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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 4, 1894)
THE OMAHA DAILY UEE : MONDAY , JUNE k 1891. An Adventurer Ditcovers Fabulously Hich Mines on the Callpoaia Mountains , RICHEST CLAIM ON THE PACIFIC COAST Utah' * Coming Statehood Wealth of tlio Mcrcnr < Jnlil District Oold nt Ilnlm'n J'cnk Clilekenn n * i'rotpnot * urn Wcitcrn Jotting * . Qeorgc Douglass Ilrownc , a young english man who claims relationship with nome of the most aristocratic families In his natlvd land , recently came to Portland from a pros pecting tour In the Callpoola mountain * , where ho claims to have located ono of the richest placer claims the west has over.heard ) f. To a reporter on the Portland Oregonlan ho told a strange tale of adventures which befell him while on his lonely quest for gold , ' mil he backed his nlaterncntS'concerning his fortunate find by exhibiting two canvas sacka t of course gold dust and a double handful of ' flirty looking nuggets , ranging In size from pea to an Hngllsh walnut , and curious In form and makeup. i "Last winter I spent In northern California , and early In the spring had worked my way ' wall up Into the Callpoola rongo. It little matters just what section of the country I was In , but I know pretty well myself. Traveling was pretty rough through a coun try -without trails of any sort , over steep ridges and through rocky gulches , and par ticularly when the ground was slushy with the melting snow. I had found traces of gold In the rocks , picked up a few small nug gets In the bottoms and washed out a few pans of dust hero and there where I saw good prospects , but hod soon nothing that had coma up to my expectations. Finally , after creeping over an exceptionally danger ous divide ono day , I found my progress blocked by u. deep , dark-looking ravine , with sides HO steep and slippery that at first I hesitated to descend Into It. I couldn't very well camp on the mountain side , so I determined to work my way down Into the ravine , and tnko my chances on finding a good place to stop for the night. The de scent I found to bo moro dttllcult than I had anticipated , for the banks , or rather walls of the ravlno worn almost perpendicular. It was pretty dark before I reached a point three-quarters of the way down , then I in ail o a misstep and rolled the remainder of the distance , striking against a tree with such force that I remained unconscious for a time. When I came to It was dark as pitch , and I was BO bruised and sore that I could scarcely move. I managed to piill myself together , however , and without stop ping to Investigate further camped on the spot. SANDS HEAVY WITH GOLD. "It was brond daylight when I awoke next morning , and lying there I could form some Idea of the place I had fallen. Into , The sides of the gulch were very steep and rugged , and there wore but few places where a safe descent could bo made. I had stum bled upon ono of those places. Lame and weary from my adventure of the previous night , I managed to build a flro and cook breakfast , after which I tramped away up stream. In some places the stream spread over the entire bottom , and I was compelled to wade. It wan hard work , but when I chanced upon a big nugget I felt well repaid. My curiosity was also well excited , and I pushed ahead. Tramping through a narrow place for about a mile , I landed on a gravel bank , where I found traces of gold. To my horror I also found the disjointed bones of a human skeleton sticking out of the sand. I did not stop to wash out any of the sand , but hastily forged ahead. Half a mlle up tbo stream I found the remains of the prospector's camp two forked sticks stuck up In the ground , eighteen Inches apart. That was all that was left. I surmised that the poor fellow had boon overtaken by a sudden freshet and , unable to get out of the way , had been drowned. "As I sat on the bank , pondering upon the fate of the lone prospector. I caught eight of a nugget , lying In the shallow water. I hastily gained possession of It and then commenced to examine the bottom and bank. Coarse grains of gold could be seen with the naked eye. I was not long In getting enough together for a test , and to my astonishment and delight I found that the sand was heavy with gold. I worked until dark feverishly and then lay down on the dead prospector's camping ground to dream of wealth. During the next week I scarcely had tlmo to cat , so anxious was I to dig for