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News of the Great West.
Old l-'ort Ia ram if.
County Surveyor W. O. Owen hiw Just
completed the survey of the nbnndoiled Fort
Lrunmiu mttttnry reservation , begun the lat
ter part of April. This survey was ordered
by thfi government for the purpose of throw-
lug It open to settlement. According to the
Larntnlo Republican this will probably occur
during the pnucnt vear.
This reserve Is in the form of a parallelo
gram nine miles In length , north mid south ,
nml six miles In width from eait to west. It
embraces 11 fly-four sections , or HI/iOO neros
of land. The truct lies onu nnd one-half
miles west of the conlluc'tico of the Laramlo
nnd Plnttd rivers , in the forks formed by
tlioso streams. A peed part of the land
shows up the finest soil Mr. Owen over saw ,
ho thinks , but It does not seem that It will bo
' passible U ) Irrlgato It. Ho was greatly disap
pointed In the resorvatton , of which so much
lias been said and written , but which did not
linlfcouio up to his expectations. Almost
everything can bo raised there , but the rain
fall Is not to be wholly relied upon nnd Irri
gation Is next to impossible , as It Is hard to
take water from the I'latto anywhere , while
the Larnmie at that point Is not moro than
Imlf at largo us It is nt Larninio City.
Thuro are two good bridges there , which
weiv built by the government , | ) Ut have prob
ably been turned over to the state and are
, now the property of Laramlo county. One
of these is an Iron and steel bridge : , ! > 0i > feet
loin ? , across the Pintle , that could not have
cost less than Sil.OOO , ns nil the material had
to be hauled in by teams. There is also an
excellent wooden bridge- across the Laramie.
Uotli structures have been neglected , however -
over , nnd are sadly in need of attention.
They bavo become loose and need tightening
up or they will soon go to pieces , whereas ,
they could easily Do made as good as now.
In the course of his survey Mr. Owen dis
covered traces of the prosoncoof thcold Hud-
Bon Hay company , the llrst whlto settlers in
this region , who established a settlement on
the present site of Fort'Lnr.unlo in 1 "vi'J. Ho
found the lines of their log houses and of the
breastworks thrown up for defense against
Ibo Indians. This was quite a thriving tradIng -
Ing point when General John C. Fremont
pasml through in 1W. ! . Fort Laramii ) Is , In
fnct , the oldest fort in this country. It was
first made a post by the government In 1817 ,
nnd twenty years later , in 1SG9 , the reserva
tion was laid out.
Not a settler was found on the reservation
When Mr. Owen went there. The govcrment
1ms had a man in charge of the tract whoso
business it was to keep squatters off , and ho
jecins to have performed his duty well.
There nro lots of settlers all around , and no
doubt there will bo plenty ready to move as
teen as the land is put on the market.
Hnrvnyliifj Wyoming IjitndH.
The lust congress appropriated for the sur-
Teyof the public lands $ rJ5,000. Of this
Diuou'it it is expected that Wyoming will bo
RIMioi-tioued about $ . - > 0,003. It will probably
"bo another season before work can be done ,
ns ; lie innnuy will not bo available until after
July 1 and the contracts have not boon lot ,
says the Cheyenne Sun. The surveys now
being made under the direction of Surveyor
l"e ! eral KIcharas are contracts provided for
by an appropriation of $20,000 made by congress
gross for general iurvoys , and a further ap
propriation of $112,000 for surveying a portion
of the Shoshone Indian reservation , with a
view of dividing certain Intfds among the
Indians.
. Wyoming- contains an area of about 07,000
square miles. Of this nrti about olio-quarter
remains unsurvoyed , located about equally
In portions of Ulnta , Fremont ana Sweot-
wuter counties , and a small part of Johnson ,
Converse and Carbon counties. Much of the
unstirvoyod land Is too elevated ror nRricul-
turul Durpnscs nnd for that reason the con
tracts for surveys will bo largely con fined to
f such lands 113 nro designated by the board of
control , who , under the law , have tlio selec
tion of certain lands dotmtod to the state.
U.'ho iiroforeneo will be given to those lands.
Tliu land surveyed on the Shoshone reser
vation under the present contract will ap
proximate . "iO ( > ,000 acres nnd is confined to the
best agricultural and grazing lands in that
auction. Surveyor Shannon with a
party of eight or ton assistants has just bntnin
the survey of thirty townships in the north
west corner of Sweotivutor county. This in
eludes lands along Dig Sandy nnd the streams
tributary to the headwaters of the Green
or. Hesidos the surveys enumerated there
ut several snmll appropriations fortho sur-
" of inilitiiry reservations.
liljj lli.ru
A coo'l ' ninny extravagant stories have
lieoii told about the Placer diggings In the
BlK Horn mountains. Dr. J. M. llargravo , a
prominent Montana man , gives this account
< jf them : Tlio digging ! ! arc on the western
plope of the Hit ? Horn mountain ! * , across tuo
divldo from the Tongue river btisln , near the
suinmit and In the state of Wyoming. The
. di-t riot can best DO reached from Sheridan ,
IV.vo. ; county snat of the county of the some
name. From tliero the tmll ROCS
Into Tunquo river basin via Dai-
ton' , from which point the minus
nro distant , thirty-live miles. Dr. Hurgmvo
was the llrst man to got In this spring uud
found six men and ono woman who had been
tluTO all winter nnd received from him news
of the outsldo world for thti llrst time in four
Or live months. The uotlrocit is granite , cov
ered oy fi-om thrco to llvo foot of line gravel.
U'ho iiold is not coarse and Is oven-
Jy distributed. The surface prospecting
as well us that on the bedrock. Thq dust
r.ells for $19. T5 per ounce. The doctor tuinUs
the digging ? very limited , from llftoun to
Twenty claims of twenty acres ouch covering
the bc.st of it. About 1,000 claims have been
located nnd when ho loft there wore 500 or
DIM mon In the camp and considerable fussing
over claims. Two men hnullng their dirt
over a milo had nnulo ? : ! 00 in twelve days
Svltli ti rocker. The best irruvol probably
inins from three to six cents to the pun.
( Tliuro is very llttlo water but n comtmny has
been orgmu/.cd to tiring In n ditch twenty
miles long and carrying : tHH , ( ) minors' Indies.
This cannot bo completed this season nnd
very llttlo can be done until it is. The now
camp t.s 11U miles south of tboCuster battle
ground. _
Ittlnil Ijiiok In Prospecting.
Captain Wudsworth was ix'gnllni ; a few
rJLMuls with soina of his llrst oxnorlonccs In
the mining districts of Idaho , says the Seattle
Pnws-Tlmes. "A man who is a line miner-
nlojilst is not always the moit successful
proapoftor , " In ) said. "To ttiy own knowl
edge three of the greatest greenhorns on
earth uuula the richest llnd I have
over scon stumbling upon thorn
by sheer good luck. When I
\VM Itrst out with a party of prospectors in
Idaho , au old Yaukco cuino to our camp ono
Biiltry nftornoon and asitod : 'Sny , can you
tell mo where there would bo n eood place to
niliio"Ve
thought wo would have some
sport at the fellow's expense , and so pointing
up tlio hill where u lonu trco stood , said-
'lilelit under tlio stuulo of that trco you will
find lots of gold. Dig down about ten feet ,
nuil wuon you got tired rest In the shade
of the trco. ' Ho wont un tljoro
and set to work at a plnco that
ehowuil no Indication of gold , and which wo
had posted by. Wo thought wo had caged a
surkor. Ilo worked two days very Industri
ously , and then In the evening cnmo strolling
Into camp. 'Much oblige , stranger.1 ho said ,
'yo ' guvo mo good tidvlco and I'll make It
( iunr' with you. 1 have run across n wholti
basketful of these llttlo lumps of gold. " Ho
exhibited a Joicn nugircls as big as marbles
nnd later on , when the mlno was ilovcloped ,
it turned out wonderfully rich. We nil foil
n little woalc when wo had seen the oxtunt of
Ills lliut. "
Alniitniin'H Ciood Niune.
