Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MOXDAY , DECEMBER 18 , 1893. r
CHIPPIE CREEK'S ' RAILROAD !
In Operation to Midland , Within Nine
Miles of the Oity of Onpple Orcok ,
ANOTHER ROAD IS ASSURED BY SPRING
i : pnmirn nf it Ilic Tlmlxir Stnnl Contain *
jilntPil liy it Michigan Syndicate to Oli-
tnhi I'otkniiilan of n t.trco Portion
of Slio-linnn fountlilalio. .
The most important railroad iivcnt In the
state this year is the opening of the Midland
Terminal railway , bilnglng the wonderful
Hold i'am | ( of Crlpplo Creole Into a closer con
nection with the business cent ref tliu state ,
says the Denver Times. The line is now
comnlpled to within n few miles of the camp ,
Midland being tlio temporary terminal of the
now lino.
Tlio distance from Midland to ttio town of
Crlpplo Creek Is ninu miles by nn oxcellonl
wagon road. Statro conches will leave Mill-
land upon the arrival of every train , making
the run Into Crlpplo Creole In two hours.
A fust freight line has boon established by
means of which nil freltrht loaded i\t Den
ver , Colorado Springs. I'ueblo or headvllte ,
by 1 p. in. , will he delivered In Crlpplo Creek
before noon thn folio wing tiny , ami ore loaded
nt Midland station miring the day will ho do-
llvercd to the sniuttorsln Pueblo , Uonvornnd
hcjulvillo tno following day. In order to
give the mine owners of Crlpplo Creolt the
advantage of ovury innrknt unit to place the
BincltiiiK companies of Piiehlo. Denver and
J.cadvlllo upon nn eiialltv ( | , It Is announced
that the rate on ere to all thrco points will
Tin- extension of the Mlilland Terminal
railwiy to Crlpplo Creole with Its tracks
reaching every mine yielding sufficient 010 to
win rant the expenditure , will be carried on
without Interruption , and with HID substan
tial assistance of all interested It will soon
demonstrate itself tobonniietivu contributor
to tliu development of Colorado.
I'lorciitto & CJrlpnlo Crook Itimil.
Sharp competition has been In proeross
hutwpcn two railway companies to pot Into
the great cainu and this will probably con
tinue , ultimately resulting in the operation
of two lines in the district.
The report President Johnson ot the Mor-
cnco fi Cripple Crook railroad sends in is
quite encouraging , as ho states that ho will
make arrangements at once to have the reck
work begun so that the roan can bo com
pleted into the camp by spring.
Other nrningcmonts will also bo mndo ns
soon ns the ollleials can got around to it.
The parties that have interested themselves
in the construction of the line are feeling
unite ointod over the result of Mr. Mortal's
trip to Now York as all of the funds needed
for the work have been secured and the an
nouncement Is made that the road will bo
built.
Sun .Junn i'rosprctliii ? .
Everybody that read the papers heard of
the rush to the San Juan river nnd ot the
reports ot the fabulous rich dlcglngs found.
The writer came hero last January Just as
the tush was leaving , says a correspondent
ot the Denver Times. Ho found everything
staked , hut a vorv few claims recorded , auo
as ho had come to see for himself ho stayed
until the locations had run out and then
wont to prospecting the ground anew.
Enough was found to olTor some encourage
ment to stay longer. Out of the hundreds
that come hbroonly llvo stayed to prospect ,
namely , B. Mitchell , S. Abcrnathy , J. G.
Elliott , E. Krantor and Melvin Dempsoy.
Wo prospected forty miles of the river nnd
fouml very fair prospects all along , but the
beat down Klncono canon , fifteen miles
below Blurt. We tried to take out a ditch ,
but the river washed It away. Then as our
finances wcro rather low wo tried to interest
capital , but everybody seemed to bo afraid
of 110 San Juan. At last wo have suc
ceeded In proving there is big piy here fern
n small amount , of capital invested , and a
few have taken hold nnd others are ready.
Li Within a short time inoro than twenty
have begun work on the river. The first
camp is fifteen miles down the river at
Krautor's , who is running a sluice ; his last
cleanup from twenty yards was MO. T. S.
Uov\an , from Lake City , Is just below. On
claims ho bought ho has been testing the
'
'pround aim bus made rims that wont 51 ,
* l.W ) and $3 per yard. Ho has now gone to
work Iu earnest nnd will soon bo ready to
run through from twenty-five to llfty yards
jiorday. Two miles below him are Bell ,
'
CrofTa'nrt others ; one-half mlle below them
are Kirby , Mitchell and Elliott ; below them
nro parties with rockers , and four miles
lower , ut the mouth of Lime creek , is Gump
Cherokee. Mr. Mcndonliall has just moved
ouo of lit * machines down there. Just be
low are Bullock and Wilson , who represent
lllco parties. They are now building. As
soon as wo get fairly started wo will prove
to the doubters that there are riches on the
San Juau. J. W. Hauna of CorteIs operat
ing above Bluff thirty miles. IIo has ono of
Mcndcnhall's machines , also ono of the Den
ver amalgamator testing the pround , nnd ma
chines. Ho will make things hum when ho
gets started.
Bluff will bo In the center of operations ,
und her people will reap the benefits. The
clangor of the Utcs being moved to thfs sec
tion is OHO of the fears thnt now worry the
prospectors.
TII Open Yiinm Kosnrvntloii.
