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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1892)
THE OMAHA DAILY BISELJMONDAY. MAY 23 , 1892. 5 nl i 1(1 O III i H I II ! BY ORDER OF THE. Insurance Companies We are authorizdd to sell our entire stock of ts JbUK/l VVtj/'J Slightly Damaged by Smoke and Water , At One-Fourth Former Prie o Sale Begins Tuesday 24 , at 8 A , The Entire Stock in COME EARLY AND AVOID JHE RUSH" THE WESTERN CLOTHI 1 1 1 L-rf YY JL J 1 JLJ1 lib * V- JLwA I II 1317-lSlS Douglas Street , Omaha , Neb , 101'I OlPC < n -MI f JDLSE OF WESTERN PROGRESS Two Wyoming Wonders Reserved for Public Dedication. REMARKABLE PROGRESS IN IRRIGATION IMIIrnml Speculations and ItullilliiBSchemes ( inlil Hill IJovoloiiiiiont Striking Idulin Minor * Oennrnl Newn of tlio Northwest. Thn national government has decided , none too soon , to resorvq for Ihn public sorno of tbo scenic. wonders of the west. The num ber and vnnoty available arc unlimited. On plain and mountain riotous nature hns roared wonderful foriEullons majestic peaks and freakish mountain spurs , grand park * and canyons that appall man and almost defy ox- I > loratiun. The Yellowstone and Yoscmlto parks are the wonders of the worla. Many others , loss nttractlvo , might bo reserved from private speculation and spoliation and dedicated to the public. A succiul agent of tno Department or tno Interior is at present examining two natural wonders In Wyoming Davil's Tower and Missouri Unties to determine tbo amount of laiia necessary to bu withheld. They are Bltualcd on the north bank of the Belle Foiircne rlvor. The lower U aoout 1,100 loot obuvo iho level of the plain and tlio granite column which rises almost perpendicular oat of the earth on the crust of high undulating cmiiitrv covered with natlvo pltio la COO foot In heig'bt. It has Dcou Iho wonder of iho nulo faces and tbu admiration of the suvugo for llmo unlcnown , and about the bold and bin-run form lingers many a wild legend of tbo Sioux , Crow and other Indian tribes. The bloux boliowes It was placed there by ' tbo Great Father as u watctitowor from whoso inuccaoHibtu crown EOIUO wolrd suirit cabls its watchful eye on tbo destinies of 1 their bruvos. Tliu lownr stands on tha bank of the river * ml in the early morning its shadow falls oil tbo bosom of tbo river tu the wast and even ing tldo It Mlli on tba waters to tno oast. It can bo soon stand Infill bold protllo against the cerulean dome from the II. & M. railroad , "Youth of Aioorocroft , and will become n mecca of tin ; traveler uud wondur soelior as the railroads KOI within eusy acces . The Missouri Uuttcs pierce the clouds with tbioo sharp pointed turrets unit arc twin wonders of the towers.V bother the tower wui aliot hcuvonwArd with thu jack screws of nuturo or has ooan loft tttaudlug as a monuments of primeval Hoods , souioona will nllempt to demonstrate. No human being bn-t yol Bculcd Us dizzy heights or knows whut secrets Us lofty crown wears. To Iticao should bo added the famous Teions , "tho Mutterborn ol Amorlua , " south of and adjolnlurj tbo national park. Thusu niuli'Btlu puks plurco the uloudi at ditzy Uelshts , ranging from l'J,7y)0 ) to 14,110 foet. llriivotiniiin. . Twltia within n year Montana women demonstrated their ability to defend their boner und manlpulato six shooter * . Lust fcnr , within a few miles of Butte , u woman wns assaulted by urunian at Her homo during the absence of her husband. Securing u gun , iho Hunt tu contents Into tha vitals of her ibsullant and notltlod the coroner. Two wooUs UKO tt similar assault resulted in u tragedy at tbo llttlo town of Ulioa In the aurtbtru part of tbo slate. The woman in this Ir.itunco repeatedly warned the rufllau tndllrcd onlyas a last resort. Such occur- renosM ure doubly bonellclal. They promote Eomotary growth und purge tbo moral Hwosphoro. Mora power to the nruu of Montana women. Tlio ( Iiilil Mill DUtrlct. Iwporls from Uold Hill , Wya , nnd Iho kel&hbarliiB district of Ylllctto , bow that n lurplus of mow ruturds development work. No treat activity Is looker ) for bcforo the mlddloof Juno. Thu Saratoga Sun aays ibo