12 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATUHDAY , MAY 30 , 1S91 TWELVE PAGES.
News of the Great West.
On I loyStubs Anollinr.
A slabbing affray occurred In Cheyenne n
few days ago , the principals being two boys ,
cacli about slxtcmi years old. TIco Brcnimn
and Kidney Bnrtlott had seine trouble on the
street In the afternoon anil mot Inter nnd re
newed the quarrel , when the Ilronnan boy
stabbed liiirllctt twlco in the leftside. Tliero
nro two K'MhoHn the loft side , one among
thi lower ribs and the oilier Just under the
left nnn. The knife used was n In-ga pocket
knife nnd penetrated the lungs , making an
ugly wound. Two doctor * were called to at
tend the wounded boy , and while they con-
Rider the wounus bad ones , hupo that owing
to the boy's. strong constitution they will m > i
bo fatal. ' The boys give different , stories
In rcum-d to the trouble. According to
the Leader Kidney Ilartlett claims
bo was out horsobiu-k filling when bo mot
Bri'mmn , who threw mud at him. lie Jumped
off the horse to whip him , when Ilronnan
drrw u knife and cut him twlco. Then ho
got on his horse and rode homo , where his
wounds were attended to. Hivmian hud been
f.cnt out by bis father on an errand , and says
ho met Uartlett , who Jumped off his Horse
and commenced to IcIcK him. Hartlott is the
Inri'or , and drew his Unlfc and cut at him.
He went liomn mid ( old his father lie Had had
a light with Hartlott , but said nothing auout
stabbing him. Mr. Hrennnn know nothing
about the matter until ho met the police , who
were bunting for bis son. The boy was
found in bed and was locked up in Jail.
Seven IlevllH District.
Forest Ulty is the nnno of n new camp in
the Seven Devils district in Idaho , with a
population of about one hundred and llfty ,
nnd people coining in every day. It is the
stopping place for all who intend to visit
Helena , as the snow Is not quite oil' yet.
There are two general stpres and one res
taurant nnd four saloons and several stores
nnd dwellings In view , nnd a brewery as
soon as tlie lumber is ready. According to n
correspondent of tno Salt Lake Tribune , tno
onlv fault to Hiid Is the way sonio few persons
have sinned the country over , ono man havim :
no less t han twenty claims and not ono particle
of work dune on any one. Ana In nil prob
ability there will be a great deal of "Jump
ing" done then ! this summer. The ooys that
are out prospecting on Morse inountaii. bring
In a great many specimen ; ) of ore and quart/ .
These hills contain not alone copper , but also
gold , iiml In Inct are the greatest mountains
for ore ttint have ever been worked. When
ono sees for himself the ore from the Peacock
nnd oilier mines ho can hiirdly realize that it
is so rich , and ere from several other claims
efsny from ? 'J'J5 per ton to f l.'il ) . The easiest
way' Into ttio Seven Devils district is via
Wciser from the east and linker City from
west. Helena has about forty people in it
nt present ; most of them have wintered
there. _
fii'ttiiiK liovc the Storm.
A noteworthy incident is reported by the
Cheyenne Tribune from Beaver ( 'anon , n
mountain stioam on the line of the Utah &
Northern railroad. A party of stockmen was
overtaken in the canon by n very heavy rain
storm. The rainfall became heavier and
heavier , the How of Heaver creek became
liU'lier , and i $ . was evident that if .something
was not speedily done Hie whole party would
be drowned in the crmon. An old timer who
was ono of the apparently doomed party ex
claimed , "Hoys , wo can gotnbovo the storm ! "
and abandoning his horse , the spenker com
menced climbing the almost precip
itous sides of the canon. Ho was
piomntly followed by Ms companions and at
the oxpfrntion of an hour's arduous climbing ,
the entire party stood safe on high mnuntmn
side aoovo iho storm. The olu timer had
learned from past experience that the clouds
from which the rain was pouring , were
lodged ngalnst the mountain side at a com
paratively low elevation. The horses of tho1
party were nil drowned and the next day
their wagon was found fifteen miles below
where it was abandoned in the canon , being
carried that distance by the raging canon
torrent which , by a happy thought of one of
their number , the imperiled stockmen hiid
themselves so narrowly escaped.
