Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : 8ATUKD.A& MAY 2 , 1891-TWELVE PAGES. 11
News of the Great West.
The 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 ,
imis Wotk.
The name of Annlo Armstrong has been
added to the long list of tosldents of Denver
Vho have died from arsenical poisoning dur
ing the past thrco months.
Antilo Armsttong , the hist victim , was n
young Swedish girl , who had boon only a
nliort time In Denver Mr. Hanscn be
friended her and took hoi into his family
About thrco weeks ago she was taken 111.
Dr Loblngcr was called in. Ho quickly
cnlloJI Dr. Axtoll In for consultation nnd
the two agreed , nflor watching the gill for
a shoit time , that she was sufToilug from or-
suile/l polsotdtur. The physhiaas did all
they could to save her , but without avail.
Dltcr-tly after , the raso was reported to the
coronet but bo took no steps to older nn in-
qnost The phjs clans dolc'i mined to got at
the bottom of the matter mid hud her stomach
ach temovod and given lo Professor Hodden
for analysis. Ho worked all dav jcsterdaj
nnd this morning announced that ho had
found arsenic in sulllclent quantity to kill
many persons ,
Distill I Altornoy Slovens was notified and
ho took i liurgc of tno case Ho was vuy In
dignant when ao heard that the coroner had
not ordi red an inquest , and is determined
that ono shall bo held Ho set his detectives
nt woik on the coso and nil the maehinoiv of
the law will be used to discover whether the
girl took the poison with suicidal intuit or
whether it was administered to her
A stiaiigo fact in connection with the girl's
death Is that u woman whom she was ac
-nuaintod with Is at thu ptosent time sulTci-
fng from sjmptoms of nisi meal poisoning.
Her case Is Doing watched with intcrcsl.
Pai al > /i-l llu Com I.
The arrival of the china stenmor Girlie nt
San Praneisco recentl. ) broughl n hnndsomo
Chinese girl , aptmontlv not much ever ulna-
teen vents old She had no papers and was
. elcasod on the usual wilt of habeas corpus
along with a score of otheis
The writ was relumed a few days ago and
with it Iho fair Po Sinn' She claimed to bo
married , and said that hoi husband lived In
San Praneisco Between herself and an as-
jdstant attorney for the ptosceution the fol
lowing conversation ensued thiough nn in-
terprotoi
' How old may jou boi" commenced the
attain oy.
"Nineteen ye.ais , " was the piompt reply
"Aro vou married ( "
"Yes , sir "
"Where were vou mauled I"
"In China , live .veils "
"Have jou over seen jour husband 1"
"No , sir , ho has nlwijs bi en In San Prau-
clsco "
"We" " ) , well' ' And Is it a custom In China
to nmn.\ . man without seeing himj"
"Yes , sir "
"You have never scon jour husband ,
then ? "
"No , sir"
"Would It no too much to ask j ou to tell
the couit how many cluldicn jou have ! "
"Two "
This answer falily paraljcd the cotut ,
and the almond ojed damsel was oidercd to
eturn to her children.
Infill intoil Woman N Poor Aim.
Domestic trouble between Aaton Stijdor
and his vvlfo came near lesultiiig in muidor
nt Denver , and but fet the poor aim of Iho
desuitod and infutlatcdwoman Snjdorwould
now bo n corpse and his wile a muidcress.
- Aaron Snjder , who is emplojcd as n clerk
in a dry goods house on Larimer sttoet , and
Mrs Jennie Chapln weie made husband and
vvifo iccently , Scaicuh.ul tfio man ingo ties
boon soloinni/cd when domestic trouble
nrosoand after two weeks of married Hfo
the couple aepaiatcd and Snj dcr took up his
residence nt the home ot Mr. Glldoisleovo on
Boulli Elovontb stieot.
OThodeserted vvlfo called several times to
nee her husband , but ho refused to sco her.
When thoj- mot u quairel ensued. Mrs. Snj'-
dor walked Into the stoto wheio Snyder was
at work and nflor tjllorlng a few wouls of
rcpiouch for her hiisbind's descition diow a
B--callber revolver and llred at her husband.
tier aim was not good , however , and the ball
Dtitorod the llcshy part of Snjdci's right leg
just below the hip.
Snjder then grappled with the woman and
Mr. ulldorsleevo ran to his assistance. 'Iho
two men succeeded Inwienchliig the gun
from her grasp and held hoi until Detectives
Loydea and IcAlldlows arrived and placed
ber under in rest.
Fioo I < o\o Al > ocnto.
/ Free love for men was the theme of At
torney T. M. Patterson's dlscouisa at Den
ver. Ho is the leading counsel for the do-
foudants in the Mllllngton inurdor trial , and
spoke In their behalf nnd us apologist for Ihc
Millington social ethics
It was a stiango ciovvd for the closing
scenes of a murder trial. Surrounding the
defendants were n gathering of "ladle"
of commlseiation , " some ot them pro
rf- fesslonal ; but there was vvhero the
nbsurflj' came in , as notwithstanding
their occupation they VVCTH all atlited In i
sort of Maj day picnic habiliments , sajsth
Times. Thoj * had lilacs In their lints and
bonnets ; they woio the gauncst and llghtes
of inntotluls with thn most glaring of pi hits
and ovcij' ono had n bonquo . The table It
from qi vhoio the defendimts sat was ladci
with Howois , mid thu weepers insisted thai
the defendants should adorn themselves also
The women in other pails of tlio building
were all out In spring attire. Almost nil of
them came prepared for the emergencies
arising from Mr. Pallet son's oratorj" . They
had scent bottles , smelling salts and handkerchiefs
chiefs all In icadlnoss.
Small Indian War.
An Indian low occuued nt Sambo Bar
Klamalh i Ivor , about four miles below Oak
Bar , Cal , recently , In which two Indians
ivore. killed , and some others seriously
noundod. The dlfllcultj' arose out of a super-
lltlious notion thai an Indian known ns
Bnelllug gave an Indian girl some kind of
modlclno , under the influence of which she
wfns seduced from the homo of her patents.
Ruolllng and another Indian wcio killed by
Bambo and his son , and another who tried to
Btop the trouble was also sciiously wounded.
Bomu Indians from the Oregon reservation
m.tdu the attack on tie Hamburg Bnr In-
) clians , mid tneio is likely to bo moro tiotiblu
* uiilois the Oregon reservation Indians ske
daddle , as the Scott Vnlloy and Happy Camp
Indians as well as several half-breeds , aio
coming to settle Iho difficulty nccoidlng lo
Indinn icgulntlons , wlthoul the necessity of
thucountv taking any hand In Iho affair at
enormous cost to the taxpaje-is , 'J'ho In
dians who shot Iho others have escaped to
the mountains , and are no doubt back in Oregon
gen , w here they came from.
ivsti notability of I
{ 'Gold ' Is ono of the few thing * In tha world
that Is practically Indestructible , said Albert
S. Kills , n well known assajor of Denver ,
Colo. , to a News reporter "I'horo Is but little -
tlo wear to It and oven ibis little arises from
friction When n Jeweler m 'Its down a piece
of muiufrctured gold , say an old watch , ho
eliminator the baser metals and the gold is
resolved again Into Its earliest putIlv wllh
but a mlnuto loss An ounce of pure fold is
wotth todaj M > M ) , and as gold comes from
the earth U Is ordlnarllv nineteen twentieths
tine , the impurities being silver , copper ,
quartz , sand , etc. To rumov e these , various
processor are resorted to. depending on the
nature of the ituputHies The usiinl wuyis
to have iccourso to chemical baths , acids
bolng taken , In which gold Is not soluble , but
which dissolve aw av the copper and silver ,
Icav Ing the pure gold.
"A karat Is ono twenty forth of the chosen
stnndaid , and thus an eighteen karat ling
would consist of eighteen putts gold nnd six
parts silver and copper , the latter being the
usual ulloj used In Jowelty. No doubt there
Is go'.d In our every dny Jewelry that for-
nierlv oxUtod in one way or another in the
old Uonmn dnjs , or oven before , and has
como down to us through all these cmiturlos. "
Traduced HH | Former Wlfo.
