Nebraska Newspapers

    TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , NOVEMBER 27. 1803.1
GOOSE CREEK COLD FIELDS
Hews from the New Find of Auriferous
Rook in the Qnnnisoa Country ,
PROMISES A BOOM FOR NEXT SPRING
Now Cnttip lint IMonty of Tlmlinr nnil
\Vnlcr , hut l n lUril rinco to
Jtencli O cr it Snow Uor-
proil Trail.
H. C. Olnoy of GUnnlson Is In Uio city
from the now ( Jooso croak gold floMs nnd
reports that the region Is all tlmt Is claimed
for It , says the Denver Times. Ho predicts
thnt with the opening of spring the district
will have n croat boom.
Mr. Olnoy brought with him a largo num
ber of samples of the ore of the now dUtrlut ,
and somu of tticm nro very rich , showing
free gold In largo quantities. The veins of
the district are represented > as true fissure.
The mineral bodies nt the surface for thcro
has bcon nothing more than surface work
performed as yet are from olht lncno < to
thrco feel In thickness and the veins show
ing a comparative variation to the thickness1
of the lead.
Mr. Olncy Is too old In the mining business
to pay any attention to assays , but states
thnt a mill run on ere from the "Old Lot"
loilo so named because of Its bolng located
in an old cow lot-showed a value of $100
per ton. In appearance the ere Is qultu slm
liar to that of the Hlo Hondo district in Now
Mexico.
The prevailing rod : is granite , porphyry
and schist , while In the vein matter Is found
quart/ , copper pyrites and carbonates , some
of the quartz showing free cold and the entire -
tire mineral bearing rock looking very rich.
Ono lot of quartz shown by Mr. Olncy as
coming from the now dtstrictis coarsohonoy
comb , having very much the appearance of
the rich quartz from the noted Senator mines
of Arizona.
The now camp Is twenty-eight miles nearly
duo south of the town of Gunnispn , at an
eluvation of tf.OOO foot , with an abundance of
wiitur and plenty of timber. In fact , like so
much of tlio Gunuisou district , It-is declared
that too much water may bo encountered as
tin ; miners sink on the vmns.
But thcro Is a lack of accommodations of
all kinds , n scarcity of food for man and
boast , and no hotel. Tlio probability of a
heavy /all of snow any day makes the out
look bad for the camp nt this season of the
year , and Mr. Olney advises people to cither
may away from the camp this winter or else
go In prepared for cold , stormy weather.
Tlio now llnd is supposed to be a cropping of
the famous gold belt that runs fromTcllurlao
toPitkinand ; is opened at OUray by the Amer
ican Notliu and other properties , on the
Cimnrron by the Koscoo Conkling and at
other points along Its course by well known
producers.
But those who are acquainted with that
section of Colorado west and south of the
continental divide know the dips and rises
in the mineral formation and can form tholr
own conclusion as to this idea. The now
camp Is in direct line of the course of this
great mineral belt , which varies In width
li'om two to fourteen ml'es.
Should the new camp DO all that Is claimed
for it , a boom in the gold mining districts of
thoGunnlsou andSan.luan Is assured with
the opening of spring.
N'cviulu Nlcklc.
The National Nicklo company , whose mine
is located forty miles southeast of Lovelocks
in Churchill county. Nevada , is about to com
mence the construction of big works at that
point for reducing nicklo ere found in that
district , says tlio San Francisco Call. Super
intendent C. Bell was a passenger from the
west on this morning's train and stated that
while below ho contracted for n $7i,000 !
plant and the machinery would commence to
arrive In a few days.
An English company runs the mine and
has been engaged In its development for the
past four or live years and ha s enough ere in
sight to Justify the erection of these works.
It has had an expert named Martine ,
from Shnflleld , England , on the ground for
the past live weeks. This man is thoroughly
conversant with iiicklu oro.
This is ttio richest mine in the world. Mr.
Bell has sunk a shaft on the property to a
depth of 550 feet and run several tunnels ,
varying in length from 200 to 075 feet , at
various poin ts on the ledge from tlio top of the
hill to the bottom , besides numerous crosscuts.
Ho proposes to nut up works to separate the
nickel from the arsenic and cobalt , when it
will bo shipped to the Selby Smelting works
nt San Francisco for further refinement.
Boll says that Expert Martine has made
nthcrdiscovciies In that section that prom
ise to bring Nevada into world-wiao repute
in the near future.
.SonHi Iinkotii Ilovlncn.
In no country on the plebe is there a ro-
glen better adapted to stock raising than
western South Dakota , says the Black Hills
Stockman. However , there are but few
people outside of those actively engaged In
the range cattle business who have any idea
of the magnitude to which the Industry has
grown during the past few years. Accurate
shipping statistics are what most readers
lllto to have presented , and during the past
week the Stockman has been engaged-ill
securing figures on the actual shipments
made from the different loading points on
Ihe-Elkhorn railroad , which carries perhaps
twp-thiras or three-fourths of the cattle
from western South Dakota'- ' the eastern
markets.
S. C. Summls , 'tho Elkliorn company's
agent at Buffalo Gap. writes that the records -
ords of that station show thnt U.-I01 cars of
cattle have passed that point for the east
since the shipping season opened. Calculat
ing an average of twenty-live head to the
car , this would mean OU,000 head of beef cat
tlo. Add to this number the 205 cars from
Smithwlck , fifty-three cars from Chadron ,
fifty cars from Oolrichs , and about 100 cars
sent In from Ardmoro and Edgemont on the1
Burlington , and wo have not less than 'J.SG'J
cars fron ) this section. Of cour&o there are
n largo number of stockmen on ttio
Sioux range who are located nearer
Plorro than any other shipping point
and naturally load there. From the most
rollablo llgures obtainable the Stockman is
loci to juugo mat not less man ouo cars nave
boon shipped from Plorro. Thus wo have to
date a total shipment of at least U.GGO cars
of cattle from west of the Missouri river.
At twenty-llvo head to the car this means
111,700 head. Shipments will , of course , con
tinue until about Christmas , and by the
thin * the season really closes the llcuro will
bo somewhere between 05,000 and 100.0JO
hoail. ' 'Corn ' Is king" down in Nebraska ,
but in view of the above llguros it vould bo
entirely lilting for the people of western
South Dakota to proclaim that "beef is
king" in this country. Our 181)3 ) beef crop
has sold for not loss than 1,500,000 cash.
