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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , SATURDAY , JULY 25 , 1801-TW A VAST EMPIRE OF WEALTH. The Cold Facts of Western Development Throw Fiction in the Shade. A QUARTER CENTURY'S PROGRESS IN MONTANA , Millions Annually Garnered on and Under the Surface Railroad Activity in the Black Hills The Boom in Wyoming- Oregon's Wlora Caves and California's Desert Wonders News of the Northwest. Homo Knots About. Montana. The Holcim Journal souvenir edition is 11 superb number. It Is roplctu with statistic * regarding the development of Montana's re sources , Its ploneor History , the growth of Its cluof cltlas , sandwiched with illustrations of scones , Industries anil the facial outlines of representative citizens. Some instructlvo facts nro to bo obtained from thin splendid newspaper chtorpriso which are specially timely in vluw of the ef forts now being made to unite Montana anil Nebraska by rail. The Indian designation of Montana 1 * " " " of the "Tay-a-bo-sliock-up , or "Country Mountain * , " a tiumo so appropriate and ex pressive that its significance will ever sug- Kost a a.vnonytn as pornmtiont as "Tho Ever lasting Hills. " Montana was erected into a territory by net of congress approved May 20 , ISOI , and taken from Idaho territory , and admitted as n statolnto the union February 22 , 183 ! ) , and has a population of 142,000 The state Is bounded on the east by the two Dakotas , on the north by the Dominion of Canada , on the west by Idaho , and on Ihosouth by the states of Idaho and Wyoming , unit Hot between the 101th and 117th degrees of longitude , nnd the -15111 andtilth degrees of north latitude , and measures , length wise from cast to wnst , 520 miles , nnd has nn average width , from north to south of 2' > ,1 milesurn ! contains MlDIM , ) square miles or ' , yl ( < 0,000 acres. In square miles the territory Is larger than Ohio , Indiana , Mary- laud , Vermont , New Hampshire , Massachu setts , Now Jersey nnd Connecticut combined nn empire in acres. Since the reclamation of 18.000,000 acres of agricultural lands from the Northern Indian reservation , there must bo now In Montana nbout forty-flvo million acres of fanning lands that , when brought under the plow , will equal any lands anywhere in produc tiveness. At least : )0,00 ) < ) ,0i)0 ) acres of these lands nro free and open to settlement. Tncre being about ninety-three million acres con tained in tno area of Montana , the larger portion tion of the wholn is made up of grazing , mountain nnd timber lands , atTordlng ample pasturage nnd limber for nil purposes. TLore- is proof that the average yield of wheat In Montana Is twice ns much to the acre as raised In Pennsylvania or Ohio , and the argument will hold good In barley , oats and veeotnbles. From the state auditor's report of Ib'JO the overage yield of wheat per acre Is found to bo 2I'4 bushels ; barley , 1)0 ) bushels ; oats , 'tl bushels ; potatoes , 12 ! ! bushels , ruta bagas , 1800 ; ! pounds to the acre ; onions , 10.000 pounds to the acre. The bushel of oats In Montana weighs forty pounds and sometimes over , and to describe the vegeta bles , It may be said that they are all of the mammoth variety. The characteristic quali ties of the Montana potato are their dryness , whiteness and delicious llavor. The total number of ranches In the state is 0,8-1-1. Agriculture , therefore , under tbo head of farming , is diversified so that the state with the mines which yielded $47,000.- 000 In 1800 , to supply consumers , is capabloof supplying a present nnd future population equal to any state in the union and supply them wellfor there are no farmers olsmvhero who llvo so well nnd thrive so prosperously as the Montana farmers do. There are O.SI3 farms in the state with an acreage'of 1,517,4.15 acres , of which 1,0:11,000 : ncros are under fence. Of this amount 2.1- , 88.1 acres are hi wheat , II.17 In rye , 5f , > . " > 3 in barley , 1,418 in corn , 51,002 in oats , 448 acres in pans. Producing wheat , CII.r > ' .U bushels ; rye , 13,030 bushels ; barley , 159,10. ) bushels ; corn , 85,713 bushels ; oats , 1,8.17,39:1 : bushels ; peas , 11,100 bushels. Other agricultural pro ductions are tabulated in the auditor's re port for 1800 , from which the noovo figures nro obtained , consistingof potatoescabbages , turnips and other root productions that nro yielded by the fruitful soil in an Incompara ble measure per acre. Below are found tables from the same report from ISOO , showing the total number of cattle nnd sheep in the state , their assessed value and the number in each county. Total number of cattle In state , 744,747 ; as- of wool clip , $1,500,900 ; average assessed value of cattle per head , $15.91 ; average ns- essed value of sheep per head , SJ.IU ) . The total value of all assessable property In Montana Is $ UO,7G7SH. The value of tbo mining operations of the state mny bo Judged by the amount of divi dends declared and ptiid during the llrst six months of 181)1. ) There are several big min ing operations are kept n profound secret. Among these mny bo included the Blue Bird , Colorado company , operating the CJagnon and other great properties. Also the Anaconda company. But oven with these big concerns left out the dividend record shows up hand somely for the tlrst half of the year , the in teresting features being the increase of Montana dividend payers. The record for the llrst six months is as follows : Allen . $ S3.000 KII-Mutalllu . 420.tiOO rnnnlstur . -ili,0il ( ) Itald llutto . % UH ( ) llostini & Montana , . 2 : > 0,00l ) Kl&lmrn . IWO.OUO tJlonanrry . UIKO ) liranlto Mountain . 80U.OOO UoolaiiiutUm . W.UDd Helena & Vlutor. . 4U.OOO Iron Mountain . II'.SUO Montana Co. ( limited ) . 7H'OJ I'uriot . IIM.UJO Total . ftM'-JO.Tl'O ' The declaration of an extra dividend by Parrot company of $118,001) ) Is not included in the nhovo because It was not payable until the present month. The credit column of the Parrot dividends will thus show S1SU.OOO paid during. Tuly , which , figuring tno regular monthly dividends of $18,000 as a basis ( and the future dividends may exceed this ) , will bring the Parrot up to UMUOO. With its eighteen dividend payers Colorado does not roach Montana by nearly half. A compnra- tlvo table of the live principal mining states , showing the dividend record for the six months cndln'g June ! t ( ) , is hero irlveu. Montana. thirteen companies . f,3iO,700 ! Michigan , companies | . lHIl.mi ) ) Colorado , eighteen romp anles . 1.2IH.MX ) I'tah ' seven companies . 1,1(1.1,000 ( California , twelve companies . ; )7lHt ) ! ) * Tno total dividends paid by mining com panies , ns reputed , during the six months was ? 