THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , SUNDAY , AQOTOBER 4 , 1891-SIXTEEN PAGES ; 15
RAILROADING THE BIG HORN.
Rival Companies Preparing for an Active Cam
paign in Northern Wyoming.
SOME FACTS ABOUT THE BURLINGTON ROUTE TO MONTANA.
Progress of the Gront Northern Extension to the Pacific A Chapter
on Irrigation in Montana Primitive Railroading In Cal
ifornia Summary of Current Events in
the Northwest.
On to Montnun.
livery day brings fresh evidence of the
Cut llngton's plans for the invasion of Mon
tana. From various different points coma
tcports of surveying expeditions' staked
routes , etc. , which dovetail together and fur
nish a pretty accurate outline of iho routo.
Unusual activity prevails at present , in
Order , doubtless , that the preliminary work
hi ay bo completed baforo winter sots in , and
thus unable the executive ofllcars to prepare
tor construction work In the spring of 18'J.J.
The Billings ( Mont. ) Gazette says "tho
Burlington company recently obtained par-
mission from the secretary of tno Interior to
bold n council with the Crow Indians for the
purpose of getting tholr consent to iho survey
Of n railroad line through tholr reservation.
'fho matter was kept quiet , as railroad cor
porations usually keep such matters , and on
Saturday , August'JO , the council was hold nt
the agency and the formality ot a vote was
gene through , resulting of course In the
unanimous consent of the Crow Indians to
the proposed survey and the line will prob-
nbly be run and completed this mouth ( Sep
tember ) . "
A writer in the Great Falls ( Mont ) Loader
Assorts that the denial of a Boston official
that the company would not bu ltd to Helena
"Was based on facts , for the reason that
the company Is heading for Great Falls. Ilo
further points out that the company's survey
ing corps Is now within forty-llvo
uiilus of Gicnt Forks , and describes tbo route
as follows : "It Is eounraUy conceded that
tbotu will bo somewhere In the Judith Basin
n now town , and tbo first railroad that passes
thiough that region will no doubt settle the
Question of its location , for in those days
railroads iiiako towns rather than awaltthoir
prowth to create business to tempt their ad
vance. After the line leaves Utica running
northwest It soon enters a region of rich coal
fields , extending many miles nut on either
side of the proposed line and running with
the same for some forty milos. This coal is
said by tboso who have used ltfoVyoarstobo
ns good , If not superior , to the Sand Coulee
product in point of purity and free burning
qualities. It is found In fiat veins of from six
to nine feet in thickness , is easily mined , und
Only awaits transportation to find a ready
market in towns of this and adjoining states.
Some twenty miles northwest of Utica nnd
- * flfty miles from Great Falls In this coal re
gion , the proposed line runs through a gap In
the hills down and across the valley of the
Kunning Wolf creek and tnenco across Dry
"Wolf. Those two streams nt this point ,
pome four miles above Stanford postoftlco ,
appioaching tooauh other closely , being por-
https n naif milo apart. It is hero that the
Wagon roads fiom tbo mining regions of these
two crooks converge , and hero- may bo the
Initial point for the branch railways that may
bo run by the Burlington to tap these rich
mining districts. Everything points to this
point as the probabla site of the coining town
bl the Judith Basin , "
A IllVAL LINK.
The Big Horn Valley Hail road company ,
Itiontiou of which was made in those col
umns recently , has filed articles of incorpor
ation with the socreUry of state of Wvo
mltig. The Incorporators < ire William W
Dudley , Hlchmond , Ind. ; E. M. Dawson ,
Baltimore ; Louis T. Michlner , Shelbyvlllo ,
Ind. ; Ebon B. Crane , Norman T , Ilowo ,
Now York ; John W. Hobart , St. Albans.
yt. ; Carroll T. Hobart , Hed Bank , N. J. ;
John C. Sinclair , Philadelphia. The capital
Stock is placed at $ ! ! .000,000. The road is to
bo constructed from some point wo.it of Cas
par through the Big Horn valley to the
headwaters of Clark's Font liver , In Park
County , Montana.
There has boon much speculation in
\Vyoming about this now company. The
consensus of opinion is that the road will bo
built. It Is a wealthy company of distin
guished membership. W. W. Dudley is the
famous ox-mombrrof thoropuoliean national
Committee. The route would carry this
line through oil , soda , coal , iron , gold , silver ,
copper and building stone fields and over a
Iflch agricultural section. Cuspur Is the pres
ent terminus of the Northwestern.
The route mentioned by the now company
Js by no menus a now one in its general char-
actor. The Northwestern people have had n
urvoy acioss the reservation mid up Wind
rlvor for a long time , nnd some road tins run
t ) line down the Big Horn Uom the north ,
pointing to Lander as nn objective point. It
fyas long been known that the route was on-
tjroly feasible , starting from Casper , running
towards Lander , or oven to it , then brnnrh-
Ing off nnd passing thiough the splendid
y Tanning country of the Grey Bull suction and
t
" ' Waking n now line to the pen ! : . That a road
from Gasper west would bo a paying invest-
} lent is admitted by almost everyone. The
coal and oil posslbilUe.s ! alone would make
it that. When , is added to its ether re
sources the possibility of having n line to tbo
National park and the ability to catch n good
portion of the Northern Pacific's business ,
the prospects of n road lilto the ono proposed
Would bo Haltering from the start.
