TOE OMAHA DAILY HER : : SATURDAY , JUNE 23 , ] U.
Discovery of a Sparkler na Large as a Bern
ExciUs Lcndvillo Miners.
\ISIONS OF A POSSIBLE DIAMOND BEL'
nxcltcnunt Ht Dodge ( 'lly Hitril Tlmrft Con
vert Montitm' " .Mllllotmlru" Into u
Aery Common "Coon" III * Queer
tnpers NorthucKtcrn N
The mining expert * will have an oppor
[ unity of puzzling their brains over the itue ;
lion ax to whether the Lentlvllle dlstrlc
does not produce real genuine diamond !
The ( insertion that Lcadvlllo may yet be
come a diamond producer , rind that ttio en
tcrprlaliiK gcolnglftl may yet find a dlamon
belt , la Lnsi'd on the discovery made by
prospector nulnud Dentils Magtilre , v\lio ha
levpral claims In Union gulch. Magulrc ha
bceji working on them ! claims for Severn
tnurflhs , In company with another man nami
J'liillp Henderson. Hclnltrnon.is In Den
v r and showed a number of parties a curl
ous specimen of crystal , that had unoug
brilliancy and sparkle about It to make nn
think It was tic | genuine article.
The men , It seems , were running a tunnc
In through Uie'porphyry. . After going fo
fifty feet they came Into a soft mnterln
that resembled decomposed porphyry , bu
Imdj a dectdely clayey appearance , being ver
toft. The ground became so trcachcrou
that they had to timber It up very clo e , am
even then progress was difficult. One da ;
us hey4 were working In this material ther
wax notlccd a bright spick In the fiice of th
drift. Supposing this to be an Imllcatloi
of mineral , Magulre reached forward an <
pulled Qutr the costal , for such they not \
t > aW 111 vnn. It was about as big as.d bean
end the edges were rough When washei
thoroughly tha crystal appeared to be a
bright and sparkling as a diamond , and th
in tit felt KntlKflccl that this was whatthey hai
Htruck , TJfo tirysjal was not perfectly cleut
but of a' peculiar bluish tinge.
A reporter examined the curious crystal
which bad been carefully cleaned. If 1
wasn't a "diamond , It certainly had all tin
glitter of oneIn order to make an expert
nient a pleco of window glass was sccurci
and one ofl ls \ sharp rough edges applied ti
the glass. * . The crystal demonstrated It :
liardnesa by making a very tiny mark aloni
the glass , which could then be easily brokci
along the Hnc- thus nude.
BASIN'S GOOD LUCK.
The Lone tar , after four months of un
ceasing toll , has cut the sought for lead
Bays tha Basin ( Mont. ) Times. This mini
belongs to Samuel Mulvlllo and others o
Butte and Is situated half a mile noith o
Uasln on the cast side of the creek.
There , was a perpendicular shaft on the
claim to tjie forty-foot level some jears ago
The oxidized ores were sloped to the sur
lace and most of It worked In Pat Dough'
crty's arastra on Basin creek. The cross'
cut of twelve feet on this level was on tin
contact between the base and the free mill
ing and no part of the former was evei
worked , though some scattering bunchc'
were In the bodies of ore near the surface ,
The free milling wps very remunerative , bill
wh.en the base had to be resorted to wort
was suspended until Slsley and his partners
took the bond for $50,000 for a period ol
eighteen months , with the privilege ol
.working 500 tons of the ore.
A new chute of ore Induced them to sink
nn additional sixty feet , making the shaft
100 feet , from which they run a crosscut
twenty-one feet and cut the rich body ol
! K ere In which lies stored a fortune for the
owners. A station has been prepared and
conveniences arranged about the shaft , EC
euro were the boys that they would cut t
rich body of ere , and they advanced on the
lead that realized their brightest expecta
tions and added one more producei to the
list of permanent gold mines of Montana.
The ore Is of the same character as that
contained In all the rich mines of Basin , and
It demonstrates beyond a doubt that the mines
of the Cataract district arc exceedingly rich
in depth.
Another rich strike was made last week
in the Saturday Night , situated two mlle up
Cataract creek and owned by John anVJ James
Wall. It was leased and bonded In Febru
ary to John Hallahan of Butte , blnce which
time n force of men has been developing It.
There is no question but the ore Is very
rich. Being of a base chai actor the proper
, vray to determine the true value Is by a lire
assay. This makes two very Important
strikes In one week and puts confidence In
those who were doubtful as to the future of
the Montana gold fields.
Bid LARAMIU PLACERS.
