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News of the Great West.
Crenm of the News of the Northwest Is herewith presented in readable form. No other paper
makes this news a lending feature. It Is the , week's history of the great northwest.
How It Frets to Bo Ijynched.
Arthur Archunbault , the nun who was
twice strung up to the Hmu of n tree by n mob
at Oilman. In an attempt to mitko him con
fess to a plot U > flra the Oilman botcl , was
before Justice Ncaglo on a charge of nt-
U tnptcd arson and was discharged. There
va Bb olutoly no evidence tending to show
'
that Arrhunb'nult had attempted to sot flro
to the hotel , says the Seattle Post.
Archunbault Is about twenty-three years
old. Ho Is quite ruddv of complexion , and
withal a "hard-looking" citl/en. His story of
the nfTutr U that Inle at night he was arrested
by a aeputy sheriff and was taken to a room
ho had engaged for himself ir Davis' lodging
house and was there heht a prisoner. Ho
was a strancor In the place and as ho re
fused to tell his business the mlnen were all
against him. One of the miners , who was
deputized ns nn ofllccr. held him on the bed
In his room whllo a crowd of twenty or more
nngrv men blocked the room and the hall
and demanded a confession of him. Ho
was obdurate and insisted that ho know
nothing about any attempted arson.
"Cine fellow had a bowlc knife and wanted
to stic't II Into me , " said Archunbault , "and
another man had a revolver and was going to
fetioot me. but the man with the dirk wanted
> -\rst \ whack at mo. Finally the other man
taid
Let's take him out and bang him up ! '
-The crowd all helloed and they caught
hold of mo from all sides , pulled mo down
the italn and into the street. Several men
ran to get a rope and the rest pulled mo to n
trre It was pitch dark. I was too scared
lo Debt. Ono fellow tied n knot in the rope.
Jlo didn't do It good or 1 wouldn't have boon
here to tell the tale. They throw the other
end over the limb of a tree , and
putting the noose over my head , ran
me up They failed to tie mv hanc'.s and I
crabbed the ropo. The motion saved mo u
broken neck. One of the miners struck my
bauds with .sbuiethlnp that forced mo to lot
RO The rope tightened around my neck and
cut off tny wind. I could feel the cutting
into the flesh , nnd It smarted. My eyes felt
lunnv. 1 thought they were out on my
cheeks. I felt oh , I felt like bell !
"Then they let mo down. Ono man said :
' "Did Hughes tell jou to set fire to the
building ! ' and 1 said 'Yes ; ' then remember
ing that I did not know Hughos. I said 'No. '
that made them mad nnd they put mo up
n < ; uln. I felt my head Jerked back , and the
pain was awful. I knew I was not standing
but swinging. It was so dark I thought 1
was dead and in another world. I wasn't in
pain then.
"I don't know how long it was afterward ,
but I suddenly felt stinging pains in my
head , and the nain shot down my body. I
thought I was dead , hut 1 didn't know where
1 was. I couldn t thiak and would not open
my eyes. Then some one struck my fnto
with something. It was a black hat. I saw
n whole lot of men and my grip was on the
foot of the bed. 1 was In my own room in
the DavU house and the miners were drunker
than before. I was lying down nnd a man
* , \as sitting on my legs. "
\Vbllo telling the story Archunbault
showed the tell-tnlo blister nnd red marts
ftout his neck. "Tho first time the rope
'cauphtjiuQor my chin and made this upper
mark. .The.Uuot came under the leftside of
my jawi 'Ibis plnco is where it rubbed the
ilOsh oil when the rope slipped tighter. The
second tlmo It caught lower down right
across my Adam's nnplo , nnd made the
lower nnd heavier mark. I don't know
ivhero the knot was , but It must have teen
right hero where you see this spot where the
skin is nibbed off nud the flesh twisted up.
My neck's awful sere it hurts me to turn
my bead. "
Wyoming's Napoleon.
"We've got a bank clerk up In our neck o'
woods wno some day will give Jay Gould
cards and spades In the game of financiering
nnd boat him to a standstill , " says Mortz
Curren of Cheyenne , to the Len < kr. "Ho's
only 19 years old , DUJ U u hummer. Two or
three months ago. wbilo the president of the
bank wus away , the cashier was taken sick ,
nnd in a few hours was in a delirious
itftlo. The young 'Napoleon' was left
in sole charge of the bank. Some evil
disposed person started the story one afternoon -
noon tnntlhe Institution was In a bad way ,
intimated that the president had skipped
country nnd that the cashier's illness
unlJ' u 'bluff.1 Before night it was evi
dent them would bo a run on the institution
the next morning. The young clerk know
there was scarcely money enough to last an
hour Ho had no one to advise htm , but ho
acted promptly. Ho called on the leading
hardware merchant and held a brief confer
ence. Then this young Napoleon went
home , where ho found a committee-
from the depositors awaiting him. Ho
did not wait for tboin to speak , but made
this bluff : 'I refuse to discuss business
with you. There will bo V > 0COO in cold
- liere In thomornrngnndtheroisalikoamount
in the safo. You may druw out every dollar
you bavo deposited and wo'll bo glad to get
rid of your small accounts.1 Then ho turned
on his beol and loft the committee. Bright
nnd early there assembled at the Dank the
creditors. Just before tlmo for opening the
doors nn express wagon was driven up , In
which were seated'two heavily armed men ,
end of thorn tbe'watchman of tbo bank.
A pathway through the crowd was made
and the watchman begnji carryine Into
the bank canvas bags containing gold coin ,
as indicated by the prominent marks. Some
" - of the bugs were marked 'J5.000 , ' and ono
or two 'ilO.OOO. ' The people saw these
bags , heard the chink of the metal , and , bo-
Moving the bank \vns O 1C , were about to
niovo nuay. Just as the lost bag of "gold"
was hnuded into the door the young tinanclcr
throw the bank open. The crowd did not
any enon 10 reacn ino paying leuers
window. 'Come on now. every one of you,1
shouted the clerk. No cno responding ho
inndo another bluff. 'You must come and
pot your monoy. Wo don't want your d d
accounts any more. Hero , Jim Barlley ,
tnko this nud sign this receipt in full. Here ,
15111Vyman , i-omo und get your dust , ' Ho
insisted on their taking the money. Just at
tnls juncture tno committee came In and
begped the clerk to 'stop , for lion's sake. '
Thov almost cot down on their knees to ask
the bank to Veep their money. The young
Napoleon' finally consented , but declared
rWJhorowas over'any uioro d u nonsense
ho would throw ovorv depositor's money
Into the street.1 The crowd departed
bappy and confident tbnl the bank was
ono of the strongest institutions of its
kind in America. Tbclr confidence might
bavo been shaker bad they known the can
vas bags mnnsed ' .5.000 gold , ' etc. , nnd bedaubed -
daubed with rod sealing wax , contained noth
ing more nor less than Iron washers which-
the voung clerk hnd purchased from the hard
ware man who had otherwise assisted in the
deception , ho being convinced of the sound
ness of the bank. Tno two men the young
Napoleon Insisted on paying iu full the bank
bad long wished to got rid of. "
Sick and l.onely Sioux.