An opinion of Importance coiu-oriili.g as-
IgnniunU was rendered in the UUtrlct court
nt Ilqlnna , Mont. , a few days URO by Judges
Jlunt and IJiioh. Hoosmann Hi-others of
liutto. aud K. H. ICloluscbmliU of Helena , or-
gnnkoil it corporation hero to deal In liquors
nbout two year * ago. Klolnscnmldt sold the
lirothoi-s. who worn without moans , a dill
of 'good * an , I took their Individual notes for
the stock. Afterwards ICluinschmldt
tet' mod the notes and ocraptod ooo from
the tnrponulea ea ocurtty , XU company
tboreaftcr purchased goods of eastern mer
chants nnd M caih wa * required Klein-
clitnkit endorsed the notns of the company.
Finding that the business was not paying
and the corporation bclnn' largely In debt to
eastern houses , an assignment was made to
Klolnschtnidt. The eastern merchants who
hud claims aggregating about fci.OOO began
attachment suits and proceedings to set asldo
the assignment. In part the decision
says : "What the purpose of Klein-
sclimldt wu In. the premises , It 1 need
less to discuss from mi ethical standpoint ,
but from a legal st.inU-iol'it , It was a fraud
in the law of a moil o.inrtlonablo ) character ,
it would result In discrediting the financial
credit or the state ubroail and would strike a
blow at nil the struggling merchants nnd
doilors in Mont.ina ; for If such transactions
we > ro tolerated , none but the wealthiest mer-
chiinUt could obtain credit In the eastern
stiles , " The assignment wa hold to bo
void and that the property sought to have
been assigned must bo subject to the claims
of the eastern houses.
A Peculiar CIIHO.
A curious situation of affairs In Miles City ,
Custer county , Mont. , was brought out In a
petition received by Governor Toolo asking a
pardon for John M. Waugh , who was con
victed of criminal assault in Kooruary last
and sentenced to llvo ycari In the peniten
tiary. The petition came from the grand
Jury which Indicted Waugh and the trial
Jury which convicted , Waugh is an indus
trious follow twnntv-livo years of ago. His
alleged victim , Klvtra Estns , is between four
teen and llfti'on. It appears that the girl's
mother , Marv Estos , not only.led an Immoral
life ut Miles City herself , but induced
her tl.roo daughters to do the same. The
grand jury in its petition for a pardon , says :
In order to bro.iit up the den of iniquity
and punish the unnatural mother for the
manner 111 which she was rearing her daugh
ters , wo doomed it necessary to indict Wuuirh
ns principal in order to reach Mary Estes ns
nti ncco-isory. To do n great right wo found
it necessary to do a littlu wrong. The indict-
fment of Wnugh not only resulted in his con
viction , but also in the conviction of Mary
Estcs , who is serving live years in the peni
tentiary , and Diibliu justice does not demand
that the young man should serve any consid
erable tlmo in the penitentiary. Waugh's
offense was only technical.
Governor Toolo will grant the pardon. It
Is considered ono of the most flagrant cases of.
unjust puntsment In the criminal annals , as
the girl admitted on the wltnoas stand that
she had been loading an immoral life.
Shi ! Used u ICnwIildc.
E. Loishko had E. DeUamp arrested for
assault in South Butte , Mont. Loishko Is a
cobbler , and DeCamp went to collect a bill
of him , when they had a row. DeCamp was
discharged. It happened that during the
controversy DeCamp took occasion to apply
an opprobrious epithet to Lelshko's son. As
a result of that statement , DeCamp was
horsewhipped In the street at South Butte by
Mrs. Loisbke. PoCamp was passing
along Main street. Mrs. Loishko had
boon waiting for him. In the folds of her
dross she carried a rawhide. Without warn
ing , the woman sprang nt DeCamp nnd began
to rain blows upon his head and shoulders.
DeCump raised his bands to ward of the
blows , when Loishko rushed to luo scone nnd
warned DoCanip not to strike his wlfo. A
largo crowd gathered nrouna and seemed to
enjoy the scene. DeCump linally managed
to cscnpo. "I'll learn vou to call my boy
names , " yelled Mrs. Loishko after him.
"You didn't got half what you deserved , "
added her husband. UeCamp swore out a
warrant for the arrest of Luisnko nnd bis
wife.
Disowned ' < > ' ' iv Had HiiHlmiul.
The body of a young woman was found
floatincr in the river a few miles below
Spokane , Wash , , a few days ago , and was
identified as Mary Orundlor , an heiress , who
mysteriously disappeared several weeks ago.
She caino from Germany nbout n year ago ,
and lor a tlmo lived in Han Francisco ; sub
sequently she went to Albany , Oro. ,
whore she worked as a domestic. She
wont to Spokauo four months ago.
She frequently stated that her
object iu coining to America waste
to got a divorce from her husband , after
which she intended to return to Germany.
She was holress to n fortune estimated at
8100,000 , but under iho terms of the will could
not como Into possession of it as long as she re
mained the wtfoof Gruador , who had always
treated her and her children cruelly. She
was lost snen nt tbo house o ( a midwife , unit
a post mortem revealed that she was in a
delicate condition. Theories of murder and
suicide are both advanced.
WlirroSliocp Him Wild.
Christian Tuttle of Luinmi , was tlio llrst
white settler on the islano , settling on Village -
lago Point in 1S71. For a number of years he
was alone. Settlers carne after that and went.
The wild sheep notion originated With a Mr.
Harper. Lund had passed from settler to
settler with growing , Hocks of
sheep , which were never rounded
uu , nnd so got wild. Harper
charged hunters $1 per Head for slaughtering
his shcop , nnd the result has boon that every
thing with wool on IU bnclc has boon consid
ered wild. Ho hlmsolf-pat ninety-two owes
on the Island in 1ST4 , but the hunters killed
many of thorn , and ho sold the last of thorn oil'
last year. Ho was then able to round up 100.
SutlilT Baxter had n ranch on the Islam ) once
and stocked it with ; ! 00 head of sheep , but
thoybuvo all disappeared. Ho does not think
tbura are any \\ild shcop left now , unless a
mere handful have managed to survive on the
top of tbo mountain.
Another Fatal lllnst.
A terrible explosion occurred in the GranIte -
Ito mine In Coeur il1 Alone. Ono shift had
just boon relieved by another. Pat Keouun
and T. Connors were assigned to work drill
ing In the lower tunnol. They begun work
near where the other shift had loft olt and
near where a blast had boon sot. The ex
plosion had not rtrod all tha powder In the
hole , und In drilling n second hole the drill
cnmo ngalnst the giant , powder which hail
been loft. A blow from the hammer of ono
ol the drlllors set It off. The hammer was
thrown up and struck Kconan in tliu fore
head , completely tearing nway the upper
part of his head and killing htm Instantly.