7,4S1,717. The CionoNiN ofVit turn ' 'Some time ago , " says the Now York Com mercial Advertiser , "wo felt Impelled to pro test ugaiust the theory put forth by the edi tor of the loading organ of Tacouia publlo opinion thai the practically universal bowlog- cedness of the citizens of that town was duo to the perpetual hill climbing to which their undulating streets condemned them. "Wo took the ground that the uneven sur face of Tacoma hud nothing whatever to do with the way In which Tacmiicsa logs stood nt variance ono with another. Our theory , backed up by facts drawn from many sources , aucri'ri and profane , was that bowlcggednsss is congenital to the hustler , Given u man who goU there nnd vou have a bowlegged man. Your straight llmbcu citizen is rarely truly great. As for the knackknecd , they , poor dovlK invariably brine up the rear of the procession. "Hut although wo oerrulled In the category of the bowlegged a great arrav of the earth's heroes ( wo can well inmglno that when David stood In n stained glass attitude In front of Uolluth , the curves of hU valiant limbs mudo a veritable rainbow of promise to his admir ing followers ) , our facts and our arguments have fallen upon atony ground , tu the mind of thoodltor-of the Helena , Mont. , Independ ent. ent."This "This gentleman , while speaking us f.itr nnd using us gently , does not hesitate to ro- loot In tote our carefully wurkod out bowleg hypothesis. "Ho accepts our civil admission that the natural trend of the hustler Is westward , but doilies that tl.o nether limns of the hustler orb by necessity mutually repellent. And If ho docs not admit , ho is careful not to deny that , ns Ib the case with the Tncomoso so with the inhabitants of Mnloiia , their arched legs cast parenthetical shadows about the unclouded western sunlight that finds Its un impeded way between them. . "Ato the facts , then , we are nt ono with our brother of the Helena Independent. Avoiding editorial personalities his sub scribers , nt any rate , ore bowlegged to a mini. Only Ins thoorv differs from OHM. Wo maintain that the woods of Montana brUtlo with pair-i of discordant limbs for the simple reason that the owners of such can find scope for their prepotent energies only In the mighty weal : he , that these vigorous curves are acquired in clinging to the ribs of tne buck-Jumping mustang of the plums. "And then our brother , in conclusion , ven tures upon ground where , with eastern reserve - servo , wo fellow him with bashful misgiv ings. Ho brings tu the great woman ques tion. Ho sees in his mind's uyo n tlmo when woman , freed at last , goes forth to exercise that precious franchise so long denied her , not arrayed In her traditional garb , but dis guised In the bifurcated garments of the male voter. And ho sorrowfully predicts that -dio will not bo long in discovering that man's way of clinging to the bounding broncho is the batter way. Side saddles will disappear , and with side saddles , n beau tiful and cherished distinction between the hustler and hustlorois of the broad west. "But has our brother been entirely frank with us in his lament over a fnturo chnngo of raiment on the part of his fair readers ! Has It not come already ! And if not. why this enigmatical language in speaking of the Helena Indies : 'They pant up n hill and make a detour of a mlle rathur than come straight down ono.1 In the east the lovelier portion of mankind still skirts such elToto hills as como In their way. However it maybe bo In Helena , so far , thank heaven , In this region woman pant } not. " Iln < l with ills Hoots Off. "You have heard a good deal about men who have died with their boots 0:1 : , " said an old citizen of Butte City. "That r.ct was supposed to represent a certain degree of heroism. I am remledod of an incident which took place nbout thirty weeks ago. A follow had robbed ono of the men in carnp , and there was a good deal of excitement. "Tho minors turned out and the follow who had committed the robbery backed out of town. The posse fohowed and occasionally a shot was fired , but so great respect did the early minor have for justice that the attack of a whole town on this one man made the attacking party give the fellow u show. Ho fell back. Whou ho reached a point at the base of the mountain no dropped into n dug out and almost disappeared. ' The attacking party followed , and when they got within hailing distance they called on him to surrender. Hoirofused. They told him they would give him time to consider , and assured him ho would bo given a fair trial if ho would como out. Ho still refused. Just before the time the word to lire was given the fellow in the hole throw up one hand ana asked to be permitted to make a .statement. "His request was granted. Ho told them that tin had concluded to die , but ho wanted to die hko n Christian gentleman nnd not like an outlaw. The request was granted , but the leader called b.iuk to him that ho thought he would require some instructions ou that question. The follow in the hole said ho Kiiessed not. Ho was then told to make him self ready. Ho pulled off one boot and then the other. Then ho throtv them outside his hiding place and sa ill : " ' 1 die like a Christian gentleman ; I die with my boots oil. ' "A volley answered the words nnd the fel low dropped back. Twenty bullets went into his body. And as the posse drove away they took off their hats to the dead man as they rode by and looked at his body. And that night , after a successful game in the city , the hat was passed around nnd enough money raised to put the body In n eoHln and send it back to the home whence ho had come. " Unuk to First , I'riiioiples. A movement which to an outsider might seem like retrogression has Just been in augurated down in the Mussel slough region , Tulare , county , Cal. This is no less than the equipment of n line for hauling freight bo- twcon that locality and San Francisco by the mule power. Many yours auo , when the pioneers in the Lucerne vale , as the old Mus sel slough settlers now delight to call that fruitful region , wont down their to make their homo , everything in the way of freight had to bo transported by team from Stockton or other points to the north which hud water communication with San Francisco. Many men witli their great ton and twelve mule teams and back-action wagons , found profit able livelihood carrying wool , wheat and other crops to water , and taking roturr loads of lumber , proislons , etc. But the building of the railroad put an end to all this , and the * dismantled old freight wogons , with their high boxes and ponderous uxlos and wheels , may yet bo seen .scattered all over the San Jonqulii valley. But it appears that the railroad is hardly the frlnnd of the Mussel slouirh produce 1-3 that it might be. Freight rules are high , the service Is slow , and many a producer , after having paid freight ou a consignment , with all the other expenses of sale , has found him self obliged to enter up a balance on the wrong side of the lediror. According to the Hun ford Journal the people - plo of that section nro obliged to pay an average of $1.01 per hundred upon the fruit and similar products shipped by them to San Francisco. This U almost as much as the rate to Chicago , and those most keenly inter ested have foe some time been studying a means of relief. Two of the l.irgo/t fruit packing linns of Hanford have , after due in vestigation , decided to secure a number of mules and some freight wagons nnd estab lish n mule team line to transport their fruit from Lucerne valley to San Francisco , a dis tance of 2,11 miles. The Itliiuk liillH .Milieu. Chicago Times : There U a great excite ment in Custer county. South Dakota , over u rich discovery of silver , and hundreds of excited - cited minors nro now on thu ground locating claims and digging out tore that assays more silver