yellow metal. Nuggets were thick enough to satisfy anyone ono and I gathered what you have scon within a radius of twenty feet of the spot where I first struck my shovel. At the end of the week the fever had worn off. I had oil the gold I could conveniently carry and my Block of food was getting low. Ono bright morning I packed up my things , and , covering up the excavations I had made , started down stream. I scrambled up the bank about a mlle below where the skeleton lay and struck out for civilization. It was a rough trip and I would have been In a sorry plight had I not been able to bring down a couple of deer on the road. It Is my expectation to form a company among my friends at homo and work my claim on an oxtcnslvo scale. The claim Is , I believe , the richest on the Pacific coast. " DHY WATKn GOLD CAMIJ. Great excitement Is abroad In Uoutt county ever the discovery of free gold quartz leads three miles from this place , says a SidneyColo. . , special to the Denver Nowa. The actual discovery of paying ere was made sumo three weeks ago by Colonel John Welskopf of this placet and today there Is a full-Dodged mining camp with prospectors Blocking In from all directions. Float assays run from $5.25 to $10.00 In gold and from six-tenths to one ounce of silver. The. gold IH found In line honeycombed quartz of the Crlpplo Creek variety and Is pronounced by competent Judges as most excellent gold- bearing rock. Mr. Thomas It. Miller , the resident representative of Dow , Shear & Co. , at Halm's Peak , has concluded a thorough Inspection of the territory and Hinted that the district Is of unquestionable stability. The new camp Is known as Dry Water. It Is ten miles above Steamboat Springs on the Dear river , at the foot of the North peak and the L'ear river wagon road , and Immediately In the rear of the ranch property of Walter Henry nrown. Small chunks of quartz mortercd and washed show from fifteen to forty-live colors to the pan , all visible to the naked eye and In slzo up to a pin head. . The formation Is porphyry and quartz , with \\oll defined veins of decomposed and honey combed quartz , varying In different localities frcm two to six fcot wldo. A call has boon Issued by the Dig Ynnipa company , con sisting of Colonel Welskopf , K. SandliofTer , W. U. Moore and W , H. Ilrown , for a con vention of miners Juno 2 , when a now dis trict will bo organized and the necessary laws formulated. A IIOOSTKK'S GOLDEN GIZZARD. A gold discovery that was made at Santa Rosa has received no Inconsiderable amount of comment , and has sot the old miners to talking , Kays a special to the San Francisco Chronicle. The cook In W. II. Qrlsalm's grillroom , while dressing a young rooster for broiling , found several small flakes of gold In the gU- zard among the loose gravel and dirt. The email particles were about twlco the slza of a pin head nnd were about twenty In number. Ills curiosity excited , Mr. Grlsslm Im mediately sot to work to find out who the chlckun came from. U was learned that the cook had purchased A number of fowls , this particular ono among the number , from the grocery linn of Kept & Donovan. Messrs. Kopf and Donovan are quite cer tain that the chicken came from the ranch of John 1'cmlor , about three miles southwest of town , formerly the property of E. L. Davis , Mr , Pender's few I a are In U.o habit of scratching In the gravel and sand among the gulches and small streams at the foot of Taylor mountain , and It Is probable that this chicken opened a pocket containing the gold. TliU theory Is borne out by the fact that particles of black sand were also found In the gizzard , It U probable that the streams and gulches In the neighborhood of Taylor moun tain will now bo thoroughly prospected and many are of the opinion that Important dis coveries may follow. LUCK AT CIUPI'LK CHEEK. There Is no end to the chances of striking gold at any point In the Crlpplo Creek laud district away from town , close to town erIn In town , say * the Miner. Saturday a strike was made In the city limits that gives promise of being a bonanza for the fortunate owners. About three week * ago Mciitri. Gibson , Sawyer , Illght and Shepherd took a two years' lease on a claim adjoining the reser voirs. They went down seventeen feet nnd on Saturday struck ere that Is full of free gold , It can bo seen plainly In patches all ever the rock and will run Into the hun dreds of dollars to the ton. An assay Is not necessary to show that the rock Is valuable