The drill was also shot clear through
Keenau's neck. Connors' bauds were both
baaly injured. _
MlNHloniiry Work In Utah ,
A sect known in some parts of the Now
England states ns the "
"Slx-Prlnoiplo Bap
tists" has decided to send a missionary to
Salt Lake City , says the Tribune , It ap
pears from tbo information gathered that a
Mormon missionary recently visited the town
of Wostmlnstor , Conn. , aud that the doo-
iruics ho advanced so scandalized the staid
old descendants of the Puritans tu that vicin
ity that they dootdou to try to redeem the bo-
nfghtod In Utah at ouco. Several meetings
worn holrt and other towns communicated
with , after which n fund sufllciont to enable
tliu rovurond gentleman to gat hero and begin
oiiaratton * was sutucriboil. Ho will doubt
less bo In the city soon.
Ituliy Murilar.
The dead body of a nialo Infant , only a few
hours oUJ , was found under the street plankIng -
Ing in Seattle , Wash. , in such a position that
It would bo carried out Into tbo bay ut the
next tldo , The Infant had Deon murdered by
aUnlfo being thrust through Its head , the
blade penetrating the snull from behind and
coming out at the forehead. The body \va
wrapped In i newspaper , and a rock was
found In another paper a few feotnwnv.
. This rock was a peculiar ploco of sandstone ,
I with polished spots , and \vas probably un
ornament In the house of the unnatural
parent , it will bo used ut a clue bv Jo-
tcctlves In looking for tbo murderer.
niuir Didn't Go.
Near Cottouwood , In Tchaina county , Gal , ,
a few day * ago Uoorgo Smith was shot by a
young /allow named Fonwlclc. Smith was a
large , strong man , thirty yean old , aud Fen-
wlcfc mere boy , twenty years old , YOUQB
! Fonwlok says hn was riding along the road
J In the woods with a Winchester rlllo In hU
I hands when tin mot Smith , who stopped film
I find said : "Did you sny 1 poUonod your cat
' tlot" Fenwick replied that ho had said so
Then Smith reached for hn revolver , and the
bov raised his rillo and shot him. Then bo
went to Hod Bluff nnd gave himself up
There were no witnesses and the boy's state
ment Is generally bollovcd ,
A Villain Snluldci.
Drlirham and \Villard , Utih , are much ex
cited over the fiendish act of Charles W.
tidier , ii young man who had boon living nt
Wlllard with the family of J. A. Walters.
Ho forcibly assaulted Kobccca Walters , aged
only ten , indicting on her a terrible dlsoaso
Edler fled ns soon ns the child told of U , anil
Ins suiMMsod rmnnlns were found In a slough
near Hot Springs. The deceased wont to
Wlllard from S lit Lake , where ho bad mot
the Walters family some two years ago. Ho
had boon success fully repulsed by Elizabeth ,
the older daughter , out was able to carry ou' '
his purpose on the younger child.
Hln IoviCot Him Arrested.
W. S. Nichols , deputy postmaster at Copoly
Cain. , was ncrostoa charged with opening n
loiter addressed to Mrs. Alice Richmond o :
Anderson by her daughter , with when
Nichols was in love , but by whom
ho had been rejected. ' The motive
is said to bo his desire to know
how ho stood with the family. His plea was
"not gulllv , " but n loiter wai Introduced In
evldonco in which ho acknowledged his guilt.
Commissioner Sawyer In San Francisco held
Nichols to appear before the circuit court
with bail fixed at $1,000.
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Montana.
A party of fifteen began surveying a rail
way route from Bo/oman to Castle.
Astoria has a young woman'type-writer
operator who has written UT5 words in thrco
minutes.
City Treasurer Walker of Helena auc
tioned oft ? 100,000 worth of Helena 0 percent
bonds. They brought a premium of $1,400.
Work will soon bn resumed on the Silver
Crown mine in Doer LoUeo county , Tliero
is considerable ! Chicago money In tire prop
erty
M. M. Williams shot Houry Ilcssig nt
Stovonsville , Inflicting n painful if not dan
gerous wound. The trouble originated over
the closing of a saloon.
Henry Houseman , until recently postmas
ter nt Mlssoula , has been found guilty in the
United States court of the misappropriation
of government funds.
A bare-knucklo light between Martin
Boynnaii and Cockney Ryan for a purse ol
$100 took place in South "Butto. Uyau was
knocked out in the fourth round.
The Anaconda company is enlarging itsoro
bins and also the company's ' boarding nouses ,
and when the works" resume the company
will employ 1,000 additional mon.
Sturgeon of Very larirp si/o arn daily bolng
caught in the Columbia , ono measuring 15
feet In length and weighing 27. " > pounds after
being dressed. This was shipped to Butte
City.
A strike of S100 gold rock Is reported in
the Montana load , Bigfoot district , a milo
west of the Gizzly. The property is owned
in Butte , and has only a twe'nty-llvo foot
shaft sunk on it-
Phil BIcssengor , who lived four miles
above Now Chicago , while plowing an irriga
tion ditch in his field was struck by lightning
and instantly killed. His team was only
stunned by the bolt.
Engineer McFarlano began the survey of
Butte & Anaconda railroad. About thirty
days will be required to complete the survey ,
and It is said no bids for contracts will bo
advertised until that time.
The room of Bartender Anderson of rt
Butte gambling place was broken into and
51,100 worth of jewelry and $ " 550 in money
stolon. Ho roomed in a house where there
are a number of other lodgers.
John Colgrovo has made n strike on a claim
lying between Helena nnd Montana City.
The ore body has boon cut seven foot with
out reaching the foot wall. Assays made
show the ere to have a value of about SflO a ton.
T. T. Slattorly , grand organizer of thn
Brotherhood of Hallway Trainmen , was iu.
Great Falls a few days ago nurt organized a
local lodgo. The now ledge , starts out
with a largo membership and' flourishing
prospects.
At Blackfoot City , the Denver mlno , owned
by Allen , Boch & Poarle , gives ovldenco of n
bonanza. At n depth of only seventeen foot ,
rrom a vein of three feet , quartz is taken
that assays SiS5 to the ton , and the dirt
around the quartz is amazingly rich In gold.
A movement Is on loot iu Butte to carry on
a war against Chinese restaurants. A moot
ing will bo held soon of the proprietors of
wbtto labor restaurants. It Is understood
that the Miners' ' union has shown much in-
torcst in the movement and will help it along.
Great preparations are being made at
Butte to celebrate Minors' union day , Juno
13. It is always a holiday at Butte moro
thoroughly participated in than any other.
This year the union proposes to outdo nil
previous efforts and to make the event a
memorable day.
The company owning the Galena mluo at
Pony contemplate the erection of additional
machinery to work the output of the prop
erty. The development upon the Galena
shows nbout 15,000 tons of ere In sight , ! i,000
tons of it already on tno UIIID , average as
says of which show a value of $3S to * IO per
ton.
ton.J.
J. H. Miller , bookkeeper for E. L. Bonner
at Deer Ledge , committed suicide. Ho was
found in his room with his neck broken. Ho
got on a stop ladder and'with a small cord
around his neck had fastened it to a hook in
the coiling. In Jumping ho broke his neck ,
but tbo cord broke , letting him fall to the
lloor.
lloor.Tho
The Boston & Montana company is making
preparations to put up nbout two hundred
houses on their addition nt Gro.it Falls. Sev
eral contractors are figuring on the work ,
which will bo commenced as soon as the
Butte & Montana sawmill , now in process of
construction , can bo finished and wbrK begun
there.
