THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , SATURDAY.11 AUGUST 8 , -TWELVE PAGES. 11
FAVORED HOME OF FORTUNE.
"Wisely Directed Brain and Brawn Successfully
Wooing the Goddess , Fickle.
AND REARING MIGHTY STATUS IN THE NORTHWEST.
"Wondorrt.il Development Activity In Wyoming Montana and the
Omaha Excursion The Gold Crop of California Rail
road Progress at Various Points The
Wcok's Events in Detail.
A New Industry D
A cntnmotlon has boon stirred up amonir
the matrimonial misfits down east over what
promises ta bo tlio destruction of Joblot dl-
vorco business In Soutli Dakota. The laxity
of tbo dlvorco law of the itnto uttrartcd little
nttcnilon In the west , but down east xvhoro
Railing yokes nru numerous , South Dakota
became a Meccn for dlvorco hunters. Tbo
nnnouncomont tbot tbe courts propose to shut
down on this scandalous business curried
consternation to the dlvorco colony In Sioux
Kails and neighboring towns nml tilled cast-
urn papers with details of tbo Inmcntntlons
following a stringent interpretation uf the
law.
Judge Alkon , heretofore a fnmous dlvorco
dispenser nt Sioux Falls , announces pri
vately mid from the bom-h , that henceforth
lie will throw out nil cases where there Is the
slightest shadow of a doubt that the plaintiff
bos come to tbo state solely for the purpose
of obtaining a dlvorco and of then returning
to their previous homes.
The Dakota law requires but ninety
days' residence before action for dlvorco bo
brought , A great many divorces nru granted
In the various circuits in tbe state , but there
nre probably moro cases lu this circuit than
any other.
The greater portion of tbo decrees , bow-
over , are about as valuable ns so much waste
paper. The plaintiff comes to this state , takes
up hl.s or her residence nt a hotel or boarding
liouso , stays ninety days , makes tiDldavlt
that ho or ho Is a bbna resident ot the state ,
obtains service on the defendant by publica
tion , ana after the lupso of seventy-two days
( lala a decree , then shakes olT the dust of
South Dakota and loaves on the very llrst
and fastest train.
Tbo trouble lias all coino about by the lax-
cess of tboso seeking dlvorco papers in the
matter of residence. Tbolr insincerity is
eon on every hnml. For Instance , Mrs.
niulno came hero , hired a room , staid a few
days , went back to Now York and remained
thcro nearly two months. Mmo. do btuers
engaged a suite of rooms at the leading hotel ,
remained a few days and then wont over to
Bplrit Lake , la. Tills sort of obtaining a ics-
idence created gossip and was lltmlly the
subject of much comment in the papors. At
this Juncture Judge Aikcn took a hand in tbo
game and promises to make matters exceed
ingly lively. On Saturday last ho refused a
dlvorco to Walter Miinti , n wealthy Philadel
phia ! ) , on the ground that bis aflidavlt as to
Ills residence In South Dakota was not made
in gooa faith.
It has recently been found that there was
Bomo Irregularity In the service of papers In
the case of Clinton Edgerly against his wife ,
Hose Coghlan , the actress , and the cuso is bo
reopened.
Among the most Interesting of the roocnt
suits Is that of Thomas Turner against Hen
rietta Turner. Mrs. Turner resides at No.
28U Atlantic avenue , Brooklyn. Mr. Turner
is a wealthy furniture dealer of Yonkors. JN.
Y. Mr. Turner claims dlvorco on the ground
of desertion and his wife answers through
her attorney that ho Is taking advantage ol
the law to secure a divorce by fraud.
Edward E. Pollock , son of tnoNow York
chip supplies merchant , and a member of the
Manhattan athletic club , Is here living his
ninety days preparatory to llllug his papers
for dlvorco.
A conspicuous flernro hero Is that of Dr.
T. D. Warral of Newport and Providence ,
R. I. Ho seeks a dlvorco from his wife on
the ground of desertion. She Is with rela
tions tu Boston. Two other cases of promi
nent people of Now York are those of Robert.
"Want vs Isabella Ward and Mrs. Sarah
Ilubbard vs James C. Hubbard. Three
ladles nre stopping at the Grlswold place on
.Minnesota street , all of whom are socltinL-
legal residence for divorce purposes. They
nro Mrs. Weber of Washington , Mrs. Cuth-
bortson of Chicago and Mrs. Lo.ivltt of Now
York City.
It is stated by attorneys that the list of
people who have coino to Sioux Falls within
the last six months for the solo purpose of
securing divorces numbers 1011. A larco num
ber of those have secured their divorces ,
many cases are pending , and a largo proportion
tion are hero living the ninety days required
to become legal residents.
Judge Atkcu Is a Now Yorlcer by birth and
originally read law with Hoscoo Colliding.
His present attitude of hostility to the di
vorces pending Is duo to n sudden influx of
New Yokors , who are seeking dlvorco with
out intent to become residents , and to the
notoriety which the newspapers nro giving
post divorce decisions of his. In many past
cases there have been perjury and fraud , and
the coming to light of this has aroused the
community and laid the bench open to criti
cism.
_
AVYOIH ING At Tl V 1TY.
getic AosunltH on tlio Storehouses *
ol *
This Is Wyoming's year of progress and
development. Energy and activity nro con
spicuous everywhere. From present indica
tions and discoveries , the output of mineral
this year will astonish the natives.
The Gold Hill camp 1ms moro than fulfilled
expectations. Hocontly some remarkably
rich gold bearing quartz was taken out of the
bottom of the ihnft , which Is down to n depth
of llfty-two foot. Specimens of It , which
have been exhibited at Saratoga , says the
Sun , are studded all over with fren gold , and
good sized nuggets are embedded In the rock.
A now discovery was made last week on
the Acme , which caused Its owners to fool
much elated. Twenty feet from the lead ,
and running parallel to It , rich sur
face Indications were found. Pros
pecting showed n vein eighteen Inches wide
and carrying ere which Is fully as rich , If not
moro valuable than anything found In tbo
discovery shaft.
At a depth of llfty-two feet In the shaft an
S1ftht-loot ere body was opened up , but the
lead has not bccu exploited to such an extent
ns to determine its full width , and only one
wall was located. Le\vls Johnson , who has
been directing the development work , thinks
tbo nnw vein minks the limit of the missing
wall , Should this theory prove to bo cor
rect , thtin It Is reasonably certain that the
ere deposit on the Acme Is far moro ox-
tonsl\o than over Its most sunguluo admirers
anticipated.
Ore from the Acme Is now being sorted
preparatory to shipment. The owners are
convinced , irom assays and other tests that
Imvo been made , that it Is rich enough to
give them a good prollt over and above all
expenses lu sending It to Omaha for treat
ment.