A Model
Superior .Fudge Moore of Spokane , Wash. ,
gave nil obstinate jury a tnsto of old English
last week and they roturneu it verdict in
short order. The Jury , who had been consid
ering the case of Frank Stedry , charged with
highway robbery , had been out twenty-four
hours , when Judge Moore called them in and
asked if they had trcncheu a verdict. lie
also instructed 'Jio bailiff not to give thorn
anything to eat until they had
found a verdict of guilty or not
guilty. 1u ten minutes thereafter
the Jury returned n verdict finding
the prisoner guilty as charged. Stedry1 J at
torneys protested against this method o !
forcing the Jury to como to n verdict and took
exception. Judge Moore said while the law
was little used , it was a practice in old Knp-
lisli law that had never been repealed , lie
said when the Juries became obstinate in n
case where the course was clear , ho would
mlopt any measure allowed by law to make
them ngreo upon a verdict. fckedry's attor
neys will test the question nnd settle it for
all time. Notice of a new motion lor trial
was given ,
I/-rt u Iifttrr to Mr. Doatli.
David Cox of Scheme died at a Fnlrlmvcn ,
Wash. , lodging house from the effects
of morphine taken with suicidal intent as ap
peared from a letter loft by him indicating
his wishes as lo the dispoiltion of his prop
erty , which was considerable. Ho owned
valuable real estalo in Fairhaven , Scheme ,
Blaim * , Tacomn , Steilncom and Spokane , beside -
side an Inlore.st in the Miimmotn mine and
other promising claims in the Coour d'Alones.
Ho was formcnly In the saloon business
at Doltn. Idaho , nnd Inter in the same
business at Wallace , Idaho , from which
place ho went to the sound about two years
ago. His bunk book , In which he wrote bis
wishes In regard to his property , shows a ile-
] )0sit of f-TH ) in the Whatcom county bank
June I , and no checks nro lo.-ordod against
it. The letter written in the bank book is
addressed to "Mr. Death , " and directs that
half of his propcrtv bo given to his wife nnd
half to his sdotcr , Stella Cox of Wilkesbarre ,
1'u. , to care for his father. Ho was about
forty years old and was mnrrlcil about three
years ago to n woman considerably older
than he , who now resides in Scheme and
with whom ho did not live happily.
Sweetheart Diet ! In III * Arm * .
Elizabeth D. Whltllold , aged nineteen ,
daughter of N. 1C. WhUilold , n. well known
civil engineer of Portland , Ore. , wiu
drowned In the nver near Koss island. She
was out boating with her lever , J. N. Forn-
dyci > , and the steamer came nlong and upset
their bout. Uoth wore thrown out. Forn-
ilyco held uu the young lady as long as ho
could , but as she had fainted she died In his
nrms. Then , us ho wns nearly exhausted
himself , he had to drop her. Ho clung to the
boat and Honied to the shore. It was an hour
later before he could reach the some of the
young lady nnd report her drowning to the
family. He was nearly exhausted hlmsolf
nnd U under n physician s care , The drown
ing took place in mid-channel.
Another Ijiiuo lIlKliwivymun.
It is reported that n lonu highwayman Is
terrifying people near Hathdrum , Idaho.
He held up thrco men at different points on
the pubilo highway In one day recently , Ono
of the victims proceeded to UiUlulnmi. six
miles distant , and notified the authorities.
A posse of citizens at once left for the point
\vheru the robber wns last seen and becnn
scouring the country lu sear.'h of him , but
without success at last accounts. Ho will
probably bo lynched if caught ,
11 car * I' , i r the Fair.
.1 Ityder killed a mother bruin recently In
the Lost River country , Idnluand captured
her progeny -thrco in number. These ho
has had on exhibition in Kutchuni and | iro-
pobcstosond or take them to tno world's
fair nt Chicago. The bears are of the silver-
UpHil | variulv , nnd nro very handsome and
healthy looking youngsters , weighing prob
ably fortv pounds each. Ryder valuta hU
4tch at about { 33 u woco.
Mothodlcts of Dout'las nro building c
church.
/ bit I'T drive lins ccrn started at the
head waters of the Hear river.
Oook county stockmen nro rejoicing over s
snowfall of < lx Inches last weak.
tivnnslon Ilapttsts have nought a lot and
Intend to erect u church before long.
The girl cadets of Kawllns have reorgnn-
lied and the roster will be increased.
Of the twelve counties In Wyoming ten
have women superintendents of schools.
Albert I'iko Comnmndery No.I , Knights
Tiunplnr , has uecn organized at Hvnnston ,
A freight team loaded in December reached
Lander last week. Had roads delayed it.
The first commencement of the state mil-
veriitv will bo held at Larumlu Juno I to
Juno 10.
