : icr trunk so as to take a trip to some place unknown. Ualss know something of hU wife's Intended departure , and engaged the services of an ofllccr to obtain some goods tbo woman had recently bought on his account or with bis money , Oaisa was also of a mind to kill Harris , wfiom ho thought was about to clopo with bis wife. The ofllccr persuaded the husband to keep cool about tbo matter nnd finally Ualss concluded that ho was get ting the best of the barunln ana lot thocouplo go. The wife boarded a train for Colfnx. nnd as the train pulled out Harris Jumped aboard , it Is supposed the cloning couple went to San Francisco. Daiss is a young man of excellent character and works under ground in the Idaho inino as a carman. Ho will take no steps to trouble bis wife. A U'oiiiiin'H Honor , Af ter three day' trial at Orovillo , Gala. , Martin ICruMck , n prominent resident of Ilutto county was found guilty of seducing Maggie Gallagher. The case was heard with closed doors' . Miss Gallagher Is about thirty years old and ICrusick about the same , The Q reside in the vicinity of Biggs , and for several years kout company. Miss Gallag her testified that upon ouu occasion ho so- duccd her imd promised to marry her. But. lie didn't. Of course nubile sympathy was with the girl , nnd no surprise wan ex pressed nt the verdict , Kruslck is now In Jail awaiting sentence. The extreme penalty' of the Uw Liu line of $3,000 > v llvo years In the penitentiary , or both. i't e result was a great shock to the young man's ' people , as bo was considered respectable , nnd his father possesses considerable wealth. It Is said that before Iho case came on for trial the de fendant offered Miss GulhiKherl,5UO to com promise the matter , but it seems slio did not want the mbnoy , sbo wanted the man. Threat to Arrest : i Juclse. Judge Ccatty , the now United States dis trict Judge of Idaho , announces that ho will hold tbo first term of United States court In the now stnto at Boise , April 0. The first week will 60 glvou to hearing motions , setting of causes and trial of cases by Jury In whlcn both parties may bo ready. On April 13 trial of causes with ft jury will regularly commence nnd continue until May 3. The United States grand Jury will meet May 4. liolso nnd Halley re publican papers have lately given currency to a scheme on the part of envious politicians and defunct candidates for Judge Beatty's position to arrest .ludgo Beatty should ho attempt to open court. This course of action is based upon the alleged Ulcgalit } * of Presi dent Harrison's reapuolntmeut of Judge Beatty after the latter had failed of a con- Urination on the last day of the session of the United State * onato , when Senator Farwell of Illinois objected. Illood MonoDidn't l nn Out. John Ivett was killed in Merced county , Cal. , some time ago and his brother-in-law , August Olson , was accused of being his mur derer. It was thought that Ivott loft no ulood relation who could Inherit his property , valued at upwards of $700,000. Ho was a native of England and nn inquiry as to his family was instituted there. Recently it was reported that n sister , Mrs. taarah Knob , had boon foundi Shu had not been beard from In her native town for thlrtv years previous. She still lives In England and has sent her power-of- attorney to Merced county. She will como In for a Inrgo share of the Ivett estate. It is supposed that Olsen hoped hy putting Ivett out of the way his sister ( Mrs. Ivett ) would como into possession of the entire estate. TOOK t'm l.mw in Her Own ) lni < ln. A sensation was created last week in a Tacoma hotel. Mrs. G. E. Bailey swept Into the dining room wtillo the guests were at dinner nnd pulling a revolver from the folds of her dress , pointed the weapon at L. E. O'Mallcv and commanded him to confess. O'Malloy turned pale and cringed in his scat. Her little girl , ten years old , stood besldo her and accused O'Malley of a crime. Begging her not to shoot , O'Malloy lied from the room and the city. Ho loft a latter stating that he bad gone to A uslralia. O'Malloy was a groo- ery man and abandoned his business sud denly. JJrs. Bailey's husband is maunder ol the Chilian mcdlciiio company for the Pacific const , Other little girls tell similar stories of O'Malley , The police refused to take any action , nnd Mrs. Hailey took the matter Into bur own hands. I'ntllni ; tlio .scrcwH on Sliysturs. California's now vagYancy law classes as vagrants the numerous pettifogging , so-called lawyers that infest police courts nnd city prisons , and is causing this class of sharpers much anxiety. There Is so much compotltlot in the lucrative business of fleecing prisoners that each ono of tbo disreputable gant cm pleys solicitors among the prisoners to drum up tiado. These follows watch each othei closely and much trouble Is caused by theli battles over some particularly wealthy vic tim. The uo\v law Is'very stringent ntu Chief Crowley of San Francisco has given special instructions to hnvu each provision fully attended to. The fh-stcaio under the new law was that of Bcllo Wilson , who was sentenced under the suspicious character clause. Stock Stifli-riiii ; lit .Vow Mexico. Great distress is reported' among cattle sheep and other llvo stock In New Mexico Kcprosontativo Frank Hubbell , who returnee from bis ranch near the Xunl Salt lakes , ii Socorro county , tolls a distressing stor ; nbout the condition of sheep. Ho lost , in the past few months , over thirty thousand bca < from freezing and starvation , nn a also re ports the loss general among all sheep own ors. The weather has been cold and Iho ground covered with snow , so the sheep can not got anything to eat. Such weather as that of the last two months has never been experienced before. I Ine Hoa