Shot ( .Sold placer that U being worked by Uburlcu A. Heave * bids fair to bo llstod a > a jroduccr In the near futuro. Water Is scarce in tbo ground at present oxvlng to the con tinued cold weather , which prevents the snow in the mountains melting. A nugget welching twenty-live cents washed out in a gold pan from dirt taken out of the dilch now beinc run on bed rocu. The Kulcn boliiK worUoa is favorable lo placer mining , bnvinc plenty fall lo carry nwav the tailings. The bottom of tno dlloh on bed rock nas a pitch of thirty or thirty- llvo degrees. This will bo followed to tbo basin below , wuoro an exceptionally rich deposit may bo found. Several rich leads have been opened up during the past woolc , The snow has about loft the fool bills in tba vtcinllv of Gowor's Ton Mlle house , nnd aii- llvo prospectinp will begin in lhat nolghbor- hood'and follow up the mountain fcldo as lha ( iround becomes exposed. Tbat mineral abounds lu no small quantity is a settled fact , and tlio unexpected will certainly hap pen within a very abort tlmo. I'rcquent Stage KobbarloM. Tbo fostlvo road neent is busily engaged In making lone and short hauls in tbo in terior of California. Within three weeks tbero bavo boon three successful stage rob beries within a comparatively short distance of San Francisco , and two of thoio huvo been marked with murder. In the llrst , which oc curred near San Andreas on April 30 , a young lady lost her lifo and the driver was seriously wounded by the highwayman , who hns succeeded in eluding cnpftre. In the second two masked rohbert hold up nnd robbed the Hcildini ; and Woavcrvillo Ktngo of the Wells , parco & Co. box on May 10 , in tha outskirts of Hoddlng. Tliesa , tno , have managed to ov.tdo arrest. In fact , It Is st'ited tbat'lha latter , undoubtedly en couraged by their success , were responsible fnr'tho outrage on the 14th , when n nln the Uedding and Woavorvlllo stage wai stopped , this time near Shasta , the Well -Fnreo mes senger shot and killed , the stage driver seri ously injured , and truasuro valued m $30,000 , belonging to Wells , Firgo & Co. , secured. One of iho bandits win , however , wounded by the plucky masson nr , who bagan thn shooting in tiU olTorts to protect the property under his caro. Irrigation In Uulirornl.i. California loads all states in irrigation na- torprisoi. It ha * aaystom under which the people orgamza thomsolvea into irrigation districts , Issue bonds to outld canals and govern thomsolvcs In rcspaoi to water rights. Thirty-nine of thoto district ] hava boon fonno.il. Thov bavo TOiod bonds to the nmount of $ UTS7,000 , but only n fraction of thai amount has been sold and applied lo canal building. Ttio irrigation district sys tem is snniQlhlngnow , It has'mot with some vigorous oppoittion , but tba courli bavo gen erally confirmed the organizations of tbo dis tricts. The bonds have bocn declared valid , und the Snn Francisco bank * nro engaged In negotiating the securities. One dls. trict in I.o AngL'lua county of only4,500 acres devoted wholly to fruit growing has successfully placed WO.Ouoof its bonds , dug a tuntiol : tOO feet long and laid tiltcen mlles of pipe with the proceeds. In an own go growing district the bonds were taken at par nnd the oxUtln ? water supply was sold to the district. In seine cases the districts buy out tbo existing waiur aupply and luka control of it. In others thu bond money is to bo used in build ing cunnl and reservoirs. Ucciuionnlly n canal company which U uiakiug money refuses - fuses to sell out and then come * a ktruuglo 'when the land owners try to organize a dis trict and vote bonds to build their own water works , The districts follow no geographical lines. They must conform to the law or gravitation uuou which Irrigation depends. Tbn smallest irrigation district ts 4,5)0.ncrci. Tbo largest U 'KU.