Hugo Mausfoldt , formerly a music teacher
of Sacramento , Gala. , but now ot Oakland , j
recently was divorced from his wife and |
shortly after the Indj' was married to Dr. D
1) . Growley of Oakland. Dr. Crow ley and
bis brldo wont to Sacramento to attend the
meeting of the stnto medical society. Dur
ing their nbsenco from Oakland Mansfcldt
published u card In a local paper , traducing
Iho doclor and the ladj' . Dr Crow ley ro-
lurned lo Oakland and met Mansfcldt on thu
streeit In company with a daughter of the
latter and another ladv The doctor seized
the ptofessor bj' the coat collar , threw him to
the ground and struck him several blows
with a light cane , biulsing him about the
face considerably , allci which ho walked
awav Mansfeldl made no icslstance , but
picked himself up , brushed oil his silk hat
which had rolled in the street , readjusted his
eve glasses and called n cab and wai driven
to his residence1. 'Iho affali onlj' occupied n
few seconds
IJxpoi linont Station" .
ThoCorbon county agriciillulnl experiment
station has been established nt Saiatoira.
Piof McLaren of Iho Wyoming slalo mil-
vonllj seleclod Iho farm silo and slartod
the woik , with Captain J. H Mulllson In
ehnigo , says the l/tramlo Boomerang. The
Saratoga Irrigation and Implement companies
gave foitj acios of good sago brush land
Ij ing on the Hist and second benches of the
Plalto valloj' . This land is under lirigatloii
and the farm will umloubtedlv glvo some
wondeiful icsiills The station Is locati d In
the * ei tiler of the now town silo which
C'hnrllo Bellamy Is now engaged In laving
outHo will also do the work In locating
the cxpeilmcnt station Pi of McLaren
btought biekwith him samples of the soil
foi chemical imalv sis , and also specimens of
nu inteicstlngliaivcstlng ant. Ho sajs that
vvhllo tbeio will bo a few staudnid ciops
gtown at all Ihu stnlions for Iho puiposo of
making companions and expeiimenls , thai
dilTeient ctoiis will bo grown al Iho various
stations. liach station Is for its own com-
muiiitj At the station wesl of Ihe uver in
Laiamlc thcj ate plowing aud haiiuwlng
mid getting readv to plant wheat , ive , oals ,
potatoes , bailev and all c.ulj" ciops These
will bo put in the soil this week Tholiri-
t-rat Ion boxes nio about tiadj' , nnd with tlio
aid of water the oxneiimoiit faun will soon
present an emerald hue
Ptof McLaien is enthusiastic over the ox-
pet Intent stations Ho thinks the Plalte
valley is a growing counlry
An Aurnlmt Unjoined.
When Iho Cleveland minsttcls gave their
pet lot mnnco in Oakland , Cal , the society for
the pio.ention of cruelty to chlldien , by
means of an injunction , met rated Atthui
Ctagg , aged Ivvelvo jcrs Iho vuungesl mom
bet of Ihc famous Ci.agg family of aciobals
from appearing In his usual porfoimanco
Upon the at rival of thn eompinv in San Piau-
i isco , howcvui , Major Sandoisoii , bj' vntuo
of mithoritv deleg ited to him bj Iho super
visors , granted Malinger Cleveland permls
sion to have young Cuigg appear The local
soclutv for the piovontion of cruelty to chil-
dien iinmodlatolj made complaint , whereup
on the major applied to Iho cllv and counlj'
nltoinov for an opinion as lo his nulhonly lo
gtanl the penult in question. Yosterdaj'
Allouioy Durst fuinlshcd Iho dcsltod opinion ,
In w hlch ho holds that Iho major has no such
aulhoiltj' in view ot an act of the legislature
appiovod Maich 80 , 1878 , which makes It
a misdemeanor for persons Imv ing the
care nnd custody of childicn under six
teen joars of ago to exhibit them as aeiobals
and gvmnasts It is understood that steps
, v ill now bo taken to ptovent joungCragg
rom further appearing at the Hush slieel
.healer during the term of the present en
gagement.
Ilorilblv Mnngled.
A fatal accident occtiiicd at the Bust end
of the noted Bust-lvanhoe tunnel on the Mid-
and , near Ijoadville , Colo. Three shifts of
nen uio working In the tunnel , si'c man to
each shift. One of tlio foico named Pal Me-
jovvan was struck In the face bv n falling
iebhlo. Ho looked upwards in time to see
the whole roof dltoctlv over the men coining
in. Ho Jumped ono side and shouted to the
othois , but too lato. John Carlton of Den
ver , who had not jot worked two shifts
at the tunnel , vv is crushed almost out of
nil semblance. He lingered n few minutes
and died in great agony. Patiick Mi Gowon
was caught by the fall of lock and had his
light log and nnklo fractured. J. Matson had
bis loft foot crushed and losl Iho lariro too
His rlghl log was mashed lo a jolly from Iho
knee down. It is not known at ptcscnt
whether omputalion will bo necessary mid
the doctors dofotiod setting the fractures
until tomorrow
HIM Coipsc Discovered.
One year ace last Now Year's eve Charles
Bodfoid mjstenously disappeared from
Londv'llle , nnd Ihough unremitting search
was continued for several mouths , notracoof
him could bo found. Theio was noappaicnt
cause for his disappearance , though tbo fact
thai when lasl seen alive ho wns emerging
fiom a gambling house vvilh ? JOOin his pocket ,
led many to suppose that ho had been mur
dered * mdiy thu almost uniecogni/ablo frag
ments of the unfoilunalo man's bodv woio
touiid in a level in the Plagstaff shaft , the
head entlioly gene from Iho body , bul a few
fragments of fuse at the cop of the tiunk in
dicated tbal a stick of gianlpowdor hail been
used lo doslroj the head. The kioiititlcation
of the body was by means of clothing and a
penknife and pockotboolf , by the way , con
taining but 2. ) cents ,
I5ruK > Iniose in Salt Lake.
A depinvcd wretch , whoso Identltv cannot
bo le.uncd , attempted to outiaso Llizaboth ,
the olovcn-j oar-old daughter of Thomas Lavv-
lonco , a teamster employed In the tithing
ynid , ono evening last week , while tbo girl
was on her way homo , near Iho now bridge
ever the Joidan In North Salt Lake The gill
was loughly ticated bv Iho brulo ,
who lofl her unconscious on the ground , and
it was nt lltst believed thai ho had accom
plished his puiposo , but an oxamin itlon
showed thai ho bad fulled to accomplish his
llemlish designs
The police weio iiolillcil of the facts , but
too lalo lo lake up Iho trail , and as they are
at a loss for a clew it is bulioyed that his
identity ivill never ho known.
siiot nix iioud orr.
A. C. Seribnor was shot nnd killed on
Buffalo slough ranch near Palrplay , Cal. , by
13 O Pjffe , the ownui of the ranch Serib
nor was herding sheep near the ranch bj-
Pj ITo's consent , but was to keep the sheep at
least a inllo nwaj' . Yostoul.ay Pjffo and
wife wont fiom How brrt , wheie they now
live , mid found it ontlielj tun over * with
Sci timer's sheen This caused a qjuricl be
tween Scrllmci's holder and l\v ffo , which
was lenoweil in bj Sci loner appearing upon
the ranch in a voij- violent and angrj man
ner , and making strnighl for PvlTo , who
stood shouting "Do not como inside tills
Hold , us 1 do not wish to hurt j-ou , " but
Suibnor threw the feneo down and still at )
preached KjlTo Ho was again warned to
stop or Pjflu would shoot , buo Scribner
kept right on , calling PjlTo a cowardly cur ,
until ho got within two gun lengths of Pjffo ,
with raised hand holding a large rock , when
Pj Ito shot him through the head , causing In-
staul death.