Hints were dropped In Saratoga last weclr
that tbo famous llnullleld gold diggings ,
BOinotlmos known as the Lost Pick and
Shovel claim , had been re-locatoa lu the Sav
ory country , Just over the rungo on the west
side.
side.On a recent drive around tbo bnso of Buld
mountain , the editor of the Sheridan Post
found about ono hundred men engaged lu
cold mining. Ho says : "Tho llrst nniip vis
ited wa * that of Messrs , lluckloy , Darling
ton X Ctiuplalnu.whero four or live men wmo
engaged In sluicing. After about eight
hours work a clean up was made , mid al
though tbo exact amount could not bo ascer
tained , disinterested parties who saw the
gold taken out. say Ihoro was about $75. On
thu following day Mr. J. II. Buckley took
outJlOiX ) with a rocker in twenty minutes
by the watch ,
"On Sunday another claim owner took out
n nugget that weighed ? 1 U > , and Mr. Mluo
, Kouan exhibited another weighing $1. Mr.
( J.V Moroy took out $ IU with a pun In lea *
tlmu an hour. Wo mliht ; go on and uuum-
ornto hundreds of other liku instance * , but
these are sufficient to show thai there is an
Unlimited quaulty of gola lu the district , aud
that men are now eagerly nnd enthuslnstlcly
outraged In locating and taking It out. "
Tbo Bald mouhtaln district embracing llvo
or six thousand acros.oach aero of which con
tains placer gold to the extent of $ . "iO,00 < ) .
Miners nro now taking out various amounts
of dust per dav , tbo most successful ono , who
Is running n system of slulco bo\us , recently
cleaning up $ , ! 0 in u dav's run. Than ) is an
other well authenticated Instance wnercln
thron men cleaned up ? IM worth of dust In
four davs. Tlio minors , however , nro work
ing under a dls.idruntairo ns n great deal of
tlmo and labor Is employed lu hauling the
dirt to the running water ,
Lnramio papers report the discovery of a
long lost rich load In the Centennial district ,
which bids fair to create n furore In mining
circles. In the Strawberry , Atlantic City
and Minor's Delight districts active opera
tions are being carried on , and some very
good loads nro being workml. A recent sale
of a piece of property In the Atlnntlo City
district at good figures , show that eastern
people are still willing to Invest whoru thcro
isu chance for fair returns. Wo expect ,
within a year to see Wyoming take first place
as a mineral producer.
H. N. IColloy of Denver , brought Into Chey
enne recently some rich specimens of gold
from the Tongue river mines , Oao bottle
contained gold nuggets , another displayed
liner gold , nnd Ut ? third showed what Is
called Hour gold.
Mr. IColloy states that the pold of the Tongue -
guo river section started from the grass roots
and that In many localities the turning of
the sod exposed it gold deposit running from
llfty cents to $3 per pan.
Mr. IColloy will at once inako arrangements
for the purchase and shipping to the Tongue
river section of all needed mining machinery.
Those are the main camps now attracting
capital as well as enterprise. Both nro pour
ing In In good measure , Infusing now life In
trade , enlivening old and building now com
munities. Thu state is in the infancy of its
'
career of progress and prosuority , 'and the
present activity is but n faint rum bio ot Its
future growth.
THAT OMVIIA HXGiniSION.
KiiHtcrii Itlontaiiiaiis Anxious Kor n
Visit.
Great results frequently grow from trifling
circumstances. The necessity for railroad
communication between Omaha nnd Mon
tana , recently pointed out by Tin : BUB ,
roused an uncommon degree of enthusiasm
in interested quarters. The Importance of a
direct moans of business Interchange U fully
appreciated , especially In Montana , where
the great stock industry Is deprived of the
succulent corn of Nebraska and obliged to
ship to Chicago to market.
The proposed excursion of Omaha mer
chants to Helena Is the llrst stop in the di
rection of closer business relations. But
Helena will not bo permitted to monopolize
the guests. Butte proposes to take a hand
In showing the hospitality of the great min
eral camp. Miles City Is also arranging to
secure a visit , and its wishes will undoubted
ly bo granted when the trip Is fully decided
upon.
"Speaking of the vast stock interests , of
which Miles City Is the center , the Yellow
stone Journal says :
"Whilo our mercantile trade Is perhaps not
such n volume as to attract tbo attention of a
metropolis like Omiilia to the extent of In
ducing thorn to make very strenuous efforts
for a rail connection with us , our live stock
business Is of sufficient volume to make It
desirable for the Omaha men to divert oven
a portion of it to their yards , and whllo they
know generally that eastern Montana Is a
larg * shipper of llvo stock it is of the utmost
Importance that they should bo informed that
Miles City is tha acknowledged center for
this vast trade and the most important ship
ping point for llvo stock on the Northern Pa
cific road. This if properly done will Hx
moro llrmly in the minds of the Omaha people
ple the necessity of pushing the Fremont &
Elkhorn road to this point , it being already
the moro lavored route in the estimation of
many business men whoso expressions wo
have noticed In ttio Omaha papors.
"It must bo evident to any thinking man
that an effort made at this tlmo by the Miles
City chamber of commerce , calling the at
tention of the Omaha excursionists to this
point. In connection with Its acknowledged
position as the cattle center of eastern Mon
tana would not bo a mistake and might re
sult in lasting benefit to us all. By ourselves
wo can do but little , but If wo can by a mu
tuality ol interests enlist the inllucnco of
the powerful businass organizations of
Omaha wo will have accomplished muchand
our days of waiting for the 'boom1 bo ma
terially lessoned. "
The chamber of commerceof Miles City
has appointed n committee to tender the
Omaha merchants tha hospitality of that city.
THIS DAVIS .MILLIONS.
Courts and Ijnwyors Knocking n. Hole
in tlio Sui-iliiH. |
The contest over the financial remains of
Andrew J. Davis , tbo deceased millionaire of
Butte , Mont. , is airalu in full blast at Butto.
Davis died March 11 , Ib'JO. ' Ho was a bache
lor. During the closing weeks of bis life bis
mind had been clouded. About him In his
dying moments gathered a room full of rela
tives. Some of them approached with gen
uine regret the ailpiomo moment tu the
career of ono to whom yours of personal asso
ciation had attached them ; others were there ,
not so much to be ' 'In at the death" ns to bo
surety on hand when the hour for the carving
of tbo estate arrived.
Judge Davis loft no will. His nearest heir ,
n nephew , applied for and was appointed ad
ministrator of the estato. A fortune of throe
millions that has doubled lu two years , was
not long In llndlng claimants , and era the
grass grow over the banker's grave , moro
relatives than ho bad over dreamed of in life
appeared nnd claimed a share of tbu spoils.
An alleged will was aKo dug up , nnd from
Iowa came a family of claimants , accusing
the dead of husband and father
being by s > o-
cret marriage ,
The preliminary contest began In Butte
last winter. Ono side objected u > tbo town ,
and on the plea of produjleo sought a change
of venuo. On this the case wont to the su
preme court and was douicd and thu case
ordered for trial lu the district court of
Butte , before Judge MuIIatton and a Jury.
The trial opened Monday , July - > 7. The and
cannot bo foreseen. Four aiid twontv law
yers nro engaged In the contest , homo an J
outsnlo talent being drawn upon. Among
them nro Robert ( I. Incorsoll of Now York ,
and Hon. James M , Woolworth of Omaha.
GOLD GALOIU : .
'Iho Wonderful Output of California
KYunllliiK All Other Statr-M ,
"Of all all the states ( u the Union , " writes
Charles U. Yale In the Overland Monthly ,
"California still occupies the loading place in
the productlou of gold a position It has
stoadlly hold slneo the first discovery which
brought tbo state to the attention of an as
tonished world.
