Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, August 28, 1893, Image 5
THIS OMAHA DAILY BEE IONDAY , AUGUST 28 , 1893. GOLDEN FIELDS ASD RANGES * ) Marvelous Productive Capacity of the Mines : t in Bald Mountain. IDAHO'S ' RANK AMONG GOLD PRODUCERS tlio Unlil rield-Olxenmtloni Ito- rroxlinltr of CloM nnil Goal DlHinniiiln-llIti of Vfeitern Now * . Hcccnt timely rains and warm weather In tervening have materially nlJcil the corn crop In Nebraska anil Iowa , whllo in South Dakota corn hat not boon tilling woll. "Weather In tha moro northern sections has biiuii reported dry and favorable to harvest * , ing , which Is nlmost completed , Tlio only OrawbacK loft to western prosponty is the mafkothig of its products nnd that will bo- lore loog bo removed ns the receipts for first hlpmcnts begin to i well the gold supply. Itnlil Mountain Hciournei. That the placer fields of Bald mountain , in Sheridan county , contained burled in their depths untold millions there seems no rea sonable doubt. From the odlctal report of the president of the Fortunatus company , which placed an amalgamator in the Hold n year ago , the Shcrldnn Enterprise says it can bo readily seen that the ofllolals of the Fortunatus com pany plnco the value of the ground nt ? 1 per cubic yard "aero for aero. " The Bucyrus amalgamator now in operation nt Hultl mountain , and the ono from which nil computed results have boon made , is ono of the smallest in slro manu factured. Its capacity Is 500 cubic yards per day of ten hours. Pushed to its full est limit , this moans 1,000 cubic yards ( day an-i night shifts ) for twenty hours. To pla.ce the value per yard upon the ground worked n given precisely by the company's oOlccrs , tills moans $1,000 per day. Hut tn the light of this summer's development work , wo nro In a position to state that the ground has exceeded in value tlio most san- gulno expectations of tlio men interested. From $1 tlio real value has risen to $7 and again fallen to & ! , allowing nn average to bo ( truck nt W per cubic yard. Tills would increase the dally output to t'1,000 per day .of twenty hours. The amal gamator was recently run for ( Ifty-ono hours , but the management Is so capricious that nothing will bo given for publication. In View of these facts the Enterprise has been to some trouble to discover tlio value of that notable run , nnd Is In n position to state that tlio result is nt the present moment locked up in n Sheridan city vault In the shape of n gold brick , the value of which may bo safely estimated at from ? (5,000 ( to $7.000. Tlio company , satisfied with the result achieved by the amalgamator last fall , pur chased the latest improved machine of the Bucyrus pattern , and this gold saving mar vel Is r.t present being creeled nt Bald mountain. Its wcigbt is 120,000 pounds , nnd It cost nearly $5.000 to transport it from the factory to the placer fields. Its value Is between - tweon 10,000 und ? -I < ) ,000. Its capacity is Just live times greater (5,000 ( cublo yards per twenty hours ) than the machine now being operated , and computing the value of the ground per yard.at S3 , It would clean up 115,000 per day , 9103,000 per week or ? 450,000 per month. Allowing , for the satto of argument , that these llgurcs nro too high by .10 per cent , which would rcduco the dally output of the mall amalgamator to $1.500 and the largest ono to S7,500 , thereby reducing tlio month's cleanup to $22.500 ; or , If the ndmittcd llgures of the Fortunatus company arj taken , the small machine. Is catching $500 per day ( of ten hours ) and the month's work would show n gold result of ? 15,000 , whllo the now machine's gather would bo exactly fvotimes these amounts , namely , $2,500 a day , $75,000 per month , whlcbgocs to prove that the gold placer Holds of Bald mountain , Inexhaustible cs regards material and fabulous in wealth of low grade ere , are the greatest of all the great bonanzas discovered In America. Lucius J. Boyd , mining and civil engineer , who recently arrived In Sheridan und has already accepted the management of tno Dayton Gulch Placer Miniig ; company of Bald mountain , stated that ho believed the Bald mountain gold Holds wuro destined to become the greatest bonanza of the century. Mr. Boyd is n careful and practical man , having spent many years in the mines of Australia , Africa nnd Nova Scotia , uud I knows whereof ho speaks. Yellow Metal In Iilnho. Idaho has ranked fifth among the dozen western states and territories as a gold pro ducer. For the current year Its .viuld may surpass that of cither Colorado or Montana , which now outrank It. Even the output of South Dakota may bo eclipsed , and Idaho will then hold the place next to California. This now distinction for the "Gem of the Mountains" is largely duo to the fact that , the gold product of Idaho is not dependent on tlio mining of sliver , as is the case in Colorado and Montana to a considerable- degree. Idaho has moro gold mines than tllvcr properties. With two exceptions , the great proper ties of Owyheo county will no moro exten sively worked this season than commonly. The Trade Dollar mine and mill at Silver City both shut down wh 'n silver dropped -BO low in prico. The Black Jacic mlno will not bo worked and the stamps are hung up. The gold product was considerable , but the margin of prollt came from silver. Do Lamar - mar nnd Silver City and the lessor camps will continue to thrive , howovor. The prin cipal mines on War Eagle , Florida and Do Lainar mountains carry high value In gold. Development has boon actlvu in the Poor- man nnu Huth mines and the two IIowo- Manlmttan and Leploy groups. AH of these have been Important gold pioducors. Some