A sttigo line has been placed on the Sun
dance-Merino route , making the round trli
In ono day.
The Dana coal mine has been closed down
again , and all tl.u works and buildings
bonrded up.
Weston county lias the largest farm lu the
state. It has fi.uou , acres , 1,0,1)11 ) of which are
under cultivation.
Drilling nt the .Suiulnnce coal Holds has been
suspended for two weeks to await the ar
rival of more tubing.
Routuluplso. U , the first of the season in
Lurnmlu county , started last Wednesday
morning fium Hot'su creek.
Johnny Dimmltt , n well known citben of
Lanunic , has been loft $10,0'JU by the death
of his grandfather in Ohio.
The Wyoming transportation company re
ceived at Kawlins Ti,0.J ) pounds of govern
ment freight fur Fort WasluiKle.
The ucrengo sown to grain in Johnson nnd
Sheridan counties season is estimated > , o be
one-third greater than ever bolore.
The.ro are now 415 men employed In the
Union Pacific shops at Chevenne. and 10'J
inoro are to bo put or. immediately ,
Luke Voorhccs of Cheyenne has been
awarded the contract for carrying the mail
from Saratoga to Gold Hill for a year.
A tire in the south part of Hear Lodge
mountains just week burned an area of about
six miles square. The rain chocked It.
A water tank to hold .Ti.OOO gallons of
water , or a thrco days' supply for Carbon ,
uill be put on top ol the bill In u few days.
The Crnper-Kongis singe linu , to bu operat
ed by the Nlobrnrn company In connection
with the North we-tern , lias begun operations.
T. J. Kwnn , a cattleman In tiie vicinity of
Lusk , purchased 7.000 head of young steers ,
\\hicli will lie marketed in this city this fall.
N. H. Davis of Cheyenne is trying to in
duce u Swiss colony to settle on Hrush creek ,
in the upper J'latto valley in Carbjn county.
A feature Of the parade on Memorial Day
In Ruwlins will bo forty-four young girls
carrying tno new flags with forty-four stars.
The second state mining convention will
be held nt Cheyenne on July 11. ICIToru are
making to have u very creditable exhibition.
The cost of keening the insane at the state
asjlumhas averaged this year 00 cents per
day lor each inmate. lu April the cost was
only M cents.
The Laramic city council passed an ordin
ance fixing the totail liuiior license nt . * " > UO
per year. This is in addition to the $ ) UO
county license.
Many cuttle are oeing shipped east. Four-
year-old beef steers are selling olT the range
at $10 , and some hay fed four-year-olds have
been sold ntlh. .
Uich county has sold over 550,000 worth of
cnttlo this season , and will aggroir ite not
loss than double that amount before this sell
ing season is over.
It Is expected that n stamp mill will reach
the Uold Hill camp by July 1. It was
started In over the Carbon road , which is
making slow progress.
Surveys are now being made for the big
Douglas ditch which is intended to cover the
whole Shawnee valley. The canal is already
four miles from the Pintle.
The coal mines of Koek Springs nro networking
working very steadily. In consequence of
which mai.y of the sine'1' ' men are leaving ,
seeking employment elsewhere.
Utading" and tracklnying on the B. & M.
extension to Buffalo Is hciim rapidly pushed.
Indications are that the road will reach the
Belle Foucno river within a few days.
A peculiar phenomena was witnessed last
Saturday night on the divide between Lara-
into and the Little Larntnio river. A streak
of hail ten miles long but very narrow fell.
Frank Phelpsa VVV hand , was gored to
Uentli last week by a cow on Powder river
whlld car-marking a .call' . Ho came from
Texas ami was known us "Maverick Frank. "
Destructive timborllrea | have been raging
in Cn ok county. Ono of them was on the
Bear Lodge range , northwest of Sundance.
The Kcpublican reports live distinct llres m
the Black Hills.
Laramio's board of trade talks of estab
lishing a hci'rfe fair for sale of horses by set
ting apart one day each month , when ucoplu
having horses for sale can bring them to
town to dispose of them.
A freighter at Casper was killed while
crossing the Platte by having his head
caucht between tils wagons and frightfully
crushed. His name wns Parker and ho was
Just starting for Buffalo.
When the B. & M. extension reaches the
Hello Fourcho nvor a daily foui'-horsu stage
line will bo put on between there and
Buffalo. The distance of 115 miles will bo
covered in eighteen hours.
The Vesuvius mine in the Keystone dis
trict bns been leased by Barnes and WellolT ,
experienced miners. They claim tnat in a
cross-cut on a thirty-live foot level , they
slruck ere Unit assays high in gold.