N IN MONTANA. .
- KosultH of Aftillcinl
MolHtiiro.
The agricultural interests of Montana are
SOcond only to her wonderful mineral wealth.
By moans of irrigation crops nro produced
that for quality und quantity surpass these
of f'irins dependent on natural moisture. Not
only 1s the homo demand supplied but a sur
plus Is not uncommon.
In Montana irrigation is almost n necessity
to seeded \ogotablo production In any shape ,
but the situations are entirely dlltoront from
the general belief In the matter. The irrl-
cable hinds of the state are located In vallov.n
that nro not Plains ; the soil U not sand , bit
us black ami rich ns any In Illinois , without
the slightest appearance of being a desnrt.
Instead of water being scarce , It is more
abundant than almost any ether section can
boast of ami In constant supply , while the
Bohomo of Irrigation Is one of the simplest
Imaginable , nnd any faam hand can In a few
days get the whole subject within the range
of successful operation.
With nn ample supply of water it U ox *
"peeled in Montana , according to the fertility
of the soil and attention to crops , to rcall/o
porncrn from ; 100 to 500 busbms of potatoes ,
iO to 00 bushels of wheat , tie to ino bushels of
oats , nnd two to three .tons of hay. The prevailing -
vailing prices are 1 cent per pound for pota
toes , though often going higher , Ik' cents
per pound lor wheat , and from 1 to a" " * cents
per pound lor oats. Hay rarely sells for loss
than Sift | wr ton and often roaches $ .13. With
such a allowing it would seem that the
inner ought to muUo money nnd ha does.
( But the gieater reward of sheep , cattle
nd horsa raising , with the comparative
freedom I rum labor , oxorta a controling fas
cination on the old settlers , whllotho mining
Industry Is always holding out tbo open
cornucopia of rich bounties in the shape ot
possible bonanzas , so that even the toiupta *
lion of sure cropa nt famine prices by com *
parlson scorns turoo * The market for /arm
products ls in the rapidly growlne cities of
Helena , Bntto , Mlssoula , Great Falls and
others which subsist on the profits of min
ing The openlne of now mines and the
development of old ones is going on at a rate
Whirh assures a prowth of doj > andent popu
lation taster than the local production of sup *
piles , so that largo Importations of Hour , po *
tatooi , oats , hay and other necessities are
being made , notwithstanding the heavy
freight charges from Minnesota aud ether
M to the east ,
The Chinese were early to see the oppor-
unltloi for realizing quick fortunes by on *
puling In the raising ot small irults ami
VflKotublea near the citioa. There are noveral
Biunli truck farina near this city owned and
Worked by Chinamen. They raUo uothluir
but vegetables or small fruits , thu hardy var-
fntmj f which grow to porfuotlou ana bring
peed prices on n market which Is never fully
supplied. The Chinamen have no monopoly
of this business.
Thoso-callod arid landi nro located princi
pally on the custom slope of tbo Rocky
mountain divide , nnd extend from the Hrlt-
tsh possessions to the Gulf of Mexico. They
are arid because of an Incquullty nnd not by
reason of a scarcity of natural precipitation.
At certain seasons favorable winds prevail to
blow the watery vapor Kimoratcd on the Pa-
clllc oconn over the coast of California , Oregon
gen nnd Washington. In natural courau this
vapor would bo deposited With bomo degree
of evenness over the land as far as the Mis
souri river but for the barriers Interposed by
mountain ranges , which In the northwest
consist of the coast range , the Jlittor Hoot
and tlio Kockioi , with miiiv Intervening
spurs. The vuuor clouds when they roach
the coast nro warm , but while drifting eastward -
ward and p.uslng over the successive moun
tain ranges are condensed Into rntn by the
cold of the hlgti altitudes , thus robbing the
clouds of apjrtionsof their moisture. Directly -
roctly on the coast , and for nearly a hundred
miles inland uoforo thocoastrangois reached ,
the winter season is ono of almost incessant
warm rain. East of the coast r.ingo the fall is
somewhat reduced nnd cotnostfron.uontly In
the shape of slusliy snow. Uetweon the Bitter -
tor Hoot and the Hocky mountains a condition
of dryness begins to appear , which on the
eastern slope of the Kockios becomes very
pronounced. The clouds which reached the
coast saturated with moisture uro now
perfectly ury , as the result of the enforced
deposits , In the shape of snow , on each moun
tain range and snow or rain in reduced quan
tities In the Intermediate basins. Hence , the
vast plairToxtondlng from the Hockics eastward -
ward and embracing eastern Montana , Wyo
ming nnd North and South Dakota , bereft of
their natural shnro of the moisture which
started at the coast , experience the necessity
of obtaining their water by ether means than
from ttio clouds.
INDIAN'
A Itemarlal > : o Utauovory on nn Island
In Columbia ilivcr.