"Yet the conditions under which gold
mining Is carried on in California today are
entirely different from these wlilc.ii oxUto.l
when the llrst pioneers of the state came to
gather the millions that lay ready to their
hands. Then every man was.u miner ; now ,
few who coinohoro tosettlo havoanv thought
or the mines , and only u small portion of the
inhabitants of the state know or care any
thing about the milling industry.
"It scums runmrk.iblo that an Industry
which coma pcoduco upwards of f l.tXJHHJ- ( ,
( xX ) In ouu state wlthli ! a period of about
forty years , should bo nouloctt.il by the people
ple of tbo state. Yet this U the cao with
tbo gold mining Industry of California. And
not only that , but ono branch of It romnlni
under the ban of the courts , and rauy not bo
lawfully practised.
"Official figure * show thattho total yield
of gold In California , from the tlmo Marshall
discovered the historic nugget ill the tallmco
of Sutler's mill nt Coloma , to the end of the
year IbW ) , Is * lM7'J'JVir. ! . And there must
have bccu many other millions rarrlcd away
by the early minors , that were tiovor enum
erated In the olllchil figures. The rates
charged for export of treasure In the curly
clays were excessive (5 ( per cent aud pntn-
ago ) on tbo steamers , and for several years
the deposits at the eastern
mints exceeded by ton or llftcon mil
lions annually tha outlro exports from
San Francisco , as shown by the cumtoms
bouso records. As every steamer carried
from llvo Hundred to ono thousand pasieu-
gars , no Inconsiderable amount must have
Bono abroad In the sumo war.
"But oven the sum stated Is an Imuiouso
ono to bo added to the world's wealth In so
short a period of time. No such record has
even been made by any other country , or any
other region. These figures nro for the gold
alone , the sliver , quicksilver , copper , load ,
borax , nnd other milling products , not being
considered. . . The largest amount of gold
taken out In this stutolu ono year was lu 185' , ' ,
whet , the product reached $81,601,700 , , Just
double the product of 18.10. In the year ISM
tha gold yield was $ i'51.B,2. ! ) . It was not
until ivw that the annual yield dropped
below $11,000,001) ) , since which tlmo there has
been n gradual doclluotuntll within the past
few years , .slneo the suppression of hydraulic
mining , the average Is about $1:1,000,000. :
This would bo very materially Increased
could means bo adopted to permit the work-
lug of the hydraulic mines without datrlmout
to other Interests. Ills only a question of
tlmo when these gro.it deposits of auriferous
gravel will again bo utlli/ed , and made to
yield up thoirgoldcii contents ; but at present
tbo whole question of hydraulic mining nnd
dobrls Is ono In which the prejudices of
classes of the community nro so strongly ex
hibited that more mention of the subject tiro-
voices discussion. The more sober Judgment
of future generations will doubtless bring
about a solution. "
NOIITHIOKX MONT \NA.
A' Illoh Agricultural null -Mineral
Hcylon Attracting Settler * .
Tbo Pacific extension nf the Great North
ern railroad through northern Montana opens
n vast section of undeveloped country to set-
foment.
Iho resources of this vast suction , says the
Great Falls Loader , are uticquulcd. They
consist In part of coal , Iron , silver , gold , tin ,
marble , magnificent water power , mountains
of precious metals practically Unexplored ,
rich , fertile soil capable of producing sovon-
ty-llvo to ono hundred busncH of oats mid
forty of wheat an acre , with already forty
thousand head of horses , two hundred thou
sand bead of cattle and eight hundred thous
and head of sheep feeding on Its luxuriant
grasses and yielding immense prollts to the
Inhabitants. With all these resources and
facilities of wealth not one-tenth of which
aroyot hardly developed , what may tot bo
expected of this rich and fertile region in the
noxtdccadoi
Hut it is scarcely twelve years slneo there
were not moro than four families located on
tbo Belt , the Shonkin , the Teton , or In the
whole Judith basin. Ten years ago there was
a small settlement in the Chestnut valley , J.
1C. Castuor held the fort on Bolt creek , Gov
ernor Brooke was standing off Indians on
Warm Spring creek lu the Judith basin , Jobu
Leploy , A. W. ICinusbury and Guorgo D. Pat
terson bad Juat moved to tbo Dig Sag and the
Shonkin , and Robert Blankcnbakor bad
taken possession of Box Elder , Soon after
Wolf creek , Judith river , Sand Coulee , the
Toton ana tbo other valleys named , became
settled. The Barker mines wore discovered
by Messrs , Barker and Hughes. Tbo Maiden
mines began to attract attention , and n largo
Immigration was turned in these directions.
But tbo Marios and the great Milk river val
leys were embraced in an Indian reservation ,
which was not removed until two or three
years since. The building of the great
Northern railway through the heart of the
reservation soon'opened up this country.
Tbe result has been n constant inllux of
farmers into the rich and fertile regions of
northern Montana. Notwithstanding the
severe drouth of ttio last two years farmers ,
sheepmen and cattlemen have done ramnrk-
ably well aud with tlu present favorable
year will bo placed in whnt would bo re
garded in the east ns prosperity unparalellod.
Concerning this northern section the people
all along the line of the Northern Pacitlc ,
that is in the south of Montana know almost
nothing. They see a largo increase in votes ,
but even that is not a fair criterion of the
rapid settlement. The fact that ono county
whoso assessed valuation in 1SS7 was only
31 , ( > ( )0UOO ) , has this year a valuation of nearly
$1:1,000,000 : , may illustrate tbo growth of
northern Montana. But Cascade and Clio-
toau and Fergus and northern Dawson coun
ties nro an empire In themselves. An omuiro
larger than the Now England states.
TI1K UOU1211 U'Al-iHNE.
Knllronil Communication with tlio
Famous Camp.
The Northern Pacific extension to the
Couor d'Alono country In northern Idaho is
completed and In operation.
Tbo road extends from Missoula , Mont. , to
Wardnor , Idaho , and opens to traffic a ricti
aud well settled section of the Idaho pan
handle. The Couor d'Aleno country contains
minerals in abundance. For the past eight
yours It has progressed marvelously , dosplto
Its Isolated position. The difficulties of trans
portation , the enhanced cost of living , and
the largo proportion of the vnluo of products
absorbed in moving , all operated against the
country , yet the great mineral wealth of the
region ovar-buhmcod costs and transformed
the country from a mountainous wilderness
to a cluster of Industrious communities.
The advent of a railroad will not only
cheapen transportation nnd cost of living ,
but also afford prompt nnd comfortable means
of communication with the outside world , a
change which will Increase the growth and
porparitys of the country.
THIS 1MNI5 NUT KKGION.
A Now Mineral Camp Creates a
Stunipcdo In Nevada.