An Unprovoked
A mjstoilous minder occuriod nt Red
Bluff , Cala , lu the yard In the roar of Hath-
Ja's saloon. The victim wns a oung man
named Oscar Cnindall , who was born and
raised In Hed Bluff Ho and others were
plaj Ing caids lu tlio saloon vv lion ho wont oul
for n few moments HU companions heard
a pistol shot soon after bul heard no alterca
tion or tight , and it was supposed Cnindall
had llrod the pistol for fun , Ho was found a
few minutes later by thu proptlotor of the
saloon w Uu a bullet w omul over the loft car ,
the ball ranging downward. There is no
dltcct clew to the murderer. No ono wit
nessed the shooting and Crandnll never spoke
after receiving the fatal wound. The mur
der w as a cold-blooded QUO and clicumstaiicos
Indicate that the shot might have been lircd
from above.
Deceased was a member of Company D ,
National Guard of California , and also of the
flro department.
'Hie Usual llcHtilt.
A frightful accident occuired nt Black
Hawk , Cole , by which a Hfo was lost and
over which the vvholo town was thiown Into
n furoio of excitement.
® By some ] sad tmstakc | n cartridge of gin
powder was placed In the oven of a cook
steve In the residence of Ja mcs Hambloy ,
who resides on the Doia Hill toad. The flto
in the steve became intensely hot , which
caused thu powder lo explode vvilh groal
violence , scallerlng Iho contents of the
room In nil directions nnd ruining the slove.
A piece of lljlng Iron sliuck the two-jear-
old ctilld of Mr. Hambloy , killing it in
stantly
Another child who was present in tbo room
nt the tlmo was also seriouslj' , if not fatally ,
Injured.
Veiled In Mj story.
When J W Tabor with Ivvomcn , Prank
WhlUoKcr and nd Montgomery , were at
work enlarging the Harlan ditch , near Hock
creek , Wjomlng , the bones of a human being
were unearthed , They wcro somewhat do-
caved , but had been placed In the giound In
n slanting position , the head some six inches
below Iho surface and Iho lower extremities
about Unco ft el below Skeleton cxpeits
nio at vniiatuo us to whether the lemalns are
these of n white man 01 Indian , but Is pie-
umed Ibov vvoiea vvblto man's The oldest
ihubltutiu do not remember of nnj ono
'eing ' missed In that localllj and the history
f the bones is veiled In tnjstcrj' .
Piolltnlilo OIK.III ' , rindinjj.
A woman culled on Maishal Mabcn nnd
skcd to bo allowed to plaj a blind oigan on
he stieets , sajs Iho Marjvlllo , Cal , Aped -
> od She wns accompanied by her tins bind
v ho had n small monkey Shu wont atound
iom door to door , and collected considoiaulo
loncy Two diumuets who saw hoi on the
tieels , said thai she paid lixes on SJO.OOO
, vorlh of pronorlj In San Pianclsco , mid had
nib a love foi monev thai she linvelod all
voi Ihe stale with the haiul-oigan iMthoilng
n fiom $10 lo0 ! a daj Manj who gave
her moncj did so oul of ehaiilj
An Infatuated Clirl.
Jno Silva and a man named Blown wcio
aitested , chnigcd with abducting fiom
Shasta , C'al , a fourtoon-jeai-old gill named
tiiso Piatus. She declnies tbal she vvcnl
; vlth the men voluntmllj , and thai she loves
va nnd will love him ns long ns she lives
Tbo infatuated gnl is ri'ther handsome ,
vhllo Silva is n homolv old Poitugueso of
illainous appealance The trio vvcie found
t Hollisler , vvhero Silva and the girl wcro
tying together
Kceonli ic Indeed.
The Walla Wallu Statesman owns n hen
.hat seems nblo lo lay niijlliing. Sometimes
iholajsllko any well tcgulntcd lien ougLt
o , then ngnin she is ns eriatlc and ccccntuc
as a political crank who is Irjlng lo make Iho
icoplo believe Ibal thev cannot do withoul
him. Of late the hen has been laj ing eggs of
nn astonishing si o and weight : ono of bet
eceiitefforts was to laj' ono weighing six
ounces ; a few days later she laid ono ns small
' and Inter she outdid all her
ns a pigeon's , pre
vious peiformnnccs uj- laying one the size
ana shape of a peanut.
F. M. Mcllalo of Denver proposes to build
a $ , " > 0,000 hotel at Laramio.
The buildings for Georgetown's electric
ight plant nro nearing completion.
„ There hns been ? o,000 to $10,001) ) worth of
tiees sold in Bent countj Ibis spilng.
Elboit ' scholars Iho '
counlj' were onlj' ones
.11 . Iho state who voted for the rose as u slalo
lower.
Cuslor counlv school children have do-
claied the tiger lily to bo their fnvoiito for Iho
state How or.
Monument people are feeling well over the
irospectlvo slalo icsorvoir thai Is lo bo built
it thai place.
Largo bodies of elk are reported to bo roamIng -
Ing in the neighborhood of the Mnrvlno gun
club house at Meeker.
Hey Duriell , n Union Pacific brakeman ,
living nt Uawllns , fell liora a freight ti.aln
at Green Hlvcr. His sKull was fractured.
George S. Oliver and his corps of survey
ore have started lo run the preliminary line
of ino Boulder Terminal railway company.
The shoaling tournament to bo held next
week on the Broadmoor giounds Is already
atlractlng much attention fiom sportsmen.
Willis Brothers , who farm near Sundance ,
have seeded llvo acres to sugar beets. The
ciop will bo shipped to Grand Island for a
toslSalida
Salida is engaged In n crusade against
Sunday saloons , and Is taking hold of the
matler In a vigorous way Hint promises suc
cess.
cess.Slug Leo attempted to clenn out the Evans-
Ion Hopister nlllco. The Chinaman made
havoc vvilh a poker till ho was nabbed ar.d
locked up
Around Canon Cily Iho 01 chords vv cio novei
In liner condition for the opening of spiing
than nt this time , and huge cropof all kinds
of fruit are looked foi.
The papers are earnestly stilling up the
matler of tne extension of the Denver & Klo
Grande rend fem its piesent toiminus at Ks
panola to Albuquerque.
Many of the ranches along the Big Hou
nio iuigablo for the flrsl tlmo this spiius ,
and their ovvnnis expect to do some ctaii
raising on n laigo scale.
Major Talbol has planted 15,000 trees 01
his country plaio above Port Husscll , Jus
outside of Chojenno. Ho has set out alto
golher lids season 211,000.
A Mormon by the name of Wheeler , whc
has been ruiuilmr the sawmill uenr Mancos
was arrested on a charge of bigamy. Hols
s ild lo have been enjoying the luxuiy of two
wives.
J. T. McDermott , the Wyoming man v
used his infant son with fatal effects as a
shield in n pistol duel on the Madden liver
will recover Alaigo bullet was romovei
from his skull.
A good many fatinets from Nebraska who
have boon working In the Cambria coal mines
nil vvintoi nro leaving and going homo to put
in their crops An agent tins gene to Kansas
Cilj after 200 new men.
In Iho supreme couit at Chovenne F , D.
Taggnrt attoinoy for Chnrlos Miller , the boy
double murdeior , was given until Juno 1 to
pioparo a brief , and Attoinoj Geneial Potter
was gi anted to September lri to nuke answer.
A stock conipitij- has boon formed at
Brighton among line horse bleeders. They
puiihasod a line Cleveland bay stallion , just
imported by a Foil Collins firm , from whom
the horse was bought. Tno price paid was
W,50t ) .
A largo number of the farmers of Grand
vallov appreciate the fact that thci o is agioat
profit for them in the raising of poultry for
Iho mountain mid homo markets , as well as
supplying these markets with fresh lanch
eggs.
eggs.Work
Work hns been commenced on the loforma-
torv at Buemi Vista So far the only work
being done Is the orecllon of suitable build
ings for the accommodation of guards nnd
convicts Very little lice labor will bo cm-
ploj cd this j oar.