Buffalo Echo ; Surveyor General Richards
went down on the Big Horn rivir , In the
Bnsln , with n party of men , to complete the
low water ditch which Is to Irrigate about
twelve thousand acres of land.
The Northern Wyoming Protective asso
ciation was organized at Buflulo uy stock
growers , with nn executive committee com
posed of F. M. Canton , F. G. S. Hesse , II. U.
Mann. L. H. Parker and F. H. Lnberteaux.
A great many cattle are being gathered
this year in Wyomlnir by contract , the price
of such gathering ranging from 75 cents to
fl. Some ranchmen estimate the expense ,
when done by an outfit of their own , as high
us ? l a head.
During n performance of n local dramatic
club In Laramiu the audience wns startled by
an nlnrni of lire caused by the crossing of
wires. Some fool stuck his head In at thu
doorway and yelled lire nnd a stampede was
barely averted.
C. N. Northrup sold 5,000 snoop on his
ranch eighteen miles from Lookout , to
William Jones of Colorado. The sheep had
boon sheared and the price paid for them was
? l.75 per head. They will be driven to Col
orado immediately.
The Casper Derrick says the Nlobrnra
Stage and Transportation company lias re
ceived word to hold Itself In readiness to haul
u stamp mill for mining purposes to the Mi
ners' Delight vicinity. Ills to bo put in by
Boston capitalists.
Mrs. Sam Goff , living nt Piedmont , was
attacked by n put coon , the animal biting nnd
scratching her severely , it Is thought the
coon would have killed her had It not been
for a man In tno vicinity , who ran to the
rescue , nnd * bol thu beast.
liango reports from Carbon county nro
more favorable than for yours past , lirass
Is plentiful ; slock of alt kinds is in good con
dition , and cattle nnd Hhcupmcn are unani
mously of thu opinion that this will bo a
banner year In stock business of all Kinds.
Ttio experimental station of ; the state uni
versity recently located at Saratoga is bcinc
rapidly put in shai'o under the direction of
Captain J.H. Miilli.son. Many irees have
been planted and work on the 'ditch which is
to furnUlnho water for irrlgutinir purposes
Is being rushed.
An Atlantic correspondent writes the Lan
der Clipper that In sinking a new shaft on
the Huckoyotho oilier day Frank Lcnno came
upon u seven-foot lend , three feet of which
will run at least f50 per tun. The rest is $10
or twelve didlar rock. U U Mr. Lenno's in-
tontlou to work tno property all summer.
KlTorts are being mndo to have the Union
Pncilie build u spur from lu linu to the sum !
Btono quarries Just ouUnlo of Uawllns.
Orders are in for utouo sutllcient to ucop a
largo uuuibur of muu atvork all , summer
and If the spur Is not built n number of
thcso orders will have lo be cancelled.
Mni-tln O'lh-ion ' nnd T , J. D.ivls were seri
ously hurt on the viaduct In Cheyenne which
is now building , tno liiMt accident thnt has
occuired. It was caused by n caboose strik
ing n guv rope and wrecking the moving derrick -
rick , which also dmnnged a big iron spun 10S
feet long. Work has been delayed in cense
quence.
.Mnyor-oloct O. ft. Hill of Hook Springs
had ttie bone of tits loft forearm broken
while having an innocent sparring sot-to
with Jack Hopper , who was trying to knock
olT Mr. Hill's hat while thn prospective
mayor was attcmptlni ; to dlslodgo u cigar
from Jack's muutli. Mr. Hill wears his arm
In n sling.
Sundance Republican : The big mill at
NiL'ger Hill will bo ready for operation be
fore many mom weeks. The machinery is
nrrlvliiir on the ground and the work will bo
pushed forward rapidly. There are sixteen
men nt work getting out ore , and 'the ussayer
recently run out sixty one-pound bars of the
finest , tin over produced.
Despite the fact that forty-two inches of
snow fell Inside of six dftys on the Snowy
r.mge , the outfit from Lanitnie , which Is tryIng -
Ing to cut through a road from that city to
Gold Hill camp keeps pluckilv at work. Ills
impossible to got within eight miles of the
camp over the Carbon road. Ko far Saratoga
has the only practicable road to Gold Hill.
Laramie is hopeful of guttinc a free mail
delivery , us the receipts of the postoftleo for
four consecutive quarters averaged umrj
than ? looi)0 , ) each , which Is the amount re
quired to secure such service. There is al
ready talk of having n female carrier ap
pointed. This would be the first instance of
a woman's being selected for such a position.