The excitement over the Pine Nut gold
discoveries in Nevada Is growing. Advices
from Carson say from twelve to fifteen pros
pectors arrive there dally , bound lor the now
camp. All go armed to protect their claims ,
and bloodshed may follow over some of the
lodHos , many showing free gold on the sur
face. Hobo llolmau , foreman of the Best &
Belcher , and Gould & Curry , at Virginia ,
Nov. , in an Interview says :
"I have made a thorough Investigation nnd
regard the excitement as based on a good
foundation. The discoveries are ns good as
these made on the Comstock , and If the sur
face Indications amount to anything , the re
sult will bo a heavy inllux of mining men
within the coming WOOK. Several regular
surveyors nre now on the grounds surveying
over lifty claims. Thoru seems nt some tlmo
to have been u general upheaval which
pushed the lodges through the .surface. Wil
liam /.Irn , thu discoverer , panned out fl0 ! In
ono pan before mo yesterday , and bays ho
has taken out $ 100 In a small sack. "
A town slto has already been laid out and
called /.Irnvlllo. A stage line will bo put on
from Carson by Oliver Huberts. The dis
tance Is twonty-llvo mllos. Teams will take
out building material us soon as possible.
Among the mast promising finds nro the
Mascot , Mountain View , Vulloy View , Boulc
of California and the Senator.
Sudden Collapse nf n Cololirntod
Culll'nrnla CIIHC.
The Fuylor suit for $5,000 claimed to bo duo
him for his service * as lobbyist In Sacra
mento last winter suddenly collapsed lu Sail
Francisco lust weolc. Two of the most Im
portant wltuoisos for the plaintiff disap
peared and could not bo found.
Commenting on the testimony adduced , the
Sun Francisco ICxamlnor says : "The under
world of corruption Is u curious counterpart
and caricature of tbo day light world of
legitimate business. If wo did not knoA' that
the commodities dealt lu were votes and the
transactions felonies , wo might Imagine
ourselves among a party uf Front street mer
chants discussing the prk'O of pork.Vo
have Senator Williams tolling Coloicl Dan
Bums that bo uai entered. Into u cjiabtua
tlon with PullCrlm-nltt ta do bimnou. Ha
rails attentiou to the fact that Senators
Brltt nnd Mahoney nrojiot In the combina
tion that he represents. His combination
consists of the San Francisco delegation , lost
Brltlnnd Mahoucy , Crlmmlns has gene to
San Francisco to Ul up business to see the
railroad company nnd other * ; and If ho can
not nrnku satisfactory nrrargomonts , senator
Williams desires Burns to accept the agency
of ins combination.
"Subsequently Crimmlns returns and reports -
ports that Colonel Crocker His &out word for
the boys to go on mid vote * against nil neg
ative legislation , nud ut tno end of tl'O ' session
ho will do what H right. That Is tno In
definite to suit the ibors , nnd then William *
says : 'I will take you jto n man that will do
what Is right. ' Ho lakes thorn to Burns ,
who undertakes to" see that they got a fair
prlco for their votes.
"Later there Is trouble , The senators
hnvo appointed a llnaiico committee to repre
sent tncni In n business way , and this com-
inlttca meets Burns four times a wcuic in Iho
state library , that shrluo of peed literature
and pure politics. At ono of these meetings
Burin reproaches Ibosctiutors with treachery.
They had agreed with him to vole against
the olectrlo bill for $7"X ) apiece , but they had
sold themselves to Crlmmlns for ? lroo. 'In
that , ' exclaims the colonel , looking down on
them from the heights of conscious virtue ,
'they have not acted like honest men. '
"Tho committee feels the force of the re
buke , but It anxiously explains that Crlm
mlns hat held our SJOO of the $ lr > 00 , and It
wants nothing moro to do with him. Then
Burns remarks that It will turn the whole
business over to Chute.
"But whnt to do the authorities think of
all this ! Although ninny of Favlor's wit
nesses have disappointed him , bis testimony
U amply corroborated by others. Ho Is
reported as saying that ho Is willing to go to
San Qticntlii if he can take the rest of the
Bangulth bint. There Is matter enough
already on record to glvu two or three grand
Juries u good start in the matter of Indict
ments. "
AN IDAHO OVSI3.
A Wonderful Dltuovory lit tlio Moun
tains.
Close on the heels of the ropnrt of the dis
covery of n mammoth cave In Oregon comes
the report of a like llud from Idaho.
Wtillo prospecting between Llttlo Salmon
river and Hot Springs , says the Lewiston
Teller , Mr. Paron Harry von Hubert discov
ered a cave that may in tune provo u * won
derful to the west as tha Mammoth cave of
Kentucky Is to the south and oast. To give
a reliable description of this hollow place In
the earth wo would have to inako a spocl.il
nndseolt for ouMolvos. At the entrance ,
which Is about the size of a common door ,
will bo found u freely Hawing spring.nnd the
water from which runs direct into the cavo.
Tbo cave is about ton feet in width nnd fully
as high. Go back about the distance of a
milo and there will be found a lake of beau
tiful clear water , about thirty or forty foot
lu size , which is lined with line green moss ,
and just beyond the lake are seven entrances
to ns many moro caves. Mr. von Hubert
says the ton of the cave was thickly covered
with petrified bielos , caused by thu contin
ual dripping of a kind of alkali water , many
ot which were three feet in length. Ho had
a few specimens with him and they wrro
formed exactly like Icicles only ot a different
color and perfectly hard. Ho ha > many line
gold quartz specimens , some containing free
gold , and is confident that he lias found and
located elaiiin that willi some day make him
rich. Ho will return , in a short tima to de
velop his claims and | iUo furtnor to Investi
gate the wonders of the cave.
FOHTU.MOS' ' IN KllUlTS.
The Productive Qualities of Califor
nia Orchards.
Ex-Governor L. AI Sheldon writes In the
August Forum : '
The raisin yields Ti .profit in Fresno , San
Diego , Sau Bernardino aud Los Angeles
counties of from $150 to $100 per aero when
the vines are iu Ifull bearing. ' Walnut
orchards yield front , 200 to ? IOO per aero
'
when the trees uro oisb'toon or twenty years
old. Last season Mr , C. C. Tnompjon of
Pasadena sold his fruit from thirty-eight
acres of poaches , apricots and prunes for
S'J,2'JI ' ' , the cost of production being Sl.OJi ) .
L.ast year Major Chaao iu El Cajon valley ,
San Diego county , received S-i.COO from Hvo
and a half acres of prune tree ) , aud the cost
of production and preparation for market
was ? 300. From sixteen acres of apricots
Mr. Straiten of Azusa , last year received
5700 ! ! uftor paying the cost of production
and preserving for market.
Governor Markham received $ .T > 0 from ono
aero of orange trees , In South Pasadena in
ISS'J , the fourth bearing year and the cost
of production was ft0. ! In the saino year Mr.
James Smith of Pasadena , received $1,810
not , for oraugos produced on three and one-
third acres. Mr. Frank P. Morrison , of
Ilodlands , Sau Bernardino couuty , received
for the last year's crop $900 per acre , and the
Hon. Scipio Craig says that seedling orch
ards in that couuty will avorapo $100 to $ T > 00
per aero. Hiverside Is the most celebrated
place for orange production iu the state.
Receipts per acre have boon as high as $1,200 ,
and $400 aud upward are not uncommon.
A T10VDKK JUDGE.
Hutto's Judicial Hide Awfully nml
AVondorlully Made.
Kansas has Its Judge McKay , Montana its
Judge McHuttou. The former attempts to
overrule the state supreme court , the latter
to muzzle the press. Both bavo undertaken
tasks from which giants , much loss pigmies ,
would .shrink.
