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TRIG OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATUBDAY. APK1L 25. ISOl-TWELNTa PAGES. 11 News of the Great West. Cream of the News of the Northwest Is herewith presented in readable form. No other paper makes this news a leading feature. It Is the week's history of the great northwest. Prohibition Kanatlu Driven Out. Daniel L. Under , brevet bishop nnd Motho- dl.it htuto mlsslonnry of Wyoming hns resigned - signed and will retire from the field as soon ns n successor can bo selected nnd sent to the work His resignation has already been for- * ic.nded lo Bishop Nine nt Topeka , and will be iicted upon Immediately by tno missionary board. Last Sunday Uov. Dr. Under mndo tills announcement from the pulpit of the Flr-ft Methodist church of Choyenno. Ho rend n couple of short excerpts - corpts from a letter wrlticn him by the bishop. In those ho was asked what ho lind been doing thnt tils removal should bo requeued bv citizens , who wrolo that bo hod made himself unpopular. On iho strength of jho Inquiry the resignation wns sent in , The .removal of Dr. Under will bo directly to the tolpbratod Lnramlo incident , says the Cheyenne - onno Sun. The Wesley centennial was ob- perved there by the Methodists of the stato. . ( Toward the closu of thu week Hov. Hador in jected politics Into the meeting. This was In Urn slmpo of a llttlu resolution setting up thu prohibition party. In speaking to this question Hov. Hador made an oulr.igoous nssnult upon tto workings .of universal BUiTr.igo In Wyoming. Ho charged the women with falling to properly use the ballot Mid wild thnt about all of ihom were after olllco , lii-nre ufrnld to vote their convictions or lo , . urge moral reform. And ns If Ibis was not oTTtmgh ho added Insult by shamefully scoring Btitlo Hocioty nnd saying thnt In traveling oor Wyoming ho noted moro women than ini'ii drunk. Lurumlo's Methodist pastor , u tenderfoot , followed his superior In the same strain. The only original reports of the IiK'Uing published were presented in the Lnrumlo evening dallies. It Is under stood these were prepared by n clergy man and thnt Ucv. Rader's utter ances were considerably pruned before - fore the copy reached tbo printer. Mrs. Eliza ttoytl , n prominent lady of Laruinlo , ro- > ponded vigorously to Dr. Hador'.s villainous Utterances. A wave of Indignation that gained In aba nnd strength swept over tae Btuto when accounts of the meeting wcro pub lished. Thoorring churchman issued nu open letter which only mndo mailers worse. Ever since he has from pulpit and platform und In Interview tried to recall the calumny , but the people believed his true sentiments came out nl Iho Laramlo meeting and ho has been ob noxious since. When Hudur was mndo mis- Btonarv three years ngo ho was pastor ot the Methodist Episcopal church of Cheyenne. Kidnapped Her Child. Murnlo McKay , better known as Mamie Keevan , n girl 14 years of are , was kidnaped last Saturday afternoon from the homo of tier ndopped parents , Mr. nnd Mrs. Keovan , of Ke.itllo , Wash. About. ) o'clock a hack drove up In front of tbo house nnd a woll-dresscd woman nnd n girl perhaps 18 olightcd. A man , whoso features could not bo clearly dis tinguished , crouched In ono corner of the convovnnco nnd remained there during the ralher oxclllng cncounler Ihnt followed. The - woman and girl were Mrs. Alice McKay nnd daughter , of Tncoma , mother nnd sister of thu gill they afterwards kidnaped. From the hack the woman walked rapidly up the BtulrwaV , closely lollowcd by her daughter. They boldly entered the ICcovnn apartment , in which wore Mrs. ICcovnn , who lay on n I sick bed , und her ndopcd dnughter , Mnmlo. Mrs. , McKny rushed inside nnd grabbed Miimlo , who resisted with nil her power. Mrs. Koovan screamed , but could not got out of bed. The woman dragged her daughter outside nnd down thn stairway. Meanwhile , half a do/on women living in the neighbor hood congregated nt the foot of the stairs. As soon ns Mrs. McKay and her daughter had dragged Mamie to the sidewalk , u Mrs. Cross , who lived adjoining , seeing Mumio Struggling to break away , Intorfurred , and teen huld of the girl. Mrs. McKay shoved tier away , nud commanded , "Stand buck , " nnd nt the samo-tlmo mndo u motion as if to draw something from iho bosom ot her dross. At this juncture the hack driver Joined in the tussle , and finally succeeded in getting Mrs. McKay , her daughter nnd Manno Into the hack. Ho then Jumped Into his scntnnd drove rapidly nwny. Olllcors were detailed to search for tbo kidnappers , but no trace can bo found of them. Mr. aid Mrs. Kouvan adopt ed Mumio ton years ago , when she was n child only 4 yours of ngc. Several months ngo Mrs. McKay mndo nn attempt to kidnap thu child , but was unsuccessful. Too HnnucrotiH to l.'o Around IJODSO. S. U. Fulchor is nn old-timer among ranchmen - mon nn the Hlo Grande near Alumosa , Colo. Two months ugo ho sold his ranch to David Hodgson , a prominent citizen from Long- tnont. Old man Fulchor has n .ton named INullard. Mlllard Is an epileptic. Lately he bus been suffering severely from his com- plaint. Ho has been sick in bed nt the old bomuUoad , and so Hodgson hns been attend- In i ; to him. Saturday night ha started up 'Irt-hls bed and remarked , "I nm going to dlo ; 1 w'nnt to fix my papers. " Ho then ( umpcd up , seized a 45-callbro six- ( heeler , nnd without provocation , shot Hodgson tbroiign tno shoulder blade , Hodg- EO'i staggered lo nn adjoining ranch nnd his condition is dangerous. Old man Fulchcr , who recently had n cutting affray with his son , escaped to n neighbor's. Milhmt hold thu fort with two shot-guns nnd his six- hooter. TWO constables arrested him the next morning. Ho made no resistance. When Inlet-viewed ho said ho had nothing against Hodgson. Ho wns cnuy , and if IK- had killed nnyono ho did not know'it. Ho wns taken to Alamosu and made a determined objection to being locked up , fighting nnd cm-s ing the cltl/ens singly and collec tively. Ho wns committed for trial Hodgson's deposition showed that Mlllard envo blip a letter to mall , sorted certain papers und wont back to bed , almost Immedi ately afterwards springing up , seizing his nix-shooter nnd commencing shoaling. Hodg- eon dodged nt the door und the bullet , catch ing him below the shoulder blade , ranged up wards , shatloilng iho bones nnd came out be tween the third and fourth ribs. Hoclgsoi ran for n neighboring house nnd Mlllard con tiuucd shooting , but without further effect. Wyoinln t'8 Irrigation Boliomo. State Engineer Mead of Wyoming wll Iinvo two parties in the field this summer , ono In southern Wyoming and the ether In John- eon nnd Sheridan rountlas. The greater part of his own tlmo uot required by office duties will bo spent wllh the former party , who will begin gauging iho dllchos of Iho Llttlo Luru- inlo and Its tributaries early next month Them are over fifty ditches on the Llttlo Laramlo and sovcnly.flvo on lhat stream nnc its tributaries. U will tnko n month to gauge those , uftor which the party will proceed to thu Plutlu nnd gaugu ull thu ditches on tha rlvur nnd Its tributaries , from iho Coloradi line to Fort Stcolo , or everything south o thu Union Pacific railroad. This will occupy th'i rc.st of the summer , The other part ; will have Its summer's work , and Micro , li Johnson and Sheridan counties. The law ro quiron thnt In gauging the englneorHhall firs tnko UP those streams the waters of whicl Imvo already como In litigation nnd the coses wo In court. U Is for this reason , chlolly thut ho begins with the Little Lnramlo. Tin. other party Is sent lo Johnson and bnorldun partly because in those counties there is prob nbly ns much plowed laud ns In nil the rest o thq fitnto , though there is moro hay land In other sections. The capacity of every dllcl r.lung each stn.