A young cattle owner had , in his herd of
UUO head of steers , threes , fours and lives ,
says the Chovcnno Tribune. Those no had
held over from year to year hoping for a
better market price. Last fall , however , lie
throw them on the eastern market , realizing
? IL ! and $ ' 31 per head. These same cnttlo , If
the- bad been held until this year , would
have netted their owner S-l.r > per head.
The little oight-year-old son of Mr. Trunk-
hill of Hock Sprint's , was brutally assaulted
one evening last week. As a miner was re
turning homo from work the boy called nfter
him , using such language us to enrapo the
man , who caught the boy and with bis pit
lamp severely burned ttio child in n tender
place. Dr. Smith who IIIH charge of the case
thinks the lad will recover.
Irrigation projects are numerous in Fre
mont county , and work is progressing on
some of them. There is nn abundance of
water from those streams within its bound
aries : StltiklneVator , Gray Bull , Goose
berry , Owl creek. Big and Little Popri Agio ,
Big nnd Little Wind rivers , Sweet Water ,
Uig Horn and their tributaries. Green ,
Snake mid Yellowstone rivers nad their
sources in this county.
A. II. Cronkite , who ha ? somo. promising
coal and iron claims in the Seminoo district
northwest of Hawlins , expects to interest
ionic capitalists in those deposits. Ho is
now developing a thirteen-foot coal vein.
Prospeutinu for gold leads has begun , nnd a
new llnd was recently made by H. C. Magor
who sent sonio samples to Salt Lake for
assay. The assaycr reports that.tho ere cur
ries . JOIil. . " ) . ' ! in gold and S'J.1in ! silver.
W. P. Noble had 10.0.10 sheep sheared at
Kocu Springs , averaging about seven pounds
to the llecco. The wool was sold to a Boston
bouse at IS cents per pound. Those shrop
were owes and clipped prior to lambing.
The wethers , of which he lias 5,000 , will not
bo sheared until near July 1 , when he expects
to get an average of ten pounds of wool to
the animal. After shearing the sheep will
be fed a short time and then .marketed for
million. Air. Noble says Wyoming will have
'
u product of ; i,000COO'pounds"of wool this
year. .
Reports from the Sweetwaters3 > conntry
represent Increased interest in the col'd pros
pects thero. Numerous strikes are said to
have recently been made , one on the Mary
Allen showing an eighteen-inch vein which
shows $1,000 to the ton of gold. Bit-Senator
Tabor bus had an ngent there njokjns an in
vestigation nnd some sales to him we report
ed ns pending. Prospectors nnd-mining men
are visiting the localltj. .ifnnw'toyyntcalled '
Tabor has been located on rock creek about
three miles from Atlantic. It is stated that
two new mills will bo put up this summer.
1C. M. Havenscrnft , United States signal
observer at Clioyonno , states that the rain-
full from January 1 to May U5 , l.i'Jl , a period
of less than six months wns JO,41. inches ,
which Is a considerably greater fall than for
any like period during the preceding twenty-
cne years. In the first six months of ISS'Jtho
rainfall was 8.44 ; in ISSM , S.42 ; In 18S4 , 8.T7 :
in 1SS5 , 7.07 ; in ISSli , 4.1S ; in 1KS7 , 2.2.V in
1SSS. 7.7JI ; in 18S9 , 5.0 ; in WK ) , 5.C.O. . The
average rainfall for twenty years from Jan
uary to May inclusive was 4.I1U inches. It
averaged from 1871 to ISM ) inclusive il.GO ; nnd
the average from 1881 to Ib'.lO was 5.711 inches.
During the past live years the total annual
rainfall has averaged about fourteen inches ,
while ten years previous It only averaged
seven and eight inches.
Idaho.
Farmers of Kootenai county nro jubilant
over their prospects of fruit raising.
Frank A. Fcnn was renppomted state land
agent for the selection of state lands.
Work has tegiin on nn electriu railway in
Boise city that is expected to bo running by
July 1.
At Custor City the mill Is running again ,
nfter a year's idleness , and business there is
very much improved.
The Idahonn mine in Halley is reported to
have been bonded and leased for a year. This
mine has already shipped Jl.bOO.OOO.
The water system at the Bolso barracks
will be connected with that of the city. A
contract has been made to that olleci.
The Red Cloud mine , which Is the mine of
Wood river , is working sixty men and ship
ping .100 tons per month of lOO-ounco ore.