Dtr'lng the apuoal to the Montana supreme
court for a change of venue Iu tbo Davis will
contest case , the Helena Journal , In referring
to local gossip , insinuated that Judge MoHat-
ton was prejudiced. For this awful crime
the managing editor and business manager
were arrested and taken before his high
mightiness in Butto. The business manager
was discharged , but the managing editor.Me-
Knight , refusing to give the immo of the
author of the paracropb , was clapped into
Jail and ball refused. ThU was two weeks
ago. A writ of habeas corpus was secured
from the supreme court and McKnlght ro-
leasod.
This Is an Illustration of the way In which
Judges some times oxorclso tyranical power.
It oucht to bo stopped , for Judges should bo
as subject to criticism as other officers. The
old common law doctrine respecting the
power of courts to commit for contomnt was
established In a day when newspapers hardly
had an existence. It may hnvo been suited to
that day , but it Is not tu harmony with the
liberty and the civilization of this ago.
HANKING IX SOUTH DAKOTA.
From Iho Koport of the Comp
troller of the Currency.
According to a rpport furnished us by
Honorable E. S. Licoy , comptroller of tbo
currency , bays the Now Yorit Mercantile nnd
Financial Times , the national banning
system is hold In high , favor In the now wot-
tern states. Taito Soytth Dakota for Instance.
At the close of the la.it llscul year there were
in operation In the st/ite tbirty-nlno national
banks , having nil aggregate paid-up capital
of $ J,5I. > ,000 , an aggroijato surplus fund of
$5WI ) > 2' ) and aggregate undivided protlts of
} MriU ) ; while thu , uggroguto resources
footed up $3,87'.OiH. Slneo the duto of the
reports lu which thc-io items are embodied ,
nofiblo progress has' been uiado all along the
lino.
lino.Tho
The largest aud strongest bank in South
Dakota Is thu First National bank of Dead-
wood. This bank was organized lu 1S77 audIs
. ' the "oftlclul " Wash
Is ISo. 2I1'JI on roster" ut
ington. It bus a paid up capital stock of
$100,000 and Its surplus and undivided prollts
foot up about giavuoo. Its total resources
foot up nearly $ IXD,0X ( ) ! ) aud It does an annual
business of $ .JOOUO,000.
DISl-UTKI ) IA.VIH.
A Knllroud Grant In MtlKUtlon In
Ol'l'JJdll.
The Oregon and California railroad com
pany has commenced suit In the United
States circuit court against llfty-thrco land
holders who bavo taken up claims within the
limits of the old Oregon Central grant , for
the uurposo of compulling them to quit tltlo
to the lands they have tllod on. The com
plaint alleges that tbo land oftlco hul no right
to receive the tilings , Tue land uuder dis
pute was granted to the old Oregon Central
ro d by net of congress passed May t , 1S70 ,
and as the Oregon and California company
Miccoodi'd the old company nud assumed all
Its Indebtedness , the plaintiffs claim they
also coma Into potscisloti of all the lands of
the Oregon Central company ncqtllrod-
through patents from the t'uttc States gov
ernment. The ctiso promises to load to end
less litigation , nnd norm-Hi hundred others
who have Hied In tbo saitirt way will uo af
fcctcd by tlio decision of the courts ,
\VYOM INU TOWN.
Tha Growth nnd Industrie * of Now-
c-astlo.
Lcsi than twenty months ago the slto of
the city of Newcastle was covered with sngo
brush and nine trcoi. Slnca that tima llftcon
two nnd throe-story brick blocks were con
structed , It was made a county seat , n $ ! ' > , -
000 system of waterworks completed , $1,000
spout for soworatfo , $7,000 for street grading.
A $15,000 school house , a $ .V > 00 couuty Jail ,
an $ V > 00 city hall and two elegant churches
were erected. The coal Holds near the town
were developed until the NowovUlo mines
were Justly called the "Model coal mines of
the world. The B. & M. built -JOO miles ot
road to roach the mines , eighty miles beyond
Newcastle on the extension to titaKo connec
tion with the Northern Puclilc , and 10J tiillos
Into Deudwood. As a result ol the discovery
of this body of excellent bituminous and
coke-producing coal and the Incoming of tbo
B. & M. the whole Bliiok Illlls country has
awakened to n great prosperity , and the 1111-
monso Helios that have so long lain dormant
are being dovelouod with unprecedented
vigor.
A VOUTIU-'UIj TUIUMX.
The Futo of a Dime Novel High-
waj mull.
The mutilated body of n young man was
found bosldo thu track at Brighton , Cat. , and
brought to Sacramento. Life was not yet
extinct , though the skull was broken , aud
numerous wounds covered the head and body ,
produced by contact with n moving train.
Death occurred a few hour later.
The deceased was very young , but of stal
wart build. Around his waist was a bolt
filled with pistol cartridges , whllo a line forty-
live caliber Colt's revolver , a foot aud a half
long , hung to the bolt. In tbo pockets were
a bunch of the latest and best-made skeleton
keys , and also newspaper clippings relating
to train robberies nnd other lawless deods.
There was also a letter from his sist-r ,
"Eleanor , " a girl of thirteen yonrs , written
iu affectionate language and Imploring hot-
brother to write and tell what ho was doing.
Wherever his own immo occurred it had been
carefully cut out , and also the date of the letter -
tor nnd the addro s of the family. Whether
the youth was n genuine desperado or some
wcak-bralno ! victim of dime novel literature
is not known.
Wyoming.
Timber fires are said to be raging In timber
south of Piedmont.
Cheyenne is weary of mule motor nud wants
electric rapid transit.
The Union Paciilo disburses $ * r > ,000 a
month nt Hock Springs. ,
A state weather bureau is to bu added to
Wyoming's attractions.
Moro than 1,100 corporal Ions nro authorized
to transact business In the state.
Flowing water was struck In the Uawlins
artesian well at a depth of UOO feet.
Thirteen rebuilt locomotives were turned
out of tbe Choyeuno shops last month.
A postoflloo has beau established at Cora ,
Fremont couuty , wltu suoclul service from
Big Pinoy.
The Denver and Wyoming Pipe Lmo
company has bean given a franchise by the
Laramie city council.
Satisfactory progress is reported In nego
tiation to convert Fort Sanders into a state
encampment reserve.
Near Wheatland , on the Cheyenne and
Northern , the Wyoming Development com
pany has over 1000 acres under cultivation.
John Chase , for eleven years manager of
the liitur-Ocoaa hotel In Cheyenne , has re
tired on account of rapidly failing health.
Perhaps the liveliest town in the state Just
now is Gillette , tlio now terminus of the
Burlington. A newspaper has been started
thero.
Th'-ro is a good prospect of n stamp mil
being put up to wont the ere from the Grand
Encampment tunnel. It has been demon
strated that there Is u seven-foot quartz vein
in the load that will pay well.
IjTwo Or three of our county ofllcinls vlsltod
tbo Star valley country recently , and re
turned with very flattering reports of the
crop products , and think that that section of
the country will become the garden spot of
the county.