iiavo either been lying tdlo or worked on a email scale , because tlio outlay of largo capital was necessary before tlio ground could bo opened to such nn extent us to permit of a heavy output. All the tnir.cs enumerated .nro fast approaching thnt stage when largo ere bodies can bo eco nomically opened and largo quantities of pay ere extracted. In addition to the big properties ore now claims and othurs partially developed that bavo been abandoned for some tlmo. All of this class will receive a largo share of ut- timtion In the camps nud districts of South mountain , Cow crook , Mammoth , Bowldor , Itooslor Camp aiid Succor creek. Mills have already been provided for some of these properties. Various now processss for treat ment ot the ores have bcon the subject > tf experiment or shortly will bo tested , It is imperative that the output of these mines should bo handled close by to insure n prollt. Scarcity of water and lack of fuel have hith erto proven toil the erection of stamp mills tn some eases. But a good water supply could bo brought Into these camps at small expense. Wood for fuel Is scarce- and high i. but the Union Paclllo has offered to greatly reduce Us rates fur coal , Hoforo tills concession wns under ono of the big mining cinipanlcs entered into a con tract \\ith nn old Novndan to furnish steam rower by iho use of sagebrush as f uol. This lins been Miccossfully trlod in Nevada nnd the contractor In the prusciu instance will . start operations when the Humes havn frozen up or the supply of water runs low. This contract and the chance that other companies might fall back on sagebrush probably contributed toward the reduction vn coal that the railroad company voluntarily imulo. Tlio cost of running tlio mills in the winter will hereafter bo less than usual. Quito recently hunters for gems near the now camp of Opaliuo , in Oiv.vhu county , made discoveries of gold-bearing ledges. They started prospecting anew and several lIch ilnds are reported , Tno belt on which : these strikes were made runs I mm Snake river to the camps of Silver Cltv and (0o ii Ijunar. Miners who were throw'n out of work by the closing down of the silver sullies will devotn innro or less attention to these now discoveries. In that they are tol- lowltig the example of other unlortuimtos , who , being without employment , huvo Mruck out for the mountains to develop gold prospects. This activity is bound to count to the advantage of Idaho , for Us gold nto ] > ojlta have long been ignored because they were ol low valuo. Only for pnri > oses of comparison are the statistics of tbo director of the United Stairs mint of much value as regards the Hold production of Idaho. The total output , ammlluK to that authority , falls under KH.OOO.OOO. But as this rofera only to the bullion aud dust deposited at the United plates uiliits and luaay ofllcea , tbo estimate u ridiculously low. JJuring the period whoa IJ ! ' yield v at th creatost tnoro wnro no government dopoiltorlci for gold convenient for the minors of that section. According to the lliirc furnished by Wells. Fargo .t Co. the cold output for 1S' was $1,7W,100. ) This would bo Increased RotnowliAt If credit WM obtained for the gold extracted from the fWOO.OOU worth of ores shipped out of the stato. The silver output for last year WAS reported at & ! ,434,200 , Con * scrvatlvo estimates place the gold ylohl ns equal to that If not nearer the $3,000,000 mark. For lb' > 3 it la predicted that thosn figures will bo roachud oven if they are not lurpatscd. An Official Gold Map. Assistant United Slate * Geologist A. N. Thompson , who has charge of all the gee logical work for the government west of the 100th parallel , told an interesting story of the important work now being carried on. The mapping of the gold field , which was commenced two or three .yenrs ago , Is now well on toward completion. Still two or three Important parties of geologists are novr out collecting additional data. Ono of those parties Is In charge of Wll- lard D. Johnson nnd Is at work in the Sierra , not far from Auburn. Another party ts making investigations in the mountains cass of Los Angeles. Still another expedition Is at work west of Hose- burg , Ore , in the vicinity of tno old camp of ( . .old Hill nnd clsowhcro In Josopliino county. This imrtt Is looking up facts about coal us well ns gold. Altogether the facts about the gold belt , which is looked forward to with so much interest , especially by gold miners , will bo put in succinct form for perusal in n few months , Already , as Mr. Thompson states , seventy charts show ing many curious nnd valuable things about the various strains ot the gold bolt have been issued. "Wo have in all , " said Geologist Thomp son , "twenty-four different parties out this year. Some are in Wyoming , some In Now Moxlco nnd others are scattered about in different directions besides thosu alluded to. Ono of our important parties has its headQuarters - Quarters at Seattle and Is nt work in the coal fields in the Cascade mountains near there. "In the mountains on the upper Snohomlsh has boon found coal which approaches very near to anthracite. You know it was said for n good while that wo had no coal In the west. About the only name they would bestow - " stow on it , especially in the east , was llg- "nlto. They did not dignify It by the name of coal. They said it would make heat and steam , but was hardly worth considering. ' Now , this feeling has radically changed. They have found that wo have immense fields of coal , nnd that it is of great valuo. Furthermore wo are finding bettor coal all the tlmo. Ono of the things wo nro working on at the present is to ascertain how near