Mr. J. W. Morrow , n Kansas City medical
student , who recently made a tour of Oregon
gen , brought back what nro bcllovod to bo
the only two specimens of natural mummifi
cation known to science. Ho discovered thorn
on Long Island , on the Columbia river , In
Oregon , which had once boon an Indian bury
ing ground. In llfo ono of the mummies was
an old man , prob.ibly CO years of age. Ilo
was buried in a sitting posture , the Knees
drawn up to his chin , the loft arm thrust
under the loft leg nnd joined with the right
in an attitude of supplication. Tbo mummy
Is perfect , with the exception of a spot on the
back , where contact with the earth caused
decay. CJullko the inuinmles of Egypt , In
these the outlines of the body are not pro-
served. The viscera is gene , and they look
like nothing so much as human frames cov
ered with rawhide. In tbo old man all the
organs and members are perfect , however ,
ovou to the tongue , lips and coroa. Grayish
black hair covers the head in spots. Not a
"
tooth Is missing , though they "are all very
much worn , as in old ago. Tlia moccasins on
the feet are in as good a state of preservation
as is the body. The ether mummy is perfect
except the head. It is that of a child about
7 years old. When found it lay at fulllencrth
In the box , its feet incised In buckskin moc
casins and bits of ribbon , wall preserved ,
tied about its legs. A blanket covered the
othor. In some rcsoacts the smnllor mummy
is the bettor specimen. Tno linger nails are
perfect , as in llfo. Mr. Morrow cannot ac
count for the phenomenon. Settlers in the
vicinity declare that the burying ground ,
which was that of the Columbia rivar tribe ,
had not beou used for forty years. The mum
mies are , therefore , at lease two score years
old , and may bo a century. The soil of the
Island is sandy and the atmosphere hot an d
dry. This might account for tuo condition of
the bodies , were it not for the fact that
mounds on all sides of tbo QUO in which tboy
weio found contained nothing but bones.
Morrow may decide to send the specimens to
the world's fair , but ultimately they will
find a resting place In some historical mu
seum.
A QUEER OAVIOHN.
Peculiarities of a. Colorado Hole In the
Ground.
There Is n eave near Hockwood , a station on
the Denver & Hio Urando railroad , which
has boon visited by many parsons. No par
ticular mention of the cave has boon made ,
as it seemed to bo little worthy of notice. On
Sunday last a number of ploosuro seekers loft
this city to Join a party nt Keck wood who had
planned to visit the cave. About 1 o'clock in
the aftoruoon the members of the party , hav
ing disposed of their dinner , began to climb
the hill , near the top of which the mouth of
the cave is located.
After much ejection the foremost of the
party ro.xehoil the mouth of the cave , and , beIng -
Ing in advance of his companions , tboy wore
startled to see him fail backward into the low
oak brush as if hn had boon thrown from n
catapult , Hiscomuanloiis , pushing forward
moro vigorously , soon came to his rescue and
found him recovering , not much hurt , but
slightly scratched ami somewhat dazed. Ho
could give no explanation cf his sudden re
moval from the opening of the c.woui.
Curious to know what the cause was the en
tire company in a body pushed up the hill ,
which has u particularly stoop descent near
the mouth of ttio c.we. To the astonishment
of the whole number , the Instant after stop
ping into the cave they found themselves all
-piled together in a spot near where the first
had landod. It took but a little whllo to re
cover from the entangloinont , whou they be-
gau to inquire the cnusoof this sudden ox-
cltomont. I'hoy all agreed that they had soon
nothing to cause such a tiling , und they were
curious to Know the mason for the phenome
non. Hut how to find oat what they wished
was the thing to decide.
At last it was determined that the strong
est gijutlomnn of the party should gain u
position at the side of thu entrance , andthus
protected , got an opportunity to roconnoitcr.
So , tailing n circuitous route and avoiding n
a position directly In front of the opening ,
they soon found themselves close hesido the
entrance. Cautiously putting his head out
beyond the projectiuj ; wall , the foremost
peered In. HU hat immediately took Ilight
down the declivity , but ho was thus made
nwaro of the exact state of allalrs ,
The philosophy of the current of air in
caves suddenly dawned upon him. As is well
known , the air of a warm day In summer Is
much lighter on the outsldo of a cave or col *
lur than It Is Inside. Consequently , the cold ,
heavy air rushes out with great violence
enough In this ciuo to cause the trouble
spoken of and throw thu party down the hill.
Later , rolutin ? this talu , an oid-Umor told
your correspondent of a former adventure of
his at the sumo place. On a cold day lu the
early winter ho was tracking a deer along this
hillside , whoa ho was astonished to sea the
cave open up before him , and bo noticed that
the snow snemod to have boon disturbed very
recently , as though u body had boou drilled
into the entrance.
Without thinking ho stopped forward to
examine Into the LMUSO of tuo disturbed con
dition of thu snow , when ho foil himself violently
lently pulled into the cave , the force pulling
him from hU foot. Ho foil a snockand for a
whllo wai oblivious to all around him. Whoa
hU senses returned ho found bo was Ivlug by
and partially upon the body of n door.
Upon examination ho found the body
of the doer yut warm. Tula led to a rioter
examination ( tilt Ho at but dutormlned that
the force of the currant of air blowing Into
the cave bad drawn tbo doer In , killing tt ,
but that when ho was drawn in the shock
was somewhat obviated by his striking the
dcor , thus saving him from death , The ox *
plnimtlon Is just the reverse of the ether , the
air being warmer Insldo of the cave than out.
The current Hews Into the care during the
wlutortbus accounting for the strange affair.