No .Mori' l.lvo lli > i > r for l.o ,
Ono of the most Important changes in the
Indian service during the past few months
la in the manner of issuing boot to the In
dians. 1'ioriuerly , at the larger agencies ,
such as Itosobud ami Pine Kidgo , the In-
dir.ns themselves were permitted to chase ,
kill and butcher the cattle issued to them ,
says Uio Sioux Falls Argus-I cader , The
natural result of this practlco was unques
tionably demoralizing to the Indians , ns the
chasing and killing ot the cattle aroused all
tlio fiercer nature of the red men and re
tarded thnin In their inurch toward civ
ilization. During u bnof issue at any of the
larger agencies the pruirio for wiles around
the beef corral would ho dotted over with
mounted Indians , all intent on running down
and Idlling the steers which hud been turned
out of the corral for them. H was rare
port for the Indians , although it was also
very dangerous. Various persons have been
killed by stray bullets during the beef
issue under the old system at Rosebud
ami Pine Kid go.
Much has been said and written in con
demnation of the practice , but the stubborn
opposition of tbo Indians bus until qulto
recently prevented a change. The govern
ment employes who are paid to teach the
lurHuun how to farm and become self-sup-
porting found ( hat thu trips to the agency
utter rations every wnok , or two weeks , as
thu cany might bo , kept the Indiana almost
constantly on the.roud traveling back and
forth between their camps nnd tbo agency ,
The establishment of the ttubagoiicies bus
remedied this and the largo majority of
the Indians now have to K ° but ft
short distance nftor rations , Heof Is
Untied u thorn tii'.noU wholly from
the blo-'k at the uluem-les on the
larger reservation * . whllo nt agen
cies of the smaller class , such as Crow CreeK
nnd t/jwcr Untie , the c.ittlolntcmlcd for the
Indian * are killed by agcni'y employe * In
the corr.U m.ilnKtlnod for the nunxjso , liut
the red men are still permitted to skin nnd
cut tip tbo curiMsjcs. This they do In a
manner thoroughly In keopjng with the
habits and ciutoms of Indian life , but thcro
is ro.illy nothing vary domorall/.Ing about It
when comp ircd with the old pr.ictlco at the
larger agencies. The chnstng nnd killing of
caltlo b/tho Indi.insxvas ono of the most
exciting and interesting Ovents of agency
life , but It Is now a thing of tbo past , and
persons who have never witnessed it will
never have an opportunity to do so.
L'mpiir" * llnrnlng fluid ,
The Natrona Trlbuno says that E. C.
U.irtlett , Prof. Llndeman and William StUr-
gls , Jr. . were out to the oil well on Casper
crook , about thrco miles from Casper , re
cently. A well was sunk there to the depth
of 800 foot , but the casing was down only 000
foot when the uncased portion caved in nnd
tlio well was abandoned. The tool nt 800
feel showed evidences that thcro was very
superior oil there. It was < the opinion of
Dr. Undo man thnt the s.imo oil that Is found
on Salt creek would ba lap | > cd nt a depth of
1"OJ feet. There is a movement on foot to
have the abandoned well finished if possible ,
and if not a now ono will bo sunk In Its Im
mediate vicinity.
Klglitcott Tor Ocnt Aliiiilnlnin. )
About six miles back from Vv'arin Springs
ferry in Owyhoo county there has been dis
covered largo quantities of what appears to
bo chalk , but which In reality Is n line qual
ity of clay , perfectly whlto , says the Idaho
Statesman.
A Portland mining man recently visited
the place and , cutting out n chunk of the
clay , sent It away for analysis.
He has just received nerd that the substance -
stance contains 18 per cent aluminium. ' Ho
says there Is enough of the clay thcro to
keep a good sized aluminium factory running
for nn indollnito period , Ho has written a
friend in Norfolk , Ky. , where the large
aluminium works are operated , concerning
the discovery. Considering the increasing
Aiomand for the now metal , it would not bo
at all surprising if somu ono does not soon
got hold of the Owyhoo fields.
Idaho Is Indeed a great state nnd alumi
nium works within her borders would not
surprise t > ioso who are acqualatcd with her
varied and wonderful resources.
Nebntsicn. .
A writing school has Deen opened at
Alma.
Loiran county is still In crying need of a
doctor.
II. A. Uraln'ord has sold the Mllford Ne
braska .
Auburn young men are about to organize a
social club.
Cedar Crook farmers will build a co
operative creamery.
There are li'i men on the pay roll of the
Nebraska City cereal mills.
Jay Burrows' latest designation of Senator
Mandorson Is the "pickled manikin. "
A district Good Templars convention will
bo held at Lyons December 15 and 10.
I costs $5 to throw flvo beer kegs through
a saloon window in Gretua. Jimmy Curley
tried it.
Palmyra's social club , whore boor was dis
pensed "on check , " has bcon forced to dis
continue business.
The third annual exhibition of the South
ern Nebraska Poultry and Pet Stock associ
ation will bo held at Hastings , December 5 ,
G. 7 nnd 8.
An O'Neill minister , preaching on the
evils of prize fighting , referred to the ox-
champion pugilist as "Miko Sullivan. " lie
was not posted on his subject.
*
While Philip Pepoon , 17 years old , living
near Table Uock , was engaged around a
horse cornsheller on the farm of W. G.
Lyman , not far from home , his hand was
caught in the machinery In some way , and
ho will lese thrco fingers , if not the whole
hand.
James Smith , who died recently at Fair
mont , was a native of England. Ho was a
cabin boy in the English navy , enlisted in
the British army and served in the Crimean
war , taking part In the storming of the
strong fortresses at Sebastopol , the Kedan
and MalakolT. IIo also participated in sub
duing the Sepoy rebellion in India and was
at the slego and storming of Lucknow and
Cawnporo.
Fire at Jackson destroyed a shed of agri
cultural implements , the general clothing
store of Clarlc & Sullivan , almost all of this
latter stock being saved ftora lire ; three
one-story tenement houses , .1. C. O'Neill's
blacksmith shop , a shod ot agricultural im
plements , ono largo barn stocked with about
fifty tons of hay , Dr. Leahy's oftlco and
second-hand store. All wore a total loss ,
with very little insurance.
