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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 31, 1893)
T WESTERN MINES AND FIELDS A 22-Inch Vein Running Over $400,000 , to the Ton. FABULOUS STRIKES IN CRIPPLE CREEK Trarklnylng llncun nt Ilutt * World' * hhac-p Shrnrlng Content The Tnton Country Dncllna of Conutock Occidental llnpi. The best strike over made In Crlpplo Crook Is roiwrlcil by the Gold Mlnlne com- pnny , which owns tno Hlilnocoroi and Nil Dctpcrniidum mines. A vein twenty-two inches thick lias been uncovered twenty-two Inclu's beneath the surface from which a ample mill run pave iiJ.TOO ounces gold to the ton , The properties nro being worked under nn eight months lease by Messrs. Banders , D.ihl , Morrlll nnd Ilanatta. They will ihil | n carload ot this rich ere next week : Another phenomenal discovery Is that rnudo by the Pharmacist In u cross vein In the Hcuond lovcl. The pay vein Is twelve feel thick , with u high grade noam running through U from eight to ten inches thick. A. live-pound lump taken from this scam ran WO 8-10 ounces gold , or ( On pound. MltitnjI'ronpnrU Armiml l.ttrnmlo. Wo nil know that gravel is worked In Cal ifornia at the present dnynt II cents a cubic yard , s.ild nu nid-llmo minor to n reporter on thu r.aramle Republican , und parties are known to be working the gravel nt that re muneration who are paying § 70 a day for water alone , yet In eighteen months paid for nil their plants and cleared a profit of (7,000. ( This b un illustration of what can ho done In ulnccr mining , Take for Instance the pincers on Douglas crock , which are now Idle for want of money to work them. Hero is a stream of water running ICO coble feet pur second nt low water. Those placers havu been worked nt times since lUliU nnd have averaged to the man who has worked dally from six to eight hours between 1.50 and $7 n ilny. In 1S77 a party consisting of men from Montana , Idaho , Utah nnd Lnramlo I t started in to a paying basis. Thov started In nn Douglas creek , a milo below the Homo , put In a lluino nnd blasted out on the side of the hill -t.KX ( ) foot of solid rock , when their inonuy gave out und they were forced to suspend pond work. About SOOIX ) wan spent thoro. One of the men went to Fort Collins where ho died. It WBH demonstrated satisfactorily to nil concerned that these placers worked fUCa per cublo yard , This valuable property Is now lying Idle for want of n few thousand dollars to clean out the old llumo , lay pipes und no necessary preliminary work. Irately , as wa nil know , a quartz lead has been founu at a barren mountain at the fee of the Medicine How range. At the base o the mountain is a largo stro.im of wntci suftlolunt to run n iiOO-stanip mill , and the ere runs bv assay into the hundreds of dollars , Other prospects In the itmr.tsdlato vicinity nil show frco gold , liisrht miles northwest is Camp Herman , whore thcro are larg bodies of low grade ore , which in the near future will surely attract capital I'rospocts hnvo also been found bo twccn Dutton creek and One-Mile having as many as twenty-three colors to the pan. On the snivel mountain line between twoon Throo-Mllo anil Ono-Milo und betweer Kock crook and Foot creek are prospect : which hnvo been pronounced by compoton experts to run from 15 to iiO cents per eubl < yard. Hock crook la forty to sixty fee wide , has a depth of at least two ftioti How. at the rate of liO ! feet per second and has fall ot nt least 300 feet per mile , and a water U included in those claims free , it 1 : easy to wash 0,000 cubic yards in twenty- four hours lit an expense , perhaps , of * ir > to . ' 0. Suppose it should average only 5 scats per cubic yard. This would bo $2'fi ( in twenty-four hours , and if you deduct $ 'JO for Dxpenses thcro Is loft u prolit ofMJ. . So far as the gravel in the mountain is con cerned it has been worked for the las.t , twmity-flvo years off nnd on , but tho'poor * miner has been kept away by the expense In carrying a ditch out of Kock creek to bring the water to the gravel. Thcso claims are now In the bunds of good parties and ought to result in something which will bo of per manent honotlt to I-ununio. Traoklnylng llcgun. Twenty-five carlo.xds of rails , together with the necessary bolts nnd fasteners , for the Butte , Anaconda t Pnclflo road , arrived from St. I'aul and are now lying nt the Great Northern depot at Butte ready to bo put to the use for which they are intended. Ono carload arrived earlier , making twenty- BX carloads that are now on hand. The work of tracklaylng will bo com menced at once nnd actively pushed. Two hundred men and about forty teams com menced work at the Montana Central depot grading for the connection with the Ilntto , Anaconda & I'ncillc con- " " nection. ' Two trestle bridges will bo built from the end of the Great North- ern rend across the old placer diggings to the point where thu grade for the now road ends. ) The first bridge , which will be east of Main street , will bo 550 feet long , but not more than six or eight feet high nt the highest I point. The other bridge will bo west of Main street , nnd It will also be n long 0110. Work has already been commenced on these bridges , and moro men will bo put to work every day from now on. With the In creased employment which the now railroad will now furnish , and with the .Boston & Montana and the other big copper properties running nt their full capacity , the financial outlook In Itutto is a good deal brighter than it has boon for 301110 time. I. inmlo Aim \Vlin. The shoop-shoariug contest for the chain- pionslilp of the world took plfico nt the World's fnlr In Chicago the otliur day , says thu Uinunlo Ku ) > iilillcan. mid the victor was Frank Ilowltt of IJIMIIUO. It Is uniloratood that by his suixcss ho Is the wiuuor of nearly fil.OOO. There wore la reality two contests , It is undurstood. The contestant * \vero to shear HKJ alioup , nnd If DUO of them made bettor tlino than n p.itcnt shoarlup machtno ho was to rocclvo ? 