Thn Yuma Indian reservation is to bo cut
up and divided among ttio Indiana , writes a
concspondent of the San Francisco Chron
icle ; Tlio commissioners to nmko tlio tro.ity ,
appointed by the government , are on the
ground and at work. The citizens of Yuma
were a little puzzled when the announce
ment WHS made that the commission had
been appointed upon a petition of the In
dians , In which It was also asked that the
remainder of their lands bo disposed of and
the proceeds usud for furnishing thorn water
for Initiation. Few citrons knew that any
such petition had over boon circulated , and ,
moreover , It was stipulated in the act of
congress granting the right of way through
the reservation to the Sonora Land and
Canal company , that the canal company
should furnish tlio Indians all the water nec
essary for Irrigation and domestic purposes
free of chargo. It turns out that a petition
WHS secretly circulated by mi agent of the
canal company , and that ho succeeded In
getting 100 signatures among the 1.1GO In
dians. Upon this showing the act of con
gress was passed , appointing the commission
and appropriating $15,000 , with which to defray -
fray its ox pen sea.
The Yurm reservation contains about
45,000 acres of land , extending along the
Colorado river from the Pol Hi'les to the
Mexican boundary line , barring out the
ranches of Hall Haulon and Kl Ulo , which
occupy the river front from the boundary
line of Mexico up the stream for thrco miles ,
diving to each of the 1,100 Indians ton acres ,
there would be about SH.OOO acres remaining
to bo sold , which , at VM an acre , a low price
once the land Is supplied with water for
Irrigation , would yield f 1,070,000. This sum ,
If devoted to the betterment of the Indians
Individually , MB they wish , would glvo about
11,440 to each one , or enough to place them in
eniy circumstances for farming ,
It will bo n line thing for the canal com
pany if it succeeds in getting these lands ,
from which It would derive a revenue of not
leas than M.y.VJ.OOO . , leaving (00,000 for cut
ting up and dividing the tract. The citizens
of Yuma do not object to this , provided tno
United States government will go u llttlo
further and treat other and Just ns deserv
ing canal or Irrigation project * in Yuma In
the name way. There are two other com
panion that have spent as much or more
money than the Sonora company , which a
few months ago assumed the name of an
other irrigation project whose operations
are on the vrost side of the Colorado , and
which Is known as the Colorado Hlver Irri
gation company ,
What may como out of the commissioners'
work is only couleoiuro , but the Yuma people -
plo feel that If ono canal project is to be fos
tered by the general government all such Ir
rigation projects should bo assisicd in the
same way ; that the government should not
tight ono and than turn around uud help an-
otlier no more deserving.
fifty Miles un Hour llyltc.
.Matt Zlcglcr , ono of the oldest settlers of
tula valley , says a Mount Vernon. Wash , ,
special to the Sun-Francisco Chronicle , has
invented a byclclo or velocipede that for
speed , it is asserted , will revolutionize the
world ,
lie has beeu working on it for ten yearn.
ami hii lust col It completed Jl took It
out for an Initial trial and fully t 1)00 ) people
were out to see the trip ,
On the first effort the steering gear did network
work right , nut after a llttto changing ho
went off all risht and made ft mile in loss
than two mlnutoj.
The machine has two largo wheels and ono
mall stccrlm ; wheel. The larger wheels , or
drivers , ns ho calls them , are seven feet In
dlatnclor. 'Iho driving power Is secured
from throa sources , thn principal ono being
the rider's woitrht , and Ills Impossible to
stop the driving gear on the center. Drakes
must bo applied to brim ? it to a standstill.
The Inventor claims that a person can
easily tmvfil llfty and sixty miles per hour
on good roadi.
U'onclm of Wind CAW.
Wind cave In the Dlack Hills Is said to bo
the largest and most wonderful cave in the
world. This cave is located about eight
miles 'rom Hot .Springs in Fall Hlver county ,
says the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader. It is
called the Wind cave from the fact that
the wind bbws Into It , or out of it , according
to the state of the weather. There Is but
ono entrance to It. and over tjils. the owner
has built his homo. The owner has explored
It for a distance of soventy-seven miles , and
has discovered in all the enormous number
of 12.100 rooms , each of which Is n curiosity
of itself , The largest room covers an area
of nearly three acres. The amount of sta
lactites and stalagmites and other beautiful
minerals to bo seen in this wonderful cave
cannot bo estimated or described bv the pen.
U must bo explored and seen to bo appre
ciated. Last year no less limn IBOO people
visited the Wind cave , and tho.v not only
were pleased and Interested , but were unan
imous In the verdict that Us like or equal
docs not mist so far as known.
llio lliirtnnl Unlit i'loliU.
.1 W Myers , an experienced minin ? man ,
who In past j cars has operated at Load vlllo ,
lirccktnridgo and Crlpplo Creek , Is visiting
at Sallda , having come over from the Hart-
sol mining region. He speaKs ns follows
concerning It :
"Tho Hartsol district Is all rieht. It looks
well. I am going back as soon as I ein got
an outlit. I am perfectly satisfied that In
the near future there will ho ono of the
greatest camps in and around the scene of the
present -excitement tnat Colorado has over
known. There Is no lack of Industry In the
camp now. It is Inhabited by ono of the
best elements of miners Colorado can boast
of Mnst of them are financially able to
develop their properties. The country Is
Illling up quite rapidly and people are coin-
ins ; from all directions. They urn equipped
for prospecting and developing , bringing
with them tool ? , grub , blankets and every
thing necessary for a winter campaign
"Tho town of Bill four is already In exist
ence ami there arc several companies sur
veying and platting townsitcs throughout
Iho district There is also adjoining Hnrtsel
the Currant Creek district , which Is attract
ing considerable attention , the formation
being the same as exists at Crlpplo Creek ,
porphvry and gr.mlto. Farther south are
the Black mountain and Thlity-nlno Mlle
ranges , both of them bolng well Inhabited
now with prospectors. The roads through
this section are In good condition and the
country can easily bo traversed by teams.