I'll 12 VANlsIUSI ) UO.SS. "
The Twred ol' California Skips the
Country.
The sensation of last week in California
was the public announcement of the fact
thatChrlstophor Buckley , the blind bass of
the democratic party , and his chief hench
men "Sam" Hanoy , "Joro" Drlscoll und
"Jnko'1 Hudolph , who were presumably
wanted by the grand Jury now m session-
had ( led to tbo Canadian border. They nro
accused of all sorts ot crookedness , It being
openly charged that Buckley's fine country
house called Havonwootl , nt Llvormoro , wni
built nnd palntod by workmen who drew
their pay from the school department. Duck *
ley nnd Ualnoy , who recently resigned a
lucrative place In the tire dopartmentaro bo-
llovcd to bo the agents of legislative bribery ,
of corrupt bargains with municipal officers
lu fact , with having enriched thomsolvoj for
years past at the expense of the taxpayers.
The latest news from Buckley , whoso trip
from this city to Vancouver , curiously
enough , was n series of ovations from demo
cratic organisations which had not heard of
hi downfall , Is that ho Is on his way to Liv
erpool. Judge Wallace having sustalnodJlho
legality of the grand Jury , which was ques
tioned , by sentencing Richard Chute , a
prominent politician who refused to answer
a subpanu , to line and Imprisonment , the
boiler is becoming general that at tor all that
body is determined to make n record by In
dicting everybody , high and low , connected
with city or state affairs , against whom suf
ficient evidence can bu obtained. Should
this bo done , It will bo a long tlino before
"Hois" Buckley and his democratic nsso-
ciatot will dare to ro'turn to their former
haunts.
Buckley turned the crank that worked the
oolltlc.il machinery of this county und city
for about twelve years , and ho had levied
triouto on ofllcinls , high and low , until from
a bankrupt ho is acknowledged to DO worth
in the neighborhood of Sl.UOO.OOO , Ho had ,
from the ago of 21 up to 1ST8 , boon a republi
can , but seeing that there was no chance to
dethrone Bill Hleglns , the republican boss ,
ho called himself a democrat and by sheer
shrewdness und clover manipulation got to bu
the ncluiou lodged boss of the democracy. He
and Higgins weio great friends and used to
tU up the "slato" to suit themselves , and
everything was carried out as they bad
mapped it If "Burk" got a man a $200 a
month place in the city hall his commission
wns-nt icostIOn month , and if n "rob" bill
had to bo put through the legislature , Buck
ley had to bo Interviewed and given a goodly
sum of money , or ho would not let the Sun
Francisco delegation vote for it. Ho owned
the Judges hero , nnd if ono of his ward strik
ers had committed murder , "Buck" would
only have to send word that the man must bo
let off , and this was uono. In fact , ho even
said who should go to the United State- , sen
ate , nnd it is claimed that he put up weak
men lust election for the state senate und as
sembly , so that the Stanforditos could win
easily and put in the present railroad mag
nate as senator.
At any rate there was an uprising of decent
democrats , who were willing to do anything
in reason to break thu hold of the Buckley
boa constrictor that had been squeezing the
lifo's blood out of politically clean men for
years , aud tboro was a rout of tbo Buclcloy
forces from A to Z , many even voting the re
publican ticket.
THE GKEAT NOKTHE1.N.
Projjrcss of Worx on the Const Exten
sion.
President Hill of the Great Northern road
nnd a party of officers , has completed a tour
of the road now under way as well as the
.North Pacific cities.
The Great Northern is now making Cross-
port , Idaho , its base of oparatlons , receiving
supplies from Hope , Smodi's station and
other points on the Northern Pacific. Burns
& Chapman of Spokane hava a contract for
lifty-flvo mlles of rock work in Montana.
The definite survey of the line ends at Chat-
taroy , about fifteen miloj north of Spokane ,
and It is understood that llnoj have boou run
Into Spokane in a quiet way.
It is also understood that the contracts
have been lot for the construction of the
Great Northern's line through Washington
to the seaboard. While no ono Knows posi
tively what route the line will take , says the
Portland Orogoulau , ono of the best guesses
is that after leaving Spokcno the line will
run down the Little Spokane river nnd
strike the Central Washington branch of the
Northern Pacific , near Mondavi , and oarallel
it on the north to Coulee City , in Douglas
county. From there two lines hnvo been
surveyed. Ono runs up Foster crook to the
Coulee , and down the Coulee to Wonatchlo.
The ether leaves the Coulee at Coulee City
and follows the river In a southwesterly di
rection to Wonatchlo. As the surveyors in
locating the definite line are working tow
ard the southwest it is believed that that
route will bo adopted. The line crosses the
Columbia at Hock Island rauids , in Kittitas
county ; thence up the Wonutehio river , and
running northwesterly across Mason crook ,
through Stuvons' pass In the Cascades ,
where there will a tunnel over a milo long.
It is not unlikely that the Great Northern
will bo running trains into Portland by Jan
uary 1 , 1SW.
JOHN CHINAMAN.
Courts llazo tins Harriers on tlio
Boundary.