Estimating the output of the Leadvillo dis
trict in 1VJJ at 11,000,000 ounces , the icturns
upon It will , nt nn average valuation of 95 bo
$1.1,800,000. Free coinage will give to It a
valuation of II 20.29. or flS,100,000 a dlfler-
enco of * JNX.000. )
Hanch property is beginning to move with
old tlmo vigor near Cheyenne Ono of Iho
biggest sales recorded for some time was
that in which W. D Currier sold his line
rnnch of 2,700 acres near Lookout to Frank
O Harrison for $10,000 cash ,
Anon and Important enterprise Is being
worked up nt Aspen. Capitalists are en
deavoring to gain the consent of piopurty
owners on South Mill street to permit mining
under huirproperty , Five hundred shares
of stein In this company per lot U offered for
the privilege.
I'd Herndon from up on the Blcr Larntnio Is
preparing much uatiyo timber for market.
Ho has started up hU.mljl . and expects to fur
nish the Larauile market the present year
with 500,000 feet of asluo , , timber as was ever
cut In the mountains. ,
Dr , H. Julian Allen Ims Just completed his
mammoth ditch , running from the Arkansas
river to Ids farm three tulles above Buena
VIsU. Thu ditch , Including lt tributaries ,
is forty mlles long and will hrlgato about
1MX ) acres of land , ownqd exclusively bj Dr
Allen. ,
Since the last windstorm n strnngo red de
posit on the snow , between Hnvvorth and the
Canadian river has been attracting some at
tention , It seemed to bo a line ted dust ,
which cut and molted the hard crust of Iho
snow. As there Is no ml soil or rock anywhere -
where near , It created a gicat suipilse.
There Is an unusual waking tip among the
farmers of Plowcrs county Push nnd no-
tlvltv Is Iho watchword , and thov will plant
n voiy largo ncrengo of crops. The weather
Is line , the soil lu splendid condition , nnd
overjtnlng points ton j ear of prosperity for
Lamar and Prowors countl < > s ,
Nolwlthstnndlng the fuel that the signal
service icpotts the buds In Mesa countj In
jured by frost , the fruit growers say their
irces and buds are not injured , and theio is
nothing to warrant such an assertion ns has
been given to the public. The outlook for the
fruit crop was never mote piomlslng
The Grand Army of the Republic boys of
southoastctn Colorado ate sttonglj In favor
of Captain II A Billow of Lamai as eandi-
iialo for Junior vice commander lor Coloiado
and Wjoming dopaitmonl of the Gt.ind
Atmv of tlio Republic and will vigorously
push las candldacj nt the encampment al
Mnnltou Springs
II Is llltolj lint nt a meeting of bishops to
bo hold al Newcastle , 1ml , Mnv 7 , a state
mlsslonarj-to succeed Key D L Kndcrwlll
ho appointed II Is nndeistood thai Dr
Kadci has built a huuso on his land claim
near Uvn , on the Chevunno t Northoin , mid
will llvo iheiu wllh his famllj until final
ptoof is nindo
Piosldcnt Johnson of tlio state university
is gelling readj to visit Uio ninlcultuinl ex
periment stations Locations are vet to bo
mndu In Crook nnd L iratme counties. Endi
station will hnvo n superintendent and foto-
iii.ni , besides Iho laboiots Appaialus will
bo sent on \\nshlngtonandtho govein-
inenl foots nil the bills
A cow buffalo which had boon running on
the tango near Kock Spi lugs vv ith Ab Luman's
calllo for about four yeais was shipped Dv
oxpiess In a wooden cngo to Callfouila The
nnimal was tame and brought to town with
some cattle and driven into a coirnl She Is
a fait specimen of the native bulTiili ) and in
good condition , weighing about twelve hun
dred pounds , .
Anolliei hoavj tiansforof teal o t Uo has
been made nt Larnmor , Involvlngeltj instead
of lanch propoitv. . William D. Thomas of
Iho Him of Thomas & Douglns-Willnn pin-
chased -of Potd G Batclaj and John W
Young , trustees of the Paiillc Investment
companj , for Iho sum of S.'I.OOO , the cnliio
Charles J Gcoigo piopeilj' , adjoining the
citj on the easl
Kail Queiouii/ fell fiom the Union Paeillc
luidgo spanning Dale cicek and was lioi-
uDlj mutilated. Hostiuck on the top of his
skull , which was bioken into little bits Ono
side of It , the loll side , ciaikodopen fiom
the cio\vn to the loft temple , and tluougli
this honibli ) gash tlio bi mis lol'cd ' out on
tbo rocks vvhero they laid in n sickening
mass The head was flattened until it looked
like lhat of an ape.
A biee/e of oxcltouienl was oieatcd In
Salida when it was announced thai Shoiill
C'ljmblo was in town'and had swoin in six
teen dcpulios lo assist In suppressing what
is commonlj toimod Uci < # the "tin liom ele
ment , " which seems to be luclincd to 11111
IhiniTs Iheir wav. Most of Iho deputies nio
said to oo tain oul men mid other citizens of
piominetice Two gamblers woio ejected
fiom the dopol plntfoun just befoio Iho
Irams nrriv ed.
Thomas , boiler known as Kid White , was
almost instantly killed While tiying lo break
n voiinc hiunco nt the Cole A , Parker rai.ch
on Powder liver , i'lio noise was running
rapidlj' nnd White pulled him up suddenlj' ,
the animal thtovving. itself backwnid and
ci'ishlng thouderbeneath thosaddlo. When
picked UP White was Head Ho had only
been working at the ranuh n few dajs.
A jolnl slock comppny has been formed for
Iho purpose of connecting Iho Hullon and
Round lakes logcthoV and placing these
waters undei navigation rules Ono bundled
thousand dollars will bo expended in this im
provement. It is proposed bj' the company
to cul n steamboat canal through the small
ildgo separating Iho two lakes , ilieroby unit
ing those wnters , on which will bo placed
two or moic light draft steamboals.
Coloiado.
Coal crook minors have issued an appeal
asking for an eight-hour working daj' .
The attoinoy general has directed the laud
boaid to withhold a deed to tbo Areo tiacl of
school land.
The United oil company at , Florence Satur-
daj al well No. 51 slruck oil nt a deplh of
aboul 2,000 feet
Duiungo has organized a militarj' club and
wants to attach it to the stale militia before
Iho Italian vvnr is over.
Subseripllons lo dale for the Aspen hospi
tal amount to fliV.KTi. The building will soar
bo completed and readj' for occupancy.
Leadvillo police arrested n suspicious char
actflr , who is believed to have been conneclod
wllh the late robbery In the Midland j-ard.
The management of the Piko's Peak rni
way has inviled President Harrison and
patty to ascend Iho mountain on the now
10.1(1.
10.1(1.Tho
The Jloston Faim companj' have tho'r '
steam plow successfully nt work near La
Junta. They plow thiiteon lo Hftoen ncre
poi dav and have flfly-llvo Hands employed
'I ho Snn Miguel placer companj' hns aban
doned Kail creek as the source of their watci
supply and will build a flume live nnd onc-hal
miles long to lalco watei from tbo SanMlguc !
river.
The people of Longmont were thoroughlj
shaken up by the toriitic explosion of the
Bouldet powder magiuino. Manj' people
ple Ihonghl It was Iho shocic of an oarlh-
quako.
A number of Boulder farmers propose tr j'-
mg Irv ing lo raise a half-aero or so of sugar
beets that , the adaptability of the soil In Col
orado for this product may bo thoroughly
tested.
A hnckman by the name of Tucker , famil
iarly known ns "Tuck. " was nirestod at
Pueblo for stealing a tiunk from u passenger
whom ho was hnullng to the doK | > t. When
his faro got out the hackinnn drove off with
the trunk.
The Hlo Granilo has been going down
latelj' . ' 1 his is a good sign for the irrlgators.