-nm from Us source to It. jumilh must bo gauged. There nro over tlirc thousand ditches In the stnto , varying n length from n quarter nf n milo lu llfly mlles The record * In Iho past have been euroleislj kept nnd now no one knows the whereabouts length or rapacity of half of these ditches nil of which must bo looked up as soon as Saved IllH Kntlior'n 1,1 lo. Miss Eva Weaver Is the horoiuoof ArvaJa Colo. , and the whnln town is sounding he Jirnljo. ilor faUinr , Thomas Weaver , wa triniiiiluf apple trees , when iyi unlucky ill of tiif hodUqd knlfo sent the keen blade dee Into tbo'wrht , completely covering the radlca Briery. When ho reached the IIOUKJ , already T.'cok from the loss ot blood , which came welling out in copious jot * at every pulsation LU pea John mounted thu twlilo.it in the pi ft co and sped nwav for the doctor , two miles away. Hut the roads were heavy with mud from the recent ruins , nnd no horse can make the Journey In time to save the life so swiftly cubing away. Courageously Miss Kva took the noodle nnd though the deathly pulsations sent the blood Into her face at very beat , she calmly nnd neatly sowed up ho wound and taking a puft ball bandaged It p until the doctor's arrival the hemorrhage vns completely stopped. Mr. SV'cuvor re- eatcdly fainted and his pulse sank twenty- wo , but ho has rallied until his condition , hough undoubtedly serious , Is at least very ouofiil. The doctor says that but for the rompt action of the daughter the patient vould unquestionably have died before his rrival. Hoy's Prl/.o Kl lit A pnntotnlno prlzo light between two boys y the name of Billy Burke nnd Tommy uter took place In n stable in an alloy last londny night between 11 and 12 o'clock , says ho Denver Hopubllcuti. Nobody was hurt , ut ns there was n horse In iho blnblo nu cnldent might huve resulted from the rash rTalr , nnd It Is high tlmo the police should o-oporatc with the humane society , nnd the lothors of the city In preventing such silly musemcnt. The IIOMO might have boon icious , or the police might have mistaken hem for a real "dcud lough mugs" lu Iho 1m uncertain light of the lantern and lubbud their foolish heads. Billy C. Tommy arranged the exhibition n the expectation of mnking n little spending noney , nnd succeeded In getting u number of ports , who thought It would bo nmuslng to , co n chilli's prl/o light , to make up a small take , nnd a goodly number supposing it to 10 u real pri/.o fight in thu stable paid their * 3 admission nnd went in. The lltilo fellows donned Iho gloves , which were two ounces In velght , und for Iho first llvo rounds Ihoy .rery . skillfully punished Iho rarilled , In vigorating atmosphere In n shameful manner ivlthout regard for Us feelings. In iho sixth round the crowed got mud nnd disgusted nnd called on thorn to do some- , hlng , whereupon the poor little fellows turned pale in tin agony of fear. Their knees trembled beneath them and they looked ns If they wished they had .staid iithomo and loft such naughty business for mon. Billy acci dentally lilt Tommy in thu fnco nnd again in the stomach , and then ho was afraid Tommy would hit buck. Tommy was afraid Billy would hit him again , so some friendly follow in the crowd who felt sorry for the boys slipped outside and rattled at the door and gave thorn nn excuse to qultnmld a good deal of con Fusion , as they thought the police were after them. Everybody wns disgusted , nnd when Ihoy went to Jake Hlltlobraud to get the stakes ho wisely refused them. The sports say they have seen all the boys' prize fighting they care to. Mormon Trnj edy. Doll C.ulor of Nophl , Utah , is n Mormon elder. Last July it became known that this uusband and father was living up to nU the requirements of the Mormon church , not ox ccptlng the coluitlnl law of marriage , says the Salt Lnko Tribune. A sweet and interesting yountr lady had boon inveigled by him through the medium of wine and confiding words. This had been done , by the way , without the formula of oven church ceremo nies. The father and brothers of the girl ro monstriitcd but the saint bulldozed them. Ho promised faithfully to divide his goods nnd chattels between ills lawful wife and the young woman , sutler like n true martyr in the hands of the law , and then with his ultocts depart for Mexico. This was all promised to stave oft prosecution until the February term ol court , in order to nrotcot his property from the olllclnls. But Cazlor refused to divide his property , do denounced the outraged eltl and pronounced her n strumpet. The minds of the worthy p'rfrenls were llrod and they saw the depths Off this Mormon's de pravity. The girl was brought before the grand Jury in disgulMJ and an indictment was found. Strangled n Woman The mysterious disappearance of Mrs. Emily Fossuin of Sau Francisco has been cleared up by the discovery of her body lu the cellar of her homo on Stockton street , whore only n few weeks ngo she had opened a small , store with ono Andrew Hodgoborg as n partner. Hcdgoborg had been employee in Sierra Volley , but went to Sun Francisco when the snow camo. He put in ? 100 for his share In the store , but soon bccamo dissatls- lled with his banruln , nnd has boon hoard 10 don on nco Mrs. Fossuin , swear nt her and de mand the return of his money , which she re fused because she was penniless. She , how ever , offered to let him tnko the money oui of the receipts as they came In , Ono nlghl a few weeks ngo they were hoard having a hot dispute , and suddenly all bccamo quiet and Mrs. Fossuin was not soon again unti her dead body , horribly mutilated , was found In the cellar. The autopsy showed that Mrs. Fossuin dlod of strangulation. Hodgcborg has not been found. MM. Fossuin wns n mi- tlvo of Denmark She lived nlone , except for the companionship of numerous dogs , nuts and parrots , to which she was very fondly attached. Death Valley Observations. John H. Glory of the signal service , whom General Greeley selected to open the slgna .station \ Death valley , has gone to Furuaco crook on the east sldo of the valley wbcro the new observatory will bo located. Rooms have been secured nt the Coleman borax works for an office. This station will bo fully equipped with instruments of the finest man ufacturo and the greatest precision. Con stunt records , covering each hour of the day and night , of the nlr pressure and temperature wll bo secured. The wugon roads lending to the valley being Impassable , Clery went by pacl train via Darwm nud Wild Rose cnnyon which loft htm but twelve miles across'Uu valley to roach tils dosllnatlon. Mr. Cler ; volunteered for this work , going from Kansas City. Ho onion upon his disagreeable task willingly , expecting to remain ut Furnace crock until iho nuiumn at least. This station is being established in connection with tin survey now In that region In chnrgo of Dr. Morrlman of the department of agriculture P. V. S. Burolott of the geological survey hat gone into the valley \o assume chnrgo of th topographical work connected with the ox pcdltlon. Colorado's Mallu. A Maflau outrage occurred early Monday morning on Lower Front street , In Lcadvillo An unknown Australian was found lying In n dying condition near the railroad track , will several knlfo wounds lu his side nnd body The residents in thu vicinity wcro nro use nnd the mnu taken to his homo , n short dls tanoo down the street. Ho would glvo hi name lo no ono , not oven to thn attending physician , but said that ho bad buon assaulted by several Italians whllo on his way homo. Two huge wishes were found on the JoK .side of his head nud uuother , evidently made by a long stiletto , entered thu sldo Just below the heart und pierced the loft lung. When found ho was inmblu to talk , but nftor n free use of stimulants , named several of his assailants , Two Italians , who gave their names ns John Smith and John Dee , have been arrested , nnd nro hold nt the city Jail lo await Iho result of the man's Injuries. Munv mow arrests are oxpcutod in a Miort tlmo. Thu locality in which the deed was com mitted U Inhabited by the worst elements of tha city , and Is composed almost entirely of Italians and Austrian * . Coyotes with Chinamen , Los * winter the carcasses of about twenty Chlunmcn wore resurrected from their rest- lug place near No. 4 coal mine , says the Rock Sprint ; * ( Wyo. ) Independent. They were taken up into u canon near No. 0 , where for several nights a number of Chlnumon were engaged in boning them. Trio bones wen ) packed in tin case * and shipped back to China for burial , The rest of the bodies were left In the canon to bo devoured by cnyotoi nnd dogs. The zest with which the coyotes took Chinamen for breakfast , dinner , supper and luucli put nu idea ( nVo tha heads of some > coplo up thoro. They bought n quantity of trychnlne nnd proceeded to doctor np n lot of urns , shoulders , sirloins , rib roasts und cut- ets with the medicine. It had the desired ffcct. The poison only added a finer tlavnr o the cold meat nnd the coyotea devoured It vlth Increased canornoss. As a result , over wenty coyotes have turned up their toes to ho cold winter sky In the region of No. U the iast month or two. A ItlK Clean Up. A well-known cltlrcn of Astoria , Oregon , , W. Ayrcs , hns been on n remarkable ninlng irlp. Some tlrno ngo nn old minor old him that on n certain crook in Sisklyou -ounty , Cal. , were falls which pour down Into n hole worn out twenty to thirty feet. The tream , which is Shiickleford crcok , ( lows hrough a rich mining district , und the miner's theory was that this hole was full of gold. Mr. Ayres went with him , and nfter climbing through the mountains to thu spot , 3xamlncd it carefully , nud afterward em ployed men , built a lliimo nnd carried the valor over the abyss. They then wont down nlo , the hole , bill Iho melting snows were causing such n flood that thov only secured ono pailful of dirt. This was found to contain ? 10 In conrso gold. Mr. Ayres says.ho will vngor that there nro iwo barrels of gold itiirgcls in the holo. Ho hns recorded his claim to the mine , nml ns soon ns the waters recede , will see what there Is In the bottom of t. If It Is all ns rich us the pailful he will lave n fortune. Kxohanucd ( Jrlp.H. D. D. Holdridgo had a bit of hard luck at Sioux Falls recently , says the Howard Dem ocrat. Ho went down there to nrgtio n case ivith n gripsack full of legal authorities , nnd , vhllo getting oil nt Sioux Falls mistook an other man's grip for his own and carried it off. Ho did not discover his mistake until ho ot. Into the court room , when , nf tor being admitted to practice before the United Stales ill-cult court , lie went into the grip to dig up Us legal authorities to make his nrgu- ncnts , and exposed lo Iho horrlllod guzo of ludgo Edgerton a loaf of rye broad , a line siring of bologna sausage , ibroo bollles of Milwaukee beer and a red bandana handker chief. The judge lold Holdridgo ho hud no objection to bis boarding himself , but that hu would be obliged to forbid him sleeping In the court premises. Holdridgo postponed his argument nnd wont out to look fur the mnn with whom ho had traded grips. Afraid to Catoh a ISiirglnr. Two prominent citizens of Stockton , Cnl , , ono u married merchant and thft other n young man nbout town , the ether night took two entertaining young society ladies out to an oyster und wluo supper , after which , in stead of properly going to their homos , they retired to n house of shady character. Dur ing the night a burglar wont through the house and carried off the young man's panta loons , his watch nnd monoy. After ho hud been provided with n now pair of trousers , the young fellow unthoughledly rushed off to the police station nnd made a complaint. The olllcors tocovorcd the trousers und hnvo u good clew to the Ihlof , nnd now the two mon nro fearing the fellow will bo caught and pro-io- culod , In which event some facts of great In terest to four respectublo families mny bo brought out. Asoanlled u Child. Isaiah Tufford. sixty vears of uge , was ar rested on a warrant sworn out by Patrick Callohan , charging him with assaulting nine year-old Sadie Callohnn. The crime Is al leged to have bson committed Sunday after noon. The girl complained of being 111 and was taken to a pbyslcluu. She wns examined and the physician declared positively that the girl had been assaulted. The llttlo' ono was afraid to t 11 her paron' 'nt first , but finally broke down nud confessed that Tufford had taken her in nn alloy back of the Chamber ot Commerce. Tufford is a cnrpontei- und has a shop In the nlloy. The young girl has been In the habit of playing around thq shop nnd In this way made the acquaintance of Tufford. She says that Tufford gave hor'niekels and candy , und after ho hud outraged her made her swoir not to tell upon pain of being killed. Htisliliif * Up n Suamlal. Erol Goodo-Wrlght Is determined to nocuro u divorce from Wlllard C. Wright of Berke ley , California , and she bus commenced an other ncllon asking for a divorce on the ground of desertion. Mrs. Wright wus a very prominent character ut the legislature two years ugo , nnd her husband declared that if she persisted lu presenting her suit on the ground of cruelty ho would oxpo-io her con duct ut Sacramento and therebv Involve some of the high officials of the state , Including members of the legislature. Subsequently Mrs , Wright dismissed her action. A short time ugo Wright wrote n letter to his wife , tolling her thnt she could hnvo n divorce on the ground of desertion , providing that she would wnivo a judgment for alimony. . Ho in formed her that if she did not briugisult ho would do so. , Six hticky Mon. Five men's lives were saved Monday after noon by the timely warning given by John Owens , the nitrate man In the Homo powder works , which were located Just outsldo the vlllugoof Petersburg near Denver. They had Just tlmo to got out of the works'whon 750 to 800 pounds of pure nitro-glycorino