- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ; - - : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . - - - - - - - - - - , - - - - - _ - - - - - ' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . T-------------- ; ; . ; : . -z--- : : : : & _ _ 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ tJ.'llE _ _ _ OMAA _ : _ _ _ DAILY _ _ _ DJE : _ MON1)AY _ _ , FEBRUARY 18 , 1895. l V PUI1SEOF WESTERN \ PROGUESS Rich Odd Fiel s of AI sk ana the Way to Beach Tem , GREAT RUSH EXPECTED IN Till SPRIfG AIIII Clmnlo on the Cant t-GIRnce nt the Illrrllr ft the I'nmol Wind , Cft % ' , nt lint - ot Ilt ! Illlls-Seln the 'Vcst , From the point 'here suppleE nre landed In the ) Interior ot Alaska , Inllan packers anll dog sledges arc extensively u8ed , for there arc few reindeer UII there , and tim dogs arc mln'l olly frellher , but they are tough and strong , anti can ! O n great dlstanco and drnw a hCIVY heat without nny food except a few frozen flie ali occasionally a little corn meal or bread. "Jnnenu Is the ; genrl\ \ outfitting point for nearly nil parts of the Interior of Alaska , " says n 'fncomn dispatch ! to the Chicago Ieconl , quoting Mr. T. J. Quinn , [ prom I- ' nnt trader who Ims lived In Alaska over , ; ven 3ears. "A fer securing nn outfit nt Juneau the next objective point Is i Chlcot , or Dynhi , which can be reached by small steamers - ers , ot which there ore a number plying bet - twecn Juneau nll Chicoat , anll occaslonal\ ) they go to Chihikat. By leaving Juneau Ih March or April the cost ot packing Is greatly leBsefleti . The route followed to get Into the ( Yukon country Is across the Chlcoot pnss. The greatest quantities of coarse ghl are now being talln 'from Forty- lo creek and IR two branches , known as Davis creek and Slxt- lle creel A large number of clolm I , hove been located along these streams withIn I the loat two seasons , end some very rich strlteR 11'0 looked for In that section of the countr ) 1icro Is I a very large oreo at terri tory In the Yukon country that has ne\'el been eXlllored or proslleetell ( , and the yield b practically In1mltol. , Two new routes Into this country have been projected , one hy way ot the Chlkat river and the other byvny or Mooro's vase , over which I good pack trail Is to bo built next summer. Both 'r these routes lead tram Juneau Into the Yukon vale ) and wil 1m inure deslrnhle In many respects than the present route ) "M3ny persons regard Alaska os a region of prrpotual snow and Ice , with no summer and no vegetation . hut that IR because the . country Is so little known. The climate of Sltm and other towns along the coast Is very similar to the climate of Tacoma , Seat- tie and Portland. 1 may he I trifle colder , hut not much . I Is never so cold there as I Is In Nel York or Chicago. The summers are always cool and Illeaant. There Is a great Ieal at rain at Slka and all points along the coast during the winter and a por- tion of the fall and spring but the summer Is dry and the sunshine very brIght. In the Interior I Is much colder , but It Is a dry cold , that Is Invigorating . and os persons are prepared for It they do not surer from the cold Numerous vegetables are raised at Sltla I ho coast. , Juneu'rangel and other points on WIND CAVE WONDEHS. "Tho rooms In Wind Cave lay Inters ) tiers , over one another , " says George A. Stohler , the postmaster at Wind Cave , In writing to a friend In Iowa. "We have found eight tiers so far , and the cave Is like elht-stcry hou9 : each tier ofr , ' chambers having a different formation. 'Vo' have also been about GOO feet beneath the surface. We compare the care to a huge sponge. two miles square and 600 feet high , all dried out \0 have formations found In no place In the world outside Wind Cave. A. One Is the boxwork that ycu saw. There Is -V' no geological name for It , and I Is so named tbf on account ot Its resemblance to box s , The r J Drlde's chamber Is the frst room and Is ' 1 165 feet below the entrance. The fIrst large room Is the postcmcc . beIng about . 300xGO feet , with a beautiful dome about eighty fet high. The room takes its name tram the box formaton on the ceiling . also from the sides , wherz vIsitors leave theIr cards. TIle fled hal has I very red formation , and the White roem Is perfectly white. The Devil's Lookout Is a crevice sixty feet high and very narrow. This scenery defies the . - grande scenery In SwItzerland for beauty. , e white the Queen's drawIng room Is hung with curtains and tapestry and decorated fine enough for the most exacting queen. The M thodlst church Is a beautiful chamber with dome and arches and supporting pillars . Willie all Is covered with the most delicate tinted boxwork. This room was dedicate by Dr. Iaueher , president at Black His