1,000. Asldo from this , the man who made the best record among the stum-ors was to recolvo fl.OOO. Itotli tlieio prizes were won by Hewitt , and several wagers which ho Is known to havu niailo will In-iiiK the total of hu wlnnliiKs up to atiout fiuiX ; ) . Howltt had seventeen compotltors , the ontranoo inonoy of oaoh hoIiiK1 $100. The leading 'i' whom lie hail to conteiut ugalnst was from Australia , anil It is under stood that the contest WAS very closo. Snoop shearers consider that a pre.it point lias been alntiil by defeating the machine. Hewitt sheared his 100 sheep lu I ) hours and tT minutes. Tim Switzerland nf America. Civil ICnslncor W. R Orvon lias Just rn- turned to l iramlo after oxplorlng nnd sur- myliitf the country Immediately south of Vcllowstono park. Ho talks in glowing terms of that district , nnd says it is the Switzerland of America , and is the paradise of the hunter and tUhorman. Among other things Mr. Owen had the following to say in the 1 Jinimlo noamerang of Ins trip and the country : "I'artio * of tourists nro bnglunlng to pour into the Toton country. The boautlns of that country are entrancing and game is abundant. The days are warm and tbo the nights cool. There are no oxaspcr.iting insects to malto Ufa a burden to man or beast. Ho savs ttiov aaw 10KH ) elk in bunds of 600 or moro tthllo they were them. The streams are full of trout nnd the Indians are slaughtering the oik nnd other game in great numbers , simply lor their hides , nnd the government ought to do something to protect the game. \Vhui Mr. Ouen loft surveyors for the Burlington nnd Union 1'aclllo had Just .reached the TeUm country , The Burlington surveyors were huaded for the south Hue of the National park und the company expects to compete with the Northern I'acllio for the tourist travel. This is also the object of thu Union I'acitla , The latter is endeavoring to Und a feasible route up thu Snuko river. The Uuuiitock Drooping. In the days gene bv when the Comstock W roll was n million a mouth , uud the rrorld was rausaokod. for diamonds largt tnougli for mining superintendents ; in the lays when clmuipagnu baths were common it Steam boat Springs aiud llooih played In i'lpor' * opera tiouio , the tuau vr ho prcdlcteu that the pmltlont of the S.iTaRo would ever work for IIU5 n month would Imvo been driven from the slopoof Mount D.ivldton , If not off iho face of the oarth. Hut that last nwful crushing l > lo has como , and there li talk of retrenchment nnd toductlon all along the line , says .tho SJB Francisco Examiner , The wonderful Comstook lode , that Intro- dticed sliver kings to the old world , made Pine and California streets n gambler's pandemonium , that built half the flno blocks in San Francisco , that jialil $100WX,000 ) In dividends from ono ml no and oat up nearly as much in n iuMmcnts on others , that has always paid miners fl n dnv , and cnablod superintendents to drive 2i0 : ! trotters , that has astonished engineers and taught the whole world how to bore holes in the ground , has fallen on evil times , nnd Is soon to un dergo a revolution. More than twcnty-flvo years of digging. though they have only made molotracks Iri the earth , has cxhauitcd the richer deposits nnd loft only the bare hones nf the mines from Gold Hill to the North End. The pub- Ho has decided to pay assessments no longer. nnd there is nothing loft but hard work and small pay. The Conntock Is rapidly golne the way of Ploche , White Pine , Bodio and all the other famous camps. Of the men who have worked there for wages , some in once place for moro than twenty years , not ono has got a dollar to show for his toil. True , the Minors union has always kept thu pay at $1 a day , nn no Ohlnaman has overdone a day's work \Vashoo county at any labor except washing nnd peddling , hut the minors , as a rule have nothing to show. "What Is the use of reducing the men's watrost" asked n mining magnate in 1870. "Sure , the boys wouldn't bo able to pay their assessments if wo cut down their pay. " That has been the secret of it nil. Kvory minor bought stock , nnd It was always t-o- gnrdcd as next door to treachery to the lode to sell a share. Five or six years ago with Confidence at 153 a share- the foreman of that inlno could have sold out his holding for f& > ,000 , nnd ho had been digging there for twenty-two years. Ho got ns far as the broker's ofllco , but there his nerve caino back , nnd remark ing , "I'll ' hold her for $500 a share , " ho wont away. Next week the stock was down to ono llguro. Now it in probable that there will bo a re duction all along the line , though many of the managers wish to Icavo that till the very last. They tire say Ing : ' 'Lot the rail road , the water ; the mills and wood como down llrst. " If the men's pay was cut down 25 per cent it would only save- the lode uboilt § .3,200 u week , the big expenses being for limber and hauling supplies. The clay of the Comstock grows when the nlr nnd moisture roaches it , nnd a timber ISxllixiS will In a very short tlmo be compressed t3 the slzo of a base ball bat. That makes constant renewing neces sary , nnd us the forests In the Sierras are destroyed the oxpcnso daily Increases. The mills , once supposed to make it all , have had but llttlo prolit lately , for only a small amount of ere is mhuHt and with silver nt next to nothing the outlook is dubious , Ore assay ing $20 n ton will not pay now. The rail and mill take $ G , the dead work and mining $1 ! nnd the olllco expanses and silver discount about the balance. The llrst cut came last week in the Savage at the annual meeting. The superintendent of the mine , who has been receiving $ -100 per month , was cut down to $200. The president's salary , which has boon & 250 , was llxod nt 1125. The secro- tury had been receiving ? 