The four young Sioux Indians , Llttlo
Horse , White Beaver , Hls-Horse's-Voice nnd
Take-tho-Shlold-Away , who remain prison
ers of war at fort Sheridan , are having a
forlorn and discouraging time of it since
their chiefs , Kicking Bear nud Short Bull ,
and the rest of the warriors nnd squaws
brought In from Pine Ridge by General
* Miles went to Europe with Buffalo Bill's
wild we t show. These four are all more or
loss sick , nnd have boon over since they
came to the post. It was sickness , In fact ,
tnnt prevented their going abroad
with their companions and earning a few del
lars In the show business. Consumption U
making terrible ravages on His-liorso's-
Voice , who is scarcely nblo to dras himself
nbout , and biuvlll soon goto the happy hunt'
in ? grounds unless ho has a change of oil
ni a to. Little H erse is a victim of the same
dread disease , but in his caio u U Hot so far
advanced , although it Is complicated with
/ft tier ailments that make him an invalid.
\\hito Beaver is luffcrlng from scrofula.
Take-the-Shleld-Awuy is tbo only ono of the
four who DAS thus fur escaped disease , and
ho U melancholy nnd homesick to the last de
cree. These Indians were sick , Lieutenant
Maxwell says , when they were brought
to Fort Sheridan Januarv ' . ' 7 last. They con
tracted their disease from exposure in the
Sioux war. Dr Crampton , the post surgeon ,
visits them regularly every morning and pre
scribes medicines to relieve their sufferings
as far as possible. They occupy a couple of
Slbley tents Just outsldu the barracks enclos
ure. Yesterday , the 'lay being fine , they
wandered out through the grove , watching
the red fox squirrels leaping hither nnd
thither , and down to the lake shore to listen
to tho'wavcs. They complained because they
had no hooks and "lines with which to catch
fish. Little Horse attempted to ? o In swim
ming ono afternoon , but fouud the Waterloo
cold toenjoy tbebath. When tbotwenty-threo
warriors and squaws left with Buffalo Bill in
the latter part of March , they took the half-
breed Interpreter.John Shangtau , with them.
Thlj left the four remaining behind without
nnv ono with them who could converse , nnd
thev plaintively made known their longing to
ire back to their own country. Colonel Crof-
ton , commander of the post , sent a telegram
to Washington asking for instructions as to
disposing of those four Indians. Thowardo-
partmcnt replied that it had no special in
formation regarding them , and did not wish
to interfere with the plans of General Miles.
IJi-c Culture in lliu West.
Bee culture is a big industry in Southern
California , and profitable. The largest bee
farm in this town bcloncs to a merchant , and
ho has ICO hives , with 45,000 bee-i in each ,
making 7,200,000 bees. It Is qulto n colony.
Uul It is not to bo supposed that there will
be an overstock of bees. The life of a bee
iu the working season Is but three weeks.
On the second day of Us existence
It eats its way out of its cell and
commences storing honoy. If a bee dies
within the hive It Is dragged out by other
bees. Kach hlvo has a queen bee. She is the
mistress of the hive and docs no work. She
only molts a drone once during her life
"
which lasts five years , and she bus" capacity
of 3,000 eggs n day. It is this tremendous
increase that keeps the slocks of bees up , for
If it were not so the colony would soon bo
dead. The drone Is twice as largo as thequeen
bee , and the queen bee nearly three times as
large as the work bee. 'Hie working bees will
not tolerate more than ono queen bee and
will Bill the drones. The drone's life is
short. He dies after meeting the queen beo.
When a colony Is without n queen ooe they
will proceed to elect one The most singular
tning nbout the queen bee is , can she lay an
egg so that it shall be a queen bee , arono or
working bee ! The bee ? make these cells for
the depository of the eggs. The cells for the
work bees , which are of one gender , nro
smaller than these of the drones , while the
cells of the queen bcos are like n i > eanut
Jiroken In half , or pear shaped , hanging
downnrd. . Now some think that It is the
size of the cell that regu'atcs ' this.
It Is customary sometimes to take
away these queen cells and place them In
hives which have not them. This is for the
purpose or formlntr a new colonv. Bees are
extremely foml of fresh water nnd do well ,
near a spring. They especially delight in
swampy placss where they can
alight and drink in the water with
out danger of drowning. It has
been proved that the sago brush makes n
very good noney. They are no trouble
through winter ; twenty pounds of honey
will feed n colony of 45,000 bees. Tbo profits
on HO to ICO hives Is from $1.100 to * l,200
per annum. A man or woman can attend to
800 or 400 hives without feeling the labor.
Completion uC the Pacific Hnilronil
San Francisco celebrated the completion of
the Pacific railroad May S , lbf > 9 , though the
formal ceremony of connecting the two mam
lilies of the system did not take place until
two days later. The last spike on t'uo Central
Pacific road proper was driven on May S at
10 o'clock In the forenoon. At sunrise on"
that day In San Frai.cisco a salute of 100
guns was fired. The city was gaily decorated
with flags and bunting , and in the
oicnintr was Illuminated. Bells and whistles
were put to good use , and us n matter of
course there was a procession , without which
no American celebration is complete. Free
transportation was offered to bacramento ,
nnd thousands went there to participate iu an
equally elaborate demonstration. The cere
monies which took place at the actual union
of the Central nnd Union Pacific roads at
Promontory Summit , Utah , were of a more
Impressive character. All the leading offi
cers of the roads , the coveruors of several
states und many others were there , the n-
somblage numbering nearly ono thousand per
sons. Arizona presented a spike raado'of
gold , silver and Iron , whllo Nevada offered
ono of sliver The "last spiko" was driven
by Governor Lcland Stanford and Vice Pres
ident Durant , and when it was announced
that the last transcontinental road had at last
been completed the spectators gave cneer af
ter cheer. Governor Stanford sent this dis
patch to President Grant : "Wo have the
honor to report tbo last rail laid , the last
spike driven. Tno Pacific road Is finished. "
The construction of th'o road was authorized
by eongrcssln 1SC2 , but actual work was not
begun until 1SC5. As n matter of some inter
est , it may bo added that the faro charged
from Chicago to San Francisco was originally
California hnrly Days.
"Along in the early f > 0s 1 went to Callfor-
nla intending to die a fortune out of the rocks
in a very few days , but I found that I had
counted too many chickens before a certain
heeded development by nuturo had been ef
fected. I hadn't been among the miners
moro than a week , " said a veteran miner tea
a San Francisco Examiner reporter , "before
they bad found a nickname for me. it was
Old Buckshot.1 You see , I carried n huge ,
old-fashioned horse pistol , which I had
loaded almost to the muzzle with buckshot , on
tno principle that ten bullets would do bolter
execution tnan ouo. As tbo weeks and
months passed the name grew so familiar
that hnd anyone said 'Martin Ordway,1 I
would probably not hnvo realized who was
meant. My 111 luck in the mines induced mete
to accept n 'novornment position. ' That waste
to carry the mails from a point 150 miles cast
to Sacramento. In this service I remained
two years and was known at every station as
'Old Buckshot' Ono day I founa a letter
in my pouch addressed to 'Martin Ordwny. '
At tbo first cfttnp I inquired for that Individ
ual , but no ono knew him. I continued to
make the Inquiry ut every station , nnd when
1 reached my destination it still remained In
my possession one of the letters which I had
found no owner for. At Sacramento I met
ono of the boys who came out from the
states with mo , and to him 1 showed the
letters. When ho looked nt the one addressed
' .Martin Ordwny' he paused , thought in
tently for a minute or two , and then , sud
denly brightening , exclaimed. 'Why ,
'Buckshot , ' didn't your name used to b'o
Martin Ordway ! ' It was n revelation. I
had actually forgotten my own name. "
The President In tlio Desert ,
The most striking thing nbqut the presi
dent's reception nt Indlo , down in the heart
of the Colorado desert , was the appearance
of the small body of Indians from the neigh
boring camp. They were under the charge
of the old Chief Cabazon , who is a good spec
imen of the hale old age that may be reached
in that climate , for he uas turned ono nun-
drod , yet ls still stalwart and active.