than the are taken out of the rock in the famous Lcadvlllo mines. The discovery was made about three months ago by one J.udil , a prospector. Ho was prospecting in a vnlk'V fifteen miles southwest of Hill City , S. 1) . . nnd four foot from the ground surface discovered a vr in several feet wide , .lurid followed the vein for llfty feet , at which point It had widened to seven feet. Since then the Itttln camp established by Judd has been transformed into n city , dignified bv the name of Sllverton , nnd hundreds of claims have boon staked out. The claims now cover n territory of two miles and ere Is being out in largo ( luuntitioi , and the assays show the ere to be nmrvclously rich. Ten carloads of ere from tills camp has already boon received , and reduced nt the Omaha and Grant smelting works In this city , which yielded from $113 to $100 per ton in silver. The ore U high grade argentiferous gnlomi and sulphurets of sil ver , carrying a sufilcient guaranty of load for easy reduction. Cupuilu Tom Husscll of the Blaok Hills , now In the city , says tnat Titus Corkhill , state inspector of mines of South Dakota , pronounces the Spokane , the dlscoverv claim , to boa true Hssuro vein of great promise. All Indications point to this , the Squaw cmjk district of thu Black Hills , as the com ing silver camp of the northwest , I Hi IN 1111,1. . Koboi-t W- Cooper , proildont of the Iron Hill mining company , brought two carloads of on ) to the Onuiaa works last week for re duction with highly latlsfaclory results. . T' ' " now ItOO-um siueitcr ut Dead wood Is noarinu completion nnd will bo blown In In a few days. Thl plant Is for treating the dry and hlghlr Mllcloui ores of the Huby Bailn nnd Bald Mountain dlatrlcU by the pro cess known ns "pvrltlo smelting" nn ancient Gorman method revamped and prno tlcally applied In this cnso by or. P. H. Carpenter - pontor , Into of tbo state school of mines at Hapid City. This li the first application of the process on n great working scale In this country , nnd much Interest Is manifested In mining circles on the practical results. Cor the liltiok llllln. The Kipid City , Missouri Klvor it St. Paul railroad company has concluded preliminary arrangements for the wor.c of construction , Contracts for grading the roadbed between Kapld City and the Cheyenne river , u dU- tnnco of forty-two mlles , will bo lot on the iiotn , and work will begin thereafter as soon ns practicable. The Chicago , Mlln'mikeo .t SU Paul is also bestirring Itself , nnd it is more than probable that the extension west ward from Chamberlain will bo undertaken nt nn early day. Perhaps the now company Is the Milwaukee In disguise. The Northern Paclllo covets a slice of Black Hills trade and the Great Northern also. The former has looked the country ever and expressed a desire to como down , intimating that n bonus would expedite the work of building. The Klkhorn nnd Burlington are already firmly anchored In the Hills , but the more the mer rier. Every new line Increase * business and stimulate * activity In developing the re sources of the Hills. The Duiutb , Pierre & Blaol : Hills railwav , now under contract for completion from Aberdeen to Pierre , Is backed by tug .North ern Pacilic company. A new company has boon organized In I'lern1 , presumably with the same backing , for uxtendjitg tno line west from Pierre to connect with the Hapid City roud. It is evident that the Northern Pacific and the business world of St. Paul and Diiluth want some of tho-Blnck Hili.s , nnd are extending their communicaifoui thereto. A llorsn's \VnIk on a HiKiri'1-e.rttlo. A strange scone was witnessed .on the Northern Pacilic trestle , near 'olympia , Wash. The trestle is about six hundred fojt long and lifty-llvo loot high. Under it-U the Union P.U'illc roadbed. The. ties art.1 about eight incnu * ap.irt and are evenly distributed the entire ' 'Istanco. ' At an early hour the attention of a dozen people was attracted by a largo sorrel horse which had walked along the trestle from the south and wa-s unaware of the danger ahead. He was unable to turn around and li.ld fully live hundred feet yet to travel. Tlu specta tors were struck with awe , ox peeling every moment to see the aniaial dashoJ tn ato.r.s by a full. Now fully mindful of his d.iu iir. It was remarkable to note the instinct with which the animal stepped cautiously from ono tie to another. Hohad Just ivachod that part of * ho trestle above the Union Pacific roadbed when ho became dn/.ml and missed his tooting. His hinil feet caugnt in the tie nnd throw him , so that the rear portion of his body ovcrhuntr the frame work of the Immense bridge , while ho held himself by his fore feet. The scene was asickening one , ami the spectators looked every moment for tins fata ! fall. Suddenly , with a powerful ( untie , the animal throw his body tow.irJ. the trestle and managed to regain bis feet. Again lie started 0:1 : his perilous walk , and when within a low feet of the end of the bridge fell again , and was caught in much the same manner. Martin Scully started to the assistance of the animal with n rope , but the hor.so was so close to terra flrina tint , ho made another effort to regain bis feet and foil to the sloping bank. Just a short distance below. Ho thcu rolled down thu bank for about twonty-ltvo feet. Ills muuth and hoof were badly bruUed in the struggle , out otherwise ho was uninjured. An Oregon Cavern. The San Francisco Examiner's exploring party announce the discovery of enormous caverns in Joophino county Oregon. The party which visited the ctivtrns , reached them by way of Grant's Pass , Ore. , o i the line of the Oregon and California branch of the Southern P.iuilla railway. Froai therj the party travelled thirty miles 'by stage to Kirby and then proceeded in the mountains with pack-trains nnd horses. Two openings in the cave wc'ro discoveroJ. These openings look like small fissures in a great lii.iostono bluff. This limo.Uono ex- lands for miles nndappearj massive and solid outside , but is honi'yconincd within with cracks and crevices , which extend fo" miles without any apparent order or system. Many of the passages within the cave are descrited ns of great beauty , containing semi-transparent stalactities , giant milk- white pillars , pools and streams of pure , clear water. A crock Hews through the main opjning to the cave , and it was hero that the party en tered. They spent n week in exploring the cave and found innumerable passages and chambers and several miles from the en trance they discovcied a small lake of clear water and a waterfall thirty feet high. All kinds of grotesque figures were found in the various chambers. Lnrgo numbers of flash light photographs wore taken. The only sign of any animal lifo was found a short dis tance from the entrance , where a few bones indicated that boars had used it for a lair a.id carried their prey there. It was estima ted that the main body of the cave was 1,500 feet from the surface of the mountain , and the cavern itself appeared to bo fully ns largo as Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. .Metropolis. The year's assessment roll of Salt Lake City and county is roplol.o with interesting facts and figures. It goes far beyond the matter of assessed valuations. It is an ex haustive census of population , manufactures , products and progrosi during the year 18' ) . ) . There were : ! 