News from the mines of the Northern Pa
cific , Montana and Idaho Placer mining
company in Mlssoula county Is to the effect
that in ere gold has boon taken out nt ground
sluicing this spring than during all last sum
mer. Some nuggats weigh $ ( ! .f > 0. Addtloual
* > iulco5 are to bo put In soon and work pushed
ahoad.
S. K. Miller of Hui'tloy has nearly com
pleted un Irrigation ditch tvtomilos long ,
taking water out of the Yellowstone
with a wing dam seven mlloi below Billings ,
The ditch when completed will cost ? . ' ) ,000 ,
the llrst half milo costing ? J , ( ) ( ) ; ) on account
of constructing the dam and driving a
tunnel.
Work has begun on Phllllpsburg's now
waterworks. James 1C. Pardeo ana othow
purchased all the water rights lit Stuart's
gulch , and propose to put in a now water
| ) lnnt that will cost $30,000. The plant will
uo largo enough to supply a town of 20,000
Inhabitants , covering nil the additions and
giving a 150-foot pressure on the principal
street.
A. J. Urlin of Mlssoula , was awarded dam
ages of f ,750 in the circuit court in bU suit
igaliut tbo Northern Pacltlo for Injuries ro-
. oivod in a railway accident at Gold Creek ,
Door Ledge county , In 1SSS. In tbo .smash-
up ho had tnruu ribs broken. The Hiluy &
Woods specialty company was on the train
at that time , and suits by members are now
wndlng.
Koports from the Scratch Gravel district ,
six miles north of Helena arc to the effect
.hut aa old timer named Griffith hai made a
big strike there. GrllUth has done a great
leal of work in the locality. Ho is said to
mvo uncovered a vein over fifty feet wide ,
.ho rock bearing gold and silver. ' Ho has ono
'oot of ore on tbo foot wall and two on the
Hinging wall.
Application bai boon made Dy Bozeman
cltUons to Governor Toolo for UK ) acres of
: round on Fort El'is ' for a zoological garden.
They proposa to form a corporation , fccco
ho ground and have on exhibition by July
ho forty head of ells and deer owned by
Bodge & Manual. Other animals will bo
added as fast as possible until tbo park b
veil supplied with wild animals.
A cavo-m tu the Vulcan mlno at Ilutto ro.
suited la tbo serious injury of a miner named
Kd James. Ho was worklugjlu oou of the
slopes and dislodged a farm of rock weighing
nearly a ton which fell ttpon him. Ho was
removed by his comrades and taKcn to bis
homo where a physician attended him. HU
lower extremities Were paralyzed by the
shock , but It Is thought ho will recover.
It Is reported from Donldor that Qtmekon-
bush , the man shot through the head a
couple of times at Wlckcs n month ago by a
man named Grant , entirely recovered from
hU Injuries , and has skipped out for Idaho or
some other country. It Is thought ho and
Grant were both Implicated In the safe-break
ing at Wickos a short tlmo before , and that
thu shooting grow out of a division of the
spoils ,
Another , accident occurcd In tbo hoist of
the Granite Mountain ut Granite. The de
scending cage struck the ascending one , on
which were eight mon , but by quick percep
tion and adroit action all were stopped with
out serious Injury , save a llttlo shaking up.
In dropping the cage iba engineer lot It fall
too fast , causing the bnblo to become slack ,
and It struck the rising dagc. It was a nar
row und fortunate escape.
The Dll < on city roUticil.pnsscd an ordinance
granting J. P. Lawron'co.nnd others of Hel
ena a franchise to furnish the city with wa
terworks. To the san'Wnartlos about three
weeks ago was grantcd'nti olectrlo light fran
chise. Both franehisQUnexlst twenty years.
The city rents twenty .hydrants at $100 a
a year. Each work \vJJl commence within
sixty days , nnd the waterworks must bo In
running order by January 1 , 18W.
Patrick A. Largoy began u suit in the dis
trict court of Butte against the Blue Blsd
mining company for. , * 1S)0,000. ! ) Lnrgoy's
complaint sets forth twit he U owner of one-
half of the Llttlo Dartfng quartz lode nnd
one-fourth of the Lonn K. quartz lodo. The
defendant it Is alleged never had any right ,
tltlo or interest In the promises , or nny
part thereof prior to March S , 1MU. Further -
thor the complaint says : "That while
Assayer Wheeler , In charge of the govern
ment assay olllco nt Helena , in his report an
nounced the product of gold and sliver in
Montana for ISOt ) us follows : Gold , SU.OtW-
57r. ; ; silver , ? iOtir,317 ; : ; total of SAlii- : ! )
STI..TJ. Tno amount of value of copper
mined is stated to bo 112 , ' . . 'i,000 pounds of
the vnluo of $ IC. ( ! ) ,437.W ) ; lead , lflM,000 (
pounds , value SOril.ltftJ. The total value of
gold , silver , copper and lead was $ -10,09.-
ryair.
A now movement is on foot for the con
struction of a railroad to Castlo. It is repre
sented that a Now York syndicate could
build a road within ninety days nnd would If
the owner of undeveloped mines will make
concessions in the way of cash subscriptions
or Interests in prospects. A committee was
appointed to solicit the co-operation of tlio
miners and are meeting with success in ob
taining donations iu stock and interests in
mines.
Cowoll & Simbns , gamblers of IMissouln ,
nro about $ 'J,000 short in cash , and John M.
Sohnpp is itiissing. Ono morning last week
when the night dealers -.vent off shift , the
money was taken from the faro tables and
deposited in sacks iu the snfo
as usual. When the day shift
cnmo on , the snclcs were found to con
tain rocks and sand. Schnpp is a partner of
Simons in the bar and the Mascot theater ,
which are run in connection with the Exchange -
change gambling houso.
The committee selected to locate tbo Con
gregational college mot at Livingston but
was uimolo to agree on n suitable place.
Helena and Great Falls wore allowed to taiso
their bids and Helena offered $2.r > .f > 00 and
Great Falls $22,500. Livingston did not in
crease her bid. The committee adjourned to
meet in Helena September \ ( ) . Twenty-nine
ballots were taken. From the first Great
Falls was in the lead tyith Livingston a c'jso '
follower. The Great Falls delegates were
active , and all known Influences were
brought Into operation. Toward the last ,
Helens * lost favor.