1 Excitement still continues on the Big Lar-
omio at Dodge City. The last two weeks
there were nearly 1,500 acres more of placer
ground located. A Chejcnno party located
340 acres and a. Denver yarty located eighty
acres. The Denver outfit will commence
sluicing next week , as all necessary material
will then be on the ground , writes a corre
Irf spondent of the La ram I o Republican. The
Dodge City Placer Mining company will
complete Its ditch this week. Then they will
commence sluicing. What kind of machinery
they will put In has not yet been decided
on , but n'Pccatullo gold having machine
may bo tried here about the last ot this
month. The Lovett company of Laramlo
is expected In the camp this week. Wo un
derstand It will tiommenco work on ts claims
at once. * The camp will bo booming In the
coursol'of a few Weeks' now , If the machinery
that Is put In will save the gold. In this
connection It may be said that the patent
ees guaranten that they can save all that
can bo saved with a pan.
The Iron .Mountain company will put In
machinery as ( soon as It can get the water
to supply the machine. Those Interested arc
going to liHsfvwJater with a wheel , but they
have not the material yet on the ground for
the flume. Theyvnro waiting for the river
to fall , as the water Is too high at present
for the work of putting In the wheel. There
arc fOLJr or five companies that will com
mence ' operations now In the course of a
lew wdeks , , f
MONTANA'S TAKE MILLIONAIRE.
A letter from Lexington. Ky. , * received In
Butte by one of the mining stock victims
of Charles Porter Grove , alias "Blue Dick , "
the colored ' 'four ' times millionaire" of Mon
tana , of whom mention has frequently been
made In The Bee , tells about the downfall
of thaV mighty fraud. It seems that his
downward course began with his struggling
advent In" the national capital , where he ,
circulated hhi fables through the columns
of the colpred people's newspaper.
His remarkably fishy stories about fabu
lous w&iUU , his rich producing mines and
the booming growth of Grove City , located
somewhere beyond nowhere , did not go un
challenged very long. They teen caught the
eyes of sonio colored men who knew a little
more than Charles Porter Grove gave them
credit for. Ho was exposed and was compelled -
polled to leave Washington , and from that
time lil downfall was rapid.
When Grove's fathcr-ln-lavv heard of the
Washington expose and learned that "Bluo
Dick" was nothing but a big black fraud ,
ho sent for his daughter to come home , but
warned her that It she dared to bring "that
Montana nlggah" along he would shoot htm.
The daughter heeded the warning and left
Charles Porter , and she has since begun
suit for divorce.
Qrovo started out In search of new fields ,
but hti reputation preceded him everywhere
and his luck was bad. Although ho robbed
poor colo.'ed people out ot thousands of dollars
lars , ha saved none of It , but spent It as
freely and easily as ho got It , and now , the
letter states , ho Is In Cincinnati and Is hav
ing a hard tlmo In getting enough to cat ,
and Istno longer anything but a very com
mon "poon. "
Ho made an effort to organize a now min
ing company In Cincinnati , but the colored
people were "all dead on" and It did not paii
out The letter also states that If Mr. Grove
should over venture back Into Kentucky It
would go hard with htm , as the colored pro-
plo have thicatenrd to stretch his neck It
they ever get hold of him.
Cornelius Hodgei , the man who received
the letter and who had some dealings with
Grove , tells of a few of the "four times mil
lionaire's" tricks that have never found their
way Into the papers. One U that ho reached
Lexington during a big revival meeting In
the church. He became converted and In a
" perlcnce mectln * " declared that liU heart
bad been BO thoroughly opened by
Mlglon that he proposed to taku all the poor
people Into hlv mining scheme out of a purely
philanthropic motive He wanted to do good
and hln scheme caught on. lie learned that
there was a mortgage on the church and
volunteered tu give $ f 00 toward lifting It us
teen us ho returned to Montana , and then
hu gold the paRtor $50 worth of stock and
pocketed the cash.
TlltniJ OF AIIMY LIFB.
Practically all of the Sioux who enlisted
lu the regular army ab.ut Uirco years ago
will shortly he ajaln at home on the.r rcser-
\iitloiie leading the old ft ml Indolent llfiA
Port .MiMile correspondent of the Sturgla
Advertl'pr sa > s that by the middle of this
month the greater number of the Indians of
troop L , Third cavalry , the best Indian troop
Id the service , utatlcneil at Fort Meadc , will
have laken advantage of the three months'
furlough granted under the provision' of gen
eral orders No SO of IS'.x ) , and will return to
the rm'njilon , and at the expiration of
their furlough It IB expected that they will
lake their d ncharge. Should such be the
c.iso the trorp will have tu be recruited or
disbanded. The prevailing opinion among
a great ninny sot-ins to be that the Indians
will never be satisfied with the restraints
Imposed upon them as soldiers , and that
upon the completion of their three years'
service they will bo only too gbd lo quit
the serv.ce of Uncle Sam and leturn lo
their 'original pursuits. Some of the In
dians of troop L ( those who have nerved
liolh as soldiers ami scouts ) , when ques
tioned upon the subject said those of their
brethren who arc about to take their fur
loughs and * elurn to I'lne Itldge agency
will weary of their eld life and be dissatis
fied and 8ii\Iniifi tu return to army life be
fore the eplratlon of their leave.