0V , ; > 1 acres of land under cul tivation last year , of which ' , ' 0,107 acre.s wore irrigated. Those produced .a crop wcighlm ? lJ'r : ) > : l',77l ' ) ! pounds. During the sumo porio.l there were produced 7i : gallons of wine. ; i.V , > 0 i-iillons of cider , I , I'.Ti callous of vinegar. ! lll' , ( ) ' gallo is of sorghum , illyl ) pounds or butter , u7.i7S pounds of linnoy , and dried ll..Hl ) pounds of apples , l.Vil pounds of peaches , 'J.1 pounds of apricots , 1,5 , : ) ' . ) pounds of plums , and I , lot pounds of pears. The number of hives of lues is placed at l,0.1l ! , and the number bor of pounds of wool shorn is sot forth at In Salt Lake City there nre commercial institutions with an aggregate capital of f 14 , r > liO.V : > , with sales amounting to WJ.S7- li'J. " ) , employing fi.77.1 hands whoso wages amounted to fl,7.Vti- ; ; l. There are 7.1 indus trial concerns in the city : Number of hands DIM ployed , . . l.lll.'i Waiiiisnald iiiinuully . t 7U.7U ( Viuuo of plants . 7.V1.KH Value of raw material used . 71(1.71' ( ! Value of annual product . 9ij.ti ! H Capital Invested . : . 1,4 J.ivfi The building record for the county last year represented nn iuvestthont of J.1.S''i ! , 1.11 , of which $ .1,4.1.1S'il wus oxMjiidiHl-h | > Salt Lake Citv. The statistics of population .snow 14,00 ] parsons in ihu city and a total of .7J01 in city and county. The Outlook in Uyoinin ? . A bulletin issued by the coil ins ofllca on the population of Wyoming by''minor civil divisions shows an Increase during the decade - cade of : i'J,010 , or 11)3,01 ) per cent , . .popula tion In 1SSO being : > 0,7SO , and in I8J/3V.O,70.1. / . In all the counties in thosintolargo-hicrcasas nro shown. The largest increi\si ( was In Crook county , where tlio Increase was 878. " ( per cent , and the smallest In Albany county , where the increase was 91.0. ) per cent. AlthouL'h the population of Wyoming Is small the area and natural resources of the now state are great , nnd iu the decade upon which wo have entered It will * probably grow very rapidly. The fact that a stnto government has boon erected will stimulate its growth. Immigrants will bo more likely to seek homes within Us liinlts.nnd capitalist's will feel safer In Investing their money In Its various Industrial enterprises. Nuver has Wyoming felt the Impetus of development with such force ns at tbo prcaeut time. Her mines , are attracting energy ami capital , Irrigation In to rests are rapidly expanding , settlers nro pouring iu and u general advance la conuplcuous all along the line. The past growth of Wyoming win prove insignificant in comparison with the currant decade , when thu record Is made up. _ A l'\irmm > fH Klylnj ; Suhcino. A Walla Walla "farmer" write * to the Oregonlau that ho taluk * the now-fanglod machines ho reads so much about iu tl papers nro -jwponnlvo to bo of any practical uio. Ho suggests the "training of ducks , geese , son gulU , or other birds not heavy In body , but rapid llyers ; mnko n vorr light rack or open platform of bamboo rods , hitch tno fowls on to the same In nome way that the logs and wings wilt bo free when flying , which could bo easily done ; then have a basket fastened beneath the bamboo rack ; the weight In all would not bo ever fifteen * pounds. "Now , say the game selected for this pur- piso each can lift , "about his own weight , two poundi ! , of coUrse It would require iOO fowls to lift the iMilght of n person ( lf > 0 pounds ) , Ineludlnpf Jho material. Now , If some game can botvalned ( I have no doubt they cani.somo professor might work it up. It would not coU $40.00) ) ; no steam or fuel required. If some ono should mnko It work I hope his first trip will bo to Walla Walla ; If not , ho won't bo out murh , because tbo garni ) ougnt to sell for some figure. But you know the power Is there , and it. U nbout the only way living could bo made possible. 'Kxplorlir. * the ( Jr.uiil Cinyoti. The Grand canyon of the Colorado river Is considered the moil wonderful nnd thrllllnir crevice ou the face of the earth. Twlco explored - plorod nt intervals of twenty year. * , tlm reports - ports of its njarvelous boautioi , its granlto perpendicular walH towering frequently tea a height of : iCXW feet , and tin countlois dan cers of navigating the river , all servo ' .o at tract the adventurous. iV company 1m bojn organized in Ilawllns , Wyo. , the object of which Is to purchase , build and own vessels , to be propelled by steam , electric and other motive powe ; to tinvlgnto the Groan , ( Jrand anil Colorado rivers In the states of Wvominirnnd Colorado nnd the territory of Utah , for the purpose ot transporting freight and pasiengers along said river.s. and for ferrying and transport ing passnuners and height across said rivers at different paints along the same ; to build and own wharves , freight houses nnd sta tions to be used in connection with said transportation Imsmois and for the purpose of conducting the same. The Incorporates nro B. S. Kois.10. Stir.-or , S. Stuvor , T. K. Roberts , Homer Merrell , George W. and Charles II. Durant. Coal in Id .Ii.i. Charles P. Bllckonhderfer and J. S. Graohl hnvo returned to Idaho Falls with samples of coal found near the river. Samples were . < ont to assaycrs in Denver and Salt Lake City for analysis , and the fol lowing reports hjivo been received : 10 li. ilurlingamo of Denver says : Tim Dimples of coil sent for analysis eave the following result : Moauro P.f > ' ) per cent. l-'lxt'd uarhon Sl.tlO per rout. V'ol it He in a tier Uns ) ; sfl.J | ) pop eont. Ash 1.2 , ) pur cent. 10).OJ J. McVicker of S\lt : L'iko City reports from their sample * ns follows : Molsttiru. VolatileCarbon. . Ash. Total. No. I. . i.nu - ) " ' . " > .i : LI..MI 4.0) ) iiio.oi No. i' . . I ! . . * ) 47,1)1 IlVdU t.M IIH.l ( ) N . : i. . r.oi ) 4 . ( . i.o.uo : i.ujto MM The No. y sample was u piece of Itock Springs coal , whU-h shows this coal almost equal on the top of the ground to that. An Ii-ri r 'tion ' roj : t. Preliminary surveys have jmt boon com pleted , savs tlu Saratoga ( Wyo. ) Sun , for tne big irrluiitlon sc ieni'j ' to which A. .1. Bothwell has of late devoted so much time and mouoy. Briefly stated , the plan contem plates putting under ditch 1" > 0O.X , ) ncros of land iving on the east side of the Platte and between Busti croolc and Pass crook. Water will ha taken out of North Bush crock and the Medicine Bnw river. Largo ditches nro to bo constructed and at thu head of Lake creek , wlicro tbo tw.o systems unite , the ca pacity of the ditch is estimated nt ! , ! > < ) ! ) cubic feet of water a secynd. In due time a company will bo incorporated iiud-'r thj naino nf , t ie.Klk Mountain Lund and Iriisraiion conpauv. : with a hir o cnuital. Hi object is to market ever 70,0.10 acres of Union Pacilic railway tillou lands and to fur nish water to an equal amount of government land. Upward. * of l ! > Jot ' : > aeuvs in t.ho lerlilo PI itto v.ulov will t tins ba propard for agri cultural purpose ; and liomoi provided for hundreds of families. Hn Ihtoiin iwivnlry. The now states of North Dakota and South Dakota are making a dash for recognition in the matter of large hailstones , says