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TTTE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATTTRDAftf. MAY 9. 1S91-TWELYE PAGES. 11 News of the Great West. * J"he Cream of tine News of the NorthwcU Is herewith presented In readable form. No other paper makes this news n leading feature. It Is the week's history of the great northwest. Story of Prl on Ijll'c. San Q-iontin prison In Caifornla : possesies a remarhnblo warden in J. A. McLnughrey. An Itiktnrirc of his coolness , his readiness of resource nnd courage Is still a favorite story Rmong the prison employes. Ono tnornlng , as he xvns sitting al his desk , the door opened and a hugh convict , nott-d ns the most des perate min in the prison , came Into the room. He had slipped away from the guard" nud dodged into the warden's office. "I'm going through thnt window nnd you can't stop mo , " bosnld. "I don't Intend to try , " replied Mr. McLaurhroy , "but you nro very foolish to try It That man outside with a 10-shooter will bo very apt to put a bullet Into yon , nnd you might bo pardoned If you staid here n few mouths longer , ns a petition Is being circulated nsklng for your pardon. If you will wait a minute 1 will show it to you. " The convict was thrown oT ! bis guard nnd nllowcd McLanchrev to open his desk , os tensibly to look for the petition. Ho did not find It but instead produced n large revolver. "Well , you've got mo , " said the man. "I bcllcvo 1 have , " said .McLauirhrey. "so let us talk over matters n llttlr. " The result of the conversation was that the ronvu-t who had been the terror of tbo penitentiary , becatnn ono of the most exemplary prisoner * . The notorious murderer Rand was brought to time iu short order. Rnnd wns very proud of his various crimes aud was greatly feared by many of the cuards , who allowed him to do pretty much as he pleased. Ono day Me- Lnughr'1 } wnlked into the shocshop nnd in a loud tone of voice , said"Rand , I have heard of your throats nnd want you to under stand that you had no ! better try to carry them out You ore here for life , but if you wish to brine the term of your imprisonment to a close I will give you the opiwrtunity. Whenever vou want to get your discharge Just wain three feet from the bench you are working at The guard has orders to shoot you dead if you do so. So if you are dissntls- lied with vour treatment hcrt > the way of , escape is open , and there is no other. " From that motnont no trouble was experienced in handling Rand. Rand.'I 'I lie First riae. "Every few months some alleged pioneer brinpi out a uow story about early days in California , or else claims he did certain his torical iicts"declnrosn veteran of ' 40 to a Snn Francisco correspondent. "Last wcfk n newspaper correspondent ran across in San Diego , Charles Cady , who was bogging in the streets. Cady filled him with yarns about the important part he played ia early diys , nnd clnimort to be the man who painted the famous boar Hagwhich wns hoisted at Sonoma , nnd wns the first sign thnt the new settlers were determined to wrest California from MI xico. I was not present ot the hoist- iuc of the Hag , but I wns only a few miles away nud knew all about it. fho work , ns nil historians ugroe , was done by William Todd , who was a nephew of Abraham Lin coln s wife. He painted roughly on drilling the figure nf n bear with a star iu the corner , and this old flag is uow in the California His torical society's rooms. Just before the seiz ure of Vallejo and others at Sououia I was camped with J. B. Chiles in Chiles valley , Just over the divide from Sonoma. There , came to our camp that night Captain John VUrigsby nnd William Elliott They said they had Just s eon Captain Fremont who told Grigsby that all ho wanted was for the settlers to raise a company , seize some place which could be held , and then ho would re sign his commission aud join them. Grigsby followed Instructions nnd raised the bear flng pnrtv. As I knew there was no force with General Ynllejo but a sergeant und throe men I didn't hurry to join the party that captured him , but several days after I roachcu Sonoma aud found the bear flag fly ing. " A Hillock ol * Gold. Away down on the ocean beach , almost two miles below tbo Cliff House , there is a brush- covered hillock which raises its head from the shifting sands about a hundred yards from the waving line upon the shingle which marks the farthest advance of the foam old ocean shakes from his ronriue mouth. There is nothing remarkable about the appearance of the hillock. There nro probably dozens of others Just Hko It all along the beach. But it is sala there are countless stores of gold in thlf hillock's entrails deep. At any rats that is what Bela W. Clark says , and as ho Is paying nine men to diu into the sands and jrove his assertion , Mr. Clarke's opinion in _ j matter is entitled to some respect , ob serves the San Francisco Boo. Those nine men are toiling like beavers. They have sunk a shaft about twelve feet deep al I ho base of the hillock , The sides of the shaft nre boarded up so as to prevent them caving In , nnd part of nu iron rod shook in the winds thnt blow around the shaft The end of the rod wns about six feet beneath the sands , resting on some iron substance , which is supposed to be the iron safe containing treasure which Clarke says he saw cast up upon the beach from n wrecked ship about a quarter of century ago. When the rod was tamped n sound could bo hoard creeping up , UUU IUCU LJIU ut the bottom of the shnft went to work harder than ever to shovel out the water- soaked sand nnd reach the hard metallic sound. A treasure never yet was dug uf that did not have a hard metallic sound about it , and so Mr. Clarke thinks his treas ure is just within his roach , as the bard , metallic sound pans out very well. Tlie Glitter ol'Tliut Diamond. "Diamonds I know have nn amount of fabled - bled literature cbout them , so I shall make an excuse for nddlng to their store by this short story , " explains T. R Sandal , prominent Sac- rauiouto , Cnl. , politician. "It was In the Cal ifornia legislature not In the last ono that John McCarthy , brother of the famous Dun McCarthy of horse renown , had a seat in the assembly. McCarthy is n good fellow , but ratbxr ignorant nnd , of course , n Buckley lamb , nnd had to vote which over way ho was ordered. A friend of mine had a simple Ml ho wanted put through , and Boss Buckley had no interest In It either way. Wo started on our proselyteing work and finallv wo reached McCarthy. The gentle blacksmith was a hnrd nut to crack. He was unap proachable In his uiirnlty , and it was not easy to secure his nssi-iit. While I was do _ haincn ( trlend came along and asked 'how xlib bill was going. ' 1 told him my qunndrv , when ho said , 'O , you can easily tot McCa'r thy. ' 'How * ' 1 asked. 