NAVAJO DHPUnDATIONS.
Henry Smith of St. Johns , Apache county ,
one of the Territorial Live Slock commis
sion , E.ivfi that the ranchers and stock men
of tin districts adjoining the Navajo reser
vation nre worked up over depredations com
mitted by the Indians.
The litter refuse to remain upon their
reservation , says a Phoenix dispatch to the
San Franc fro Clirolcle , but Insist upon ap
propriating the best" watering places , and
frequently drive off and destroy tock. A
serious tupture has so far been averted only
by grtnt forbearance. CompblntB hyo
been pouring Idto the office of the governor. '
He. will at once bring the mutter to the at
tention of the Department of the Interior ,
whence It will be transmitted to the \Var de
partment. There are 7,000 Navajo war
riors , arid njarly all are supplied with Win
chester rifles and ether first class acpjutur-
mcnts , w th the use of which they are
thoroughly familiar.
RUSSIAN OIL FOR THE WRST.
In connection with the current stories out
lining the plans of Russia and American
capitalists to establish a line of steamships
to be operated on the Pacific In connection
with the great Russian railway soon to be
completed lo Y'adlvostock ' , It Is now stoutly
nss ( rted that the principal American port
for the stcamShlp company will be estab
lished at Pan Diego.
It has heretofore been claimed that capi
talists largely Interested In the Santa Fe
railroad are closely Identified with the Rus
sians In thoscheme. . General Thomas S.
Scdgwlck , San Diego's harbor engineer , gave
further Information of the scheme , says a
dispatch to the Denver Times. He states
that since , August last he has been furnish
ing the Interested parties with technical
and complete Information concerning San
Ulego harbor. lie had been required , how
ever , to keep the matter a secret. Now that
he Is free to talk , ho gave the substance
of n letter recently received by him from a
friend who Is an engineer connected with
the land department of the Santa Fe.
His friend , Informed him that representa
tives of the Santa Fe company , the Standard
Oil company , and the Russian Oil company ,
had just held 'a conference In Chicago with
Ivan Qavetsky , representing the Amoor
Navigation company of Vladlvostock , for the
purpose of organizing a steamship line be
tween that Russian port and San Diego
It Is a well known fact that the Standard
Oil company , not a great while ago , formed
a combination with the Russian Oil company
for the purpose of controlling the world's
supply of petroleum. It Is claimed that It Is
the plan of the two great companies to have'
the western part of the United States sup
plied from the Russian wells , an undertak
ing that would , In reality , be more economi
cal than the present method of transporting
oil across the continent from Pennsylvania
and Ohio ,
The Amoor Navigation company Is owned
by Slblrlakow , who also Is the principal
owner of the Siberian Transcontinental rail
road , which at present handles the greater
portion of the oil output of that country ,
as well as. other commerce with Siberian
ports. determination of the oil combine
to establish a line to America has evidently
caufced the Santa Fe stockholders to take
advantage of the situation of affairs , and
endeavor to secure the tremendous tnifllc
which would naturally follow the establish
ment of such line of steamships.
DOOMING ARIZONA MINES.
The new railroad Is now completed almost
to Wlckenburg and Increased activity is
noticed among both mlno owners and pros
pectors In that vjclnlty. Goodwin , Majer
& Co. have , a ledge of cinnabar e ght feet
wide assayjnp 20 per cent quicksilver and
rich In gold.-says a special to the Denver
News. They".clalm It contains native quick
silver In pa } Ing quantities. Ow ng to the
scarcity of quicksilver mines containing any
quantity , they think they have a bonanza.
Many others have located In the Immediate
neighborhood.
A large lot of mining machinery Is now
ut the Prcscott depot awaiting transporta
tion to tJio Red Duck mine. It Is very
probable that' work-vyi ! ! commence on this
In a few days A few days ago an employ o
of this company discovered a small etsiak
of gold bearing quartz running parallel to
the Red Buck vein In the Immediate nelgh-
boihood , and after digging eight feet was
bought utvby the company for $1,000.
Charles Capqlll 1ms 100 tons of s Iver ore
on the dump-'of ' his Perry mine , which will
run $200 tp the.ton.
RAISING MUSTARD SEED.
S. D. Cone , agent for the Great Northern ,
Is making ah experiment In farming vvh ch
will bo watched with considerable interest.
Ho has leased "forty-five acres of land one
mile north of the city , says an Aberdeen
dl patch ( o tle , ) Slou'tS ' Italia Argiib-Leader ,
which he Is having sown to tame mustard ,
a stcd used to great advantage by all pick
ling and splco concerns , and cultivated lo n
very limited extent | n this country. It Is
claimed that the tame variety will not tcat-
tcr and rcfeed Ilko the wild species , so much
dreaded by the careful husbandman , and
that It can bo threshed out and marketed
with the snma machinery and appliances
used In handling flax. Mr. Cone Is very Into
In sowing , and for this reason cannot make
the test In as thoroughly and satisfactory
a manner as ho would like. The need , which
cost $18 per 100 pounds , which represents ,
It Is said , the actual market value of the
product was shipped ta Mr. Cone from San
Francisco several weeks ago ; but ow ng to
various delays did not reach hero In time
for earlier seeding. With anj thing like good
weather from now on , and a respectable
yield In the fall , the crop should bo very
valuable. Mr , Cone has already contracted
fifty bushels at $10 per bushel , and Is cer
tain of a good demand for all ho can ralhe.