-1UO aor s. Tim Cuuur il'Alunu Ntrllio. Lata advlcaj from Wallace , Idaho , show that the -contest botwuun the mluo owners and minor * unioa U Increasing in blltornosi. Tbo former invoked the old of iho federal authorities to prevent tbo striker * Interfering or menacing im ported workmen , aovoral hundred of whom hava been brought from to mluingh regions of Michigan and U'Hcomln. Tbo strikers retaliated by causing wio arrest of dotocllvoa for impersonating onioers. llotli side * are desperately la oarnoit. The strikers huvo the aotlvo support nnd yinp Vhy of the miners unions , as tholr defeat would ba the outeriug wedge of waco reduction In other cnmps. Many of the imported men have joined the strikers , and others are sure to follow. They did nol know a strike was in progress when hired , nnd naturally , on learning ; iho truth , ally themselves with ihoir follow tollers. Itiillroni ! Muttm-s In tlio Itlitck Hills. Tbo U. & M. Knilroad company's onglnoors have begun a survey from Hill Cily lo the Koystouo mine in ino Black Hills. This road will bo an extension of six miles on the brancn already begun to Iho Harney Poalt company's Addle mi no , which is located and partially graded , four miles In length , making n distance of Ion miles of road lo reach the ICoystono rnlno. That portion of the road to the Addle will bo finished immediately ana tno track laid by the 1st of July. The re maining six mild 1s an easy praflo following ; Battle crook , and can bo pushed to comple tion in a short timo. Tbo Keystone mine gives promise of bi > - comlngy a largo shipper when this road Is complotod. A largo concentrating plant will ba built this summer. Tbo company has a largo amount of ere on the dump , which yields an average of $10 per ton and concen trates live tons into one. This is aside from iho free gold which occasionally runs very high. The Harnoy Peak company hoi resumed operations on its mines. Uro houses will bo bulll al tha rainos and mill to facilitate the handling of ore. Tbo railroad spurs be tween mines and mill will bo completed and everything in readiness for Iho crushing of ere on July 1. Altogctncr , with the mines and mills in opar.ition , tbo activity in Ibo cainpj of Key stone , Spoknno and tha now gold camp on Spring Creak , three mlles east , Hill City promises to boom this summer. lUpid City and tbo olllcInU of iho Dakota & Wyoming road buvo made an agreement which insures tba completion of tbo road ic six mouths. In consideration of Rapid City extending for six months ibo lima In which to occupy tbo right ofvty donated by iho cily iho company gives a bond lo complete thu road , nnd agrees to forfeit $100,000 incuse cuso of default * . Arrangements have been completed for beginning construction worlc Irrigation In Wyoming. Statistics compiled by tlio state offlcon gtvo the following figures ou irrigation in Wyoming : Number of streams from which water In iHkun . , . . . 030 Total length In mile * . 0.411 Tulnl iniinburuf ditches . li.udo Tut.il acruiiso watered . 2 , 17-,7H1 Total captivity In etiblo feet per sec- Total estlin ilcd cost . f.,4(5litfj ( Ills stated the wont ol 1691 cost nearly 50 per cent of what iho development work In the previous twenty .years cost. When all iho ditches which uro lllialy to ba completed uro In ouuratlon , Iba suite will ba abla lo cn o with some of the elder states In tbo production of the necessaries of life. Irrigation In Neb Tha copious wenpi of tbo bc.ivoni during tbo past six weeks have not dampened iho ardor of Nooraslta Irrlgalloulsts , U U well. According lo iho Irrigation Ago companies with an authorized capital aggregating $10- OIM.IXK ) are in the Held. In Dundy , iiitch- COUK , Furuas and Ked Willow counties U'7 miles of ditches have been completed at a cost per mlle ranging from (100 to f 1 , 000 , and about 'JOO mlles of ditches are In course of construction. It will surorlso tbo general reader to learn Uat 203,000 aoroi are undar ditch lu tba counties named. Dluil u U Byron Adonis , a peculiar character who recently dlod In Los Angeles , stipulated In his will that bis body should bo cremated and tnnt only Huddblit rites abould bo per formed at the crematory. "I takd refuge In Buddha,1' bo aald ; "that I j , in tuo peaceful , nmrciful uud eternal truth * IIP beqUeathed to mankind , llu' . . n'Tiuust and daslro that no noituary noilcoot uiy donnaso shall appear in the nowipapari or other public