Kxkiihltton , One morning last weckr a school of whale visited the entrance to San Francisco , am were still in sight about the bar when th sun went down , They were full of life , ana were almost constantly blowing or breach Ing. Olio big fellow ventured into the ( ioldei Gate as far as Fort Polm , but concluded h dldnotllko the mud.ly bay nnil declined to como any further. News of the visit wes conveyed to two whalers in port by an ex- clu-d boatman , but they failed to enthuse or taito any step * toward capture. The whnlca nro of the California gray variety and nro not rich enough In oil to make them proritablo trying out. They have no bone. Value ol * Irrigation. j\s an illustration of rapid development , at tention is called to tbo Alscstmdro Irrigation district of ! J5,3IO acres , says the Pasadena ( Gala. ) Star. Six months nro the land In that district could not bo sold for ? 10 nn acre , And without Irrigation actual settler * could not afford to taitolt as a gift , As soon as It vat decided to district and Irrigate the land , ales commenced , and up to date 8,400 acres mvo been sold for $000,000 in ten andtwenty- ere tracts , mostly to actual settlers , and the and Is selling runidly today for Sl-0 an acre. f tnls lucrcased valuation in that one district ould appear In Iho assessment roll , it would bownn hcrcasoln that ono district nlono of 2,787,400 , and u state tax levy of GO cents on 100 would give the state nn increased income f $13,93 ? a year. Probable Murder. \V. L. Da vis on of Shosbone , Idaho , fifty nllcs from Bellcvuo on tbo Oregon Short . .Ine , was brutally assaulted last nlcht.tA islnvashcr named Joe Jackson entered Davl- on'sstoront U p. m. , asking for a sack of lour. Cavlson , who Is about llf ty-llvo years old , was nbout to fill the order , when Jncksoa assaulted him with on Iron bolt , fearfully eating him over the head. Davlson's ' cries called friends tu from n neighboring saloon and Jackson xvus scared off. It is supposed the assualt was mid o with the intention or obbery , as Davlion had considerable xconoy n the store. A constable and a largo scarch- tn : party are scouring the lava beds for taekson. Davlson's condition is precarious , .ho wounds on bis head being seven in num- icr. < Y 111 ] nil Kldiller'H Trensn.ro. Charles Drew , n blind fiddler who travels from town to town and plays on street cor- icrs , fell down n stairway In a lodging house n Stockton , Cal. , breaking his collar bono and terribly bruising his face. The loft oar was nearly cut off and had to bo sewed. He vas taken to the receiving hospital for treat ment nnd the ofllcers there found f 1,200 on nis person. The money was found In a buck skin sack fastened to a string nroutid bis neck and restlnp on his left breast. Drew objected to being searched and did not want the money taken from him , but was reas sured \vnen told he was with friends and his money was put in the Jail safe. Demented Irom ( ! riof. Mrs. Lucy A. Bell attempted suicide at the grave of her husband In the Odd fellows' cemetery in San Francisco , by taking laudanum. She was seen to take the drug by nu employe of tbo cemetery , wholmmcdiatelysuimnonedtho pntrol wagon , nnd Mrs. Bell was hastily convoyed to the receiving hospital. After some difllculty she was restored to serai-consciousness nnd placed put of immediate dangnr. Mrs. Bell was evidently intent on suicide , as she had taken all her keepsakes and trinkets to the cemetery with her. Her husband , Kobcrt Hell , wai a. pioneer of California , and since his death his widow has deeply mourned for him , and at times her grief has driven her into a mild form of Insanity , which probably accounts for her attempt at suicide. Columbia Hlver Improvements. A portego railway at the dalles is regarded by people familiar with the subject as only a makeshift at the best , and there is but little probability that the Government will commit Itself to the scheme , says tno La Camus ( \Vi > sb. ) News. The natural bent .of im provements would bo canal nnd looks , and when the final Improvement of tbo Columbia river nt the dalles Is entered upon it is thought they will DO adopted. So much gov ernment money has boon expended at the mouth of the Columbia river and the Cas cades that it Is doubtful if any Improvement will bo made at the dalles unless Oregon , Washington and Idaho , the tnreo states to bo benefited , Join tuo government with pecuniary aid. Clo < ) o Call to lining Illnwn Up. What might have resulted in a fatal acci dent from the premature explosion of souio giant powder happened at the Shylockmlnc , Idaho , tno other day. Ono of tbo miner * had been sharpening some drills at the black smith , forgo at the mouth of the tunnel forty feet away from the face and after ho got through put four sticks of powder on some warm rocks , which form a low wall to di vide the fire from the bellows , to dry. Ho theu went to work at the face nnd had drilled a six-Inch hole , which probably took half nn hour , when oil wont thopowder , shattering the largest rocks into fragments. It was No. 1 Hercules powder and whit caused the ex plosion is hard to surmise , as the rocks were only warm and the lira out. Fortune lor OrcgonintiH. A Frenchman named Erall Galllacvlfo nnd four daughters loft Olyropia , Ore. , on the boat for Victoria thirteen years ago. Ualllac died on the boat before reaching Ta coma , where bo was buried. About a year ago the French minister at Washington wrote lr. Itiloy of Olyropia for full particulars concerning his death , ana for n certificate of death. Last week the city council received a letter from Gustavo Giilllac , brotherof the deceased , inquiring- him , and stating thai the dead man had fallen heir to a fortune of over half a million dollars. The widow and four dauchtcrsHvuat Grand Mound prairie , ten miles south of Olympla. Jtlvnl \Vjirbiiigtnti. . Theodore Walk , ayoungGerman stone cut ter of Tacoma , created a sensation on Pacific avenue by deliberately smashing in the plato gloss windows of live stores , commencing with Bonn ay's ' drug store nnd going north , llo did it in a gulct , undemonstrative man ner , simply thrusting his fist through each pane. Before ho could bo stopped ? 