He sow sin the neighborhood ot one peck per
acre , and ought to get an average ylel 1 of
ten bushels to the aero. In sonio localities
the crop averages twenty and tvventy-Qvo
bushels.
NBDRASKA.
Alfalfa Is becoming the popular crop In
Flllmoro county ,
Norfolk Is becoming metropolitan In hav
ing a Jack the Hugger.
Hastings Is emploj Ing only homo labor
upon Its public Improvements.
Farmers from all parts of the country re
port crops as never looking better In Duftalo
county.
The stage of water In the Platte river con
tinues about the name , being the highest
known for jeara.
A movement IB on foot at York to build
a monument to tlio old soldleis of that
county to cost from $10,000 to $18,000 ,
The rainmakers did BOIIIO work up at
Drokcn How and the rain fell , whereupon
the fellow pocketed his wealth and departed ,
The cherry crop IB almost harvested and
has proved a very remunerative one. Good
ytuds at an average price of $ . ! .25 per
bushel has been the rule.
Mlsa Eva Woolford has brought milt In
district court ut Kearney against Isaac
Llonbergor for defamation of character ,
placing tlie damage at $5,000 ,
A band of g > psles , consisting of about
thirty persons , among which were about
twelve women and a whole raft of klde ,
arrived In Fullerton last week. They had
four beam , about a half dozen monkeys
and scvcrnl dogs. They gathered consider
able money by ilnglng , dancing and iloln
the ugitnl exhibition * with the heart.
A party of surveyor * arc at work nort
of QothcnhurR , making a preliminary surve
for an Irrigation ditch to water the flra
tnlile Inmla north and cant. '
The June rise In on and the Missouri I
up and booming. The rlter U eat'ng awa ;
the banks at a rapid rate and Is sw allow In
up many acres of valuable land on the No
lirasUu side.
The Fiillortoii Milling company secured th
contract for furnishing flour to the Gene
Indian school for the year beginning July I
Itvlll require about 110,000 pounds to fit
the contract.
A number of the farmers living along th
I'latte river are considering the question o
Irrigating their land. It Is estimated tha
dltchei along the bottom can be constructe
for $1,000 a mile.
It Is reported that the Plckard farm , o
the I'applo , Just across the road from Sarp ;
Mills , has been sold to Omaha capitalist
foi $200 per acre , and a paper factory v\\ \ \
be erected upon the premises.
George Lowe and Kd Tlppen , while drlvln
near the fair grounds ai Kearney , came upo
a whole Oen of snakes , Using their bugg
whip they dispatched fourtsen garter snaku
and brought them back to toun.
The people of Olbbon secured the service
of the rainmaker , who was to make the ral
come Inside of one ueek. If the splondl
shower that came last Thursday nlf-lit wa
some of his work ho ought to get his $20
without a kick.
William P. Gochenam , a peddler , has suei
the town of Hooper for $2,000 damages fo
false Imprisonment. He was arrested thcr
last August charged wltb peddling wlthoti
a license , and taken to jail , where he re
malned three hours.
William Palmer was bltte'n on the nan
by a rattlesnake at Stella. He killed th
snake and hurrldly ramc to town. Di
Andrewb treated the wound , but Mr. Palme
was a mighty sick man for a short time
He Is now all right , however.
Thirty-five acres of beet ground wer
plowed , dragged , replanted and rolled li
two days on the O'Shea farm at Madison
Fourteen teams were-at work. Hihas takei
sl\ty-n\c pounds of beet seed to replant th
beets Injured by frost and wind.
W. S. Locke of Riverside township In Gagi
county has a bunch of oats absut four fee
In height , with the heuds generally flllei
out , and Indicating an tmusuaJ ylejd. Mr
Locke says he has ninety acres ot oats Jus
like the sample down on his farm. Ill ;
wheat will average up still better.
The n. & M. and Union Pacific Uatlroai
companies were asked some time ago to pu
In a transfer switch at Scliuyler. The road ;
set up several reasons In their argument !
why they should not build the switch , bu
after hearing the pros and cons of the casi
the State Hoard of Transportation .held-tha
they should comply with the law'and ' bulk
the switches. So far the roads have takei
no steps towards complying with the board'i
demand and that body will bring'the cast
before the supreme court.
THE DAKOTAS.
The Central Baptist association fs in seS'
slon at Huron.