Sallda Is a good place to start from to ex
plore this district , for a person has the ad
vantage of seeing much good country before
reaching what Is known ns the "Buffalo
Sloughs. "
Altar IdnhoM Thnlior.
There is little doubt in the minds of tno
state otllclals that a powerful Michigan syn
dicate is laying plans to secure , by question
able methods , possession of a lurgu portion
of the valuable timber land In Shoshone
county recently surveyed.
The survey , which includes over 70,000
acres , was made by the government at the
request ol the state land department to sat
isfy state land grants , and it is a significant
fact that persons who. it is asserted , repre
sent the syndicate , followed closely on the
heels of the surveying party during all the
long tramp through the timber.
The timber is said by experts to bo the
finest in the United States. It Includes
white pine , fir , spruce , cedar and tamarack ,
and so thick are the trees it l said progress
among them in places is made withdiniculty.
A gentleman who has examined the belt
of timber in question told a reporter recently
that there were plenty of trees there four
feet In diameter at the base that run up
sheer 150 feet without a limb and without
any perceptible decrease in the sl/o in that
distance. They look , ho said , as though
they had been turned out by a lathe.
The survey of the Shoshone timber belt
has not yet been approved , but. when It is
there will bo a grand rush for the land. The
state i.s forMlled against corporations by a
lav giving it sixty days preference right of
entry over all but bona lido settlers. The
plan of the syndicate Is , no doubt , to circum
vent this law by engaging individuals to
settle on the land under the guise of being
bona lido settlers , who , after acquiring title ,
will relinquish It to the grasping monopoly.
The charge is made that men have already
been ontragcd to do this work. It is said
that there are already a largo number of
squatters scattered through the timber ,
presumably hirelings of the syndicate.
( ilgantlc I'lpo I.lno Scheme.
Colonel J. W , Ilartzell of this city , says
the San Francisco Examiner , is atyork on a
waterworks scheme which , if carried out
us planned , will result in giving Sonoma
county a magniilcont water system for road
sprinkling , for supplying a number of towns
In Mcmloclno and Maria , counties with
water , and in causing the expenditure of
more than $1,000,000 for labor and material
within the county. The undertaking is a
hold ono and contemplates the construction
of a water svsto.n havincr its source near
Ukiah , Mondocino county , and which will
extend from that point toClovurdalo , thence
to Healdsburg , thence to Santa Ilosa , thence
to Potalunm. and from thence on to San
Rafael.
Some time ago Colonel Hartzoll secured
for hlmsolf and associates a franchise from
the Board of Supervisors granting them the
right to construct a line of ivator pipe , and
the city of Santa Rosa , by resolution , has
invited the syndicate to build to the muni
cipality. In the ordln.inco pissed by the
supervisors giving the projectors of the en
terprise their franchise it is stated that the
company will put in taps on its pipes wher
ever the county authorities shall Hint them
necessary for road sprinkling purposes nt
Its own expense. As the main pipe , wtien
completed , will follow the main road from
Hoaldsburg hero and from hero to Potaluma
it can bo soon that for road purposes the
noir water system will he of Immense ad
vantage.
Colonel Hartzoll represents that the capi
tal for the successful carrying out of the
gigantic enterprise has all boon secured In
the oust and that the men who are at the
hack of It are satisfied that It Is ono of the
most feasible water supply schemes that
has been conceived for some time.
lleuts
John Baggaloy received a letter from W.
B. Mcl'herson , formerly of Dead wood , says
the Times of that city , from which we are
permitted to use the following extracts :
MOIIONOO MINK , VICTOII , ( Ul. , IK > c. 4 , 1H03 ,
1'iiiK.s'ii. JOHN : Vim will be somuwhat sur
prised , I supnoie , whnii ygu li'urn Unit I am so
fur away. I nut In the land of mangos , tuUlnx
nut Kolif and plenty of It , loo. 1 loft I'lili'iiuo
nti October 1 and came here to tulco cliarguuf
a Itirijii gold mini' . It It u hummer. I am
tnUnwout about Jl.liOQ to $2,000 pur day of
twenty-four hours , t usu puns and settlers ,
with it few chuiulcaU. The oru averages be
tween 130 and t&O per ton , and sumo gnus f'Jou
to 1400 pur ton. 1 biivu about 0i ! pur cunt , and
nobody ha * s'lvod ( on thU oru ) mror - > u pur
cunt heretofore. Tlmy have 5,000 ions of lull-
Inir which averiutetlb per ton lull soldi. which
I am now llttlng up tu work. It only costs
about f3.f > 0 per tun to work tliooio.oi-lalllnns ,
I am B.OOUfuutup In the mountain * , fotty-tlvu
mill's from tliu railroad , but twenty miles from
the mint ) thu oranges uro growing on be ml Inn
trees. The company which owns tlio mlno aru
all orange grower * at Itlvi-rslile. Cul , Yours
truly , W. I ! . McL'liutso.x ,
Cheaper Oaf.