700 worth of plate glass had been destroyed. His hand and ami had been badly lacerated. When arrested ho became violent , and It was evi dent that bo was insane. Ho explained his action In breaking the wlodowsby saying the stores were being kept open on Sunday , nno he was simply punishing the owners for theh dlsobcdiouco ot the law. Cfistly Illto of a. Dog. Knllo Biguo , the four-year-old son of 1 Blguoof Elguo of San Fancisco , was given Judgment for § 10,000 against Michael \V. Hnycs , About a year ago Hayes was keep ing a saloon and as tho. boy was passing vicious dog owned by the defendant sprang upon him nnd bit him several times on the laoo. His forehead was badly lacerated nnt a piece of liesh was torn from his check. Ho will oodisllgured ror life. Suit was com mcuced against Hayes for $10,000 dumapos Hayes sold his saloon and left the citj and his whereabouts is not known. He was represented In court , but no defense was pui In , although an effort was made to reduce tha amount of tbo Judgment. The parents o ; the child nro In very poor circumstances. Planting Vfnen at Mglit. In the vineyards of Fresno county , Call fornla , hundreds of men may bo seen plant Ing grape vines nt night by lantern light. The vineyard lands seem to bo Infested with a multitude of huge fireflies , which are dart Ing and moving in every direction , It b claimed that tbo setting of the stakes can ho done much more easily and accurately by the aid of lanterns than In broad daylight ; tha moru work Is accomplished by the men in the saino number of hours , and that a largo amount of time is saved. One set ot met work from U o'clock in the evening until t o'clock In the morning , when they nro re llevod by another relay. Tried to Keep Out of Prison. Michael CofToy , an attorney , and Owen \clly were arrested'on , a chnrgo of com pounding a felony , forank Qulnn , a notori ous character , was arrested a fortnight npo on n charge of picking Mw. Kelly's pocket , jutshodlJ not appear AS a witness ngnlt.st ilm , and her husband sixld ho thought she had gene to Stockton to see her sister. Ho said Coftey nnd Qulnn's wife called at his house and offered to recompense her If she did not appear , but Uio was absent at the , lmo. Coffey admitted that Mrs. Qulnn gave ilm $ iV ) to pay Mrs.-Kelly to leave , but snys 10 kept the money. . i Ilocanie Crnzx on a Hand Car. Mlcbn-il Clifford , section foreman for the Milwaukee railroad _ nt Plmiklnton , S. J. , became temporarily paralyzed nnd mentally deranged while returning from his rork nc noon , and instead of stopping nt the iroper place to take the car oft the track per- listed In movlnc on till he ran In the west bound freight train that was Just pulling out of Plankinton. Tbo enclnecr reversed his engine In time to save the maa's life. Gilf ord's hands were clinched fast hold of the mndlcs of the hnnd-car , nud could not bo easily loosened. Chance for Dakota Settlors. In 18 hundreds of settlers who had made hcmsclves homes en the Crow Creek reser- atlon hi South Dakota when those lands , vcro proclaimed open to settlement by Presl- lent Arthur , were forced by proclamation of . 'resident Cleveland to abandon those claims , t being held that the Innd was not legally opened to settlement. These people have be come scattered east and west. General 11 , U. case Is now , by government authority , at jhaniborlain , receiving testimony of the settlers tlors as to losses or dainairos sustained by reason of the Cleveland order. Nn Ghost Dance In Ills. A man and wife at Banger , Cain. , were aught n salutary Issson recently. In their employ was n young man that chopped wood and lived In n tent not iar from the house. Tbo parents thought it would bo nice to frighten him , so they dressed their child in a sheet and mask and poked her head into the ent door. The child was stunned by a club wielded by the frightened woodchoppcr , and came near dylnp. After the parents got a doctor they found the man In the tent In con vulsions , nnd the doctor had hard work to fetch him out. out.o > o Science Tor Him , Keal Howard of Paradise valley , Washing ton , sunk n well sixty-six foot through solid clay , not striking rock of any kind the whole distance , and has nn abundant supply of water. When at the depth of flfty-llvo 1'cct 30 struck some bones which were of n coarse nature nnd showed that they belonged to some largo animal. Tlio hones were found on the edge of the wall. Some ono wnnted to investigate further , but it was water and not bones of past generations that Howard was after , and no objected to spoiling his well for the sake of Investigation. Odd Sort of Aeeidcnt. Passengers on the Aberdeen , Wash. , stage lind a startling experience the other day. Whilo.crossiug the Hoquium river on the ferry , which Is operated by a cable , a largo tree struck tbo boat , breaking the cable and letting the boat and Its .occupants . drift out Into the bay- , where it was at the mercy of Iho wind and \\aves forever an hour before they were rescued bya tug. It rained hard all the time to add to the misery of the sltua- tie u , | Dog's Ijoii'i Imprisonment. A few weeks ago a snowslido occurred near * the site of tbo old Bonds mill , in Alpine county , California , In , which a woodman lost his life. A dog was missing nnd a few days ngo , while ono of the woodmen was