blow up. There was a flush followed'by a terrific , salvo and a shock thnt broke windows half n milo dwny. Hugo tanks of Iron nnd massive machinery were doubled into folds und hurlou through the air , fulling 1,000 feet distant , nnd all the adjoining buildings of the concern were mashed beyond repair. The former site of the main structure whore the tricky liquid was manufactured is now a cavity over eight feet deep. Shonhono Kescrvation to Ho Opened. Surveyor M. B. Carpenter will shortly resume sumo the government survey of the great Shoshone Indian reservation in Wyoming preparatory to the apportionment of lands of the reservation among the Indians nnd the ultimate throwing OPJII of the residua to gen eral settlement. Mr. Carpenter snys the sur vey is nbout half completed and Ihnt six weeks' work wllh the chain will finish it. It is probable that the northern portion o Iho reservation , constituting one-half of Its nroa , will bo purchased outright by the gov ernment from the Indians. That section llo ; between tbo Big Wind river und Owl crook ( the Inttor stream being in the Big Horn basin ) nnd comprises some ot the finest rain cral und agricultural lands In Wyoming , I'onalty Tor Cattle Stealing , E. F. Hiimason , n wealthy butcher o Spokane , Wash. , has just been sentenced to two years in the penitentiary at hnrd labor Ho wns nt the hcnd of a band of cuttl < thieves nrrestod hero three months ngo. 'J he operations of the band extended over n yum past , nnd cattle have been run off thu ranges throughout the western part of thu state lo nn nggrogalo value of 650,000. The bos legal talent in the stale was roprosonioi both for und against the accused. Pending nn appeal to the supreme court , Judge Blake refused to allow the prisoner out on bonds Lulu in the afternoon Judge Han ford of tin United Stales dlslnct court crnntod n wrl' ' of habeas corpus. The prisoner is sixty years of ago , und 1ms hitherto borne an ox cullont reputation In the community. Wouldn't Keep HI * Promise. An odd sort of law suit has been on trinl it Bou'.dor , Colo. , In which u number of Goh Hill minors are Interested. About two ycur.s ago i . W. Bald of the Alumakoomlno "struck It big. " Ho felt good nnd ho said to his work men ; "I'll let you share my good luck wilt me. 1 nm now paying you $ ' , ' .50 per duy I'll raise the wages to ) . " Things wont on smoothly until tuo mlno got to "pinch " Thot Unld told his workmen that ho was not mak ing anythtinr out of tbo mluo and ho could not pay but to $ J.50. Thu was paid. Tha was a year ugo. The suit brought was foi Iho 50 cents extra a day. Tempting ICnKlNIi HnortHiunn , Four varieties of boar common to Wyom lug are reported to bo numerous In the uioun tains ilwldlng Wyoming and Colorado. It is nld that A. Houston , n well known hunter nd stockman , who owns a ranch lo the upper > Iatto valley , hns a standing bet ot his much nd stocu against 110,000 tUatho can kill fifty boars In the adjacent mountains during the ourso ot ono hunting season. This hot of Mr , Houston hns boon sent to England nnd > ostod In nil the gun clubs. U Is more than irobnblo that It will bo covered , In which : aso , It is believed , there will bo fifty boar .19 nnd Mr. Houston will bo $10,000 ahead. Itallroncl Men's Just nfter midnight on Monday , Tom Me- lugh , nn old-ttmo Union Pacific engineer vho lives In Laruinlo was badly used up in n Ight In the yards tuoro.wlth Dave Tobln nnd Tnmes Fulton , two switchmen who belong .here. The engineer claims two inntcrns ivoro broken over his hold and thnt ho was uiockcd down nnd ropjo'fljtodly kicked In the 'ncc. ' Ho exhibited JBOVon ugly wounds , Fulton was arrested. 'A local official ox- iresed the belief thnt Tobln wns Justified in doing what ho did nnd said if he wns fined 10 would puv the lino. He says Engineer Mcllugh tackled the .switchmen llrst , catling .ho-n insulting names ) and thnt thereupon Tobln struck him. Mcllugh pulls the fast nnll between Laramlo'.and Choyenno. I'otnto UrowlilK Content. W. J. Sturgls , of" Johnson county , Wyoming was nwurdod n medal us the chnm- > lon potato raiser of the county nnd world. Jlher urowor.s have been envious mid R. C. \lsbot , of Del Note , Colo. , challenged him to n contest this SCO.SQII. Sturgls signified his villlngness to ncccut out Imposed certain conditions. These were not snttsfaclory lo N'isbot because , ho says , the season Is too fur advanced , A report from Del Note says hat should n contest bo arranged there will > o some of the heaviest potato growing over icard of , as Nlsbot Is confident ho can do tetter than ( W.OOO pounds or 1,000 bushels on n sail Luis valley acre. Ijitok ol' .Mining. Paul Larson nnd Ous Mobttg , who have icon working In the Apex lode mining claim , on Silver mountain , near Ashcroft , for four vcars , have , nflor driving n tunnel 315 feet und nn upralso seventy feet , struck n rich ore chute running 23" ounces in sllvor to the , on. Those persevering Swedes work about one-third of their tlmo for other minors , nnd so soon ns they got money enough to llvo on n few months roiurn lo Inoir own property. md In this way , after doing some ( iuOO of worlt , have at last been rewarded by finding hat which makes n uonan/a king of n day .uborcr immediately It is laid bare. Now California Hnllroad. The common council of Sau Diego , Cali fornia , hns just passed the Peninsular rail road bill , which provides lor the building of tbo standard guago railroad from San DIcg nt least three miles southward nnd to Yuinn , The contracts have nlreadv been lot for the grading nnd laying of forty-five miles of road northward from San Quontln. The locomotives nnd three thousand tons of rails nro now on the way consigned to the latter place and to San Diego for the building of the road southward from this point. Whipped by a Ilno'c , Chnrlos Gardner had an oxpcrlenco with n deer near Sturgls , S. D. , the other day. Ho had no gun , so ho chased the buck jnto thu corner of a wlro fence und thought ho would capture some venison anyway. Ho called n neighbor to his assistance , but the buck whipped them both off nml finally got away. During the struggle Gardner's clothes were torn completely off and in shreds , but other wise ho was uninjured. The neighbor was delegated to got another suit of clothes , wullo Gardner waited behind a haystack. Iinhy'8 lliitli In T/ye. Mrs. Pcok of Pueblo , Colo. , heated a bucket of lye water for tbo purpose of taking jonio paint stains from her husband's clothes. During her absence from the room her two- year-old daughter fell Into the seething water. Her cries brought her mother to the spot , wio pulled her from the bucket. [ Clio child was burned In a m.oU horrible rnunnor about the arms , breast i and legs. She was injured so badly that it is feared sbo will dio. Sheep aH WitnesHOH. A case with some noycl features has Just been tried in EvnnstonjWyo. The Corrinrio Mills canal and stock : company charge Ihnt Hiram C. Shurtllff took possession of several sheep belonging to the plaintiffs. The sheep , seven In number , wcro taken to Evanston from Carter and used in court. The sheep expressed testimony of great value In the case. It is said to bo tb'd'flrst time that sheep have been brought Inlo open court , A .Tnsiioo Convicted of