There will bo no encampment of the Mon
tana national guards this season. The fault
lies with the legislature in failing to make
the necessary appropriation , and some are
disposed to give the governor a part of the
blame for refusing to order an encampment
anyway , trusting to a future lonislature to
see that expenses are paid. It is better to do
without any encampment rather than go in
aobt fofr it. Ho therefore seta the executive
brogun squarely down on the whole propo
sition , nnd ( l > 0 amateur soldiers mourn on
account of It. The last eucatnpment held
was at Bozeman in 1SS9 " , It. coat about $20-
' '
00 ° - -n , : ,
thu plaintiff was-thd owner and in possession
of the property , the defendant , without 'tho '
consent of plaintiff , or.afiy of his 'co-tenants ,
and without any right t.o do so , nnd with
force nnd arms did secretly and fraudulently
on or about October 1..1S1J7 , and on different
times upto March 8 , IK'Jl , break and enter
upon the property , through undorgroOnd
workings , iniulo by defendant , and mined
and converted to its own. use , large quanti
ties of valuable ores andmineral therofrom ,
and morn particularly from the Llttlo Darl
ing louo ttio value of the , ores and minerals
extracted and carried nway from the Little
Darling claim by the defendants is estimated
at ? ar.ooioo. ;
Tlio great schema of a Colorado company
to dredge the Missouri for gold at Three
Forks is now successfully under way. The
boat was launched recently. Her weight as
she went Into the water was a little over 'JOO
tons. The other boat which carries
the amalgamators is now in the
docks and nbout ready to bo
launched. The small coal tender
boat has been built and the small passenger
boat is also completed. The dimensions of
the dredge are 9)1 ) feet long by 33 feat wida-
The amalgamator boat is III by 18 feet. It Is
allowed that four tons of coal will bo used a
day und the coal boat is built to
carry four tons with caso. The ma-
chlnory on the dredge is very heavy ,
weighing HI tons. It was designed to have
the largo boats finished earlier , but there was
a delay in getting largo timbers which bad
to bo brought from Missoula countysomo being -
ing10 foot long and 18 inches square. About
1 ! > 0,000 feet , of lur-bor has been used In con
structing thcso bouts.
Idnlio.
Boise City Is indulging In a controversy
ever a change from solar to standard titro.
The Idaho militia gets S'3T04 from the
United States iu arms , ammunition , etc. , this
your.
your.A windstorm at Fayotto blow down some
frame buildings. The damage amounts to
The steamer Blurt Boll , while lying at her
moorings at Poit Falls , was totally destroyed
Dy tiro.
Several mountain peaks In Idaho have
settled from sixteen to twouty-threo feet
within n few years.
Olllcial figures state that since 1800 510,000-
000 In plucer gold has boon extracted from
the diggings in the l.chml valley.
The of Thomas W
two-year-old daughter ,
Fey of Post Falls was poisoned by chewing
phosphorus matches , Her recovery is
doubtful.
Blanche Mabbett , ngeil nine , has this
year set out ever llvo thousand shudo trees
and cuttings with her own bands on her
father's farm no.\r Shoshono.
The sale of the Atlanta mining property nt
Rocky Bar has no doubt been consummated.
The proper transfer has been made nnd duly
recorded. The consideration was $ ; ) 700,000 ,
Some ono cnterad n room in the Commercial
hotel at Nampa ouo night and relieved the In
mates of two gold watches worth § ir > 0 apiece
and about $ Sl ) in money. There is no clue to
the robbers.
Wolsor Is rapidly coming to the front as a
milling und gram snipping point. The mill
company will soon erect a two-story granary
for storing the surplus grain. Later in the
season they will construct an elevator for use
this fall.
The allotment of land In severally to the
Noz Perco Indians is progressing and In a
few months several hundred thousand acres
of good lana , now forming n part of the
reservation , will ba available for occupation
by white settlers.
It Is reported that Moso ICompnor has
given a working bond on his mine in Elder
ado district , for WO.OOO. aud that $3,000 is to
bo paid on Julv 1. Tha : mlna wa * recently
examined by Bcgbla tbtf quartz export , who
U In the employ of capitalists to whom tbo
mlno is bonded.
A young child of Sa'nruel fllroth of Bru-
neau was frightfully" se'aldcd. Its mother
had emptied a boiler of hot water into a tub
on the lloor. and stoppedYO the door fora pall
of. cold water , when tbg child fell Into the
boiling water. One nnri' nnd sldo was liter
ally cooked and fean arc entertained ai to lu
recovery.
Harry Donovan ropovU Ihut ho to sura of
making a sale on the Rovvloy groun of mines
la Llttlo Smoky district on the Wood rlvor
gold belt. Uouoran ha * boon In MlnnoapolU
nnd Chicago and made d Journey from Uioso
cltiM to Wood rlvor after a test lot of ere
wttl'hhataok back to Chicago with him.
Should the assays bo sntbfnctory , n sale Is
assured.
Holloy Times : There nro grasshopper eggs
and moro grasshoppers on Camos prnirlo than
over boforo. On Seth Heath's ranch the eggs
lay in beds to a donth of three Inches. On
other ranches t'io ' eggs are nut so thick , but
there nro plenty of grasshoppers. The
ranchers 'do not expect thn destruction ol
crops to bo a * great as In previous years , anil
while some of them bavo not put In any
grain , the majority have from ton to twenty
acres , some of them more. Hon. Ira Waring ,
for Instance , has 'J. > 0 acres lu.
Fifteen miles northwest of Lcosburgh nt
the mouth of Big Creek , nro located the pro
perties of the Talwr Invcdttnont , company ol
Denver , purchased last January of David
Lament and others of Dillon , Mont , About
forty mon are employed In the mines. The
object of the new management Is to find bed
rock in tlio main creek nnd thoroughly pros
pect the ground before purchasing more ma
chinery. They also have an extensive bar
area on both sides of the crook , where a crow
of men are drifting and taking out coarse
gold small Mat nuggets.
Late last fall the Trapper mlno In Boulder
gulcbVood river country , was purchased
by A. E. Ilydo , Judge Miner and others of
Salt Luka. During the winter a force of
men was kent developing and taking out
some oro. Thov have on tlio dump ILK ) tenser
or moro of ere that runs UX ) par ton In sil
ver nnd gold. The mine is located so high
up as to have boon under snow nearly ever
since they purchased it , but the snow is now
so nearly gone that they will begin shipping
this ere nt once , and during this season hope
to send out a largo amount.
Over the mountain back of Salmon City
from Moose crouk the road passes n peculiar
deposit of free gold quarU , located on the dt-
vido. The Shoo Fly Is the euphonious title
attached to the mine , Which consists of a
mass of float boulder of all sizes. Those
boulders have been broken nnd worjjed In a
llvo stamp mill built for tills purpose on tbo
creek. The formation is of red stained
quartz , of a granular texture , perfectly free
milling , and nvcrugod $ . " 0 per ton. The
ground Is qtllto Hat and damp around the
mlno. Very llttlo development work has
been done beneath the surface.
During the past year opal mining In some
parts of Idaho has developed to n wonderful
extent. The llrst opals were found about
two years ago near Moscow , nnd were pro
nounced by different authorities on precious
stones to exceed In brilliancy and hardness
this opals found In Mexico , r.nd to bu nearly
as valuable as oriental gems. Several line
stones nro being taken out every day. E. C.
Hall's mon found seven or eight which
weighed 70 karats , valued at $10 n karat.
Two of them , though , nro of much better
quality than the others , being the genuine
lire opal. The ones of boat quality nro
usually small , though their values often go
as high as $ : IOO.
Near Paris nnd not far from Boar Lake ,
there is a very largo loJo of copper ore carry
ing some gold , upon which considerable work
has boon done. The location , quality of ere ,
permitting concentrating several tons into
one , and the extent of the vein are such favorable -
vorablo considerations as to make the prop
erty a valuable one. This property belongs
to seme citizens of Paris who nro not practi
cal minors but who have done quito an
amount of work on It. The hills tliero have
been only partially prospected , and those fa
miliar with the country believe thcro is much
in the range to pay for muoh closer examina
tion than has been given the country. It can
bo reached by railway from Montpellor.