digging out some of his lost goods , ho found a dog sitting on his haunches in a hole Just largo cnougli for his body , urder six feet of snow. After fifteen days of-Imprisonment , without food or water , the little dog caino out all right Whisky 'Jliut Wouldn't Rurn. Some tough yarns originate in California , but ono from Shasta secins to bo the gem of the crop. Here It is , and a local paper vouches for its reliability : A flro broke out in tbo Molt postofllco ono night , destroying that building and tbrco others. In ono of the buildings a barrel of modern whisky was stored ; tbo head and staves of the barrel were burned , but the contents stood upright as a monument in the ashes , a solid block of ice. J'oMorfol Imiigs. As Hiram Strong was wending his way along the road near Capo Horn mountain , Washington , a cougar Jumped over a log into the road in front of him. Not being pro vided witn moans of defense ho resorted to the use of his lungs In such stentorian notes that the couear , evidently disgusted , soon beat a precipitate retreat , and the courageous pedestrian made bis way out of that locality with becoming baste. Pugilist and Salvation Army. Jack Murphy , the pugilist , attempted to conduct the Salvation army sen-Ices at Butte- Mout. , ono night last week , and was nabbed by Sheriff Lloyd's tbreo special deputies. Jack was marched up to the county Jail and locked up. Presently , however , Miles Pin , Inn secured Murphy's release by giving u $50 oond for his appearance In court. { show Open. The 01-st stngo for the season was sent into the Yoscmlto vnlloy last week , the roads be ing reported in good condition , and stages will run daily into the valley from now for ward , or nearly three weeks earlier than last year , The number of tourists applying lor accommodations to outer the valley is said to bo larger than in any previous year. Mont : ii ! > M : ids tlio Dr.ima. The Normanna Literary association has for its members all the upper class of Scandi navian residents In Butte , Mont. , nnd vicin ity. It irnvo its hrst entertainment last weeV. The first part consifted of a dramatic reoro- sentatlon which was enlivened by o realistic hanging scene. _ Kitgino Han \Vlld. At Greenwood , 121 Dorado county , Cal. , a few days ago , John ( Mmmins lost his lifo by jumping from an engine on which ho was fireman and which was running wild. The engineer also Jumped , but escaped. Crlui- nilus struck on his head on a rock , crushing bis skull. MonsiorHeii Otter. ( jus Gottschalk of Bozeman , Mont. , has. among his slock of furs , tbo skin of a sea oiler , measuring seven ( eet from tip of fllppor to nose nnd thirty-three. Inches around the girth. It la the largest one over captured on th west coast and iu skin Is worth $000. It was captured by an Indjan , ' California. There Is talk of holding a rose fair at Ore villo. villo.Mike Mike Snyder , a laborer , fell from a freight car nt Alameda and was crushed to death. An electric railroad is to bo built from Snn Jose to Alum Kock , u distance of seven miles. The infant son of W. IJignoy of San Fran cisco was smothered at fright by the mother rolling over it. It Is said that a syndicate of San Francisco Jobbers has been formed to control the Cali fornia brandy market,1 There are 18.rXu ) stands of bees kept In Ventura county and the yearly output of honey Is worth * 55,000. Diphtheria ts reported ns prevalent in San Francisco , largely owing to defective sewer age la certain localities , J. L , . Blttick of Modesto has planted forty acres in cotton seed , Ho intends to glvo the experiment a thorough trial. Thu Hank of California has obtained judg ment against Hour ? j.\ William and his assignees la insolvency for ti70,4S3. The dead body of n two-year-old child was found Heating in San Francisco bay. Its throat had been cut from ear to ear , An arrest was mode In San Francisco of a man selling pools in a pool room , and n test case will be made of the nuw ordinance , Tbo wife of Congressman-elect John T. Culling of San Francisco died in lhal clly. bno was a cousin of the late President Gur- lleld. lleld.Mrs Mrs , C. M. Kraltb , formerly of Sringllcld , 111. , died in Sun Francisco of auuto broucbl- 1s. Sbo wet a sister of Mrs. Abraham Lin coln. In 18SO California shipped KK5r 23 fifty- wund sacks of Hour to tbo Orient , Last ear the shipments amounted to BODOOC5 sacks. The Merced Express says : The Holland colony will bo increased soon by the arrival of several hundred Immigrants from Iho old country. 3A colony of farmers from Illinois have xniKhl0,000 acres of land near the town of Merced , which will bo divined Into twenty- acre tracts , Charles It. Drake , nn employing stono- utter of San Francisco , has disappeared from that city , leaving several creditors to regret his departure. The tracxs of the Oakland and Berkeley rapid transit company are laid nud the wires strolched. U is expected the road will be running in two weeks. A meeting of citizens has been held In Snn ? rnncuco to arrange for the Junernl of the nto John F , Swift , whoso remains are soon expected to arrive from Japan , A Chinaman was thrown from a runaway ohlclo ncnrColusa the other day and landed nn a bnrhcd-wlro fence , cutting his neck iu n frightful manner. Ho will die. A. local insurance company of Stockton Imd o pay so many losses last year in Washing- on that its directors have been forced to evy nn assessment of $20 a share. A new town named Hodco bat been laid out on a creek of that immo on Snn Pablo bay , about twenty miles from San Francisco. 