the New York Advertiser. Dickey count ) ' , North Dakota , has had n storm which produced hiidstoues nine and a half inches in diameter , while nt Aberdeen , S. Dak. , hailstones wore picket ) up , prc3iinablv : with ice tongs , sotno ot the stones measuring twelve inches In diameter. Such immense hailstones as these , of course , did great -ila-nage , as was seen in the destruction of th5 bridge- over James river , and also in the farmer's cow that came homo "covered witli blood , as the result of the terrible bombardment. " The communities which have been in tha habit of producing hailstones "tho size of hen's eggs , " and boasting about it , can now retire. Tinsorl. I . o The San Frnnchco Bulletin says that if the Colorado de.sort is flooded and becomes ; yi inland sea. as is now threatened , it would bo n very hoavv blow to that section of Cali fornia. The desert was once the bed ot a sea and the sand is full of oceai : richness , making It especially valuable for agricultural purposes. Irrigation alone is needed to make the whole desert a great hot house , adapted to the raising of early fruits and vegetables. Under present conditions tha du-jert is a .store hor.so of hoatwhlcnw.irms San Bornnrdino and San Diego counties , pushes forward veg etation nnd gives them much of the semitropical - tropical character which hat been the mak ing of them. Oraniu growing would bo the wor.se in some p-irtsof llioio counties for the extinguishment of the desert furnace. A Wonili-rl'iil Ponici-t < ( ' Silver. The Lucky Fi.id mining company of Wyoming is true to its name. The comnaiiy prospected in the Medicine Bow country und discovered what Is claimed to be the richest bodies of silver ever seen. One lind was made near tdo heml of N'ash's fork on the north end of the Telephone bolt , about half a mile from Silver lake and n mile mid a half north of the old Telephone mine. The other Is near by. At u depth of nine feet a twenty-six inch vein of solid silver ere of liti-li grade win un covered. This vein was traced for n distance of live miles. An assay made of the surface cropping * showed its value to be ? . ' 7 to the ton , und nt the depth of nine feet it is verv much richer. _ _ Htoolc 'Tliiovca. There is great cottyjlaint in Wyoming nbout the amount of stock stcalii.g going on , and it is not improbable thill desperate im-mures may ho reported to'lp'put a stop to It. The Cheyenne Loader sliys that the calf crop this year will bo loss than tinll its usual sixo on account of the activity of the "rustlers , " who run off every calf they can got their hands on. it Is believed that n sort of an underground system exists among the thieves by which both horsos. and cattle are rushed over trills Into Utah or Into Nebraska. The stock association is taking the matter up and will adopt vigorous methods to put a stop to life stealing. , . A I'OQIII III I'lTHO. The Butte Minor pours out Its burdened soul In this tearful style : "Hills of gold und sliver whoso secrets wait the miner's pick to burst Into the laugh ter of fortuuo , glvo Industry a crown , till the wrinkles of care with sunshine of joy , trans form huts into mansions , turn euro to glad ness and till the cut ) of bitterness wjth the wlno of sweet content. * * * "Whore the H.vlph-llko raaldi of the moun tains are magnates , the diamond sparkle of whoso radiant eyes blind clouding love nnd whosn Venus forms so tempt [ > oor spell-bound mun that his helpless arm * In hopeless ccstncy entwine them a land of fortune and a land of peace. " A $ , 000,000 One of the longest and most costly railway bridge * In the country U now being built Iu the newest portion of tbo United States , almost nt its extreme western boundary , the great steel bridge which tno Union Pacific Is building across the Columbia river at Vancouver - couvor , Wash. Tuo length from the Wash- lugton to the Oregon nhoru will bo 0,000 , feet , and the draw plor will bo over 400 feet long , The cost of the structure will bo ovor.f 1,000- 000. Moutnun. A conpor roflncrv Is lo bo orcctod nt Great Tails. Mlssoula has contracted for n system of SOWOM. * Livingston voted $50,000 In bonds to build two now schools. Butte and Silver Bow county's assessment roll foots up f.'D.OOO.OOO. Tno National Educational association will meet In Helena next your. No clue has yet boon found to the murder- ON ofV. . Penrose , the Butte editor. An electric mine plant to cost $ .10.000 Is to bo placed in the Queen of the Hills mine nt Ni'lhnrt. The assessment for Cascade county for ISH ! H ? l3.ri S , * > tt. an increase of ever f 1,000- 000 ever that of last vear. Thn Lone Pine uroup of mlnos ; located In the Vipoud district , Beaver Head county , was sold today to an English svndlento for fnwooo. Great Falls shipped : i-ino,0X ( ) pounds of Wool last - Mison. This is more of the lleocy product than was shipped from any other point In the United States. The supreme court handed down n decision sustaining Judco Mollattnn In rcfusiim a chaiiiro of vcnno in the ease involving the validity of the famous Davis will easfi. The 'rial will begin in earnest next Monday nt Butto. A now town Is being laid out near the big falls of the Missouri , to bo known ns East Great Falls. Throe hundred nnd twenty acres have aiivimv been platted Into lots 50xiV ) foot , und they will shortly be placed upon the market for sale. The mniingi'r.s nnd staff of the Helena Journal hnvo been t'ikon to Butte to aiiHwor thn charge of contempt of court for publish- pit : an indirect nlluMon to existence of preju dice on the part of Juds-o Mcllntton In the D.ivi.t will contest. They were put under bonds for trial. In the Cataract district the owners of the Stelln mine report , an average of st > c feet of tralona and are Jubilant. An nssnv from the Socorro mine , on the North Boulder , civos n return ot about $ ? J in cold and silver , and tlmro Is otinugl- lead in the ere to bring Its value to SUM ) a ton. Marcus Daly , manager of the Anaconda property , returned home last week. Spoak- Inir of the resumption of operations , Mr. Daly savs no Onto can bo fixed. ' ! ho cause of closluir the works was excessive freights , nnd the railroads have not indicated any drsiro of reducing. "Theso works won't turn a wheel until a perfectly satisfactorily traflle nrrunzoinant is fully nonrluded. .1 said before - fore I wont t ist that 1 believed the end of It would no thn buildlni. of the railroad wo have hnd surveyed and I believe that now. " A distressing accident occurred In Butte Siindav nfti-rnoon , resulting in the death of Willie Jones , a fifteen-year-old boy. A num ber of boys were pla'vmg ball near the old S'OVPIIS hoist , when Jones , running to catch n hish My , sprani : hc-idlonir mlo n open shaft more thiin one hundred feet deep. His com panions saw him fall , ami immediately gave thealarm. . Hopes were promptly obtained , and in lc s than ton minutes after the acci dent ttie lifeless bodv was taken from the bottom of tno shaft. It is believed death was instantanco'iis , ns in falling the boy strick his eye on a sharp beam near the top of the shaft. A curious scene wns witnessed nt , the funeral of David Uubcn , a prominent pawn broker ut. Helena Kubon started in business llvoyrars nio with A. Kline. Business full ing off last winter , the llrm