A big row occurred recently in the town of
Helena iu the Seven Devils mining district
over town lots , which came very nearly ending
'
ing in a tragedy. By some error ot'ngents
soiling lots in the town site , ono lot bad been
sold to two mon separately , who onch claimed
it The promoter of the town slto was called
to account , and owing to tbo warmth of the
discussion determined to adjourn the meeting
until some cooler occasion. This did not suit
the claimants and quito u mob pursued the
townsite man toward Baker City via Snake
river , where they arrived an hour behind the
fugitive. Much tain is Indulged in ever the
affair , in which homp. Urinchestor3cunsetc. ,
nro slung in by way of seasoning with a lib-
eraloiTuslon.
Rawlins will .organize n militia company.
The postofilco of Egbert was broken into
and robbed.
Gold Hill and adjacent mining districts will
soon bo surveyed.
Merino is being deserted and the buildings
will bo moved to Belle Fouruho for saloon
pnrnoses.
If is reported that the Mineral Point mines ,
near Evnnston , will bo developed speedily bv
eastern cap''al.
Enough uionoy bos been raised to insure
good racing nt n three days' horse mooting to
bo held in Lnramiouly - to 4.
The new machinery in the Hivvlins snnd-
stone quarries has been started up. The
outlook is good for a big output.
Two companies of soldiers from Fort Cus-
tcr have gone into the Yellowstone National
park whore tboy will bo stationed this sum
mer ,
Two spans of the Chovonno viaduct have
been raised over the main tracks of the Union
Pacific and t.hovork will bo pushed forward
as rapidly ns possible.
Uinta county cattlemen will buy this yonr
a great many cattle for restocking the ranges.
The Bar outfit , Sweotwater county , has
already coutractod for 3,000 head stock cat-
tie.
Nine engines were thoroughly overhauled
and turned out as good as now from the
Choycnno shops last month. Iho machinery
is working very smoothly and It is oxpeetc'd
that the or.tiro plant will soon bo In active
operation.
Saratoga people have orranizod n board of
trade and there is talk of Incorporating tbo
town. Strangers are arriving daily to oiii
page in business or outfit for prospecting in
the Gold Hill district. Many now buildings
are going up.
While out attending to the town herd of
Evanston. Oscar Kuddles , thirteen years old ,
attempted to cross Yellow crock 'on horse
back. The animal sank into the quicksand
and drowned before It could bo extricated.
The boy escaped uninjured.
The Platte is very high and it is dangerous
to try to ford or swim It in the upper valley.
The only bridge is at Saratoga and twenty
miles south of there nt the mouth of the
Grand Encampment It is reported that nn
emigrant outfit with horses and cattle was
drowned last week ,
Good returns were made on a recant ship
ment of ere from tlio Chattorton mlno on tbo
Grand encampment In the Gold Hill district.
Work will begin at once on other claims in
the vicinity of this mlno , in which a big vein
was cut USO foot below the surface in run
ning a tunnel 700 feet.
Under the direction of Prof. McLaren the
directors of thooxpcrtmontal farm at Laramlo
have planted slxueroi of careals , two acres
being in wheat and the balance in barley ,
oats and ryo. An ncro of sugar bents will bo
planted and ton acres seocled to grass , the
latter to bo grown without irrigation.
Denver News : The atmosphere of Wyom
ing Is full of stories of rich ulncovorloi of
mineral in the Gold Hill country , and the excitement -
citemont In regard thereto Is growing rather
than abating In all of the towns along the
Union Paclllc line In that stato. .Many par
ties nro leaving for the now "diggings. "
Since No. 7 mlno nt Almy closed down
some of the men thrown out of work have
not been nblo to furnish their families with
sufficient food and clothing. It Is said there
nro some who are actually starving. A dele
gation of minors visited Evnnston to solicit
aid last week and mot with eood success.
Sheridan organized a building and loan
association with n capital of $3,000,000 ,
divide Into 10,000 shares at $200 uer Minro.
There are nine trustee * who will manngo the
affairs of the association. A novel feature in
the by-laws and constitution is a provision
that a Jtockholdor shall have but ono vote , no
matter how many shares ha owns.
A report come * from Mcetecso that onn
day last week the bodies of fourteen oik
floated down the Gray Bull river. It u
thought the nnlmaU were drowned In the
great whirlpool near the head of this rlvor
the same locality In which un en tire family
of Immigrants were drowned several years
ago. The Gray Bull Is rising rapidly , a * are
all tha Dtroumi of the Big Horn section.
Several week * ago TUB BKK exclusively an
nounced a rich mineral strltco at Baulo Lake ,
on the Paclllc slope of the Sierra Madros , lu
Carbon county. Tno Kawhns Journal now
reports that people uro flocking to tbo now
llnd in great numhtirs , The town of East
Dixon O almost deserted , thoinhabitant.H hav
ing gone to Battle Lako. Other sections of
tbo Suako river country nro pretty nearly at
bad.
Cheyenne Leader A movement H on foot
to have all southern cattle unloaded at some
point along tbo Northwestern road ( lu tbo
Black IIIHs , probably ) Instead of at Orrln
Junction , the terminus of the Choycnno &
Northern. This would draw business out of
the stnto. The natural terminus of the
Union Pacific's north and south system ls at
Orrln. The natural point of shipment Is the
same place.
It took Howard Wyndham u week to drlvo
a bunch of 'JOO cattle from Fort Collins , Colo. ,
where the wintered to his ranch on the
upper Big Lnraimo rlvor. A great deal of
1'olsonwoed was encountered along the road
nnd as the oattlo could not bo provtmtod
from eating It the ro-iult was rather dlt.ii-
troiis. Thirty head had to bo loft at various
points on the road and It Is expected nt toast
twelve of them will die.
Surveyor West has been locating nn ox-
touslvo ditch for Simon J. Evans of Tongue
rtvor , says tbo Sheridan Enterprise. The
water will bo convoyed through n tunnel BOO
fcot long through n hill , the highest point of
which Is ninety feet nbovo water nt head of
ditch. Ono hundred foot of the tunnel ,
which Is through sand rock , has already been
completed. About OHO thousand acres of
land will bo under the ditch , and Mr. Evans
thinks ho will have It finished In two years.
C. E. Bus ott of the geological survey is In
charge of the government survey , which will
work this summer In the northern part of
the state In connection with the work done
by Stnto Engineer Mead. The streams will
bo gauged and data gathered In regard to
irrigation. The government party will cover
nearly the same ground ai the party sent out
by the state , but its report will bo In n differ
ent lino. Tno reports of the two parties will
bo exchanged and compared , as both work
with the same end in vlow.
There nro twenty-live coke ovens at No'v-
cnstlo but they nro Idle. The Journal an
nounces that State Senator Mondell has gene
to Pennsylvania to got machinery for cleanIng -
Ing tlio coal. ThH i * the explanation ottered
for the lailuro to make coke. Since they are
mining this coal by machinery nml the uio
of oxntoMvos , It Is difficult to separate the
fire-clay and other Impurities from the coal.
and the company find It will bo cbeapor and
bettor to run the coal through n wntliing
machlno Hint will lot the rocky Hiibstani-ci
drop to the bottom und separate them from
the coal.
Tacoma is to have n $100.0D ) park.
The mon employed In the Cedar rlvor coal
company's mine nt Col fax have gene on a
strike.
There was o heavy run on tbo First Na
tional bank nt Spokane owing to the circula
tion of mnllciou.1 reports.