There was a happy reunion at the homo of j
Cou ity Surveyor Patterson of fiarpy county
when , for tlio llrst time in twonty-Hvo years ,
thrco brothers met. Ono is County Sur
veyor Patterson of Butler county , and an
other is Matt Patterson of Michigan Bar ,
Cal. The Pattersons are a race of civil
engineers , and wild and wierd stories they
can tell of their adventures in following the
compass in the wild west and in foreign
lands ,
The Anderson Grove church in Sarpy
county will bo dedicated December 3. This
church organization is perhaps the only ono
of its kind In Nebraska , being under control
of no particular denomination > or sect. It Is
known as a ' 'union" church , nnd its doors
will bo open to the ministers of all sects.
The organization is composed exclusively of
farmers who fool the need of a house of wor
ship nearer their homes. Nearly all indebt
edness has been provided for , and on the
dedication day the building will bo wholly
dedicated to god , free from any man's mort
gage.
Wayne county Is being overrun with
thieving trump * . The other day ono was
caught stealing clothes from a line nt Win-
side and is now iu jail serving a thirty days
sentence. Later a party of them broke into
a farm house south of Wldsulo during the
owner's absence and carried off a watch , a
small quantity of money , a pair of nhocs and
an overcoat. The same day another farm
house was entered , but the thieves only se
cured n pound of plug tobacco. Llttlo
depredations are committed almost nightly.
The county jail now contains live of these
fellows , three of whom will probably go to
Lincoln.
The Dakota * .
Forest City is promised a Hour mill in the
near future. " > >
The machinery nt the Hawkeye mill at
Dcadwood was tested last week before bolng
put in continuous operation.
The Wyoming & Pierre Hallrond company
has 11 n ally been incorporated , The coir.pany
will build a road from Minnesota to ax-
Governor Larrabco's coal mine , twenty miles
away.
L. H. Dewey , representing the Agricultural
department , is nt Aberdeen to study the
Kusshm thistle situation nnd devise further
plans for its extermination , Ho will leave
for Brookings nnd other points south. Ho
found thistles ns far east ns Madison , Wls. ,
and St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Major Cauman , the special agent who has
been investigating the condition of the
treaty negotiated with the Ynnkton Indians
last wmtor , stated that ha fouiU everything
satisfactory and the Indians practically
unanimous in wanting the treaty ratified by
congress nt once. Do gave it as his opinion
that the reservation will bo opened in the
spring.
The High school of Huron. S. P. , has boon
presented by Mrs. William IJ. Sterling witn
Mr entire herbarium , including a full repre
sentation of the Horn of the state of Illinois ,
together with its grasses , also an exchange
list of plants from many of the New England
states , altogether comprising nearly n com
plete list of the Itora of the United States
east of the Mississippi river.
A peculiar case of boyish rashness hap
pened in Barnes county which may result in
criminal proceedings baing started against
the perpetrator of the foolhardy dood. It
soonis that three boys out hunting mot
another boy. Ono of the three pointed a
gun at the fourth lad. Upon being dared as
afraid to pull the triggerdid so , and tha ball
truck his victim in the vicinity of the heart.
Co ) o ratio.
Ore tested from the Gladstone , near Black
Hawk , yielded $300 u cord.
The Ncbui&dnazzer , Cripple Croon , has
struck a tvrolvo-luch pay streak sixteen foot
down.
A good atriko has bson mnda la the Mary
Alice on the east side ot Battle mouutaln ,
Cripple Creek.
The strike la the Oval , Eagle county , is
even hotter thsn first reported. The p.ty
streak is fourteen inches wide ami nine feet
high.
Some Italian lovsoes on the Pelican , Sllvor
Plume , nro paying SO per cent royalty nn-J
making from J1S to $20 a day per man ,
Work Is to bo oommoncoil again on the
Toboggan tunnol. Crccdo district. About
r > ( X ) feet will have to bo driven to reach the
contact.
Pay is being hoisted from two now holes
only llftccn feet deep on the SniJo claim , n
Catharine property , 100 feet from thb shaft
houso.
Eight men took out J1.400 in twenty days
from the Boston and Baxter properties nt
Ward last month. They will bo started up
soon with n force of ilfty mem
In thu suit of Lavlnsy ; , n merchant ot
SalUla , who claimed damages for false Im
prisonment , n verdict was returned against
the town ,
Aspen parties have struck some rich ere
near Granite. Iwtwoen Leadvillo nnd Buena
Vista , on the Midland. All samples assayed
run well In gold. t
Thrco mill runs sent to Denver from the
World's Fair mine on McClelland mountain ,
near Silver Plutno , returned liftocn , eighteen
nnd twenty-one ouncct gold per ton , re
spectively.
Tbo Great Mammoth , on the eastern sldo
of Quartz hill , Gllpln county , has opened an
ere body yielding f 1,480 at the smaller. The
property had been Idle for twonty-llvo years
until recently.
Nearly all of thu oil wells nt Florence are
being pumped at. full capacity. The Florence
company Is sinking a now well on the north
sldo of tlio Arkansas , a inllo from any pro
ducing well.
The lo.vor tunnel of the AHco mine , Yankee
hill , has cut an ere body running ? i,70J a ton
nt a depth of 4r > 0 feet. It is $1'JOO gold and
$1,500 silver. The size of the vein is not
known , as the tunnel Is all In oro.
The round up nt Glen wood Springs Is find
ing the cattle in better condition than before
in several years. They nro In good shape to
go through the winter. Good care is to betaken
taken of them by providing shelter on ac
count of the restricted range , nnd these that
cannot bo properly cared for will bo sent to
Denver and sold.
Wyoming'
Laramie has organized a game protcctlvo
association.
The Cheyenne Sun makes a vigorous pretest -
test because ouo of the toughest portions of
Chicago Is called ' 'Choyenno. "
The free assay department nt 'tho State
university is proving very popular. Over
100 assays have already been made and
samples for test are pouring in from all over
the state.
Ovorfij.OOOhead of sheep changed hands
iu Casper last week. The prices ranged
from $2.a" to $2.00 per head. Quito a falling
off from last year's prices , which were on
the average $4.'J5 per head ,
The Bonanza Uustlor Is authority for the
statement that some Omaha capitalists are
to dig an irrigation canal from tlio Stinking
Water river , which shall water 100,000 acres
of line land in the Big Horn basin.