Articles of Incorporation of tbo Bank of
Moutpolior , at the metropolis of Bear Lake
coiintv , have been filed. The capital is $ oO-
000.
000.Tho
The Ward Dance company has .started up
their mill in the Wood river country and arc
shipping regularly to the Oinhn and Grant
company.
It is reported that the Queen of the Hills
mine at Ucllovue. has Just been sold to an
English syndicate.
Pocatello expects a real estate boom when
lots are auctioned olT in the townslto in July.
The railroad payroll there is said to amount
to g75,000 a month.
Several prospecting parties arc bending for
South mountain , nnd the owners of mines
there are figuring on doing their assessment
work early this year.
Chinamen are being brought from Oregon
for section work on the Short Line between
Pncatello unit Huntlngton , about ono hun
dred having been secured so far.
The Livingston mine Is showing finely and
the company will probably build a smelter
for it at the mouth of French creek on Snl-
mon river , seven miles above Clayton.
There Is n good stock of nro nt the Bay
Horse smelter and the minus are In shnpo for
liberal production , and so the smeller will bo
started soon , after lymu idle two yuan.
Salmon and sturgeon of a largo size arc
being caught dally at and near Glenn's Ferry.
Ono man caught three sturgeon in ono day
Ihcro weighing over live hundred pounds. '
The Clnulbar property on Salmon river , n
few miles above Clayton , will soon start their
ten-sinmp mill. This is promising hirce re
turns mid. to become a very largo proporfy.
Henry Whitney has started his ten-stnmp
mill near Grimes' Pass. The mill wns con
structed last fall , but was not completed in
tlmo to make a run. It Is run by waier power.
Telon ranchers are Jubilant at the outlook
of stock this spring. Horses and cattle came
out of thn winter in prime condition. Nearly
nil ranchers have hay and grain lo hold over.
Five feet of solid gnlona has been devel
oped In the Hunter mine , Shoshone county.
At the Grouse a Inrco force of men nro at
work In the tunnuU , the longest of which U
lot ) foot.
A fcrrvboat Is building wo-it of Meniui ,
which will bring that pUico within live mites
of Market Lake nnd LouUvlllo within seven
miles of Market Lake. The ferry will bo-
started early in Juno.
There ore 150 teams working on the exten
sion of the Porter canal nt Idaho Fulls Thu
eiteuslou will bo about twelve imlcs tu
length nnd will supply wntor for n Inr0'0 ex
tent of country.
The Klmlrn company has nbout eighty
thousand ounces of silver bullion nt Banner
taken out after the olnstng of the road In Fob
runry , until the mill closed down severn
weeks ago.
The Triumph minomcar Halley Is workiut.
thirty .men opening iiip itnmenso bodies o
low-grade oro. Workmen lire busy on the
mill and expect to have everything in work
Ing order by June 15.
It Is rumored In Long Valley that 100 tnnn
will he In there soon to cut for the North A ,
Soulh railroad , nnd'.that the companv wll
pay from I1,1 to 15 cants each for tlu deilverei
on Iho bank of the river.
There arc nbout ono hundred men Incltid
tnu tensers steadily nt work on the ICns
Fork of Wood river , and a couple of weeks
hence , nftor the Triumph Jigs are started
this number wilt bu Increased.
Miss Km ma Kdwnrds , the Bolso artist who
designed the now great seal of the state o
Idaho , has made a sones of designs for the
now issue of silver coins Unit will soon bo
strucit nt the United States mint.
Klcctrie drills will soon bo in use in Iho
Black Hoar mine , near Wallace. The dynamo
Is lo bu run by n Pelion water wheel , and Is
of sdfllciont capacity to run eight , drills. The
drills used are similar to those driven by
compressed nir.
Several catllotnon on Salmon river soli
their catllo at Ais.,10 for turoe-yoar-olds am
l'.50 ! for four-vear-olds. About four bun
drod head will delivered between now mil
the middle of June. Overman nnd Surrldgo
are the buyers.
The city of Weisor consists of two rival set
tlements nbout ono inlla apart , and they have
a great time over the postolllcu. The new
town , as the portion near the depot is called
got in a scoon last week , and had the olllco
moved lo their section.
Several lots of trout have boon shipped
from Halley to Portland , Ore. At lirsl
thought this would seem llko shipping coal
to Newcastle , but with all their salmon nail
ocean llsh Portlanders have none that will
equal mountain trout in delicacy.