12x- cuslvo stockyards will bo built there. A farmer In San Jnclnto valley , San Diego county , recently turned loose a flock of tupatii'so pheasants nnd n dozen prairie chickens that were sent from Nebraska. At Redwood City Gregoor Sllva was sen- cnced to eight years' Imprisonment at San ueutin for assault to commit murder on Salvator Garcia , n saloon keeper nt Halfmoon Hay.Lawrence Lawrence Parsons , third carl of Rosso and Jiiron of Oxmantown , In the peerage of li-o- and. has arrived in Snn Francisco from Mexico. Ho Is traveling for pleasure and Is on his way home. Alfred and Frederick Leo have arrived In San Francisco from Chill. They are Ameri can hardware merchants there , but loft be cause of the Interruptions of business by tbo war now raging. F. F. Fuquay. a well-to-do citizen of San Diego , reccnlly fell down n flight of stairs In a lodging bouse nnd exuh-ed a few moments after. Ho was sixty years of ago and a vic tim of paralysis. Frank Fisk of Coulter- , aged twenty-one , - villo , prepared to go hunting and when load ing his gun \vnsnccidcntly discharged , the oad striking him in the abdomen , killing ilm nlmosl instantly. S. Hosoncr , who claims to bo ono of the fsew Orleans La Malln , has been arrested In San Francisco for resisting nn officer who ordered him to desist from drawing skull and crosstiones on the sidewalk. There Is a project on foot among Placer county's miners to send n gold brick weigh ing 1,000 pounds to tho"world's fair , tno ! > rlck to bo made exclusively of the product of the Placer county gold mines. II. L. Parker , the confidonllal clerk of Hca , keeper of tbo Forest Hill hotel , Placer county , ran behind in his accounts about 51,500 , and when there was danger of his beine ox posed recently , ho disappeared. A Chinese cook attempted to shoot a wait ress In tbo Langham house In Snn Frunclsco ono morning because she protested ngalnst being given a plato of cold pancakes for the dining room. Ho was disarmed before doing any harm. A small boy blowing a hoin caused the team of G. W. Damoronof Madison , In which Mr. Dauicron nnd bis wlfo were riding , to run away nnd both were thrown out , Mr. Dameron sustaining Internal injuries which \vero thought fatal. Samuel nnd Eugene Steward , boys of Colusa , were out Uuntlnc recently , having ono gun between them. In crawling through some brush tbo weapon was discharged , mu tilating Samuel's right hand nud shooting I ugcuo in the calf of the left leg. Four stirvlvors of six men who deserted from the scaling schooner Ethel nrnved la San Francisco fay the steamer Humboldt. The other two were drowned off Capo Men- docino by Iho upsetting of tha boat in which they made their escape from the schooner. J. D. Smith , recently convicted of man slaughter 'at Fresno , In havjng shot and killed Percy " \Villlatns , arguments for n now trial were made and the motion denied. The defendant was Ihen sentenced to ten years nt San Queutln , being glveii the maximum penalty. BAnnle Childers , a girl of fourteen , residing with her parents at Chlco , the other day attempted suicide by Inking a dose of laudu- num. The drug was pumped oul of her in time to save her life. Shu said she had no reason to take her life , but that she was will ing to die. C. E. Sessions has made a contract with A. W. Von Schmidt to dredge a ship canal 1,250 feet la lencth through n tract of forty- seven acres of land nt the foot , of Seventh avenue. East Oakland. Wharves will bo built , streets macadamized and railroad tracks laid. Six of the 2 $ . " > census enumerators em ployed by the government In San Francisco last year will not receive their pay because of the errors made In their returns. James J. Cusick pleaded guilty to stufling the returns in that city with STS names in the district ho enumerated. Charles Thayer , night watchman at the Black Oak quartz mill , eight , miles east of Sonoro , was shot through the arm early ono morning by unknown parties , who evidently entered the mill for the purpose of robbery , as they demanded that ho throw up tils hands before the .shooting. Loss Fickcs was 'arrested ' in Winters , charged with seducing his slstcr-lii-lnw , ti sixteen-year-old girl named Ollio Parker , nnd subsequently discharged. Bo was n second end time urrostod on the charge of assault. The father of the girl swore out a complaint charging the above crime. Wllllnm Kltrick , ono of the Lumpkin mill company , nearOroville , has Just discovered a quartz ledge near the mill that has all the up- pearancos of a bonanza. Tbo ledge Is ! > feet II Inches In width , and its extent is yet 1111 known. The rook , so far as prospected , proved astonishingly rich. Ono of tha largest sales of opium ever made in San Frunclsco took place this morn ing at the appraisers' building. Twenty- three hundred boxes of opium were pur chased by n. syndicate for ? li-100. A syndicate cato of Chinese , Who had planned to purchase the opium , was out-willed nnd overbid to Iho extent of about $5,000. Miss Shepherd of Long Roach , who has earned some fame ns a conchologlst , hns beoi pursuing her researches In the vicinity o : San Diego , and claims to have made some in teresting discoveries , She declares her In. tcntion of filling out a small vessel nnd fol lowing her Investigations along Iho penln suln of Lower California and up the gulf. There Is talklu Stockton that Horace Davis of Sim Francisco recently had an agent to secure a site for another big fiourii-g : nlll which would make Iho fifth for Stockton , 1 is said there his Snn Francisco property is too valuable for the milling business , and ho has concluded to build In Stockton. The mills now running turn out it,000 barrels o flour dnlly.nnd another of 2,500 bancls cupac Hy will bo operating In July. Oregon. There nro twenty-ono saloons In Pondloton which only has 4,000 population. The business men of Fossil have ralset t < 5,000 , to start a flour mill nt that placo. Citizens of Astoria will vote nt the election on April (1 ( on the