Gray wolves are said to .bo very thick in
the eastern part of Converse county , in the
vicinity of Voorhocs. The animals are very
bold and do not hesitate to attack full grown
steers. They have killed a number of head
already.
Oregon.
An Altago colt brought $300 at Corvallis.
Grass is bettor on the Crook county ranges
than for many years.
The Grand Hondo river , to bo in , the swim ,
is also booming slnco the rains.
The Chinese riots at La Orando cost the
county $2,500 In court expenses.
A now pork packing house Is about ready
to begin operations at Pcndloton.
There is a project on foot in Astoria to
build a drawbridge at Young's bay.
Geese and ducks are settling down by
thousands on the Tillauiook tldo fiats.
Marion Bard of Hillsboro served'llvo days
in jail for beating his -yoar-old child.
Apples , shipped by the carload from La
Grande , not the grower 1 } cents a pound.
Peaches ' along Mosby creek. Lane county ,
we're frozen on the trees the other moi nine.
A hunter named Jolos shot sixty goose In
one day along the Columbia in Sherman
county.
Forest Grove has passed an ordinance re
quiring children to bo off the streets by 8
o'cloclc.
All the laborers are back to work at the
Cascade locics improvement , and some -150
men are employed.
Isaac Dales killed an caglo near Dos-
chuttes which measured seven feet two
inches from tip to tip. *
The Oriental Tea company of Halsey
purchased 1'J.OOO bushels o * apples last fall ,
paying from 'J. > to U3 cents per oushel.
A toll road from Upper Salt creek , Polk
county , over to the Salmon river beach is
proposed and a survey has been made.
The Huntington Herald says a good many
men are making a success taking line gold
out of the Suako nnd Burnt river sands.
A portion of the Salt Lake checks given
tho-Crook county cattlemen have been made
good , but the fate of others is still In doubt.
Among the ruins of the Eugene mill lire is
an old engine , said to bo the first over
brought to Oregon. It came with Joseph L.
Brumiey in 1855.
P. H. Bishop has sued the Balsloys for $50- ,
000 , claiming that they have worked the
Whlto Swan mine , nls property , to that ex
tent to his damage.
Trafllo between Baker City and the Virtue
nnd Whlto Swan mines seems to be picking
up and has necessitated the putting on of an
opposition mall und passenger coach.
George Sink of Sherman county says that
ho expected to harvest 80,000 bushels of
wheat this season , but only threshed 11.000 ,
and a largo portion of this was damaged
by rain.
The issue In the Baker City olectipn is said
by the La Grande Chronicle to have been
whether n certain variety theater should bo
opened or not , and to have resulted against
the enterprise.
E. Boolteher , a sheep buyer , who annually
purchases a lurgo number of Unmtllla
county's ' sheep for drives acrass the plains ,
is making preparations to feed this winter
about 10,000 head for shipment east early iu
the now year.
LaGraudo's mayor reported at the last
mooting of the council that the railroad
company would probably bo willing to con
tract with the city for 50,000 , gallons of
water per day , at the rate of 0 cents per
1,000 gallons , or about $7f > per month.
Operations In tbo St. Helen's stone quar
ries have boon cut short by the completion
of the Tacoraa contract for 180,000 blocks. It
Is thought the suspension of work is only
temporary , and that n now contract for u
still larger amount will soon bo lot ,
A squad of mischievous boys nt Hlilsboro
got out the old. transparencies n few nights
ago , "Down with MelCinloy , " "Illinois In
Line , " "Ohio Goes Ono for Grover , " "Oregon
Will Do Better Next Timo,1' and like mot
toes , appropriate lust year , appeared as back
editions of an old story , A great laugh rolled
from ono end of the fatreot to the other.
Corvullls offers to the fashionable world anew
now form of entertainment , thu onion socla-
bla. Six young ladles stand in a row , and
ona bites u chunk out of an onion ; then the
onion is turned over to ilia young men for in
spection. Thu ono who guesses who bit the
onion kisses the other five ladies. If ho
fails to guess , he is only allowed to kiss tbo
girl who bit the onion.
Wiulilugton.
Snoliomish is to have a sociology club ,
Seattle's council ls revising the city char
ter.
Spokane has five socialist circles , with a
membership of itOO.
Wheat is arriving at the Columbus landing
at tbo rate of some 1'JOO sacks dully.
Spokane county has appropriated | 35X , ( )
for an exhibit at the Midwinter fair.
All tha logs In the Skugit wont down safely
in the freshet , Theru were 0,000,000 feet of
them.
Tbo foot of a llttla So.ittlo girl named Hos-
kluson has rotted off through lack of medical
'
attendance' ,
Thirty-seven of the forty inmates of the
Yakima county jail are charged with selling
liquor to Indians.
G. W. Laruo of Uolfax Is going la heavily
for augnr boots next spring. Ho thinks they
will pay $100 an acre.
Great expectations are being formal tor
the state road convention , culled for the IDth
of December at Olyiupia.
Captain Dunn , postmaster of North Ya
kima , is in Puyallup for the uurposu of con
tracting for H,000 fourteen-foot posts , with
which to establish a trellis system in his
Parker Doltom hoe rnnc'h.
The Cheney olovato'rtulniich in domain !
on account of Its stoarn- fanning mill plant
for damp nnil damaged tfhpat.
Tlio Cosmopolls and itbqutiiin mills nro
said to IK > working on A'MilAVhl.OOJ.fout spruce
contract fern Kansas GUtifirtn.
Phillip Ycnnuy of Wjtl ) Walln has sent
100 pounds of sugar beets to Sprockols at
San Francisco , ns samples of his crop.
Government official/'nh ! ! utter ppopto who
have bcon obstructing ! inn navigable waters
of the Unttcu States by " .throwing tree tops
into the Wlllnpa rlfer.
Some 4,000,1)00 foot elf ibgs nro In the boom
aftho mouth of ttio Suokumlsb , 3,000,000 In n
jam about live miles fiirtljer up. and 1,000,000
near the mouth of thoT anooyn.
Mrs. Henrietta Marlis'o ? Spokane , Wash. ,
was lined fc.0 rccentlj' ' Tot disorderly con-
vJuct. Her offense constated In mixing the
salt and sugar in a dlnlng.room.
According to the Vldotto , the reason crlmo
is so rare in Montcsano is booauso there Is
no jail nnd offenders are walked around in
the rain by the city marshal , pending trial.
