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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1893)
f 4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : -MONDAY , JULY 2 < l , 1893 , ICRIST OF WESTERN NEWS droat Excitement OYOT the Gold Discovery at Bald Mountain. V/ILL / BE A BONANZA FOR LARAMIE A Hold llrlrk Worth 835,000 Y llow Mtitnl nt Hnndnncn Oood I'laoer Oroimili < lolil Strike * 1'nr nnil N r Wotteru Crop reports during the past week are of a very ou-ouMglng nature , the loading agri cultural states having been favored with warm weather Interspersed with occasional rains , and with few local exceptions the out look has been Improved. A largo harvest lioro , In the face of poor European crops , to gether with the probable fracas over the French domandn In Slam , would moan n bonanza In cash to the west and go n long lo restoring prosperity. Itulit Mountain riiuN Cciiillrmeil. Thcro continues to bo n great deal of ex citement over the gold discovery nt Hald mountain and It Is a significant fact that the most enthusiastic nro those who have Vlsltrd tliis apparently remarkable prospect. 1 irro seems to bo no doubt that the Indica tions nro nil that they have been reported to bo nnd that the nucleus of n very piomtslng camp exists , It Is probable that the "now discovery , " ns It Is generally referred to , will bo visited by a largo number from Laranilo within the fecit few weeks. ( loorgo I-1 Morgan confirm * the splon- flld reports which were received last week regarding the discovery , says the I > nranne Boomerang. Mr. Morgan , Tom Morgan , Vltor Bcaumlor nr.dVllllaui Whit- titigham uro the owners of the lead. These four mon startrd out some weeks ngo to do Homo systematic : prospecting. They llrst went doun the U'lr.imio river nnd located SSPO ! ! acres of placer ground near McGIH's ranch , where they found plenty of gold , They then went over to Hock crcok and did Borne \\ord , llnding gold there in1 leads also , Having nearly exhausted their supplies they started back , intcmllntr to prospect nrounil the hill \i hero they found the lend , whllu Cicorgu Morgan came In after supplies , A lMiiiii\ oit this hill naiHong before boon found by Oeorgo Morgan und assays made from it. It was found again and it was known , of course , that it had como fiom the hill. Tom Morgan and Whittinghnin ntarted ' up the hill nnd when they got on top 'WhllUngham picked up n piece of In-own Iron llo.it and liandinc it to Tom asked him what It was. Morgan looked at it and said : "That is what o uro , looking for , and I will Und that lead before 1 sleep. " Ho began digging right thcro and when ho liad gene duvtti three fi'Ot ho struck a piece of the oro. Ho continued n short distance furlherand on mo diiectly upon the vein , Imvinir taken only about four hours in innlf- Ing the diseoverv. The rest is qutto well known to the public. This uccurrcd over three weeks ago and very llttlo wiw known of it until the hitter part of last week. They mo now ut vtork running in the tunnel to strike the lead about llfty feet from the biirfaee. They stopped taking out ere at the top of the bill as people came there nnd lipgan carr.x ing it away by the pocketful , Tlmi ran the tunnel In until it. caved on them and now they me at work timbering it and will continue the work until they strike the load. If thin llml it all tight at that point they will go further do\\n the moun- thin and run in another tunnel. It is ono of the finest claims to work that wis over struck. There is no water to bother nnd little , If any , machinery will bo needed for n long time. A track can bo run Into the tunnels nnd a car will bring tbo ere out. They will not even need to blast. The ere between the walls seems to lay in scams and n pick breaks loose largo pieces. The ilrst load of ere fioni the discovery is expected to arrive in the city on Wednesday. They have llfty sacKs which will bo filled at the claim tomorrow nnd they will betflu hauling Wed nesday. The ere will bo brojitrht to Laramle and shipped from hero , the test being made on fi.OOO pounds. They have had two assays made , ono from nomn of their best oru and the other from the i > oorest they bud. The first run ? 1 15 : ) T > and the second WS. There will not bo enough snow ut that point , to in terrupt mining in the winter. Nothing more fortunate could como to JLiarumlo than such n discovery. It would mean a new era to the city. Largo numbers nro going out to the location. Two miners who arrived in the city Saturday from Crip ple crcok nnd inspected the sample of ere at the Boomerang ofl'co declared it to be as line n specimen as could bo produced anywhere in tho'coiintry. One of them ventured the opinion from what ho could learn that wo had good ere nearer the surface here than lit any of the camps. The ere from this dis covery is very much Hko Cripple crcok oro. These men nro golug out to prospect at Uhls lead has bcon named the "Emma O. " for William Whittlngliam's daughter. I'uj IIIIT lliicurd * Eugene Hill of the flro department and William Fowler of the police department , days the Denver Republican , have been making nay while the sun shone on their mimmor vacation. They took some picks nnd shovels with them ever the divide to "Willow creek , a llttlo stream which runs into the Grand , not very far from Hot Sul- jihur springs In Middle ly park. There they > made sluice-boxes and went to work on the placer diggings. They found four or live other men tlu > ru and learned that good color had been struck by other prospectors all the way up the ciook , twenty mlles or more. Mr. Hill is o.o in now town making arrange ments to take out a patent slulcer and a big load of provisions. "Wo did not work the nt slutco box many days , " said ho yesterday , "because there was much preliminary preparation which consumed time , but when wo did work ro easily cleaned up (0 and f3 a day. nnd t Deemed about ttio average earning ot the other men The McQuarry brothers who own a cattle ranch on the creek , have found color all the way and have located a number of claims , nnd will commence work on them ut onco. Operations can bn continued till nbout the middle of November. "Tho erounds nro about seventy mlles west of Georgetown. You go by stugo from there over Ilertboud's pass to Hot Sulphur Springs. When going them you should take provisions , shovels nnd picks , as everything \eryhlgh. . Lumber for sluice boxui can fee got cheaper through there than here. The elevation Is nbout S.