J. C. Fisher , who Is largely engaged In the
cattle business in Wyoming , with a range
llfty miles south of Ureon river , says that in
the nast eight years there has boon no tirao
when there was as much grais and cattle
were iu as good condition as they are now.
Citizens of Shorldan couuty have organized
and incorporated the Omega Mining company
with a capital stock of $100,000. Money paid
In will bo devoted to the purchase aud de
velopment of minus , principally placers lu
tha Bald Mountain district.
Mrs. John Kurtz , the victim of the kerosene -
sono can explosion in Cheyenne Wednesday
morning , died Thursday evening in great
agony. The lodger who lought desperately
to save the woman was William Hath , a
brake i an for tue Union Pacillc , His bauds
are badly burned aud some surgery may yet
bo necessary.
Tbo Green , Grand and Colorado river navi
gation company will start on nn exploring
tour this month. Tbo party will bo com
posed of ten or twch'c persons , among whom
will bo representatives of the press. The
editor of the Cheyenuo Sun will go along to
keep the slack out of tbo sails.
South Dakota.
TDO Black Hills Chautnuquu will bo hell
ati Hot Springs , August 11 to ' . ' ( ! .
The educational expenses of Rapid City for
the current year foots up $ SOtiS. ;
Dead wood was short of water ono day last
week , but the natives did not miss it.
Tbo Hotrelvor mi no paid Its third dividend
recently , making u total of $ 'JO,000 for seven
months of the year.
The Harnoy Peak Tin company will on
August 10 lot contracts for sinking 'JOO feet
of tbo throe-compartment shaft on the Addle ,
nnd 100 loot of the two-compartmout shaft
on tno Coates mines , nt Hill City.
The threatened removal of a brewery from
Sioux Fulls created a sensation In business
circles , and a united effort prevented the
calunmity. The report that South Dakota
Is a prohibition stulo lacks confirmation.
The now carbonate camp on the Hockor-
vlllo road Is forging ahead. The district Is
ouo of the oldest In southern hills , having
been prospected lor gold yours ago , when
Shorldau and Hockervlllo wore flourishing
cities. It declined nndagain revived.
Wolves nro killlni ! stock along the Choy-
ouiio river. Thu wolves are growing bold
and come up to the corrals and kill the colts.
Tbo stockiiKii in that vicinity aio tallclng of
orguuldng u party for the purpoio of exter
minating the different band ; , of wolves ,
Justice Campbell of Cascade , accompanied
with an overgrown Jag , attempted to Im
prove the morals of the town the other day.
lie drew a knlfo on u "coou , " but thu latter
caught him under the Jib and sent him to
grass. Indefinitely postponing the reform.
Garden City properties nro looking up
ugain , u dual having been closed yesterday
for a minority intoro-tt In tbo capital stock of
the Mueller Mining company and ICoystono
Chlorlnntloii works at a nut pnco or $ sOJO.
The purchnsors were HarroU Brother * of
Waterloo ni.d Wavorly , in.
The Dendwood and Delaware smelting
company s plant began its iuUiut run nt U'J : >
o'clock July ' . " .I. Kxaetlj HIMUOII minutes
after the blast was turned on the furnace
was discharging molten ere ut thu rate of in )
tons per day. The plant has now bujn In
operation long enough to set ut rest uli doubts
before entertumod us to the practicability of
the pyntlo process.
Ttiomns H. Hutu , commhsinuur of public
nud school lands , tiled in tbo Hapld City land
ofllco hK application for land-4 under tno on-
uollug not admitting South Dakota into the
union. The most of the lamb selected nro
located in Moadu and Fall Hirer coumlcM ,
nnd nro of the boU lands lu tbu dUtrlct upju
for settlement. Tbo lllings amount to 0,713 ,
"Ji acres.
The business of the general land ofllcos o'
ttio state for the year ending Juno : iO , show
u total of 0 , 17 lllings 'Ihonumourof iuros
newly lllod on is ns lulluws. Pierre , lll.i ; , ) ,
ChamburUiu , 3."jIUO , Hamd City , liljJ ,
Abordonu , S.1.M7 ; Mitchell , 01,1.11 ; Yankton ,
& ' , . ! OT ; Huron , r > Sm The number of neros
acquired by llnal proof Is ; Plorro , 17,7iV ) ;
Chamberlain , 'JS.iVsil ; llnr-hl City , JW.IHH ;
Aboi-doon , WVJ7-J ; Mlti'hnll , 131.WO ; Huron ,
1JW.IH5 : . ; Vui.ktun. Sl.-HS.
Mommm.
Fraud * Murphy scooped lu 703 couvorts In
Helena.
Butte Is entering upon a grading Of her
streets iu oarimsl.
Mi.ssoula worKltigmon nro determined to
boycott the Chinese.
A quarter of a million of Gro.it Falls bonds
brought a premium of $ J17.
The total shipment of wool from Great
Fulls .siiu'o the opening of Iho season foots up
ltr. , > 8 pounds.
Work on the enlargement of the Kast Ho-
Icnu punt Is being rapidly advanced. Sixty
new ovens uro being put in during the past
week.
The theft of a keg of boor Irom a wedding
feast In Butte provoked a row , during which
the thieves dropped the keg as wull ru u
bucket of blood.
Tbu workmen of Missoula nro proto tug !
against the employment or Cbluoso labor and
dcclaro their Intention a' boycotting business
housm piuronl/lug Chinoso.
A rich strike is reported in thu Southern
Cross mine X.osel district. A force of moil
bad been put to work to take out ere to till
their now contracts for shipment from Ana
conda.
Heports coino from Montana of n man who
once n year sheds his skin ns docs a snake.
Each joar , In July , ho Is said to bo attacked
by a sort of fever. Ills sklu loosens ami In
ton days or two weeks it can bo taken com
pletely off.
A vein averaging about twcntv-llvo f''c > t In
width has boon found In tbo Montana Chief ,
Cataract district. It rut n from $ lf > to $ l- > per
ton. Several tons have bucn taken out that
were heavy with wlro aud natlvu silver
which wont as high as CiU ) .
Specimens of coal found In McCiellan
Gulch , ten mill's east of Helena , bavo boon
pronounced anthareito by oxpur s , mul some
development work Is being done. At a depth
of llfty feet the vein was found to bo tibout
four feet In width. A level is now being run
to further test the extent of the vein.
From all .sources the Information coming
during tbo past wcoit touching the condition
of tbo mining Interests throughout Montana
Is most encouraging. The prevailing clear
weather has materially Improved the condi
tion of the roads , assisting in tbo gutting lu
of supplies and the .shipment of oro.
The novelist will Una more material for ro
mance in Helena than iu an other city In the
country. The city contains twenty-seven
millionaires , nil of whom hove made their
fortunes thoro. It bus gold kings , cattle
kings , silver kings , great gamblers , n good
lire department and a discouraged religion ;
religion In Montana uoeds moro Irrigating
than crops ,
The manly art Is right nt homo In Butto.