It shows that Iho snow in Ihc mounluins is
moiling slowly and the spring nish of wntor
oown the Hlo Grande is not likolj' to como
until the ditches nro opened and readj' to ro-
reivo it.
William Bmcol , the missing Del Noito
Urovvor , was found inIho hills aboul six.
miles ftom his bicwory. Ho was nol dead
when found , though he had taken poison that
was fast doing its workt nnd ho died within
nn hour after being found. Business and
domestic Iroubles caused Blngei's suicide
Captain D. H Nichols , of the board of
penitentiary commls loncis , has gene to
Grand Junction to nriango prollmlnaiios for
pushing the constiuction of the state ditch
ns provided by the lalo general assembly
Ho expects to crowd U0 | WOIK with all the
loico Hie penitentiary can spare.
Catllo are now nil turned out upon the
open rnngo , save n fovv registered herds
which aie being fed null piobiblj will bo
until it Is known wlwthor or not larkspur
will reappear this spring as It did last. The
probability is thai the poison will not bo us
plentiful this year , asuio ( range escaped lite
last fall. >
The first day of Mn Will bo ono of great
interest to the workingmen of Pueblo , ns it
has been decided to make a general demand
for olt'hi hours on that date. The opening
move will bo made bv the carpenters and if
thej' nro not successful lhojr will bo joined by
all Iho other building trades organisations in
tbo citj in a general strike.
J. B Wheeler has been in Utdgoway look
ing out tbo mosl fcaslb'o ' roulo for a rallroid
which the Santa Po company Intends build
ing at a not very distant period. The pro
posed line of road runs from Glcnwood
Spiings to Delta , then out to Ifldgovvaj * ,
thiough the San Miguel mountains to Durango -
go nnd on to tbo capital of New Moxico.
Some excitement was created at Alomosa
by the finding of a dozen sticks of giant
powder under the sidewalk , near the armnrj' ,
wrapped In a cloth It Is not bollovdd to
have been placed there with nnj evil Intent ,
but residents who have walked over It soy-
oral times n day would prefer owners of
"giant" lo store it olsovvhoro. The marshal
took care of the powder.
A man fortj'-llvo years of ago , and evidently
a minor , was locked up In o drunken condi
tion at Ornmt Junction , Ho complained of
fooling \ory sick , but did not request any
modlciU aid. Ho gnvo his tmmo as C. Frank-
Hn nnd said ho wns from TollurlJo. At 6
o'clock ho was found dead on tlio bunk In his
cell Ho bnd f IS on his person besides nn ex
press receipt for n package sent from Glen-
wood to Kidgway
The Ice In the Hear river has broken up
causing largo jams nnd n lurfio poitlon of the
river bottoms nro Hooded near Sidney Tlio
lee vv as plica up In the canyon tit tbo upper
cud of Nott bottom to n height of fifteen
feet , completely Hooding the much above.
When the dam bioko there was n mighty
rush of water * , convening oveij thing tnov-
nblo with it , footbridge * , plots and u few
cattle that happened to bo on the iivcrbaitk
below the jam
Lai go band * of elk nio occasionally coming
down olT tlio rangu bot\\een Koutt county
nnd Xoith purk How they have existed on
the range nil winter is u pu/rlo , since the
snow nunr the summit Is ropoitod to bo from
eight to twelve feet deep on thu level \Vhen
passing the elk1 * usunllj head for Whlto ihor.
Olio band lias langcd on Black full , west of
the Yellow Juekot pass all . \lntcr Ttieie
weio soventv thioo head and onlv eleht he id
have boon killed out of this bunch
The state auditor Is receiving sloltho ,
answers to his tequost that the Institutions
of the stnto reduce their demands forappto-
prlatlousv These mo coming in ro slowly
that ho believes innl ho will bo coniollcd ) to
cut some of them out of the gonenil appro-
pi iation bill nltogpthcr. Senator Olldet's es
timate1 plates the amount of monoj lit the dis
posal of the stnto ttoasuoerntSI.WVriO. This ,
Auditor Ileiuloisnti says , Is vviong ni , Includ
ing the Interest on the warrants , the win -
rants themselves nnd the bounties , the
amount to bo deducted fiom this estimate Is
* lMhOOU ) Ex-Auditor Schvvanbook's ' ostl-
mate ol * l'JMliU ( ) is too nigh. 'I ho total
amount nppiopilatod bj the legislatuio is
* l,2.VI,7Vt.
I'alll'dl ni.l.
At the blood horse laces In Sa'i Francisco
Homer inn the mile dash in 1 4J.
A seven ( lav contest against sleep is being
auanged to take place In ban rrancisco , to
begin nt living hull
The wheat mmket In San Francisco has
quitcd down , though wheal Is still above the
rate quoted piev ious to the lluiiy.
.1 .1V limes , stnto orgatu/cr of the faimeis'
alliance , is oiganl/mg clti/ons' alliances In
the cities mid towns mound the bay
I'resldcnt Huntlngton of the Soutlio1 n Pa
clllc is determined to do nwuv with deadhead
tiding on the tialns thiough Oakland.
Gonotal Thotn is H. linger , the now com-
inander of the Division of the Pacific , has
u mod In San Fi imiseo with his staff.
' 1 ho intotnational league of picssclubs will
nold its next annual meeting in San Plan-
Isco on the lost Wodtiesdnj lu Jntiunij , IV'J '
At the public lecojitions to tlio niesiUont in
> , in PiaiRisco llaiiison could not "shako"
, vith ttio ciowd. His light aim had given
'Ut. '
J'ho state boaul of health has decided that
icnit falluio will not bo in copied as a cause
1 death hoieaftcr in a ph.Vbielmi's cctliH-
: ato.
ato.Tho
The pool sellers iccontlv diivcn fiom San
'lancisco by the I'llort oidlnanco Imvoaban-
loned.tio idea of establisnlng themselves in
Oakland.
At Sacramento Helen Christen , a domestic ,
ipset 11 imp , winch exploded. The bl.uing
oil ! g ilted tier clothing and she was binned
, o death
Ft nil Intel ests have dodelopod so laigelv
it New Castle thaf $100,000 improvements in
ailtoad facilities aio roiiulted to liandlo the
.iresent . crop
A pool has been formed among the liiltish
nsur.inci ) compnnios doing business in San
Fiaticlsco to raise the charges on wheat car
goes shipped to Uuropo.
Chailey Tuincr , the colored mlddlo-weight
of Stockton , anil Aleck Greggnlns of San
' 'inncisio will contest for a puiao of $1,000 at
, ho Occidental athletic club
Tun Gentlemen's driving club of Oakland
will not unite with the iccently organ trod
Jockey club , but will iiuorpoiato by Itself ,
and construct a tinck at Pruitvalo
The Injuries Inllicted by Or. Ciowloy upon
Hugo MansfultU in the fnicns in Oakland are
moio serious than nt Hist supposed , though
tiio * phjsleiaus think the victim is likely to
recover.
' Stone of the
Ux-Secrotarj' Commonwealth
ot Jesus has been nrrosted in San Fianciseo
on the chin go of stealing > i7" > worth of fur-
niluro fiom the late quartcis of the common-
wealtu.
Near Tlnne , Los Argoles county , Gustavo
Holiius , a tcn-vcui old boy , was bitten bj
rattlesnake in the calf of the log and died six
hour later. The father tuoi to suck the
poison out , but failed.
H. L. Lovendiro , a pioneer of Anmdor
county , suicided at his homo , two miles fion
Jackson , by shooting himself In the head ,
Ho had been out of employment for sevora
jcars and this is the only cause surmised.
'I ho shipments of California wines to cistern -
orn nnd foicign markets for the month of
Mai eh , 1SU1 , icached about ono million one
bundled thousand gallons , nearJy double the
amount for the coirespondlng month of las
j o u\
lu the case of J. W. Sn ailing , on trial a
San Amlrois for a.second tune for the killing
of his brother-in-Hw near Burson last fall ,
the jury bioujht In n verdict of murder It ;
the lirst degree ) . The prisoner wassentenced
to the sUuo prison for life.