A simple machine for making illuminating
gas fro.n wood or coal has been perfected
and patented by Uoorge U. Cauls , who has
boon working tor the last six years on the in
vention , bays the Spokane Herald. 'Die
process Is simplicity Itsslf. A retort Is
placed in an ordinary heating furnneo' in a
business block , residence , railroad train or
steamer , uud a stick of cord wood placed in
U Is charred merely by the waste heat of
the furnace. The gas Is carried out to a
purifier where U passes through a tank of
water , which washes It , and causes u deposit
of all heavy particles , such as tar , in another
tank beneath. 1'hcn it passes upward
through u patented vegetable compound ,
which enriches , strengthens and purities it.
From this U passes through a holder , whore
it Is stored for use. Its chemical properties
have not yut been ascertained by uunlvsli ,
nor has its candle power boon tested , but
Jots on exhibition ( fire- pure white light , fur
superior to th.it of coal gas. This process
has been tried with fir , beech , oak mm mnplo
and has proved successful with all ot them
A test shows lhat from ono cord ot tlr wood
CAII bo obtained 17,003 fcoV of gas , thirteen
bushels of charcoal ot fine quillty , two ana
a half gallons of pure tar , and an as yet
undefined quantity of tar water , from which
ammonia , Prussian blue and sal-ammonia
can bo extracted. The gas , at the current
price of 2 for coal gas. is worth $34 , the
charcoal , at SO cents a bushel , is worth 2.00 ,
and the tar U worth 2. i cents , so that these-
products also aggregate U ) & > In value.
Mr. Couls has disposed of his patent to
the Economic Gas company , a corporation
recently organized under the laws of this
state , with f/IO.OOO capital stock. This com
pany will In the near future place the now
machine In this city and state , and subse
quently extend its operations to every
state and territory In the union , Some well
known citizens of Seattle are Idcnt tiled with
this enterprise.
A Hold Wildcat.
As J. W. Hamilton of Kast Highland wont
out to close the door of his chicken house
about dusk the other night ho saw able
wildcat near the chicken house , says the
San Francisco Call. Ho started back to
the house for a gun , when the cat gave
chase and caught him by the leg as ho
rnauhcd the house , Indicting an ugly
vtound.
By persistent efforts and vigorous kicking
ho managed to free himself from the
ferocious animal , which then ran nt Ham
ilton's llttlo so. : , about 5 years old , who was
standing near , but his father headed it off
before It reached the boy. Seeing a Maltose
kitten in the kitchen the wildcat sprang at
It , and crushing It to doatn bolwcon Its
strong Jaws , began to devour it on the
spot.
Hamilton closed the door , entrapping the
wildcat In the kitchen , and then entered another -
other part of the house , secured his gun and
shot the intruder while -It was eating Us
supper. The animal was evidently In a
famished condition or It would not have
made Its bold attack.
IntmciiRo I'liiinr.
Pine Htdgo llumo has at length been com
pleted. It Is fifty-two miles In length , ex
tending from Stevenson creek , at an eleva
tion of fiOO feet , to Cuvls , on the Pollack rail
way , twelve miles from Fresno , at an eleva
tion of 400 feet , suys the San Francisco
Chronicle.
Tlio llumo In its construction surmounts
many hard engineering difficulties , and for
twelve miles is double , carrying .TOO cubic
foot of water per second for Irrigation. This
will bring 40,000 acres of now land under
water. Many million foot of lumber will
come down the Hume annually. It Is the
largest llumo in California and may ulti
mately bo built Into Fresno.
I.ooUlnc l r thn Knil ( if thn World.
Mrs. George II. Williams has finished her
forty days fast for the purllicatlon of the
body , and is now in condition to receive
revolutions from the Holy Spirit , enabling
her to predict Just when the world will end ,
says a Portland , Ore. , dispatch to the
Denver Times.
Mrs. Williams Is the wife of President
Grant's attorney gonoral. and the leader of
a band of religious fanatics who profess to
bcllovo chat the world Is about to end. She
is clas&cd by some , with the Christian
scientists , because she preaches that , to
secure a purification nf tno body , it is neces
sary for ono to go "through the wilderness , "
which consists of an almost absolute fast for
forty days and forty nights.
This was her second trip "through the
wilderness , " and before she began It she said
the end of the world was at hand.
.Nebraska.
Osceola musical talent is to give a concert
December 20.
Lyons Odd Follows have orennlzcd a
Rebokah lodge.
Isaac /Ion of Stanton foil off a load of
straw and broke his leg.
Part of the Beatrice "burnt district" went
up in smoke the other ni ht.
Mrs. Bigolow of Ohiowa was bitten by a
dog in the face and lockjaw has resulted.
Junlata people are xvorking to secure the
removal of the Adams county fair from
Hastings.
The MeCook schools have the largest per
cent of enrollment in actual attendance of
any schools in the state.
Albert F. Uisb , who was shot near Valparaiso
raise , died in jail at VVahoo , whore ho was
being held on the charge of grand larceny.
City girls and country lasses attending a
dance at Nebraska City became involved in
a quarrel , and the out-of-town damsels
broke up the ball by leaving the hall In a
body.