dissolved n few weeks later and Kline rented quarters next door to the old place nnd started an opposition to Uubcn and wr-nt around nskitu : tholatter's customers for their business. This so preyed on Kiibon's mind that ho was ' . .alien sick and died yesterday of typhoid fevor. The funeral took place this morning from the under taker's establishment. When the friends weto nil ii-.scmblcd , to the surprise of every body. Kline walked into the room , and , ad vancing to the roflln , humbly bcirged the par don of the dead man for the injury done him. Those present were deeply affected. Wyoming. Uawlini is negotiating for a S',0,000 hotel. A $10,000 hotel is to bo built in Saratoga. The Fillerbrown trial co = > t Larnmie county S7.IWO. H'lwlins ronl estate has r. marked upward tendency in price. Cheyenne ranks 2SO in the census list of population of cities. Thu. Hock Springs board of trade starts in with a membership of llfty. The Converse countv assessment roll readied the f2OOJ,000 mark. Fifteen machinists have been added to the force in the Cheyenne shops. The mummified hand of n squaw Is n lute addition to Laramio's attraction. The raising of tine horses bids fair to become - como the moit important industry in Wyo ming. It Is reported that tin ere has been dis covered in the Medicine Bow mountains near Saratoga. The Samoan warrior who posed as a freak in eastern museums , died at Hawlius on his way west. The Union P.ieillo is waging a lively war on the sneak thieves who have been raiding the shops at Choyonno. The pron > cctor.s of the Lost Cabin mines have come out of the wilderness , but the lost mines nre still among the missing. Six miners direct , from Deadwood outfitted nt Buffalo last week tor thn purpose of pros pecting all summer in the Big Horn moun tains. Tim Newcastle coal- industry is assuming mammoth proportions. Nearly tlvo hundred men nro now employed , with a payroll of over § .10,000 per month , j\n effort v ill bo made to induce the national uovornmont to cede the Fort San ders military reservation to the state , to bo used for nn encampment grounds. The Saratoga board ol trade will pay $100 for tha apprehension and conviction of tiny parson or persons detected in sottinsr flro to timber in the mountains surrounding the Platte valley. Kvanston supports six churches. Episcopa lian , Methodist , Presbyterian , Baptist , Cath olic and Lattiir-Day Saints. Wo also have three physicians , seven practicing lawyers , three hotels and two newspapers. For years the gan.o laws of Wyoming hive been rendered Inoperative owing to the wholesale slaughter of game by" Indians. Now Commissioner Morgan comes to the res cue of the sin to olllciats and declares that tlm Indians must stop their indiscriminate kill- In ; : and respect the s > tnto laws. There may ho some hope of preserving the game if the Indians are held in check. In duo time a company will bo incorporated under i.lio name of the Elk mountain land and irrigation company , with a largo capital. Its object' is to market over 70,000 acres of Union Paclllu railway titled lands nnd to fur nish water to an equal amount of govern ment land. Upwards of 150,01)0 ) acres in the fertile Platte valley will thus bo prepared for < ngrluultiiral purposes nnd homes provided for hundreds of families. The assessed valuation of railroad property in Wyoming ! s ns follows : Union Pacille , main line 4l. ) ' . > .f > "i mlle.-t , sidetracks l.M..ll miles , total valuation , including build ings and rolling stock , $ -1.370,11'J.M ) ; Oreiron Short line , 101.01 miles , ? .i0- : ! , lit l.'Jlt ' : Cheyenne it Northern , tO' , ' . ( miles , ffit.VJTO ; Laramie , North Park it Pacific , 14.05 miles , ? i(0lf ; ( > 0 ; Carbon Cutolt , iii.'J7 : miles , fiiT,2T5 ; Cheyenne & Burlington , Jlt2,037. ; South Dakota. The delinquent tax list In Sioux Falls foots up $ I7UOO. b'lvo prisoners dug their way out of the Deadwood jail last week. Eight cars of ere from the Spoknno mine have been shipped to Omaha. Douglas county will harvest by far the largest crop known to its oldest , Inhabitant. The assessed valuation of Vankton county is SI , IiU.MO , an Increase of f.170.775 ever last year. The contract has been signed nnd work commenced on tha $100OOU Caay hotel In Dead wood , Thofarmers of South Dakota nro engaged In harvesting the most valuable small gram crop over produced In any section of the union embracing an equal area. The ilornostnko und Associated minus and the Golden Howard made a regular semi monthly bullion shipment Saturday. The output was u little better than usual , und ag- grt-gatodJl'sO.OOO. The Hetrluver Mining company hat just declared Its third dividend of ; i cents per share , or $500 payable Ajgust 1. Thu cow- P.I any owns cloven claims In Bald mountain dl [ strict , from which It I * constantly shipping ere to the Denver smelters. Fires wore lighted In the Ucatlwooit & Delaware smelting company's smelter last week. The plant is now practically complete but will not go Into full operation for ten days or two WOOKS. It lias capacity for hand ling 1'Ji ) tons of ore p r day. The dryer py- rlto process will bo used. The town of Spoknno Is booming and now contains nbout three hundred people and has three stores carrying general stocks , llvo sa loons , one meat market , four boarding houses , two livery stables and 0110 assay of fice. Buildings are being built In all parts of the town.sitc , and In a short time the tents will have all disappeared. The Fremont , Eikhorn & Missouri Valley railway 1ms completed Its nnrrow-gaugo ex tension to the Bald Mountain anil I til by Basin mining districts. The Deadwood Central was completed through thn districts some weeks tizo. As each road has spurs to dumps of nil developed mines , mine owners have choice of routes and benefit of cheap rates made by sharp competition in shipping lo the different plants ut Deadwood for treatment. The smelter and eliorlnb.atlon works in Deadwood , when In full blast , will require f > 00 tons of ere per day to keep them going. Five hundred tons per day means 'i.fiOO tons per week , Uv.VUm tons per year , which would make quite a mountain of ore , nnd nt .1) ) per ton would add $ H,0,10IH)0 ) to the wealth of thn world , nnd n wealth that is not destructible. It is safe to say that nothini : lower than $20 ere will bo treated much of It will go $40 , or oven higher. Utah. A normal .school to cost $75,000 Is' to bo erected in Salt Lake City. The mammoth machinery of the Utah sugar factory at Lchi will bo in readiness to move by Sepiombur 1.1. An insane man tried to behead John Humphrey of Hedmond , Inllicting u deep cut in thu back of the neck. A strange disease -has made Its appearance among the children nt Scholleld. Many deaths have occurred , and the public schools have been closed. A United States mineral surveyor nnd min ing etmluoqr ha- gene to ttie Cove Creek sul phur mines , of which ho Is commissioned to make an expert examination. Farmers who have planted beets for the Utah sugar factorv sav it Is thu handiest crop they have ever grown and many of thorn think they can bo raised without Irrigation. Great Salt Lake is now in its glory. The bathing there Is now perfect , and it Is un equalled in all the world. The sensations experienced by the bather as ho lloats like n chip upon the water are without parallel. The first shipment from the Sampson under its present ownership was on Juno ! ! 