'Well , you see that old cobble stone ho wears in his necktie ; ho thinks thnt is an extraordinary diamond , uut paid evvr so much for it. It is onlv n bit ol glnss. Well , when you speak to him , begin to blink us if the glitter of the diamond blinded you. Then tell him so. I know an Irish rsporter who borrowed f 10 from him the other dav , by putting up thnt gng on him louworklt aud he'll be your slave. ' We followed his advice , and not only did wo got McCarthy's vote , but he worked for us and secured several nuro. " Tim Way ol' tH' | West. While I was talking the other day with Colonel Broad wnter.tho Montana milliouuire , says a writer , ho related incidents In the career of a > oung mini who went out to Mon tana with him from St. Paul some fifteen ngo , which illustrates years how men got along In the far west The man's given unrao was Hufus , bnt , although he Is one of the big sheep growers of tbo now style , the col onel's memory could not conjure up his lost nauio. "Ho was originally from Now Hamp shire , " said ho , "and I picked him up In St Paul , whore I hod bought n herd of twenty blooded cattle nnd wanted n man to go with them to Montana. Hufus was recommended to me. He was about six feet four Inches in height lanky and nxlheadodnot particu larly handsome , as you can imnriuo. Ha wouldn't decide the first day , but tno second day ho said ho would go on cue condition. I asked him to name It nnd it was that 1 rvould bo tils friend in the now country. I Irnd ex | > ecU > d ho would ask for a lou'c ar rangement ns to employment , but the way ho put his request made me hi * friend. He'wns with uio five or six years in Montana , and in that tlmo I never knew him to spcud a penny on tobufco , liquor , or anything but the neec cssarics of life. When he got a little money together he bought a small Hock of shti'p. Now helms all of 30,000 Lead. No one would think of rating him ns worth less than half a million dollars , und to tno ho Is Hufus yet al- though I sea him rarely. " A Lively llcur Story- While a party of lumbermen was away from camp on Bowman's crook , in Wyoming , a bear broke into the shanty , smashed a lot 01 dishes , knocked the stove off its legs , turned the tabla over , upset the bunks , broke three clwirs. and lugged off n keg half full of molasses. The lumbermen nenrebod nil next day lor the bear , but they failed to flnd It. Then they set a steel trnp for it near the Bhanty , says the Cheyenne bun. A chunk of liver was hung up over the trap , and one of the woodmen remained In the shanty to watch for the bear. Ho had a repeating ritlo at baud. Wilson was sound asleep when the bear cnmo nosing around after tbo liver. Between J and ; i o'clock In thu tnornlntr it cot both its fore foot in the trap , and in its frantic efforts to frc-o Itself it backed niralnat the shanty door nnd burst ft open. The noise nroused Wilson. Ho turned out of bed. crabbed the rille and banged away toward the door in the darkiioss. As soon as the gnu cracked the x.ir : began to bellow. It kept backing around n the shanty until it knocked Wilson down ind trod on him. Wilson scrambled up into us hunk , from which ho filed two more shots. I'lio bear hustled arouud aud finally fouud its way out. An Important Kvont. Ho walked into the bi2 hat store and look ed about him tiundly. He was rather uudcr- sir.o.1 ard It wns evident from his manner that ho was about to taKe n very Important step in the matter of headgear. His mission was to purchase his first silk uat. It is peculiar how deeply most men will meditate ou that step before they take it , ob serves the San Francisco Examiner. The person now under discussion thought that ho had screwed his courage up to the stlck- ine point but ho hadn't A clerk approach ed him and his courage fulled him. Show me u derby he snid. The polite clerk showed him several dc-rbys , which the young man listlessly tried 011. None of them suited him , of course. Finally he said , "I wouder hewn n sill ; bat would become tno. Do you think 1 could wear oner" "Wear ono. of course you could , " said the clerk. "You're just like everybody else who buys a silk hot for the first time. They nil ask the same questions. They want the silk hat themselves , but they fear that a debut in that sort of headgear will be the signal for their friends to beilu cuying them. The feeling wears off niter the first day or two.and thr.n you are happy. " Ho bought tbo silic hat In tin ; GId Fields. "Vou can live like a prince in Dugway , " said Will H. Lett to a Salt Lake Tribune man , glowing with enthusiasm over his trip to that country. "We arrived there about 3 o'clock in the morning and every man in the place got uu to receive us , and they yelled hku wildmen , shouting 'Hah for Dugway , ' and 'Cheers lor the stnco line. ' I never saw people so glad iu all my life. Wo dumped two bushels of mall nt the station. We never took our clothes off during the entire trip , nnd slept with ojr boots on. vVo wore nil nround Fish Springs nnd clear down towards Clifton. The Fish Springs at Devil's hc-lo is the worst country I ever saw in my life. Wood or anything else will sink there. Wo got bank to this city at 3:45 : Thursday after noon. Yes , sir. I think de Kicqles aud Lrb have struck it. I saw their assays and they run as bleb as ? 4W a ton. They can make WTiO net after shipping it to this city bv wagon. Barbee made a big strike on the Buckhorn lead two miles away. Ho went out for FranK Kimball. " Itlval U ( 'Merit Towns. Senator Frye stepped in to shako hands with a Denver correspoudent a few evenings ago. The conversation uaturally turued on homo industry. Tbo senator remarked : "I was in Washington at Spokane Falls last year and was entertained by ouo of the local boomers. He was a patriarchal old fellow with a loug beard , who looked like a deacon and was worth f.,00a,000 or $0,000,000. "He took me out to drive behind a flno pair of horses nnd showed mo the town. Or.o of f the objects that attracted my attention was a very long building , a tremendous affair , ono of tbo longest buildings I ever saw In my life. " 'How many gambling games do you sup pose there are in that building'asked ! my friend , the patriarch. " 'Give it up , ' said I. " 'Tnirty-nino of 'em,1 said he , In a tri umphant tone. " 'Gracious ! ' said I , 'and how many bars ? ' " Thirty-nine.1 " , Now , look hero , my friend , ' said I , 'you must destroy that thing or it will destroy you.1 ' 'What do you mean } ' ho demanded. " 'McauJ I mean that you ought to drive It out of town. ' Good God. senator , ' said ho , 'If we lose It get it1 " An Opinion of the West. "My first impressions of the great west and the now northwest were communicated to tbo secretary of the interior more than a year ago in a report which I had tha honor to make regarding my observations during a trip through the vast expanse of territory tribu tary to nnd served in part at least by the Union Pacific system , " says lion. Jessie Spaldiug. 