Montana has too many square miles of its
territory lying along the Canadian frontier ,
says the Great Falls Loader , to bo very
much pleased with the Interpretation of the
Chinese exclusion net , which it seams must
bo accepted , nt any rate until the next ses *
nion of congress. Tuo treasury department
lias done all in its power to establish the
ruling that n Chinaman who suonUs across
Lho border can bo sent back to China rather
than to Canada whence ho came moro imme
diately. Investigation has boon made all
along iho frontier , nnd It has been found the
celestials have been coining over by the
thousand. The olllcials of Vancouver esti
mate that moro than 7,00u havp entered nt
that port slnco the first of January , bound
dliecl for the United States. Even Attorney
Gonornl Miller gave It as his opinion that the
exclusion act permits the return to China-
direct. So far so good. But n test case In
Detroit In behalf of some Chinamen , seems
to have made all the efforts at Washington
of no effect. The decision glvon there by
JudgoSwan of the United States district
xiurt was In effect , that they must bo sent
nack to Canada us the country whence they
cnmo. The department says it must accept
ho ruling nnd awnlt the action of congress.
Whether Judge Swan's construction of the
aw U good or not , It virtually Is at issue
with the wish of our people aud violates the
ntont of tno legislation which was intended
to keep the Chinaman out.
Ono gratifying effect of the California big
wheat crop bos been the lowering of the
irlocs of cement and coal In the San Fran
cisco market. Never ooforo have these two
necessary article ) , for which there is at pros *
mt an unprecedented demand , boon so low.
L'ho certainty of obtaining lucrative wheat
charters from San Francisco has had the
cgoct of sending a great fleet of ships there ,
and consequently it has caused low freights
o rule from European countrios. Hathor
ban send tholr croft In ballast. English
vessel owners have been taking freight at al *
nest any prlco. Extensive building opera-
Ions are now in progress and the prices of
cement are about ( U ) per cent loss than a year
ago , Theie nro at present moro coal-laden
ships bound for San Francisco than ever bo-
ere known , whllo many moro are listed to
eave Australian ports within the next thirty
days , U U believed that the saving to con *
sumurs this year on coal will amount to
tl.000,000. The export supply of wheat is
expected to bo 800,000 tons , which is a con-
orvatlvo estimate. Enough tonnage U inert
> ort and on the way hero , to nrrlvo prior to
Jocdrabor Ul , to carry nway iho entire
amount ,
_
Vacant I'uhllu Lund.
Tbo report of Commissioner Carter of the
gouoral land oftlco gives the followln. ; tigunu
of vacant public land In'lho western states
and territories : > >
Arizona , f. , . . 65,001,005
California "L.
Idaho . . . . .H..U .
Montrum , . . , . . . . . . .jiai. . . 74.
Nevada tA.U M. .
orosoir 4-iiu . . . . : ii.K0ir t
I'tnli. . . . Ml. .lU.'JMHT
Washington > t-ft' 20,101.001
Wyoming if 6S 2,4I4
Tlio approvals during tbo year under the
different grants to statoi for educational pur *
poses nnd under the Snlinb.grant , having the
effect of n patent , embraced an area of
750,172 ncres. Of this amount Nevada re
ceived approvals for 41'.VM ncres ; Oregon ,
01Jii : : , aud Idaho , 40.000. , , At the close of the
fiscal year there were fouud to bo 8.1or > 3 final
entries pending In the toftlco against 203,004 ,
at tbo close of the previous fiscal year.
A Ono-llorHO Itontl.
The accident on the Tohacapl grade of the
Southern Pacific railroad recently is another
Instance of the antiquated system of railroad
Ing prevailing in California. Ihoro It not a
double track line In the state , and the single
track system prevails without any modern
appliances for satoty , such'as block signals.
Heavy trains are equipped with only two
brnkomcn ; and In tbo case of the accident
had it not boon for the passengers , who put
on the hand brakes , the train , crowded with
passengers , would have been dashed to pieces
over un embankment , as a runaway train
wns , In the same place , several years ngo. In
this case , the train stood for two hours In
darkness , without so much as sending n man
back with a red lantern or putting torpedoes
on the track to warn the freight train that
the pvssengor conductor heard was coining.
Yet the railroad oftlclfls ! , olonmly assort that
the accident was ono of these things that
could not bo prevented. A coroner's Jury has
been found that was Independent enough to
speak iho truth , and a verdict was returned
that the accident was solely duo to the gross
negligence of tlio train employes.
South Dakota's Divorce Mill.
The famous divorce mill nt Sioux Falls , S.
D. , had some queer grUt the ether day. ANew
Now York member of the dlvorco co'ony '
! \sled for a dlvorco from his wife , whom ho
married In Now York in 1837. Whllo this
suit was pending the shoiilT served on tbo
applicant a copy of a summons and complaint
filed In London a few weeks ago. The com
plaint alleges that this same gentleman was
.married In England In 113 , nnd ono child ,
"now living , was born of the union. Two
years later the husband loft for the United
States , nnd the English wife heard nothing
ol him alter tbioo years. She discovered his
whereabouts a couple of weeks nco , and be
gan suit for divorce. So tlio curious case is
presented of a bigamous husband suing for
divorce and being hlmsoif sued at tbo same
time.
U yomiiii- .
The coal output at Hawllns Is enormous.
A fabulously rich strike is reported near
Lewiston , The ere is said to assay § 10,000 n
ton.