The annual meeting of the South Dakota
Homeopathic society was held at Huron , lasl
w cck.
Mercury touched 105 In the shade at Ellen ,
dale last week , which beat the local record
for this time of the year.
The South Dakota Medical society wilt hold
Its thirteenth annual meeting at Huron on
Wednesday and Thursday , June 20 and 21.
Squatters have been driven from their
homes on an Island In the Missouri river op
posite Vermllllon , S. D. , by the sheriff , and
their places burned.
A large artesian well has been struck In
Grandvlew township , in I3rule county. The
water Is already rising more than a fool
above the top of the casing , and is In.
creasing rapidly. It Is a gusher. The well
Is ICO feet deep. The water Is very warm ,
having a temperature of 80 degrees , being
different In this respect from any other ar
tesian well In this section.
The committee appointed by the mayor ot
Grand Korks to canvass the city for pur
chasers for the $30,000 worth of city or
ders to bo Issued soon , are at work , and re
port encouragingly. The funds derived will
bo used In the construction ol a water sys
tem for the purification of the city water
supply , which subject has been agitated
since the fever epidemic last winter.
The citizens of Jefferson township , Mc-
Cook county , are on the war path. Thq town
board purchased a road grader , paying about
$290 for It , including freight. The voters
circulated a petition and secured about forty
names , and presented it to the board , urging
them not to purchase thOjgrader. But It
had already been ordered 'and shipped , and
the citizens will now try and compel tha
members of the board to foot the bill them
selves.
Edgemont has a good reason for having a
big celebration this year on the Fourth of
July , and she intends to haveill jOn that
day the last shovel full of dirt which will
complete the mammoth Irrigation ditch will
be thrown. This ditch , besides furnishing
water to irrigate a vast extent of , country ,
will also furnish a supply of water to run
i number of Industries. The principal of
these will be a woolen mill , s > lnce the great
exodus of sheep from Wjomlng into this
state , and particularly the western part of
'
the state , has made the vyool 'Industry a
very important one. This will be the Ilrst
woolen mill In the western part ot the state.
William McDonald , aged 107 years , has re
cently moved to Tyndall to live with his son
He has the appearance of being about SO
fears old , being still vigorous and healthy.
Ills father , Donald McDonald-fought- the
British army at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
William w anted to Join the American army
luring the war of 1812 , but his father was
too good a Britisher to allow his , soh to do
inythlng ot the kind. Donald Mdl/onald died
it the age of 114. being crushed between
two fancy horses , of which ho was -very
proud. The family record a.re Very1 ctfm-
ileto as regards dates , an examination 6f
them showing clearly that the ago ot the
gentleman Is as stated above. * '
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COLORADO.
A Grand Junction committee Is vvpfking
itltli the railroads for Peach day rates *
Work at Yankee Hill Is greatly Impeded
jy the heavy fall of rain , Hall and snow.
The Fort Morgan Times denies that crops
mvo been damaged in that locality by the
storm.
Berthoud will this year have a high school
Tlireo teachers are to be employed and nine
5rades taught.
The Iron Cap mlno In Goose Creek district
s taking out ore for another shipment which
s expected to average $100 a ton.
In Lake City district the Ute and Ouray
nines shipped 1,275 tons'of ores and con-
: entrates during the month of May.
The first train of the Pike's Peak Cog road
, vas run to the summit last week. U was ex
pected to open the road a couple of weeks
igo , but snow prevented.
It Is said that the experts sent Into La
"lata district by the Daly-Haggin syndicate-
, vill recommend the building of a mill for
; ho purpose of testing , on a , large scale , the
> res of the Baker contact.
About twenty-five women stoned the miners
, vho attempted to go to work at the mines
it Soprls. A Mexican was badly beaten ,
3no woman and a man are supposed to bo
ho leaders of the attacking party and were
irrested. >
A Prowcrs county farmer Is growing al
falfa for seed and Is seeding with theor -
llnary drill In rows fifteen to twenty Inches
ipart. Ho cultivate * and Irrigates between
; ho rows and clalms'a y.eld of fifteen bushels
.o the acre grown In two crops.
William Lawrence Is shipping ore from a
nine recently leased at Idaho Springs at the
ate of a carload a week. The ore Is valued
it $250 per car , and Mr. Lawrence hopes
loon to Increase the output to a car every
lay , In which event the mine will prove a
iplendld Investment.
There was shipped from Qeorgetovvn dur-
ng the month of May forty-seven cars con-
ilnliig 1,237,000 pounds of ore , of which
hlrty cars , containing 715,000 pounds , went
0 Denver , and fifteen cars , containing 37-1-
100 pounds went to Pueblo , and two cars ,
lontalnlng 48,000 pounds , went to Argo.