print * of tills city and state. " Ho loft i. > to bo dbvolrd to "thoiucrod cause ol duatamu liuddba. " MiivnniBiiU iif Itiillruiul .MHenite : . Hiilroad magnates of hl h degree are reconiioitorlng at various points In thu west. Three weeks ago Burlington oflleialj browsed about Montana on volopod ID an ulrot tny&tcry and maintaining a clnui-liko tilcnco. A low days axoauotbor ( coaling party bolouglu , ; to the same road was foraging between ' Denver and Cboyonno and incidoulnlly taking - ing notes of lha proposed route lo Salt Lake City.Lust Lust week a confercnco was hold at Ogden between representatives of Iho capitalists behind the Utah & San Francisco nnd Iho Chicago & Northwestern roads. These were Joined bv " several prominent citizens of Ogden. "Secret meetings were hold and matters pertaining lo Iho snorl line lo Iho Golden Gala were conMldered. No dollnllo news of Ibo result of iho conference could bo obtained , but tha impression prevails that tbo Northwestern will oxlond from Casper lo Ogden and connect with the San Fran cisco road. JlllllIX Ot J ) IIII1C9C. The California people are becoming alarmed at the great inllux of the Japanese , and it the ttdo continue ! .nt Its nrosont vol ume they may bo asking congress for a Japanese - anoso exclusion bill. Ltut month 341 arrived at San "Franilsco , raising tho'total number on the Pacillo coast lo about 4,000. One sin- gularily about this Immigration is that it is nltnosl wnolly composed of males. Only a very small number of women como over. The men uro nearly all young ana they como lo tbo United Stales not to make money , ilko tbo Chinese , but to get an education , and they are willing lo work for food and sticker if they are given time to study. Nubriihlca. There is a good opening at St. Paul for a wagon and carriage factory. The democratic Blade , published at Vulen- llno , has died n natural death. Will f. BrowHter bas sold tha Browster News to 1' . C. and J. M. Kriclcson. The Clay Umintv Sunday School associ ation will meet .it Falrliuld , May 2. > and 'JO. Br.idshaw citizens have organized an im provement company with a capital slock of HOJO. Three largo cans of plko from iho state batcliors were placed in tbo Klkborn in Hock county , last week. An outbreak of bog cholera Is foarad near Dlller because a farmer throw a lot of daad bogs Into tba creek. Broken Bow-bas a ball club which has just been organized and Is ready to chulronga any olbor club in the stato. Mrs. GUIUand , a missionary In Chili , who formerly resided near Presser , Adams county , died recently of smallpox , Norfolk now has a morning' paper , the Her ald. Itsinris oft by printing the news and hat a bright , attractiveuppcanineo. Two Auburn young''mun ' "fooled" with a gun nnd as a consoquendoa companion named O-ienbaujiu will lose portion of ilia foot , The Puw nee City Daily Hustler has been enlarged to nearly tw cu its former alzo und greatly Improved. Its'pditors are rustlors. ThoGreeley Independent bas starved to death uftor n hard strajrplo to secure sub- slanco enough to keep 'tho breath of Ufa in its body. > < > : Tbo Wayne high ischool has received a tclosi-opo which it uurcbasad In 1'aris at n cost of $100. The bchop uow has $100 worth of line Instruments. ' . , Llttlo Dell McGuYro of Nebraska City stuck her linger In thUsbultlu slot of a sow- in ; ; machine just at ber randmotbor started it and lost ona Joint. > l y. Battle Crook cllizebstbavo patitlonod the county commissionerIQcall nn election for ' tbo purpose nf voting ou' bonds to build a system of waterworks and a Jail. A most interesting program has neon pre pared for tbo oim-4uiiual meeting of Iba Northeastern Nebraska Press association wlilch will ba hold at Norfolk , May 21. ' The McCool Junction Hecord bai cloiod Us flub your. It's a protly good paper , but Us editor made a great inUtuko. Ho deserted tba republican parly lo Join the independ ents. ents.A A York county farmar named Drake was found dead In a ditch near his homo by bis wife. The dltoh was full of water and it is believed that Drake foil Into it whllo suffer ing from u lit. There Is a bad bole In the calf