Cabazon Is nn elderly , patriarchal In
dian , with a white mustacuo and gontco
and n particularly iimtooruiio appearance.
O o of his head mop Is Captain Jim , an ex
ceedingly intelligent Indlon , who speaks
English and Spanish fluently and Is a good
farmer. Ho has u fine crop of-corn , muskmelons -
melons , beans and other vegetables growing
along the irrigntiugdlich near Iudlo.heowner
of the ditch allowing him this privilege. In
return for which Captain Jlui und his Indians
Irrigate land for the ditch owner. Cabazon's
special grievance is the treatment which bo
and bis band have received from several of
the Indtin commissioners. Ono of these
commissioners keens a museum of Indian
curios in Pasadena , und bis whole
object in writing the different Indian trills
appears to bo to secure objects for Ms shop.
Ho actually begs baskets of the Indians , loco
nnd carved woodwork. Tn w articles the In
dians give readily to anyone in authority ,
but they object strenuously to the wile of tn
commissioner , who boldly Invades their
wlckeujw and take * snap-shot pictures of
their squaws and papooses. These Indians
fear the camera , and it is very difficult to got
them to face It , M they think It has nn evil
influence. Yet this woman , dcsplto her
knowledge of their prejudice , continues to
violate their feelings , uabazon pave the
president a memorial setting forth their
grievances and asking that they be given a
chnnco to do some farming from urteslan
wells.
Killing Near Hlnckfont.
The bodies of Hobert nnd William Hull ,
killed by the Indian near Blackfoot , Idaho ,
were taken to Whitney , their home. Mr.
Cnadwlck , who lud been with others lo
Blackfoot for the bodies , stated that tto un
fortunate men had started for the Snake
Hlver country just ono week before tno
caskets containing their remains were re
turned to their former homos. They wore
going to work on some land that Mr. H. Hull
had Uiken up In the Snake Kivor vnlley and
had camped for dinner at the railroad tank ,
Just outside of Blnckfoot. William
Hull had washed , and was In the
act of cutting meat , while Robert
Hull was cnsraged In washing. The ngud
gentleman was struck by the bullet in tlio
bead , back of the ear , the bullet ranging up
ward , whllo the ball which killed the young
man , William , struck him iu the side and
ranged upward. The death of IJobertwas
Instantaneous , while tVilllnm lived only u
few minutes , and had expired bi'fore any
help could bo gotten lo him. Tlio Indian was
a young man who had been drinking , us al
ready published , and seems to have boon n
bad character naturally. But three weeks
before ho had sold his wife for n pony.
When fouud be had committed sulcidc.shoot-
Ine himself In the stomach. The ball had
torn his band and partlv shattered bis wrist ,
and his death had evidently como very soon.
Mr. Hobert Hull was fifty-one years of ngo
and had moved to Franklin as early as 1MX ) .
Ho is therefore ono of the pioneers of Cache
valley aud ho leaves a host of friends nnd
many loving hearts In his family to mourn
his sorrowful ending.
Story ot'tlio Prc iilent.
"I was atlached to the train which carried
the president from Yumn to Los Angeles ,
and had an opportunity to see good deal of
Mr. Harrison , " observed a tradesman on the
Missouri Pacific. "A one-arraod officer ,
Major Sancor , I think his name is , seemed tome
mo to bo the closest to the president , and ap
peared to road everything before it was sun-
mined to Mr , Harrison. The president
breakfasted at the same time wo did , und he
gave my brother Will nnd myself a very pleas
ant 'good morning. ' Of course , the breakfast
\\as a very nice one , but , gooJ heavens !
for two "hungry brakemen , ovcrjthing
was entirely too"small. . The pirty seemed
vcrv pleased with the reception ut InUio , but
when thcv got to Pomona the people began
to surge around and commenced thnmntr
( lowers and fruit that Mrs. Harrison said
when she reached the cars : "Wo shall all be
taken back in a box if this thing continues
longer. " At thl ? point an extra train with a
reception committee and a band came out.
You should have seen the oranges they
brought the president , some as big as a
man's head. In Los Angeles the crowd grew
wild. There were lU.OOU school children to
greet him , and each child brought a bouquet.
Flowers were hurled at him from the tops of
houses , and bo was literally buried in them.
One smart hatter put out a Dig hat and called
it "My grandfather's hut , " but Chief of Po
lice GJass came alone nud ordered it down.
It will bo days before the streets can bo
swept clean. I saw no liquor on board the
president's car at luncheon time , only Apolli-
nuris water. This seemed to bo the favorite
tipple. "
A Mim-r'8 Story.
"A man who is n fine mlne'ralogist is not
always the most successful prospector. To
my own knowledge three of Iho greilest
greenhorns on eartn made the richest find I
have ever seen , stumbling upon them by
sheer good luck , " observe ? , J. T. Hyan to , n
Salt Lake Tribune reprosentnllvo. "When. I
was first out \\ith a party of prospectors in
Idaho an old Yankee cumo up to our camp
one sultry aflernoon and uskod : 'Say , can
you tell me whore there Is a good place to
minol' Wo thought we woutd have some
sport at the fellow's expense , and so
pointing UP the hill to where a lone tree
stood said : 'Hight under the shade of that
tree you will fiud lots of gold. Dig down
about ten feet , nnd when you got tired rest in
Ihe shade of Ihe tree. ' Ho went up there
and set to work nt a place that showed no
indications of iold , aud which we had passed
by. We thought wo hnd caged a sucker. Ho
worked for two days very Industriously , and
then In the evening came strolling into our
camp. 'Much obliged stranger,1 he said !
yo gave mo good advice , and I'll make it
s'quar' with you. I've run across a whole
basketful of these little lumps of gold. ' Ho
exhibited a dozen nuggets us big us marbles ,
and Inter on , when the mi no was developed ,
it turned out wondrously rich. Wo all felt a
little weak when wo saw the extent of his
find. "
A Snake Story.
"Speaking nbout rattlesnakes , I will tell
you an encounter with them which amused
me considerably at the tlmo. It was some
years ago , when stages ran into LOJ Angeles,1'
says a gentleman to the Sacramento Bee. " 1
was on intimale lerms with the driver nnd
heard In the boot most distinct sounds of rat
tling. 'Jim'I said , 'you have a rattlesnake
inthoboot. ' 'Oh , rubbish ; how can 11' 'You
have. ' 'Well , they can't get in tbere , nnd
that's all about it. ' Stage drivers are so
pig-headed that you can never convince them ,
so I left him alone. The stage stopped at the
old St. Charles hotel , and as the aluff was
being got out of tbo boot wo heard moro dis
tinctly than ever tho. rattling not ono snake ,
but several. When the porter pulic.I out a
wooden box he saw through the Ill-joined
boards the head of a rattlesnake.