At La Canjadn , twelve miles from Lcs
Angeles , a well-to do Chinaman named Al
Sjiwas found in his laundry dead UK
thioat wai c it and it is suppcsnl ho was
murlerod and robhod. Suspicion falls on i
Chinaman who was about the place
A human bodv was found in the tunnel a
Summit by the tiackwnlker. The coipso wac.
ftightfully mutilated and had evidently been
stuiek by a pissing train. Thu remains wore
llnnllv identllled as the body of Gcorgo Mil
ler , who had been employed at Alta as a rail-
load labotei.
On the baseball ground nt Jackson a scufile
occulted between A. Hadnracca and V. Bol-
luoiiiinl , both about twontv-Ilvo years old.
Badarncea diow .1 knife nnd approached Bel-
luomltu in a thioateiilng manner , when tbo
latter sei/ed a bat nnd struck him over the
head , frncluilnii his skull.
Ono of the chaiitlos stalled In Los Angeles
is n lunch loom for working gills , opened by
tbo Young Women's Chiistinn association.
Luncheon may bo brought to the rooms bv
the girls and a nominal price of 1 cent is
asked for lea , coffio or cocoa. Several prom
inent society women have charge of luo lunch
room.
Sylvester Tjrado and Francisco Olives
fought n duel at Can tail can j on with pistols.
Olives was killed ami Tiiado has boon nr-
io-tod and taken to Fresno. The men ow noJ
adjoining sections of land and had had
numoious disputes about trospn'sing cattle ,
and Himlly agreed that the next time they
mot they vv ould light It out.
The mvsteiy of the whereabouts of An
drew Hodgobeig the murderer of Mrs. Pos
sum of San rrancisco , has been clcated at
last The dead bodv of Mis.Foisum was found
in n collar at the IJnv , and suspicion attached
to llcdgcborg , who Hod. Being pursued the
guilt ) man cut tils thtoat and leaped Into the
bav ,
The body of Chniles French was discovered
near Pn/o , San Luis Oblspo county , under a
tree which ho had felled. Ho had been miss
ing eight dajs. Ho had evidently worked
and struggled desperately , hut vainly , to to-
kaso liimself with hi. , knifu. Ho had dug
away at the hard oaith , and his torn and
bloody nails showed the teirlblo offoits ho
had made.
A wealthy and respected business man of
San rrancisco went to u vailety show the
other day lor the first time in. his life and
became very much Interested in the high
kicking of ono of the peifouncrs. When ho
went homo ho astonished tils wife by Irving
to Imitate thu kicker , and in making nn ef
fort to kick a gas jot thai was seven feet
from the Hoer ho dislocated his thigh and
could not lowei his leg.
Australia is now suppljing about nil the
onions used In Callfouila The Austiallau
onion is inferior in sio and appearance to the
California article , but while small itisvory
hard and linn and keeps well it comes
packed In common box crates holding about
ono hundred and ton pounds In thu retail
niarkots Austiullan onions command about 10
cents a pound
To data Hi ) " carloads of oranges have been
handled In the j aids at Turay , against n total
for all of last season of ( Mil cars 'Of this
year's tecelptssu cars went east , Portland
took ' .H nnd bucramcnto ,11 It Is expected
that the ornngo shipments will extend to
Juno next and that the total shipments via
Sacramento will reach 1'JiX ) carloads This , ,
will bo the largest tccmd jot made , tlio next
being In lbJ , whoa 1,100 carloads wentj.'iils
way.
Character of the Minonil Discoveries of the
Utah Eldorado.
IMPAIRED BY SCARCITY OF WATER ,
VcliiHMilili lln\o Horn
llioUcii Down bj Ulltu Inn Tot-
KMil.M In Hie Cliiuint Ago
J'llur to SIHII'M llvlslciicc.
Within the past few wreks Tnr HUB has
made ficqucnl menttoii of a new mining ox-
cltemonl in what Is known as the Deep Crook
countiy , situated on the boundnty of Utah
and Nevada PiospooUiij * lu that section hns
been going on for some time. It was onlj a
few weeks 1x1:0 , though , that anything definite
was known regarding the ub.itactur of tno
mltioial dlscovoiies m ido thoio The tomoto-
ness of the dlsttlct fiom the latlioul has iiin-
deicd It thnieult to got anj thing llko a lolla
ble icpoit as to the extent and importance of
the finds.
It was a stioko of ontoipilso Jon
the pait of the Salt Like Tiibiino
to mnko a spccinl fentuio of the
history of the Dcopcteekoxi itement , together
with ndesciiption of tlio countrj and an ac
count of what had been done to open up the
distill t Fiom tint sotiica the fellow ing in
foimatlon Is doilved
Pi of.V P Hliiko , after an inv'i'stigntlon
of the new dlstilct made an Interesting 10
port In that ho staled that Deep crook lies
about one bundled mid twentv-live miles
wesi and south of Sail LiKe cilv , tuns nuilh
nnd diains Into the westoiii extension of the
Salt Lake basin 11 Is just easl of the
Nevada and Ptih line The cieolt is not so
voij deep , it is a sluggisli llttlostioim ttnee
or four jiuils vvldo , peihaps. vvith some
deep holennd n few flinging willow
sluubs It Is fed b } the snow Holds of
'
the high i ingo on tlio cast , called on
some ot tbo map * "Poop Creek Mountains , '
but should bo known by the immo of tbo
piiuclpal peak -1 b.i itah. Fust comes the
Oqiilub lange , stietcbing fiom Black Roi k
ou tlo lake to Tlutlc The value of the pro
ductlon liom this nngo alone Is counted bj
millions aiid th ) mines HID In their Infiucy
Hliigliitin , Stockton , Ophlt. I'uiekn , Tlntic ,
nil pioductivo distiicts Second , the Onn
quliuid Slinsburv tango , thiul , Cedar moun
tain , fourth Dugwav nnd Grnnlto mountain
uiiigo. llfth. Pish Spi ing lango. sixth , the
Ibap ih \ll tlieso i ango * have tnulr know n
and unknown ilchos Being dillluilt to pros-
peel bj rurson of thu tiuly doseit suriound-
in s , the scircitv of water nnd absence of
transportation , they have not recolvod that
caieful attention which they Invite.
( Jcolo icnl I'r ukM.
Hcto In the hi ut ot the coiitlnent Is a
noith and south range , or n seiies of a clo olj
'
iclatod range * , in which thu occiiiiomo o'f
gold is so piououiKcd as lo make a iiiniko I
conlrast with Ihe dominant silver piodui ing
chniactctisls ot the ranges vv cat in Nevada
and o ist In Utah Thu Ibipah lange Is gold
oiling , ami finthor south on tbo same line
vohavo the Oaceoln pine is and veins , nil
loducmg cense gold Tnu nucgots of tbo
Jsccola nio laige , much loumlcd ami toll of
leavllj impiognated veins which have been
iroken down bj diliiviim ton cuts In the
lnci.il age befoio the vvoild was m ido loadj
or man , nnd nouo but the all seeing ov o
ould fototell the present dosoit like conili
ions Go east or go wcsl from this nurifor-
nis tango and vou ilo not llnd nnj thing com
i.uablo with It In the nnluio of lls product
jntiljou climb ever the crests of thoSicira
S'ov ada 01 the summits of the Koi kies.