the coal and gold Ho to each other , and what the functions and conditions are. In a short tlmo wo will have compiled some valuable facts in reference to this. " Whose UlnmomlsT Mrs. Burt claims to have made a very valuable find of diamonds and is advertising for t the owner. She says she was walking recently , when she noticed a small package halt covered with dust and lying In tlio road. She picked it up and found that it contained a diamond necklace , two diamond screws , a diamond ring and diamond brace lets. i Shu says that the whole display Is worth $4,000. She refuses to let H. T..Cor- son , the representative of Mine. Lopez of London ] , England , see the stones , simply saying that the diamonds found do not an swer the description of the Lopez stones , which disappeared from the Cataract house three \ months ago. The Lopez diamonds were lost or stolen a few days before Mmo. Lopez loft her home nnd she did not dis cover her loss until she arrived in Chicago. She employed detectives to look up the case , but no trace was found until Mrs. Burt re ported the find as before stated. Mr. Cor- son is satisfied that Mrs. Burt has tha miss ing diamonds and may ask the courts to compel her to submit them to inspection. There were six diamonds lost by Mmo. Lopez which were worth $ J,000. Kovlvnl of Old Vuma Mines. September 1 a largo English company , to gether with several homo capitalists , includ ing Wilbur and Chandler , and A. Caldwell of lllvorsldo and L. C. Moreland , will begin working the placer claims about fifteen miles above Yuma on the California side of the Colorado river. Immense pumping works have been erected , one on the Tianks of the river with 500-horso power , which will raise- a largo stream of water to the high bluffs above , from where it will bo convoyed in steel pipes to the placer mines , four miles awny. After the water is used once it will he again pumped back by a second pumping plant and used over and over again. The plant is completed except for the laying of the pipe lino. It is thought that about 800 men will bo employed on the day und nltrht shifts. Contracts for labor are being made. Some old miners from this city have been employed. These minus have been worked for fifty years by Mexicans witli dry-washers and by packing dirt to the river. Hundreds of thous'auds of dollars have thus beeu taken out. Colorado. The Summit , Crlppln Crook , has mndoa cleanup of ? JCOO for ; i day's run. Ono man found : in ounce of gold In a Mnglo day in the Cripple Crock placer last weok. A blj { stnko of WOO ere is reported in the cast level of the Manhattan , Boulder county. Gold III11 , near Aspen , is producing some 11 no specimens. Some assays run 103 ounces Bold. Bold.A A placer innchmo for working iho dirt dry is uoinc I6stod at Cripple Creek. It throws the light stuff back u-iillo the metal RODS for ward. A strike ylolilltiK $10,000 to the ton , assay values , is rsportud in the Brooklyn , located southwest of the Pharmacist. Cripple Creek district. At n depth of thirty-flvo feet the Little PittsbuTK has brought to hunt a pay seamen onvhlcti ii mill run of $1)0.03 ) was obtained. This is the leading property In the Turkey Crook section , On Bald mountain , Wnrd district , Boulder county , the Karclon brothers have seven feet of fro3 milling ere ttiat runs $07 per ton on the plates. The erection of a largo stamp mill is under consideration. The mountains around Turkey crook arc re ceiving names. The mountain on which the Pittsburj ; property is located Is named Pittsbnrg mountain and contains some of tlio richest property tn the camp , bearing a resemblance to Bull mountain in Cripple crook. The necessary steps nro being taken by the people of Turkey crook to have a post- office , The name dotonniuod on is Turkey Falls. A number of capitalists liavo come into the camp and will bo located there per manently , cnuving the erection of a number of now buildings. The. mealing of the snoop and cattlemen of Mesa and Garllold counties was well at tended and good feeling prevailed. It was agreed to appoint a committee to make boundary lines for the alioop and cattle and I thus avoid further trouble. This stops the p\rachuto : trouble , bat does not affect the plateau country. Miss Brown , ago and description not given , conducts a restaurant in iho Yunkoo Hill gold district , Clear Crook county. She has evidently caught thu fever , for in ad dition to the presale employment of dishing out coffee &nd soup tn hungry prospectors , Miss Brown Is developing , with thu assistance anceof two men , thu northeasterly exten sion to the Surprise lode , ' 'cry rieh iloat has been found , but as yet the vein is not located , A wild cat and a grav wolf have bosn causing n gnut < Je.il of commotion In the vicinity of the Santa fo shops at Donvor. The animals escaped last week from the menagerie which has been stranded for the winter In Valwrdo. The keeper had a lively tlmo In attvmptiiiR to recapture thu cat. Early the next morning .Mrs , Klce of .North Idaho street , hearing u loud noise , rushed to Uio door nnd saw n lurgo animal retreating with tbo house cat ' -Winnie" in Its tooth. The smaller nuliunl was lighting gamely and its yells could bo heard a. block away. The neighbors were aroused and gave pursuit. Armed with brooms and sticks they chased thu animals up Dakota atreot. The larger animal , which proved to bo the gray wolf , dropped its folina victim , and leaving tbo mutilated tabby lying In the street , escaped in an alloy. The wolf has also succeeded iu getting the best of several dogs that have boon put upon iu trail. M'liu iiukotat. Senator Kyle has introduced a bill chang ing tlmo and places of holding