cohiege . and now Is a regular chapel. I Is ono mile from the entrance , and about 240 feet beneath Music sounds delightful , and uearly all parties sIng a hymn or two before leaving the room . Capital hal Is the larg- - est room on the short route , containing about threeQuarters of an ' acre , with the ceiling sixty feet high. Two large lamps light each end , and the effect Is grand. In the Amphitheater - theater wo find the Masonic goat , also the scenes and music at the Midway Plaisance. In Turtle pass wo step over an Immense turtle. Fallen flats are two miles from the entrance , and 3W feet beneath , being In the sixth tier of chambers From here we ascend Cliff Clinibers' Delight . a distance of sixty fet to FIve Points W. C. T. U. hal was dedicated by MrR. Emma ICranmnmer IJresldent of lime I South DJkota 'omen's Chris- tan Temperance union The Garden of Eden Is then found two ali one-hal miles from the entrance and about 176 feet beneath. The room contains about half an acrQ , and Is made up at domes , beautiful alcoves and fairy-like grotos , all covered and c03ted with a pure whlo and pink frost work , some beIng 50 delicate that a hreath would destroy It. This Is , or would be . a paradise for fairies , ' , and one always goes awaYwlh a feeling that he has not cnough. The Corkscrew path winds around DII down over 100 feet to Danto's Inferno , which Is a dark and deep rocky pit , and one can almost Imagine seeing the Imp of Darkness at the bottom. " COTTONWOOD GOLD DISTRICT . Time excitement anent the sell discoveries In the Cottonwood distrIct Is by no means abating and WIS only lutensled by I strike In the Due Jay A vein of quartz eight Inches In width was encountered , sample from which showed up very rich , says the f Salt Luke herald Assays wi bo made and , the value of the rock determined , Gold City has sprung Into existence , the townslo being platted , 160 acres In all , with . streets , alloys amid avenues. Boarding hous03 and stores will ho ereetell at once anti even the inevitable saloon Is already contemplated Prospectors are very plentful all over the country , at least fIfty or sixty being on the Ground , wlulng In time snow looking for precious metals A party of Sal hikers , among \\Om Is City Treasurer Duke , have virtually located everything In I"ergus " canyon and are very sanguine of success. Every one Is Ilshhlg development as fast a. Ilosible , The owners at the Mayflower are opening It UII as rallhly as can be lone Mr Dalton Is going aheall on the New State company's Gold hhlI. ! The vein Is thought .to bo dllllllng , and It may bo tlmree or four . day before It Is crossetl.cut. However , some good ore II being tl'en out and sacked for shipment. Owing to a mlsundortndlng as to the boundarlel ot time mining district , those op- crating In the nelghborhoO ho decided ' 10 amend the by-Iawl to read so as to attach atach all properties fouth of Wiow Creek to Little Cottonwood. A meetng was called for that purpose lt foul huh cabin , but , Inasmuch .s Recorder Stewart was not present , It was deemed best not to take acton , It being pre. sunned that h& had not received definite no- tico. tce.Ils Ilrollosod to have the recorder located at Gold City If 10Slbl , reI the convenience of Prospectors . for when the snow shall lave melEd I rush . anticipated . . EX.OOVEHNOI GILI'IN'S PIOPI ECY. Time late exaovernorS'Iihlzmmn Gipin , In 'whoso hone GIlpin county was named , prollheslo about fifty years ago that Colo- redo would In titus be the richet state In time union. lie lived to fee tt Ilrophecy almost fUlfled , says time Denver Republican , and It was a source of great gratification to him ' to point to Gipin county a the richest piece o territory ot time saml sIze In the world. And he would say II speaking of I : "Not one-tenth of Its territory has been vrospected Wal untl the golden wealth ot all the hlil hl ben exposed to view by the sturdy miner , and then time worll wi behold what 4 , I ha never Been before " No ole doubts the wisdom ot the words t , .pkeD by OoverDor OlplD , but 10 one ex- ' 1 _ _ poets to live to see the time when there Is no more vacant land upon which the prospector may Beck for new viens. The county has , been Prospected for thlrty-nvo years , yet not one-tenth of I has been taken up. New die- coverles are being made continually , and the ohl mines are not playing out , although the deepest mines In the state are located there. H It had not been for the gold mInes the Denver & Gulf road would never have been bui Into Gipin county. The Investment however , was one of the best the manaRe- mont ever made , and the Increasing business speaks well for the prosperity of the connty. DE P MINING PAYS. Ororge n , Gwynn reports the new strike In the Wheeler at the