The horticulturists about Do Beque , says
ho Grand Junction Star-Times , are already
> reparlng fur next spring's planting of fruit
rees. A Utah nurseryman has told to
Stewart & Eaton 13,700 prune trees , next
ipnng delivery. This firm set out 7,000
> runes In April , which have already1 made
1 growth of eighteen Inches. They are so
veil pleased with the quality of the trees
hat they now buy enough uioro to fill oat
A 120-ncre ( netThltiwlll make the larg
est orchard of a single variety In the state ,
William Harris , also lof te Ilcque , bought
8,000 prunoti He h > Already a growing
orchard of this variety and thinks the
prune IB the th ng toiralse.
Several papers have stated that since buy.
Ing the Monte Vlnta tand Moscn mills tin
Mullen Milling company own all the mill !
In the San Lu s valley , except the one ill
Del N'ortc. They overlook several smallci
mill' ? which mnke n Urge quantity ot flour
Conejos , Saguachc , M'.umR'w , Lei Ccrltos
and fan Luis each have a ll'ur mill.
The Ovee , on Hast Battle mountain , OUMCI
and operated by George Bow land , records
the strike of the week In tfte Red Cliff dls
trlct. Ore running 7GO ounce ? In silver ha :
been produced for some time , when a recent -
cent shot disclosed an Increase , and now i
body of ore which has tie thcr top nor bet
torn , ls opened and the vein lm Increasci
to four feet In width. . The new strike li
370 feet from the surface and Is mixed wltl
ore carrying tpur , sulphurets and galena.
WYOMING.
Carbon county shcpp men have adopted tin
plan of plac ng lanters around the flocks ti
protect them from the ravages of wolves am
coyotes.
There were 231.000 sheep sheared It
Natrona county this eason. The price pah
was 7 cents n head. One hundred and flftj
tjiearers were employed.
The cattle and sheep men about Saratoga
Wyo. , are holding n convention to arrangi
the lines of their respective gra/lng groundi
and settle all d.Terence ( * amicably.
The sheep shearing season about Rawllns
Wyo. , Is over , and most of the Hocks have
been driven to the mountains for the sunv
mer. About 130 000 were sheared this
spring.
A deal by which Ferguson & Co. of Love'
land , Colo. , became the owners of the Chas (
coal mine on Mill creek has about been coin
pleted The coal will be transferred tc
Laramle by a tract on engine.
The state selections of land for the bllm
asylum have not been approved by the lane
oflice. Over G.UOO acres of mineral land an
embraced In the selection and as It I :
against the law to appropriate mineral land !
for state purposes the land was ordered re
conveyed to the government.
The crickets which wore devastating vegl'
tatlon In the Lander valley a few weeks age
are fast dlsappearlrg. Considerable damage
was done to certain crops In I IIP vlclnllj
visited by the pest . But now that they art
leaving the formers hope to gut a scconi
ctop and reap a fair harvest.
A solid tralnload of Idaho sheep passed
through Laramle for the Chicago market ,
Accompanying the sheep was the owner ,
a very prepossessing lady , who appeared tc
be perfectly at home In a position that al
ways proves a trying one to even those ol
the sterner sex. The owner will take the
flock to Chicago , where she proposes to dis
pose of them at the highest market prices.
WASHINGTON ,
The Great Northern track Is now passable
from Leavenworth to Seattle.
A force of seven men iias begun resurveyIng -
Ing the Puyalliip Indian reservation.
Whatcom county expects to have thirty-
four miles of planked roads by the end of the
year.
Rye In the Palouse country grew eighteen
Inches In one week. Hop vines grew six
Inches In a day.
Sinking wells has become quite an In
dustry In Hoqulam. Three concerns of that
town are now boring for water.
The ( Sherry crop will be Immense In the
Palouse country- this year. The trees are
as full of bloom as It Is possible for them to
stick on ; plums , pears and apples are equally
loaded.
There were shipped from Gray's harbor by
water during May 7,410,000 feet of lumber
distributed as follows : Fiom Hoqulam ,
4,584,000 feet ; from Cosmopolls , 1,346,000
feet ; from Aberdeen , 1,450,000 feet.
The Port Townsend. Steel Wire and Nail
works are now running to their full capac
ity , giving employment to forty men and
turning out from 250 to300 kegs of nails a
day. The company Is said to have sufficient
business-hhead to keen too works gplne for
six months. >
George Miller captured a big gray eagle
one day last week five miles northwest of
Garfleld. It measures six feet and nine
Inches from tip to tip of Its , wings. He has
been feeding it squirrels , which It devours
with evidence of much satisfaction. It
will devour one in an incredibly short time ,
swallowing the head whole.
Wilbur has a gold excitement of her own ,
and is fast being depopulated by. a rush to
Hellgate canyon , on the Columbia , twelve
miles away , where the precious mineral Is
reported to be hllldeii in the sands In large
quantities. Nobody has seen any gold yet ,
but the report of a syndicate's extensive ill-
Ings has precipitated an excitement.