2. > 0. lie was re duced to 512. ) . The clerk at the Virginia ofllco was cut down from 209 per month to J100. These reductions were voluntarily made lu the interest of retrenchment. Unourtliod Troniureg. The usually quiet town of Saratoga , Santa Clara county , Gal. , is much wrought up over the reported discovery of n largo amount of buried treasure near.Congrcss springs by n party of llvo Spaniards , says tno San Fran cisco Chronicle. Their mysterious move ments since they came hero a few weeks ago caused such a feeling of curiosity that four or five men watched their movements. For several nights lights were soon by the spies nmong tho'trees south of Congress springs. Crawling on their hands nnd "knees they npproachod nnd distinguished the men bngagod.wlth picks-and slio'vols In digging nmong 'tho roots of a modium-sized live oak trco standjng on nn otherwise barren knoll , a place that has been conspicuous for many years. Looking from the veranda of the hotel there can bo soon .what appears to bean an opening In the sldo of the mountain , and many guests huvu called attention thereto and inquired the cause. After watching the Spaniards for a time the watchers' attention was called to ono of the workers using n pick , who was hoard to exclaim and who began to gesticulate wildly , pointing to the place where his pick had struck something hard. AH live then com menced to dig at this spot , and their labors resulted in the unearthing of a decayed redwood - wood box , which fell to pieces when it was moved , oxi > oslng largo amount of Spanish gold. The watchers inquired of the flndors of the treasure the cause of their searching in this particular place. They answered that they had in their possession an old Spanish map whlcli they showed the watchers , and which had boon loft to them by an old Span ish woman whom they had befriended in her old ago , and whoso death occurred in Mexico several years ago. The watchers not being ( atniliar with Spanish inonoy , they were unable - able to correctly estimate the amount of inonoy found , but say that taking American gold as a basts for estimation , there must have boon nt least $12,000 , in the box. After dividing the money among them selves the Spaniards departed across the Santa Cruz mountains , going toward Houlder crock , and the watchers returned to Sara toga. The next day n number of persons visited the spot , and upon close scrutiny it was discovered that the tree boncath which the treasure had been found was marked with a heart and a cross. A Ctirimt Worth Over 85,000. The longer n carpal is used in the coiner's department at the United States mint iho moro It it worth , says the San Francisco Kx- amlncr. Wear nnd tear do not diminish its value. Yesterday a thick woolen carpet that bus bcon on the coiner s floor for seven years was taken up and carefully cremated. The precious ashes were scrupulously gath ered together as if they were the relics of so'iio departed saint , and by an elaborate re fining process the government recovered " 70 ounces of gold , worth 85,600 , The metal had been deposited hero by the Infinitesi mal abrasions nnd disintegrations of the yellow metal while being con verted from bullion into coin. Even the heavy gloves of the men who hnndlo bullion are Incinerated nnd the gold is brought back to Undo Sam's coffers. Even thu smoke from the furnaces used for molt ing the metal is made to reaolivur the treas ure with which It is trying to cscapo , and 1 from the aoot In the ctiimnoy cunning llttlo bars of yellow stuff are secured. The sweep ings of the institution for the past year are now being assayed , after which they will as aa sold to the highest bidder. In former years ns much as 1,000 tins boon obtained from the sweepings of the local mint , nnd this will i surely be up to the standard this year. At Dr. William Harris , whoso ranch ana cattle raiiRO in Johnson county is at the lo cation of tlio recent severe tire there , says that if the Uod hill range has boon burned over as reported that every ouo who has any number of cattle In that country will have to move thorn this fall , and this will Include his herd. Tun miles square of the Uod lilila country is reported to have boon burned over and this was thu last range feed in that locality. Buffalo has boon surrounded by forest fires to the southwest for twenty miles. Thu Are has boon burning severely aincoJuly 7. The fire at ono ihno oamo down Into the valley , destroying ul ) of Tut- ley's fluids , | iasturos , fuuocj , corrals , eta , on I'oUon creek , and burning half of Her- stor's place , south of Muddy crook. By great exertions the fire was checked , N l > rusku and Ncbraikcjiit. ThoWahoo Now Kra has completed its third your. A hundred binders have boon sold at Platte Center this soaanu. M. A. Bauipion , an El in creek hardware merchant , has futlod bocau&o of slow colloc- tlous , York bankers have just made up their minds to charge customers exchanga cm all drafts sold. Alma people have been divided ever the . question of retaining the services of the school i > rluclp l TUi matter vuu submitted to vote , and the old principal will continue to to.ich there for another year A rialtimouth cow w.ii nttacko.1 with hydrophobia , and nftcr nwfnl suffering died of the disease , Mrs. William Outhman , daughter of Jacob Vallerv. sr. , of Plallsmoutn , died suddenly at Oklahoma. There will bo800 delegates In the Independ ent stale convention , which will meet at Lincoln September 5. After a spree lasting several days , Cyrus Wilson , n young f.jrmor near Virginia , Gage county , laid down on his bed and died. Victor Leo. a young Cass county farmer , was drowned In the Platte while seining. Ho had boon nmrioJ but n few months. North Platte has 810,000 electric lighting bonds in the market and bids for them will bo received up to August 21. The bonds boar 0 percent In .crest. Work has progressed on the government building at Fremont to the slago whore the koyntono has been placed in the arch over the main entrance. The two Pattersons , well known Platts- mouth nthletcs , have arranged for a race on their bicycles against n crack team of horses from PUttiimouih to Murray. The stake will bo $ m Because ho had a corn , Thomas Gray , n farmer near Murray , cut a hole In his boot , nnd n rattlesnake look advantage of Iho fact to bite him in the too. Tom's Hfo was saved only by heroic , treatment. N. A. and Wager Cornell were tried nt Hushvlllo for stealing c.ittlo from S. S. Cor nell , n Sheridan county farmer. The de fendants claimed they were permitted to sell the cattle nnd keep the proceeds by verbal contr.ict. The Jury gave a verdict of guilty , nnd the men were fined $ .15 nnd costs nnd have to pay the assessed value of the cattle stolen to plaintiff. Ed Pautsun of Arlington found a tramp in his kitchen nt 4 