and a mill run wilt bo made to learn Just how valuable It Is. The lucky men nre , as a matter of course , well pleased with their good fortune , and while not expecting to be millionaires are qulto well satisfied that a competency Is In sight. , . DEATH IN THE DESERT. Two Cornish boys named William Hosklng and William Rogers left Tellurldo last Febru ary for the mining regions adjacent to Phoe nix , Ariz. On their way , and when About eighty-five miles from Phoenix , In the desert near Collins' well , both died of thirst , says a special to the Denver Times. With the re mains of Rogers the following note was found addressed to his father In Churchtown , Eng land ! "I remain your loving son , William Rogers dying for want of water. Do not grlevo for me , mother I am dying. Send to Tellurldo , Colo. , for my trunk. My pard- ner will go to Harqua Hala. Ills name Is IJII1 Hosklng. The key to my trunk Is In my pocket. " Four miles further on his partner , going In search of help , was found. Ho had also died for want of water. The Cornish boys In Tellurldo speak highly of Rogers , and mourn for his sudden and unexpected death. AN INDIAN SKIN GAME. "These stories of Indian troubles In the southwest remind mo of an experience that I had down In New Mexico , " said Henry Davidson of Albuquerque to the St. Louis Republic. "I was now to the region then , and , although I had heard all sorts of strange tales about the trlcklncss of the Indian , I did not know that ho was as shrewd as I afterward found him to bo. I wanted a pony for some rcat > on and I com municated my desires to a friend of a crowd of the greasy citizens of the outskirts. The next day I was besieged with offers. .1 looked alt over the lot and picked three or four to make my final selection from. After several hours I settled upon an animal that I thought to bo In the pink of condition and form. I took him for a good round sum and a trade thrown Into the bargain. I rode homo on the animal. As I got Into my quarters I noticed that the horse ap peared to be uneasy , as If suffering from Injury. As I live , I found that a patch of skin , several Inches square , had come off his back. I looked Into It and discovered that the horse was raw there , and that ho had been patched up with rabbit or some other skin for the tlmo being. Those Indians stood by each other , too , for I could never locate the scoundrel who had swindled mo. I have since concluded that they were all wrong and that had I bought the outfit I would have found the oddest assortment of patched horses that It was ever the fortune of a white man to look upon. " NEBRASKA. Gretna expects to have a creamery In. full blast before June la out. Fred Wright has retired from the editor ship of the MadUon Star. Grand Army men of Holt county will hold a reunion at Atkinson July 2 , 3 , 4 and 5. Jefferson County's Old Settlers association has decided to hold the reunion this year at Endlcotl on August 30 and 31 and Septem ber 1 and 2. A commercial college will open at Falls City on June 11. The old school building has been thoroughly renovated and fitted with now furniture. The meeting of the Polk County Sunday School Ofilccrs association will bo held at Oaceola on June 30 , and an extensive pro gram has been prepared. A. P. Hazard's store at Belvldero was broken Into by thieves , who secured $18.75 In money , a gold watch and a revolver by blowing open the safe. Arlington Is the latest Nebraska town to dlscovop a shortage In the school treasurer's accounts. Dut It Is not the present treasurer that Is Implicated. Over $400 Is missing. Kearney Is agitating for a rousing cele bration of the Fourth. The state meet of the League of American Wheelmen Is to be held In that city on that day , and this Is expected to bring in a largo crowd of out siders. Mrs. Mescrve , living near Cortland , was badly bitten on the hand by a rattlesnake which was concealed In a basket of corn cobs which she was carrying Into the house for fuel , and after attending to the Injured hand the mother of the unfortunate woman picked up the same basket and was also bitten , apparently by the same rattlesnake. In the western counties of the state It Is now qulto a familiar thing to sco the prairie schooner wending Its way eastward. The Indlanola Courier calls attention to ono that went through that town with the inscrip tions : "In God Wo Trusted ; In Kansas Wo Dusted , " "Washington or Bust , " < and as cribes this reversal of the course of "tho star