THE OMAHA DAILY BISELJMONDAY. MAY 23 , 1892. 5
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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
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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 ,