'That report presented my per sonal observations and gave plainly and fully my personal opinions regarding the country through which I had passed , the towns nud cltioti which I visited , the evidences of pluck , progress and Intelligence which I beheld , and to the extent that it was an expression of views resulting from a careful and conscien tious inquiry on my part , and a desire to got nt the facts and lay them before the public us 1 found them , I have no reason to rccrot it First impressions , I am aware , are apt to bo misleading , but having gone over the same territory and over the lit.es of your s3-stoin a second time I see no reason why the opinions which I then expressed should bo changed now. " A Stranur Afl'nlr. When workmen were engaged in the tun- riol nf thn Panlol W"bpr | mine In Virginia City , Nov. , at a depth of 300 feet beneath the surface they struck n "tlow" of water of very strange character. It boiled up through tbo lloor of the mine , and in the flickering light made by the miners' lamps presented an al most blood-rod appearance. After flowinc for a few yards down the Hoor'of the tunnel it was ngaln swallowed up by a crack or seam , not however , uutll It had turned to a dark blue color nnd began to smell like creo sote. Miners who tasted it said it was the most disagreeable dose they had ever taken In their livea. On the siiin it loft dark brown stpius. Sample of it tuKcn from the tint opening , bottled nnd sent to the surface , had a rich burnt slennn color. Exposure u light had the same effect upon it that air had turned it a aaik blue color. An Oi-eiin or ColTVe. "I have heard of lots of funny telegraph mistakes , " said an old telegraph operator , "but I never laughed so heartily as over ono iu which a whole military department was concerned. 1 was holding dowu the Summit oQIce in the Sierra Nevada mountains , and a messapecamo to mo , 'Havo 100 gallons 01 cof fee ready for . ' Good u heavens ! we were in a quundry. Uow were wo to get legal ) lens ol coffeerciidy In a few hours' \ \ ell.nl set to worn. Every grain of cotTeo that was procurable was obtained and ground up. I'.very utensil that could hold coffee was preispd into service. Pots , pans , toucups , basins. Jugs , were in requisition. Tne trair cume along , and I proud of my promptness nnd ability to oxovulo so largo an order , rushed up to tao commanding onicer.aiidsalc i-lutTlly : ' 1 have gut your UO cullons of oof- fet < all right colonel. * 'Who ordered 100 iral- lonsf replied the colonel haughtily 'You aid , ' To tbo devil. I onlv ordered ten gal loun. What In thunder shall 1 do with 100 gallons I' 'I don't care what you do with it. , You have cot to pay for it Tbo colonel swore nnd so did I. 'Do you suppose that we have ground up every bean In the neighbor hood just for the fun of the thlngl There is your dispatch 100 gallons. ' Ho pild for 100 gallons , nnd presented us with it ; but It was o hot discussion whllo it lasted , but It was nothing to my chngrin. I was expecting un limited 1 praise , instead of that I was called a blockhead. " Ai'i'ordlnjr 10 Wi-xtorn AVny . A hurrying crowd wns pushing its wny down the steps of the leading Portland hotel , says the Orcgonian. A handsomely dressed woman , accompanied by a tail man of the sporting class , moved leisurely along , trail ing n foot and a half of her skirts behind her. A big , clumsy , boy in his oaeerncss to reach the street planted a heavy foot on the trail ing skirt , almost throwing the woman over backward. Naturally she was very nngry nnd speedily found some very hard words to bestow on the boy. Her male companion was angry too. nnd at the foot of the stairs ho collared the lad and raised nis cnno to ad- minlUer chastisement But the blow did not fall. A burly worklngmnn oaucht the arm to which the cane was attached and half a dozen determined voiced exclaimed : "Don't hit thnt boy ! " The tall sporting tr.nn braced himself for n fight when u mild look ing young gentleman looked him fixedly in the eye nnd said : "See here , my friend , you bad better calm down , risht away. You nave got the unpopular end of this dispute. If you have over walked down stairs behind a woman who lets hersKirti drag , you ought to understand what the public sentiment is on that subject. " The sporting men made no reply. Ho let go of the boy nnd walked awav , followed by a very indignant and talk- ntlve woman. Acii | infcd. "About a dozen of us were seated in the cabin of n coast steamer recently , enjoying discordant music , which a sprightly young dude was guilty of , " observes a California 'entlemnn. "I really think ho would have mo. the nerve to favor us with some choice vocal selections , had not a lady and gentle men entered the saloon. They saw only n stag party , however , and concluding not to .ntrude , passed quietly out of the opposite door , the gentleman in the meantime care fully guiding the lady'.s footsteps ncross the room. 'You can always tell them. ' remarked the dandified musician , ns ho looked with n superior nir at us. 'Tell who whntf nsked several 'Why , n newly married couple. They nro so loving nnd affectionate , don't you know , ' said the dude. 'From what do you draw your conclusion ! ' asked ono man. Whv , it's" patent to all , ' was the replv. Didn't you observe how lovincly he helped her over the larger patterns of the carpet , and what a delightful little squeeze ho gave uer as ho helped her through the doorway * Ha ! ha ! ha" and the lit tie chip of aristocracy almo.-t doubled up in his glee. 'Do you know him ! ' ho nsked. 'Just a little bit' said a big man , 'tho lady is my wifo. ' " One AV y to Keep Order. "In all of the very cheap lodging-houses in the city tbo policeman's billy is as indispen sable * an article of room furniture as the wooden bench , " said a proprietor to a Den ver News reporter. "This stick hangs usually by n leathern string directly over the desa behind which the clerk stands. The cilice' of a cheap lodging-houso would look strange to the ordinary trorap if this piece of furniture were not in Its familiar nnd con spicuous position. The club is used freely to settle little family disputes that arise in the company of lodgers. Tbesq disputes are fre quent 'and very rarely does anybody cou- sider It worth while to call In n policeman to adjudicate the matter. Occasionally an In experienced hand brings down the 'stick' a little too hnrd , and there is a cracked skull for the ambulance surgeon to mend. Theft , too voluble blasphemy , 'sass' to the clerk , attempted fraud in the matter of the disposi tion of bills for lodging , are little pficcadilloes that are punished by the club. Tno tramps expect this kind of community law , nud they prefer It to thnt which would nnturully be employed outside the lodging-houses. Tho3' wont patrouizo a 'hotel' thnt doesn't main tain these customs , lookiug suspiciously on an over-polite landlord and too clsau accom modations as Indicative of nn evangelistic spirit , with -which they wish to have nothing to do. " Poisoned Arrows. "Tho Shoshone nnd Bannock Indians state that the proper way to poison arrows , as for merly practiced by them , is to secure a deer and cause it to bo bitten by a rattlesnake , im mediately after which the victim is killed nnd the meat removed and placed in a hole In the ground. When the mass has become putrid the arrow heads ore dipped Into it The Challams of Pucct Sound used to make arrow points of copper , which were ofterwarJs dripped in sea water and permitted to cor rode. An Indian would never ndmit the use of poisoned arrows In warfare against man. . > , < ( prepared by Indians the operation is per formed with more or less ceremony , chanting and incantation , for the purpose of Invoking evil spirits or demons. In their belief the ef- : ects of poison are duo wholly