of empire" to the drouth. At Ord the suit of Sorensen against Masln et al , for $10,000 damages under the Slocumb law , ended In a verdict for $300. Two wit nesses were fined $20 for contempt In dis obeying the subpoena and John W. Rico , a prominent citizen , was placed under $500 bonds to appear Juno 7 to answer to the charge of having paid them to remain away. There Is great excitement over the affair. THE DAKOTAS. A coal famine Is Imminent at Yankton. The coal on the tracks will not last another week. . The first trial for violating the school law of 1890 took place In justice court at Brook- Ings , S. D. A farmer named A. J. Bortnem was arrested for cultivating pirt of a school section , pleaded guilty and was fined $50 and costs , A largo body of ere has recently been opened up In the Emma mine , which Is altuated In the Bare Butte district and In the town of Galena. The principal opening on the property Is a tunnel some 400 feet In length. During the progress of the work several Beams of ere were found. A number of men and boys are employed in various places at Gold Run In the Hills taking out gold from the crevices among the rocks along the hillsides that have been overlooked In placer mlnjng during the early days. As far as heard from all who are thus engaged are making H profitable. A portion of the Mollvlllo farm adjoining Huron on the southwest has been secured for making practical tests of Irrigation by water from artesian wells during the present summer. The work will bo under direction of the State Agricultural college and all expenses will bo paid by the government. City Treasurer Wyant of Klmball was somewhat surprised the other day to receive notice that $3,000 of the city bonds were duo. The bonds are owned at Battle Creek , Mich. , and the official records show , so far as can bo ascertained , that the bonds are not duo for live years yet , consequently no funds had been provided for their redemp tion. During the early days of Klmball's Incorporation the records were badly kept In the matter of recording the Issuance of bonds , henca the present situation. The charge of plagiarism brought against Richard F. Locke , the orator from the Sioux Falls university , who recently won the state contest , by the faculty of Yankton college , has created considerable hard feeling be tween Sioux Falls and Yankton , but a scrap Is now on. Prof. Free of Yankton , who came up hero and made the charges , has given vent to his displeasure through columns of the Yankton Press and Dakotan. Ho roasts Prof. Walsh of the Sioux Falls university In a way almost llbelous. The matter will bo submitted to the state ora- tcrlcal association for settlement. The local professors claim that the clmrgo cannot be sustained nn.l that the chalcadony slab which Yankton has not yet seen' fit to turn over to Stoux Falls will probably be ordered sent here by the association , COLORADO. Potato planting Is all the go about Pagosa Springs. Renewed efforts are being made to secure a stamp mill for Li Plata district. The Golden Treasure , Gllpln county , owned by Denver men , reports a good strike. The cticoao factory at Nl Wet has started up with a capacity of 10,000 pounds of milk dally. Near Like City William Laughton has un covered a lariro body of tellurium ore. It Is said to bo the same aa the Golden .Fleece vein. U Is on the opposite side of tht from the Golden Fleece , In a direct line and has the same dip and the amo chnr acter of oro. The now smelter at Sltvorton received Its first consignment of ere last week , ten cars from Red Mountain. A pay streak has been opened In the 200- foot level of the Moose mine , Cripple Creek district , said to yield $1,400 per ton. The Florence Oil company Is rigging up to drill on a school section on Ncwland creek- land which It recently leased from the state. Sixty carloads of potatoes have been shipped during the past week from various railroad points In Saguacho county , and there Is moro to follow. The frost of about a week ago Is found to have killed about one-half of the fruit buds about Florence and on Beaver creek. There Is still enough left to make an Immense crop. crop.An An old Winchester rifle , picked up on the battlefield where Custcr made his last fight , recently arrived at Sllverlon by express. Although the gun shows evidence of rough usage It Is still serviceable. The Chase company , which has been drillIng - Ing south of Erie , has reached a depth of 243 feet. U Is reported that a vain of