.1 , N. Master of Skamottawa Is Importing a
forty-horse power engine for logging on n
bljr scale next year. Ho has contracted for
some 10,000,000 feet of standing fir nnd
spruce.
Four little boys found twenty-four pounds
of opium , worth JiiOO , concealed under an old
wharf near the Port Townsend Sash ami
Door factory. It waa taken to the custom
house.
Henry Landfhor. about 13 years old , and
Frank Wclnhart , Snohonilslf boys , about 10
years of ago , disappeared from their homes.
The last word received from them was from
Woodonvillo Junction , on their way to the
World's fair , and their parents are almost
distracted.
Malcolm Doblo of Everett has loft for Wis
consin to spend the winter , having taken n
contract with his brother to got out 100- ,
( KK,000 ) , feet of logs for President Weyer-
ha user of the Mississippi Hlver lagging
company. It will take about four seasons to
do the work.
A Montcsano man has sixty hens and gets
but one egg a day and while ho would like
to kill allot thu other lUty-nlno ho dare not
do so f off oar of killing the hen that lays the
egg. The bays say he has boon two wcoita
trying to find out which hen Is doing her
duty , but has so far failed ,
The Walla Walla Union savs > : Sheep
raisers not only nro unable to sell their wool
for any.prlce , but compelled to pay taxes on
sheep valued by the assessor at * 'J per head
which cannot bo sold for $1.3o a head. And
all because oven the Lord don't know what
a democratic congress will do.
A largo jam of logs In Cougar crock , on
Pumuhrey's mountain , which has bacn form
ing since last .Iniio and contained 1,500,000
feet of loss , was broken in the recent storms.
A head of water Six'JO feet from the big dam
did the work. The logs were jammed in less
than ono acre of space , bolng piled from
twenty to forty feet high. Over an aero of
heavy cedar timber below was mowed down
like cornstalks , making n noise distinctly
heard for live miles.
There was great excitement at Spokane
the other day over a telegram received from
Washington that the lands formerly belong
ing to the Northern Pacific Hallway com
pany here had lapsed back to the govern
ment again by recent court decisions. Hun
dreds of settlers , young and old , spent all
night filing claims. The lands are located
near the Northern Paoiflp depot and in the
central portion of the city. The railroad
ofllclals hero scout the idea.that the railway
company is dispossessed of the land , but
several district attprnoys claim otherwise.
The Helena public ! library contains 11.5CO
volumes. t ,
Some rich gold discovpiios ; nro reported in
the Orean inouuutns , Texas.
Twenty-five families"mbvod from Virginia
City to Nevada City , Cab , ' recently.
The Senator mine nndmill ; in tlio Mohave
district , Arizona , are tp bplstarted up.
The ban Dipgo city cxmncil has voted in
favor of city ownership of5tho electric light
ing plant.
The roots of a treejon a Tombstone , Ariz. ,
street grew around th.c.niiin water pipe and
caused it to burs't. "
It Is reported that work on the great South
Gila dam in Arizona fwlll bo commenced
about the llrst of the ne.\v year.
Ifed scale , the pear slug and the codlin
moth are reported to bo doing considerable
damage in Kivorslde county orchards.
Over 125 men are at worlc upon the placers
recently opened close tO' Dolores , South
Santa Fo county , N. M. Many are averag
ing . ' 0 a day. Ono nugget found was
worth $4.
A compromise ) has been effected in ono of
the biggest mining complications in New
Mexico. By it Thomas \Vri2ht of Cerrillos
secures a working bond on the Beaten mine ,
a great gold property.
San Diego , Instead of shipping potatoes , is
a larae buyer. Last week over S-,003 sacks
wero'landed at that port. Of course , many
ot these go to interior points , and some are
sent to Lower California.
The now Salt Lake smelter , which will
have a capacity of 700 tons n day , will bo
completed in two months. Treatment of
copper ere will bo thu principal work , it com
ing from mines owned by the promoters of
the smoltor.
The Board of Supervisors of Sari Bernardino
dine has been officially notified that it
can secure a medal for the exhibit of rock
salt , borax and carbonate of soda at the
World's fair by applying to the committee
on awards.
A corps of engineers has boon nt Winslow ,
Ariz. , looking over the country with a view
of putting in a canal. They visited Hay
lake , near that place , where it is said a
reservoir can bo constructed sufficient to
hold water enough to Irrigate 200,000 acres.
There was a strike among the prisoners In
the Sacramento county jail a few mornings
ago. They refused to clean up their colls.
The mutineers were all locked up and denied
their usual outing in the yard. Tlio trouble
was duo to dissatisfaction with prisoa food.
Reno Gazette : There have been a good
many hard cases in Hone lately , but the
chief of them all arrived on a freight train
from the oast. Ho was around bogging fora
ploco of lookinggluss to see himself starve to
death. '
Miss Collins staggered the Santa Ana
Board of Education recently by making a
proposition to have her wages as teacher ro
il uced from 75 to 73 per month. It was
moved that the luiiy bo presented with a
noncil sharnoner. which was carried , and
the reduction was made with entire unan
imity.
A tourist who recently visited the Yel
lowstone pane says that thcro is n hole in
the park which Is supposed to bo u dry
goyscr and is bollovod to bo bottomless.
Three thousand feet of line with a heavy
weight attached was lot down into it with
out meeting with an obstruction.
Considerable unoasinrss is felt in the
vicinity of Centorvlllo , seventeen miles east
of Fresno , on account , ot .glanders , which has
attacked poople. The dtacuso was communi
cated byalllloted horses ; j , A boy IU years of
ago , named Cissoll , dipd in great agony , nnd
another lad about thesumo ago , named Hey
Crawford , was today ( ulfcu to the hospital
similarly afillctod. j , '
Colonel Crocker has imly [ about half
finished signing the * .r > S,000,000 now bonds
recently issued by tho-Southern Pacific. He
does not appear to bo gutting thin ever the
work , which , perhaps , is nn indication why
it does not proceed fasitmi-.Ho bus been busy
with so many other tilingslately that ha has
not had a great deal of Ilino to spend affixing
Ills autograph to tbosQj boautifluly litho
graphed securities. 11 u '
, H. W. Wulff. postmattor at Moosa , Cal. ,
discovered n big lynx1 In- his chicken house
the other night. Hitii bulldog' sprang over
toward the lynx and bcgHtl hostilities. True
to his nature ( ho dog aSiJj'3 ' jawa fast In his
antagonist's body. For twenty minutes the
light continued and then bulldog und lynx
grow quieter , Wulff got a lantern and
found his dog lying just outsidu the ben
house utterly exhausted. Inside lay the
lynx with his furolegs and nc-ck broken- . The
bulldog was badly scratched and bitten.