A Wayne newspaper man attempted to tell
a story In church Sunday nipht , but the
minister called him down and announced
that the sermon would bo discontinued until
Iho whispering disturber ceased talking.
Ansel P. Ward , a resident of Stuart for
eleven years and ono of the oldest men in
northern Nebraska , is dead. Ho was a
native of New York state and remembered
well seeing the first train of cars that was
run on the Now York &Erlo railway. Daniel
Webster was thorn and made a speech.
A Superior factory ordered a twenty-ton
car of coal from Wyoming mines the other
day , but the word "ton" disappeared in the
telegraphing and twenty cars were sent by
the miners. The consequence was that
many Superior people are burning cheap
coal , nR the shippers were forced to dispose
of the nineteen cars at the best price they
would bring.
Miss Jennlo Owen , who teaches school
aoout two miles east of Elm Crook , dis
missed Charles and Burt Steele , aged 1C and
18 , for throwing cartridges into the stovo.
They loft the school house , but attempted to
return , using vile threats , and when they
found the door locked they hammered It
ODOII with clubs and attacked the teacher ,
knocking her down with their clubs twice ,
and would have seriously Injured her had
not some of the older scholars assisted her.
They have boon arrested.
About six weeks ago the 2-yo.ir-old child
of Mr , Hector , a farmer living near Norden ,
while playing out of doors picked up a dip
per from tlio leech tub and drank from it.
The immediate result was a terribly sore
mouth and throat , which , after two or three
weeks , got well and nothing more was
thought of It. But in the course of two
weeks more It wus discovered that there
was dilllculty In swallowing which Increased
until nothlni ; but milk could be got into the
stomach , The lye had made a sore in the
gullet , a few Inches down , which , in healing ,
had produced a , contraction continually increasing -
creasing until it was sa small that nottilng
but ilulus could pass. The child will have to
undergo a long and tedious operation before
it can swallow anything ,
The Kearney Hub Is responsible for the
story that n ludy named Kearns , nearly SO
years old and almost blind , made a most re
markable blunder when eating some cnko
sent her by neighbors. Her daughter gave
her a piece of cake and left her to go Into
another room for a moment. Pretty soon
her mother said , "This is the toughest , most
tasteless cake I over ate. " As the cake
looked nice the daughter wondered nt it and
came in where her mother wus , when she
was horrified to find that the old lady had
been biting ai.d eating the llcsh from her
lingers. In her blindness she was unable to
see what she was doing , and being racked
with pain she did not realize any additional
suffering. The daughter bound up the hand
and then fed her tnocako , which shu seemed
to relish. It Is thought the poor sufferer can
llvo only a few days longer.
Ttia IlakoUi.
A company with a capital of 11,000,000 has
been formed for the purpose of stuulng a
brewery at Ynulcton ,
According to the report of the state irri
gation commissioners twcntV'thrco artesian
wells have boon sunk in South Dakota since
last March.
Black Hills streams have Just received au
acquisition in the shape of 10,000 mountain
trout , distributed oy the United States fish
commission.
It is rumored that a new townsite .com
pany has bcon formed to create u now town
at the Junction of the Great Northern and
Northwestern railroads.
It has been said by cattlemen from the Dad
river range on the ceded reservation that
there aroat least 1,000 head of cattle missing
since the fall shipments began.
Some very goou looking ere was si ruck
near I oad recently in doing assessment
work. It lias the appearance of the Buhl
Mountain slllclous ores , but is found In ver
tical formation.
While doing this year's assessment work
en the White Spnr mica lode , located a short
distance west of Custer City , a flno bou.v ot
rnlcu has been uncovered , The mica bearing
ledge is said to bo an immense one , that for
slo nnd quality is unexcelled by the product
of any Cnstor county mlhoi
The Brown county wlnVod calf has been
shorn of Its angelic credentials by n number
ot real bad bays , who borqd a hole through
a partition ami watchotl tile owners as they
adjusted the "wing" ort ? t 8 calf oarlv ono
morning before exhibition tlmo nt Hurly ,
S. D.
The coal shipments al'Crpstod Duties now
amount to sovwity carrf a day.
A cyanide mill Is belfti ? * Erected In Load-
vlllo to handle Cripple Urefck ores.
The monthly dividend , , of the Ooldoa
Fleece , Lake City , will b'o 813,000 In Decem
ber.
ber.A
A now vein of pav ord has boon struck on
the Pike's Peak claim , Crlpplo Creek , 100
feet west of the famous rein.
Kncourrtping reports cotno from the Chama
river placers. A blgBucyrus machine , which
weighs sixty tons , Is nearly ready to start up ,
The Florence OH company is laying pipes
to supply natural gas for hcatln ? purposes to
customers. The rate will bo 3.50 n month
for each stovo.
,1. 1C , Darnell of Hrcckenridgo came down
to Denver with n retort of lull ounces of
Farneomb hill gold. From > ,000 to * S,000 a
week of $18 an ounce gold is being tnken
from this hill.
Itlch strikes nro of dally occurrence In the
Goose Crook district , Uunnison county. A
town has already sprung up , nud Is known
ns DuBols. An effort Is being made to have
u postonlco established.
Sam Evans and W.V. . Emmet , leasers on
the Gold on Ago mlno nt Jamestown , bnukod
a t" > 0 retort last week. Flfty-threo leasers
are now at work In the property , which
until recently was closed.