United States court in South Dakota. The tenth artesian well in Brulo county Is now being llulshed iu Sory Laku lowuahiii It is eight inches iu diameter all the wuy down , nml tin * n flour now that rhesolghtcon lnche.1 nborii the top of the plx | > . This county intend * to have n flowing well in every township. Over 1,000 novr settlers have entered on the newly ceded reservation lands between Sturgli and Chamberlain slnco the first day of last January. A new problem now confronts the North Dakota farmer and that Is how to market hi * wheat crop. In many localities the elevators will not open clthor to buy or store Trheat. Chicken shooting near Bottinoau , S. D. , I * fair , but the birds nro very wild. I cal sportsmen and farmers nro posting notices n.i provided by the state law and trespassing will bo prosecuted. The atonmcr Last Chance in engaged in hauling (1,000 ( bushels of wheat and 1,000 bushels of llax from Charles Mix county to Chamberlain. Most of the grain will bo stored for bettor prices. It U reported tot'ay ' that rich placer ground tins been found In the Black Hills about ono nnd n half miles from "Indian Johnny's'1 place. Tlio find Is supposed to bo on n branch of Horse creek. ' ' It is estimated that the yield of wheat In South Dakota this year will roach 35.000,000 bushels. 50,000,000 bushels in North Dakota nnd 45,000,000 In Minnesota , or a total of 180,000,000 bushels for the three states. Quito a. rich find ot coal Is reported from Bnssko. ono of the now towns south of For- mail , , N. D. , In the SIssoton reservation. The voln was discovered by a farmer whllo digging a , woll. ana the coal Is said to bo of very good quality. 1 ho secretary of the Corn Bolt association of South Dakota , has sent out notices an nouncing that the association will hold Its annual mooting nt Canton on Augusts. Ho calls attention to the corn bolt exposition to bo held at Mitchell this fall , and the Im portance of having oaoli county well repre sented thoro. Dr. Edward Mitscnorllch of the Imperial 'Agricultural museum , St. Petersburg , nnd imperial Kusstan commissioner to the World's fair , name to Grand Forks , N. D. , to conduct an oftlclal investigation of agri cultural methods In tbo Hod river valley , with particular reference to Improved farm machinery with a view to Its introduction in Russia. The shooting season has commenced nnd the birds are being slaughtered in largo numbers. Ducks are very plentiful , the nu merous lakes and sloughs round about For- mnn , N. D. . being a favonto brooding place for aquatic birds of all kinds. The variety of ducks Is greater thnn usual , though the spoonbills aud teals are most numerous. The grain fields are lltorally covered with chickens , and sportsmen report the shooting the host over experienced hi the country , The town of Gettysburg Is very much dis turbed by the ungodly doings of an evange list named Burrows , who has boon holding a series of tent meetings thcro. During nn In terview with n young lady regarding her spiritual wolfuro. ho kissed her thrco times and otherwise behaved so as to create her suspicions. A mooting of church pcoplo was hold and Burrows acknowledged his oscula- tory demonstration , but claimed ho had no ova Intentions. The good pcoplo of Gettys burg , however , thought differently und were talking of preparing a coat of tar aid fcahors , when the preacher departed over land for Blunt. Charles Thomas and brother own 200 acres of land on the Missouri river bottom , nine miles cast of Yankton. Of this ,145 acres are under cultivation this season , as follows : Corn , 120 acres ; potatoes , twenty acres ; melons , five acres. The balance is pusturo and bay land. They have already sold 1,200 bushels of pat a toes at an average price of 00 cents. The ylold of potatoes will bo 175 bushels per aero , or U,500 bushels , which nt 50 cents would bo $1,750. The melons will average $100 per ncro , $50or At a low ostl- inato the corn will yield seventy bushels per acre , or 8,400 bushels , which ut 25 cents would not 2,100 , making the total Income for the year $4,350. They keep two hired men for eight months at $20 ; total for help , $320 , leaving o balance of $4,030 for : ho two broth ers. Oregon. Dallas cows are dying of gargot. Cabbage nets nn Enterprise man $200 an acre. Scio hopyards will yield about 400,000 pounds. A Itosobur ? evaporator has dried 850 tons of plums. A Union county cattle man has to travel 150 miles to pay his taxes. Huntington's depot receipts were $400 larger in July than for July of 1893. - Between 1,000 and 1,800 bushels of who.it nro being daily brought in to. the Salem mills. A sheep fell into an Arlington well , nnd was taken out unharmed when discovered seventeen days after. Most of the letters asking the governor to call an extra session of the legislature are from Uirmtilln county , where , it is alleged , the farmers are in debt $5,000,000 and wheat i now quoted at 38 cents a bushol. Forest llres have destroyed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of line timber iu Crow Icreok canon. Travel was blocked on the old overland wagon road. Ono outfit passing through was nearly destroyed , mon and horses , by the ilamcs. Flvo Blodgott valley boys had an oxcltlng mooting with an old boar and her two cubs near Mary's peak. Their only weapon was n 22-callbro target riflo. They finally killed the bear and astonished their parents by bringing the hide homo with them. Max Friemlly's saw logslfrom up the Me- Konzio have boon safely lodged iusido of the boom lit Corvallis. There are 3,000 of them , nnd they scale a total of nearly a,000,000 foot of the llnest timber. They were brought a distance of 100 miles , and