Koliliory. Thomas L. Joy , alias Lovojoy , was Justice of the pence of Mississippi township , Sacra inento county , California , Ho has Just been convicted of robbing a man named Kelly of $ > 30. When ho was brought up for sentence his counsel asked lhat ho bo sent to the Fol som prison ns ho had friends and property In that vicinity. Joy was coinmltlod there for two years. California. The Into Dr. Samuel Merrill of Oakland , is tohnvon)8,000 ) tomb. Sacramento ofllelals proposn to break : up the highbinder dons in that city. The crowd of tourists entering Yosomlto valley Is unusually largo this year. The pool rooms having boon abut out in San Francisco hnvo moved to Oakland. The estimated coat of the reception to the president in Sau Francisco on his npproach Ing visit Is $ li,000. ! The bricklayers' union of San Francisco has rolused to boycott non-union iron cast ings for buildings. It Is bollovod that Willlo Polumbo , a boy of thirteen , has been stolen from his homo in San Francisco by a bund of gypsies. Snn Dlogo has closed n contract by whlcli It gains control of a water system for twenty years , thus insuring chcup and abundant water. The California and Union Insurance com panlos have been consolidated under the dl rectlon of Daniel Myer , Iho principal stinro holder. The shoemakers slrlko In San Franclsr-o Is sllll unsettled , the league having rejected the proposition for n settlement suggested by tin A number of Santa Clara county grape- growers mot nt Cupertino und decided to In corporate nnd conduct business on tbo co operative plan. The society of Dunknrds , which has been seeking n location in California , has finally decided to locate its colony in the San Jaclnto valloy. Grain Is being Injured bv the Hessian fly In the southern portion of Nupa valloy. At the same tlmo crops of other kinds never looked bettor. In the honomn valley the outlook is most excellent , although the Bartlctt pours nro lia ble to blight unless there Is wind and sun- shlno to prevent. The dead body found In Mann county Is now thought to bo that of J. C. Wilson , a traveler In the employ of u Now York firm of diamond dealers. Mrs. Harriet llavvloy , n San Francisco widow , was swindled out of all the money she had by Attorney J , C. Hull , has gene crazy over her troubles. The Investigation of thn charges of cruelty to pupils In the Snn Francisco Valenciastivot Hchoolls stirring the educational department of that city to its depths. In southern California the cool , cloudv wonthor has not boon favorable to the fruit crop. Deciduous fruits are in bloom , but need warm , clear weather. J. M. Wither , who crossed the plains from Missouri to California in 1S50 , died the ether duy nt Napa. Ho was n native of Kentucky nnd seventy-seven yuan of ngo. Five Chinese highbinders were sentenced iif San Francisco to six months' ImprUonmont in thu house of correction , havl.ig boon found guilty of vagrancy under , ho now law. The Central Pacific has ro-oloctcd Its old board of directors , Stanford , Uuntinglon , C. F. Crocker , C. K. BrotUurton , Timothy Hop kins , A. N. Towno nnd U. H. Miller , Jr. The town of Alnmoda elected two out of the three trustcos upon the issue of high liquor license , which will bit hereafter & 00 per year. Tbo low llcunso people elected ono trustee. The state board of health's monthly mortu ary statement for March , ahows tbo largest record of deaths for any month In many years , the death rnto being 1.83 per 1,000 of ' population. The Oakland syndicate Investment com- jinny has been formed , with n capital stock of $10,000,000. for the purpose of reclaiming the water front In thnt city , building wharves , etc. The California fish commission organized with the following officers : Joseph D. Rod- dlnir , president ; Rnmon K. Wilson , secre tary ; Joseph Morlzlo , treasurer ; WollsFnrgo & Co. , bankers. United States District Attorney Garter hns brought suit to declare forfeited' the gov ernment the Uallegos dlstlllery.solml March 27 , by revenue oftlcors for defrauding the government. The stnto board of horticulture mot nnd ro- clocled Elwood Cooper , president ; L. W. Buck , vlco president ; B. L. Lclong , secre tary ; Sol Ruuyan , trcusurcr , nnd J. L. Moshor , auditor. Miss Jennlo Lllliodnughter of n rich Snutn Barbara farmer , abandoned her father's house and Is now seeking nn engagement on tbo stage. The stage-struck girl has not been successful ns yet. The California world's fair commissioners express themselves in favor ot n cumulative exhibit for California nt Chicago nnd a sep arate building lo bo exclusively devoted to California products. Ellory E. Dlxou , f no of the proprietors of the Lusson Advocate , is on trial nt Susan- vlllo , charged with being loader of n gang of horstUliiovcri who infest northern California nnd southern Oregon. The Army and Navy republic league of Oakland disbanded because Muaoa Chapman would not recognize It in making his appoint ments. It will bo reorganized as an Inde pendent political club. It is now said thnt the cift of 5r ,000 to the St. Francis do Sales church In Oakland , which was attributed to Jumos Canning , n convert from Protcslnnllsm , was donaled by Mrs. Lolnnd Stanford. iV n amber of men have been searching for some tlmo past for n treasure box said lo be located near the Cliff house , San Francisco , and it Is reported that they have discovered it by probing with rods. U bus been discovered thnt whllo in less than u yenr In San Francisco Chinese botuts- men hn'vo gone security on habeas corpus cases lor ? li'H,000. : ) nil of thorn together are ussossed nt only $ . ' (00.000. ( The harbor commissioners hnvo boon con sidering the removal of the Pacific Mall com pany's docks In San Francisco from the pres ent location to North Beach , but C. P. Hun- tlngton nnd other directors oppose It. William D. Eckstein of Los Angeles , who has been a lonnor of money , has failed ; lia bilities , J r.-,000 ; assets , nothing. Ho paid his friends r\ per iienta monthl interest , und they of course , will lose the principal. A woman o'lghty years of ugo wus found lying drunk in her yard at Monterey the other day. She was carried Into the house , where her husband was also found in an in toxicated condition. Ho is only forly years old. Chief of Police Crowley of San Francisco is dully receiving complalnls from country towns of the operation of n gang of swindlers who nro selling bogus pawn tickets pur porting to represent valuable Jewelry In Sun Francisco. The llvo trustcos of the Kuwcah colony in California , have boon found guilty of cutting timber on government land. An expose of the colony shows thnt the loaders have made much money , and deluded u largo number of innocent people. A regularly organized gang of robbers was cnpturod at Merced Falls. They have been operating In Merced , Mariposn una Fresno countiei , and when nrroslod had horses , wagons , stoves and household furniture in their possession belonging to people in the three counties. The plan of organization to bo submitted to the olive-growers of California nt n meeting to bo in San Francisco In July next provides for the establishment of nn olive oil depot in that city where the different brands of oil may bo sampled und Information concerning the Industry bo collected. Crops