question of Issuing bonds to build a seawall. The Pacific Coast steamship company wll run no more steamers to Vancouver , as th traQiu docs not pay. A dispatch from Portland states that th Canadian PaelQc steamers will cut rates 01 Hour for tbo Orient from W per ton to t5&c Gus Long , a young man , while brenmng n hoi-su near Pondlcton , was ihrown by th animal and his foot ciitchlnij in the stirru ho was dragged to death. Two school boys at North Trchnlem won on a hunllng trip ono day la.it week after heavy snowfall. They came ou a drove o seven elk and killed thorn all. A freight train from the south ran Into the cahoosa of a train from tlio north nt the Ash land switch. Brakenmn John Castle wa seriously injured. No other damngo wn done. Fish commissioners at Portland aroexper cnoing considerable difficulty In keepiu Chinook salmon oul of the market , tlio pro scribed fl-ib being smuggled into the city in side of slurccoii. Lasl fall the farmers \VHlamotto Valle could have sold their big mm of potatoes fo > 0 cents per bushel. They scorned Iho rnonny and held for PI. Now the same OAti hardly bo sold for -10 cents. A man tmmcd Emlo won assaulted on the eng wharf nt Olympla nnd robbed of nbout &OU by thrco unknown men. Ho was thrown nto the hay and wns rescued by a Slwnsh. . 'ho assailants escaped nnd no trace can bo ound of them by the police. Emlo ls badly hurt but will recover. ANhlleout bunting near Salem , n young innn named Utcnaids wns ( xccidcntftlly shot iml killed , llo was climbing a bank nnd Ircw his rlflo nftcr him bv the muiilo. Tno vcapoti was discharged , thn ball entering the ; roln , passing clear through tlio body nud edging under ( ho aitiu ot the shoulder. The Astoria athletic club has raised a (17,000 puno Corn light between Hob Mlz- tinmons nnd Jim Hall. FitMlmmons' backer , who is In Chicago , wired his accept ance of the offer. Hull , who is now In Port- ami , accepted the terms. The date of the Ighl hns not been decided , built Is to tnko ) lace before August 15. Says the St. Hclenn Mist : Sturgeon N > clug shipped cnslward Irom tlio 1/m-crCo- unibla. It will return to us some of ihoso lays In boxes marked "Houoless Codllsh ; Very Fine. " Our Oregon prunes nro sent to Snn Francisco , put iuto a hogshead , n French lamp putou thotlorco anil In a few \veeus vonro offered "Fine French Prunes. " A Chinese boy six years of ngo one aftcr- loon had a miraculous escape from death by > elug run over by an electric oar t Portland , riio car was ou top of him before ho know IU .Not having tlino to got off ho dropped down md lay on the track till the cur passed over ilm. Kvervbodv seeing the occurrence bought ho was killed , but ho escaped with out a scratch. Washington , The HUlo steamer Success was sunk by a aorm at Whatcom. JoiT Nelson killed a cougar near his homo n Cnmlhas that measured seven feet from ip tu tip. The ntilmnl 'nado a hard light Skagit counly hns imincnso cedar Irces ncasuring from 8 to 12 feet In diameter nnd 'roin l.r 0 to 200 fcot from tbo ground to the IrstlhntH. John Forncns , a gambler and bartender , was shot nnd fatally wounded at Tacoma by its sweetheart , MollicAdams. Je.ilousy was the cause. E. 13. Sloan , aged twenty-seven , committed suicide at Tacoma by taking ten grains of carbolic acid. Dospondonoy nud inability to obtain employment were the causes. Tticro Is a proposition on foot In Seattle to establish there a plant for drying the codllsh caught in Alaskan waters and making Seat- .lo the great distributing point for llsh on .ho Paclflc const. Throe cougars were seen In the woods near Sightly by several school children as they were on their way homo from Mhool last weeir. The heavy snow in the mountains no doubt drives the animals into tbo footbllK An unknown man who wns under arrest For stealing blankets eluded Ins captors and lumped Into Iho Ynklma river from the Presser - ser bridge , which resulted In his being drowned und bis body carried over the falls. A farmer named Herbert Oroff of Spokane county wns shot and instantly killed by n Icsperudo named Hart. The killing U the result of Iroublo over disputed lund. Sheriff I'ugh started in pursuit of the murderer , who is yet at largo. In the Puyallup saw mill a workingman named Foster caught the sleeve of his shirt In Iho teeth of a saw and was drawn to it. His neck came in contact with the rapidly revolving circular saw anil his head was sev ered from his body. At Port Iladlock the Pngot Sound Dock company Is building the largest pontoon dry- dock in the world. It is ili'i feet long by 100 wide , nnd UXW,000 ( fcst of lumber will enter into its construction. Us location has not vet been determined. The Luinml Indians , located on n reserva tion n few miles from Whntcom , now number only about two hundred. They were anco a powerful tribe , but have dwindled to their present number by warfare nnd disease. They nro peaceful , Industrious and religious. The sloop Alert , notorious In the northwest - west as n smuggler , hns been seized on Puget sound by the customs ofllclals , who found her secreted near the boundary line. She is the property of Larry Kelly , whoso arrest some tlmo ago for smuggling was nolod. The Cornwall sawmill on Bollintrhatn bay has received from a mining company at Itivicni , Auslralia , an order for 20,000,000 feet of lumber. This is believed to be the largest single order ever given to any mill. It will keep n largo number of men busy for six months. It is expected that trains uill shortly run through to Iho boundary line on the Seattle , Lake Shore it Kastorn. The Canadian Pa- citlc hns only ten miles of track to lay to con nect with the Lake Shore line , but the two roads will probably connect by April 10 , nud special arrangements for the event are being made. The