With a howl of terror ho dropped
the box on the pavement and fled. The ease
smashed , and there was some half a dozen
vicious rattlers charging nbout the street.
You should have seen the Idle crowd scatter.
Soon there was not n man to bo seen. The
proprietor of the St. Charles was furious. It
U wicked of nnybo.lv to ship rattlesnakes in
securely , and I do not biamo a baggage
agent in refusing to carry one. I am' an old
miner myself , and ha\e bad to deal with rat
tle snakes , and I know the danger of tnolr
bites. "
Due to the Miiscot.
J. C. Carson , otherwise "Kit" Carson , was
among the first miners to seek silver"in the
mountains of the Centennial state , says tbo
Denver News. From tno first "Kit" was
unlucky. Ono niter another of his friends
struck it rich , but ho couldn't even strike a
respectable sized mica oodv One day "Kit"
said to Jack Lansing , who had made a fine
discovery : "Jack , give mo a mascot. " Jack
banded out an English crown , and after
blessing it passed it over to the noted Indian
fighter. Shortly afterward "Kit" disap
peared nnd Jack Lansing speedily forgot tbo
circumstance. Several vears afterward Jack
was in Lieuver.tnle there no receiveUn
request from n well known tailor to call and
Jack did so. The former Insisted on taking
Jack's measure , who finally consented , whoii
ho was told that a man bad dropped Into the
shop a day or two before , left $150 and
ordered that Mr. Lansing bo given us finoa
suit of clothes as could bo mado. "I asked
bis name , " said the tailor , "but ho would not
give it. Just us ho was leaving the store he
turned around nnd held up an English crown
nnd said : 'If Jack says ho won't take tne
suit , tell him 1 showed you this old coin.
That'll fetch him. ' " And you bet it did.
"Kit" bad struck luck and ho always in
sisted it was duo to the mascot.
A Ghost Dance D
During the recent Indian campaign Gov
ernment Scout Harry Raymond witnessed
many fetes * of the hostllos. Ho was present
at many ghost dances. Ho said the Indians ,
while performing this dance on ono occasion ,
had their hands joined together , with their
lingers locked , and kept going around in a
circle of 100 , comprising men and women of
all BEOS. They would go uioundl n that way
until some of them would break loose from
the circle and run off , throw up their hands
nnd probably fall down nnd rub their
faces wl'h dirt and go through
manoeuvres beyond the power of description.
Thov would go around that way for n long
tlmo in n circle until they got in such a con
dition that they would fall down and , to nil
appearances , seem to bo lifeless ; and when
they came to they would be brought Insldo
the circle and the medicine man would go up
and receive a statement from them of wnnt
they saw in theli ; vision while they were in
this condition. They generally kept this up
without eating or drinking and go through It
iu the hot sun or , as the weather might bo ,
cold or rain.
Game.
The complaint of settlers in the Jncksun
Hole region of the slaughter of game by In
dians is greatly exaggerated , according to the
Lander ( Wyo. ) Cilppor. it also says : Since
assuming charge of the agency Agent Fosbcr
has used the utmost cniieavora to keep the
Indians on tlio reservation , and has sent the
Indian polica on various occasions to bring
back these absent without leave , and nt no
tlmo were there any considerable number
found and brought buck. The police nt pres
ent have orders tn arrest 'and ' bring back any
Indians who attempt to leave the reserva
tion without due authority. In this connec
tion It may be well to int'otlcm the fact that
the Indians nre not alwnVs the greatest of
fenders in this slaughtering of pame. Some
years ago a pattv of Erifltsh men came Into
this section to hunt , nnd slaughtered over
four hundred hi'ad of elk near the Tetons ,
aud took nwuy onlv four or five pairs of ant
lers , leaving nil the carcasses to rot In tbo
vnlloy of Snake river. 'One of the party ,
bt'ing uskod on the return trip why they
slaughtered so much gome , replied that ho
"wished to get n few choice huutlers to dec
orate the rooms of ttie Hal pi ne club in Lon
don , ' ' of which hu was u member.
n HorMThlol' t'liiloi-
Sheriff McKay of Banner county , Ne
braska , brought hero a Daue , Andrew Broe ,
who confessed to stealing a horse from the
Tnomas Ranch , near Piuo Bluffs , says the
Cheyenuo Sun. McKay wa nut on the case
by Sheriff Kelley , as tno border section ad
joins his bailiwick and he know the country.
The arrest was made at u ranch not far from
Kiinball , Nob. McKay was Implored to sus
pend service as Broo was to bo married In an
hour. The oSioer informed the thief and
bride and motncr , a widow , and tbo assem
bled guests that he couldn't stop for a
lltllo Ihing like lhat and started for
Klmball wilh his prisoner. The girl nnd her
inolher followed. When tno inother-in-liuv-
elect explained to McKay thai an early union
ofthe lovers was most impc.Uivcly de
manded nnd went into details quite adroitlv ,
but explicitly enough , the sheriff reconsid
ered the motion to postjioiie nnd. said the bans
mlsht proceed. A license bad been secured ,
but the party had no money nnd n collection
wus taken tip to pay the squire who tied the
knot. Mi-Kay stood watch in the hall before
the bridal chamlfcr all nleht. The prisoner is
young and untamed. Mrs. Broj Jias gene to
her home.
A Depart nro in Mutter
Butter is made in n peculiar wav in Cali
fornia , but it is sold in still moro eccentric
fashion. The but'er-maker always turns it
out in round rolls , nbonta half-foot inlcnglh ,
supposed to weigh two pounds. Tae denier
sells It by the roll and charges for two
pounds , but the roll always lacks from six to
e'ght ' ounces of full weight. This thing has
been coing on for years to the lo of tne con
sumer , and without profit to any ouo except
the middleman. The latter buys but
ter by the pound und sells it by the roll , so ho
n rlc.ir nrnllt on the short wcicht.
Whtn u nrm handles seven tons of butter a
day tnis makes a large item , for on each roll
hc'will make from So to Ho. ) or at least $100
on evcrv ton. The dairymen can't prevent
this , us if they made butter In goo < l two-
pound rolls no commission man would handle
it. What the butter makers propose to do Ito I- .
to establish nn honest mold for the rolls and
then sell their butter themselves In n Coop
erative market. This will also run out the
olcotnarcnrino whic'i is sold by many dealers
us second-class butter.
A California My tory.
"There is a sirango story told nboat the
house in San Diego where Governor Water
man died recently , " says Marcus D. Borbuck ,
private secretary to the late Governor Water
man. "I do not believe In superstition , but
hero is the story and jx > oplo can judge for
themselves. A man named Morri bult the
house three vcars airo , and soon after took to
drink and died a horrible-death in Ihe gutter.
Not long after thit his wife' died. Then the
house was occupied by aJSan Dice bankir
and bis family. Some mouths asro the bank
er's wife nud three children'were all drowned
In San Diego bay. The'tl Governor TUer-
man took the house , and a short time after
ho moxed in ho was taken s'lck and died. At
the present time Mrs. Wiit rman nnd two of
tier children are lying dangerously ill in the
sarno house.