to the presence in them ot malevolent spirits or demons , which enter the body of the victim and de stroy life. " _ Tin- Pilgrim Fathers. A lady of San Francisco being invited to send in n toast to be read at the anniversary celebration of the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers , furnished the following : "Tho Pilgrim Fathers , forsooth ! What had they to cnduro in comparison with the Pilgrim Mothers ? It Is true they had hunger and cold and sickness and danger foes with out and within hut the unfortunate Pilgrim Mothers ' . They had not only all these to en dure. but they bad the Pilgrim Fathers also And yet their names are never mentioned. Who ever hoard of the Pilgrim Mothers Who over gave a dinner in honor of them' ' Who over writes sonirs , drinks toasts nnc makes speeches In recollection of them ! This self-suQiciuucy on tbo part of the men is be yond endurance. Ono would actually sup- iKse that Now England had boon colunizec bv men , and posterity provided for by a spe ciai act of providence ! " Lnte Indian Troubles. "Tho late Indian troubles In Dakota re mind mo of a visit I paid the Black Hills many years ago as a prospector1" said a veteran oran minor nt St. Paul. "There were two of us , nnd my partner found what appeared to bo the outcropping of a gooJ vclu of silver oro. Wo ran a tunnel Iu on the vein about fifty foot , nnd for convenience and safetj kept our ammunition nnd agency whiskj there. Ono .summer morning we found ourselves solves cooped up bv n roving baud of Black feet Indians who had taken possesion of our provision camp a short distance from the mine. For two days wo hal nothing but whisky to live o i , but as our supply of pow dor and lead was abundant wo eventually persuaded suadod the redskins to retire Not being de siiX'Ut ' of either losing our scalps or dying o dolinum trcmtms we abandoned thu claim and retired from mining. " When Living Wai Costly. Some nine or ton years ago Jaraoi L. Nel hartdlscovorad a vein of silver bearing rock at the present site of Nolhart , Motit Durini , tbo first five years no bnd to get the supplie for his camp at Fort Bcnton and pack them over the mountains. It was awful work am the prices were terriblv , fiour frequently sell ing nt $15 per UXJ pounds. Mr. Nelhar named the town after himself nnd it became ono o ( the mining cntnps of the west Hut She l onld Wlii-tlc. "I am not a whistling woman. Of course I pan whistle nud do whistle whou I appear but It Is not of the quality that the public is roost familiar with , " remarks a Denver.Col. ady. "I imitate birds , nnd can sucressf ullj counterfeit the songi of the robin , wren , bob ollnk , canary , bluebird aud other feattierud songsters. How did I Icnrn to do HI Why. 1 studied the birds themselves , and repeated their songs ns they suug them. 1 have over twenty specimens of birds , nnd take my les. sons dally. Just as I would from a vocal teacher. One week I am n pupil of the robin , and the next study under the cannrv. They are dear little creatures , nnd I really believe sometimes that they know what 1 am doing , 1 found It hard work to acquire , with nny eg two ot accuracy , the birds' songs as birds Ing them. It took two years of hard work , nd there Is much to lonrii yet 1 am not n mbllc jxjrfonaer , but Laf e appeared several Imes in drawing rooznjentcrtainmonts. " P.illirtluMinIlnj ; . There was a pathetic eliding to a proscntn- ion In a Denver ofllce'ono day last week , 'ho friends of a popular railroad ngout as- cmbled to bid him good-by , ho having been ransfcrred by his company to another city. They gave him n costly diamond ring Iti okcn of their lasting regard , says the tiun. rho recipient of the gift , wfo is a genial and ; encrous tnan , put on his hat and said : Boys , I want you all to take luncheon with nc , and we will have something that.sparkles > esldes diamonds. " Just as tbo partv wns caving the oftico n telegram was handed to ho penlnl wearer of the ring. Ho opened tt aughlngly , but a startled and saddened ex- iresslon came over his face ns ho read Its contents. Handing It to ono of his friends he murmured , huskily : "You do thu honors for nc , old fellow , " nnd hastily retired into his irlvnto office. The telegram announced the Icnth of his mother. Interesting Inform itioti. James A. Bnrnett nnd James A. BarnoU , r. , gold miners of the United States of Co- uuibia , were at a Kansas City hotel recently , en route for the Pacific coast , waero they in- cud to spend some time In pleasure seeking. The commerce between Columbia and the "nitcd States , " .said the former , "is pretty evenly divided. We use J14OUJ,0H ) worth of our products annually and you use f lo,4-- ) KW worth of ours. Our commerce is steadily rrowinc. Wo have some flourishing cities here , but none like these in the west of the United States. Bogota , the capital , is the argeit having a population of Si,0HX ) ( > 0. All of our cities are deficient in public and busi ness buildings of the better class , and the country is fully thirty years behind this in utilizing modern inventions. Methods in gold nining are still crude , but there will be a change to modern appliances before long. " How lie Died. "Wo were camping out in the mountains and were persistently annoyed by a wretched coyote. I finally said , 'If 1 can catch that coyote I will assuredly tie a tin can to his tall , ' " Said a Wyoming minor. "My com panions laughed at the idea of it but being determined , I set a trap for the yelping brute ind secured himr Having arrancod my Plan I tied the can to his tail und then loosed him. You should have seen thnt coyote ruu. 1 do not believe - iero ever lived anything which could equal him for speeJ. Bong ! bang ! went the tin can , nnd the howls thnt unfortu nate animal pr > ducod were terrifying. In the stillness ol the desert you could huir the bang of that tin can for several minutes. I am wondering whether the brute literally ran himself to death. " Follower of Zoroaster. A dark featured stranger ropistcrod at the Albany hotel In Don vbrj recently. Ho was clad in an elegant briadcloth suit and pre sented a clerical nppoacanbo , quite In contrast with his actual belief J. The stranger was a genuine heathen ana came all the way from Bombay , India , to cuKsiilt with American physicians uponastrariatiallmcntwith which ho Is troubled. In his lour about the city he dropped into a Christihiutemplc of worship , introduced himself tof lie minister , and be fore the meeting closed ! created general as tonishment by his apt'tropllos to inquiries propounded by the congregation. It was the first time that a real follower of Zoroaster over occupied a Denver-pulpit A most oncouracing" range report comes from Carbon county. , . Severn ! cold strikes 'nro reported from Inynn Kara , Cookcounfy. President Johnson of the state university has returned from Texas. A state Independent Oraer of Oddfellows celebration was hold at Cheyenne , A Gold Hill inquiry reached a Cheyenne newspaper office from Tombstone , Ariz. Eac-h of the eight Cheyenne dogs entered at the Denver bench show brought homo a prize. Hey Darcll , a Union Pacific brnkeman , fell from his train near Green Klvcr , fracturing his skull. The