&OO fcot , and I sup- : | { K > 3o that when the snow gets iu wo will mvo to quit work. " lilulio Oulil. The gold mining Industry In Idaho has ro. reived a great Impetus since the depression In silver and gratifying . , reports are buing re ceived from many of the numerous gold dis tricts. The extensive placer diggings isof I mhi county uro turning out well , and that rount.y Is vrr.v prosperous. A $4'J nugget was recently found thcro. In addition a number of rich gold veins have recently been dls- rovertHi there. The Wood river gold bolt Isis nttr.u'llmr attention , and thcro Is a pros , peel of a large gold mill being erected )3at Halley soon , Machinery hns just loft this plao for Idaho City to bo placed In the shaft , which was started last year to prospect the gravel under the false bedrock , u U be lieved by inr.ny that the ground will iebo found richer than that worked on the top in the earl.v days. Altogether , the prospects for thegold mining industry are more Hatter- lug than for many years. An Arlioim I'UU l''r 'ik. A prominent eastern naturalist , In a letter ; t to the editor of the Clti/on several years ago , In view of some exceedingly ourloui habits of bird and mammal life In Arizona , Biild ; "Hereafter nothing from Arizona will surprise me. The uuuxpcctod i ) always to be expected. Aprcixts of the foregoing It nmy uot be knouu that the native Hsu in the Sauta Cruz river bring forth their joung allvn. A more remarkable freak In nature rauuol be found. The propagation of all true llsh U supposed to bo by means of the ' female dei > oslting their eggs Iu fie water j , \\liorotboy hutch and como forth , but the young of the llsh In the Santa Cruz nro nearly an inch long at the lime of their birth. Each female brings forth about twelve to ttf teen young at a time. The male adult llsh reaches from three to five Inches In li , but the adult female U scarcely halt Urge. In color they ro grayish brown on the bank , rrlth bright , silvery slJes. At the protont tlmo the females Are big -with youtiK , and strange appearing. Wo desire to ciul the attention of scientists and natur alists to this Intending nnd curious form of fish llfo. " Whnt About tbo frnnd IIIIUT About one-tenth of the state of Nebraska Is covered by what Is termed the sand'hills , says the Cedar Rapids Republican. This territory , now considered com pars lively sterile and useless , embrace * something over 4,000,000 ncrcs of land , enough to make 23,000 farms of 100 acres each. On these farm * , If made fertile and productive a * they could bo , an equal number of homos could bo estab lished and a rural population of 125.000 people ple could bo supported , In addition to these would spring up towns and cltlo * containing as great nn aggregate of population. To thus settle and develop this barren and at present uninhabited domain , would bo a consummation of immense value to tno com monwealth of Nebraska , the states adjoin ing , nnd indeed to the whole nation. From these sand lulls our best rivers nro supported. Through the Louptho Cedar nnil ether rivers , they pour out upon the populated parts of the state a continual blessing ; prophetic perhaps of ether and still greater benefits which In the future will How from them. To make nil this wilderness desert blossom ni the rose , and bring nbout tho" results above suggested as greatly to bo desired , only ono primary provision is essential. Immense for ests must bo planted , cared for nnd dovol- oued to stop the raging winds , attract the rains and hold the moisture. The sell would soon develop Into great fertility if furnished with suniclcnt surface moisture. Nature hns furnished underneath these lands and near the surface a boundless supply of viator , and above Heats the aerial nmcldnory capable of i leldlng , under tno Influence of wide-reach ing forest , ns refreshing and abundant show ers as fall upon any country. These sandy plains are now the breeding places of storms which carry destruction to ] > opulous regions. The irlvo scope and momentum to the cruel winds which sweep down upon us hi vexa tious gales and howling blizzards. From tin-so burning sands como the hot winds , which drink up the moisture from our Holds and scorch our crops. Is it not time to begin the work of turning these blighted and blighting lands Into Holds and forests of blessings ? It will taito from twenty to llfty years for trees to ma ture , but if the planting of trees was done now nnd to tbo extent wo suggest , and if provision were made to protect and grow these trees , the forests would bo sufficiently developed in llftecn years to yield the prin cipal benefits of the enterprise. Clustered within these forests would grow thousands of orchards. All manner of largo and smalt fruit would grow In abundance. I'e.tchcs , apples , plums , cherries ; and as to vege tables , there would bo practically no limit to their production. To bring these forests Into existence on the great ami wide scale proK | > sed would of course loquire means of largo and compre hensive proportionIt would require tbo assistance of the general government , and a public expenditure of prob ably not less than 31,000 for every NX ) ncrcs of forest produced , which If the total amounted to ono million acres , would cost { 0,2:35,000. : To induce men to set tle on these lands , make their homes there and hold to their contract until the forests would bo established , it would bo necessary to oiler each settler not less than $1,000 and IWO acres of land including the lX ( ) acres of trees. This ? t,000 might bo paid to the set tler on final proof that he had filled the con tract. It would bo necessary to require con tinuous residence during the tlmo the trees vtcro growing. It would bo sufficiently exacting to make the receipt of the money and deed for the land depend upon proof ttiat the required forest of 100 acres had been well and safely established. To Induce men to make their homes on these lands from the start , which of course would bo de sirable , a part or all of the proposed gift might bo advanced by the government iu the form of u loan without interest , and not to bo paid if the contract is fulfilled. Now would it not bo wise for the govern ment to appropriate what would bo neces sary to carry out some such scheme as this far the settlement , and Improvement of the sand hills ? In twonty-llvo years the pine , walnut , ash. and other kinds of timber would bo worth millions of money , lly that time there would have developed in that region many largo and wealthy towns. Beautiful parks would overlook the lakes , and the con gregated birds would warble their sweet notes to a thousand prosperous and happy communities , nblo to pay back to the government in the form of tax , a hundred fold for all that the splendid achievement cost. "Wo have here nu opportunity for Secretary Morton. If ho wishes to go down into history covered with honors ; if ho wishes to win the eternal gratitude - itudo of thousands that live and millions un born , hero is his chnnco. To what more im portant enterprise could Senators Mandcr- son and Allen devote n part of their time than in laboring to secure the assistance of the government in such an undertaking ? Molklcjchn. and nil the other representa tives from Nebraska , can hero find a field of usefulness and nn opening to fame. On thia line the newspapers of the state , regardless of politics , could unite in n common effort for the common good. Down 1'lke'H 1'onK on u Toboggan. D. N. Jones , nn engineer on the Pike's Peak cog road , nnd a fireman named Wheeler have broken the record for the descent of Pike's peak. Thov came down In .sixteen minutes , including the time occupied in mak ing switches , which consumed three min utes. utes.The The mon rode on a track toboggan , a low frame consisting simply of a plank on iv i/roasud groove. This tits upon the rack rail and slips down the incline. An ingenious contrivance is used for a brake , by which the stops necessary at switches uro mado. The distancefrom the summit to the cog depot , near the Iron springs , is slightly over nlnn miles. It takes the train about an hour and a half to muku the descent. The mon say that at several of the steepest ditches they must have reached a speed close to eighty miles an hour rather a lively gait to bo traveling when ono U above timber lino. Gold lit SiiiHlnnoe. A very valuable IIml of free milling gold ore has bcon struck in the Boar Lodge moun i- tains north of Sundance , near Warren's neak , says the Reform. Albert Hogo Is the discoverer Ilo sent n ploco of float to the School of Mines nt Rapid which assayed $17 in gold. The. manager of thn school bent a request for more samples of the ere , as It Is a land that has no : boon found to carry gold before. The ere resembles blomido and has a very fine appearance. If other assays , which are now In progress , return as well as did tno first , much prospecting will bo done. Already a vein of great magnitude has been discovered. Ooorgo Jacobson. C. E Ulackwoll , Joel Hmlloy and Albert Hogo have alt located claims. The vein has bcon traced for a dUtauce of over 5,000 foot. llljrhliuw tor tlui Jlllli. A gold brick was placed on exhibition nt the JDoadwood National bank yesterday which represents theUoIden Howard clean-up for the last fourteen days. The brick weighs l.ti'JT ounces , I'm ! represents n value of SM.OOO. The plant will clean up the pres ent month , JA5.000 , which will represent the moat profitable month In Its history. This splendid showing is duo , in a measure , to the very satisfactory working of the Ooldor. Reward chlorination plant , which has prob ably been brought to us near scientific per fection : is is possible ; but another impor tant causn Is the increased richness of much of the oru now being mined by the company. In the language of u contenivor.iry | , such u showing Is a good cure for hard times. I.uutler Alitii "In It. " A dispatch from Lander say * : "A largo deposit of potsdatn cement two miles Jong and a half mile wide has l > e n discovered twelve miles southwest of this city. The material was tested here today uud found to contain $0 in gold per ton. Experts say it can be mined and milled at f 1 per ton. itA syndicate was formed horu comK | > sod of six teen business men , and their representatives will go to locate claims and commence devel opment work , " . \n Oregon llnnunxsi Pour and a half dollars In gold every mln- ulo for thirty hours is the r-ocord of a twc- stamp null at the Mabot mino. At 0 o'clock this morning the now famous Dalstoy brothers cama to town , ouch carrying a lump of gold. Sam deposited his chunk , worth $4.760 , In the Haker City National | bank , while Jim , in order to show no par- tlality , carried the other plo7o , valued irat W.370 , to the First NatlonM bank. Eighty. ono hundred dollars It the not result of n thirty hour * run in A two-stamp mill. U Is the first shotting of the MAbol nilno , the latest gold discovery In linker county , Oregon. Oold Is coming In from all direc tion * , nnd the perennial frown of our local bankers Is gradually giving way to a bro.vl , good-natured smllo. In Addition to the milted gold the Balsloys brought In about fifty chunks of gold quartz ntudded with the precious tnotal , ranging In value from ISO to oach. Governor McConnell returned from A short visit to Baker City , says the Ilolso City Statesman , Ho says sanlj wonderful min im ? discoveries have boon made there re cently. Ono , ho thinks , Is ono of the best gold discoveries over made on the