o'olock the other morning nnd asked him what ho was doing. The fellow Informed Ed that it was none of his business. Upon receiving such an answer Mr. Paulson collared the traveler , where upon the tramp drew a revolver and tired. The shot took effect in Mr. Paulson's left hip. Tlio wound is very slight nnd will give him very llttlo trouble. Lewis Irig , who has resided on a farm In Dawcs county for some tirno , died Friday after a continuous sleep of three months. This case has been pronounced by the num erous doctors to bo the most peculiar In the history of medical science , and In fact ono which has hauled the most skillful physi cians. Irlg was nbout 4.1 years of ago nnd always enjoyed good health , although ho was a hard worker and very ambitious , and possibly It was this that brought on his long sleep , which llnally ended his life. During the early spring ho was out in the woods chopping and w ns overtaken by a bli7.zard and Buffered n great deal. Shortly after this ho went to sloop , nnd from that tlmo until his death his sloop was broken but twice , although everything known to the medical fr.iternlty wiis used without avail. During the thrco months bo slept ho was taken care of by faithful nnd loving friends. Ho was kept nllvo by being fed with a spoon on milk nnd other nourishing liquids , as it was Impossible to got him to take any food. When ho came to ho would converse freely , but know nothing nbout what had trans pired during his sleep , or , in fact , did not know he slept at nil. Ho would stay awake possibly ten to fifteen minutes at n time , and then without any warning would quietly fall asleep. Ho suffered no pain whatever. The case has presented several now and in teresting features , nnd will bo thoroughly iuvcstlgatcd. Colorado. The local wool clip at Sugnaoho is golug to amount to 200,000 pounds , of which 00.000 have been sold at Del Norto. The workmen of the Bessemer stool plant nt Pueblo are talking of forming a cooperative tive company nnd opening a store. Mountain lions have made awav with right colts and arrangements are bolntr made for u grand hunt at Glen wool Springs. The first shipment from the Pike's Peak lode , Crinplo Creek , was 1,446 pounds and the smelter has sent the owners { 770 to pay for it. A strike of high-grade smelting ere , run ulng $500 a ton. has been made in the Alice , Yankee Hill. The streak is reported to be llvo feet wide. There is no truth in the report that th mines of Aspen will resume work , paying the men { I cash per day und $2 when th ere mined is sold. A deep shaft is being put down on th Stornborgortunnel , York district , Cloa Creek county. Some rich loads nro .suppose' ' to lie ifom GOO to 1,500 foot down. Thrco ox-Puoblo policemen Captain Me- Donough nnd two patrolmen loft a gold watch and nearly SOOO in charge of a harbor while they took a bath at the Mineral bath , house , Pueblo , and when they returned ho was gone. It was a barborously cruel bath , in fact in micluy liot water , to lot them out so literally skinned. The Ued Elephant Mining company has perfected nn arrangement with its minors whereby they shall bo paid monthly upon the basis of an average of the dally quota tions of silver. With silver at 80 they got $84.50 , when nt CO they got $03.50. The men ngroo that something is better than nothing. The basis of computation is $3 a day when silver is at 85. Thereseems to bo a smouldering flro of hatred burning between the ranchmen and the cattlemen all through this part of the Ark'insas valley. The cattlemen nro from outside the state nnd send their herds hereto to pasture , turning them loose on the range along the river , where they can easily break into cultivated Jlolds and do great damage. Many of the farmers nro so exasperated at their losses that they are waging a bloody , though very quiet war , upon the cattlo. Hero und there , all along the river , carcasses of dead animals can bo seen. The hides are usually stripped off , making detection doubly uinicult. The DnUotai , A Yankton paper says If present indica tions are reliable the South Dakota corn belt will this year produce the largest corn crop over grown on the same number of acres in the United States. The Black Hills Stockman says South Omaha Is making n moro earnest effort than over before to secure the handling of South Dakota range cattle , nnd her eTorts ( in this direction are not in vain. Tha hot springs in the Big Horn basin are attracting ninny pooplo. It is said there are about 250 people there now , and thov report much benefit from the baths. It is said that they nro superior to the famous Arkansas hot springs. Besides being an oxtonslvo cattlo-shippins point , 2,000 horses have been crossed at Pierre so far this year und driven to eastern points or disposed of. Other herds contain ing about 1,000 , moro are now on their way from Idaho nnd Wyoming. The excitement over the oil find north of Stanley still continues und in faot is grow ing. One night a number of men slept on their claims for fear some one would Jump thorn. Already over 2,000 acres of Stanley county have been taken up , and if the ex citement continues all the vacant land in the county will soon bo gobbled. i Grasshoppers nro 'devouring garden stuff and flowers with u voracity that renders their pre.sonet ) n mutter of serious impor tance around Yankton. They are natives and not of the migratory variety , but are possessed of robust appetites , A Pine street llowcr fancier covered his choicest collection with mosquito netting us a moans of protection , but the hoppers ata the netting and pro ceeded to devour the floral dainties. Tlio r.iclllo Slope , Minors In the Comstock district , where ft was being paid , have agreed to accept $3f0 rather than Ho idle. . JOI Because nf the prevailing financial string ency the city council of Walla Walla has ex tended the time of tax delinquency 00 days. Now rich placer mines have boon discov ered on ono of the tributary streams of the Yukon river , a hundred miles below Forty : Mile creek. y.10 Four coyote-scalps were presented to the : county clerk at Salem the other day by Otto Williams , nnd in roturrujio received a war rant tor t& ) . Hop vine In Chohnllscounty , Washington , have never looked better in the month ofJulj than they do this year. There are in that county 700 acres planted to hops. Iloso mine , in the Morangomining district ban dovclopod a rich body of ere on the 800 ) foot level said to be the )0or JISUV iUVUtt DUtU V\J WU fcllU richest strike 1 evoi made in this part of the country. Hoports from the Slouau district say thai la the Northern Belle six Inches of ere have been struck in the lower tunnel at a depth voot fifty feet. lu the upper tunnel , nt u deptl of2 < * ) fcot , there U from t > tiht lo twenty- four Indict of solid $1fiipln | ? oro. boMdcs from two to four feet of concentrating , ore. It Is estimated that * 130.000 have been taken nut of the placer" mines on Sultan river , nnd yet one can scarcely sen where It has been taken from , sq IJttlo of the ground has been worked. D.ivld Young and Sam fttratton returned from the Sixes countrj. "They " brought with them some ncnutlfuVMtflciinrns of quartz , abo'U ' half gold , which tljvy look frnm their claim on the mountain'and which would bo sufficient to give almost v any ono the gold fever. , . \ Ml s Laura M. Uldon of.Vlrgmla was last week admitted to practices before thq courts of Nevada by the suprViinb court. She Is the llrst lady to bo admitted In Nevada. She passed n very creditable examination and was highly cuinpllmouibiTby the Judges from the bench. l The recent , gold strike made at the Virtue mine , scar Baker City , is the richest and most extensive revealed for years. A chunk has been taken nut weighing thirty pounds , which is estimated to contain $1,000. On ac count of the extreme richness ttio ore Is not run through n mill , but pounded up In n largo mortar. Three largo scowa are being constructed at Pasco for the purpose of working thu placer claims on the river nbovn that'city , The company which recently Hied mining claims atom ; the Columbia no.ir Pasco has contracted foi the purchase of ttio land and has invested $75,000 In machinery , whluh Is now being made In Ohio. Chris Miller , the tramp correspondent , of the Chicago Times , who starteJ out some months ago on dotall to matte the circum ference of the United States by do.id-houd- ing his way , will have rather an unpleasant incident to write un in connection with his experience In Seattle. Ho spent Wednesday night lu jail , having been arrested for drunkenness. The opening for purchase of tracts of gov ernment timber land In Lowla and Cowlltz counties brought a stn.ill army of land seek ers , Including a nuinbor of women , to Van- couvfor last Friday. About fifty camped on the sidewalk lit front of the United States land oftlco for tnroo days anil three nights , and on Monday the force was Increased to about eighty , when the entries were mado. Some of the claims are said to bo worth * 0,000. Thomas Wolr , superintendent of the Monte Crlsto Mining company , the 1'rido of the Mountains Mining company nnd the lltiiuy Mining company , who lias returned from n trip cast , says that work will bo pushed on , ho Pride of the Mountains und Eighty-nine mines , and that work on the tramway from those properties is In progress. A tr.unway will also bo put In from the Mystery and Prldo of the Woods , and plans have boon made and contracts lot fora concentrator with a capacity of " 00 tons a duy. From all Indications Wyoming Is golnsr to bo a gold-producing state. Sheridan county will ship $200,000 of bcof to the eastern markets this year. George M. Varnum of Denver has pur chased the Union placer claims at Hock Creek , Wyo. , for $10,000. It is claimed that 5,000 trout wcro caughl In thu 131Lr Goose creak in thu northern part of Wyoming hut week. Charles Hall , formerly of Loadvillo , is putting a twcnt.v-stamp mill in at the Superstition gold minus , Ariz. The Fortunatus Minimi company of Bald mountain will make a clean-up of a three weeks run about the llrst ween in August nnd very favorable results are anticipated. A Now York company Is successfully workluc sixty dry washers in the Otter dis trict , Ariz. It employs 120 Indians at 75 cents a day. The ruturns average S1,8X ( per week. The gold excitement"'at'Lander ' ' still con tinues. What meagett'nows can bo got from the mining region is top the effect that the cold findings there are beyond the fondcs dreams of the prospectb'rsv' The Yosemlto Mining 'c&mpany is working day and night on SO-oents-per-yard dirt on South Boulder creek. . Other placers in Boulder and Gllpln counties are also work ing to their full capacity : 1 There is plenty of water. I * The surveys of the Union Pacific and Bur lington have reached Uio , Toton country , in the northwestern parf-or Wyoming , both roads pushing work toxjoniplato a transconti nental line forcompotitioii\Yith } , the Northern " " ern Pacific. Henry B. Rule of Hano , Nov. , received the following rnturiis from an assay made yes terday of rook from his mine recently dis covered thls'sido of Pe.ivmc mountain , near Uono : S22.J in gold , > U.20 in silver and 23 per cent copper to the ton , A steer belonging to a Mr. Driscoll , living near Devil's Tower , workeu its way up to a canon until it got to a plateau where It could get neither up nor down. It stayed thcro for forty-two days and then climbed down. It was very poor when It camodown , but was alive and eating heartily in two days. The wool growers of Utah have mot and decided to form a territorial association , the object being to provide for the storage and shipment of the entire Utah wool clip next year. Henceforth the Utah producers will make the profits upon the wool instead of easterners , who have always Jobbed It. Early this spring two men struck what they claim to bo a rich placer Held on Bad Water , about 120 miles from Casper. They claim to have taken out IJ5 cents to the pan , but were driven out by high water before they could docldo on the extent of the pay ground. They came to Casper last week nnd organized a party to return and prospect the ground thoroughly. This season promises to bo an eventful ono in the history of Wyoming's mineral devel opment. The now gold discovery thirty miles from Laramlo city is creating great excitement. Other important discoveries are reported from various localities