over six feet of coal at a depth of 223 feet was passed through , but the operators will neither con firm or deny It. It has been the company's Intention to open a shaft If the vein could bo found. A largo number of prospectors are bound for the Elk Creek mines , and most en couraging reports come In from that district dally. Mr. Chrlstensen not very long ago had a mill run of ere from his mlno which runs about $25 In gold besides a good percentage In copper. A big boom for the Elk creek camp la looked for. The Cotopaxl Mining and Milling company has shipped ono car of ere from the com pany's zinc mines at that place to the In ternational Industrial fair at Antwerp , Bet- glum , to bo treated on the ground by the Belgian process. Should the terms bo sat isfactory arrangements will be made for the erection of a smelter using the Belgian method at Cotopaxl. A valuable tract of land thrco miles south of Las Anlmas on the Purgatolro river , embracing some 1,500 acres , Is being filed upon by parties from Bent county. The land Is part of an old Spanish grant , and It has been closed to settlers since 18S8. Con gressman Bell recently Interested himself In the matter , and the result Is that this de sirable land Is now open for filing. WYOMING. Over 1,600,000 pounds of wool will be shipped from Casper thta year. The now Laramle , Wyo. , creamery will start up Juno 15 , making 125 pounds of butter dally. The Douglas creek placers are attracting a great deal of attention at Laramlo and experts ore now there making an examina tion. tion.The The miners at Rock Springs are now turning out 250 cars of coal dally. The mines at Hanna and Carbon are turning out 100 cars In the same tlmo. The mines are being worked on three-quarters time. The first shipment of 15,000 head of cattle purchased by Messrs. Tlsdalo and Saunders will bo made soon. About 8.000 head will bo shipped over the Union Pacific for the Dakotas , It taking 750 cars for- this num ber. Experts who have been over- the Atlantic gold fields of late pronounce them as fine 09 any they have over seen. One of them has stated that It such a field should bo found In Colorado there would bo 5,000 people there Inside of a month. The "Life and Adventures of Frank Grouard" will shortly be published In book form by Joe Do Barthe , editor of the Sheridan Enterprise. It will consist of moro than COO pages , profusely Illustrated , and will prove an Interesting narrative. The announcement is made that capital ists of the two flourishing towns of Rock Springs and Lander will con struct an Irrigating canal In the Immediate vicinity of the latter town. The canal will Issue from Popoagle river , will cover 12,000 acres and will be completed during the present year. Two buffalo bulls were seen on the plains west of Rawllns a few days ago by some boys who were armed with 22-callber rifles. They took a shot at the buffalo and hit ono of them. The shot merely served to sting the old fellow and ho made a charge after the hunters , who fled precipitately. They reached homo nearly dead from exhaustion. The animals are supposed to bo part of a herd known to have been In the desert a number of years. OREGON. A stage line between Cove and La Grande la advertised to bo "quicker than by rail. " The last clean-up of the Black Butte quartz mill at the Fox mines was a profit able ono. Josephine and Jackson counties will com bine on a district fair at Central Point Sep tember 4-8. It cost Joseph McCabe $30 In the La Grande police court for striking an inoften- slvo Chinaman. Considerable dust of the right kind is coming Into Baker City from the placer mines In the vicinity. The Albany free kindergarten has 'Just closed Its first winter term , an experiment of the most gratifying success. The force , of teachers has boon Increased to five. The Hood River Fruit Growers' union of Hood River is putting up a warehouse op- poslto the depot there. It expects to handle strawberries In car load lots this season. W. H. Doughtry and Bob Adams , cat tlemen , are now driving out of the John Day country 3,000 steers that they re cently sold for shipment to Montana ranges. A company has been formed at Portland to butcher horses , selling the hides , hair , mane and tall , compressing the meat for chicken food , and converting the residue Into fertilizer. Thomas Payne of Albany thinks ho has found a valuable sandstone quarry on his place at Albany , Samples of the stone have been examined In Portland and pronounced first-class , A Coos bay Indian named John Barney , whoso Indian nnmo was Tsoos , died on the Sluslaw lately. He was supposed to bo 110 years old , and had been blind and helpless for a long time. Neighborhood rivalry runs so high In ono -part of Wasco county that they steal bridges and move them io .other roads. An organized watch has to bo maintained to prevent moro depredations of the same kind. The prospects for a heavy crop of grain In Sherman county were never more flattering than they are now. There Is an abundance of moisture In the ground , and the grain Is already fifteen Inches high In the stalk. The big mills at Baker City are turning out from 5,000 to 75,000 feet of lumber and tics dally , while the box factory Is manu facturing among other things bed slats by the car load. Thirty-five cars are unloaded dally from the forests of Sumpter valley. At the mills nlono upwards of 100 men are em ployed , while some 150 more are In the log ging camps. A recently discovered quartz location In Sparta district , and christened the Mabel , upon which onlya small amount of develop ment work has been done , wan bonded for a consideration of $2,500 , the amount paid down being $500. The owners of the prop erty are Baker City men , and the bond Is given to a party of miners from British Columbia. Supplies and tools have been taken out for development work. WASHINGTON. Yaklma county will ship 600,000 pounds of wool from Presser this year. Pretty good cayubo ponies change hands at Ellenburgh at an average price of $3. Tim Great Northern Is preparing to put a line of steamers on Puget Sound to compete with the Northern Pacific. The mill at Geneva has cut 60,000 staves for the New Whatcom waterworks , this being only half tha contract. The Spokane river Is nearly a foot above the highest point ever reached In Its history and a number of houses are under water. It Is reported that the Canadian Pacific wilt again utilize steamer lines on the Sound In the near future. The Sehomo and North Pacific will. It Is said , cover the Scattlo- Port Townsend , Whatcom route. This will give Port Townsend another1 steamer lino. The sale of a big tract of timber land In Chehalls county has recently been con summated , Involving a largo sum df money In the transfer , The tract consists cf about 4,200 acres In the Humptullps country. U was sold by D. A. Blodgett to Frederick Nehf and John W. Prestel of Michigan. The price paid , according to thn duiJ on fllo In the auditor's office , was $30,000 and The Jfire ( never touched us It was in the adjoining building , and while the loss ran up into the thousands of dollars , it was very quickly adjusted , and the entire stock is now offered at Fire Priced by the Insurance Companies. Smoke will blow off , so that goods damaged by smoke are s good as ever. We have lots of them. Water will dry off , and if tne goods are all- right , the cdlpr will remain in. It's a good test ef value , and you know what you are buying. CLOTHING FOR MOST NOTHING. Men's Full Suits The kind we were making the run on , at $5 before thefire arc now . . Men's Light Overcoats Damaged by water only , all dry now , and when pressed as good as ever. . ' . . . . ' . . . . I Men's Strong Pants They were up in the gal lery and were not wet at all , only smoked Men's Suspenders Nb apparent damage by either water or smoke " Men's Handkerchiefs Plain white and just as 3 FOR good as ever. IOC Neckties The water did not get into them for most of them were in the show cases Columbia Clothing Co. , - C * Jf ? Cor. 13th and Farnam. otl er valuable considerations. The same property was sold about two years ago for $20,000. A i , The railroad Iron tlirtt was recovered from the wreck ol the Abercdrn Is being shipped from Cosmopolls to PpHlijnd , to bo used by the Terminal company. , , \ , Prof. James Gannnage of Hoqualm has a genuine George GemundeF violin , which cost a small fortune. It' ' was built from n Stradlvarus pattern and'thero are only time more of the same make In exlstenco that are for sale , and they are held at startling figures. A tree was cut last week In > VIIIIamson's camp , near Shelton , which measured 11 feet 1 inches In diameter at the butt 31 feet In circumference. It was clear timber to the first limb , 70 feet from the ground. It Is estimated that fully 30,000 feet of merchantable lumber may bo cut from this ono tree. The Spokane land office Is doing t rushIng - Ing business. Six townships In Stevens county and ono lrf Spokane county worn