A contract was filud' at Hlversldo , Cal. ' ,
with the county recordur , In whid. the Gaga
Laud and Water cqaipuuy agreed to soil to
H. E. Cunningham of Bo's Urn ' the Hancho La
Sierra and th.al portion of tbo Hancho
Jurupa lying southf the Santa Ana rivnr
for $700,000. J30,000 of which Is to bo paid on
the UOtii of this month and the baluuuo in
puyinonu extending to July 1. lb'J7. The
land covers 20,001) ) acres uuu it is the most
Iniuortant land transaction which has taken
placti there for snma time. It Is believed tha
purchasers will improve a portion of the
laud at ouco.
INTERKS1S THE TRAVELERS
Coming Session of tha Iowa State Travoltas :
Men's Association.
GREAT GRO.VTM SHOWN FOR FIVE YEARS
from I'lro llunilroil to Over T < m Thoumuul
Member * anmstlilng About ( lit1
I'n-scnt Oilier mill the hire-
tion thntUll Co in p.
DBS MOINF.S , Nov. 25. [ Special to TUB
BBC. ] Friday , Dacombar 1 , will mark the
thirteenth anniversary oftho IOWA State
Traveling Men's association , nn organiza
tion winch has bccomo national In soopo and
character. Two thousand traveling men
west of the Missouri rlvor will watch with
Interest the deliberations of the convention.
At 10 o'clock a. in. Prosiannt W. F. Mitch
ell will call the mooting to order In , the
Young Men's Christian association building.
The order of business will be the reading of
the minutes of the last annual convention ,
president's address , secretary and treas
urer's reportamendments to the constitution
and by-laws , and election of ofllcers.
The membership of the Iowa State Travel
ing Men's association Is from every commer
cial center In tlio United S'tates. Omaha
has upward of 800 representatives on the
roll of membership , with Lincoln closely fol
lowing , and other western towns In proportion
tion to tholr population. The association
has had a i-omarkablo growth. Its history
Is particularly an Interesting ono to the com
mercial travelers. It was organized In this
city in November , 18SO , and for ten years
dragged along with a meager membership ,
not nt any ono tlmo exceeding 500 members
until within the last few years.
Growth or 1'lvo YOUTH.
In ISS'J ' , nine years after Its organization ,
its membership numbered only 5'J'J ' members.
A year later its membership was 1,0'Jl. ' At
that tlmo new life and energy was Infused
Into Its business management ; also compe
tent ofllcors were elected , Including . F.
Mitchell as president and F. 13. Haley as
secretary. With now business methods in
troduced and with the aid of a splendid
board of dirociors , the association took # 11
advanced stop and now presents a magnifi
cent shoxvitg. Its membership In good
standing Is now almost 10,001) ) .
The object of the association is to furnish
accident insurance to the traveling fra
ternity. The amount paid this year was
$50,01)3.83. ) This remarkable result has bnen
reached by an average cost of $7 per mem
ber. At the end of the first year of business
thcro was a balance of $27.70 in the treasury.
At no time for the Jirst ten years did the
benefits amount to ? 1OOU per year. This lact
is mentioned simply to show how local tlio
character of the organization was In the
days of Its early struggles.
The holder of the llrst membership Is the
veteran traveling man of Keokuk , John M.
French. Ho is very proud of the associa
tion , and by Its members is often called
' father. " Nearly all the wholesale business
men of this city are members , alt of whom
joined the organization when they were com
mercial travelers.
At the coming annual mooting the secre
tary , and treasurer will be able to present
ono of the most satisfactory statements over
presented by a mutual accident association.
This organization is purely mutual In every
particular. No princely salaries arc paid to
any ono , tlio secretary and treasurer being
the only ono under salary.
Snmo amendments to the constitution and
by-laws will be uiado. Experience on the
part of the ofllcers in handling a member
ship of such magnitude prompts them to take
this step. No radical ( Changes , however , will
bo made.
Career of tlio President.
Ofllcers for the ensuing year will also bo
elected. President W. i < \ Mitchell will un
doubtedly bo unanimously returned to the
position ho has so creditably tilled during
the past three years. Ho is a man who ,
while on the road , was li model com
mercial traveling man. Ho is now ac
tive business manager for the Chamber
lain Medicinecompany of this city. Mr.
Mitchell was born in West Cheater county ,
New York , and spent his early dnys in that
community. He cumo west when n .young
man ana settled in Illinois , When the war
broke out ho enlisted in the Eighty-third
Illinois regiment und spent three years in
the service. After the war ho engaged in
various enterprises until 1870 , when bo went
on the road for Fuller & Fuller , wholesale
druggists of Chicago.
Yico President E. C. Evans has no opposi
tion forro-olcction. I'ho present members
of the board of directors are F. S. Thomp
son , who is chairman of that body , W. A.
Meyer , Nelson Lunco , George O. Harrhon ,
F. W. Holmes , George II. Bathrick , A. L.
Olmstead , John Yerrau , J. M. Goodman and
J. G. Hanna. Five mcmbers.of the board of
directors will bo elected for a term of two
years and the other live hold over.
lliilcy U iillustlor.
The center of interest is in the secretary
ship , in which Mr. F. E. Haley has been so
signally successful. Ho has the reputation
of being careful , painstaking and conserva
tive in all his business dealings. He is
naturally adapted for a position of this
character. Ho was born in Mt. Pleasant.
Henry county , la. , where ho resided until
ho came to Dos Molnes in 1B35 and entered
the employ of the Iowa State Ueglster as
a traveling business representative , n posi
tion which ho lilleil for si : years to the entire -
tire satisfaction of Clarkson Bros. , and un
til ho resigned two years ago to devote his
enliro time to the business of the associa
tion. He is an energetic and enterprising
young business man and deservedly popular
among the members for his uniform courtesy ,
as well as his work in pushing the Interests
of the organization , The business members
regard a change as a dangerous experiment.