Business Is looming up at Newcastle. Four
marriages wcro perpetrated in ono day re
contly.
Interested parties are negotiating for n
colony of Nebraskans to settle in the Upper
Plattb valley.
Nebraska parties have a sixty-day option
for a half interest In the Jack Crook placers.
The price is $20,000.
The Cummins City mining district is com
ing to the front again. Fourteen claims were
put on record recontly. '
f
The university artesian well at Larnmio
has reached a depth of SJO feet , and the fiow
of water has been doubled , /
An English syndicate is negotiating for
ono of the mines in the Sierra Madros ,
twenty-five miles from Saratoga.
Stamps will bo pounding out pold-studdod
quartz and batteries reducing bullion in the
Gold Hill camp baforo snovv files.
That Cheyenne Jail escape was ono of the
boldest over perpetrated in the west. Miller ,
ono of the convicts , has boih recaptured.
J. G. Jest has sold his .sheep ranch near
Hawlins for $17,000 , and will mnko a tour of
Germany. Five years ago > Joat was a poor
man. ' ' .
Saratogans were bitten by a bogus build
ing and loan sharp and ho was promptly run
in. A fine of $ > 0 was assessed and ho is
working it out at the rate of $1 a day.
Superintendent O'Hoarn of the Cheyenne
shops withdraw his resignation on promisoof
n substantial increase iu salary. Jack
O'Hoarn is worth his price to any company.
Practically unlimited capital Is behind the
Massachusetts company that will erect the
twenty-stamp mill at Gold Hill. The in
vestors are sterling business men , not mining
Fhancs , according to the Saratoga Sun.
Wyoming's experimental farms are rather
olovatod. The different stations and alti
tudes are : Lander , 5,550 feet ; Saratoga ,
0.7.JO feet ; Wheatland , r > ,000 feet ; Sundance ,
4,700 feet ; Sheridan , 4,500 feet ; Laramie ,
7,30i ( fret. The altitude of the state agricul
tural college nt Buffalo will bo 4,500 , feet.
South Dakota.
Snow has already fallen on the tops of the
Black Hills.
Development work Is progressing rapidly
iu Two-Bit gulch.
Thirteen acres of oats on Deer creek
threshed b'JJ bushels.
Tbo Invested capital in the Hartley Peak
tin mines amounts to Sa.OIO.OOO.
In the stretch of Ilvo mllej between Plnnk-
inton nnd Alpcna a prairie fire destroyed
$10,000 worth of property.
The Calaboga mine is now takln ? out a
good deal of JJU lead ere which will shortly
be shipped to the Omaha smelter.
Thu owners of the McDonoll mtno at Bald
mountain report they now have a thirty-fool
body of * 20 ere exposed In their workings.
Owners of the Gold mountain proup , In
Two-Bit gulch , have boon doing considerable
prospecting , and were rewaidod by uncover
ing n six-foot blanket vein of sllicous ere that
canios ? 31 in gold.
The owners of the Lulu , Dead Broke and
Golden Summit lodrs , patented claims within
the city limits of Load City , have uncovered
near the surface n blunuet vein of silicous
ere that runs from f IU to MO per ton in gold.
A strike of a small vein of $30 silver load
ere was made m iho Elk Mountain mluos last
week. The strike was made in a now cross
cut started from the main tunnel , and has
greatly encouraged operations In the vicin
ity.
ity.Tbo
Tbo largo bodies of gold bearing quartz
that cover the table land lying between
Spearfish creek and Farm Gulch has been
quito successfully prospected during the past
summer by the different pwnors , The ore
taken out assays * 35 a ton.
Utah.
The season nt Gurfield/ Beach is at an
end , j ii
A $20,000 police station bs boon completed
in Ogden , ivu > <
Electric motors have strtftercqdod the mule
in Ogden ,
A largo smelting plant 'Isjio ' bo era clod In
Salt Lake City. , ' „
The contract has bean lot for a Joint city
and county building In SuljJ ako City.
Salt Lake authorities hnvo declared war on
scarlet women , hut tbo local"rooit of robbers
hold the freedom of the cU. !
Hecent discoveries In Lucky mlno at Silver
City prove beyond a doubt-that there are
still great properties to baoponod at Tlntlo ,
and that the porphyry district around Silver
City has Its share of them'v ! '
The recently discovore/\ / Platta field
promises to bo the subject uf u law suit. Soy *
oral years ago a cattle IIrm bought the
ground upon which tho. } TJU Platte mine is
situated from the Central' Pacific railroad.
The company at the timaot the sale did not
reserve the mineral right except ns to iho
United States , which was specific. The syn
dicate controlling the mlno obtained an op
tion from the original purcboscis , the deed
to bo closed in October. Now the cattle firm
claim that the option was ontholand as graz
ing land , and that as the rnllrotvl company
did not rosurvo Ita mineral right * that all
suph pass with the title , and tlioy now do *
maud f 15,000 from the La Platte people for
the section In which the La Platta mid other
claims are situated. The syndicate has al
ready expended { 10,000 In development
work , and are endeavoring to oitoct a com
promise ,
Alontunu.
The imosiod valuation of all property in
Helena U 1 3,743,740.
Two hundred and sixty cattle oars have
boon engaged at Bouton.