new charter for Spokane Fnlls wns submitted to voters and adopted bv a larco majority. Of four candidates for mayor D. B. Fothorlngham Is elected. The vote on separate article No. 1ft was carried. This drops Ihe word "Fulls" from Iho name of the city , which will hereafter bo called Spo kane. Captain Charles Encll , who divides his residence ) between San Francisco and Ta coma , \vcallhy man well known on the coast and who had bolh legs broken in the Lake Lablsb disaster on the Southern Pa- citlc railroad , has settled with the railroad company , [ lo wns paid $ ( ir , > 00 and ? T)00 ad ditional for doctor's bill. He hns not yet re- covcrurt from the accident. D. W. Welly , formerly of Sacramento , n prominent lawyer well known among Odd fellows , died ut Uhelnses. The remains were forwarded to Sacramento for burial. He was past grand masler for California of tbo Grand led re , Independent Order of Oddfellows , nnd n delegate to the Sovereign Grand lodge. He served several terms In the state senates of both Nevada mid California , and was the author of legal works. tt Is stated that the hull of the United States steamer Thetis , now lying at Tavoina , is so badly damaged by teredo that It Is moro than likely that she will bo condemned. The Thetis was formerly sheathed with copper , but this was removed when she went to the Arctlcto theroliof of the Grecly party. When she eamo buck from the north she was sent lo Panama , nud Ihrm Iho teredo began to work on tno vessel. Ou tbo trip homo tbo vessel leaked so badly taut the crow were continually at the pump. 'Ilm Two Dakotns. A now smelter will bo erected nt Gregory , Methodists of Fort Pierre will build a church. Seeding has commenced in several Jim river counties. Thirty-two scholars are enrolled at tlio Pierre Indian school. "Work will soon bo commenced ou Canton's system of waterworks. The signal sorvicfl station at Fort Sully is to bo removed to Pierre. ' Eden citizens are preparing to raise $ J,000 , bonds for n flouring mill. The Oddfellows nro pushing the erection of their now temple in Forgo Brulo county is going into tbo drilling of nrteslan wells on a largo scale. Tbo fence around the baseball park at Madison was sold by the sheriff. The Minnehahncounty school lands sold nt an average price of $ l5. 'i per acre. QOrdway Is nearly deserted and there Is talk of closing tbo railway slalion. A faith curlst has ingratialed himself Into the good graces of come Vankton people. A man in Dendwood who claimed ho was ttio "Messiah" has been adjudged Insano. A strong organization has been formed at Hismarcu for the purpose of wiping out the saloons , Deadwood business men are clamoring for bolter pollro protection. The cUy only has tbrco patrolmen. K ? A citizen of Pallsailca secured a lonn of 810,000 from nn eastern capitalist on a build Ing worth about $ . ' 00. From Menno 1,2 0 pounds of pralno chlrk- ons were bhlppod "to Sioux City recc-nlly. billed ' 'tallow. " They were as . Hanld City , having voted bond * for the building of a railroad to Hill City , is now crying : "Ou to the Missouri , " Hay is scare ati ) a Ion at Woonsocirot. Farmers who sold nil their hay In the full nro now compelled lo nuy. Magglo Hell , a sixleon-ycar-old girl of Spearllsb , was poisoned by ontliig cocoa candy , but an omctlo saved her life , Snnborll county lays claim to being the banner prohibition county In South Dukola. It has not bad a saloon for four years , A man who thought a bounty was paid ou coyote sklni delivered n wacon lend W tlio Auditor of Penulngton counly the other day. The Oddfellows of South Dakota have raised ovortf.WO for tbo relief of nllctcd ( ! brethren in the drouth strlckt. n portion of tlio state. Sorcn Morcnson of YnnU ton county paid f.Vl perncro for n half section of school laiul the othr ? day. Other tracts sold as high n * f 13 per ncrc. A mountain lion nm'lp n fount out of ft dog belonging Ui V. C. Howen of Sundance. Ilowoii nud n neighbor trailed Iho lion , found It nnd killed It. Dr. 0. U. Alfonl , recently appointed tnom- bor'tif the state hoiiiM ot charities nnd cor rections , has forwarded his ivslgnalloti to Governor Melinite. Kdw.ml ICvenson found n fine specimen of crystnll/od gypsum twruty-jilno feet below the surface of the ground whllo digging n well near Oration. The state agricultural college nt llrook- Ings bus leased n forty -ucro ln\ct \ m Sptnk cuunty nnd will innko a test thereon of Irri gation this season. Tno dnto ot holding Uio enr-ampmcnt of the South DuKotn Sons of Veteram has been changed from the first week In Juno lo the third wookof May , CJlIbert nndOlaf Andcripnfonnof Gus An derson. living near Parser , were overcome by deadly damps In n well. The bodies were tnkcn out with grnppMng hooks. Charles Wood , who keep * n Jewelry store In Flnndri-nti , was "buncoed" out of $1.000 by tno giron goods gnmci. llo bought what bethought thought was counterfeit money. George Hums , nprnt for the Van Duson clovntor company nml secretary of the Ui'd- lick ! llullding nnil Loan association , i < Abort In his accounts with the latter over fci.OM. Hy the repeal of capital punljhmonl ht the Into session of the legislature , John 11. Leh man , who wn' sentenced lo death by a ( . 