and prospecting is bulng carried on with a syste matic determination which will surely re sult in ether valuable finds within a few weeks. In western Socorro county , Now Mexico , the cow iiind sheep men are at war again , a border naniod Eustnclo Lobato having been shot and killed recently. lie was in Water canon with several herders , when three unknown cowboys rode up and commenced shooting , a bullet passing through his body. It i likely this homicide will bring about a bad state of uft'iilrs in Socorro county. During heavy storms great quantities of oil have frequently boon washed out of the oil well of Mike Murplioyani taken down the Big Horn river. Tlio oil has often boon noticed floating past Lander , nnd now some one , probably Mr. Murphoy himself , has con ceived the idea of putting in a gravity nil pipe line to bring the oil from the well to the Northern Pacific , There Is enough oil wanted oacti day nf the year to supply nn empire , and it may bo that some of it will now be savou. George Morgan came In from the recent gold discovery on Bald mountain and re ports the mon at work on the tunnel drifting into the load struck at the top of the mountain , They iiro in about thirty feet and have struck a . 'opntact vain of very , fine ore. It is twonty-fpur inches wide and - ' is thought to bo fully us 'frJod ns that at the ton of the hill. The itUII'nieu at Denver are taking but llttlo ere hnw nd none will be ) shipped until they are'ln , " " position to han dle it , . Hundreds of people HrriW. ' 'It is Impogjl ble to describe the Koau'HY > od's Saraaparllla has done inc. " It will b { coequal help to you. Fireworks touiorr Vy/ The Washington NOWB : ' .NDldyou ever BOO a 'gatored mulo1 " 'asked Mr. William G. Thompson .bf Nd 'york , who is on his way homo , after u'y.pf ' r spent in Flor ida for his health. _ ' " A 'gatorod ' mule , ' as lie is called in Florida , la one of that utubbnrn race which has boon driven partially insane from un alligator , fright. In fuel , while a mule will stolidly wait to bo thrown oil a railroad by a locomotive- before lie moves , ho goes into a wild state of terroi ' at a single glimpse of a saurian monster ' "There uro hundreds of 'gutorod mules' in Florida. To toll the truth , 1 helped to 'gator * ono myself. How die - , it happen ? "Well , I had boon staying at Ocult some weeks , and finally agreed , will several ti lends , to go hunting in lien south. About twenty miles from towi wo located upon u timall stream abound ing in game. After pitching camp I wen or a walk , nnd before long found a gator hole. " From the strong , musty odor which issued from it , 1 know that ho owner was at home. "Culling my uompanlons , 1 decided to capture him. Wo rammed a long polo nto the burrow several times. Finally , wo hoard a snanllku the report of a gun , md the polo remained fast. The 'cator' iad seized it. Wo tried in vain to pull ilm out. Then some ono suggested tliat wo try our camp mulo. Wo shouted. The mule was led down to the hole , a chain fastened to the polo , ana then the Frightened animal was started. "There was a creaking of chains , a roar , and the rUligator. fully seven feet in length , cntna out with a rush ns the mule started on a wild run for the road. The saurlnn's teeth were sunken so deeply into the wood that ho could not release himself.and away went the mule , polo and all. The alligator spun around , hissing like a utoam engine , but ho held on , while the mule , thinking himself nirsuod snorted and ran.Vo followed , [ nto the main street of Ocala Hew the mule and his queer load. Completely exhausted , ho was stopped br a party In front of the I'ostolllco. The 'gator' was dead. Wo skinned nnd stuffed him. The mule recovered , but the wight of a swamp throws him into a perfect frenzy of terror. Busy pcopit ! have no time , ami sens bio people have no Inclination to use pills that make them sink a day for every dose they take. They have learned that tno use of Do Witt's Little Early Ulsors doe * not In terfere with their ho.Uth by causing nivmai pain or griping. Those llttlo pills are per , feet In action and rosulto , regulating the stmnauh uud bjwols so that headaches. dU- r.iucss and lassitude are proventu 1. They cleanse the bloo.l , clear the cjuiploxlon atil one up the system. Lots of htiillh In lUou httlofollows. Fireworks tomorrow , Courtland beach. COSTLY AFFAIK3. So me l'lKtirn hhowlnc Wlmt Undo Snm 1'uy * fur l.ii\riulliic. The extra session of congress will take out of the impoverished treasury a big sum in cash , writes a Washington corre spondent. Though many of the expenses of the national legislature run on dur ing its absence from Washington , they jump to a maximum when it hits. To make laws costs Undo Sam a pile of money annually. The pay alone of mem bers of the house amounts to § 1,800,000 , a year , nnd they gut $ i0,000 ; ! extra for mileage. To help them transact their business they require a small army of clerks , doorkeopers.bookkcupers , pages , messengers , etc. The salary list for this " fordo of assistants runs up to STIiO- 000. This does not include the ollico of the sergcnnt-at arms , which ia a sort of bank , through which the salaries of tlio ropri'bontatlvos are paid. To run this financial institution an outlay of $10,000 moro is needed. An additional 82(1,01)0 ( , ) provides for the support of the house poatoillco , through which as much mail matter passes as coinos into and gees out of a good bized city. Tlio number of senators being much smaller , their annual pay amounts only to 440,000 , with an addition of $45,000 for mileage. There is an oxpon&o of 85,400 , for employes in the oillco o the vice president. Ttio olHeo of the secre tary of the upper house , which does the banking and attends to much of the clerical business of that august body , costs $04,500 in salaries. Clerks and messenger : } to the various committees draw 'ilOi,500 : The sergeant-at-arms doorkeepers and ether helpers got ai : aggregate of $118,000. Tllore.are further " expenditures of $30,700 for tho" doculnont anil folding rooms , $18,200 for the senate postollico and $18,000 for stationery and newspapers. Tins brief statement by no moans com prises all of the