A copper and silver load usjaylng&U to the
ton has beou uncovered at ICulisDoil ,
The rreUmluury examination of tbe al
logod murderers of Editor Ponroso In Butte
almost oqunlod in duration the celebrated
Davit will contest.
Miss Hello Sastrum , who lives eight mlles
northwest of Kallspoll , in the vicinity of :
Foy'a mill , says the Graphic , Is ono of the
pluckiest young ladles in tbo Flathead coun
try. A few days ngo her father nnd Mr.
Lovorton went out hunting and returned
without any game , but while they were ab
sent Miss Bella and the dog succeeded in
kllllnga bu ; black boar. When the two men
returned the young lady had the boar dressed
and the hldo stretched nnd tacked up to tan.
The uowspapors of Montana are making n
strong crusade against the "gun , " as the
41-callbcr slx-shootor Is called by the citizens
of that region. They say the gun must go.
This is a startling Innovation and Is n blownt
what most Montana ucoplo used to consider ,
and may still consider tno foundation of so
ciety nnd the chief guarantee of good morals
and behavior. But the newspapers say the
gun habit is n cowardly custom , that It is
against the law , mid that it has got to go.
And there are good signs that it will go , too.
Idnho.
Mclbourno failed to produce rnln at Nnmpa.
Thirty head of Ilvo elk in Bongham county
sold for $150 each.
A gold brick valued nt $27,337.83 was
shipped to the mint at Philadelphia from the
Bolso City assay office last week. This gold
was purchased by the ussayor in charge for
the government.
The chances for the development of a very
rich gold and silver district ton to fifteen
mlles beyond Dcadwood , in the Bear vnltoy
section , nro very good. The mines discovered
there by the Bunch brothers mid Hugh Gard
ner nro exceedingly rich. But , like all the
nines in central Idaho , can ouly bo reached
by ijnrktn.ll.
F. A. Fenn , who has charge of the selec
tion of lauds ceded to the state of Idaho by
congress , savs that the lands in the north are
much moro available for Immediate return i
.him these In southern Idaho. This is from
tbo fact that no irrigation is needed in that
section. Ho feels confident that at least & ! 0
; ier aero can bo realised for the land.
\ViiHliiiiKton.
A steel factory I" to bo started In Seattle.
Spokane has inaugurated a receiving hos
pital.
A bicycle railroad between Tacoma and
Seattle is projected.
Tacoma merchants have decided to expend
$150,000 In the construction of a now chamber
of commerce.
Tncomn ladles , 100 in number , have organ
ized n Hainy Day club. Tholr frocks are to
be .shortened to the shoo tops.
A Chicago man writes to Governor Wiley
that ho has a customer for irrigation bonds
in any amount from * 50OJO to $1OOU,000.
About slxtv-fivo carloads of wheat nro
bomg received dally at Tauoma , and this is
but a little of what is ox pee tea later in the
fall.
fall.Tho
The Porter crook gold mining excitement
has struck Hoquiam nnd Grays Harbor , und
nn extensive exodus to the scene of the big
finding is thu result.
About yoo Kllckitnt Indians are busy on
the ranch of the bnoquntmio tlop Growing
association in Washington. It is estimated
the crop of this ranch will bo about 250 tons
this season ,
Privnto Jackson of company G , Twenty-
fifth infantry , stationed at Fort Missoula ,
was the other morning awakened by a hug
nnd found himself in the embrace ot a black
bear. His cries brought u number of his
comrades , who killed the elephant.
A rancher from a backwoods district en
gaged a room at a hotel in Seattle , Wash.
The house Is lighted by electricity , and the
boll boy turned on the light in the new
comer's room. The farmer didn't know how
to extinguish the light , and. after exhausting
bis ideas , uncoiled the length of wire by
which the light , hung , and stuclc the lamp 111
the bureau drawer , smothering it under his
clothing. The next da-tho lump was found
slowed away there and still burning.
Hop growing is ono of the remunerative in
dustries In the state of Washington. The
yield per acre is something astonishing. To
obtain G50 pounds on aa aero of ground is
considered a line yield among the hop grow
ers on this side of the Hocky mountains and
in England and Germany , but an acre of
ground in Oregon or Washington will yield
1,1500 pounds. In 1893. 50.000 bales al hops ,
equal to U,000OUO pounds , were sold in Wash
ington , and it is estimated that this year's
crop will bring a profit of 51,500,000 , to the
hop farmers of that stato.
Orcjjon.
Work is progressing on the Blue Mountain
Irrigating company's ' ditch in Umatilla
county , which will reclaim a laigo area of
arid land.
Through the efforts of the enterprising
miners In the Greenhorn country the camp-i
are all connected by good wagou roads. They
nro now turning thdir attention to tholr ship
ping and mail fuel lilies.
At Camas Prairie it is stated that grain
will average from ninety to ono hundred
bushels to the acre. Ttio only means of
transportation is by wagon roads and farm
ers hardly know how to take care of their
immense ciops. ,
Tlio directors of the Portland Indust'iul
exposition received a petition from the
church people of that city asking them to re
move the statues and paintings of the nude
order from tbo art Rallcry. The dlroctois
' removed" the petition.