Tolil to Tourists.
"Talking nbout yarns that nre told to the
tenderfoot tourists , I used to have ono story
when I drove stage into Genoa , Cal. , that
takes the cake , " says a veteran staijo driver.
"At ono point wo passed a hl h hill with a
bare white spot that gleamed in the sun Ilko
a blc piece of tin. When the passengers
asked about it I told tnem this yarn : That ,
gentlemen , is my alum mine all there is left
of a beautiful prospect. You see I struck the
genuine Boulder Hill ledge , nnd ran a forty-
foot tunnel , when just before sundown wo
struck a big body of alum. Wo quit work
then , but when w came next morning we
couldn't see n bit of my mine except that bare
spot. 'Why. what became of ill' some fellow
always asked. Well. 1 used to reply , you see
there wui a heavy ram that night und the
whole thing puckered up. "
Iliiuo lor a Wife.
A lidy from near Bijou Hill , S. D. , con
cluded that she was tired of living with nor
liege lord nnd master , and while her husband
was nt work in the field she , like the Arab ,
'folded ' her tent and silently stele awny. "
As soon as her absence wus discovered the
husband made tracks for Kimball , thinking
that his wife would take the * m'ornlng train
for the east. His surmise was correct , and
after talking matters over , each forgave the
other and departed for their homo. The
meeting was u very ctramatlo one. Both
were so surprised thnt thev gave vent to
their pent-up feelings by weepinc nnd wall
ing , nud tno loafers at the depot were con
strained to turn awny and gaze upon the
green fields.
Gold
A veteran miner of California who was ono
of these who braved fortune in Isl9 declares
that gold beaters , by hammering , cau reduce
gold leaves to such minute thinness that
! iS2,000 must bo laid upon each other to pro
duce the thickness of an inch. Yet each leaf
Is so perfect and free from holes that one of
them laid on any surface , as iu gilding , give ?
the npi > earanco of solid pold. They are so
thin that if formed into a book , 1,500 would
only occupy the space of a single leaf of book
paper. A single volume of a gold leaf book
one inch in thickness would have as many
pages as an entire library of 1,500 volumes
of common books , oven though the volumes
averaged 400 pages each.
I'ilcd up WnvoH.
Two years ago the bed of Lake Merrill ,
near Yosemlte , was a ma ? of alkali dust. A
few months ago water began to npoesr , nnd
now It 5s a good many fept deep in places.
Last week the wind blow a gale and actually
piled up waves twelve * feet high on tnis
former desert. Tbo lake is about two miles
wide , and on tbo north side , when these great
rollers came charging in , the ranchmen hod
n lively time saving their.places from ruin.
They ritrged up a rude breakwater und kept
the water off their ranches , but it was a
tough struggle. , ' _
Stock Shipments.
Watson Pickrell , special agent of the
bureau of animal industries bos made ar
rangements concerning tiio shipment of
jouthnrn cattle into Wyoming , which are
satisfactory to WyoralngMtockmen. Article
2 of Secretary Rusk's circular , which de
clare * that southern cattlo'sball not bo al
lowed in pens or on trails In Wyoming that
are to be occupied or crossed by cattle going
to eastern markets before December 1 , Ib'Jl , "
ho * been reclnded by Mr. Picicrill , who was
authorized by tne secretary to make the con-
cession. Shipments will probably commence
immediately ,
fclotir Vat I a Divorce Colony.
While Iho Sioux Falls colony of divorce
applicants Is rapidly increasing there was
ono who bid poodby to her comrades on
Wednesday with a Joyful and bappy heart ,
says the Sioux Falls Piess. Ho name was
Sirs. Jennie Wentworth of Now York city.
Mrs. Wentworth Is now Miss Jennie Kldder.
Her widowed mother Is reputed to be qulto
wealthy , moving In good society , whllo the
daughter has been always looked upon ns nn
unmarried lady. In the spring of Ibs9
Miss Kldder fell in love with n traveling
salesman bv the unmo of Frank Wont-
worth. On June 12. 1 > > * 9 , she secretly mar
ried him in East Hobokcn , returning to her
mother's homo immediately afterward and
keeping this Important event of her life n
secret until the following December , when
she confessed nil. Her mother counseled with
the family lawyer , nnd of course the young
Indv's circle of friends , who \\eroall Ignorant
of the marriage , were not to obtain any
knowledge of the event. South Dakota's bid
was the best and the young lady cnmo to this
state iu compllnnco with the orders of her
lawyer , eventually securing the fieedom she
so greatly coveted.
Died In n Gravel Pit.
The body of a well dressed young man ,
apparently about thirty years of age , was
found stiff and cold In death on a gravel walk
in trout of the residence of V. RocKweed
Moore nt Spokane , Wash. A pistol was
grasped tightly In the right linnd of tlio dead
nmn nud there was u bullet hole In bis loft
breast. No ono knows tbo deceased , nud the
coroner's Investigation failed to throw
any light on the question of his
Identity. The inquest was con
tinued. The man wus Identified by Mrs.
Moore as the one who came to her house and
nsketl for S-iOO. He told her he mint have it
Immediately or thai ho would shool himself.
He said ho had been to all his friends , but
without gelling usilstance from them , and ho
proposed to try a jtrangor us n last retort before
fore taking his life. Mrs. Moore told him lo
rclurn laler In tbo day , when her husband
would bo at hrimt' . When Mr. Moore was
driving up to his house that evening the man
was seen standing nt the tatewuy , but mndo
no effort to attract .Mr. Mooro's ntlenliou ,
nor did he approach Ihe house uulll ho came
to shoot mir.sclf ,
A Hello of Ion < ; AK < > .
A "squaw man" by the name of La Plont ,
who Hvot on the reservation near tne agency ,
wus in Armour recently , says the Tribune.
He is seventy-six years old and has lived In
Dakota fifty-six years. He remember ! when
there were no towns between hero nnd St.
Joseph , and this country was indeed a "wild
and woolly west.1 Hi * stories of Indian
warfate ni-o interesting and real. He has
made nnd lost several fortunes in dealing
with the Indiins , and his life has been one of
ups nnd downs. Mr. La Plont now has a
depredation elaim against the government
for Sls.oOu , which Senator Petligrew behove *
will bo allowed In a few monlhs.
\Vy nilng.
Evmistun has a girl inililla cotnpanv.
A t'alholic church Is to bo built at Carbon.
By n majority of * .j Carbon voted to incor
porate.
A partof eastern capitalists have been
examining the Hnrtvllle iron mines.
From April 1 to Ma.vti the United States
land office at Bvanston look in f 17.W.
At Hanna , No. 1 coal mine has shut down
temporarily , bul No. i ! . > in full operation.
Tlio Wromiuc untverlty al Laramie will
send for.b. Us two first graduates this year.
Survevors have be n lo lay out Iho Bear
Boar river aud Yellow creek dilch in Uinta
county.
A corps of surveyors are nt work on the
paint mines north of Rnwlins and staking
them off.
Surveys are being made on the big ditch
which is to irrigate the Plutlo valley In the
vicinity of Douglas.
Plats of the btar Valley country have been
'
on file in the Evauston la'nd office some time.
Filings will commence on May IS.