expenses involved in running congress. Among many other things loft out , which are paid for out of the contingent funds , is the item t > f salaries fut-tho olllcial reporters. Those are tlio men who write out the reports of proceedings and debates which make up the daily publication called the Con gressional Uecord. There uro live of them on the lloor of the house , who sit nt a table iu froiit of the speaker's desk. It is their duty to report every word that is said from the opening to the adjourn- nunt. Being all of them rapid Bton- ographors , they manage to take turns. Ab quickly as No. 1 has got 1,000 words > ut down ho holds up his thumb and No. 2 takes up the thread , very likely in the middle of a speech , while No. I goes down to a room on the Hoar below , where loldielatos the 1,000 words ho has taken to two Hhorthand writers 500 words to one and 500 to the other. While the two shorthand writers are copying oil1 their notes quickly in typescript - script , reporter No. Kgoes back to his seat in front of the speaker's de.-ik. Meanwhile Nn. 2 has finished his 1,000 ) words and held up his thumb to No. II , who in his turn takes up the thread , wliilo No. 2 goes down stairrf and dic tates , and BO on until No 5 holds up his thumb to No. 1 and the business goes on as before. This arrangement renders it possible to have the cum pie to type written report of the house proceedings ready for the printer n few minutes after that body adjourns. It is the name with the honuto. Thus each congressman finds on his breakfast table next morning a coppy of the Uecord composing a com plete report of everything that was suit ! and duiio in the national legislature on the day boforo. Thcio skilled sten ographers gut $5,000 a year each. Thure are ton of them , und so it costs $50,001) , a year for the writing of the Congressional Uecord. thu stenographers paying their own assistants. The print ing of this interesting daily publication is done < it an expense of nearly $150,000 annually. During the last Jlhcal year it u&ud up 325,000 pounds of paper and J,058 pounds of ink. For the titles and ornamentation on bound copies 150 packs of gold leaf were required , valued at $1,009. Five barrels of Hour wore uon- in the shape of paste for binding. During the Hi'bt Hesalon uf the last con grobu the outlay on the printing of bills and joint resolutions for both house and honuto was $71,880. During the two surisioiid 10,837 such documents were presented tu tlio house and 4,050 to thu senate. Hills , have to be printed and rnprintod at all stages of their progress , HO that iriaslnglo one may have to beput into typo a score of times before it be comes a law. m ' Nervous headaches promptly cured by Bromo-SelUcr trial bottle 10 cU , Fireworks tomorrow , Courtluud beach Ituto * tlmt htiimiiul Him. Harper's Bn/.ar : "My dour , " wild Mr Foster , us ho glaneod ever the pile of letters by hi * plate at breakfast , " 1 have a little surprise for you , " The entire family became Instantly attentive. "You know , " continued the smiling man , "of Finnyllro-Hnrbur-oii' the-Sund , It in a beautiful cool bj > ot- no mosquitoes -bathing , boating id general happiness. I quote from le advertisement of the Cuttlefish Villa , WHATCANCUTICURADO Kicry thing that It tletndng , purlfj Ing , and t u. tlOlutf for iLti ikln , tcufyHad ti lr ol liilaut * mill ciilldiro ll-o Ci'Ti. cunt lUjituiti vlll do , Tdcy jixrdlly cut llcl.lr.ij cd Lurcirg , -.alpof i. . . . . n huruuri , imrlfy ILa tlooj , um ] ro. ttaro the fialr. The r HI a utiolntt'y f ure , oifr lls , tU ualfclllBg , ' " which caught my eye the ether day. Tlio proprietor , my lovo. advertised 'Special Itatos for Children , ' and T forth with wrote to him. Here Is the answer , " holding aloft an envelope , "anil if favorable - able wo will all go down " "Tomorrow , " suggested half a dozen fresh young voices , "Walt , my dears,1' said their mother , calmly , yet truly delighted. Mr. Foster opened tno loiter and road : " 'Replying to your favor of the 17th Inst. , I would sny that our regular rates for adults are &l and $4 j > er clay ' " "Kather oxponslvo , " Interpolated Mrs. Fostoi7 "but with reductions for the children " " 'And"continued Mr. Foster , slowly reading , " 'special rates for children "Ah-h , " hummed the seven listeners , scarcely ublo to restrain their impa tience. " 'Special rates for children , ' " re peated Mr. Foster , severely , " 'M a day extra each. ' " There are tnrco tiuni ? * worth savins Tlmo , Trouble and money and Do Witt's Little ti irlv Itlscra uill s.ivo thorn for you. These llttlo pilU will suvo you Unir , as they act promptly. They will s.\vo you trouble as they c.tuid nu p.\ln. They will s.ivo you mono v as they economize doctor's bills. Fireworks tomorrow , Courtlnnd bench. READYMADE MUSTARD PLASTERS Wovoro the first manufacturers on tills Continent. Our lat est Improvement surpasses anyt lilng over bcf ere prodnotxl. 1 5o. , 23o. , 35o. tier tin. Ilo sure to have KICAHUKY'S. Ask for them spread on cotton cloth. SEABURY'S SULPHUR CANDLES : VrovcnUonif bolter than euro , by Imrnlns llicso cnndlcs had Einclls in Imcmrmi , oloscls , &o. nro destroyed , and thus rmitacloitidfoeiisoa urn kept awny : iilso useful for expelling mos- Irritating Inaeots. Price , " 3c. each. To purify slok-rooms , apartments , etc. , use HYDRDNAPHTHOL PASTILLES , xvliloh In burning , disinfect and produce ) a trngrnnco rofrrsliliig an.l Invigorating. SSo. per bos ot 13. Solo Manufacturers , 02A.aTCrilY A3 JO1XNSO3V , IMiarmncFUtlcall ChomUts. fNEW vrtntr . The Keystone Watch " Case Co. of Philadelphia , the largest watch case manufactur ing concern in the world , is now putting upon the Jas. Boss Filled and other cases made by it , a bow ( ring ) which cannot be twisted or pulled off the watch. It is a sure protection against the pickpocket and the many accidents that befall watches fitted with Ihe old-style bow , which is simply held in by friction and can be twisted of ! with the fingers. It is called the nnd CAN ONLY BE HAD with cases bearing their trade mark Sold only through watch dealers , without extra charge. Ask any jeweler for pamphlet , or send to the uyuiufucturers. DOCTT Searles & Searles