The present secretary has demonstrated his
ability in every particular. The following
from the Fort Dodge Messenger of recent
data voices tlio sentiments of a large
majority of the polluy holuora of the asso
ciation :
The annual campaign for the secretary of
tlio Iowa H In to Traveling Men'H association
lias openud up with u Nourish , and candidates
are plenty , it IH a very sirango tiling to ino
average business imin why an association of
this l < ! ndwhun Itguls iiHtiHIulontniid capable
an olllcor UN tlio present hofcretary Is , should
want tochiingi ) . Tlio president , vlcopro.slcloiit
and entire board of directors are all In favor
of Secretary lluloy's re-election , anil the only
reason given by tlm few who are opposed to
him Is thu foolish and very unbusinesslike )
argument that It U a good thin' ' , puss It
around. If this is tlieir style of doing busi
ness , then thu lown Klatii Traveling Men's as-
boclulhm Is not composed of business men.
It Is believed the sentiment of a majority
of the members of the association is voiced
by President W , F. Mitchell , who in conver
sation with a reporter , said that in his opin
ion the association would do n very unwise
thing indeed if it changed secretaries at this
. time. Everybody recognizes Mr. Halo.v'a
illness for the position , ho having proven
beyond question his ability to conduct the
buslncsa of the oflico in an able and satis
factory munnur , and Mr , Mitchell thinks it
It Curt i Col Ji , Coughi , Bore Throat , Croup , Inlu >
tail , Whooping Cough , Brcmchitii and Aithma ,
A certain cure for Contumptlo ; . la first itajee ,
and a lure relief In advanced etijet. TJ e > at onee ,
You will lee the cxcsllont eifect after taking U
r t dote. Bold by dealeri cTcrywhcr * . Largi
bottlei 60 tenti and $1 00.
would Ixi poor business management for the
n 4oclation to oust him from the important
oflico of secretary in order to trynn export *
mont by election nn untried mnn to take his
plnco.
Smith nnl ; Orlmn * Wmit It.
Another omul Id.ito for this position Is K
M. Smith of Sioux City , lie has traveled in
northwestern Iowa selling groceries for the
vast seven yonrs. II. 0. Orlmcs of Nebraska
City Is also n c.imllilnlo , Doth of thuso Run *
tlotncn hnvo made n personal canvass
through Iowa with n view to furthering
their personal interests. The pwsont Incum
bent , Secretary l13 , Hnloy , has mailn no
canvass , but voiles upon thu business judg
ment of the members to rotnln him.
\Vhon the convention assembles , I'rlilny ,
December 1 , It Is of Kroat importance that
no mistakes ba nude. Tlio present ofllcer.s
nro nil careful , trustworthy men of
nullity nml gooJ business Juilginont. They
work harmoniously tOROthor. They under
stand the method of handling n constantly
inurtiasltiR business. Tills knowlcditu" hns
only boon calticJ ' y years ot experience.
The outcome will bo watched with Interest
by traveling men throughout the United
States. At the close of this tne thirteenth
year of Its history the members of the ns-
soclatlon corUiinly have every reason to to
proud of the place It fills in the business
world. Iu Its membership are nearly all the
prominent traveling men of Chicago nnd
many who travel east ot that city , ns well ns
u lai-RO membership iu Seattle nnd Han
FrAnclsco.
UoWltt's Witch Hizol s.tlvo cures
MB. TAKER'S FOURTH.
Delightful Orirnii Itooltnl nt tlin
tiuunl Churcli YxHtunlny Aflornooii.
A dark , gloomy sky , with just enough
drizzling rain to make an umbrella a neces
sary luxury , did not keep another largo
crowd from attending Mr. Tabor's orgni !
recital nt the First Congregational church
yesterday afternoon the fourth ono of bis
scries. After the main audience room had
boon seated toUs full capacity , the adjoin
ing Sunday school section was thrown open
nnd half tilled with people before the recital
began , The contralto solo assigned on the
program to Miss Anna Illshop bad to bo
abandoned on account of her severe cold
and to fill out the list Miss Myrtle Coon
was induced to sing two numbers. Mr.
Tabor has a poor eye for dramatic ami re
ligious effect , else hovoulu not have had
the lights turned on at the end of the second
part , Just at a time when the twilight
shadows , stealing softly through the richly
dight1 windows , were casting a subtle in-
Jluenco ever his hearers , and loading their
thoughts to the highest realms of fancy.
For a Sunday afternoon organ recital a "dim
religious li' lit. " when available , is much
preferable to gas.
Mr. Tuber began with Lommons' "Fan-
taslo In A Minor , " a ploco redolent of mirth
nnd sunshine , executing it faultlessly ,
Gregh's ' -Scherzo Pastorale , " of tripping
lightness and dainty melody , was played >
with an a.lmtr.vblo softness of touch , nnrt In
the ronuorln * of ' The Serenade , " by
bhol oy , oven a mind devoid of Imagination
could dHttngiiUh the imslonatn feeling of n
lover's voice and the plaintive melody of n
lover's lute. The soprano solo , "Come Unto
Mo. " was sung by Miss Coon with feeling
ami expression , showing that her volco U
fnllyeiiu.il to the r.Uhor high range required -
quired by this song. Miss Coon possesses a
yolco which , although laeklmr somewhat In
Intensity , Is notdettulont In volume.
After playing the "Bridal Song , " by .ton-
sen , n truly spiritual oomjiosltlon , nbjundlnsr
with doltcatMy wrought passigos , Mr ,
Taberroachodthogem of Iho projriMin. the
overture from Uosslnl's "William Tell. "
The organist give n masterful Interpret. !
lion to this piece , especially In the fortis
simo ( usiagps and in the llnalo , ami Us ox-
qutslto modulations , Us vol.Ullo tempo anil Its
changefulness from gay to grave and from
grave to gay. will remain a pleasant mem
ory in the niliuls of these who hoard It.
In tliOHucond nartoflho program the first
number was Mo/uirt's "Adagio In U Flat , "
from the piano sonata , This was given ft
soulful rendering , Its elegiac tones being In
marked ront.iist to the lightness of some ol
the numbers In the llrst part ot the pro
gram , The "Funeral March , " by Chopin ,
showed that Mr. Tabor hasatruoooncoption
of the pathetic sublimity of Its solemn unit
stately measures.