put on fllo ; also several entries. These are on selected lands , In dispute not long ugo , and ninety days moro remain in which actual settlers can fllo their claims , while the state school land agent has two months In which to choose for the people. "After" that any ono can fllo. The Farmers Alliance and Industrial union Is preparing to build a flouring mill at some point In the Palouso country , Iwvlng n dally capacity of 150 barrels. The loca tion Is not yet decided upon , but It will bo either Garfleld , Pullman or Oalusclalo. They have a proposition from a Minneapolis firm to put In the machinery , the alliance to furnish the building , for $12.000 In three equal annual payments. It Is hoped to procure a bonus from one ot the thrso tcwns mentioned to assist In making the first pay ment. MISCELLANEOUS. Late frosts have killed the fruit buds about Virginia City , Nev. The California Wool Giow.jrs and le. ) ' . ! rs association asks for protection for ivcol. Slnc3 May 1 150,000 pounds of wool have been sent out by rail from I'M ly , X. M. The bl-weelily Union Pacific wool trains are carrying nearly all of : ho Utah clip. Largo consignments of wool are be ag re ceived at Callwcll , Idaho , for consignment t'JSt. Cherries are ripe In the Hlo Grande volley about Socorro and peaches are as big as walnuts. Andrew J. Davis has been given posses sion by the courts of the $1.000,000 left by Millionaire Davis ot Dutte , Mont. Holt and Murphy of Ari/.ona are shipping 2,100 head of 2 and 3-ycar-old steers from WIIcox to the Montana ranges. The Bloom Cattle company Is preparing to ship suventy-flve cars of cattle from Hos- vell , N. M. , to Us Montana ranges. The now converter plant of the Anaconda company In Montana has a working capacity of 10,000,000 pqunds ot pura copper per month , * ' " At Fort Denton tlq" ) Missouri Is higher than over before knowii.at this tlmo of the year and sunshine skeins a thing ot the Twelve cars ot catUer have gone from Holbrook. Ariz. , to the , \Vattres Cattle com pany. Fully 400 cars nwlll go out tills Beacon , leaving at t Up irate of two trains ' dally. , , f' Mexican papers printed the story that 'Thomas ' Lowthlan , one-jot the founders ot the Cochltl district , las-rtlfused $400,000 for the Lone Star mind , rtvhlch has , U Is claimed , 500,000 tons off smelting ore In sight. t it' The celebrated peach'orchard of Judge G. W. Wood of Mesllla , N , ' if , , was sold to the Woodland Orchard cobip'dny for $50,000 , or at the rate of $760 per * acre , the average age of the trees being only 4 years. The Kddy , N. M , , Argus-says the manage ment of the Pccos Irrigation and Improve ment company li going to undertake to dispose ot tha alfalfa crop this year la eastern and European markets , to got tbo largest possible profit for producers. Prospectors Inform the Halley , Idaho , Times that the hills hnd gulches are Just allvo with young grouse and "sago hens , and ( hat the birds were never & > plentiful as this spring. The game and flsh law Is therefore proving ot great benefit as a con servator of the feathered and jinny species. The Pccos Valley railway has curs of stet.1 rails on every siding between Fort Worth and Pecos , on Iho Texas Pacific , no less than fifty cars being at Hock Springs. A new siding U being put In at Pecos and cars sent there as fast as they can be handled and hauled to Cddy. No less than 300 cars ot rails and COO cars of ties will bo used be- tween Eddy and Roswell , and many loads of bridge timbers. John It. Blocker and Felix Shaw , two of the moist prominent stockmen In southwest iexas , were arrested. Shaw Is charged with smuggling 2.000 head of cattle from Mexico and Blocker Is charged with recelvInK smuggled cattle. The movement 'of stock has commenced In earnest on the Santa Fe road. P. J. Tcwner , Inspector for the northern district reports that the shipments from Now , Mexico ranges , since April 1 , have been something over 20,000 head. San Diego Is to have a coal yard on a large scale soon. The Santa Fe company has decided to ship" the product of Its Colorado mines to the southern city for dis tribution In the west. Heretofore this coal has been shipped east. Mr. D. W. Hess , engineer In charge of the big Pcyotte canal , says the farmers have a fine prospect for crops this year In the great Payetto valley of Idaho , especially In hops. The acreage planted to .hops this year Is large , and the vines are healthy and strong and will yield a largo crop. This year proves