'lister county Jury last fall , will escape the death penalty. The seed wheat bonds of Dickey county wore sold nt a ImmUomo premium , nnd the county commissioners expect to bo able to tnko cnro of nil their needy without outsldo assistance. It cost1 * something to get drunK In Ipswich. F. A. Stowo of that town indulged text freely Iu the flowing tiowl. wai-iu-rested and resisted Hie ofllccr , Ho was lined $100 or fifty days In Jnil. The winter has been a favor.iblo one for prniilo chickens , nnd U the season Is fnvorn- bio for hatching the young thcro will bo mnro chickens In South Dakota next fall thnn fer many years. The Ilrsl whllo women In tbo Hiarkllllh were two camp followers who M > orled the euphonious nuinuiof "Cayuso Lmurn'1 nnd 'Slapjack ' Kate. " They were la the Hills prior to IblC. The olorgy of the southern chapter of the Sioux Fall diocese , which embraces Awenly counties In the state , will nisinnblo In regu lar conferenc-o nl the Catholiu church in Mitchell on Aprils. According to the Pioneer the temperature dropped so suddenly in Deadwood tbo other ilnv that many persons were tukeii with chills doforo they could secure n supply of qulnlnu and whisky. There was a law passed at the last legisla ture against tying a horse with a rope nround Its neck , Unit belni ; considered cruelty lo animals , and a flue of nut less thun $5 im posed for such nu offense. Commander E. T. Lansloy has recom mended that the Uvpnly-llfth umilversiiry of the Grand Army of tlio Republic , which oc curs April 0 , bo observed as a silver anni versary by the bcvcral posts Ihroughout South Dakota. The Sioux Falls district of thn Melhodist conference 1ms decided to hold its mutual camp meeting at Kast Sioux Fnlls from Juno 10 U"J. . bo ) Uov. Dr. Kolton of Chicago will present , as will also George D. Elderkln , the well known singer , A dead horse was dragped down Alain street nt the tail of a wagon , snys the Deadwood - wood Pioneer. The driver stated that the horse died of n broken heurt , caused by eating - ing forty feet of n larlut and finding that the other end was securely tied ton picket stake. In spading his garden the other day James Davis of Spearfish unearthed several hills of polatocs that had been overlooked at digging Uino last fall and had been left where they grow. The earth covering was only of Iho ordinary depth , but no frost had reached the spuds. The Perkins family of Howard Is In trou ble for illicit liquor selling. Some tlmo ago tbo mother was arrested nnd bound over to the United Staes circuit court in Sioux FulU , and lately the son , Wllllnm , was tnkou to Van Idon to answer for breaking the prohibi tion laws. An East Plerro tnnn Is getting ready to start out with a party of Indians for an ex hibition tour. Ho thinks thcro arc so many philanthropists In the east who love the red man that the succosi of the enterprise Is ns- surod. The party will travel overland in real Indian fashion. DTho Urafton city council has passed a resolution elution declaring every places In the city where cards or any other games nro allowed to ha played common nuisances , nnd the tter- son wno owns the place , as well as those who may participate In the gnuio , shall como In the same category. The jinstor of the Methodist Episcopal church nt Madison Ijad Just pronounced the hcncdlclion Sunday ovcnlnir and said "Amou" when the electric lights went out. Matches were lighted which enabled the worshipers to find their wraps nnd the way to the church door. All chattel mortgages In South Dakota must bo released within thlrly duvs aftur sails faction. Any morttrngco or his ngent falling to comply with lids provision will bo claimed guiltv of a misdemeanor nnd upon conviction punished by a iino of not less than $ Ti nnr moro thnn T 0. Henry ICoester , living north of Urooklngs , lost his granary , stable , -100 Lusliclsof wltcnl , 150 bushels of flax , also sumo outs and corn by ( ire. A span of horses were cremated. The lira started from n threshing machine engine and Koestor's house was only saved nftcr considerable hard work. The women of Red field nro getting ready to commence n crusade against Iho drug slores of that place. They called upon all the druggists and examim-d their books in which uro registered the names of purchasers of liquors to Hud out If their husbands and lovers had been Imbibing on the sly. State Trciisur cr Taylor has issued n notice to the effect that all South Dakota state warrants - rants that have been presented for payment and endorsed "not paid for want of funds , " ' excepting two fundingwarrants dated March n , 181KJ , for srjO.OOO each , arocnllod In for pay ment , there being fund * on hand In the ofll'co of the Irensurcr lo pay the same. The postofllco department gives notice to parties desiring ibe prompt transportation oi their mall , that they must , bo careful imd write "North Dakota" or "South Dauolu. " on Iho wrnnpcr. The word "Dakota" will not do nnd letters thus addressed will go to the St. Paul olllco where Iho deficiency will bo suppl led nnd a delay of two or three days oc casioned thereby. The ofllcors of the Department of South Dakota , Grand Army of thoKopullle1 , elected nt Vankton nro ns follows : ( J. S. Palmer , Sioux Falls , commander ; S. J. Holt , Aber deen , senior vice ; K. A. Houston , Armour , Junior vlcu ; A. S. Stewart , Hot Springs , medical director ; T , M. Shundfelt , Huron , chanlalnJubn ; L. Jolley , Verniilllon. und H. K. Clough. Yankton , delegates to Iho national cncumpmeni. Gratitude T _ * . B a raiolrtuo - , but the grateful people , that S. S. S. has cured , after physicians had ( Iceland them lnciir.v- bli- , number way up In the thousands. Oho.ir Wiles of Iluntln liurg , Ky. , K.iyh : "Vor jeara I was allllc'otl with n u'.ood laini , thit battled the skill of the best bestPHYSICIANS. . TliedlHO-uo nllfctod my o o until t W.IK almost bllnil. lam thankful to say th xt a few liottVu of S. s. S. . nnr- od mo entire y. N. y eyesight l (1on- : pct ! y TIB oreil , nun my BOIIT.II health IB but er than It has been for Bo ik on II oo-l ard ikln d season fro. The Swift -j > ilfl' < ' Ailanf.i , ( in. JU&iilUiiCji > D ! UlMtLiX } emile Jicant.the imt [ towetful Icin&tcrreuuior I'er * fedtytkCe. Nf erftil. 1 > , nnttiuiid. Svudvc < iikmpfot famtuUit. AdJieu UUN UKUG CU.Uufli&M. Y.