Its devotees may bo found in nil walks of
life , regardless' ago or sex. Two pre
cocious vouths came together lu an alloy the
other day , without any preliminaries the
Jlirht began , tbo mother of ono acting us urn-
iiiro. Mud had no terrors for them , and
fouls were at a discount , but thu mother kept
her weather eye open to see that her ron did
not Rot any the worst of It. After they hud
scrapped for some time and u crowd hud
gathered , ono of the bystanders attempted to
interrupt thorn , but ho soon wished ho bad
no * , for with n Sullivan blow the umpire sent
him to irruss or mud , and the battle raged ,
much to the amusement of most of the look
ers on Several attempts were made to stop
the light , but Interference was only reward
ed by an attack from the mother , and us no
ono desired to strike her the men retired dis-
comHied. Finally a policeman came along
and put nn end to the proceedings. Neither
of the lads was hurt ana the conclusion of
the crowd was that the battle was n draw.
Utah.
An onyx mine has boon discovered near
Logan.
Chipmunks are destroying sugar beets in
Wasatch county.
The cruel political war is over , nnd pence
reigns on the Jordon.
Another discovery of natural eras has boon
made In Suit Lake City.
The sale of stocks on the Salt Lake mining
exchange for July agsrcgated IWO.I'Jl share * ;
tbo sales today were 1UO shares.
Alumina and lire clay In considerable
quantities and of a valuable quality bavo
boon found In the near neighborhood of
Brighnm City.
It is said that Messrs , Rant , SnyderMooro
and James bavo sold their mine on Gold
Mountain , north of Maryvalo for the neat
sum of $1)5,000.
A great deal ot wool Is now being shipped
out of Sanpoto valloy. It has been officially
stated that since last November 1,000OJO
pounds have been shipped out of the valley.
A now court house Is oolng constructed en
tirely of stone at Eureka. Its dimensions
will bo.10x10 feet , with fourteen-foot ceil
ings. The Methodists and Kouum Catholics
are also erecting houses of worship at Eurulca ,
Ore from the mines located near Garden
C'ty ' , Boar lake , aud recently discovered , has
just been assayed. It shows 8' % P ° r cent
lead , 12 > ounces silver , and $2.111 In gold to
the ton.
Arrangements for the Irrigation congress
to bo held in Salt Lake City , September 15 ,
are well advanced. Every western state 1ms
been Invited to send delegates , nnd favorable
responses have boon received.
The Taylor & Brunton Sampling works
company of Aspen , Colo. , has purchased
ground at Dlngham Junction , nud ordered
machinery and timber for the erection of
what they state will bo the largest sampler
in the United States. Worn is to begin im
mediately.
The sulphur mines near Cove creek were
Inspected List wee 1 ; by a ropiosoiitatlvo of a
St. Louis syndicate , who proposes purchas
ing the entire property , having the Hio
Gramlo Western extend tholr line to the
mine , nnd proceeding to develop it to Its ut
most capacity.
For the first six month of the present year
the following noted mines of Utah have paid
dividends as follows : Daly , tfUI.OJO ; Horn
Silver , $100,000 ; Ontario , $ l.r > 0,0l)0 ) ; Conluii-
uliil-Eurokii , $ UODO ; Champion , $00,000 ;
Mammoth. $210,000 ; Potro , $ H > , neO ; total ,
$7."i7,000 , with n score or moro yet to hear
from.
The Salt Lake receipts of ere nnd bullion
for the week ending the 2'Jth , inclusive , have
been to the total value o $17 , K0.l ! ' ! > 0 , of
which $ SlilSHI ! was bullion , nnd $ ! > , : ti'JI37 : ' (
was oro. For the previous week the receipts
were to the value of $10,1170,103 lu total , of
wlilch $8.i."i5,0.)0 : was lu on' , and $3,0 ,818
was In bullion.
An analysis of samples of numico stone , an
axUnislvo deposit of which was recently dis
covered near this city , showed 'Jl.fi pur cent
of silica , with n trace of aluminum , magnesia
and lime , whllo moisture makes 1111 the bal
ance. The deposit Is sixty feet wldo and can
bi > traced for over ono thousan J foot.
Huccot arrivals from thu Deep creek coun
try brought in ere from n now place , which
is said to bo a line strike. It comes from
Thomas' creek , on the oist sldu of tlio" Docp
Creuk vnlluy , In the D'up Crook range , lu
what h known as Hunt's canon. The ere
brought In cami from the surface , and Is rich
In gold oro. When announced In the Deep
Crook country then ) was u stampudo for tnu
now "dlguina , " and the ilwt day llftoou loca
tions were mado.
Mali. .
The Puyotto board of trade has boon Incor
porated , with $ . ' 50,000 capital.
The Projbytorlani nnd Catholics nro build
ing churches at Idaho Falls.
There urn forty-one insurance companies
doing business in'this state , with u force of
ViM ugcuts.
The track of tha Balsa oloctrlo street rail
way Is comulotod nnd the company is now
uwuiilng Iho arrival of tbu cars.
B.iglo . Hocic has by popular vote clmngud
Its namn to Idaho Falls and the railroad com
pany will change ' .ho station name to correspond
spend In a few days.
GriushoiipcM arasald to bo so thick along
Soldier crook , Cumas prairie , that largo num
bers have porUhed in thu stream an4 their
bodies have no polluted thu water that block
wilt no longer drink it.
Tbo Bunker Hill & Sullivan mining com
pany has decided to build another largo con
centrator ut Wardnor. Tbo present cououn-
trutor bus a capacity of about four Hundred
ton.1) . Tbo new mill will DO larger.
A rich btrlko Is reported from Dour Creek
county , near 11 alley. It was madu In thu
Nettle mlnu unil tlio vein , which is fourteen
Inches wide , carries ere that runs -JOJ ounce *
slhur nnd (10 ( percent lead. The mine bus
paid its owners heretofore at the rate of
il.aoi ) per mouth In dividends wlulu doing
d " d work.
United States Manual Joseph Piukbam
unearthed In the northern part of the state
big timber .steal nnd saved l'i * > 0,000 foot of I
lumber , that had boon unlawfully out on the
public domain , from being run over Into
Wiulilugioit. lluariivstud tlio principals mid
had them hold lu bonds to appear when
necessary.
Thoio Is much activity lu thoCiwurdo
Alone country at present. The Hluok Trav-
Her In that section U down thlrty-llvo feet ,
all lu ore. A cross cut ut the bottom of ilf-
Icon feet did not encounter Iho banging wull.
The ere assay * 75 per cout lu copper , ! J
ounccvi lu silver , wltu u trace of gold nud
small porcontugu of lead.
The semi-annual report of Slnto Treasurer
Frank H. Coflln contains some Intorvstlui ?
figures. The uoncral fund wariauts paid
amounted to the comfortable sum of $ U'J ,
'JtKM , whllo warrants on this tame fund ,
called and outstanding , were $ l,0ill : si ) . The
Interest p lid on the bonded Indebtedness of
thu state wus SIl..HM. II.
Tbo largest copper oamp In America U sulil
to bo lu tim Sovou Devils country in laaho.
S. O. Spencer , u competent Judge , has just
returned from there and ho says that , al
though many mining districts in that wonder-
fullj rio' . country have only boon si-rut hod ,
ho U confident that It will in tlmo develop
Into the lurgost nnd richest copper country lu
tlio world. The American mining company
own nlno patented claims which have ! ) LOII
stocked nt fi.ooo.ouo.
Oregon.
Portland U to have a bicycle factory.