The paper mill at LaCamas employs sixty
for which Is paid at he mill $11.000 ; 1,800
It consumes1 annually 5,000 cord , of fir wood ,
for which Is paid at the mill $11,000 ; 1,800
cords o cottonwood , at $3.25 a cord , and
1,000 tons of straw. The dally output Is
eight tons news print and three tons of
straw paper. ' At present the straw manu
facturing department Is , shut down , but
this will only be to until the water sub
sides.
There were made In the Jute mills of the
Washington state penitentiary during the
month of May 1S0.003 grain bags , 1,701 wool
tugs and 2,2.10 oat bags During the month
the price of grain bags has been reduced
trom 7 cents to G',6 cents each. The pen
itentiary now has en hand subject to sale :
1,084,385 grain bags at 0 > X > cents * each ; C25
wool bags at 7 cents ; 2,100 oat bags at 7
cents ; 500 ore bags at 9 cents ; 10,753 yards
liop cloth at 9 % cents per yard ; 5,161 pounds
leece twine , live ply , at 8 cents per pound.
Joe Scott , president of the Montana Cat
tlemen's as Delation ; Frank Robinson , Henry
Tustler of Miles City and J. T. Boardman
of Deer Lodge have Just completed a cattle
inirchaslng tour of eastern Washington.
They bought 15,000 head , the prices averag
ing $10 for yearlings , $15 for 2-year-olds ,
f20 for 3-year-olds. It Is estimated by
cattlemen that 10,000 head will be taken out
of Washington and Oregon Into Montana this
year. The Montana cattlemen are prosper
ous again , and these purchases will ina-
: erlally relieve the financial stringency of
eastern Washington.
ORGGON.
Marlon county's rock crusher is doing good
work at Scott's mill.
The hop louse has made Its appearance at
Talrvlew , In Polk county.
A swimming club Is to be added to New-
jerg's already long llsi of Improvement so-
clet es.
The Pendloton scouring mills have started
up , and already have 350,000 pounds of wool
o operate on.
Know Is said to be Interfering with mining
operations In Baker county , and m'ncrs ' have
been busy digging out supplies cached last
winter.
There are about twenty-five applicants for
the position cf principal of the Albany
schools , and about seventy-five for the posi
tion of assistants.
A little grandchild of Mr. and Mrs. E. B.
Smith of Ashland , aged 2 years , died at Elk-
.011 , Douglas county , a few days ago from
jlood poisoning brought : on by a copper cent ,
which It swallowed several months ago.
Surveying work Is being rushed on the
> reposed railroad from the Seven Devils tea
> a > ctte , Idaho , and Ed Mix , who has It In
charge , says there Is ever.y probability that
the road will be constructed at an early day
The family of Mr. Thompson at Springfield
was shocked last week , BO nays the Tidings ,
> y lightning running down the chimney
nto thn stove and scattering the ashes , and
t adds that almost any one would be shocked
ly such an Intrusion.
The Pendleton scouring mill uses 1,500
toumls ot soap a day. It makes Its own
oap , consuming for that purpose some 250
munda of tallow. This makes a good home
narket for tallow , As It Is , the tallow has
o bo Imported from Portland by the car-
oad.
oad.Major
Major Post has token charge of the fight
o save the Cabcade locks , the government
landing the expense. Six trains arc rini-
ilng , hauling brush , gravel , rack and any-
hlng that can be utilized to raise the bulk-
icad. Some of the cut stones are being
umped Into the works and seventy barrels
t cement were used In one day In solldlfy-
ng the sand and gravel.
A storm of severe fury visited the lake
ml settlement of Unite Creek , Jackson
ounty. Barns were blown down and sheds
arrled through the air. Hall stripped or-
1) aril a of fruit and leaves and pouuded
growing and beaded wheat Into the ground ,
Some trees vvsra torn ofl at their base ,
Whole flocks ot chlckenn and turkeys were
annihilated and the young ducks along the
lake shores wcra blown about and drowned.
The Davidson mine , on Missouri flat , Jo-
Ecphlne county , Is digging out a rich pocket
which pays { 21 a day to the man , The
Bailey boys , ot the Mountain Lion , are open
ing up n new ledge ot paying ore four feet
wide , which promises to iqual the old mine
In permanenc ) .
A 16-months-old child of Mrs Shcpp of
Ashland tumbled out of a car window while
coming down the Slsklvotia last Monday The
train was moving about fifteen miles an
hour. It was stopped and the distracted
mother and train crew rushed bai.k to the
rescue and found the child sitting on the
sand pile where It had fallen , screaming
mad but not Injuied In the least.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The state reform school at Miles City ,
Mont. , has thirteen Inmates.
The first car of new wheat was shipped
from Pose , Kern county , Cnl. , last week.
Carrier pigeons arc being used to carry
messages from Ciitolina Island to the Los
Angeles Times office.
It Is said that on account ot the Sunday
closing ordinance fifty saloons In Salt Lake
have quit because they could not pay $300
quaiterly license these hird times.