of nil kinds nro moro backward than usual on account of the cool , cloudy weather. The temperature doporluros In ull portions of the state are greatly deficient , wbllu thu rainfall departures are largely in excess , which gives a good outlook to hay , grain and fruits. Don Shorb. the sovon-voar-old - - sou of Hon. J. Do Barth Shorb , was bitten by nu English bulldog at Los Angeles when n crowd teased the animal. It became enraged and suddenly turned nnd grabbed the unfortunate child by the log. Ono leg , otio hand and or.o arm wore lltorally chewed up. The animal had to bo shot boforu ho would lot go. The boy will die. die.Mrs. Mrs. Laura Cosgrovo , ngod seventeen , took a dose of "Rough on Rats" and died two hours lutor In San Jose. Her mother kept a house of Ill-repute. The girl married two years ago James Cosgrovo , an engineer. They lived together a few months nnd sop- nraled. Lately she had boon keeping com pany with a young man nnd learned thnt the neighbors wcro circulating stories about her. Fritz Harms , n Yolo leper who hud been quarantined on an island in the overflow sev eral miles below the town of Washington , died n few days ago. His romalns wore brought through the break in the lovoa to the Stockton city cemetery. Young Harms was afflicted with the loalnsomo dis ease of leprosy for years , and his lifo wus a burden to himself , his relatives and the tax payers of lYolo county. Deeds have been recorded granting to the government the right of way for nutting a channel for thq San Joaqnln river Ihrough what Is known to steamboat men as the head ranch of the long bend In the river , twonty- llvo mlles below Stockton. The cut will bo J,809 feet long , .1300 feet wide and twelve foot < ieop. This cut-off will remove the worst bend in the river , and will glvo the stream bettor velocity , which will Improve naviga tion by scouring out the channel. The Hoar Valley nnd Alossnndro develop ment company drove the final rivet and a silver ono it was into "Its plpo line to Alos- sandro lost Saturday. This is the first pi pu in a series which will deliver li,000 ! Inches from Bear Valley to the San Jacinto plains. It is expected from this flow of water to irri gate over 80,000 acres of land known lo bo adapted lo cilrus fruit culture. A special train is , about to Icavo Now York for Rod- lands , among the passengers being many eastern capitalists interested In land nbout to bo placed under this irrigation system. The Boar Valley company has plans per fected for improvements which will causa the expenditure of a largo amount of money wllliln u year. Colorado. Durango is pretty certain to hnvo u now sampling works. Recent rams have been of great benefit to both farmora'and stockmen nt Las Animus. Prof. N. B. Webb , late superintendent of the Central public school , died of consump tion. tion.Tho The tunnel run by the Seek No Further people at Loadvlllo encountered good ere , but It soon petered out. Cattle wintered well In the Whlto river country and the big snow fall assures ni &bundanco of grass this season. A foot of solid mineral has been struck in the Cleopatra mine nt Empire that mills nearly $ liO ! In gold to the ton. The columbine won the state flower con- teat. It took the load lu every town , provliib its popularity by n largo majority. It is rumored that the Anncondn nnno a Idaho Springs is soon to change hands. U Is now closed down pending the .sale. Norwood , San Miguel county Is a now town starting In the Slsonandonh valley. The fines Umber grows near there of nil kinds. The Progress , n Saturday paper , was hori In Pueblo last week nnd lu thu afternoon the editor's wife gave birth to n baby boy. There nro three horticultural sociollos In tin ) Arkansas valley Canon ( Jit3- , Pueblo am Rocky Ford. All uru doing a good work. The Durango city council hns made pro visions for the oncourngoincnt of the new smelter to bo erected by GrackltK & Co. Throe boys arrested at Grand Junction fo burglari/.mg several stores have been sen teucod to three years In tbo reform school. At Colorado Springs Sunday an oporatloi was performed upon Miss Myra Hlgboo , who was born blind , which enables her to sea per feetly , Chief Engineer Thomas Wlffgloiworth o Iho Ulo Grande Southern fell oil a > : ar n Dnrungo nnd broke his right wrist and h * left ankle. Oscar Walker of Grand Junction sucuoodoi jn landing n white salmon weighing over tci pounds. The fish mousurod nearly two feu in length. U U reported that the Storting mine , li I louldor county , has boon sold for f. > 0,000. udgo Lunor owned It. The purchasers are ot named. Johnson , the negro who sawed his way out f tbo county jnll nt Trinidad ton davs ngo , vas cnptured nt Thatcher. This Is his see- nd escape. The state board of agriculture appointed Ilss Grnco Pntton of Fort Collins professor f English nnd stenography nt n salary of il)00 n year. Two miners named McGulro nnd Mulvnnoy voro recently bunkoed out of $ oOO at Lend- lllo by two alleged mlno owners , who have Inco disappeared. The smelters of Loadvlllo will present 'resident Harrison with n silver brick nnd collection of labeled specimens upon his rrival In that city. The Dolores county pipers clnlm that $ $ . " > , - 000 has been paid out already this season for Inlms in the vicinity of Nolan , n now pimp hat is being boomed. Settlers on the Maxwell land grant have ssucd nn addraas to the public protesting gainst their eviction by the Maxwell com- mny , which Is about to bouln. J. P. Loonoy of Fort Morgan is fittlne out largo force of teams to work on the HUT nnd Matte valley ditch. Fourteen miles will bo added to the ditch already built. The trustees ondstowards of the Methodist Episcopal church nt Boulder adopted plans or the now church odlllco. It Is to bo built f white sandstone nt n cost of Slft.OOD. miner named Jordan fell seventy feet in ho California sjinft at Central Cltv und stis- allied severe bruises on his head. No bones voro broken. It Is thought ho will recover. The Lnrlmorcountv commissioners ndoptcd n resolution offering liberal premiums to the armors and stock growers for exhibits of holr product at the next county fair to bo icld lu September. For the first limo In Iho history of the city council of Lcndvillo the Incoming ofllcmls at once proceeded to business and made n olean weep of the people holding olllco under the old administration. There nro twenty-throe well-defined cases of small-pox In the vicinity of Wulsonbnrg , > ut r.ono In the town. Altogether there hnvo boon about forty cases and but ono person has lied of the disease. Work on the oil well nt Trinidad Is pro- ; rcsslng. They nro now down nboul twelve lundred feet und still working in a block of halo which smells strongly of oil. The torn- icrultire Is 108 degrees. Sam Howe has been anpoinlcd chief of do- octlvcs by the Denver police board. Hu has icon on the force for n long lime nnd mnde nn enviable record , llowo once belonged lo General Custer's command. A strike bus boon made in the Paymaster nt Red Mountain. At the -100-foot level rich ninorul , Including steel galena , gray copper and ruby silver wus found in u big vein. The ere runs about $1,000 to the ton The railroad company built n stock shulo at Gate View , and it is probable the Cobolla cattlemen will hereafter