of ono of Joe Wllman'a lo n , caused by u load of buckshot , Whlla Joe IYUS working around bU house near \Vnllaco ho knocked down bis gun with the ubovo result. Ho will recover. Tha PlutUmouth Journal ha * been enlarged - largod und Improved. Although theru are three dally pu.ei-j | puolubod at Platlsmouth Hdtior Sborui in easily keeps the Journal at tbo top of iho heap ana prluU a paper of which the city ought to bo proud. Its politics are poor , but otherwise iho paper is all righl Tbo Nebraska Gospel union will bold Us first state bibla school ou the fair grounds at Lincoln July 1(5 ( to 21. A number of casei of Insanity have recently - contly developed in Custcr county , nnd Iho Broken Bow Republican talks of a "madnoss epidemic , " Ed Sacket of Weeping Water raised a window in ibo roar of bis store and in so doing sol off a forgotten burglar alarm thai was loaded wilb u ball carlridga. The bul let slruck a cuff button und glanced off , but it scared Mr. Sacket pretty badly. Tbo National lOxnort Swlno association moots In annual session in Lincoln tbo lust Tuesday in this month nnd the session con tinues ibrce days. By ordnr of too state as sociation of the slatoof Nebraska the officers extend an invitation to all broodurs of thor oughbred swine to meet with the association on this occasion. Tha county division mooting hold at Bro ken Bown adopted lines intended to divide Custor county inlo three equal counties , di viding north and south. This division gives numerous towns chances for a county scat nnd it looks as If it will bo a popular plan and may result In carrying tbo proposition at tbo fnlf election. Several years ago a firm crlbood a quan tity of corn at Clay Center. It was assessed for tuxes , but was shipped away nnd the linn dissolved before tba tax could bo col lected. County Attorney Clark Dually lo- cutud some property belonging to ono of tha partners In York counly und secured a Judg ment of t-60 against it. Six years ago there was not n grown girl in Grant , Porkln * county , and there were only three girls of any age in the town. At n birthday party given by a younp bud last week Ihoro were present twenty-lira lltllo Indies between tbo ages of 7 and 10 , and there were plcnly of others who did uot at tend. This is a productlvo country. Chris Iterator , a Norfolk younp man ) recently received information that ho was ono of too heirs lo the estate of bin sister , Mrs. Murgarol Stone of Cleveland , O. , who died aomc > time ago. Last Saturday his brother , Philip Dorster , and George Ballz of Buffalo , acting under power of atlornoy from some of tbo heirs , viMtud him at Nor folk , and ho started with them for Cleve land. Throe brothers and ono sister will Inherit tbo ostale , which is xaiu to consist of money und a largo number of lots In tbo city of Cleveland , iho value bolng estimated at $4,000,000 , to $5,000,000. G. Baron , living in Valley county , In December - comber , IBS' ' , ) , gave a number of pronmsorv notus to H. C. Wlldo of Burwell for the rent of Wilde's farm , and when the notes cnmo duo Baran paid the money to Wilde , taking Ills rcrjipt thorofor , and a few days after payment Wlldc delivered Baran his notcn. Some time ago , however , a note of $50 bearIng - Ing the same data ns tbo onus nbovo turned up in tba hand * of Doure , Wells & Co. of Council Bluffi. This note was In appearance identical with ono of those ttial Baiun had olven lo Wilde and paid , boarlng his signa ture nnd Iho endorsement of Wlldo to Decro , WelU & Co. M collateral. Suit was Instl tulcd by tlio company on the note and n vor diet rendered for tba defendant , the Jungo holding that tbo nolo wiu n forgery. Wlldo has been missing from bis home in Burwell for some tlmo past and several Indications of his expert penmanship huvo boon found there during iho pa.it few mouths. Ho was engaged in tbo Implnmenl business , and uc- ceoded In galling soma $2,000 or $ . ' 1,000 ahead of various companies with whom ho dealt. Wyoming. Tlio bborldan Post is a 5-year-old rustler. A potrlllod canoe la the latest find In Wy oming. Cheyenne rolls up a directory population of 12,1-0 , Tha