coast. It is about twelve mlles from Maker City. The gold in much of the rock will welsh nearly AS much ns the quartz. Actual tests made on the ground show this to bo the caso. There Is A llttlo tumble down mill run In connection with the mlno. A flvo-dny run last week resulted In an ? S,00 ( ) clean-up. The owner of the mlno , MI old tlmo pros pector , always carries n shotgun with him , fearing nn attempt might bo made to rob him of the valuable specimens ho carries around , Ho came to town the other day with a llttlo sack of quartz containing $3,000 Nobrnnkn nnd N l > rnknni , Alfalfa Is n good crop with Harlan county farmers this season. Jacob Dcnnuth of Dollwood has boon sued for 110,000 by Nick Hastrol on n charge of slander. They arrest people Jn _ Nebraska City for iuon nro held there on that" honlous charge. While n young man named Shifter was driving through Mitchell valley. Scotts Bluff county , his team was struck by light ning and instantly killed , but ho escaped in- Jury. Jury.Nelson Nelson Mortcnson , ngod 01 , residing near Oakland , was thrown from n wagon by a runaway team and had his shoulder' dislo cated , besides being otherwise injured. Ho will recover. Two-year-old Johnnlo Jansen of Beatrice WAS so terribly stung by boos that bis life was for a time despaired of , but ho is now recovering. Twonty-llvo stingers were pulled out of the llttlo fellow's flesh. W. N. Kerns , a fnrmor near Table Rock , has perhaps the most r'omarkablo fossil ' 'tooth in Nebraska , which was found on his land. It Is evidently the remains of a mas todon nnd measures 14 inches by 5 } . Ed Ponce , a farmer living near Beatrice , has disappeared , leaving n number of cred itors to mourn his absence. Ho took the precaution to mortgage u quantity of live stock which lie did not own before leaving. His aggregate liabilities will reach STOO with no assets. A number of Nuckolls county farmers have been using the inoculated chinch bug with very gratifying results. They report that In n short tlmo after placing the infected bugs with the others large heaps of dead ones may bo found throughout the entire Hold whore . tliov are working , and in a few days no signs of live ones are to bo soon. Wilson & Sutherland , the Tekamah hiird- ware dealers who were forced to assign , are taking an , inventory of stock , and It is thought they will bo able to resume busi ness. The firm Is one of the oldest In Toka- mah and was considered the most sound. Mr. Wilson is the present county treasurer of Burl county and Hon. J. U. Sutherland represented Burt county in the state senate in ISSU. Grasshoppers have again appeared in sec tions of Dodge county to an alarming extent , says the Fremont Tribune. John Uoss of Pleasant Valley has a fluid of oats with over one-fourth of the heads cut 'off. Peter Kmanuel'a field is also damaged. Moses Stubbert of Muplo creek has a Held of x > rn stripped of loaves by the hoppers. With drouths , cyclones , hailstorms , grasshoppers and occasional lightning rod agents , the farmers uro having qulto u mixed exper ience. A sad accident resulted in the death of the infant child of A. O. Smith , a hardware merchant of Newport. The child was playIng - Ing on the floor and It is supposed picked up n nutshell or some other hard substance nnd put it in its mouth , nnd in swallowing the sharp edges stuck In the child's throat. After all had been done for it that was pos sible by the local physicians , the stricken parents started on the train for Omaha , in hopes that the doctors there might give some relief , but the infant died on board tno Elkhorn train near Fremont. Dr. L. A. St. John and Alfred Frizon passed through Plattsmouth Friday on a novel Journev. They have undertaken for a reward of $1,000 to make the trip from the head waters of the Platto. near Denver , to Jackson park , Chicago , by boat. They started Juno 15 , but have been delayed by sickness and low water in the South Platte , but expect to reach their destination about August 13. They will drop down the Mis souri to St. Louis , and there tie to a Missis sippi steamer and proceed up that river until they can get across by the canal to the Chicago river , from thorn to the lake and thence to Jackson park. Their contract re quires that they take their skiff all the way by water and they ride in it the whole dis tance. At the laying of the corner stone of t'ao old Harlan county court house at Alma in 1880. within the slono was placed a number of pioneer documents of the co' nty , the first newspaper printed in the county , a plato of copper bearing an inscription from a lodge , together with ono of each of the coins in use , from n o no-cent piece to a sliver dollar. Last week the building was sold to B. M. Slmms , v ho at once begun to tear it down. The building was all torn down to the foundation and the carpenters concluded to go to dinner , after which they would tear down the corner stone and secure tbo treas ured relics. The * t.OJ ( therein got too tempting , for soiio miscreant obtained the hidden treasure iu the meantime , leaving the papers iu the yard near by , where they were found later. Colorado. A fabulously rich gold field Is reported to have boon located near Craig , Uoutt county. Many are going to Summltvillo , twenty- seven miles from Del Norte , to work in y10 gold Holds. The White Ash coal mlno near Golden has bcon turned over to its creditors and the miners will work it. The Union Pacific coal department has commenced a new drill hole prospecting for coal near Irwm , Cole , Ono man in said to have panned out $700 worth of gold dirt from the Piko's Peak mine on Bull hill , Cripple Creek. The Sliver Lake mlno near Sllvorton Is working again , paying the mon $ J 50 while silver is below 80 , to bo increased when it goes up. Development work Is keeping nil hands busy at the Willlumsburg coal mines. About 100 miners uro now employed there and 450 at Hockdulo. The water is bolng pumped out of the run ning lode near Black Hawk , preparatory into resuming