the trip down oc cupied forty-flvo days. Mr. Chapman , a mining man from Mexico , has bonded for sixty days about 7,000 acres of land In Iho Gold Hill and Willow Springs districts for about $74,000 , wluoh ho will dis pose of to an English syndicate ho is repre senting , who are tlgurlng on prospecting it , and if feasible bring In walor and placer mtno the land on an extensive scale. For some tlmo the Skaglt Boom com panv which operates extensively on the Skaglt river , has Insisted on maintaining a boom at the mouth ot the river. The marine en gineers have notified the- company tune and agala that navigation was obstructed and that the boom would have to bo romovcd , The company Ignored the notice , and now the government has begun proceedings against it at Seattle. The strike of the stone cutters , says The D.illos Chronicle , is still on at the Cascndo locks , but the delay Is not necessarily harm ful for the prosecution of work. There is enough stone cut to more than half complete the locks and flftoon to twenty cars are being hauled in dully. As soon as the water gets below the bulkhead , which it is ex pected to do within tun days , pumping will commence to exhaust the water out of the canal. The pump has already boon placed. A largo force of men will then bo set to work laying rock for tlio walls. WiiilililKtnn. Walla Walla is shipping second-crop strawberries into Spokane. A North Yakima man oxpoots to realize ? J,000 ) from 20 acres of broom , corn , Noali Burokor , of Wnllu'WiilIii , is reported to have threshed 1,133 bushels of wheat from 13 acres. It is reported from the upper Satsop that the elk are beginning to come down from the mountains , Ono settler states that ho saw a herd of no loss than thirty on ono of the west forks of tlio river. * The buildings for the Great Northern railroad shops in Spokane are all completed ami iho roundhouse is now in usu. Ono carload of machinery has arrived and other consignments tire on the way. Twelve hundred people who wont to Sno- quulmlu Falls , fifty miles east of Seattle , on tin excursion train tq see Frank Clifford malio a parachute jump over the fulls , which are nearly ! X ) feat high , witnessed the sicken ing sight of the aeronaut being dashed on the rooks below , a nearly lifeless muss. 1C. Carruthers of Oystcrvillo will start for Chicago in a few days with a rare commer cial outfit. There is n crab apple swamp near Oystervlllo , and from its tangled thickets Mr. Carruthers , in the course of several yean , has cut and polished over 0,000 Ktiarlod and curious walking ctiiios. Ho ox- poets to llnd sale for all of them in the Windy City. A baud of sheep belonging to Coflln Bros , und numbering about li.lUJ have for nonio tlmo past been ranging iu thu Tlotau. Last Wednesday the camp tender rode to Tain- pico. leaving a border in solo charge. The herd , according to the latter , uudo u suildo i rush for the shade of tug trees und encoun U' tered two f Allen lopsvfhch | Iny In the form of n v. These In front were crowded for ward In spite of thom'iWvoi , and , AS U usunl with the unroaaonlnfr * Animals , were piled ono on top of jinothor these beneath being , of course , smothered to death , In this way 4GO were killed. " " ' Mlicollnneoni. The wlntor food Is scarce , ft * hot winds have burned up nil than crass nil along the southern state line ot Wyoming. Montana grocers and bakers propose to boycott North Dakotii flour because the con gressmen of the latter state oppose free silver. , i A property near Pla'eqrvlllo , Idaho , has returned - turned 23,000 In gold as .tho result of n three weeks run. Twenty men were employed In the work. A Green Hlvcr , Wyo. , sheepman announces that ho will feed from 10,000 to 15,000shoop nt Ilavonno. the coming winter. This will furnish n market for 800 to 1,000 tons of hay. The Amethyst. Crocdo , is shipping sixty tons a day of sillclous ere running not high in silver mid easily treated. The pay roll for development work sluco last month was W.OOO. Prank Bowers , n ranchman living near Saratoga , was out hunting in the mountains when suddenly ho came upon a number of wild oats feeding upon n fawn which tboy had killed , The animals resented the Intru sion of the hunter and were so warlike in their demonstrations that ho boat n hasty retreat. It was not until ho had killed six of the cats that they gave up Uioir pursuit of him. The cement deposits twelve miles west of Candor nro being extensively prospected for gold. The Lander Gold Cement syndicate has sixty-four surveyed locations and other parties nro taking up land. A Lander dis patch to the Cheyenne Sun advances the theory that the gold found in the nearby placer diggings comes from the cement. Test samples have been forwarded to Den ver , Salt Lake and Omaha. Edward Brookor. n young Tanoy county. Mo. , farmer , is rejoicing over n rich find , of n tin can containing ? 