The rocks hnv e not boon sullleientl v studied
o make possible , us yet , n compatison with
ho caiboniloions and second uy sti.iln of
' ' ilifoinln 'I bete mo pcculiat phenomena nl
ho north end of the Ibapuli nl and aboul
Jane Springs , Cliflon nnd Gold Hill , and
ioldoccms Ihoio undoi conditions hereto
ere unobserved or not lopoitod In iiitnoia-
ogical and geological lltoiatuie Tlio foi ma-
Ions nro carboniferous limestone tno Old
Mountain limestone and ginnlto dykes nnd
i < hoavj undeilvlng fuumlat'on ' masses. 'Ihc
Imestoncb have been caught up , liflcd , luinod
md liven bv Iho gianito , and at the
contact tlio lime tone has lost its
) luo color nnd has assumed a coarse
eijstalli/allon with , in places , the for-
nalion of the setlos ot crystalline mineral
illlc itos so characluustlc ol the altoied llmo-
slonas In Iho ancient pumordial formations
Wo thoio Hud such mlnetals as garnet , ido-
ctaso , tiomolito and louimnlino. All tills is
lumillar enough to Iho ininuralogist , but to
llnd coarse gold imbedded in tiumolito and in
imestono without , quaiU is novel and unex
pected , but so it Is. Generally the gold is no-
boinpinlod by some copoi | sulphide and this
in decomposing gives a green stain , n toloi-
ably ccitaln Indlcnllon of the presence ol
gold And this gold is nol low giado , it does
iiot enuj much silver , it Is above the aveiago
of California gold , beiue worth $ li per
ounce , nnd beautiful in color.
One can icadlly conceive that around such
outcrops of gold bearing limestone theio
should DO plncor deposits of vuluo , but there
Is no souteo of water for sluicing , no chnuco
fet a poor man to make a day's good wages
wllh pick , shovel and cradle , and ically wllh
out , some capital and transportation liltlo in
document to n lich man to go to woik.
Storage of Water.
The scarcity of water is a gioal dravvb.acl
to the whole legion , jot theio nio nmnj
sptings , nnd many snow-fed biooks and nvu
lots from the Ibapih and other langes.
These are to be utilised bj' damming nl the
mouths of the canjons so as to mnko stoiago
resoivoirs. Deep crcok gives pcrmanen
water and doubtless good mill sites The
flunks of some of Ihe v nlle.v s alToul nn tibiind
nnco of ov 01 flow ing water fiom illivo wells
and piobably nianj1 pirls of Deep cieok vul
lev , nwnv from the ciook , could bovvateroi
bjIheir device.
The obsci vatlons upon the gold mid geologv
apply chlollj to the noithorn portion "of the
Ibip'ati lango. The central mid tiorthou
poitimi nppcais lo bo largely composed o
ginnilo , but it requires exploration. ' 1 hi
other lauges are laigclv undo up of enrbon
ifcious limestones and shales , but no gooi
evidence of the occurrence of coal could be
found. The ago of these locks is conclusive ! }
shown by such fossils as Productus an !
Spirifer.
Load ores form the chtof bulk of tbo inln
oral riches and will glvo tlio host support t
a i.illwav by ibo laigu toimngo. Owing it
Ihoscaroilv of luol and water the natur.a
miukiil forlhoso ores Is Iho smoltois of Sal
Lake vallov
Dutch mountain Is credited with many lo
calillos of low-giado lead oics , so also is CHI
Ion where former ! } Ilaikcr of Nuvada firm ,
bad a small smelting plant nnd i.in out man ,
n ton of "bullion" of which no reliable rcc
olds nio accessible
Some of the mnttes seen on the dump are
hlghlj aiiunlcal and some aio ciipillerous
There ate ( oppei ores ot piomiso In that 10
glen but too low to ship , jit ifnuiiforou
they might ho toncontiutod with prollt a
Deep Creek if cheap rail transportation won
provided
As described In the Trlbuno the Dee ,
Ciuok country is within the "Gieu
Basin , " which moans ilio hash
occupied bj Iho ureal lake which has in ion
IIRCS seltlod down to the pro-tent limits o
Great Salt like , now ninety miles long nu <
fortv n lies wide lu Its mealest limits Or
Iglnally Iho luke Hinfuio was 1,000 fee
higher than al picsonl , hence in my of th
mountains were qillto or nearly coveiod
vvhilo the higher onus show thenncleni wale
lines of the several cvclos of tlmo In vvlnol
the lake lomamed at dlffuientlovcls. 'I'll
cast sldo of the gieat basin Is bounded by
Iho Wasatch range Using thousaiids of fee
above Iho valloj. The lake itself llos on th
cast side almost at thu base of the SVusatc !
range
It Is Btaled that the host -oails to the DJO |
Creuk couutrv avoid tlio worst portions o
the desert bv bending southward far unougl
to esuapo the dltlli ult poi lions , nnd now tin
touts aio so well maiked as lo leave n
tioublu In keeping Iho light trade Tlio ;
again the mountains using 11(10111 ( of till
gieat plain or basin , llko Islands ou
of the sea , form such prominent bint !
marks as to be soon at great distance
and thus become watch towers to guld
the wuvfaroi This confines Iho ihlof dill !
cullies ol travel Ihilbor by luain to Itiq 4ncTc
of wntoi and lood Persons gain. ; lluio must
bo proiuro 1 for 110 jo irnov wan an ubund-
nncu cf feed for their nnltailt , lo wise tlioro
is i o ID along the road llvi u in the Hummer
It D not suf to d i ) id on Hiding trims for
horsis 'I I.LI i water must b > cuiried nlang
fur boVi ninn u-id I 01 t Thcro are springs
along ina lout-m whcru barrel i and kegs can
le ro'Jl ol with vvuli-r.
Way to ( Jut Tlmro.
Leav Ing Ball Lake City It is twelve miles
almost due wo t lo Ctmtnbois at the point of
the mountain. Horn then ) U water nnd foexl.
Tncnco to UnrHcld Bench six miles , tu
( Sr.intsvlllo sovci oen miles This i onto then
goes nuithwaul llfU'en ' miles to the Hig
Surltigs nt the iiorlh end of Skull vallov ,
This water is not good , and the toad hero
folks , the tight hand roud going to Lukosldo
dlstilct ' 1'aklng thu loft hand road It Is ten
miles to Musktat Spilngs , the llr-tt good
water after leaving Oi.uitsville 1 hcnoo
ten nillus and Kanaka ranch Is i cached
where good water and feed can
ho obtained Tlio road divides into
tluco near the Kanaka lanch J ho
right hand road leads thtough Heokwlth's
pass of Cedar range and on to Uiaulto Hock ,
n dlstincu of fort ) llvo miles. Theio is good
water on both side * of this pass , w nidi is
located about lnlf way between Kanaka
Mm h and Gianito Kock
Tim middle 10id from Kanaka iinch goes
via \\luto Kock and ten lies Gtanlte linikm
a distance ot Hftj mlles without nnv water
on tno wad
1 ho loft hand road from Kanaka tanch goo *
southwaid to the Ccdni pass mute , and H
the fieightlng ionic whlln the otbei two
toutcs nio slioitci and aiu diivcn ovci bv
itorson * with light tig * On this touto
It Is from Kanaka tanch twelve
miles to lllcknuui creek , whcru them
I * plenty of water , thcmo to Sirlti
net's Kanch twelve mlles , whoio there is
watot , tliciuo to Uugwa.v dlstilcl thlttv llvo
mlles , the next wnto , thenio to Pish
Spilngs , twontj miles , on to Koiiuioj's
laiuh twehe miles , whcie thciu is plenty of
the best niteslnn watot , thence to rilfton
twoiuv mlles , w hero thoio Is watci , mid It Is
then eight miles to Deep C'icpk nnd good
water The nhovo Illneiaij concoins the
SKull Vnllov txnito , and at the end Is ever the
same i onto as when going bj Stockton , as
follows Salt Laue I'ttj to G u'lh Id , eighteen
miles , when a few miles Imvond GmtlcUl the
left hand 10id lends to Tyoelo 1'itv , distant
fiom Gatlleld sovoiitoen miles , tliunco
to Stockton seven miles ; to St Johns
ten miles , thoino to Scilbnoi's
tanch seventeen milis , making the dislaucn
sixtv-nino mile * to scribiiot s vi i this louto ,
against ninntj-fniu milt iviiGt uitsviilo and
llu ! ! - pnngs Tim old ovetlau I stage line
inn via Stockton and neulv ovet the s iittu
touto that is now being tiaveled mosllj DJ
lillgi Ims and frolghtois to the Deep Crook
count rv
Thou Is another louto ftoiu Salt Lakq
Citj to Lohl twcnlj seven miles , thouca tu
Camp Plovd nmo miles , on to Point Look
out twontv-Hvo miles , thorn u to a junction
witli the stngn loul neai Sciilmoi s , maliliiH
the ilistaiico fiom Silt LmeCitv s nnotliinti
eighlv mlles Per the Pish Spimgs mm n
tains , they me now tr.v Ing to osialillsh u
loidduoctlv west fiom iionton.