The Quart/ Hill tunnel , Oilpin county , is
to bo driven in 000 foot further , making a
total of 2.400 , It Is expected that cloven rich
veins will bo cut In that distance. The work
will go forward at llvo feet a day , three
shifts being worked.
A shipment of ten tons from the now
strike In the Iron miuo. no.ir Kleo. returned
GOO ounces silver nud 15 per cent load. The
mlno will probably produce from $ lo,000 to
( ' .30,000 a mouth from this on , as the body Is
sixty feet thick.
C. Y. Heodor , formerly of Butte , Mont. , Is
in Denver on his way homo from Johannes
burg , South Africa. Ho describes that place
as a cooil one for Colorado people to keep
away from. All the work is done by blacks
mid Yankees are very inhospitably received.
The round trip from Butte cost him ? l,500.
\ nrojcct Is on foot for the construction of
water works at Saratoga.
Chicken pox is epidemic in Saratoga and
there is scarcely a homo there where the
children have escaped.
Ranchmen living around Arl and Otto ,
Dubols and Embar , rope t that the country
around there is overrun with millions of
rabbits.
The sheep men of Fremont county are busy
sending protests to the members of congress
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against the passage of the Wilson "bill.
There are TO.'JOO sheep owned in this vicinity
ana they behove that the bill would kill the
industry.
At Kawllns the Jest sheep were sold at
mortgncq sale the other day. Cosgrltt Bros.
bought lbOO , wethers at $2.1 , ' ) and , ( > 00 ewes
at $2.40. Kobort , Taylor bought 450 ewe
lambs at $1.40 and the Jack Creek Land and
Cattle company 145 bucks at $3.f > 0.
J. W. Grldlov , who has been hunting fos
sils in the Wyoming bad lands for six
months past , has secured enough material
to restore the skeletons of at least four dif
ferent ani'imls , which will be fitted up and
placed on exhibition \ the American mu
seum at Central park , tiovv York.
J. D. U'oodruff came down from the Burr
mine recently , says the 'Cheyenne Leader ,
with $2,000 in retorted 'pold , the result of a
cleanup of thirty-live tons of oro. Fifteen
tons of the ore were irfam a sixteen- foot vein
and run only $10 per ton. Active develop
ment work will continue all winter , and in
the spring the com pan } * will put in ' a largo
mill.
Oregon.
Thousands of prune and apple trees are be
ing set out in the Willamette valley.
Sam Brown of Gervais raised U.OOO bushels
of potatoes on 100 acresoMnnd.
A movement Is on foot nt ; Grant's Pass to
build a road to tlio mines 'uldng ' Jump-Off-
Joe creek. >
James Turpin , who lives near Eugene , sold
a yearling dressed hog tha't weighed 'Jblt
pounds , lor $10.93. This is the way to malco
wheat bring SI per bushel.
The panther that made her appearance in
Ashliiud a year ago and frightened the resi
dents of that little city , has again been seen.
She is now accompanied by two kittens.
The two mills operating in the Bohemia
district have each produced $25,000 worth of
gold bullion the past year. The Bohemia
averaged { 170 per day with a live-stamp mill.
It is said that a sawmill company is being
organized to put in a largo mill up tne
Brcitonbush on thn North Santiam , and to
build a railroad to the timber region up that
stream.
Thomas Holt , first sergeant , company A ,
Third infantry volunteers , Seminole war of
18ilO-35 , lives in Albany. Ho has just re
ceived a pension for services in that war ,
with back pay from passage of the act.
Forty cars of cattle , hogs and fruit were
shipped from La Grande to Omaha. Of the
hogs , the Chronicle says"Tho probabil
ities nro that some of these same hogs will
come back next spring in the form of Omaha
bacon. "
Hon. J. II. Stewart of Eden precinct ,
Jackson county , shipped a carload of tine
winter pears to St. Louis , Mo. Ho is a suc
cessful fruit grower , and has over 100 acres
in orchard. This year no will receive in the
neighborhood of $20,000 for his apples and
pears.
Dr. Hamoll , secretary of the Annie Min
ing company , says , as the road to Bohemia is
impahsablo during the winter season , the
company has placed provisions and twenty
good men ut the mlno for an all wlntor'b
run. Two new mills will bo placed in that
district as soon as packers can get In.
An extensive Irrigation project Is on foot
In Wenatcheo valley.
The new road from Montosano to the upper
North river has boon completed.
It Is reported that the llwaco cranberry
marshes will yield 1100 barrels , only half ol
last yoar's crop.
As n result of the recent heavy rains the
Klamath river rose eight feet. Most of the
mining appliances of tlio river claims were
swept away by the Hood.
It is reported that door am bolng slaugh
torcd wholesale. Alart'o fat buck willbrin
llttlo more than $3 at Spokane. Dealers say
unless the killing is iibatcd they canuo
hnmUo the meat.
The Gilbert Hunt Manufaolunnir com
nany , with n capital stock of $00,000 , has
been Incorporated nt Walla Wall to engage
in the manufacture > f threshing machines
and other farm implement * .
The Garllcld KnterpHosparks | of a slgna
service station which I : , \sopn to bo estab
lislied near that place.and from whence the
signals will bo copied and , displayed fron
Ktoptoo but to , the Highest point iu the
Palou u country. ' '
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According to a Tacotpnf paper , Lloutcnau
Elliott and his three comrades , who rescued
the Carlin party , have rolvea $ SO each fo
their services , As tlnj.y.ojtpeuded more than
this from their own po ioJli , the profit o
their Iransactlon U not apparent. General
Carlin offered $500 reward , but it U not
forthcoming.