Both the quartz and placer claims In tno
Atlantic City nnd Miners' Delight districts
promise well. New finds are reported.
David Lanuen , one of the pioneers of Laramie -
mie county , died at Choyemie Pass recently. <
Ho leaves property valued at10,000. .
Prospectors nro going inlo the Bald moun
tain mining district near Sheridan , wnero
some good strikes are reported to have been
mado.
The Chovonno high school this year gradu
ates eight boys und eight pirU. This Is twice
the number ever graduated before In a sinclo
year.
"Kid" White , who was reporled bv Buffalo
papers lo bavo boon killed on Powder river
ibreo weeks ago. has lurnod up again safe
and sound.
Sealed bids received for Ihe Rawlins city
water bonds have not been occpted , nnd the
bonds will now bo sold to private parties at
public sale.
Sheridan expects to have a militia com
pany , as a petition for its organization' has
been sent to Iho governor wilh forty-seven
names on tbo roll.
Dr. .T. E , Osborno of Rawlins is through
shearing a clip of 100,000 pounds of wool for
which no has already refused 17' cents ,
nro tine aud the sheen uro all in : ? nnd
shape.
A spur Is soon to be built from tbo Chey-
enco \ : Northern main line to the red sand
stone quarries owned by Contractor M. I' .
Keese and located forty-six miles north of
Cheyenne.
htato Engineer Meade has begun to guage
all the Irrigating diU'hes supplied by the Llt
tlo Laramie river. There are over ono hun
dred ditches to guago and the work will take
moro than a month.
Surveys have been made aud part of the
work done on a ditch that will carry 2,000,000
gallons of walcr daily from Canyon Springs
prairie , uventy miles nonh of Newcastle , to
the Cambria mines.
Major Rnsmussen of Rawlins has nppointod
now city officers as follows : City marshal ,
H. Daly ; city clerk , Wnrren Galvin ; city
treasurer , James H. Clause ; city attorney ,
Charles E. Blydcnburg.
Cheyenne turners will build a gymnasium
Immediately. Plans for the building arnnow
being accepted. It will bo of brick and
stone , two stories iu height , covering an area
of S7xS2 feet and will cost at least ? 10,000.
Ills reported lhat the Murphy catlio com
pany guaranteed Iho Burlingion & Missouri
700 car loads of cailie for shipment this fall
If the road Is bailt to Powder river , and if
not built that far the stock will bo sent over
other routes.
The town of Wcndover on the Cheyenne &
Northern has been abandoned. The Union
Pacific got lired of paying taxes on town lots
nnd the townslto company relinquished that
part north of the river known ns North
Wendover.
This week S.OOO stejrs are passing over the
Cheyenne & Northern railroad nt the rate of
Ihreo Irnin loads n day. They are the prop
erty of John Holt and nro boingshipped from
Wilcox , Ariz. , to points In Montana , where
they will be turned on the rante.
A. J Bothrt'ell sold his calllo interests on
the Swootnuler to Nebraska parties. They
are to bo delivered at O'Neill , Neb. , as fast
as gathered. Tbo herd consists of 2,500
bead , for which a good average price was re
ceived. Mr. Bothwell slill owns ono of Iho
fipcsi ranches in the state , on the Sweet-
water.
Sheep men in Sweetwaler counly are jubi
lant , as thev bad but small losses during Iho
winler nnd are now securing good prices for
their wool , ranging from 10 to IS cents per
pound , The nmount of wool shipped from
Green River and Rock Springs will bo un
usually largo.
A large amount of counterfeit money has
recnnlly been passed nt Sundance and in the
northern couniry. At the lost lerm of court
a number of Indictments were found against
different parties for making the money.
Marshal Runkln has gone there to take some
of the alleged counterfeiters back to Chey
enne.
Prospectors are jjolng into the Victoria dis
trict from Colorado in largo numbers. A
largo number of teams were hauling ore to
Barter Station , on the Union Pacific railway ,
all winter , and by June 1 there will bo ever
ono hundred teams on tbo road between the
Bossett mine , which is tbo principal producer
so far , and a rich ono , to Carter.
Cattle men say that range stock are too
thin for any snlpments to bo made this
spring , reports the Nowcaatlo Journal. Grass
har been short nil winter , and the late spring
has made it a long struggle for the stock.
jTto porcntage of loss Is small , and upon the
whojo the cattle nro In good condition , but It
will tnko a couple of months to fatten them.
As a prelude to the opening of the Rawtlni
normal and scientific school n celebration will
be held there on May S3 , to which has been
Invited Senators J. Ikf. Carey nnd F 1J. Wnr
ren , Rcprcicntntlvo C. D. Clark and Judges
H. V. S. Groesbock. A , B. Connwnv nnd
other eminent citizens. About tweniy-fivo
teacher * Inivo already Indicated their desire
to attend the normal school nnd sixty pupils
have been secured for the model school.
The junction of the Cheyenne & Northern
railroad with the Northwestern , seventeen
miles west of Douglas , Is to bo called Orln
Junction , nnd promises lo bo considerable of
n placo. U in located on n level strclch less
than n mlle from the I'lutte , nnd some enter
prising men hnvo purchased eighty acres
which they propose to lav off in town lots.
All cattle shipped north over the Cheyontio.t
Northern will be unloaded at this station ,
which will make of it an Important calllo
point.
An eastern syndicate has purclm ed the
Aleova hot springs , nnd will spend f J.VUOO ,
In Imprortni ! them. 1 ho .springs nrv sllunted
upon the south bank of the North Plallo
river , nt a point where the river cuts Its wav
belweon perpendicular walls directly Ihrough
an Immense mountain range. There nro forty
springs In all , ranging from very smnll
springs to ono thnt throws a volum" of water
too ereat to pass through nn ordinary barrel.
The springs range in tomt > oraluro from luke
warm water in the smallest lo Ihe largosl ,
which registers 100 degrees Fahrenheit , or
from ,10 degrees to 70 degrees holler than any
oilier springs in Iho known world.
Colorado.
Meeker is now shipping grain rogulurlv.
Miners nro In demand al Bouanzu.Saguucho
counly.
Manv new residences are being built In
Triuidud this spring.
The columbine , Iho s'.alo flower , Is now in
full bloom In southern California.
The Trinidad Advertiser urges the con
struction of an electric railway in Trinidad.
The people of St. Elmo are urgluir the es
tablishment of u waterworks system in Ihe
town.
Returns from the horse show at Caitle
Rook are to the effect thai it was a greal
success.
A lelephono line is to bo put up between
Delta , Hotchklss , Paonla , Crawford nnd
Smith's Fork.
The culling of alfalfa will begin about May
20. Some of Ibo farmers expect to be aboul
Ihrough culling by June 1.
The town of Klbcrt Is making extensive
preparations lo enlortam the Klbcrt county
teachers , who meet there May 27 and 2 $ .
'Irinldad horsemen mndo n good showing at
the Albuquerque races , and brought back a
good bundle of New Mexico money.
The Canon Cltv Roval Gorge advocaies n
big couulv fair for Fremont next full , and
thinks preparatory steps sbould DO taken at
once.
The Harris burg Pioneer takes occasion to
remark thai it is going to rain al Harris-
bun : . It deus not inform a waiting populace
when , however.