W. T. Rountroe , nil nnmtour aeronaut , was
killed at Spokano. The balloon struck n post
and knocked Uountroo out.
A hunter named Hoag of Sunias brought
down a boar recently that was parched In n
tree lf.O feet anovo the ground.
The citv council of Stellacoom , having
raised the license fco from $ -00 ! to J.V10 , all the
saloons in that place have closed tholr doors.
J. II. Savage , United States engineer , has
boon engaged In making u survey for the pro
posed ship canal through the Swinomish
slough.
Thn Indians atVnrm Spriuzs agency have
ordered n monujnont , to cost JT ! > , to bo n'.acod
ever the remains of their dead chief , William
Chinook.
J. Proctor , a laborer , was killed at Tacoma
while attempting to steal a rldo on a North
ern Pacific train. He fell , and his head
struck the tics , killing him instantly.
A Russian exile , Maurice Lopatcckl. a ro- -
ident of Taooma , received a letter from his
sister , Ouches Podorwitz of St. Petersburg ,
stating that ho Is boir to $10.000,000 by the
donth of her husband the Dine Fodorwitz
P. U. Trudoll of South Bend , while un
packing a bunch of banannns caino across n
largo scorpion that bad secreted Itself and
bad been transported from the topics. The
spider was promptly killed by Air. Trudell.
The Great Northern is building \vost from
Fort Assinabolno nt ICootonai station , nnd it
is estimated that there arj ever 100 ! ! mon
now at work there , while another force is
working from Seattle in an easterly direction.
A laborer was overcome by gas and foil
into an old well at Contnilln. Three others
went to his assistance und were also over
come. All are dead except ono named Ford.
The names of thu deao. are Burns , Perry and
Dobson.
An alleged special ngant of the general
land ofllco has boon operating through east
ern Washington for the past month with re
markable success. Ho gees by the name of
Pembertou , mid has boon blackmailing
settlers.
At Seattle , Daniel Welch , an engineer ,
started out horseback riding. The horse
pranced backward on to a sidewalk lower
than the street bed , unrt falling over , crushed
his rider almost to a jolly. The man die.l lu
about ten minutes.
From the evidence so far obtained in the
Walla Walla lynching inquiry it seoma the
ofticors of the post were as much surprised nt
the action of the mon as were the citizens ,
although the former had received notifica
tion that the man Hunt would bo lynched.
The question of how to Irrigate the arid
lands of Klttltns county , Washington , which
now produce only hunchgrnss and sagebrush ,
but which , when watered , will produce a
great variety ot crops in abundance , Is bolng
dlscnssod with much in t eras t In that section.
Two variety performers named Leonard
and Gilmore quarreled over a woman and
aireed to light a duel to settle It. They retired -
tired to their room and began slashing caoh
other with knives. Leonard soon foil witn
eight , terrible gashes In his body and soon
died.
died.Tho
The Indians In the Okanogan country nro
in a state of consternation , owing to the pro-
vnlonco of la grippe among thorn. Ono hun
dred or moro have dioil. The Indians are
moving out rapidly for Idaho nnd other
points , carrying all their possessions with
them.
Ono mill at Wooloy , recently took orders
for n.000,000 shingles to como Oast , 3.000,000
for Allegheny City , Pa. , and ' . ' .000,000 to
Cleveland , O. Some of the Washington rod
cedars run up to nine foot In diameter at the
butt , and a log like thU cuts a sight of
shingles.
Almlrn Democrat : Recently a man bought
a lot in Coulnol City for * KiO. Within half
nn hour ho killed seven rattlesnakes on it.
Rattlesnake oil sells for &I.-IO a quart , and au
ordinary rattler will fry out u half pint.
Now nil ho wants Is 130 moro snakes. Thou
ho can quit even.
Eiia Davis , a llttlo girl 10 years of ago , became -
came frightened ut the approach of a special
train and loilng her bnlanco , fall ever n
precipitous cliff , about midway between
Black Diamond and Franklin , nnd after
rolling down about ir > 0 foot was rescued with
but slight Injuries.
The Canadian Pacific railroad has either
leased or purchased outright the Bolllnghom
Bay AT British Columbia railroad , extending
between Sunias , nn the boundary line , and
Now Whntcom. The Canadian 1'aclllo steam
ship Premier will nmko daily trips between
Tacoma nnd Whatcom.
The city council of Pnlouso is pretty harden
on boj's under eighteen years of ago. It
prohibits ttioni from bolug on the streets af
ter S o'clock at nlgfit ; also an ordinance
making It an offense 1.0 rl'Jo bioyrlo-j on tlio
sldowulks nnd punlshnblo by a line of $ „ > . " > ,
The youngsters are raising n big howl about
both acts.
The main track of the Northern Paclllo
railroad at Eagle gorsro In the Ciucado
mountains , fifty mlloi mist of Tueonni , Is
blockaded by ono of the largest falls of earth
known In thai section. Frequent landslides
tiuvo caused the company to plow down a
part of the mountain , nnd It took two days to
clour the track.
Thomas Brown , a traveling salesman of
Seattle , whoso wife died recently , becoming
despondent on account of builncs * rovcnoi
and sorrow ut her death , wont to his wife's '
Errnvo und llred four snots at his own head.
Two bulloU penetrated tbo skull , but nnlthcr
made a ncccuiarily fatal wound anil ho has a
chance of recovery.
Walter Tumor , a young Qulnnult Lakobot-
Llcr , shot and killed Clifton Kinltlo.hls bosom
tncnd , mistaking him for a wild bo.iut. Kin-
do awoke In the mliiiilo of the night , und
saving occaiion to go ouUldo the cabin , did
so very quietly , so ns not to awaken his
frlond. The cracking of twlps outsldo the
cabin awoke Turner. They had shot a boar
the day before , and Turner , thinking It wni
another wild animal prowling nbout the cabin ,
raised his rlllo nnd taxing n'"i ' at the dark
form which ho could see through the crack *
n the cabin , tlrod , Klnkla's dying yell was
.ho first Intimation Turner had of hit
friend's absence from thn bed , so excited hiul
10 boon. Both man wore "tondorfent , " Kin-
do being recently from Elizubuth , N. J. , and
J'uruer from Mlnntuuolu.
Orofjon.
The Ftuurutlou nf Trades proposes to boy.
oil Wainhurdt'4 boor at Portland , not with
standing the Oregon law agilust baycot't
The brewers at Portland arc ; all
together in the strike , and the chances are
that the strikers will bo dofo.ited.
The Union Pacific frostlo near the Dnllat ,
.Til foot long , was rebuilt In twenty four
hour * after being burned
Owing to overproduction and high freight
rnt s forty-eight Milnglo mills between Port
land mul British Columbia have boon shut
fo vn , throwing WX ) men out of employment.
John Flauntgnn committed stilcldo at hU
homo In Strawberry gulch In JoffuMOti
county. Ho was sixty yo.irs old , and had
dug hit own grave and had a coftln ready for
his burial.
A. I ) . Pytehor , an Oregon brakeman , while
on ton of a moving freight train , was caught
by a telephone wire nnd thrown to the
ground. Ho fortunately escaped death with
only a dislocated hip and some brulsos.
The sixth annual mooting of the Oregon
state sutidav school association , ha < biion In
session nt Eugene. Reports Irom county
associations show ( O.iloO children. In thu
Sunday schools of the state , and the finances
of the association are most satisfactory.