Injuries are fatal. Out at Ferris , n little ranee town on the Sweetwater , they plav polo. The first game of the season was pulled off last week. Simon Rosenblatt an aged drummer , tried to board a moving freight tram in the Union Pacific yards a year ago and was killed. During the past ten months two grade con tractors have been paid 35.000 for work done in the Union Pacific yards at Cheyenno. Over one thousand acres will bo under cul tivation nt the Kilpntrlck Brothers & Col lins ranch in Weston county this season. Kawllns is getting a benefit from the stam pede to Gold Hill. The town's hotel accom modations bavo already proven inadequate. J. A. George , formerly government land Inspector under Cleveland's administration , is uow practicing law at Washington , D. C. John Chaao is liavintr plans inado to ariri two to the three stories of tbo Inter Ocean hotel at Cheyenne , the chief tavern of the state. President Perkins of the Burlington said at Newcastle Tuesday that the road would bu built nt least sixty miles toward Buffalo this season. Hev. D. L. Itader , the retiring Methodist state missionary , will live for some months on his land claim near Uva , on the Cheyenne & Northern railway. Charles Crall , a Wyoming division brako- mun. was buried in nn engine tender under five tons of coal at Sidnov. Ho was rescued in twelve minutes and will get well. Smp Leo , a laundress , tried to clean out the composing room of the Evanston Kegis- ter the other day. A contemi > orary says it was a casouf n Chinatnan In a bull shop. " A representative of the National electric light company has visited Hawlins with a view to putting in n plant The Republican says the town wants the Edisou system. County burvoyor J. E. Shannon will leave Buffalo for field work in the Green river nud Big Sandy country. The work will necessi tate about six months' time to complete it A tramp wns found dead under Dale creek bridge. It is iy-J feet from the track to where the man lay , nnd us nearly every bone in his body was broken it Is supposed be took the drop. ' , Surveyor Drumtnond returned from Cheyenne - enno fully recovered * .from his Illness , and work has been resuuied-'on the preliminary survey of the great irrigating canal from the Platte river. , Tbo whisky nt Cheybono is so deadly that n stranger who got full ou it thu other day approached the city marshal nnd asked as a pironnl favor to be lodkad up until he be came sober enough to leave the town. Cowboys ore r.nt so numerous this vcnr ns usual. They are said to bo unusually scarce in Big Horn basin und other localities , In consequence of which cattlemen there are paying something like o Ultimo prices. The citizens of I OCK Springs , nnd particu larly the resident democrats , have resolved to extend a courteous reception to General John M. Palmer , United States senator of Illinois , whllo on a brief visit about May 19. J. E. Daln and the Blackburn brothers ex pect to start for Lewlston , in the Miners' Dellnht vicjnltv , soon. They own a number of valuable gold claims near there and will do W.OOO worth of development thereon this season. Judge Blake of Lnramlo will try sotno coses at Green river. There are about fifty civil cases and ' twenty-h'vo criminal coses on the docket making a total of seventy-five to be tried something unprecedented in Sweet- watc-r county. A Saratoga company is negotiating with Colonel S. W. Downey of Laramie for the purchase of I.VJ.OOO acre * of the prairie land in Carbon county. It u > to be put under ditch and cut into small farms. Surveyors are al ready in the field. Mr. Rosenblatt of San Francisco has brought suit ajainst the Union Pacific rail way ootnpany for (100,003 and expenses on account of tbo death of his father last May through alleged carelessness of railroad em ployes at Laramie According to the Hvanstoa Register a private corporation is supplying cltucas with 1 water for Irrigating nt tbo rate of fci a lot. The tnoUturo is handled In au open ditch As the cltr charges ttOfor n lot the private en- ; terpnso Is a winner. i George Smith , special agent of the United State * land office , lias been In Cheyenne and , vicinity Jor the past week looking up land , Illegally i held and ou which proof has been i fraudulently made , orcoucernlng which there 1 may be Irroguliirity reported. I I , The Cbeycnno papers arc mnlring iixrntro attacks ou cert-am flaming advertisements In regard to that city , on which lots far out on the suburbs are being sold , claiming thnt purchasers who buy without sccine the property nro being outragr ously doculvod. The Union Pacific shops in Cbeycnno ro not hulf completed , but the outlay up to dntc was ViOiiUM. Seven hundred skilled me chanics will be required to run the present shops ana -,000 will be needed when the shops ara completed in accordance with the plans. The hoisting of coal In No. 1 mlno nt Rock Springs was temporarily suspended , owing to n cave In tno main slope , about two huiidm ! and sixty foot from the surface , xvhlcb fell upon au empty trip. No onu wj hurt. Props were soou put up and the truck cicaivd. Au addition ot a splendid hurdle raeo has been made to the Hed Buttes racing pro- gramme. The conditions will bo DA follows t Onomlloovor tour hurdles , sweepstakes , fS entraacc each. Besides the sweepstakes the winner will receive one-quarter of the gate receipts. It t * said that every telegraph pole in the remote country districts of Wyoming tias to bo continually wtuchod oil account of the bears. These animals have a mauia for climbing the poles aud silting ou the cross beams , swaying backward and forward until the polo finally falls dowu. 1 ho Gold Hill boom Is the all-absorbing topic of con vernation ot Keyston uow. Several of the miners from there have already gone there. Wages up tbero are tJ.W ) per day with board. Nearly every miner has a claim there and is only waiting for the disappear ance of the suow to go to them. The Buffalo flouring mill will start up and will continue rrindlng grain for the next thirty days. The mill company has about eighty thousand pounds of wheat on hand , nuu there Is prospect of quito a quantity being brought in from the northern part o'f the county during the present month. A curiosity is on exhibition nt Casper , W.TO. It is an imprint of a monstrous palm leaf , caused by the leaf falling into the clay , and the clay afterward petrifvlng. The rock was found on Salt Creek and indicates that aces ago , when the big coal beds were being formed , Wyoming possessed a tropical climate. The Union Pacific company Is closing down the Kock Springs coal mines Two hundred men were laid off. Tno company claims that coal orders are falling off , but the men sny the action of the company is to forestall a movement of the men toward inaugurating n strlue for the fight-hour system and prevent - vent them Joining the general movement of coal miners throughout the country. President Johnson of the State university , loaves Cheyenne soon \Vhentlands station on the Cheyenne A : Northern railroad , wnero ho will make all arrangements for the immediate placing in operation of the Lainmie county state agricultural experi mental station. The station will bo on the land of