The Denver & Rio Gmndo railroad com
pany has kindly consented to furnish water
from Its pipes lo waler the trees recently
purchased by the towns along its lino.
At Ihe nnnual moeling of Iho Rock Creek
ditch company Monday afternoon , J. B.
Hocker , John Helhnan and P. M. Coc'.trell
were chosen directors for the coming year.
The firsl calllo round-up this spring , north
of Meeker , Roult county , started on May 15.
It met at Wolf creek. For the south side
the round-up will moot at Rungely , Juno . " > .
Alfala hay Is now soiling In Delta al f JO
per Ion. Our ranchmen who sold at fS per
ton were too hasty. Lind that grows live
tons of hay per acre at $ JO per ton ought lo
pay.
pay.William
William Raworlh , an energollc miner from
Iho Bonanza camp , reporls lhat camp tilled
with a quiet activity ; tbo old miners believe
the camp will como out In great shape this
year.
The Del Norte flouring mills started up and
the water power dce the work nicely. From
present Indications the Del Norto flouring
mill company will bo able lo sell more Hour
than It i'an make.
Track-laying was begun on the Rio Grnndo
Southern last week. A largo force of men
has been colllected and Ihe work will slart
from the north end ut Ilium aud go toward
Rico , which will be readied by the middle of
August.
From the present outlook , Philip county
promises n splendid wheat crop. Grain is at
least ten to tifl < > en days earlier than last
year , and hundreds of green fields greet the
eye in every direction. Farmers are putting
in a larger ucreago than over.
It is said that the stale is furnishing Irout
to stock the lakes in the mountains , but has
no tlsn for Grape creek. The fish commis
sioner has been informed tbat Grape creek is
n stream that runs dry every year , and re
fuses to glv o fish to slock the blream.
William McCartney , in addilion lo his ex
tensive ranch Interests In the north end of
the park , has recently added to his cares in
that line bv leaslnpih connection with U. Vnl
ley of Jefferson , the Litmer ranch , which
cuts about four thousuud tons of hay an
nually.
Golden has reached a point when It is al
most absolutely necessary to have n new
school building. At present the school boarJ
have to rent rooms in to.vn which are very
podr nnd unsuitable for school rooms , nnd tbo
grades throughout the schools areovercrowd-
ed and there must bo moro room provided for
next year.
From Loadvillo the Denver it Rio Grande
Is hauling on nn nverago of forty curs of ore ,
merchandise , etc. , dally nnd six regular
through fast frcient trains run dally from
Salido. The business on Iho Blue River
branch is above Iho standard and It has been
found necessary to put on extra trains to
haul the accumulating freight.
La Jare farmers have not been Idle for the
past few weeks. A larger acreage of land is
tilled in this vicinlly Ihnn ever before. Wilh
an nbundanco of water In our streams and
laterals , irrigating , In some localities , is well
under way , nnd Indications point to another
prosperous season for the farmers In Cone-
Jos county.
What is needed in this cattle country Is n
moro developed tanning Industry ; the bides ,
it Is said , become nlmo.t worthless if Joft ex
posed too long to the dry climate , and it fan ?
been demoustralnd tbat It is moro convenient
to ship extracts in than to dispose of the
hides in tno east. It will como sooner or
later.
Messrs. W. A. Bronaugh nnd MV. W. Iden
purchased of Charles K. Michod his qelo-
brated five-year-old Mambrlno-Clay stallion.
The price paid for this flno animal was only
f'.S.'Vj. The horse is to bo prepared for the
seasons' work i.nd , until further announce
ment will oe kept at Iden's livery nnd sale
stable , Denver.
At a meeting' of the Merry canning and
pickling company twelve contracts were
made with gardeners for produce to be deliv
ered to the company from August lo the close
of the season. These contracls aggregate a
largo acreage of garden , and ivill give em
ployment tb a great many Individuals. The
company has decided to go to work In a few
days preparing their building and will put
the machinery in order in a short time.
The exlenslon of the Olcro canal lo the
Pnrgatolro is a sure thing. All the paper *
have been filed to secure the nccessarv funds
( an amount of f2"0,000) ) for the extension.
This is ouo of the most Important events tbat
bus transpired in that valley for sorno timo.
This means lo broaden the agricultural area
in Bent connty to one-half mors than she al
ready bus. The entire valley will not only
reap much benefit from this , but it wilt in
crease tbo population of Bent county u great
deal , and Las Aiilmai will be u better town.
Work on the Busk-Ivanboo tunnel Is being
pushed with dispatch , aud at the Busk side
the big bora ha * reached n distance of l..VJ
feet. Timbering is kept up close to tbo head
ing on account of the looseness of the ground.
At the Ivauhoo side Ihe dlslnnco reached Is
00 feet. The air ut both sides is excellent.
Whenever the surface seepage dries up the
work of casing the Tennessee tunnel will bo
riwimed. The timber used will bo California
redwood , nnd it was trimmed up nnd planed
by the Williams lumber company.
Business in railroad circles at Lcndvlllo
dunng the past week has increased inn.
lorially , principally fro-n the fact that the
road * to the different mines are again in good
condition , allowing tha hauling of ore. Ship
ments are coraiuif in from outlying camps ,
which assist in swelling the business. Rail
road officials itnut that tbo outlook is very
promising and that shipments of ore from
adjoining camps this year will bo greater
than ever boforo. The passenger business
keeps paeo with the freight bnaiucss , and few
trains arrive in thnt city that have not their
full complement of passengers.
The movement of cattle from along the
line of the Santa Fc , In Now Mexico nnd Ar
izona , has roinindio d , and the first trnlnlond
for the pastures have arrivcsj In Trinidad.
The first shlpwenl the Simla Fo will tnckla
will bo UiffXJ bend belonelng to J M. Holt nt
Wilcox. Ari. The o will bo shlppod to Won-
dover , Wyo , nnd from hcnco driven to the
grazing grounds in Montana. To tnovn tha
bunch of cattle will require over four him
drod cars. It will cost moro than f.V.OOO to
ship thorn , The Santa Fo expects lo hundl
several lui.idml thousand heiul Ihis season.
In aildilion to these sent to Montana many
stockmen will ship to Kansa * and Nebraska ,
where the cnttlo will graze until fall nnd then
bo corn-fed.
Washington.
A suit Involving tillo to a Inrgo traot ol
land In Spoknno , Wash. , which ha ? been Iu
progress lor years , has Just boon decided In
favor of the Northern Pnelfio railroad com
pany.
The volunteer flro companies mot nt Wh.it-
coui nnd passed resolutions resigning unlcsi
Iho city council nareo to pay thorn for overj
nlurm M each and W cents per hour for actual
ervico.
The poitofllco al Dcop Crct-k Falls , Wah ,
was robbed by Uvo masked mon. Shortly
after the justoftlco and n number of olher
buildings were burne.l. Loss , $10,000 , in-
sur nni-o 5,000.
A site for the Seattle Grand opera house
has been scoured nnd Iho construction of the
building will bo be un shortly. It will have
a seating cnpncltv of ) , UK ) nnd will bo mod
eled after the Chicago Auditorium.
Attornev Harry A Falrt-hlld , employed to
examine tno law relating to the consolidation
of New and Old Whatcom , gives a written
opinion tbat section 10 of Iho Incorporation
act It uncoiihlltutlonal. A test cuso wlllgc
to court before further complications uriso.