load their cattle for ho eastern market there , Instead of Suplnero , us they have done heretofore. Five hundred nnd forty-one applications invo been made to the county commissioners 'or seed for farmer * , which would require nn expenditure of over $10,000. The appropria tion for this purpose Is only $ ' ( ,700. Rev. C. W. Simmons , n r econtly returned uisslonnry from India , has arrived in the San Luis Valley lo lake charge of Iho rellg- ous work connected with the Methodist church nt Stanley , Moscn nnd Garrison. Thomas Walsh had E. C. Harbison , II. D' Jones , Charles Majors and Charles E. Per- ' ham nrresled in Guntuson charged with con spiracy to assault and kill his son. The : vial occupied n week uud all the defendants were discharged. During a went rainstorm at Uocky Ford Ightnlng struck the Santa Fo lelcgraph of llco with fearful force , seriously stunning Operator Fonlko. The sldo of Iho building was considerably damaged and one Instru ment burned out. Wnlcr of the now nrllslnn well Just bored jn the property of Mrs. Julia Hitrglns nt Brighton contains largo quantities of differ ent minerals , especially iron , sulphate of soda nnd sulphur. Some of 11 ban boon shipped to isnw York for analysis. Trntarelt Bonavontura , nn Italian , In n sa loon row In Pueblo , was ; frightfully slushed by Nnro Urablno. Bonnvcnlura's face \vn disfigured for lifo nnd Uolilny lobo his tongue. Nnro wns arrested ' charged wllh as suult with intent to kill. Durango cast the largest vote at the recent election of any town west of Pueblo , except Lcndvillo nnd Aspen. Dnrango cast 7H ) votes , On ray 773 , Del Norto 53 , Telluride .150 , Alamosa nbout two hundred und Sllvorton aoout throe hundred and fifty. A laborer nnmed Gus Swnnson employed at the big tunnel near Lcadvillo had nn al most miraculous escape from death. Ho was groping along In the tunnel when n portion of the ceiling gave way , part of it falling on Swanson nnd breaking his right leg Just nbovo the knee. The Nolan Crook railway compnny hns boon organized at Aspen with S'J.OOO.OJO capital. The road will run from Cnstlo , n station on the Rio Grnudo , to Nolan crook , n distance of eighteen miles. Surveyors have started and the woric of grading will bo commenced within a few days. An explosion in the Cameron abaft of Ar gentuin killed Foreman Edward Reed , Thomas Kennedy and JiwkMahonoy , minors , and Injured Edward Gillcln and "ono ether minor. The accident was in the bronst of the incline , 1,400 feet from the mouth of tbo tunnel , nnd the bodies are still there. Frank Pointer , the head brnkornnn on nn extra east-bound stock train on the Colorado Midland , wns struck on tbo head whllo stand Ing on the top of n car at Colorado Springs. The train was passing under a viaduct , and Painter did not stoop. His head was badly crushed. The man was taken to Denver. Canon City Record : The only genuine kaolin bed in America , so fur ns heard from , is tlmt owned by Dee Sllsby , situated n milo nnd a half northwest of this city , and not fur from Iho onlrnnco lo Iho state ditch tunnel , Kuolln is Iho hnrdonod clayey rook fro which the beautiful ware known ns china Is mndo. Contractors on the big tunnel of the An- tloch nt Leadvillo bnvo already succeeded in driving it moru than six hundred feet , ami had they not encountered sotno exceedingly hard rock of late , would have boon still fur ther advanced. As it is , if this rate continues they will complete their 1,600 feet before October 1. The Warren ditch will bo started ns soon as the frost Is out of the ground. This ) ] dllch wns surveyed last Jail , and will bo lakon out nf t.lin Arrnim ] > * rlvnn nlinut tmmlfrn Tnl norlh of Buenn Vlsln , nnd will run along close to Iho western foot hills nnd down into Adobe park. It will , when finished , cost about § 75,000. Jnmos G. Flommlng , ono of Robinson's successful prospectors , comes to the front with another sirike , which bids fnlr lo rival his big find of 188-1. This slrlko is also on the Robinson company's property , where Mr. Flommlng has been leasing Iho past two months. A llnu fat-o of llltyounco ere is now in sight nml is gelling larger with every shol. E. H. Hotden has now under coii3tructlon at Asiien u llxlviutlon plant which cost MOO- 000 , The process to bo used has , It is claimed , inuny advantages over the old method aside from making a higher peicont- ago In saving , The by-product of thu loud and copper is retained , and it permits of ere not being crushed bo line as is generally necessary. Some children who were gathering flowers about a milo und n half west of Colorado Springs , eamo In nbout dusk Saturday even ing ana reported that they hud stumbled across the body of a dead man lylt'R in n fluid. A search wns at once Instituted , but ns no definite directions had been given by the children , the police were forced to glvo up the search. A man who wns discharged from iho Hovunuu lunnol at Onray last week , but re fused to Mgn the pay roll , walked Into Man ager H. W. Reed's oftlco , pulled nn uely looking pistol on him nnd demanded his piy. Mr. Rued und his assistants reasoned him out of his desperate threat lo kill sumo one , und finally hu walked out of thu ofllco us deliber ately ns ha walkttd In. From Trinidad It In reported that tlioUnion Pacific road wilt build a line of ltn own bo- twcen that city and Pnooln this year. It U claimed tlmt thu Rio ( jrnmlu does not want to renew the Seo-so which nxplrns HOOD , The Union Puclllo U getting out thousands of ties at Catoklll ready for shipment. The relations of the two roids are any thins but pleasant , Mild are growing moro complicated every day. Sim Luis vallay fanners nro not so far along with tholr work U3 they were a year ngo at this time , The season Is about two weeks lutor tliiiu la-styuar. Not much moro than half the grain ti in tbo ground. In 1H90 water was turned lute the Co * till a Cllch April 10 ; this yonrlt will not bo running until Mny 1. Other hondgfttb.V Will lu opened ton dnys or two week * tutor than ioy were in IsiH ) . A public mooting tins been hold In Qeorpo- own to consider the offer of the Denver , Apex & Western railway to build Into iho town , provided the town gives free depot nnd switching grounds , free right of way nnd fr > 0,000 cash. The compnny expects the snino from Idnhn Springs , In return It will haul freight for llvo year * nt r > 0 per cent oil Colorado rado Central r'ntos. Committees were up- ifllnted to report this week. Gcorgo Stillmnn , n laborer of Lyons , tlc.s nt the roiinty hospital nt Boulder in n soinl-nn- conscious stale. Ho breathes regularly , oats when ' hu U raised up nnd fed , but says noth- 'ng and Is nppurenllv nsleop , Ho can answer 10 questions. Whllo nt work at Lyons ha fell from n derrick In n stone quarry , n dls. tunco of nbout twenty foot , striking on his head. The skull Is not fractured , but bo Is suffering from n severe concussion of tbo brnln. Colonel Alfred J. Wnro , ono of Colorado's pioneers , died nt his homo In Denver. Ho was born In Stnrk county , Ohio , in IS'W. Hu first locntcd In the California gulch , near Loadvllle , where ho wus successful In his mining operations. Hu then went over Inlo the Snn Junn mining compnny , nml from there to Jlreckcnrldgo. Success still con tinued with him , nnd nt the time of his death ho was the owner of many paying properties In Summit county. A stabbing utility occurred nt Jlio L. II. Cole ranch , one mile west of Arvada , In which Charlt's Herroll , foreman of the ranch , wns severely rill In iwo places by Gill Junto * , 11 farm hand working for Herroll. Ono cut Is In the lloshy part of the lelt forearm , sever ing the muscles and artery and striking the bone , and thu other In the bend. No onu seems to know but the principals what causes led lo Iho rutting , asthuic were no witnesses. Herroll savs .lames came from Denver drunk and attacked him. Ho picked UP n chnlr nnd tried to defend himself , when James drew his Unite nml cut him. James claims Herroll hit him first with n chnlr. No iii-rcsU hnvo been mado. St. Thomas parish , Ruwllns , Is out ol debt. George Snyder Is the now city manlial ol Evanslon. The Cambria coal mines near Ncwcns'.lo Imvo resumed work. Mining has boon temporarily suspended In the gold fields south of Opal. Judge Dundy presided at the United States district court that opened at Cheyenne lust Monday. Many horses In the vicinity of Hlg Horn huvu been nllllcted with lung fever und oilier diseases. William Luerk , n Hock Springs express man , bus skipped out leaving debts amount ing to § 1,600. It Is estimated that within n radius of six miles of Rock Springs upward of ono million pounds of wool will bo sheared this spring. At the lu t mooting of the Hawlins board of trade 1,000 was subscribed toward n pro jected ? J. " > ,000 hotel. It is planned to be ot stone , tln-co stories high. A man named Ellson Is reported by Cheyenne - onno papers as having recently lost nt roulette - lotto in that rity 9.VWU out ( if an Inheiltimce thnt fell to him In Iho cast. The Episcopal church nt Newcastle has re ceived n handsomely carved oak baptismal font , n gift from thu ladies of St John'H Mis sionary society , Washington , D. C. Charlie Miller , the convicted boy murderer confined in the Cheyenne jnll , amuses him self by writing poetry. The worst of It is thul some of Iho papers publish Iho stuff. Coal shipments from Rock Springs nro In creasing. Seven bundled und thirty-seven cans woru shipped last week. The Anaconda smaller Is Increasing Us orders to almost their old amount. During n recent hunt In the mountains of IheSnuke River country Surveyor Geneva ) Richards shot several line .specimens of the Rocky Mountain sheep , which Is known us the Amoi lean chamois. The Union Pacific employs 205 men who llvo nt Rnwllns. There are ISO In the repair shops und round-house ; engineers , 61 ; fire men , 4S ; conductors , 20 ; brakemen , 18 ; yard * maslers , 2 , und switchmen , 7. A band of moose was recently seen In the vicinity of the great Yellowstone lake ; nnd a hunter reports seeing a solitary but very wary old bull moose recently near Iho shores of Lnko Alice oil Iho bead of Bmr river. A now mlnnrnl discovery In Fremont county on the Stinking water is said to promise well. Assays of specimens show 155 per cent load and fifteen ounces of silver to the ton , nnd another of 54 per cent lead nnd thlrly-threu ounces of silver. Laramlo authorities are bound lo break up gambling In thnt town , four meji who woru arrested the other night nnd two who were let go on their own recognizance skipped out. The others who were under bonds hnd to pay jf-YJ nnd costs each. Citizens of Buffalo subscribed from ono to fifty trees ouch to bo planted along cither side of the boulevard soon to bo constructed from Buffnlo to Fort McKinney under thu Joint auspices of the city nnd county govern ments and the authorities at the post. Efforts are being made to have a loail built li-oin Piedmont lo the Victoria mines. On account of the bad condition of the road from Carter stallon , on the Union Pacific , Con tractor Byrnes , who has boon hauling ere there from the mines , has had to suspend work temporarily. There is an ordlnnnco in Lnrnmio thnt any one living two miles out of iho city on n ranch is privileged to carry n pistol. When u man comcj lo iho city urmed the police arc obliged to notify him Hint ho must not curry arms end in case hu does not disarm In thirty min utes ho can bo arrested. Rev. Mr. Wilson , of Lusk , whllo walking from Fort Robinson to Crawford , mot a negro who without warning hauled off nnd knocked Iho preacher down. Wilson diow n razor and kept the negro from repeating thu assault , but the latter picked up the minis ter's valise and ran away with It. Chovenne's now city bonds are reported to have been sold Ihrough Iho Instrumentality of Senator Carey , at one-half cent premium , to L. H. Taylor & Co. of Philadelphia. The bonds comprise ? S8,000 refunding water bonds , $ < > 0,000 now water bonds and fU OOi ) viaduct bonds , muklng n total of ? J 111,0 JO. A few nights ago nt Hock Springs there was a fight between Cyclone Dick , a cowboy , and George Galahos , u Mexican sheep herder. Thu Mexican pullo.l n knlfo und thocowbov used1 his teeth. When the light closed It was found that the Mexican's nook wns nearly to appear ut court. Most encouraging reports nro current ro- ( jnrdlng the probability of raising the money necessary to construct the Douglas dltrh. J. Bovun Phillips of Denver , who represents English capital , visited Douglas lecentlv wllh n view to the ultimata purchnso of Iho local company's rights , nnd thu early Inutig- unit ion of work on the ditch. Thieves and hold-ups recently hold high cnrulvul In nnd around Lnramlu. Ono night two masked men entered the shack of Gregory Milan , at Crow ciitolc and Thomns , and held thn old man up , They took his watch , the revolver from under hh pillow and j'l ' In monoy. Milan made n light with the armed burglar , but wus overpowered. I'rom the Contonnlnl valley eomoi n report thnt work is to bo resumed on the old Michigan mine. Another discovery Is said to hnvo boon made In It. The mlno wns last oporntol by n com pany from Grand Rapids , but has bcon Idle for a long tlmo nnd was gonorallv looked upon us worthless property. The Gold Hill boom Is reviving Interest In ull the om.iilci camps. Land for nn experiment station nns been purchased n'oar Lander by thu uni versity tntslees. The tract c-ompii.sc.-i lofl acres of wbMi fifty nro good au-rlculturnl hind. It slopes In tluco dhoctlons. n level piece , which will bo useful In u-cptirlmontlni , ' . The lu'id ' produces bountifully , not onlj cereals , but fruits nr.d gnrdcn produce , Frank Mlroi owned thu property and tin prlco paid wns $1,176. It Is claimed that laUoi on the pmins , or a least some of the best known nn d tnoit : usofu of them , nm gradually drying up. Onn when first discovered spread over nn urea of L'.I'OO aeroi nnd was very -loop , but Is now dry , and others art ) shrinking perceptibly cnch jnar. Tim Lnr.imln Republican thinks this is du4 in the amount of water taken out of ( hum fov Irrigation purposes nnd shows thu Importance of the work tno htuto engineer la lo begin this Hummer. The Newcastle ! Journnl says that tlo spring tormof district court in Wt'Jton rouity | will bo long remembered und hns caused 9.1 end. leas amount of commoat. The cnsos which properly ramo before the ( "nut v.-uro o.vuly di.spotod of , but the twml jury nuJ prosi-nut. iui ; kttornoy brought In nineteen IndletauuU