the \ \ yomiug development company. A broncho "fell back1' with "Kid" Wtiite on the Powder river range onu day last week , and they found the boy quite dead , bis breast being crushed in. White has long been a professional horse breaker , and his mount had to resort to low strategy to end him. The animal ran ut racospeed lor half a mile , suddenly halted , reared and fell. Laramie is excited over the alleged dis covery of tin ore on the Larimie plain , n very finu specimen having boon shown the editor of the Boomerang one day last week. The ore is said to be found within twenty-seven miles of trie city in a westerly direction , and an investigation of the extent of the dis covery and of the character of the metal is being urged. A fifteen-nound DOV was born nt Crested Buttes and a christening party was held rignt there on the traia. The bouncing boy was christened Wilson Craig , the mother being Mrs. H. C. Craig of Pittsburg , Kan. Con ductor Roberts was the godfather. Mrs. Craig was taken from the train at Rawlins and the Union Pacific physician called , who congratu lated "Dr. " Wilson on his eminent success. The grand Jurisdiction of Wyoming labor union is one of the largest geographically ; one of the smallest numerically. It extends over an area of nearly a hundred thousand square miles ; it numbers about five hundred uctive members. Its grand lodco was or ganized In lv > 4 by Deputy S. C. M. C. Bark- well , now supreme inner guard of the su preme lodge , and surgeon general of the uniform rank. Hoc'.y Ford has been improving her now city park by setting out 500 trees and making other additions ttiereto. The town is already noted for the abundance of its shade , and with the rapidity with which cvorvthing grows in the soil of the Arkansas valfoy the new park will not bo very many years in be coming a thing of beauty to be admired nud enjoyed by melou-day visitors for many decades - cades to como. The tics cut in Coe & Carter's camp on the Medicine Bow and floated down to apoin two miles of Medicine Bow station will to in shape to rut the boom soon aud the work of loading them on the cars will then begin. There will bo loaded from that camp this summer between two hundred and fifty and three hundred cars of tics for distribution over the Union Paclflusystera. This is about equal to the quantity cut last year. Colorado. Plattonllo will have a horse show May 9. Coking ovens ore to bo established at New castle. Winter sheep losses in Bent county were very lignt. in many points In the South park hay sells for ? 15 a ton. The total enrollment of the Del Norte schools is ITT. The number of convicts now in the state penitentiary Is 54'J. A man named Franklin died in his cell in the Grand Junction jail. Stock losses near Plattevlio are reported quite heavy by the Progress. A man named Patrick Neweomb died sud denly in the Pony saloon , Loadvillo. The farmers of Phillips county are turning their attention to boot sucnr culture. William Hough , aged about twenty-fivo years , died at Boulder of heart failure. Lcadvillo Is busy making arrangements for a grand reception to President Harrison. There is lKK ( ) inches of water.in the Fulton ditch , aud this supply will soon DO increased. The La Vela Milliue company will Increase the capacity of its mill 50 per cent next sum mer. mer.A A considerable acroasro of lands undtr the BIJOU ditch ore being cultivated by different farmers. The Hullings mill at ward is being put into shape again for the purpose of treating the Columbia oro. As the snow molts and the season opens in the Twin Lakes districta great deal of inter rupted work is resumed. Ten thousand small trout have been placed In Cottonwood creek , near Buonu Vista , by the state fish commissioner. The state convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance union will convene at LJreeley. It is expected that then ) will bo u large attendance. The American Flats , situated near Uncom- pabgre Peak aud Engineer mountain , is a place where considerable prospecting will bo done this season. Some noople seem to bo afraid that there will be too much alfalfa grown in Bunt coun ty and that there will ba BO much that will it not pay to raise it. Senator K. O. Wolcott will soon erect n fine residence and make other extensive im provement * on the Legere ranch , about live milas south of Littleton , Much enthusiasm has been worked up over a promised race track to be built near Fair Pluy. and which it is proposed to have re.idy In time for the Fourth of July. The Sngnacho crock is on u ccnuluc , old- fashiouoa tear , with Uio turbid waters still risincr , threatening the inundation of the meadow ur.d farm land ulong its banks. The superstructure for the Gunnlson river bridge Is now being bjllt preparatory to plan&g the iron framework in position. It U expected that the bridge will t > e completed by Juno 1. So mo of the best bocvos now being marketed - ketod in the state are thbso from Grand val ley. In L ad\llle the bust judges pronounce these hay-fed animals equal la pnmo Knusas City beef , Jr faylvestor and sons , who came iu from Opilen , Ia. , about March 1 and purchased across nt the Cottage "D" farm , have put nt the entire amount In whc.it and oats , nnd the wheat Is ail up nnd looking nicely. Mr Collins , from Fort Coll'ns ' , savs thnt people nt Lovolnnd , Fort Collins , Boulder , Klkhorn , Llvcrmow , Bristol , GreIey ntid nearly all the places in tint sootloti of .MB state will send delegates to Gold 11U ! . Cat > tnin Ni'-hois of the state bonni of pen itentiary commissioner * bus nrrived in Grand Junction for the purpose of unking the pre- liinlnnrv nrrangomoiiu for tue coinineiii-o went of work upon the Mesa county state ditch. Melon planting lias begun nt Enterprise ! nnd will continue for about two weaK * . The acreage this season will bo consiilfrably larger than last , owing to the number of uew farmers that will engage In aioloa-rauiug this year. The district court nt La Junta still grinds nlong. George W. Elliot and Pat Murphy were tried for thp robbery of C. E. Kendall's storesotno titno ueo. The Jury brouifht in a verdict of guilty and they will lake a trip to Canon City. George W. Seamen haj been commissioned ns po 'master lit Red Mountain. The postmaster - master at St Klmii has been authorized to deliver - liver mail to the carrier for Tin Cup two hours in advance of schedule tlmo during the season of bad roads. A merchant of Pueblo , Col. , has been loft $ . " 0.000 by an eccentric undo In Germony on condition thnt ho wilt marry. Every mall uoiv brings the dlffidant mcrchnnt numbers of letters from women offering to assist hint iu complying with his uncle's request. Great excitement has been produced in Lcadvillo by news Just received from So- qucllo , that thirteen masked and armed men entered the houio of n widow near thnt place and after binding her proceeded to rob tne house aud place of every object of \ iiluo. Snnford P. Record , suporliitendont of the Grand Junction industrial training school for Indians , has resigned. This action was taken on account of Uio ill health of his wife. It is likely that sonic superintendent of a reserva tion school will bo promoted to the vacancy. The Holyokf