worir. The ere , which runs high in silver , will bo stored. The Western Colorado Investment com pany , which was recently organlzod to bore many artesian wells , has secured leases forever over 1,000 acres of land , The aalo of the Phillips and Excelsior group of gold mines near Alma , Park county , Is rumored. Christian Poimr of St. Louis U the chief owner. The consideration is said to be $600,000. Jamca Whltloy came Into Grand Junction , bringing with him tlfty-flve ounces of gold , the result of ten days run of the Bromide stamp mill. The Brouiidu mine Is owned in Grand Junction. Percy Hagerman , secretary of the Mollie Gibson mining company , aay.s that the re ports that the mine U flooded are untrua. There has been a flow of water struck , but it does ' not interfere with the work. Th'o ore In the Geyser mine Is bettor than over. The five latest assays average 4,144 ounces of silver | mr ton. Extensive ve ments of tliu pbut are under nt , and the shaft will bo eont down to at least iJ.llX ) feet. The White Arch coal mlno was turned over to the minors yesterday , several months pay being duo them. All other creditors will bo taken care of by them. An advisory board , consisting of Paul Lunius , It. E. Jouos , George Goldsworthy and W , 1C Williams is iu charge. The Florence Oil and Hoflnlui ; company U completing its refinery , its contract with the Kocky Mountain company for treatment for crude product expiring iu September , The Kocky Mountain and Triumph companies have RUspenlcd drilling temporarily , but the latter is working Its pymiu full forco. James U'hltloV hsi Arrived at Grand Junc tion from the Henry fountains with flfty five ounces of gold qunrt the run of the Bromtdo five-stamp mlllbr } ton days. The Holdcn smolter. creditors will prob ably run the smelter , pVfylhg all the current expenses from receipt * ! 'nnd dividing the profits pro ratA. It isj tjhought that In eigh teen months nit Hnbllluov will bo disposed of , The slug pile , consisting of 7CO.OOO tons , wilt bo treated. U wlllftlold a profit of { I A ton. Tint Dxkotai. Hon Hommo county artopbris the best crops of Its history. < A disease called plnkcy/B / has made its ap pearance near Yanktoh' , Cattle so nflllcted become blind. As the dUoaso Is ropertod contagious n cattle quarantine may bo es tablished In the district. The contractors who are putting In an artesian well nt Miller have lost 1,600- pound drill In the well at a depth of 1,000 feet and all hope of getting It out hns been practically given up. The drill shuts oft fully one-half of the pressure and the city Is likely to sue the contractors for the damage dono. The Missouri river stockmen completed their round-up nnd they report the cattle In especially line condition , uisl winter's looses will not amount to one-fourth of 1 per cent. The recent heavy rains have llllod all the water holes and no scarcity of water will bo experienced over the range during the remainder of the summer and fall. A report from Nashville , where nn arte sian well Is being sunk for the city , says that a strong flow of eras has been struck , which has been plpotl to a furnace and used to generate steam to run the apparatus. This Is probably tlio llrst time In the nlstory of the state thnt gas has boon secured from a well to furnish power to dig the same woll. The crossing of 1,500 head of Texas cattle on the pontoon bridge nt Chamberlain vras qulto a sight and attracted many to the river. Several of the steers broke through the railing and fell into the river , but wore rescued. The herd represented from fciO.OOO to f'W.OOO and It took three big trains to bring them In. The freight alone was iu the neighborhood of $3,000. A bonus of $1,200 has boon raised by the business mon of Mound City nnd handed over to Messrs. Mowing & Johnson of Ku- reka , who have bound themselves to erect a flouring mill of 100 barrels capacity at Mound City nnd have the same in operation by the time the present season's crop begins to move. The mill will bo purchased and removed either from Dig Stone City or from Ortonvlllo. The cowboy who has the honor of being the champion roper of the Black Hills country is Jess Leonard , who is at present with the /t Uoll round-up wagon. The other day ho gave chase to two gray wolves , roped one , dragged It until it was helpless , pulled It up close to the saddle , all the while on a hard run , took u hitch with the rope around the saddle horn , and then roped the remain- ing wolf with the ether end. OrtjfOiu So far over 4,000,000 pounds of wool have been received nt The Dalles this season , and U,000,000 more nro expected. The now college building at Forest Grove is to cost $30,000 , of which sum the citizens of the town have subscribed $15,000. Within a milo north of Dallas are nearly HO.OOO prune trees , ami nearly all in n thrifty , rauidly-growinir condition. In ono field of seventy acres nro abouLJ 1,000 trees. Indians nt Grunt are offering ponies at from JU.no to S7. The ndblo red man is this season literally a "poor Indian , " the high water preventing the usual run of salmon. Judge Fullerton has rendered a decision against the Myrtle Creek1 Mining company iu favor of the laborers of that company , to whom the company was indebted to the amount of W.IXXJ.SO. A South S.tlom man who has boon having his wood stolen rlghf Along by another neighbor has found n romqdy by hanging out a lantern all night over the wood pile. While the lump holds out to burn the sinner who stole that wood doTSs hot return. The East ICootenay Exploration company now has i s hydraulic plant in operation on Wild Horse crcokand' will run day nnd night uutil-'tho end -dt the season. The grounds nro illuminated" st night by four arc lights of 1,000 candio power each , the power boimr furnished by a Polton wheel. The company employs twenty whllo mon and no Chinese. Father Peter do Roe , pastor of the Catho lic church at Pcndloton. lias recently re turned from Europe , where ho has spent several years In historical research. Ho