Pcoplo of Salem raised a subsidy for n
big woolen mill , It bolug agreed that UO.l.lKX )
pounds of wool a year should bo manufact
ured Into cloth. The mill used moro than
thU last year , and H now on the market for
100,000 pounds tor the second's year's run.
A human head supposed to bo that of
Robert Cannon , who win drowned In the
Columbia river , was found on the bank of
the Eullnt n few days iigo almost entirely
stripped of llosii. It was blih on the bank
of thu stream aud is .supposed to have been
deposited there by n coyote.
A wild man , burofooted nnd bareheaded ,
was recently seen picking up scrap * of bread
around the Big Hutto school house lu south
ern Oregon. The to.ichor and some of the
scholar.s wont to the door and ho ran Into the
brush. A party of men collected and search
ed for him , but ho could not bo f on nil.
An cast-bound freight train on tlio Union
Pacific was wrecked and six cars burned at
the bridge near Vlento , n few miles west of
Hood river. The trestle was on lire , a curve
hiding the hln/.o. The engineer put on steam
when ho saw ho could not check the ongli'o'tt
speed with safety. The engine nnd nn empty
car went ever in safety , but six cars loaded
with stenO went down with the trestle.
A young son of Goorgu Simons , who lis-es
three miles north of Brents , wai bitten by n
rattlesnake. In company with nn older
brother ho was walking along the canyon
just below his homo , when , without warning ,
thosnako struck him. They Immediately
disposed of his snnkcshlp and started for
homo on n dead run-about a milo distant.
Mrs. Simons was alone at the tlmo , but tied
a string around Ins limb and then prepared a
half pint of alcohol which the hey swallowed.
This soon lock effect , aud after bathing the
injured parts with terpcntino tha dungcr was
considered ovor.
Books en B'cod
CURED nnd S < ln dla-
onsos froo.
THE S W I FT
MY BOY.
SPEC F1CCO. , .
ATLN fA.GA.
Swift's Jpi'cilo ? S. S. S. cnr d my
littlu b y of ten fula , from which ho
Irid Miflurci1. : i long time. Iliad tried
the lies' phy ; iciaiH : md nioat qiianli-
ties of iiu'illo ne.s without avail. A
few Lotties of tf. S. S. did the wo k.
lie is now i n oylng the lieu' or luultli
.mil his ; i at had any symptom ) of the
d tense for over a year.
W. A. Clayton , Addle , K. C.
BOOKS OH BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES FREE ,
" ' o Ml't i-o itio 'n ' fl " " fn
VETERIHARYSPEC1F1CS
Tor Horses , Cattle , Shcop , Dogs , Hoes. ]
AND FOULTHY.
300 ratio Honk an Trcntmrnt of Auluirtld
itnd C'liurt Went l-'rec.
crcta j-F < iTcr , fonfffillonHIiillnraninHoU !
A.A.jHplnnl IHonlnirltln , IMllk Vovor.
H.II.--StrnlnH , liumunttim. Uliouniadmnt.
< ; .O.--liMtL'nipur , ft a tin 1 IHnclmruos.
D.Il. IIaln or fSrulm , Worm * .
i.K.-CoueIis , Hunvca , I'noumonin.
V. If Colic or Gripes. Ilcllyaclio.
O.G. iMlHcnrrlnne , Hemorrhagca.
II. II. Urinary nnd Kidney Illsunn
--Eruptive Ulncnnra , Mungo.
J.K. DIscitHCU of Divcttlon , Paralysis.
Single Dottlo ( over BO iloecsX - - .00
Htahln CaHO , with Spcclflco. Mnn'tiu ,
Veterinary Ciiro Oil aud Modlcator , 87.0D
Jar Veterinary Cure OH , - - 1.00
Sold by Drneglitg ; or Sent Prepaid anywhere
and in any quantity on Kocclpt of Price.
HUMPHREYS' MEDICINE CO. .
Oornor William and John Sla. , New York.
"
HOMEOPATHIC
SPECIFIC NO.I
Iu ueo 30 years. The onlyucccBafnl remedy for
Nervous Debility , Vital Weakness ,
nd Prostration , from orer-worlc or other caucus.
VI ror via ) , or Snali and large vial powder , for 5.
SOLD nv DunaaiHTS. or Mint postpaid on receipt
o i > rlco.-HUMPHnEYS' MEDICINE CO. ,
Co.- . William and John 81s. . N. Y.
GOLD 31EDAL , 1'AUIS , 1878.
Sweet
CltocQlate ,
The most pop
ular a w e e t
Chocolate in
the market. It
la nutritious
and palatable ;
a particular
favorite with
children , and n
mostcxccllcnt
article for fam
ily use.
Served ao n
drink or eaten ao Confectionery ,
it la a delicious Chocolate.
The genuine is stamped upon the
wrapper , S. Gorman , Dorchoater ,
Maun.
Sold by Grooors everywhere.
W. Baker & Co. , Dorchester , Mass.
Liebig
EXTRACT OP BEEF
"IN DARKEST AFRICA , "
"By Henry M. Stanley ,
"Tho I.lHlilu ( 'iiiiipary'ii lUlrmH wai of iliuuhnln
oil.- I'UKi'Sy , Vol. I.
"I.IHiltc uinl nieut < DUp4 hml to bo prcpim 1 in mtf
Ik-lunt 'inuntUlfli tu f > rru unl L'iniluli 1.1 , rh wu.ik
oniil iimi u/iliu itfi.jurcil InI'.ivoM Vul I
' HUD .Mrtill nun iwuil in c'ruwl no.ir int ml <
Ho wii3 at oni-o hiniiii I i lira nn'l ' l.ll'l tvlihlu fuw
{ nrliftof II , iinil nllli tin ) mlilltl'in i > r u plni fuwt
brtith iiiaito friHii ( ti i 1.1 t
Ili-of wo ro tun t tilni to h
( iPiiuliK * tuily willi
flic HlniHo uf .1. v < N
lilt.lihi'14 sl.'iiaturo In
i'lui ' ! hilt UI-IUSM lubol.
tlina :
DOWNRIGHT KRAUU
0j ! tS III lt.0 ClIai.TlS tit
inuiiufiitnrerl : : und ilcul-
nit for the old-fiisliiiiiiuil
" porous" iil.-utoin nix ! tliu
muuy liiillutluiiH u ( IIKX-
MUN'ti innv mi tlio market ,
DKSaOS'H H tlio only
pi roim | > liiit < r f'O' 'wii'n '
iiicillcliiul v.ilnc. Id .mo
you L'ft MKNSON'H.
-K nt tu neil lb I'uiici *
. < lotlux LID * . tli only iii" > c-rcr
lliut li lil tlio I'olho. wlthuiit iiloi n tusr
( rri H''i'i ) > . [ mtfiit rocoiitlr inuuu. ' > ! ' ! uinr HIT
nK'ui 11 wh'-m tliu exi-luiivo'ijint U iilfi-ii n rii'
ri'lpt i.f 'Or nti wo wi'lu'ijil ' it naiupla linu li ; mull'
bo i-lrcuUri [ rlctfllil ji-nj titniii tu uuui < < ) ' ' iru
r < < ur l rrlt rr nt uuoaAJilroj Tills I'lNI.U-iS
i I.Ol'ilLS LINK CO. , U llorwau ttt.Yur > ii lir