Herald says that S. W. Beggs who has taken quite au interest in this indus try from the time it wns first talked of in the county , recently purchased some beet seed and distributed among the fannfr * . Ho has sent for some moro seed , wmcluho expects In a few days. The republican and democratic rivals fern n scat in the Lcadvillo aldonniinlc board , Shinn aud Davlsson , uro now fully pfop.tred for action , the arena being the county court , but no ray of light has yet penetrated the murky cloud that lianas heavily in the polit ical atmosphere. The business of mining for the precious metals in Gilpln county never looKed as pros perous as it does now. and the work which has been inaugurated since the first of the year will in n couple of months moro bo the means of larger shipments ol ore than the county has euor produced. Trinidad's rolling mill is again at work , much to the satisfaction of the residents of that city. The plant is one of the finest in tno west Is admirably loaned und ouuKt to become a steady producer now that Its financial difficulties , which have beoi. many , are confidently believed to bo over. An accident occurred at Castle Wood lake , where five young 'people came very near los ing theit lives by drownine. The party , in cluding Miss Emma Smith of Franktown , were out in n boat taking a sail , and in en deavoring to shift their coarse , the boat was upset , throwing the whole party into the water. With considerable difficulty they were all rescued. The Indian school at Grand Junction is now being most admirably conducted and can be truthfully said to be in a high state of efficiency. Everything about the school is indicative of good order , discipline nnd cleanliness , with n proper regard also for the mental training of , tbo pupils. Many im provements are in progress which will still further increase the efficiency of the school by the opening of the fall season. The extensive stone quarries belonging to the Union Pacific railway at Stout nnd At kins hnvo been leased to Robert C. Greenleo of Silver Plume for a term of live years be ginning with May 1. This Is welcome news to private investors , as the company had always squeezed all private enterprises out. The quarries at those two places had an out put of 1 ,000 COM annually , T,000 cars being dimension stone and the balnnco rubble. There is n lively battle golug on nt the Boulder county court between the attorneys over a replevin suit , Some time ago W. M. Wolcot of Denver shipped some concentrates from the Corning tunnel stamp mill to Boulder and loaded the same in u car at the depot that was to take it to Denver. Sheriff Autry seized the ore for debt. Now Mr. Bowen of the Bowen hotel claims that ho held a bill of sale of the ere at the time of seizure. William Bincel , who owned a large hroxv- eryat Del Norte , mysteriously uisappsared. Ho loft a letter stating that he intended to end his life and left directions as to disposi tion of property. Bingel has had much do mestic and business trouble of late and it ii presumed that these things have unsettled his mind. A careful search durmc the entire day has failed to reveal the body. Binpol bought poison and stated later that he would suicide and that his body would not bo found. California. Tulare county wants more rain. The total rainfall to date atllanford is only Q.5S inchos. Colusa county wheat farmers are antici pating a season of unusual prosperity this year. The Fanners' Alliance Mill covnpany Is considering a proposition to estaohsh a mill near San Miguel. The Grand Army posts In San Francisco are beginning preparations for the proper ob servance of Memorial day. Tbo bail of Dr. Hall charged with the mur der of Ida Snaddock , by performing a crim inal operation has been llxod at f iO.OJO. The opening of the university at Polo Alto for the reception of boys Is now confidently expected to tajcu plico in October next. Arrangements are being made In Sacra mento to organize au order to bo known us the Order of Sons and Daughters of Pie neers. Twenty entries have been inado in the 'Itoop-awttKe" ' watch in San Francisco , when the contestants will try to go without sleep S hours. California wine men are displeased that thu wines used at the president's banquet were foreign brauds instead of tbo California products. The carpenters employed In planing mills in San Francisco will demand of their em ployers that eight hours shall constitute a day's work. Tbo pavers in the employ of the electric railway- company iu San Francisco have struck for higher wages. They have boon receiving 13 per day. Tbo armored coast defense vessel Monterey was launched in Sun Francisco. Mrs Har ris cm touched tbo button which relca.-cd the vessel from its stays. llev. Dr. Ellis , late pistor of the Tabur- naclo in ban Francisco , has been found guilty by the presbytery of misappropriating lunds of the church , and of deception. The Native Sons of Santa Cruz have de cided to purchase a lot , on which they will erect a hall. A Joint stock company is to bo organized with a capital of fiO,0W ( , Abe Willis , the Australian featherweight , was declared the winner in nn eight-round glove contest with Dan Mahoney of San Francisco , in the California Athletic club. A slx-wceks-old grapa vine is ou oxhibi'.ion in Hanford. It was sot out on the Honuuzu vineyard , near Lucerne , not long a-o , and uow lias five bunchua of raisin grapei on it. Gualala , Meudocino county , has boon un dorgomg a siege of la grippa so scvero that the mill , which is a principal industry of thu place , could only bo run occasionally last woek. Assemblyman H. C Dibble of an Fran cisco is btfing sued by a former client who nllegoi that his interests were neglected by the attorney iu u suit inuicu ha was em ployed. Through trouble with tbo electric light company , who o contract tins now expired , Sau Diego has boon in tht > dark lately aud thieves and footpads have plied thcii trudo industriously. A little green worm u making havoc among the pear orchards about Petaluma , dwtr lug the leave and finally the fruit. U ia that thorough sprayini , ' at this season will destroy tno worm. JucU Kussell , an oldtimemilling expert , aud the man who discovered the tint pay- dirt on Grasshopper creek , is said to have louml some fine carbonate ore In large bodies not farlrom Helena. Tne editor ot the Coming Observer boon wrestling with la grippe , and says any body can sweat it off In two day * . That do- | pcnds. | The Obwrver editor must bo verj thlu-skmin.it. Most editors nro not. The Poinlumn woolen mills Is having h.iii' work lltid nine boys In thnt town who it'-i willric to loam n peed business and lw puij fir ii' r.ii'n ; . if th mill owners \vntited n ba < . > lMl ! nine , DOW , it would be dllTcront. So uiiny travelers visit 11 nn font Intoly , fiat Hie hotel acvcaimodHtlotn of the jum'Q are pi : htM to t.'iolr utioo.it capacity and the owners of the leading hotel . - " are Cin.ti-i n > "a- ing uJiling a third story to that strurlaru. The two sons , nged r * p rllrty ! fuur nnd five rear * , of Frank Marshall of Ln * Vcg.u were poisoues.1 the other dny by drh.litg ; tni content * of u bottle of throat gargling modi- rluo. Protnol lucosura * a'ono