Buffalo Echo Is now tbo N'oica of tbo People , with rustler Flngg at the masthead. The Pennsylvania oil company expects to hoirin shipments of lubricating oil at an early day. day.Casper Casper , Wyo. , will clip mm ship this year liVOJiJ pounds of wool uud will receivd for U $150,000. Mayor Spleer's llttlo veto killed tharrdl- nance lo run aalooiw and gambling wide opoa in Laramle on Sundays. George A. Wcllman , ibo murdered ranch foreman , maiiu application for a f . ' ,000 Ilfo Insurance policy eight days before bit death. The company will par tlio claim. } A Burlington locamollvu exploded near \V. Khluehurl , thu tirouiuuwa Instantly killed , whllo Jamas J. Wilson , th ° ongmcor , was fatally nnd A. E. Woodbury , n brakomao , dangerously Injured. Smith Diikotu. Sioux Falls is negotiating for a woolen mill. mill.An An eighty-eight barrel artesian well is spouting in Beadle county. Deadwood Invites the Methodist confer ence to visit the Black Hills. Il is reported in Deadwood that the Homo- slake company will build a large smelter. Hill City Is happy. The Harnoy Peak Tin company is increasing its working forco. There are 3fW3 farms , comprising DTO.USO acres , in Butte county awaiting home steaders. One hundred nnd forty firms nro engaged in horse raising in tbo Black Hills and they own 3.,000 head. The new flouring mill which is being erected at Plankinton will bo n four storj structure and ono of the best in the stato. The Dead wood-Terra Mining company has declared dividend No. 41 of 5 cents a shnro , aggregating f 10,000 , payable May 20 , making S50.UOO paid this your and ? 1,000,000 paid to date. Ctiili. Ogdcn has a cash surplus of $13,370 in the city treasury. The reduced price of silver has n depress ing otToct on the mining Industry of the ter ritory. Hosolutions of the democratic nnd repub lican territorial convention * have the current silver ring. The Mormon nnd anti-Mormon democrats ( it iho lorritory uro vigorously pulling each other's wool. The council of Salt Lake City do not con sider shaving on Sunday a menace to the morals of Zlon. An Orogoninn had his Jag ox true ted in Salt Lake City and became so weary of Ufa ttiat be crossed Iho divide. A delegation of Indiana capitalists Is booked for a visit to Salt Lake City to iiives- tlgato the natural gas Hud. A big llvo stock sale was closed up last woolf by which 35,000 head of Utah sheep were turned over to n big eastern buyer. The muttons will go at once to Nobraxka , nnd after feeding will ba Hhlnpod to Omaha. Moiiimm. The Ked Lodge coal Holds in southern Montana cover an area of 50,000 aoras find contain KW,000,000 tons. It Is reported that the now railroad from Butte to Anaconda is an assured fact , mid that tbo contract , for Its construction has been lot. Three giddy young girls in Butlo paraded the streets in n modification of the divided skirl iho inascullna nolbor garment and plug ban. Tboy wura run into their homes and generously shingled. Several rich Blrlkos nro reported In Miidi- Bon county. At Iho Noble Gold , at tbo end of u tunnel 2,0')0 ' ) feet long in the side of a steep mountain , tiiov have struck llvo foot of ere running 8100 to the ton. The Montana mining congress hns offered prlzus amounting lo $ Jr > 0'J for Ibo fastest drilling loans and singles , to bo computed for in u three days' drill nt the meeting to take place Juno 12 , liinnd II. Al Uutto 15-yuar-old Magio Brown eave her mother a dose of laudanum , secured $75 daposltod In a hotel by Mrs. Brown and eloped with Harry Holmm , aged 11) ) , to Helena , wucro ihoy wore arrested , A now military postal Helens , Mont. , has boon named Fort Harrison , by order of Hoc rotary Klklns , in honor of President Harri son. An appropriation of $100OJO hiu boon accurod for the building , the oily douallng Ibo laud. 1,000 acres , Tlio telephone pays handsomely In Mon tana , 'lite annual Hoanclal atnlomoiil of Iho Kocky Mountain Hell Telnphoiiu company , Iliad with the secretary of state , show * that the paid up capital atouk amounts to 8J05.000 and places the value of its franchise all' . > r > , OJO. The company's surplus Is $01- OOJ.W und ita