The report that the fruit , crop ot Lasscn ,
Ncv. , was entirely ruined by frost was
somewhat exaggerated and It Is claimed by
the papers as well as from other sources
that whllo the crop will not be of wonderful
magnitude , still there will be enough to
supply the homo market and some to spare
The faculty of the Nevada state uni
versity hav-p taken hold of the matter of
saloon men selling Intoxicants to students
and propose to vigorously prosecute every
such case. One student bus already been
si-spendcd for conduct unbecoming to a
young man wearing the university uni
form.
At Willow Ranch , a little town In Modoo
County , California , there have been twenty-
six cases of smallpox In the last few weeks
and there will bo many more , for no pains
arc taken to keep the patients Isolated. It
Is said that people visit In houses where
the disease prevails. Those who have been
vaccinated had the disease In a mild form ,
but other * were very 111.
Santa PC , known In military circles as
Tort Marcy , Is unquestionably the oldest
permanent military post on American soil
The Spanish built a fort hero In 151.1 , and
with the exception of the Interval follow trig
the revolt of the Pueblo Indians In 1GSO , until
the comincsl by Diego de Vargas In Ifi'JJ , It
has been continuously occupied by military
Fort Marcy Is now the headquarters of the
Tenth United States Infantry and band.
Work on the great Rio Verde reservoir
and canal enterprise In Arizona will begin
shortly. A contract for nearly $2,000,000
has been let that requires the storage and
diversion dams and 100 miles of canal lo be
completed by January 1 , 1896. Horseshoe
reservoir , which will bo created by the
storage dam , occupies the geographical
center of Arizona and will cover 3,400 acres.
This dam site Is sixty miles northeast of
Phcenlx. The dam will raise the water 150
feet and will extend 2CO feet up and down
stream , and 3CO feet across. It is to be
built of hand-laid rock , with an impervious
layer of asphalt on the water side. A lake
six and one-half miles long and three and
one-half miles across will be formed thereby.
Popular music tonight Courtland beach.
LIKELY TO SWAP CONSORTS.
Troubles VV hlch IU Rultrd from Tno Couples
Living In One Summer Cottage
Behind two divorce suits that are sched
uled for the June term of the court of com
mon pleas at Philadelphia there lies a strange
story which bears a strange resemblance to
one of the famous tales of Boccaccio. The
cases are those of Tunis versus Tunis and
Henry versus Henry. In both cases the
suits are biought by the husbands , and each
names the other as co-rebpondent. The
story , as related by the Record , dates back
to last summer when Mr. and Mrs. Tunis
and Mr. and Mrs. Henry , who were all fast
friends , rented a cottage at Atlantic city
together.each family paying Its share of the
living expenses. In the latter part o :
July Tunis was obliged to start off on i
business trip , and , yielding to his wife's
persuasions , permitted her to remalnot the
seashore. In August , Mrs. Henry began to
suspect that her husband was tea attentive
to Mrs. Tunis , and , alter the whole party
had returned homo in September , die
claims to have obtained evidence of their
guilt. Mrs. Henry did not make a scene.
She simply ascertained Mr. Tunis' address
and wrote him full particulars. This
brought the absent husband home In quick
lime , and on his arrival he was met by
Mrs. Henry , who produced for his benefit
the proofs she had gathered of the guilt of
his wife and her husband. Mrs. Henry and
Mr. Tunis then resolved to keep a careful
watch In order to secure more evidence.
The two watchers , having the same object
In common , were thrown a great deal In
each other'.s society , and It Is claimed In
the libel In the Henry vs. Henry case that
the same kind of an Intimacy resulted as
that which Is alleged to have existed be
tween Mrs. Tunis and Mr. Henry. Neither
case Is likely to bo contested and the de
crees of divorce will speedily follow the
taking of the testimony. It Is vvhlsrered ,
too , that the divorces are likely to be fol
lowed by two weddings In which both the
brides arid " grooms will simply have
changed partners.
.
Zoological garden Courtland beach.
The runtioernph us u Witness.
The phonogrdph Is being used with marked
effect In English courts. Recently a railroad
company vvaS sued by the owner of premises
upon a street under which the road had run
a tunnel , The complaint stated that the
noise of the trains going through the tunnel
was so great as to utterly prevent sleep ,
while existence In daylight was made un
bearable by , life same cause. The railroad
compan > 's attorneys produced In court a
phonograph which they had managed to have
placed In the premises In question , and when
It was put In motion and failed to emit any
of the terrible noises alleged to have been
suffered by the complainants , and the fact
that It had been on active duty In the build
Ing occupied by the latter was sufficiently
established , the Judgp dlsmlsbed the com
plaint without further ceremony , virtually
holding that the evidence of the phonograph
was more acceptable than that of the Inter
ested plaintiffs.
Children Cry for
' Castoria
Pitcher's *
Children Cry for
Pitcher's Castoria.
Children Cry for
goner's Castoria.
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