12'J'no largest tunnel contract over awarded
in the Cocur d'Alcno country has just been
lot by the owners of the Last Chance nt
Wnrdner to nman named Martin. The
length is to bo : j,000 feet , mid Martin will im
mediately put twenty men at work.
At Moscow , B. P. Lyons' daughter , aged
three , was accidentally shot by Lyons' ten-
year-old boy with a Winchester , tbo ball en
tering the neck and striking the skull , run
ning around the same nnd emerging near the
top of thu head , doing no serious injury.
Mountain Homo Range : J. M.Johnson has
purchased 15,000 mutton sheep for.I. B. Long
in this vicinitv. Thev will bo started for
Nebraska by trail within ten days lo be fed
there for eastern markets. This purchase
moans about $10,000 distributed among our
sheep owners.
Glenn's Ferry , the end of n division on the
Orccon Short Line , tins established a since
nnU freight line between there and Rocky
Bar , as 11 sort of boycott against Mountain
Homo , which took the county sent away
from Rocky Bar. The experiment of Making
an artesian well for irrigating purposes will
bo tried at Glenn's Ferry.
A fragment of quartz n cubic inch In di
mensions , literally lillcd with free gold , was
brought into Hope recently by n young man
apparently having i-o idea of its value. The
specimen was boutrht lor $4. Old prospectors
say they never saw a ilnor ono. The "lowest
estimated value is ' lKllOO ) u ton. Consider
able excitement prevails and prospecting
parties are outlining to search the supposed
territory from which it came.
Wood River was visited last wenlr with nn
extremely cold snap of weather , snow having
fallen during the niuhts to n considerable
depth in Iho mountains and reached the val
ley. Fruit trees are in full bloom and but for
tbo continuous cloudy .weather , together with
the liiL'h wind , everything in thu line of fruit
must perish. So far the damage has been
comparatively small. The prospects are still
good for an abundant yield of fruit.
The Union Pacific bought sixty acres of
laud at Dowoyville , which will be lain elf as
a townsito. The company has also taken the
precaution to secure all available water pos
sible. It is reported1 that the company has
decided to construct'a large railroad bridge
across Bear river wnst of town , and build
a branch line Into Malad valley. Dowoyvillo
will bo the south western terminus of the
new branch line into Mnlad valley.
Some proporlics have been bonded in Iho
El Dorado district between Idaho City and
Banner , nnd cITorts are being made lo place
thorn in London. Should this plan succeed
the Silver Mountain twenty-stamp mill will
most likely bo moved from Graham to the
novy district. The ere carries sulphurets and
native silver. The work 61 opening the dis
trict commenced two years ago nnd several
of the mines have developed into very valua
ble properties.
John Gloason nnd a number of others were
engaged in piling up stulls on the sidchill ,
between Gem and Wallace. Glenson was on
top of the pile arranging them , when the sup
ports below gave awny and the timbers began
LO roll down the hill. He wns thrown full
length , head downward , nnd in position for
the weight of the rolling timbers lo como
upon him. As soon ns possible he was taken
out , but lived only a few minutes , His head
was crushed so that the blood oo/ed : from his
nose nnd oars and the chin bone was broken.
The court house at Murray caught lire last
week while court was in session. Judge
Hollctnan , the presiding Judge , noticed n tire
around a Hue in the ceiling and gave the
alarm. At once the greatest excitement pre
vailed , and while the Murray fire depart
ment wns rustling their apparatus , the
county oflloinls nnd attorneys laid to in sav
ing the county and court records. Tbo prin
cipal records , confined in a lite proof vault
were safe from all possible damage by fire ,
hut the papers used in this session of the dis
trict court anil the court records were saved
with dillleulty , The loss sustained is esti
mated at about f.,000.
The university of Idaho nt Moscow will bo
in operation within a year. The executive
committee of the board of regents outlined
plans to bo submltled lo Iho board at its Juno
meeting. There Is no doubt that their recom
mendations will bo adopted immediately after
the mooting. Tbo intention is to ad
vertise for bids to have one wing
of tno buildine erected this su in
ner. The available funds amount to nbout
fliO.OOO , which will bo enough to complete
inu furnish the wing. As the state appro-
iriation becomes duo from year to venr it
"
will bo applied to other parts of the" build-
ng. The estimated cost of the structure all
ready for use is $200,000.
The Sunlight , mlnaa half mlle east of the
Halfway house on the Bolso city rend ,
owned by Dunnlgan & Surlleot , gives prom-
so of being a great mine. Tno tunnel , which
las been running day and night slaco last
full , following tbo vein , all the time in good
Dre , bus reached n point under the discovery
jhult where a very rich bodv of silver copper
ere has been discovered. The silver Is in
chloride , and the roikds yellow with it. An
ussay wns lately niiulo of ere taken from
icross thu vein and mixed , which returned
U7 ounces per ton silver , wllh a truce of gold.