PHYSIGiaSS SMSSflMS & Specialists CHRONIG , NERVOUS AN1 > TVo euro Cntnrrh , All Dlsoasos of the None , Throat , Choit , Stomaoli , Bowolt null Xiivor. Rheumatism , Dyspepsia. Blood. Shin nnd Kiilnoy DUonvoi , Female WouUnosHOj , Lost Manhood CURED , an I nil lor my of WEAK MEN 1IYDROOKLK AND VAUICOCKLI3 pcrm.iniMitly anil miccoHHfiilly cnu-il. JtothoilnowaniluiiMllIiii ? . TILKS , FISTULA , FISSITKK , porniaiiontlv curoJ , wlllioul llio UHO nt Unlfi ) , llif.iluru or cauntlc. All inulaillrH of n prlrntn or Uullc.klu luturj , of cllhnr HUX , positively enroll C.ill on or iiililruss , wllli Bl.iinp , lor OlrculaM , Flue Itoutc , lluulpeH anil Syiiiptoni llltlliUH. - , 11H .iiiulli 15tli St. , ii O.M vii \ , MII. : CAN UK CURED IN 10 MINUTES IIY USIMO PRICE 25o PER BOX. Y"our JIIAMIIMOTUItlil * 1 X OMAMA , - NEB. { .OST VITALITY sis7 { ° "cl'rca" r ' ' INI > M' < I. tlio ur t lllndooltBmeilV/'liJilil w'llh writ ( t n iruarwntro of curvHwunile wnt Irr * . AdiiruM lrlrnlnl ilrdltol Co. . fl > r lk MM. , ttle u. Ill > C < Oiiturrh Ouro cnrui ontirrli O All UriUTKlHtu. DU lawUt , " HOTELS. The HHerc@r. Omaha's NewastHoto ! . Cor. f'JIli and HowurJ ytreoti 40rooms ii.Ti ) per diiy , 4lr ( oiii $ IO'Jpur day. : XroimB ) with butli iitn nord-tr. UOrooin wlili bath ut.ll.oj per day , Moihiru III 1'lvrry lr | iu t. .So\vly tiiriilnlioil Tlirniislinut C. S. ERB , Proa. THE OMAHA EUROPEAN HOTEL. CStli Htruct ami I ixlncton Avu. J'.tirlit ItlovltH from Witrlil'H 1'ittr tin 2SO roonm SiKulal low r ti ) . TaUd Jackno Talk calilocuru. IS.SlllowayoHuu "Murray , " 4-or , K. K. Aluxdur , i IN HIGH PLAt'KSl It It * - ' not strnngo Hint some people An wroti through igmtranco , others from n failure to investigate ) us to the right or wroiK' ot n nmttor. Hut it is strange , that ituUvldtmls and firms , who are fully iiwnro of the right * of othoro , will jwr- M.H lit perpetrating frauds noon thoin. High-toned , wealthy uiamifroturfng ilrnis will olTor and soil to rotall incr- chant' , articles which they know to bo itifringomonts on the rlghw of proprUv tors , ami imitations of well known goods , \Vo want to sound a note ol warning to the retailers to howaro of inch Imita tions uiul simulations of "C'Aitriilt's LIT- TI.H LitVKit PIM.S. " When they nro of fered to you , refuse thorns you do not want to ilo wrong , and you don't want to lay yourself Uublo to a lawsuit. Don Krnnklln said "Honesty U the best poll * I'V * ' : it Is just as true that "llonosty It thobost yrinclpla" BEST LINE TO ST. LOU AND ; S3 SHOE wo , KM- . Do you wear them ? When next In need try a palr.J ' Boat In the world. $5.00 $3.00 § 4.00 , $2.50 43.50 52.00 'FOR ' LADIES § 2.50 $2.00 $2.25 SI.7S $2.00 rort BOYS $ FOH $1.75 ' If you want nfino DRESS SHOE , made In the tales ! styles , don't pay $ G to $8 , try my $3 , $3,50 , $4.00 or $5 Shoe. They fit cqu.il to custom made and look end wear as well. I f you wish to economize Inyour footwear , do so by purchasing W , L , Douglas Shoes , Name and price stamped en the bottom , look for It when you buy. W. L. DOUGLAS. Hroclttoii , Bins * . Sold by ipnntz Newman ; Elms. Svonsan ; S W. Bowinun & Co. ; C. J. Carlson ; F. S. Cressoy , So. Omtiha. New York Hospital TREATMENT. For all -Clrub - , Private an } Special Dismm of b ) t'ii MEN AND mm Ftricturo and nil othsr trouble * Irmtort nt ro.iBouublo clmruos. CONSULTATION KliEIC. Gallon or mlUross DOUGLAS BLOCK , - OMAHA , NEB Cpposltoltiiydon Uroi. PROTECT YOUR EYES AND OBC Hirschberg's ' S39SVia3A3 Nonchangdiblo r Spectacles ail ErohHH , ° UX NEVER BRO COMPANY. DR. MCGREW is the only SPECIALIST , WUO TBEATB ALI. PRIVATE DISEASES ' ami DEBILITIES of MEN ONLY. Women Excluded. 18 jvnr oxpcrlouce. Ulrculnrn froo. lltliond FnrnamHU. , OMAUA , NUB. EDUCATIONAL. OIIHINTIAN ( MIM.KOi : , Tim lanillnir HPhool liitliiiwust fur youiiK woinuui Inu.itixl InUoliim * lilii , Ma. , Hunt o ( Hl'itci uiilvor ll.vl.firuanilciinnnu- ; illuiiH ImlldliiKHi luKitnl liy hot\Viit < irHyHt iii : clito- trlu lIulitMi tliiKHturuiiiulH In tlin Btritu ; 1'triru uiiw clmiN'limiitiKl llli iMM'r.i olnlr * I5 ry nrllrlo r rurnltiiro liiiilinlliii ; iilitnv * HIHV , Wllliuut ilaiibt thu bL'Ht IiirnlHliiul Holioiil wml ; ullniulnox * c'lilliinti irrndimtlii ! * courrfuHln I.ltnrnturn , I. niriiii- K < - , Mimic , Kliiculloii : tml DiilHiirtH , Fnniilty iililn , tliorunirli , iirovnmHlviii nu nupllHlfiiieli In thin col- IUKII. KHtiit > llHlnul In IH.'i ) . Uvur ll l ) liiiiin.i > , Nuxl HHHslun lii-ulim Supt. II. SHIK ! rorfill-paifi ) HhiHtnU- wl catilloifilii tu PUANK J' . BT , Cl-Alll , 1'rt.n. . OolntnliU , Ma FEMALE _ . _ _ . ACADEMY 4ht ymr. rrtnni Uir fijllniUl".Hu'l < - . Ail Ciiii . , 'IUforWllorijr.HmUii.Vin ' * r.TiBiulfiirIlluariiU IOiil I . V"o. AUdrs.i V1' . lltll.L till ) , A. M. JaUouruU , 111. MARMADUKE : 5 HWK.KTHIMCIMJK , MIHHdIIIII.-TliOKreat JllllUrr UcUoul of tlia Wb.t. Wrlla tor Jlluulrtttwl f - - CW Vl'llli MIMT.UIV ACADKMV. N Ool , O. J. Wrlaht , I S .A. M..CornwullN. Y. > oticti 111 dintriuit or * . Notioo Is hereby nlvun lliut honied proposals will bo rocolyud by t.io mod urn I u ut Mlllurrt , for u now frame xuli'iol hulldliif for dutrlut number 17. In.MlllKid , Tioliraikii. mull July : il , 1MH , at - o'uluuk p. in , Claim and pclllo - lion * I'HD tiuhuun ut I lie olllc'i ) ( if Ilm itrulil'out , J , 1' , Until , roniii MU-M7 I'm Km block , Omuhii , and ut tlio oMIro of llio inodoruUir In MllUrd NnlirasUii. A uurlltlcd clicck for Urn HII.II of tLV ) mint ui'comp my oaoli bid , Tlio dlroo- ton * reserve tlio right tit roji'i-t unr or nil bldu. JOHN MUNHTint , I'UITBiJIIA'IV * ( JIIIIlSriAN KAEUIKIl. Tu U'rll HLAIII , Nob. . July 31 , lH9i.-llld4 : wlllburo- crlvod ut Hiu 4ilniu of ilia ulty clurk until AiiKUHt & , Ifi'A ut 7 o'clock p. m. , of Hitld < luy , li > Uoro two slx-liicli wolli und fiirnUti two lx- foot Cook lralnor-pi > liitn , Niiltulilo to lit iilun for tint city of Illulr. Nub. Jiupth of wi > lln from Jl ) ( ) fuut tu 10 ! > tout : sumo lu bo completed by Aiik-mt''O , 18'ja. > I'lunii und HuoclflcalloiMon mo at thonlllca of K. .1,1'nrr , watur cuiiiiiilsilunur , Itlalr. Nub , Ulxhu rosurvud to rojoi-t any iiiiil nil iifd * . L. it. CAHKIUAN , Jy'JIMlOt A * City Clerk of lllalr , Neb ,