tells the E.ist Oregoniart that ho will soon publish n history , containing data which will prove that Europe was discovered by Americans before America was discovered by Europeans. Mark HaTlley , n farmer who lives seven miles east of Florence , recently killed three cougars in ono day. Ho shot ono dead , then fired on the second one , wounding it. Ho put his dog on the wounded animal which , turning quickly , c.iuctit the dog and tore him almost to pieces with his terrible claws. Mr. Hartley then went to his neighbor's and borrowed two good dogs. Returning ho found cougar No. 2 ( lend. Ho put out the fresh doirs and cougar No. 3 was found nnd forced to climb A tree where ho was easily killed. The smallest of the throe measured six feet in length. WiKhington. Eastern capitalists nro starting n colony near Shelton. where they have Invested 530,000 in land. Thieves have stolen 1,100 pounds of copncr trolluy wire , valued ut $200 , from the poles of the Belt L.lno railway at l ort Townsond. There Is no clow. About SDOO of the $5,000 appropriated for the Washington Woman's department of the World's fair was In thp defunct Columbian bank In Jackson park. The Kitzvlllo Hour mill Is running day and. nlKht , and. an order was recently received from San Francisco for 1,000 barrels. A warehouse to hold 50,000 bushels of wheat is bohiK added. Last week the captain and crow of the steamer Edison HecureU a largo white poll , can whllo at Coupnvillo. It measured from tip to tip 8 feet 10 Inches , ana from end of . bill to end of tail 5 foot 10 Inches. M. AMtowan of Slmrpsburg , Pa. , boa been for 3over.il and has ni in days made arrange i- ments for the establishment of plass works at Tncoma. The capital stock will bo $50- 000 , und It is oropcsed that all sorts of gluss- ware will bo manufactured , Including bet tles. li J , Northoutt , the man who has gained so much notoriety on account of the mam moth yield of 101 bushels of wheat on ono aero on his farm , near Pullman , has com pleted the tiresome task of counting the grains In a bushel. lie says there are 720,000 , grains In ono bushel , graded wlieat. There is good inouoy ' tobacco growing ' in this state , according to T , k\ Patton 5' McMlllin. Mr. Patton nas three acres of tobacco thli year , 10,000 pjants to the acre. Five plants will yield drfo pound of cured leaf , hence an aero will yield 2,000 pounds. Ho manufactures clears 'tin the farm aim nets the snug sum of U.OOQ'por aero from bis tobacco. * ( All over the boundless west can bo founil cattle and horses branded according to the fancy of thulr owners but probablv in no section of the country putsldo of Vakimu , will bo seen coyotes with , a brand on , ami that brand the ono of tfti } government of'tho United States. A fayoijifo pastime of the Yakima Indians is toIhriat coyotes and press the rod hot briwijrfqf "I. D. " ( Indian Department ) upon the r.laiiks. | A soldier , whoso namiKCould not bo learned ; arrived at Fort Walla do Walla Tuesday fore noon on a bicycle , having' como from Fort Sherman , Idaho , a distance of 270 miles , rtm a wager of $500 that the journey could bo made in four days. Ho left Fort Sherman Saturday morning , and consequently had several hours to spare. He made 00 miles the llrst day's rido. The machine ridden was an old style "safety ; " with au ordinary tire. Knslo is working hard for a port of entry. A factory having a capacity of 4,000 boxoj a day li a now outorpiiso iu Anacortes. The western Toxus drouth , extending ever 40,000 square uilC3 | , was broken last wook. Copper ere shipments from Wllcox , Ariz. , have averaged a car load u day amco Jan uary 1 , Mountain 11 res , one of which seems to be of large extent , are burning in the vicinity of Uuffalo. Three very flno prospects on Bear creek , In the Duncan country were lately found by Mickey Dotitan. They assayed * 313 , 100 and f.V > 3 respectively , mostly in nnthnonlal silver. But two sales of wool hare been raada at Milliard this season out of n clip of over n million pounds. A man at Lander Is Intending to put In a plant for the purpoio of sawing and polishIng - Ing the native marble found thoro. Thousands of fat cattle are roaming upon thn range In Crook countyv Wyoming , that will bo marketed within the next sixty days. Thcro nro 1,700 Indian * on the Shoshone reservation. The tribe Is fast becoming ex tinct. They are most all affected with lung trouble. Great Falls , Mont. , reports that wool con tinues to arrive at a lively rate. The pro duct is being baled , as it saves ? 30 a car to the shipper. The 3100,000 enterprise of the Kootonav Hydraulic \.inlng company began its work of washing rold from the Wanola gravel bars last week , The placers of the Fortunate Mining Co. at Halt ! mountain on the Dig Horn ranges north of Sheridan , Wyo. , are said to bo yielding big results. Water Commissioner Dow Is selecting sites for water storage reservoirs In the mountains for the big Poralto ditch , the largest Irrigation enterprise over under taken in this Mictlon. The MclCecsport Asbestos company has commenced work on Its Casper mountain mines again. Only five mon are now em ployed : , but It Is expected that a largo num. * bor will soon be hired. The mall driver between Rnwllni nnd Lander , \Vyo. . says hosawawlld buffalo , a bull apparently 4 years old , nt Hull Springs yesterday morning. It Is believed to bo ono of the small band that still ranges on the Red desert. The Union Pacific is doing a bigger busi ness in the fruit tralUc this year than ever before , now n\oraglng about seven train loads of California fruit per day , whllo stock shipments are fully ns good as usual at this time of the year. 