0 , th company receiving $ jiii.Ill ( ) : for it. The a , , end was made on July' > , and that shipment amounted to $2,503.7:1. : The next was made on the 15th , and the company received S-MOS.4U. There Is said to bo upwards of 200 pros pectors scattered through the lialdy range of mountains from Fish c eok to Fremont pass , n distance of something over forty miles. Upwards of forty-live prospectors rendezvous at and around Puller lalco. Strikes of gold and silver mines m-o said to bo numerous. The vicinity of the sugar boot works re sembles a tented village. There is n strong resemblance to an army encampment in the number of tents which have been sot up. The sugar company has at least ' , ' 00 men em ployed in setting the machinery and working on the beet farms. A photograph has boon shown the editor of the Salt Lake Times by John C. Gushing of American Fork of a gooseberry tree that eclipses anythintr over seen in that lino. It is a regular tree in form and stnilds fully five feet high , arid is literally loaded with "fruit , having on It , according to Mr. Cushing's statement , fully ono and a half bushels. The fruit is as largo as plums anil is said to bo of nn excellent llavor. i ho gooseberry originated from seed in the garden of William and An drew Watson of Provo nnd has been named Watson's soodling-treo gooseborry. It is ex clusively a Utah production and shows what our soil can do in the way of originating now varieties of fruit. It is certainly a wonder. California1. San Diego has raised the $ ' 200,000 , bonus for nn iron plant subsi-Jy , and WOI-K will begin at onco. onco.Healdsburg's Healdsburg's eccentric character , who has lived in a trco for the past four years , has disappeared , leaving his camp outfit behind. Some San Francisco capitalists are contom- platlnir the erection of a governor's mansion .u Sacramento and trusting to the next lo U- aturo to reimburse them for the outlay. Sufilcient money having been raised by subscription and state appropriation , Suiter Port is to bo repaired and put in shape and the grounds restored to their condition as in early days. Captain J. M. Oilman , who came to San Francisco in 1SIO on tbo ship which brought the material for thu first steamboat which run on the Sacramento river , and who put : he machinery in the boat and was the cnui- iccr ou her for some time , died on the 12th list. list.Tho The coyote Industry Is flourishing like n reen bay treo. The Impetus given it by the ast legislature in olTorinir u reward of ? 1 for each coyote scalp has had n wonderful effect , and bids fair to bankrupt the stato. Nearly ? 1 1,000 has already been paid out for scalps ind only eleven counties nave boon heard Tom. The other day while workmen wore boring in artesian well north of thu now sugar fac tory , nt a depth of lJU ! feet a bed of decayed wood , grass , roots and straw wns struck. Small fragments of straw kept coming up with the flow of water for n day or two , showing that there must bo a considerable juantity of the deposit nt that depth. This , I is sni.l , gees to prove that ttie valley must it ono time have beeu iiit ; feet lower than at iresent. There was unveiled last week in Golden j.ito Park , Douglas Tllden's statue of "Tho Hull Thrower.1' It occupies a place on the awn diagonally opposite the ( Jarllold statuo. , tis of bronze , six dot , high. The statue is loteworthy because It wus modeled by a deaf and dumb sculptor , \oung Tiiden won on $ trance to the Paris Salon witli this figure , mil his second work , "The Tired Boxer , " re ceived honorable mention in thu recent salon -tho highest honor yet paid loan American sculptor in France. Washington. Bears nro very humorous about Contralto. The Nebraska club Is ono of the social or ganizations of Seattle. The Northern Pacific has agreed to trans- lort Washington exhibits to the world's fair 'rue. 'rue.Tho The little town of Mount Vornqn In Skngit county was devastated by Ilro and almost wiped out of existence. Raphael Coombs , a bright young artist of Seattle , has promised to complete for thu world's fair exhibit a lito-si/.e picture of the old Indian chief from whom the city of Seattle was named. Henry Villurd Is credited with a scheme to combine nil the northwestern railroads under me grand system , and to build a muunU'icent city in the state of Washington which will DO a grand commercial center. Ah , there , 1'acoma. A Spokane exchange tells of n woman who three years ago went into the Big Bund country , took up a claim of UK ) acres and made herself n home , having now ono of tno nest Improved pluces in that country. In ad dition lo other improvements she has a val uable nursery of 5,000 trees , Ono of tha most tcrrlhlo accidents that over happened on the Spoknno division of the Northern Pacific occurred on the Ulili , A local freight train , onslbound , wont through a trcutlb into a deep gulch , englno and all earn being precipitated to the bottom , a distance of seventy-llvo foot. The fireman was killed and several of the crow injured. Satisfactory freight rates having been ar ranged. a cargo ot bird's-oyo muplu is belnu' sawed by the Hamilton sawmill for the San Francisco market , where it commands n high figure. It is a rare wood , but grows abun- . daiitly In listKkuglt valoy. : Though It coml iiuuiua $100 per 1,00 ! ) feet in New York City for ornamental woodwork , It has been ex tensively used In Washington for woo.lon rails , for logging tramways and for llruwood. Idaho. A wagon road has been built from Idaho FulU to Lost river. The Neal lode , located twenty-five tnllas from Boise , was sold to Chicago parties for Articles or Incorporation were filed with the secretary of state betting fortli the organ ization of the Capital Slate bank of Idahn Two carloads of bullion and ono of matte , from Clayton , wore shipped from Lowlston to Uninlm , tut week , and three carloads of coke received here from the Clayton smel ters. ters.Koturns Koturns are already being received by In vestors In the great Dolamar property , In Idaho , which was nvontly sold to an English syndicate for W,0X ; > , iHX ) . The llrst dividend of IS cents n shnro was declared last week. The euclnocr in ehnrgo of the Lost Chanca mine , In Ward nor , Idaho , writes Unit experi ments have shown that tbo electric pereu sloti drills Inu'o been found to do more w than the air drills , mul In consequence Uio air drills have been replaced by electrio drills. The water sponnttliat ImrMcil down Snnko river near the Sllcott ferrv , did an immnnsn lot of damage , and un the lower lands water stood fully one foot In depth. A number of cattle were drowne I , many voung orchardi , raspberry patches and strawberry beds wuro illstroyed. Thomas Brown has opened n splendid mine on the ( 'hickauum , llvo miles cast of Idaho Falls , OH discovering a two-Inch vein of very rich silver ore , he commenced sinking for thn purpose of getting out a carload for shipment. After sinking a few feet ho struck a fourteon-liich vein of ruby ere worth fJWO or SUM a ton. Nova 11 n. Car.son valley Is overrun with men looking for work. Up \Vlnnaiiiucca there is plenty of work and very few men. A rich strike Is reported