ruicrvo fund $ -iW.J.Oj. ! ) Id.tlu > and .Sov.ulu. Wlnnomucca'i Silver club now numbers 2.15 names and tbo Tuscaroru club boa 'Mi member * . At protont there is general coinplajnt of dull limot on the Comstock. iluuy minor * uro out of work. Bids for the construction of the 0 dd Fol lows'homo at Idaho Falls are being ndvor" Used for. Nevada has filed on 277,000 acres of publlo land for school purposes. Opals which will bo worth $100 per karat when drowsed bnvo been found in Iho Hall mines near Moscow , Idaho. Carsonltos are very much ngllatod nt pres ent over the question of voting $1(0,000 ( for Iho building of a now nubile school. Hlcti strikes of ere hnvo Just boon made on the Bob Bruino , HUD and Huns Hagan claims on Hlaclttall mountain. Thu assayi nro high und iho bodies greater than any previous Ilnd. Alma Anderson , a 7-yoar-old child of Llttla Potlalcb , at Idaho Falls , was shot In tha bead by tbo accidental discharge of n Wln- uheitcr. The bullet , entered iho brain but tno child is allvo and perfectly rational. A fflnn and woman who are to walk tha entire - tire d is tan co between Seattle and Chicago arrived in Sboshono last weak. Thcro were four In tbo party originally but two loll tha combine u faw miles west. Tba woman car ries a Hag and the man shoves a wheelbarrow carrying the lent and outttt. Along thu Const. Tacoma citizens buvo subscribed $100,000 for a now llourlng mill , and tbo money is all paid in. According to the city assessment Just completed , Olympia's cily valuation amounts to $4,010,007. The corner otono of Tacoma's Chnmb'jr of Commerce was laid on the liitli. The build ing is of stone , six atorios high , and will cost5J,000. ! There is great excitement at Mineral City over tbo lindlng of gold ere twelve mlles out of town on the Tacoma road. It runs as high as $40 to iho Inn. Considerable excitement wascnusod at Mt. Vernon , Wnsh , over the Undine of rich s peel metis nf gold. Ono uuggui of gold whicn was tested by an ussavor ran $50,000 to the ton and was 22 karats fine. " \\hero Kollitho Oregon" It nowadays horos many sounds besides It * own daohingB , nnd the pleasantoit aounJ of all Is the hum of prosperity which Is making tbo far north west ono o/ the nation's garden spots. Tha oOlclals of both Union and Bailer counties , Orcuon , are puttiug forth ovorv endeavor to approbond the entire gang of robbers who have bcon rendezvousing near North Powder , und as there is n big reward offered by the Union Paclllu and Pacillo Ex press companies for their capture , this is quite an incentive for people to ba on tba alert. The strlko of green oil In ICorn county , California , Is thu most Important Incident In montb.1 in developing thu resources , of thn stato. The oil is dark green , about ! 8 ° grav ity , and tests show It to ha equal an a natural lubricant lo the boil oils of Wo.st Virginia. Other wollit nro bolng sunk and a branch railroad will ba run to tlio now oil Holds , which are near Dakarsileld , The proposition under discussion nmonfl Columbia river cunnorymon to offer a bounty on lha heads of sea lions and HcaU , will , if agreed upon , he iho means of ridding lha waters of u great many of tlmso destructive animals. The present scarcity of salmon Is thought to ba duo to Iho ravages of tlioso voracious marine posts , that destroy fully one-halt of ibo lisli cauyht In iho nets. Un less aomothlng U done to exterminate these animals , salmon listilng at the mouth of lha Columbia will very soon cease to bu u prollt- able business. Now Is tba tlmo to take n good tonla medi cine. Hood's ' Sarsaparllta possesses the great est merit , und is u popular favorite. MALIGNANT ABSCESS. j / My llttlu girl suffered for tlirco years / from R largo Alwca on her hip , the I result of a full and dislocation. The V Afoseesa win lurgo , with six oiKiiIiig ! , i Vail of which discharged puss. I wna induced by friends to give her 8. 8 , S. , und by the tlnio the fifth bottle wua llnhhcd the Abscess was entirely heal ed , and the child was well nnd happj > Mru. J. A. WIBONKH , Bl'ATINUTON , 1'A. Send for book on the lllood and Skin. SWIFT SI-KCWC Co. , ATLANTA ,