'I ho Royal Horse association ranch , twenty mlles north of Cheyenne , with 1,500 horses and 2,000 cattle , was sold by the United States marshal yesterday to satisfy a mortgage held by John Arlmcklo , who was part owner. It was bid in for him for $75,000. The value was $750,000. The Utah commission , being advised that President Harrison's amnesty proclnnmtlon was not sufficient to allow former jwlyga- mlsta to vote , has resolved that In the opin ion of its members , that privilege .should be granted. This applies to those who have committed no sexual olTcnso since Novem ber 1 , 18UO. It Is estimated that the granger cattlemen ot Sheridan county will ship out ever 2,10 carloads this year , which will net at present rates about $200,001) ) . This does not Include shipments of stock by the cattlemen , who will ship much more than will tno grangers , the O W outfit alone shipping over 200 carloads. A $35,000 galena nutrgot was recently found 01It a aide hill In the Slocan district , U. C. Its dimensions are 10 feet 8 inches by 7 feet 0 inches by 8 feet 0 inches. HO feet In circumference , weighing about 17."i tons , nnd Its actual value when smelted , will be about $ ilHXJ. It had 1'alion from a largo vein exposed - posed < higher up en the mountain. Major Schnitgcr , state llsh commissioner , delivered the : iO,000 fish which ho took to Sheridan without the loss of a single ono. .Ho found tlio people ready nud eager to re ceive them nnd they were promptly dis tributed although It was necessary to use tiP. pack . mules to carry them to the points where they were needed. The county lias boon promised 73,000 fish next year. A scheme which will soon take practical shape is en foot to harness the rapitis In the Big Larainio river and furnish the city of Laramlo with power for manufacturing pur poses. The plan Is to put in a duplicate plant with turbine wheels with 2 , > 0-horso power each. The scheme Is on the same principle as the electricity generated from thoNiagara falls for the city of BulTalo , N.Y. South Dakota can no longer enjoy a mo nopoly of its special industry , quick and easy divorces. Oklahoma has entered the fields ns an active rival. The advertisements of Dakota hotels und attorneys to catch the dl- voicu trade have been discounted by nn at torney of Klngllshor , who announces to these whoso necks nro chafed by the matrimonial yoke , that the Oklahoma statutes specify ten distinct causes for divorce , the most com prehensive of which is "gross neglect of duty. " While a train load of beef cattle , loaded at Fallen station , was pulling into Hoyt sta tion , Mont. , ono of the cars was discovered to bo en flro. The car was detached from the train and all but live head were taken out alive. All were burned und when turned loose created consternation among the train men and cowboys. TCdward Man-on , man ager of the II S outfit , was gored by ono of the Infuriated animals. Thcro appears to bo no hope of saving any of the animals that were in the car. A Wife's Appeal. A gentleman who recently returned from a trip over north Georgia tolls a piithotic story , says the Atlanta Con stitution. Ilo stopped ono night at a Hinull cabin in the woods , and when the hoiul of the house , who suemud to be In a. drunken stupor , had retired for the night , his wife , a palo , caro-worn woman , approached the stranger und , with her eyes streaming with tears , bald : "I kinder think that you are a revenue detective , but for God's ' sake , don't give my husband away ! HO'H boon running a little Btill for nearly three yenrs , and as ho won't do anything else , it is ajl our living. And yet , " she continued , sobbing , "I wish to God that John would go out of the business ; ho { s killing himself and breaking my heart ! Don't you bee how no is nowV" The btrangor looked. On a pallet on the bare Jloor ' was Htrotohod the hus band , Hleop'lng away his debauch. "It's the still ! " cried the poor woman "the still ! Ho says It's our living ; but it'll bo all our death ! But don't give him uwuy ! " Busy poopto have no time , and sens bio people have no Inclination to use pills that ma lie them sick u day for every dose they take. They have learned that the use of Do Witt'H Little Early Risen does not In terfere with their health b/ causing nausea pain or griping. Those little pills nro per , feet In action and rosulto , regulating the stomach and bowels so that huadachus , diz ziness und lUHsltudo are prevented. They cleanse the blood , cloir the complexion aul one up thosystoui. Lots of hoatth In Shojj llttlefollows lie llml Norn tha bour cro\r. Somerville Journal : Ono Somorvlllo young inun who has jtiBt boon u pending u fortnight In the country , lost al l cluuico ot making u fuvurublo impression on the farnior'ti pretty duughtbr the very Unit day ho ciuno. Ilor futlior oumo by the front. of the hotiHO where the young mail . was tryinir to nrnko hlmnolf ugrooablo and the girl introduood him , Buying : "Thin io my father , Mr. Smytho. " "Oil , yea , " responded the young man , turning toward the old man tiud slowly i ' holding out liiu hand , "I HIIW you utand- ing ever in the cornfield ti little while ' whun I camu up the roud. " NATURAL FRUIT FLAVORS. Vanilla Of perfect purity Lamon Of great strength- Grange Economy In their USA Roso.tU. Flavor as dellcatdy and delicioiuly M th * fresh 'nut. IN HIGH PLACE9I It U * - ' not fttrntlffo that some , people do wrong through Ignornnoo , other * from n fixlluro to invostlgnto us to the rlghtor wrong of n matter. Hut it is strnngo , tlmt Individuals fttiJ firm * , who nro fully nwnro of the rights of others , will per sist in porpotrnltng frnuds upon thorn. High-toned , woiuthv tnnnufroturing firms will offer und .soil to retail mer chants , nrtlclcs which they know to bo infringements on tha rights of proprie tors , nmlimltntlonsof well known goods. Wo wixnt to sound n note of warning to the retailers to beware of such Imita tions nud simulations of "OAKTHii's LIT- TLK Ltvnii PIL.US. " When they are of fered to you , refuse thorn ; you do not want to do wrong , nnd you don't want to lay yoUreolf Hnblo to'a lawsuit. Hon Franklin said "Honesty la the best poli cy" ; it is just as true that "Uonosty is tnobost principle. " Ath = lo ° = plio-ros ( PRIZE WISHER ) , has won flrit place ni nn nlmost Infallible euro of Rlicnmntlim , Neural ; ! . ) , Sciatica , ICtc. U li etrlctly scientific compound , llfl Ingredient ! nro so harmless that an Infnnt cannot bo hurt bjr tha preparation , yet IU workings scorn almost mirac ulous. By direct BcIcntlRc action it ojicratca on the blood , muscles mid Joints by taklii ) * the poison oat of the pyjtcm ; it Invigorate * the action of tha muscles nml limbers the tlTnct ! > .j of the joints. It reaches the Liver anil KiJneye , cleansing them from Irritating substances. At all druxglsU. $1 per bottlo. The Athlophoros Co. , New Haven , Conn. ' * SHOE ) XO l 3 all"WE 1 Do you wear them ? When next In need try a pair. Best In the world. $5.00. .00 $4.00 , $2.50 $3.50 $2.00 FOR LADIES $2.50 42.25 $2.00 If you want afino DRESS SHOE , made In the latest styles , don't pay $6 to $8 , try my $3 , $3.50 , $4.00 or $5 Shoo. They lit equal to custom made and look and wear as well. If you wish to economize In your footwear , do so by purchasing W , L. Douglas Shots. Name and price stamped on the bottom , look for It when you buy , AV. X. . DOUGLAS , Urockton , Blaia. Sold by Ipnnlz Nownmn ; Kims. Svons.in ; S W. Bowman & Co. ; C. J. Carlson ; P. S. Crossoy , So. Onmhu , CAN BE CURED IJY USI.NU PRICE 25c PER BOX. Your Druggist JIIAMIIMCTUIIUU ItV OMAHA , NEB. WHY SHOULD YOU PAY 25o As you have heretofore done , for a LIGHTWEIGHT , ROLL COLLAR , We are now making one , with Deep Points , equal to any in the market , FOR 20C. ASK ONLY FOR THE ALDMERE. Sold by all the Leading Mon' Furnlihri. The Monarch Is the best warm weather Shirt , bolld comfort and complete tatUfac- tion guaranteed , CLUETT , COON A f . _ EpUCATjONAL. HOL.L1MS INSTBTUTE JIOTETOUllT Hl'ltl.NUS.Vtt. Par Vnnnir l.nillrn. BUt W" lon npent Hopiembor Llth , lefl. Iklactja courtan In all I.IIIIHIIIIUI'X uul M-Umrrx , .Iliinlr , Art , aim Uloriitlnn. liislit malt profeanore and twenty ladle * Jtaautlfullr Dtaat ! fa i V.U.y o ( Virginia , on N. W. It. 1L u'.ir . . Dlouiitnlii M-rnnry. .Mineral wnirra. Climate unucellixl Wrku for Illustrate , ! caUlojtuo to CI1AH. IH CUUKIi , Sut > t. , lIoltliiH , Vu. THIS SPACE RESERVED TOR CHKISTIAN FKMALK OOr.- I.KCJE , Columbia , Mo. Sco iiuxt lasiio. Sc-uilforllluntra- UH ! CMtalot'iio to FHANK P. ST. CLAIU , 1'roslUoiit , JACKSONVILLE < Ulit V r. I'ruparjlori CollfKlnlc. Mu-lr. Art C. . , . Viuror Wrllf | y , Hmltu.Vii * r HrndrnrllluitrulMlCaUw. Ibk'ua. AUdrKuilF , llfJLLlHU , A. Vl.JatU jQYlllo.lll. MARB IAPUKEyM NWIIKT HIMIINUH , MIHXOIIIII.-ThoKrent Mlllt.rr Bchool of tli Wwt.tlte lor lllu.Ui.tu.1 Ouu' HOT ELS. The [ fiercer. Omaha's NewcstH ote ! . Cor. 1'th und Uotv.irJ JHrjoli 40roomsf.V ! > par day. 40 rooms ii.0. ) per day a ) rooms with bath nt it iiorilir. 'M rooms with liatli at II A ) par Uuy. .Motion ! In livery lt < miiuct. Jxmrly I'lirnltliml Tlirnu huut C. S. ERB , Proo. THE OMAHA EUROPEAN HOTEL- SMIi ktrHul und LttnliiKton Avu. KlftM hluelen frtini U'orJc/'H I'nlr Inntvo , ( Jlilunir < i. 2SO roomu-SpiKilal low ratux. Take Jucli/ioa > Park cablovara. II. Hllloway oftliu "Murray , " Miiuv Kttr , If , li. Alvxder , proprietor , I 130 I S S will cover the expense of n trlu from St. Paul to the YELLOW NORTHERN STONE VA , THE PACIFIC PARK RAILROAD This Includes ALLnocossiry : traveling expenses , rallroulsltconiid ; : loopliif ( our fnros , mcnls ami hutola for the complete TOUR OF THE PARK. Your trip lo the World's Fair will . bo complete unless you nlso po from tlv v to the Yellowstone 1'nrk ( total expense nbout 91f > 0) ) nnd view the wonderful Ihlngfl the Almighty hns placed there for man Id ml to scu. No such spot Is found elsewhere on otxrth , The Northern Pu- clilc is the cllruut lltio there. Send for " 0,000 Miles Through Won- dorltind , " nmlourno\vfnmut | the 1'nrk. CHAS. S. FEE , Ooncral 1'iissotiKor Accut. ST. PAUL , MINN. BEST LINE TO AND York Hospital TREATMENT. For all Chronic , Narnu , Private and Special DissasH. ofbati MEN AND mm Ftnotiiro nnd nil other troubles treited nt re.isonablo charge ! ! . CONSULTATION 1'UKK. Ualiouor Oil SE DOUGLAS BLOCK , - OMAHA , NEB Opposite * li tydon finis. PRESERVE YOUR EYE SIGHT. USE . Co. SPECIALIST I'runldmit of ERA MllttlM.'AI , ( UmiHiiltHtum Krnn. ) In mnuni.mml In ttio trontraanl of ull CVroiilo , Private and ftorv us Uiicate . WrlUi iu or consult uortonallr i ui'.A.r\ii.N : r IIY MAI ? . . Aililroni with stamp ( or p r- tlculnm. nhlcli will bo iont la plain onrelopo. I * . O. Do * Ml. Oltloi ) , 118 6. Dlb ulruet * Omaha A. JPuIl Trvolh nxlrnctixl In niornlntr , Now OIHM * IiiHurttHl lit luriioon B.IIIIU il.iy. 1'urluu : lit miur- anluud. Kltlt nnil I'tintntn Stront. Klovutoron liilli Street Tulnpliuno 1011 , THISv n HVOU ? VGOl"irrh Ctiru curun c.UurrU 'lsta. DUuuitu. | OR. McCREW Is the only SPECIALIST i WIIOTIIATH AU. PRIVATE DISEASES nml DEBILITIES ot ' IX1LZN ONLY. Women Excluded. 18 yours experience. Clrculura free. Utbnnd Fornara&U. , OiUux. Mm To Wi'll < 'iiiitru < il r . Iti.Aiii , Null. , July 21. lHUi.-lllih : will Im ro- colveil nt tliu iillli-o of tliu oily olork until A twist 0 , 1HU3 , ut 7 o'clock l > . in. , of Halt ! d.iy , to 1)0 ni twit Mix-Inch null ? nnil furnbli two Klx- foot t'ook Nlr.tliiur-iioliiu , miltnulo to III | ilio | fur tliu i'lty o ( 111 tlr , Nub. DdplU of wellt ( nun 100 tout to HJfnot ; saint ) lo bu coiuplutuil by , , I'luns and spaclllciitloiuon fll at tlio nlllro of K. J , I'urr , wuturuuimnlxilunur , llhilr , Nub. HlKlits reierruil to rujoot " > ' ' ' " | l. , 'JtjJ..1'IU ; M" ' Jy21I > lutA4 City blur U of Illulr , Nub. .Nullce tn I Dlilnuttiirf. Buulod bids to f urnlih ni.itorlal nnd construct nix ( trlvu nulls , from > > lxty to nighty font iluop , at tlio city vruturktntlon nt MUuiuri Valley , U. , occurdliiK to Mieclitcutloiu "n Ulu ut tlio city clerk' * ulUcu o ( Kulil city of Mlijouri Vul- loy , will lie rcculrod up lo 0 o'clock p , in. . AilKtut lit , 1HU3 , when uliU will bu uxitniluuil dull contract awnrilcd to lowunt rt ) poii IUIo blddur. Tliu city reserves tliu rhilit to reject Buy or all llcl . A. II. iiOrillUOOK , L l J