Shermmi Ball and A. C. Moore , two voting
mon , arrived ut Scuttle from Eau Claln\\\ * .
and took a room In the Sruttlo hotel. They
blow out the gus on retiring , nnd late thnuf
turnoon were found in an uiii-onscious condi
lion. The physician thinks they uill ro
cover.
Within the last few days n number of moc
have sellli'd upon valuable Indian roservu
lion lands across the bay from T.icomn and
built houses theroonIntending to elniin squat
ters'righls when Iho reservation is Uiroun
open lo settlement. In nn effort to oust thorn
the question has boon thrown into tlio courts.
The lutiu is vciy valuable.
Word has reached Lncenter of n terrible
uccidonl which occurred ut thai place n' .
conll.v. A fanner named Holcomb had
placed some glunl powder in n stovo. The
powder exploded , demolishing the house ,
i'vfo daughters of ilolcomb , aged fourteen
aud sixteen , wen ) instantly killed , nnd Hoi-
comb and bis wife seriously , If not fatally In-
jureu.
Two tramp * ntlompted lo escape from tin
city prison nt Tucoma. They were carrying
wood into Iho j'lil nnd , when Ihe officers'
backs were lurned , Ihey ran , ono rushing
inlo the jail corridor , throwing open the door
and yelling to llvo hobos to run. Thc-j
scampered in all directions , but wore uil eaj >
tured by a squad of police , who llrod freely
at Ihcm.
An unknown man , nppirenlly ugoa forty ,
heavy set , with cuoppy , blacit mustache unJ
goatee nud dark hair , nnd partially bald in
the front part of his bend , wa'i found
drowned on the beach of North bay , ncni
Tacoma. There were no papers In his pock-
els save nn advertisement cllp [ > d from the
Post-Intelligencer. Tbo body had been in
the water three or four days.
The no.\t meotlugof Pusrel Sound Sleam-
boat association will IKJ held at Seattle. Very
litllo business wus transuded nt the recent
meeting of the association. The grievances
of the Pacific navigation company remain
unsettled , but there uro to bo no moro stop
over ticdcu ou tnul company's Bcllingbain
bay roule , and a veto has been put upon th-i
carrying of excursions at reduced rates. Tim
talked of disbanding of the association docs
not at all seem imminent.
The sum of $100,000 was completed ut Tu-
coma to start n permanent oxK > > llon ! build
ing. The exposition will be used also lo do-
mouslrale what sort of un exhibition tha
state can get together for the world's ialrfot
which $100,000 has been appropriated by tlio
legislature. One feature of the exposition
will bo a magnificent aquarium displaying
the food llih und sen monsters found In Pugol
sound and its tributaries. Tun Tucoma ex
position will occupy u commanding site , giv
ing o view of Mount Tacoma. Puget sound ,
Olympia und the Cu cado mountain ranges.
The exposition will open next September.
Idaho.
Irrigating has done much to improve thfl
surrounding couniry aud to build und foster
Iho young town of Nuinpa.
Fred Kie cl .t Co. , of Ogdeu , are stocking
their Idaho farm , near Pnrtnu , wilti u line lot
of thoroughbred Porcbcrou horses.
Jennings , who murdered Ross Hutchins.
the well known stockman , near Boise last
fall , has been found guilty of manslaughter.
The state board of pardons 1ms refused a
pardon to Denis McCarthy , now unflergoInR
u life senlenco Iu the penitentiary lor murder
committed in Bolso county seven years ago.
The Nampaland nnd improvement company
of Niunpa , with Mr Alexander Dulles pnic-
licully at its head , has boon instrumental in
bringing to und sustaining a largely settled
area.
area.Tho
The Capital City electric light companv
have received a carload of machinery whlcb
is the complete oulflt for Ihoir arc light sj s.
lem , which Ihey expect lo have In operation
by Juno 1.
The canal owned by Iho Boise Cily-Nampa
irrigation land and lumber company , bcltci
known as the "Uidenbaugh ditch , " expect tc
complete Iho same and have water running
through its ditch on May 25.
Articles of Incorporation of the Bingbnm
County ub- > tract company of Blackfoot have
been filed with the secretary of state. The
object of the corporation is to make und so-
euro title to real properly in Iho counly ol
Bincham , and its capital stock is & ! 5,000.
The Ca'ur d' Aieno City Times announce * )
lhat the St. Joe transportation company will
soon begin running a line of steamers un tha
CujurU'Alene river lo Iho Mission. "Tho
steamers will stop along the shore of the lake
and river , making ll very convenicjnl for set
tlers along tbut route to freight bv.
Gpvornor Willoy bus appointed the follow
ing additional members of his personal stuff :
Inspector general , J F Curtis , Bolso ; quar
termaster general , Charles A. Clark , Boise ,
surgeon general , S. E. Blbbv , GrangcviUe ,
mustering officer , Kd Beck , Grnngovillo ; nil
with Iho rank of colonel ; also ns lieutenant
colonels nnd aides de-camp , A. H. Cupwell ,
Boise , nnd W. C Hnrroun , Albion.
The horses slolon from Mr. Pcler Grogan
last fall , with u lot more stolen stock , have
been found in ono of Iho Snnio river bastni
in Casslr. counly , Ihe Ihleves not having boon
nblo to run them out of the country yet. Any
buckuroo wanting to biro to our stockmen
this summer , if ho bo u stranger , will have to
show a certificate of characlor. Horse stealIng -
Ing Is not gclne to bo nn easy way of making
a living in Owyhco county In IS'Jl.
A big irrigutlng ditch when completed will
bo expected to water 300,000 acres , or nil that
body of land lying between ihi Boise and
Snuko rivers. The ditch will carry n volume
of walcr twenty feet in width at the bottom.
Ibirty nt the top and six feel in dcplh. It
taps the Boise river nbout ten miles north
east of Bolso City , and winding In a cir
cuitous route crosses the main line of the
Oregon Short Line about four inllus east of
Nnmpa ; from that jwlnt ou two prongs have
bcon built , ono entering Nnmpa on Ibe soulh
and the other on the north side.
Two llakotas.
Thirty-four trains arrivu and leave Dt > ad-
wood dally.
Dcadwood voted { 100,000 In boodor city
improvements.
The SiiSBton tract h to bo opened tosetilo-
mcnt July J.
Fnrgo's now cily directory gives , that town
n population of 7,000.
1'rosbo county , opposite Chamberlain , is a
candidate for organization.
Dell Rapids is furnishing largo qunntitiei
of stone for paving in Omaha.
Brookings city nnd school bonds wore sold
to homo capitaluls at a premium.
The date fur the Sioux FalU camp meeting
has been fixed from Juno -"J to July 5.
\ Jamestown man recently sold a St. Ber
nard dog to a Philadelphia purty for f700.
A new brick school building nt Chamberlain -
lain is nearly completed ut a cost of $15,000.
The now Metbodut church In coursoof
construcllon at Fort Pierre will co t f ISOO.
The citizens of Starfish offer SW.OJO a * an
Inducement for some railroad to build to tbut
place.
( jeorce Werner , a Salem youth , stole 100
from his father nnd departed for unknown
climes.
* AH but sir of tn HO Congregational
churches In South Dakota maintain rcgulat
services.