I ho Itli'lir-l I inilH.
1'iglo dlst t let , located on Kein mountaiu.
pinmlscs to DO one of tin ) big pioiluoi'is of
iiclioios Itlstwenlv llvo miles southwest
of Deep Cieek or ibipah postollh o John
Tiiipetts , the rocnnlot of tlio dlsltid , his
been thoie seven jeirs piospi ctlng ami hnld-
ing on to his cl lims Ho lias boon t ililug out
eao'igh ' 010 lo kenp Him going during those
joirs Hn Ilniilsou nilnu , locitud in gran I to ,
has bom the chief shipper from a vein thuo
to six feet wldo and caiivimr 010 th it
roes fiom Mto \ WU ounces silver
His tunnel inn UK ) feet on tlia
vein and in oio all the way except the Hist
tenor Hftoen foot Ills Anna , on which hu
has a shaft sixty foot dow n , has jleldud 100
tons In the past that vlelded 010 up to ( > OD
ounces silver Tlio vein llvooi six feet w ido
is one h df lich and the other half will piy
well if i educed 1 > \ a mill , and bilng clilotldu
oiecintiot bo concentrated without gunt
leas Ills Pav master has oto up to 1 , " > U ounces
silver and J"i per cent load with sumo iron
Tills vein is ton to twelve foot wide Thun
ho has a number tunning lower in silver an d
some which lun high In coppoi The lion-
toid bnjs , who hnvo sovetal claims the'ie ,
have Just made a big stiiko of two to six feet
of line galena ere Some oio sent In fiom a
strike In llnglo dUtilct In a claim belonging
to the Midland Investment compiuy , gave an
assay equal to $ ' m r puuml of oio , this in
gold and sllvoi , vvhllo a picked sample from u
claim belonging to 1. C. Kuiiick assnvud In
gold $ -riil7.'ll ! ! These Instiincus of small
samples aio given as raiitlcs and to show
that there nro some rich M > .xlit > cms in that
counts y.
John Tippotts tells of himself and compan
ion starting to follow up a bndgei bolo nnd
being led llft.v feet ttitouult soft catbonlto ere
all the wav to llnd that it was a big vein with
over llftv feet between the walls , one being
lime , the other qimit/lto This llnd , on
which they have s ink lifteen foot In oio , has
not boon assajed vet to llnd its value Whlto
Clnud dlstilct is tun or IIftoon in'les ' south of
Lngle ncioss the dcseit , and en the north end
of Mount Mouab. ileio nro big lodes of
galena with rich streaks of silver. Tbo
nountaln Is high and covoied with lloat , hut
Lho mines so far dlscoveied am at the foot.
Th < , " ( ) Is no water and the camp Is Idle now.
Diij.vay has boon considered alow grade
cad cam'p uu til within the p ist fc-w weeks
It Is now noted for Its high guide ores , of
which locont shipments have been made to
Salt Lake. Uugway mounta'n U about forly
mlles long and fiom tluco to ten miles wide.
Itilsos out of thodosoitlo an elevation of
li.bOO feet at the highest point , or L'.fiOO foot
iibovotuo desert , but most of the mountain
is much lower , the mlnos now being worked
beii.g about 1'U ) or 1..MH ) feet above the
descrtor vallov. The mliiingi liiims nru at tbo
noith end of the lange , whore the vulns
uariv lead , while in going southwaid gold
nnd silver aio more common. Ills an easy
countty to mine in with the cxcoption of a
lack of water , but this will soon
1)0 remedied by nrtcslin wells In
the valley , or by piping In
some of the vnuous springs ncosslhlo.
S H. Ollsnn wont theio in September last
and made some locations at Duuway and at
Indian Springs , llvo being at Dugway. SDUIO
Unto lu M irch of this j ear , only six or seven
weeks ago , they stalled a drift on one of the
claims , the liuckhoin. The drift had not
progressed far when riih oio was stiuck and
after diivlng ahead in the oto thlttv feet ,
Gllson went homo to get teams and
sacks to bilng thu ere to innikot. In
u few da > s they blocked out a body of
oio thirty feet square by diivlng the second
cut. Gilson teturned to Uugway ntomo ,
and brought In a cat load of oio which told
the stoty of Its vnluo bettor than ho could do
it. This 010 was sampled at the Coukllu
sampler , ass.a.voil and sold on April D , vvit'i '
tbo following results :
Lot 1 , llrst class , , ! ) ' ! pounds , sold for
SS.-OI.OT.
Lot 2 , second class , 7,011 pounds , sold for
Wl'J i7 ! , making the eight tons nnd ! iSS pounds
of ere net $ ! , ll.tyi , making nn iiverigo of
& .177 US , ana jot this ore would have biouaht
tnoro had the two grades been loft togoihor
In shipping. Since that Mr Gilson bus bueu
out to the inlno again mid biought In another
carload of ere and savs ho has ton
carlo ids in sight ami don't know how
much moio Just before leivlng a shot
binko ioto a chamber of chloride ere , soft as
n fiosh ash heap , from which an assay was
made which mailo the biggest kind of n but
ton , showing I.I.OIO ouncofl silver and ' . " > l < j
ounces gold Of couiso they do not expect
much of such oio , probinly only a small
pocket , nnd vet thoio may bo many of thojo
The second lot of oio biought bv Gllson
from the lluckliorn , amounting to seven tons
and Mii pounds , assayed 'I ! > 'I per cent lend ,
Ul',1 ounces silver nnd ,1,0f > 'j ounces gold , thu
vnluo of the I'old being $ U ! ,10 The analysis
of this oio showed Urn following porcentagoa.
Silvei , lOUj , lion , 'l , i\w \ , I , lime , 10.
PnUcTTlilM K Off.
A minor on Klamatb river , some distance
fiom Yrcka , Cal. , mot with a tuiiiblo ucci
dent While working alouo dining the noon
hour ho placed a IOJHI used to hoist gravel
out of the ditch and reset It nil a huge drum ,
which no stalled to rovolv ing , when his log
hecamo untangled in tbo cell and ho was
diawn up to the diiiin , ono leg being com
pletel ) pulled off near tlio knee , vvhllo HID
other was i rushed to a lolly Ilotli Kgs I ave
bum nmpiitntnd , but theio Is little hopes cti-
toituinud foi Ills lift )
I'uor Inilcoil.
The state of Colorado Is gdtting to bo a
very poor pa ) mnstur. Last summer nnd fall
most of the now sp ipors published for the
stnto the proposed constitutional amend-
ininth , says the DonvorNims The bill In
each COM ) nmourii/d to about t is , and when
fl\\n \ \ various publlsbois picsontod tm Ir LI1U
the secrotntj of state ) vvroto thorn that the
pi luting fund had been exhausted and they
would hnvo to wall for tliclt wiiiiant till the
kgislatuio made an appiopriation fiom which
todiaw After six months'dolay tlio legls.
latino Itnnlly did , on tlio last day of the ses
sion make the npptoprintioii , but through
I ho Jugglery of some g.J committee chuk thu
omeigumy clause was orintlud fiom tlio bill ,
a id so thi ) poor publlsbois wilt have to wnit
ninety days mom oof ere the law can bo tnude
sporatlvo.