beyond a doubt that hops are a success In Idaho. The Bailey mill at Allerton , In the Cochltl dlUrlct , to bo constructed by Denver parties , will bo operated by electricity. I. W. Bailey ot Denver has located 160 acres of public land , on the Rio Grande , ono mile afcovo the north line of the Cochltl grant. Ho will construct a , dam there to generate electricity by water power , conveying the fluid thence to Allerton. DEEP SEA SOUNDINGS. The Method liy Which n Depth of Flvo Jllllrn Is Krnchcil. A ship regularly engaged In deep-sea sounding , soys the Popular Monthly , has the sounding machine mounted at the aftor-end , and when to about to sound Is brought to a standstill , with the stern to the sea. The stray line , with the sounding rod and sinker attached , Is over the guide pulley and care fully lowered to the water's edge , the regis ter Is set to zero , and the deep-sea ther mometer Is clamped to the sounding line ; a seaman Is stationed at the friction line , which controls the velocity with which the wire Is unreeled , another at the brake , and a third on the grating outside to handle the sinker and Instruments , nnd to guide the wlro as It passes overboard ; u machinist Is at the hoisting engine , and the recorder takea a position for reading the register. When the sinker Is let go the vessel Is maneuvered so as to keep the wlro vertical , and the friction line Is adjusted so as to allow It to descend from seventy to 100 fathoms per minute. The Instant the sinker strikes the bottom , which Is unmistakably Indicated by the sud den release of the wlro from strain , the reel Is stopped by the friction line nnd brake ; the recorder notes the number of turns of the reel. In an hour this messenger of man's Ingenuity makes Us excursion through flvo miles of water } waste to the abyssmnl re gions of perfect repose , and brings to the light of day the soil with which the rain of shells of minute Infusorial organism from the cpper waters has been for ages mantling the coon's floor. Hero and there a giant ptaJc rising from these sunless depths lifts his head to sea the elcy , and the drcdgo and trawl tell us that along his rugged sides and on the bills and plains below and oven In the inky blackness and the freezing cold ot the deepest valleys there Is life. STORY OF A CHERRY STONE. I'liUI Its Falntor'g I'uncml Kipimscs and Furiilnlieil Him H Coflln. ; Fifty years ago Almeron Hlgby of Watson , N. Y. , then 9 years old , planted In his father's door yard the stone of a cherry that ho had eaten. A tree grow from the stone , and from the tlmo the tree began to bear fruit It was known as "tho boy's treo. " Ho sold the cherries , and the tree bore from year to year and ho always put away the money that he received for them , oven after ho grow to manhood and was married and had children of his own. Last summer , his health being poor and the cherry tree beginning to show signs of decay , Hlgby cut the tree down. Ho had tha trunk sawed Into boards , from which ho made a coffin for himself. A short tlmo ago ho becsme seriously III. Ho sent for an undertaker and had the coffin trimmed. Ho died and was burled a few days ago , and all ot his funeral expenses were paid from the money that hi' had re ceived from the sale ot the cherries borne by the tree from which his coffin was made. Men's Sack Suits In brown , gray and oxfords , only slightly wet and smoked of course , sold for $10 before the fire Boys' Suits that sold for $5 before the fire , only ,50 , smoked , go now for Men's Cutaway Suits The $ tS and $20 kind. They were only smoked , not hurt a bit ; go now for Men's Cassimere Suits In two colors that the water couldn't hurt , regular $15 suits , go now for > * Wilson Bros. Shirts 4-ply linen the water did not come near them , and they are not even smoked , get them for , Full finished top Hose worth 250 before the fire regular Rockford socks , go at Balbriggan Undershirts Not damaged a particle just as good as ever SEARLES & SEARLES SPECiflUSTS Chronic , Nervous , Private Diseases , TREATMENT BY MAIL- CONSOLATION FREE Wo euro Cainrrh , All DlaoaaoB of Iho Noso.Throat , Chest. Stomach , Llvor , Blood , Skin and Klrtnoy Dla- eases , Female Weaknesses , Lost Manhood AND ALL PRIVATE DIS EASES OF MEN , REMOVED TO 1410 FARNAM STREET. Call nn or Address , Dr. Searles SL Searles 1410 FA11NARIST . , OMAHA , N1JI1. DRS. BETTS AND BETTS Medical and Surgical Institute. E. V. DAVIS , M. 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