1C > 00 In gold and silver coin. Mr. Breaker's farm Is on White rlvor , Eurokn Springs , Ark. , and last spring dur ing the high water ho noticed nn old tin vessel which had boon burled on the banks of the stream. The other day ho gave the old can a kick and was surprised to Und that it was full of old gold and silver coins. Ho dug it up and found it contained a small for tune. The coins bora dates ranging from 1830 to 18G3. o SVXltAV VfMSlflG. OMAHA , Aug. 20. To the Editor of Tnn Br.n : I saw an urticlo in your paper en titled , "To Close or Not _ to Close. " Now , if you will kindly give mo space in your col umns , I shall endeavor to show that the statements made in that article by the boss barbers who are opposed to Sunday closing are all rot and were made simply tn gain public sympathy , and are really not thu facts in tin : case. Now It Is claimed by these bosses .that thcro Is a division of sentiment in regard to Sunday closing , which I freely admit , but an overwhelming majority of this sentiment is with the working burborsand why ? Because they uro right , and the people know it. Why should the Journeymen Harbors , who work from 7 o'clock in the mdrning until 8I0 : at night and 10 o'clock Saturday night , bo com pelled to work on Sunday ? Adam Morroll says them nro only two of the larger shops that , are in favor of the closing ordinance. Now I wish to correct Mr. Morroll in this , statement. The facts are that there are only tour boss barbers who are making an open fight acaiust Sun day ulostngnnd that there are thifty-t ivo boss barbers who are in .favor of closing , with their names signed to the petition which was presented to thoEeUy council. Now if these bosses are so opposed to closing tuoir shops on Sunday , -why. did they say In the beginning of this llgjit. that they were in favor of closing ? Antl yet Mr. Morroll hints that the motives of the boss barbers who are in favor of.closing are open to question. VVhy did' Mr , ' Morroli stop moon the street about u year ago and say to mo : "Why don't you close tu'b shops on Sunday ? " And when I expressed ! my surprise at the ' question knowing h'U.'nntaganlsm. to Sun day closing ho replied : " \Voli-If they keep the saloons ' open pn , Sunday then I want to stay o'pen , but' how they close tho" saloons and I want to closo. I lose money every Sunday. Go ahead and close thorn up and I'll help you. " Messrs. Armbrustgr & Bayard of the Mlllard hint nt the possible reduction of wages. There Is no question but what the men will take in just as much money as they did before closing , so thcro would bo no necessity of cutting the men's wages. Then again these two gontleraon say that if the ordinance goes into effect that It will keep the traveling men away from the city. Now this is tno most ridiculously absurd state ment that has yet been made. How does this strike the general nubile for an argu ment. Doesn't it look pretty gauzy ? Do you think these traveling men are going to jump on the flyer and run up to Chicago just to got a Sunday shave ? They would have to If they got shaved , because Kansas City , DCS Moines , Sioux City , Denver. St. Paul and Minneapolis nro closed and Chicago would bo the nearest point. Wo , as nn organized body of barbers , havn gone about the Sunday closing quietly , believing and having full confidence that the gentlemen who represent us in the city council would right our wrongs and givu us that day of rest which is given to us by the laws of God and man and which rightfully belongs to us Sunday. W. M. SMITH , President Journeymen Barbers Union. Thcro nro three things worth saving tlmo , trouble and money and Do Witt's Little Early Hisers will save them , for you. These little pills will save you time , us they act promptly. They will save you trouble , as they ca use no pain. They will save you mohoy , as they economuo doc'or's bills. . < 1AA U VXVK31KNTS. Not very nanny people stop to think of the stupendous accomplishments of George Francis Train in his younger days , wliilo ho was yet engaged iu mercantile pursuits. He established the house of Train & Co , , of Liverpool , England , when he was IU years old , and in 1853 the Australian house ; \vr.s in fifteen urisons in different parts of the world for patrlotio utterances during the civil war ; built the flrst London tramways ; built the llrst American clipper ships for the high seas ; founded the flrst .lino of packet ships from Boston to Liverpool ; also first steamship line from San Francisco to Aus tralia ; was ono of the foremost in making the construction of tlio Union Pueillo rail way u possibility , anrtiiiis made the circuit of the glebe 11 v5 { * , times. Ono very prominent writer , _ III maklncr a pen sketch of Mr. Train , says : "Goorco Francis Train Is UlilMnost , unique figure of the time. A brlllinnt mind ; n man ol such large deeds an tn'hlivo ' gained a world wide reputation , whdn'suddenly , In the very uriuio of Ufa , ho closdd lih lips to the world und , seating himself In Madison Squart park , welcoming only Jllltlo children uboul hi in' , remained silent Hud purposeless for n perloa of more than 'fourteen ' years , Then , us suddenly returning' to the aclivo world he at ouco hocamo the prominent flguro It its affairs thut ho\vas when ho sat dowi thcro fourteen years l(6foro. ( " This is a shorl sketch of iho curour'of ' the wonderful mm whom every man , wdmun aud child in Omaha knows of , und'Kvho will give ono o his oharaetorlstio luodlrus at Bovd's theater this evening. Ho has iiplun that will inter cst everybody in Oniulm that of taking ! > ,000 of our school children to the World's fair free. Come. hoUr'and assist Viiin. Mr Train arrives from Chicago this morning. NEBRASKA CROP PROSPECTS Reports from the DlfToront Counties Throughout the Stato. BOUNTIFUL HARVESTS ARE PROMISED Onlilon Promise * for the Futttro Nnture' * Kindly Drilling wlllttli Farmer lorvu Conditions ns lloporteit bjr the Agricultural Dcpartmoilt. WASHINGTON , Aug. 27. [ Special to TUB BKR. ] The following from the spe cial bulletin Just Issued by the Department of Agriculture upon the condition of growing crops In Nebraska , nnd Iowa Indicates the prospects for corn In Nebraska , being re ports by counties : Keith county : A continuance of the pres ent drouth will result in n complete failure of crop. Washington : Prospect never was bettor for a largo yield. Antelope : Hot winds , which have prevailed to nn unusual degree during the month , havn made their mark on the