There are now ever 7,000,000 fool of logs
lying In thn vicinity of the SnohotnUh river ,
over 4,000,000 bolng In the boom nt Its mouth ,
VJ.000,000 within llvo miles of Its mouth , and
1.000,000 near the mouth ot the tributary ,
Tahooya.
J. M. Smith of Garflold recently received
fo from a Minneapolis seed firm as a pre
mium for the largest bean pod. U measured
ten Inches in length. Mr. Smith also pro
duced n cucumber that Is worthy of notice.
11 measured nineteen inches In length by
thlrteeu in circumference.
A line specimen of onyx has been placed
on exhibition at Seattle. It was brought
from a newly discovered lodge In the north
western part of the state , at a polul near
Iho Great Northern railway line , where an
elghtoen-lneh vein exists , with a side showIng -
Ing exposed thirty feet in length and twenty-
live fcot In depth.
Another cannery was located at Blalno ,
while two other canning firms are in the
Hold looking up a location. The West Coast
Trade says : His only a question of time
until all the canneries on the Frascr nro
compelled to move to that point , as all the
llsh pass there on thotr way to the Fraser
river spawning grounds It Is estimated
that over $500,000 worth of fish will bo taken
at Blalno the coming season.
AlUuotlnnnotis ,
The Stewart mine at Blngham , U. T. , has
just cleaned up $10,000 In twenty-two days.
There Is great activity In the mining line
on the Comstock lode at Virglnli City , Nov.
Attorney General llaskcll of Montana lus
decided that the bible should not bo read In
the public schools of the state.
Mr. Kperts , from the Golcr district , was
in San Bernardino recently and hud with
him a $150 nugget , which his dog dug up.
Ogden proposes to supply work for the des
titute unemployed by lilting out a wood
yard , whore the men may earn meals by
using the saw.
Tno San Bernardino supervisors have re
ceived a petition to submit , to vote a propo
sition to bond the county for $250,001) ) lor road
improvements. ,
Chula Vista , In San Diego county , Cali
fornia boasts of the largest lotuoii orchard In
world. There arc now 70,000 trees
planted on 1,000 acres of land.
Ore assavlne 2,950 ounces silver and nine
ounces gold , is worth $2,210 a ton , has been
struck In the Vallo mountains , llfty miles
west of Santa Fo.
Two ten-stamp mills are to bo erected Im
mediately at the recent rich strikes in the
Oregon mountains , llfty miles north of 101
Paso , Tex. Two hundred people are there
now
A shipment of their product was received
at Suit Like City the other day from the
Mercur mine at Camp Floyd. The product
is in the shape of sulphides. The shipment
Is valued nt $23,000 In gold.
The Haber brothers , who wont to Idaho to
test the value nf the Rnher amalgamator in
securing the Hour gold found on the Snnko
river bars , have returned to Corvallis , and
report the fullest success. They expect to
have a number of the amalgamators at work
next soring on the beach sands.
Articles of incorporation have been filed
at the county clerk's olllco at Santa Rosar
Cat. , of the Indian Metallic Paint company.
The incorporation papers recite that the pur
poses of the company are to locate , mine ,
sell and manufacture into paint metallicores
iu Sonoma and other countie > If the state.
YOUNG MEN'S INSTITUTE.
Kpjuvonatcil Ouurtur * of u rrogreftilvn
Orsunlr.ttliiti.
The members or the Young.Men's Institute
are making preparations for the now year
that are characterised by an energy , which
bodes well for the society's future. They
have long been dciirous of lilting up their
apartment ) at 1401) ) Dodge street in a manner
that would rellect credit on themselves and
make their rooms attractive , cozy and com
fortable , and a few of the more energetic
members , realising that nothing would bo
accomplished by delay , put their shoulders
to the wheel vvlth a vim and perseverance
that wrought a gratifying change.
On first entering the halls ono is lost in
the midst of draperies and beautifully cur
tained rooms , and a feeling of astonishment ,
gradually gives place to ono of pleasure and
pride. The beauty of the wall paper , the
iletures and portraits , handsome carpets
md attractive lurniluro , and u well filled
brary , unite in producing a cheery , home--
ko air , sutrgcstmur hours of enjoyment ,
ciTcatlon aiid proflt as well as the pros-
erlty of the organisation.
Kercplloil anil l.llmiry Itonin.
The transformation Is conspicuous on the
econd floor. Here is a tastefully-furnished
larlor for the reception of ladies nnd gentle-
nen guests. From this , folding doors with
icavy draperies open into the library room ,
'ho book cases are well tilled ; comfortable
hairs Ilium a long tame , and llles or news-
> apcrs occupy racks at the corners. On the
vails are pictures , photographs of members
f the grand councils of the p.tst two years ,
and a sketch of the club huuso ,
ho institute contemplates erecting
luring the coming year. Back of the
ibrary is the smoking room , u
endc/vous for the lovers of tlio wood ,
everything hero is plain. There nro tables
or cards and checkers and chess , and other
essentials.
On the Other I lours.
Across the hall is a commodious billiard
room , occupying the south half of the floor.
It Is equipped with a billiard and a pool
table and comfortable chairs for spectators.