In thol'nlon ininiM at Austin. The lodge Is ten Inches whlu , and thn ere will go at least $ l,10ii , per ton. The working force at the Diamond mine , Eureka , has recently been increased. There are now sixty-live men on the payroll. Thu surveyors for the Boise & Binto rail road nre now at work on the South Il.iso river about twelve miles below Pine Drove. A mechanic's lien for J.'tb.ono has been tiled at Boise on the Phyllis and Now rlc canals , the property of the Idaho Mining ad Irrigation company. The llrst dividend paid by Consolidated Virginia since April of last year was declared on July 1.1. It is .V ) cents , ' { 'ho mine has produced this year nearly $1,500,000 in bul lion , and in June the yield was $1W,00 ; > . About ono hundred and llfty Wnshoe In dians nssonibled near Bijou recently and de cided that they want a. reservation The Washoes number about seven hundred , two hundred of them being able-bodied men. The llnanclal statomohtof the Consolidated California-Virginia company for the month of June shows that during that period lO.J.KI tons of ere were worked , the total yield of which was $27M1T.7I. ! of which SI25IISL , ! was In gold and $15:1,001.1)0 : ) was Iu silver. The average battery assay was $ 'J7.2.'I , of which $12.20 was cold and $15.0:1 : sliver. The average assay value of all ores was $ 1.12 , The CongrumiUonalUts of Portland are building a $ IOJ,000 church. Tno contract for the construction of the chamber of commerce building at Portland has been awarded. Tno Oregon penitentiary is so full that tno superintendent .says inoro prisoners would exhaust its capacity. Dr. L. Townsend. a prominent donttot of Ashland , formerly of Minneapolis , suicidoit by blowing the top of his head oil with u shotgun. Active measures nre oointr taken to deepen the Columbia from Portland to the sea. It Is proposed to make a channel 22 feet , deep and 110 feat wide , ut an estimated cost of $1151,800 , According to the Astorinn the great herds of cattle in southern and eastern Oregon are being bouchl up and there is great danger that the price of beef will shortly advance. HllSltS AMt HK.lti'fS. A philanthropic Brook'yn woman recently bought all the orioles in u bird store and set tkom free. In New Orleans n pet pigeon grieved itself to death over the loss of its little mistress , a girl of so von years. A carrier pigeon , which had been bought at Charlottenburg. near Berlin , nnd taken to London , has reappeared in its old home , hav ing most likely escaped and successfully un dertaken the long lllght. back. "On an average 51)0 ) bears a year nro Killed in Maine , " said a Lcwiston dealer in lurs. "I buy seventy-live a year , nnd yet the trap pers announce every year that the bear in Maine is becoming extinct. I have bought many boar skins in thu last four weeks , und am buying them every week. " A coupe ! of half-grown linnets foil from their nest in Anderson , Shasta county , Cal. , a few days ago. They wore picked up nnd put into the cage with a male canary , which nt once began to feed them , and has eared for them like a mother over since , keeping the young birds well fed , so that they are lively und well. i'wo Tomustono ( Ariz. ) men found a litter of young wildcats the other day , the old cat being away , captured the youngsters and took them away. The creatures made u llcrca light and the men were badly scratched and bitten before they finally secured their un certainly valuable prize. Martin O'Donnell of Buffalo owes his lifo to his faithful dog 'Panto. Ho and Panto were swimming across a stream when .sud denly ho became exhausted and shouted for help. As though undorstnndlncr the cries the dog caught hold of O'Donnell dud sustained him until assistance arrived. An nlbino blackbird is n rarity in anv country , hcnco W. F. Williams is going to carefully preserve the specimen which ho cnpturod at the Six-Mile ranch , near Buffalo , Wyo. Jt is a pure whito-plnmaged , plnk- oycd blackbird , nnd when lirst seoa was as sociating in a very democratic manner with a flock of everyday birds of vho blackest sort. A gri/7.1y boar and her cub made a visit to the apiary of Henry Elms , at iho foot of the mountainsnear the head of Marengo avenu o Pasadena , Cal. , and totally destroyed llvn hives ot boos. The hives were covered with sections and were nearly tilled with honey , mailing a royal feast for bruin and her baby , the Star says. This makes ten hives lie- stroyod durmithopnst six weeks , totally clearing out Mr. Elm's slock. In Bodign , Cal , , not lon since n man lassoed u wild cow , ho being on hoisoback , when the animal broke the lariat and Hindu n dash for liberty. Not far oil there wns a large house , with Iho front door wide open. She rushed through the door , up the front stairs , through n narrow hallway , Into n bedroom - room , out of the window , onto the roof of tha porch , from which she leaped to the ground , -striking with such violence as to break her neck. An unknown bird was ruptured at Wood land , Cal. , the other day , which had no feathers , but wns entirely covered with n thick coat of bristly black hair. On the buck the hair parted , the part following the spinal columy almost on a lino. Its optics wore so "pop-eyed" that It gnvo the bird a very com ical appearance. The hill was almost blood- red , unit shaped something like a ducK's , only It Is hooked on the end. The feet nro par tially webbed and Ihu toes are lilted with long"claws. . Hats have taken possession of a largo imi- [ berry tree along Frankford Crook , Ponnsvl- vunia. They eat the ripe luclous berries und drive off nil birds , but disturbed by the approach preach of u human being they drop headlong from the branches of the tree to the ground nnd run off until the coast Is clear for their return utter more homos. Seven sleek rodents were seen to drop from the true In quick succession yesterday. Plg.s nru not ) supposed to have much sense , but G. li. Currier of Abbott , Me. , has ono that knows a thing or two. The Infant porcine Is fond of taking a bath in the river , to which his owner objects and every tlmit ho got out of his pen Mr. Currier would board it up n little higher. That did not slop piggy , however , and Mr. C. watched to HCO now bo got nut. It appeared that the boards were nailed on two or three Inches apart and the pig would climb to thn top by pnttliiL' Ids VOCA in thu cracks , and them bcuiL'a rope iiuspondcd ever thu outside ho would catch It In Ins mouth und lower himself to iho ground. Ulebmoml. Mo. , Is the homo of a clown goat which is a bourco of much am'ncm.'nt ' all along the Komicbvc. He is u great pot among the steamboat men and a regular vis itor at the wharf when steamers arrive or do pirl. : Ono day last wciok Blllv's UWI.IT missed him , but two days afterward , when the steamer Kminubco arrived , tbo o4l walked cuimly down thn gang pliiult dressed in a pair of old irouaers. a hwallow-taii coat nnd a tuovoplio | hut. Ho had been to liu 'on with his frlend.-i , the deckhands , and t-unia homo with an Increased dignity of boanog naturally consequent upon a visit to timt learned town. When a lady In tbo waiting room netted him the gout whipped tbi , veil from her face and swallowed It mn'w < .n ling. Then he went home In his new lu i , which ho has pro juuly since oaten.