An Insect that promises to do great injury
to the timber of tbo coast ranco is awannintr
in Nuhalcm und Clnlsop counties. The insect
referred to is a sort of worm , measuring
about an inch long , which covers all kinds ot
trees for whole sections , They oat every
leaf , and where they worked last year the
trees nro all dead.
Ono of tbo largest ranches in eastern
Oregon , without question , lies south of
Hoppaor , in Morrow county. This ranch is
owned by William Ponlund and contains
-0,000 ! ncres of good lillablo nnd productive
and. Ho has Just finished harvesting his
hay cron ' , which amounted to ever l.OUJ tons.
This la'rgo body of land Is all under fence
and affords excellent pasturage torstock dur
ing the cutiro winter season ,
California.
A nugget of gold weighing 02 ounces was
found in the Huby minu at Downiovillo
Wednesday night.
Santa Cruz is to have an outfit of song
birds. Five sets of fuathoied singers iiuvo
been ordered from England thrushes , gold
finches , nightingales , bullfinches and sky-
lurks.
Tho.convict who has boon in San Quentln
the longest of any ono there is a Mexican ,
Follpo Moreno , who Is serving a lifo bontcnco
for killing Dr. Marsh in Contra Costa county
thirty-four yours ago. Ho was not captured
until ton jourb after the deed aud bus boou
in prison nearly twenty-four years.
Active stops are being taken for tbo or
ganization of a dried fruit exchange In this ,
state. The growers nro becoming tlrod of
the way in which tuoy nro forced to lose
the greater part of their profits In commis
sion to middlemen , and purpose hereafter to
deal more/ / directly with consumers.
Tbo raisin crop this year will fall short of
2,000,000 boxes , the liguro sot by some en
thusiastic experts. On excellent authority
it is learned that Frosuo county , which pro
duces moro than all the mit of the state ,
will not send to market more than bOO.OOO
boxes. The ether counties will produce about
800,000 boxes.
California will make a good showing as a
producer of beat sugar this year. The China
factory expects to produce 5,000,0)0 pounds
of sugar , the Watsonvillo factory H.OOJ.OOO
pounds and the Alvarudo factory -IOJ,000.
This makes a total of 7,500 tons , which seems
a largo amount , hut the United States im
ports sugar to the value of $100,000,000
annually. U will bo some tlmo boforu wo can
make all thU sugar at homo.
Wo ifm ! tlio marTcloiis Frrnch
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a * , bookkeeper" . , bank teller * . rnhlur * . , clorka , copyists , unmuiien-D- ) * lmioftrniilicr All tu t illllitliim
nonofall Ono week's trlnl free No axninlnntlon on ontorltiK IiKllirliliiiil Ititlrurtlnn If iluMri'il Nil
vncntlun , cnmo lion you nro ready You can tiiilr 0110 branch ur nil nf them. You IMII KPt Im inl nt tl DO
per nock , ur ilo work nlKhti nnil inornliiKS llvcnlnit ncliocil for thutu who can t ronlu durlnu tliu ilivr laum
teachers ntul name lirnnchoa tniiKht Our prices nro tliu lowest Kuri'lmipri cnn loirn l.'nulMi A illTOiinl
lOIInt of 10 per cunt tutlioso who cnmo In Si'ptu.ubernml pny caih .Slain Id you ni'i-il nil notlio JOHIIK in in
or wnninn to work nlKhti mill mimitnjM lot n < know , or If Jim nt'uil n clerk or tionkkoopur or iliMii > rnp1u'r
Hooks oponotl nuil clo'cil , strlctlj roiillcleiitlnl If you hn\o roonn to rent -u'lnl yournililrt-ci ttluiulil juti
CdiiiolioronniUliul wotlo not Klvo wlint wo promise your money will liu rofiinili l llcru 1 n nrliool tint
olfors to Blvo untNfnctlon or rufunil monuy. What butKir ollnnlo you want tlmntlmt ? Vou tnki ) no clnilRoi ,
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ANEW
INVENTION
Artificial tcoth without plains , and removable
hrldKovorK' . Tlioonly tollable method for holding
the teeth In tliu month ultliout their drapplni :
wlillo oiitlni ; . spoaKliiK , hlnplni ; or when usloop.
Mliilstuio. public spoiktTs. lawyers und actors aio
requested to Investigate this syitem.
CAUTION.
No other offlco In the olty or county has thn right ,
nor do thuy know how to niiiku this j > itented work. I
PATENT Inneseoiirod tliu solo ilcht from Dr. Throckniorton.No.
COLO CLASPS 444 Slvth Avenue , New V'ork. who patented It I'ob. 11 ,
IS'JO. ' PATENT
I'onons deslrlns partial sot of tooth are roiucstptl | GOLD CLASPS
to call and see spi-cliiions of tlilsklnd \\nrkund judge *
for thcmsolves. Prices for this kind of work aio within
the reach of all. All this work fully warranted.
Wo luuo the WONDRKKUij LOCAL ANKSTIin-
TIO for the pnliilnss oxtraellon of touth and nmUo NO
12XTKA UHAUGi : for using It A full sot of tooth on
rubber for J.\ Gold and other lllngs at lowest prices.
Dr. ROLAND W. BAILEY , DENTIST
OFFICES THIRD FLOOR PAXTON BLOCK.
TELEPHONE , 1O88. - - 16TH and FARNAM ST3. , OMAHA
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