corn ; showers nnd cooler nights sluco the 25th nro bringing It rapidly to the front again. Banner : The last week brought us plenty of rain , which will make nn abun dant crop if frost does not como too soon , Gngo ! Early planted badly burned on the 18th' , 14th and 15th lusts. ; hot nnd windy ; tassels nnd loaves scorched ; late planting gtvos host promise ; from one-half to two-thirds crop predicted. Uownrd : Hall storms and dry weather have reduced condition slnco last report. Nanco : Some lack of pollen nt llrst , but late rains have made nn unusually good stand como out all right. NuckolU : Present appearance indicates a half crop ; the early planting damaged by drouth and hot winds. Platte : Looking fine. Gnrflold : Looking well ; prospect now for a very heavy crop. Hitchcock : Badly damaged by long con tinued hot , dry weather ; thousands of acres entirely ruined now , Johnson : The past ten days have put it up to a full-crop standard nil ever the county. ICoyn Paha : A general rain on the 27th Insures crop , which "will bo largo. Lincoln : Two-thirds of our Holds are in bad condition , nnd if rain docs not , como soon thcro will bo almost a total loss. Uock : No rain from the 1st to the 27th , with the exception of two slight showers ; some pieces of corn had tlio pollen blown off bo f ere the silk was out ; for the most part crop that was clean and well stirred up will como through O. K. Wheeler : Now looks remarkably healthy ; showers .inly 27 have helped It very much. Phclps : Plenty rain in past few days im proving crop wonderfully. Thomas : Very much damaged by drouth and hot winds ; dying all ever the county ; crop will bo very light. Salina : Has suffered for want of rain , but is now doing woll. Furnas : With good rains from now on n croat deal would bo raised , but they must como soon. McPherson : f rulncomcssoon will have full crop. Buffalo : Cover a bettor prospect up to dato. Hayes : Jo to July 15 crop never looked better , but lot winds and the absence of moisture have inco reduced the prospe-its at least 50 per cent ; many fields arc totally ruined ; a good soaking rain would make perhaps a half : rop. iCearnoy : Have had a full average unount of ram this season , but In every nstanco it came three or four weeks later ban usunl , tlio tardiness working damage to crop. Madison : Very promising ; rain came filly 1 , Just in tlmo to save it. Ilnrlau : Has stood the dry -weather remarkably well. Morrlck : Injured by several weeks of dry woathor. Pierce : Frequent rains in July have improved the crop. York : Drouth md hot weather have largely reduced condl- .ion. Burt : Weather extremely line for crop. 2olfnx : Extra good. Hall : If no'mmodiato rain comes our crop may bo reduced to 23 iiercont. Polk : With early rain wo shall make two-thirds of a crop. Douglas : Looks Ino ; never hotter. Frontier : Owing totho hot , dry weather , and in some places hall , crop has dropped twenty points in the last two weeks. Jefferson : May yield well if weather continues favorablo. Sauuders : ooJ-but needs rain. Seward : Injured all jvcr the county by drouth , and in certain localities by hall , to the extent of 15 to 40 percent. Thursto'i : Dolug well ; rain was tmdly needed , but came In time last week. Butler : Hatn of July 27 puts crop in good condition. Lancaster : Not as forward as usual at this time of year ; many pieces have suffered from drouth , but the prospect is favorable for a fair crop. Deuol : A nice rain last night helped the prospect very much. Cherry : Damaged to some extent by dry weather , but with rain soon will re cover. In lown. Marlon county : Good , but in need of rain. Clay : Prospect was never moro fluttering. Delaware : Some Holds show the effect of drouth , which now gives uojlndlcatlon of being - ing broken. Monona : Conditions have boon and are still qulto favorablo. Washington : A splendid prospect , but It Is being pinched n little by drouth at present ; a good rain would giyo us the best crop over crown. Winnesliiok : A good siand , largo growth and is well cared. Allnmukeo : In splendid con dition and U about two wcoks nliead of the usual season. Crawford : Prospect "A No. 1. " Jackson : Threatened with damage unless rain comes soon. Page : The best prospect in many years. Adams : Weather perfect for growth , with Just sufll- clcnt moisture In the soil ; all indications point to a full crop. Bremer : Wilt bo a heavy crop if ruin comes at an curly dato. Plymouth : Homarkably promising ; with no drawback hereafter it will make a Ifno yield. Iowa : Very promising. Johnson : Weather conditions very favorable nnd tbo prospect is in favor of n line yield. Lucas : Very promising , Ulnggold : A magnificent crop promised. Adulr : Some on sod and'-push" lands has suffered from the hot , dry weather of July. Boone : Wna in need of rain , which came Just In tiino for this roport. Carroll : Homarkably line , promising n big ylold. DCS Moines : Suffering from drouth ; no rain in July , Dubuque : Never bolter nt this dato. Groeuo : Booming , Humboldt : Has made a line growth and the prospect n ow indicates n full crop. Louisa : Made n good , strong growth and is In good condition , bub needs rain. Muscatino : Badly in need of rain. Union ; Good , but beginning to show the effects of drouth. Appnnooso : Promises to bo the best croji In yoars. Audubon : Very promising ; clean , well cultivated and tus Hellng out oven. Buchanan : In line con. * , dltion , indlcatlnga full crop. Clinton : Badly In need of rain. Hancock : The finest pros- poet ever known. Hurdln : Has made n splendid growth und'ls silking out all right ; is badly blown down In some places. Henry : Prospect never hotter and the ciop