The third floor is reserved for business
meetings and entertainments and forgyhma-
bium purposes.
The decorations and furnishings no less
than the arrangement of the rooms , are au
agreeable sucprlso to visitors and giatifylng
to members. And this exuberance found
vent m a "smoker" lust Tuesday evening.
rrociain of SpcvchoH and SOIIKH.
The "warming'1 was a Joyous ono , a nov
elty in Us way , which brought together
membnrs and friends in such numbers as to
crowd the rooms almost uncomfortably.
President ICloffner opened tlio mooting by
an address of welcome , followed by the
chaplain , Rev. S. F. Carroll , who at some
length described the alms and objects of the
institute and explained the b'-nellts that are
derived from tills organisation.
Short addresses were delivered by Roys.
Hillnian and Callahan , us well ns fitting
speeches by Members Corcoran and Kvans.
The songs by the Young Men's Institute
quartet , composed of Members Swift , Gloa-
son , Tracy and Maher , were well rendered
and much enjoyed by the members.
Conspicuous among the many interesting
features of the o veiling wus the appearance
of Mr. Barney MoArdle , who is quite-
genius in dialect songs and recitations ,
which ho tendered so effectively that he was
recalled for several numbers.
The evening's entertainment ended In
smoke.
Tomorrow evening ; the election of officers
for the ensuing year will bo held in the In
sttuito hall.
V. W. U. A. r.iiturliiliiuionl ,
The Monday evening entertainment at
the Young Women's Christian association
promises to be ono of unusual Interest.
Herren Gulim and Hans Albert are to play
"My Trade
will take anything I give
them ; they believe what
I tell them ; and I mean
to sell them what I make
the most on , " That is
what one grocer actually
gives as a reason for
selling washing-powders
imitations instead of
the original and best
washing-compound Pearline , If grocers and customers
were all like these , the millions of women who are now bless
ing Pearline would still be doing useless hard work. But
when you come across such a dealer , don't let him put you off
with anything except Pearline , 397 JAMES PVLE , NTCW York.
nnil Mr , Verity Konl will lng , i\nd n , >
nttr.ictlvo pvogr.im IIM bcon iu ranged
Others thnn member * will bo charged 10
conii to thl * ns to nil other Monday evening
entertainments.
The classes will meet ns usual. ' 1 ho his
tory class will have n mooting Tuesday oven-
IIIR to tlocldo on Its work.
The rooms nro open nil day. nnd until
after the holidays ten , eoffeo and cocoa will
ho served from n to T p , m. ns well at nt
noon.
A portable blackboard Is much needed by
the association.
UNIFOKMITY IN TEXT HOOKS.
School Olltror * tit noiigln * County ( oiuull-
ing to Till * Mini.
Saturday nftornoon nbaut fifty ot the
school oftlccra of DoiiRla1 * county mot nt
County Superintendent Hill's olllco In the
court homo , for the purpose of ilUcuislng
matters ot niinortiiiico in the school work.
The discussion was ccuor.il ami covered
various subjects , surh ns toU books ,
branches of study , securing the attendance
ot scholars nnd kindred t oples. The most
important question considered w.is that nf
to.\t oooks This problem U at present
a vexatious one , nud thn ulm is
to bring about n reform. Under
the now law tno districts purchase the
text books for the use of the school- * , and
the result Is that each district , has iin en
tirely dilTcrout sut. It Is hoped to rcmcdv
this evil and lii-inir about , n uniformity of
text books in all nf the districts. Tlioso
present were ot ouo mind rcgnrdliur thin
subject , nnd that was that the chauun
should como ns rapidly ns possible. It will
require lime to accomplish this , nud ( is the
various contracts with publishing houses ox-
plro the reform will bo brought. To brltiR
about this , Superintendent Hill was ap
pointed a committee to prenaro blanks for
the use of each dtstilct to furnish n list of
the text books In uso. At a fill lire mcctlm ;
thcso will bo reviewed , and It Is expected
lhat thu list ot text books desired for use
when the reform comes will he made up nud
llntilly approved.
Tills that euro sick heauacho : UoWltt's
Little Karly UUcrs.
WANT HIM IN IOWA.
Onmliit r'ollco ( Irt Tliolr Hniiil * nil 11 Hind's
When Sergeant Slt-wart and O nicer Kus-
sel took Charles Ktdd. alias Baldwin , col
ored , Into custody Saturday night nioroly on
suspicion they did , It scorns , the right ihlnc
Iho articles found in tlio suspect's posses
sion wcro iuentillcd by Mr. Ui-no of Council
niuA's as his property. The gentleman
states that his house had boon burglarlrcii
in the early p.irt of Saturday ovcnim ? and
the goods stolon. ICidd put nn n bold front
when confronted by his accuser and said
that some of the stult had been purchased
by him In Ottumwa , la.
Ho refused to go back to the nilltTs with
out requisition papers. The culprit has
also been recognt/.cu as having served a term
In the penitentiary. The police term him a
"very slick rascal" nnd say that now his
chances lor making the acqinintanco of tlio
Iowa siato prison are good.
"The Average
American Girl"
What rhc is ; What she Js
not ; What she mabe. .
Those questions , so impor
tant to girls and their
mothers , will be answered
by Alnry A. Livcrmorc and
A\arion \ Harlancl , two noble
friends of all girlhood , in
Prof-ramnie for 1894
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days hufuru tlio datu of tliu muotliii * .
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