Now potatoes are selling at balom for I
cent a pound.
Stale Fish Commissioner Hood says the
salmon pack en the Columbia river HIM s a-
son will not oual : ; that of lust SC.IMII by
fiO.OOO cases.
Tim Frascr river salmon pack I * said to t < o
fil ) per cunt behind thu two previous joais
tlmueason. Tbu pack is also short on tno
Columbia rlvor.
Miss Hope Mulhollnud of Harrlsbur. was
suddenly awakened from her roreriiM ono
day last week by a MIIIUU fulling onto h T
lap from the tree under which sboa *
sitting.
Astoria bus formed another railroad pro
ject , a company having boon Incorporated to
build u road from Astoria to Goble , the point
whore the Northern Pacltla crosses t'io
Columbia. Astoria is becoming famous for
two things -for railroad projects , nnd for
the largest town lu America without rail
road connection ,
ICastoru Oregon and Washington will raise
for export 'JU.OiHI.OOO bushels of wheat. At OS
cents per bushel , which Is not an overo.stl-
mate , this means $11,0011,000. Add to it the
wool clip , and Iho sale of fruits nnd It is an
easy matter to figure out that furmors of
eastern Oregon will bo able to keep the wolf
from the door for tlio nuxtyear without much
wear or tear.
Thn great Jetty at Fort Stevens his
reached Its western limit about five miles out
to sea. It Is expcctod that It will require
two yean to llnlsb the work of dumping
reck , and if Iho good results already attained
continue , the value of the Improvement to
tbo uhole northwst u will bo incalculable.
ThU Jetty is said to bu the only pleco of gov
ernment wont iindorta ken Wh win the cost
was lower than the original estimates.
The Astoriau says that as Mr. Alexander ,
an Oregon shcop-raiser , was driving n herd
of 10.00J inu'tou sheep through Kllckltut
county to the Sound market recently , a small
canyon was reached which Iho border * did
not see antl when thu front sheep came to it
thu rear ones pushed thorn abend until there
was n bridge formed with the struggling nnd
dying loaders. The rest of the band passed
over and when the Herders arrived they
found UOO dead nnd dying shoop.
Willnpa harbor has shipped 113,030 sacks of
oysters during the pist season ,
The corner stone of the Plymouth church
In Seattle was laid last Sunday.
Ono man and $ T > 0OOJ worth of property
were cremated In Seattle last Saturday ,
Seattle is something of a dlvorco m.ut.
Seven mismatod couples were sundered ouu
day recently.
In Kllckitat county tuoy have a gouulno
buldhoauod eagle that tboy'aro fattening for
the Chicago exposition.
By the will of J. W. Minisou , lllod for pro
bate In Seattle , the Salvation Army becomes
the benullclary to all Ills estate.
One of tbo most recent schemes In Wash
ington Is for an electric car line between
Seattle nnd Puyallup , to bo built In the near
future at a cost of about $100HX ( ) .
The tea ship , Guy C. Gow , arrived a
Tiicoma with ! (0'b5 ( ! packages of tea , valued
$ -l. > 0,000. The Goss is the llrst tea ship to
enter the Tacomii custom house , previous tea
ships having entered nt Port Townscnd.
Thu greater part of the cargo is destined
ns follows : Now York , 11,117 nackagcs ;
Chicago , 11,575 ; St. Paul , l.SIKI.
The ro was a grand sight out lu Sc.nlahoo
bay Sunday evening when- twenty porpoises
or humpback whales went pulling and blow
ing by Birch bay head out into the iriilf.
Every time ono of the monsters plunged for
ward aud spurted tbo suit water high In the
air , hU tail or back fin would prutrudo from
thu water at least live feet. Tbo spectators
could hear them snort like frightened homos ,
tnougb with moro volume and greater force ,
though they were fully two miles out from
shore. It was a grand sight to sou them
plow the water to n foam , and Judging from
the length exposed to view they must have
boon fully thirty foot In length.
Nevada.
The total sum disbursed by Comstock min-
ine companies for wages during last mouth
amounted tel ! , yV ) .
The wheat crop of Nevada is said to bo
very largely iu excess this year of the
amount raised in that .stato last yoar.
Chinamen are about to hydraulic the
mountain east of Union vide , H umboldt coun
ty , placer claims having been discovered for
several miles In tl.o canyon.
Sloughs , nnd ditches on ranches near Win-
ncmucca are full of carp and catfish which
have been cut oil from the river In consequence
quence of thu water falling , nnd partiei
scoop them up by the sackful.
From the summit of Mount Hose , 10KOO
feet above tbo sea level , the waters of twon-
ty-ono lakes may bo seen glistening among
the forests of tbe Sierra. Tbo snow on Mount
Rose is now from four to eight foot deep.
Commissioner Carter of tbo general land
Ofllro has directed the register and receiver
of the Carson laud office to receive mineral
application's and allow mineral entries on the
abandoned military reservation at Fort Mo-
Dermitt.
Two Shoihono bucks named Snruco Aleck
nud Laughing Charlie fought a bloody duet
at Wells. Thu trouble oroso about n squaw
They were both hobbled together nud fought
with knives. They nro horribly mangled and
Aleck will dlo.
There Is nn old man at Austin who for four
years has been prospecting on a hill back of
the town , working ten hours a day nnd nix
days a weoit , and has nuvor boon rewarded
for his perseverance bv tbo return of a dol-
Jar Ho Is looking for the Wliltlooic lodge ,
which has been lost us effectually m tlio
fumed Lost Cabin.
California.
Tlio Sacramento Boo has entered upon Us
thirty-fifth year.
San Francisco and Sin Mituo are con
nected by an electric railway.
The exports of lumber from Sun Francisco
for the llrst half of tl.o ytiar amounted to < > ! , -
% li,000 font , valued at SOTJ.OOO.
The locords of tbo old county court In .San
Francisco BUOW that before Judgu S S.
Wright on July ( . 187U , Mrs. Mark Hopkins
legally adoplod Timothy Nolan us bur xou
and heir.
Some spociniiins of mangel wur/ul beets
grown ut Santa Ana have been sent to tlio
pjrmancnt exhibit at Chicago. The largest
beat weighed ulxty- pounds , Ono meas
ured : i feet nix Indies In length , and six of
them weighed : i'ji : pounds ,
Tbo Saltou sea has now received Its vindi
cation and loiters patent. The sea Horpont
has visited Its waters and disported therein
Tbo crnutiira is described as being about fifty
foot In length , with the conventional yellow
scales , yawning mouth and great flippers.
Ono of thu most uniqau murder trials of
recent years lu California , and one Intensely
characteristic of the ploncur epoch ef the
I'acltlr ; coast , Is In pro'-tnm lu the town of
Trnckeo. Court is held In a.combined bar
room and gambling establishment , and deeds
of violence a alnnt the prisoner , .Malcolm Mr
Dougald and otbur acts of contempt of conn ,
uro kept only in restraint by means of IIro
arms lu the bauds of the Judco. Owing to
the excited condition of tbu friends of the
victim , Mlchiiul Lii'tnhon , tbu leveling of a
revolver by Iho bench has beau u frequent
nuKosHlty A motion to adjourn to the bar U
always In order.