is well advnncol ; on thin , worn lands rain is needed. Jefferson : In jured by drouth ; unless ruin comes at an early date the dumago will bo serious. Kossutli : Gives promise of a wonderful crop slnco the lluo rain of recent dato. O'Brien : Promises n tremendous yield , Pocahoutas : in splendid condition. Scott : Beginning to shrivel up from the effects of drouth ; no rain sluco .luly 4. Taylor : In good condi tion ; bonofltea by frequent showers. Van Burun : Never moro promising , Guihrlu : Will bo cut abort unless ruin conies wltliin a short time. Ida : Has a line growth. ICookuk : Needs rain badly , though it is not firing as yet ; n good ralr would Insure a splendid crop. Leo : A miu crop , but begins to show the effects of drouth. Madison : Needs rain , Worth : In line condition'but a good ruin would bo of benefit. Mahaska ; Higncstof all in Leavemny Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. i rain comes n tan early date the aver age will bo materially reduced. Wh nt In .Sohrntkn. N Fallowing nro tbo reports on the wheat crops Just harvested : Nebraska , Douglat ( county ) ; lias boon gathered In good shapo. Frontier : Has Improved rapidly in the last month , but has boon badly damaged in place * by hall. Thurston : Fairly good ; harvesting Just commenced. .Lancaster : Fair quality. Buffalo Thrashing out hotter than was expected. Hayes ; On old ground is no good ; on back soUlnn or now ground it is fair. Pierce : Not as good ns was sup- jwsod. York : frantically n failure. Frank lin : Poor ; some have thrashed , and the nvcrago so far U under six bushels per ncro. Lincoln : Nearly n failure. Wheeler : About nil cut and shocked. Thomas : Damaged by drouth aim hot winds. Nance : All In stack In good condition. Platte : Poor. Garflold : Will bo n very light crop. Wash ington : Grasshopper has done considerable damage to crop. South Dakota Day county : Needs rain very much ; weather not favorable to the illllng , Aurora : Harvest Just com menced. Extreme drouth nnd hot winds have loft a light crop. Beadle : A thin stand , short straw and short heads ; dry weather and hot winds hnvo caused berry to shrink badly ; harvest will commence the Illst of July. DavUon : Will bo n fair crop ; harvest has commenced. Douglas : Will bo a superior quality If prop erly saved. Potter : Condition bolter than a week ago ; on the 2Dth wo had n good rain. Brookings : Is filling out woll. Sanborn : Whllo the yield will bo below average the quality will bo above. Hutchlnson : Variable from poor to good ; Injured by drouth nnd heat. Turner : Seems to bo lining well where the hall missed. Splnk : Some may go ton or twelve bushels per acru ; harvest Just beginning , Iowa Plymouth county : Below the aver age of last year. Johnson : Will fall below thoaverago. Lucas : Some Holds badly rusted. Chlckasaw : Injured by the chinch bug. DCS Moiucs : Damaged by extreme heat and drouth. Dubuque : Himcstod In good con dition and has a full berry. Hardln : Thin and weedy , and there is some damage from rust. Ida : A full avnrngo. Worth : Of poor quality ; badly damaged by blight nnd rust. Powcshiok : Damaged by "rust. Clay : Dried up by the hot weather whllo In bloom. Following nro the department's general remarks - marks upon tbo crops In Iowa : Corn has not boon materially alTectod by the drouth and is still doing woll. Wheat has boon seriously injured v rust. Oats ripened pre maturely nnd gave a light yield of pool- quality. The condition of late potatoes has rapidly declined since July 1. Early pota toes were good. Timothy made bettor growth than usual , but was damaged by Iho army worm during the ripening season. Clover did not recover from winter killing , caused by close pasturing and drouth during the past fall. Pastures have failed rapidly since the rains ceased.- Apples will not niaito moro than n half crop. Grapes promise a good yield. No Dlitllictlon. The people aulckly recognize merit , nnd this Istho reason the sales of Hood's Sarsaparilla - parilla are continually incrcnslnir , Try it. Captured Cmuiturfctcr. ST. Louis , Aug. 27. Peter Hunno , u Rou manian i , was arrested at noon yesterday at his ] room on the third floor of 210 South Fourteenth j street by Detectives Tobeau , Xoiglor and Viohlo on the charge of counter feiting. A trunk full of metal , molds , dies , sands , acids aud other paraphernalia was captured , with 750 counterfeit half- dollars. ' The coin is a good imitation of the genuine I , but a trifle light. Hunno says ho and two pals made the stulf in Kansas City , but the police bcliuvo ho made it hero. His pals are believed to bo in the city also. A number of the spurious coins huvo boon passed in tbo last two weeks. Hunno will be turned over to the federal authorities. 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THE PACIFIC PARK RAILROAD This includes ALL nocossitry traveling expenses , railroadstngonnd sloopingcur faros , meals nnd Hotels for the complete TOUR OF THE PARK , Your trip to the World's Pair will not bo complete unless you also # o from there to the Yollowftono Park ( total expense ubout $160) ) nnil view the wonderful things the Almighty bus placed there lor mankind to eeo. No such spot is found ohowhoro ] on earth. The Northern Pa cific is the direct line there. Send for " 0,030 Mlles Thronph Won derland , " and our now map of iho Ptvrlc. CHAS. S. FEE , General I'lissBiisor Acont , ST. PUL. . W11NM. EDUCATIONAL. OMAHA MEDICAL COLLEGE. Most unproved mid tluirouirli curriculum. Wrlttj to UK. J. K. 9UM.M101W , Omulm. OMAHA LAW SCHOOL. Complete anil nbln faculty. Wrlto to JOHN > V. IIATT1N , Kail , , Oiuulin , BELLEVUE COLLEGE. 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