There uro several other prospects lu the vi
cinity of the Sunlight that prospect well on
the surface , whleh will bo dcvolopod'to con
siderable ox tout this'ycnr.
The Clayton smcitiug company is building ;
i new furnace , ciiutioity thirty tons , which
will bo ready to sturt immedl..luly , and the
aid twenty-ton smelter will go In blast at the
same tlmo. This mvuns fifty tons of ere per
lay. Pack Indus have already gene on the
trull to bring ere fromtbo Sky Fork mine ou
.ho Ramshurn hill , nnd w.tgons are hauling
n ere from their Silver Rule mine. Both of
these mines nro Ui 'excellent condition for
iroductlon Ibis year , n largo amount of stop-
ng ground having baeu opened. The Rod-
jird mine belonging to the company li , tuni
ng out finely also. As yet the company has
mi put ou u very largo force of men , but
> ooa these will be added , so as to make Clay-
ion a lively place.
A Correction.
OMUU , M'iy 131. To thoKclltor of THIS
.1 B : Dear Sir In my reply lo Mr. Council
it ho Sundown bunquel , 1 menltonud the
act that , two half dollars possessed the MUIIO
mrchuslng power ns iho dollar displayed by
Mr. Comicll , and requested sumo one present
lo inform mo as to the number of grains of
niro silver In thorn , not being nolo myself to
vo.ill the number. Some uontleman replied
.hut thov had s per cunt iu.s , ami 1 replied
thnt 1 thought ho was mistaken , and that
liov contained not less than Itoo grains. I
ivNli now to say that the answer was nearly
; onx'ct. Two Inilf dollr.M coulaln . ' 11511-10
Krnlns of pure silver nvalnsi : i7l > 4 grains lu
ho standard dollar , which therefore contains
iot quite"1 j par cunt more sliver.
At tfl.ou per ounce for bar silver , the dot
ar is worln77'u ' eunls , and two half dollar
uxiictb 7J cunts. Yours iruly ,
II. W. VilEB ,
lie ors o
a a a a a a
Clothing manufacturers are mortals and
make errors. They will buy thousands upon
thousands of yards of cloth in all sorts of pat
terns , and , too oftentimes , that which looks the
handsomest in the piece looks the poorest made
up , and makes the poorest "seller" in the lot.
They lay in the wholesaler's loft year after
year , the sewing loses its strengh and the
goods often become moth eaten. By the retail
ers of this country that class of suits ape pet-
named "bull pups , " "ranks , " "chestnuts , " etc. ,
but they are finally sold to some far western fel
low for little or nothing. The jobber's loss is the
retailer's gain , who ships them home and yells
to the workingrnen , "Bargains , Bargains , Great
Bargains , " when , in fact , he is making lots of
money on a lot of old , dark , bad patterns that
the "workingman east of Chicago wouldn't buy
at any price. That is one reason why a wes
tern man in the east is often pet named and
spotted at once as the "western hoosier. "
. . . .
L f ' L.-.J 11. t ' i ' i '
Show us a clothing house anywhere in tne
Jnited States of thirty to forty years standing ,
I and we will show you a house that never resorted -
\ sorted to that class of trickery. For the custom
\ Gained is only temporary at best.
n
-THIS WBJE1K.
WE OFFER
An endless variety of
New , light , bright-
sparkling and attractive
Cassimere , Cheviot ,
Worsted , Fancy
and Plain Black
That will please any workingman , banker , lawyer ,
doctor , merchant or clerk , and not a single suit but what was
ade This Season.
The above sale includes 162 young men's fancy pattern Cheviot Suits
with the best of fancy satin lining , in the coat as well as vest back.
Also a full line of indigo Grand Army Suits , warranted not to fade all
at $7.BO. "
'
Our store is
bristling with activity , , '
and we mean to keep it up.
We are showing
the largest and finest line of
3dC t t .C
- 25c
B kinds of goods
and 50c and shapes.
n n n n n n n
Our line of-
hirts
[ s as complete as that of any house in the land , and all our
other departments are equally as complete.
We Have Got the & by the Horns.
And we mean to hold what we have gained
"The lion's share of the trade ,
amassed after thirty-seven years of honest dealing ,
Corner 18th andFarrmm Streets ,