For her second number Miss Coon sang a
soprano aria from "The Prodigal Son , " and
after playing Calkin's "Three Part Song , "
distinguished for Us well defined rhvthm
and tunefulness , MivTabor closed his re
cital with the "Grand March In U , " by
Uullmant ,
Ititirulo Hill VIMli Omnhi ,
Hon. W. F. Cody was in the city for n short
tlmo yesterday and loft In the afternoon for
his ranch near North Platto. Ho was Iu his
usual good spirits and expressed much satis
faction at the success which his Wild West
show had mot with In Chicago. Mr. Co.ly
will return to Omaha about the last of thu
week.
InipirHl. on lliH'linrHiin.
An inquest will be held at 10 o'cloclc this
morning on tlio body of I/juls Mel'liorsou ,
who was fatally shot at Valley a few days
ago.
ago.The remains will bo given a decent burin ! ,
In accordance with instructions from tbo de
ceased's father , who resides at Itangor , Tox.
DeWltt's Witch Hazel Salvo cures soros.
DoWltfs Witch Hazel Salvo cures ulcers.
Sulit tn 11" ItiH.inn.
Harry Klclitcr , an alleged liiBano man re
siding in Douglas county , was brought In by
his wifeyesterday : and turned over to thu
authorities for examination of his mental
condition by the Board of Insanity Commis
sioners.
< ! lilmr < of u ClirBtmit lloll ,
Boston Green's gentle voice could bo
distinctly heard In tbo basement of the
central station last night , whore the cells
for offenders against the pcaco nnd dignity
1 t ho city uro located.
For washing in Salt Water
you can't use soap , but you can use Pearline.
You'll notice its wonderful cleansing properties
quite as much in salt water as in fresh. You can
wash in it or wash with it , just the same.
On shipboard , yachting , etc. , you c m use
salt water and Pearline for washing and
cleaning in a hundred ways.
You'd have to take fresh water for
them all , if you had nothing but
soap , and couldn't get hold of
Pearline. Luxurious bathing in
salt water.
Peddlers and some unscrupulous grocers tell you " lifts is
as good as"or "the same as I'earlinc. " IT'S FALSE
' _ _ 1'earline is never peddled , and if your grocer sends you
something'in'vlace of i'earline , be honest sent ! it tack. 393 JAMES 1'YLE , N. \ .
Meyer Extra , Quality 20.
New Jerseys 20 and 12 ,
Amazons 20 and 12 and 12
Excelsiors 45 Straight ,
Star Brand private prices. Hif ? stok Felt Boots , German Sox anJ
Mackintoshes.
Send for price list. No goods at rotnil.
ZACHAKY T. LINDSEY ,
OMAHA , NRB.
"THE POT CALLED THE KETTLE BLACK. * ?
BECAUSE THE HOUSEWIFE DIDN'T USE
WHY WAIT
Until you nro sick and in bed before tnk-
inp the necessary precaution to prevent
nnd euro \ Grippel1
LaCfippe Iron Tonic
Is nn absolute preventive nnd euro for
LvGrippe- nny form.
IP YOU COTTG-H
TttUo "La Grippe Coujli Cure , " but
don't wait until you have worn yourself
out. but not it in time and
IT WILIi CURE YOU.
For sale by
1B13 DODGIS.
A OA1U > .
Owlntr to the stringency of the
times , J hivvo reduced my regular
ohnrpos to cush patients to exact
ly ono liaU of the nrtntod oculUt's
( oo bill. K. T. ALU3N , M. .
Bye iind Knr Surpeon.
Hoom'-'Ol Pv ; lon Illuak , lllth and farnam.
OHTICK 01' TIIKOOAI.AMiA LAND AN1J
UATTU'J UOMI'ANV.
OMAHA , Nun. . NOVUMIIKII 1 , 1H93 ,
Notice- liurulty clvon in thu Htiickliolddrx of
thu O ulnllu Ijuml und Caltlu company Hint
thoiimiUHl ineullnxiif tlwHtoclilmlilor.i of din
roiiipiuiy will lo huld nt , thu olllcoof thu suit !
rnmimny In Urn city of Otimlm , In thu statu of
Nubrutiku \Vcunusdny , Docuiuhor 0 , A I ) .
IHtKl , ut U o'clock p. in. , for the purpoioof
oluctliiK hoard uf directors for Iho uonipuny ,
to Kurvu during thu uiiMiiliiK yuur , mid to truns-
uct any business which niuy ho pruMjiitud ut
buch moetliiB. I ]
limiso tlio oMIiH ! of sulil cotnpnny , In Huld
city nf Onialtii , hliull not he IUTKO enough to si
uccoiiunoilalu all IhOHlooliholdurs who nuiy bo
present at Niich animal ineulliiK , thun Niich
inufthi ) ; will adjourn from thuconipaiiy'iiolllcu
to the hotel known HH tlici 1'uxton house ,
till unto ut tlio Monthwoxtrornor of I'Viurtuunih '
und Kariium streets , In bald city i > f Oiuuliu ,
nnd I las inuutliiK will miter upon und coullnuu
Us ( lullborutloitu iitKiild 1'uxton IHHHU.
Tliu itliTutorH earnestly request uacli Hloek-
liolilor to ho personally pnmont ut unld Htouk-
liolduiV inuutlnx , und If Impossible to ha [ iro.s-
cnt , to appoint u proxy , .
H. 1' , LAWIIKNCK ,
A ttoxt : I'lunliloiit.
JONATHAN Anv.r. , Secretary ,
no v 18(110 ( tin
Notice Sitlo of holinul I to lull.
Honied bids vrlllbo received mill ! Thursday ,
NovL'iubur 30 , IH'JII , ut U o'clock p. in. , for lha ? 1
piirclmbu of & bond * of tl.oou imcfi , sujd handi > J
lusiivd by hchool district No. 71 , lUwus county , ; 1
Nebraska , dated August 22 , 1HU3 , duo Juno 1 , i ]
1023 , 1 uterust 0 pur cent , payahlo on thu 1st
day of Juno of ouch year. Principal and ln >
lurust puyablo ut tlio Nebraska Fiscal Agency.
how \ ork. KldH will be accepted for ono or
all of Hiild bonds. Might rcsorvixl to ruject
nv ur nil hldtt.
Iiiiveloj > un containing bids should bo marked
Illdu for IJouUs , and udilrussod to
1KUUY HA LI , .
Uruwford , Neb.
N VI d 71 lu