saved then 'ti. Jarnc * Sandusky and family , living on Heed's creek , near Kud Bluff , were poisouec by oatlng tondMooK bollovlus them to be mushrooms. Una of the children , a girl ul Uvuh o , hu siucn died from the offocls of tLo poison. A vein of real lim t > wn found on North Cow freck , Shnstn county , which Is said to bo twonty-threo feet thick.cropplng out shai- low ou the side of the mountain nud quid accessible U is said to bo good for ni ! neat- ing purposes , but not for cooking. LVspito the fact that there i * n slate boun ty of * .l per .scalp on the coyote and a count ? bounty ol $ > " > shocp raisers in Mi-iidoi-um aw so anne } od by coyotes that a call is out for n meotmir of sheep o'vnorj tj take uioai.iroi for tbu destruction of the doprudaturi. According to the loe.il piper It took nbou' ' soventj-llvo man , thlrtv-sK boys , several clnbi and IOJ foot ol rope to ship sovoa wild bteeri onrouto to San Francisco the othei day. One unrjlv brute laid down und win dragged inch by inch up the gang i > ' . : ; i.k The first ripe o'jerrim of the season tn.vla thuir api > o.raiiceiii ; San Fram-isco on Tnea- dnj. Those has boon constdcrabi * rivalry between diflorent sections of the slat as 'u ' which should roach the market lirsi. but the honor rests with Sacramento river on-hurd . L. Houriet of Snu Francisco , claims to have solved the problem of sunohing that i itv with cheap water. For Jlr.woOi ) outlay. , * v IXM.OOi callous can bo supplied nud any so > sequent desired additional amount ran ut obtained at a much loss correspondm , ; i-x ponsc. There are l.tW moit aeas on record in So- lane county. The aggiogatc sum is f I.UU.ali Ol this amount more than $ l,000Mi ( ) is farm mortgages. This is nn increase in throoycan of more than 11 million of dollars. The 'n crease is sam to bcduo to Improvements nn'te on fruit lands. This Is how the Uklah Press reporter cul tivates the soul of wit , brevity and r ) > irts ' au accident : The Cahto mail'stage i-ame In on Saturday without driver. K'-a-nn horse's ' tail , lines , driver frightened , jump- ; hories run , driver hurt log Injured ; i n ta ble run over , head bruised. California has at least one writer \vlio u gloriously optimistic. He sees n hio < - > i > g to the stnto In the numerous pests that intent the frini orchards , became fear of them pre vents grasping orchardists from inventing too largely in enormous orchards that tie/ could not keep clear ol bugs. San Bernardino county Is to have cmr 1 the largest suear-beet factories In the \v > rl 1 The work of plowing fi.OOJ acres with sp > am plows is progressing and the land wil. . at iv ca be planted with beets. The factory will cost SYX > , OOJ nud Is expected to turn out nv re sugar jwr day than nny similar concern in Ilia world. Hov. J. W. Brier , n Presbyterian clcr.y- man , in a recent discourse ut Gull , nays . n eloquent tribute to the late Henry TvigiTlon. ani draws attention to the fact that his crave is yet unmarKed by even n stoie. Sacramento. Mr. Brier thinks , owes some thing to the dead orator , nnd the debt mislit be paid by a fitting monument. The champion mean man of the week halls from San Jose , where ho wns building s fence recently. Some blocks of wood fell on the sidewalk ns he * vorked , and a little nino- year-old girl picked them up for waste tire- wood , whereupon ho swore out a warrant nnd had her nrrejtod for stealing. The Justice promptly dismissed the case and assessed tha costs to the complainant. Novail.i. It is said the first encampment of the state tnilitin under the bill bossed by the late legis lature will bo held at Kono. The marble works nt Essex are shipping hrco carloads of snwod marble to San Fran isco euery week , where it is used in thoMllli building. G. G. HlnchclifTo brought the money from aan Francisco to pay off the nine mouths in debtedness of the Nevada Central railroad to ts employees. The rains of the past week have greatly orwnrded the crass nil on the stock rutigei of eastern and central Nevada. There will Da more grass than cattle. The wool clip In Lander county will be about 231MWO pounds , worth f.'i'i.OJj. ' Of this amount liiO.OOO pounds are from the iioigubor- liood of Battle mountain. Were ft railroad constructed through Nye county it would be tbo menus of opening up .some of the best mines in the state , and thu enterprise would soon urove a profitable ono to the owners of the line. A masked man with a revolver covered the dealer , Jimmy Conroy , In Al White's gam bling house at Heno , seized $ SXM , and made his escape. Ho was landed in Jail thirty min utes afterward and the money recovered. The prospects for tbo resumption of mining work in Silver City are very promising. Thu Independent mine litigation is iu process of settlement and tha Oest mlno differences nro also being settled. There nro PODJ | > mperts thnt all litigation will bo settled amicably and work in tbo mines resummed at an early dny.William William Wbcatloy from Silver King re ports the mines there to be lookiug well. Ne gotiations are pending with Salt Lake capi talists for the erection of a smelter , which i badly needed in the northwest end of ihls county , as there is an abundance of frco smelting oroi , trolng from ' - . " > to 100 ouucos in silver nnd ia to 03 per cent lead. There was extracted from the Consolidated California & Virginia mine Inst week , 1-KJ tons H.10 pounnsof ore , which was shipped to the Eureka mill. The avenigo assay vnlua of all of the ere worked nt that mill' during the last week (1.5T5 ( tons ; was $33.TU j > er ton. Bullion now on hand in local as ny oflk-o , assay valua. about ftfl.OJO. An engineer has been erignged in Long vnlley for some months post making a sur vey for a dam aud reservoir site , with the object of reclaiming n tract ofJO.OW acres of mud in the lower end of Honey Lake vnllev. The survey Is about completed nnd it is expected - pocted that eighty men will bo put to work ou the construction of the dam I'll May. The spriuc mining boom in Jumbo lias not vet set in , but a busy reason in that section is looked for. Several of the iiilnos are how being run with reduced forces , but another mouth will see the district all life and ncilv- ity. Mine owners are preparing for the sum mer's run , and encouraging repot ts are cxt pected from Jumbo In tno near lutuiv. The prospects of n busy season ntnong ttio mills of Truckeo vicinity is exjoedirigly ire J. Considerable lumber is now being shipped nnd stocks are not very largo along tin- river The eastern trade promises to be extremely good nud thi'ro is alwuvs steady demand for mountain lumber west of the mountains. The railroad company will probably use a larce amount of shod lumber nnd ties. Sheep are increasing on the ranges nnd Nevada is beginning to produce largo quanti ties of wool , but this sprinc there bus bocn great loss of animals through too early shear ing. Through procwl , and in ordoto obtain a second shearing bofjro winter , many sheared their sheep so early that they were exposed naked U > heavy snow sUmns iind tea a temt > eralurc In many sections- below rern. " ' ' "I'll 'NI VX 'H 'Q Nosiod aoona jo WdOd J.SUOM 3HJ. 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