head of the Plate as consisting of a good body of ore , running tram nineteen to fifty ounces In gold , says time Alma hitmlhetin. A cropping ot this ore was found In working this mine years ago , but development work hn since failed to re\'C1 the treasure until I was uncovered by leasers a little more than a week ago. The ore \ In porous porphyry and lime rock , and with the Wheeler's location at consider- able depth below time great mountain ore chambers that hava been struck above the gulch level this strike may meal lot only tile proving at n great mine In time Wheeler , but a solution of the location of tbo richer are levels In time consolidated Montgomery district , the entire geological rormn- i tion of which Is netted with veins or honeycombed - combed wlh'aluablo ore bodies. The upper formations arc of varying grades , 'ni of pay character under prollect treatment , whlo sOle of them have proven rich enough to yleM ) ) liiiiofls. The proof of extremely high grade ores existing at greater depth , a condilon always prophesied , appears to be fully establ hell In this case , and In such anent event It wi result In heavy development Investment - vestment In that section In the spring , as lmitess capital has been only waiting for some such prof. This working being prac- tcaly on the divide between Alma and Lead- rule . between the heads of the Plate and Arkansas rl'es. renders the location excep- tonaly favorable for the attraction of ) ublc attention and Interest , and furnishes one of the many additional Indications that Alma camps are certain to como In for their full shnro ! the gold exciement next summer Alma camps already have time ore In sight to run dozens of mils and at the same time keep UII a brisk shippIng ot high gold smelting - Ing ores. ores.FADULOUS ShIPMENT. ot what Is The shipment at a train load supposed to bo very high grade ore from the Illependence was I surprise to those who thouht they were vested on every Important piee of mining news In time camp says a C'riimple Creek special to time Denver News. I Crllple The men In charge of the mine have stoutly denied that any ore was being savell for a special shl11meul. They claimed that ore which averaged $ \00 \ per ton , wlthoul sorting . was good enough. Still for time past six weeks a few men at odd times hnve been seen In the ore house sacldug the high grdo syl- \ 'anite. Quartz which did not run over fifty ounces In gold was not .saved . Assays were made on every few sacks of this high grade ore and It Is reliably reported that the aver- ago was over $ 5O0O per ton. In the month at January more ore was sent to the smelters and mills than In any month In the hltory of the camp. I the value of the product did not reach time millIon mark It was not far from . It. smmp MOUNTAIN PROSPECTS Hecent developments In the Sheep mountain - tain district on Crystal river , tlmim'ty-flve miles from Carbondaie show some very grt- I Irylng results. The Hoosier Mining company - I pany and the Sheep Mountain Mining corn- pony have recent ) male strikes that have I given new le to the distrIct , says the Den- I ver News , and promise to bring a boom to that section when the spring opens. In the Hoosier property an eighteen-Inch vein or ore has been opened up ; which assays two to seven ounces gold and -50 to 600 ounces sl- ver to time ton. Time owners are elated over their recent strike , and are preparing to push operatIons as soon as the season will permtt. The Sheep Mountain Tunnel and Mining company has been steadily pushing Its tunnel ahead fa three years. and at times time task ahead of them seemed Insurmount- able but by perseverance the tunnel Is now In 2.000 feet wih GOO feet of drifts. The I breast of time tunnel Is In shippIng are , . which Is undoubtedly the Black Queen vein of which the mining world knows. The Black Queen has shipped consIderable are In years past but Is lt present shut down on acco'unt of litigation. The Sheep mountain tunnel t will open' up a portion of this vein wJllch ) Is free from litigation , and It Is the plan at the owners to resume shlpmlts early In the spring. The Crystal River railroad has token on new lIfe . and preparations are being made to complete It. This piece of road starts from Carbondale , on the Aspen branch ot time Rio Grande rand , and Is pro- jected up Crystal rIver tlmirty-flve mIles. Thirteen - teen miles of track have been laid and eighteen - teen miles ot grade completed. Operations were suspended In 1893 on account of the panic , but from reliable sources I is learned that time company Is prepared to push the road to completion. ThIs branch road will also open up extensive coal and marble beds In addition to handling the low grade ores whIch would not pay with other means of transportation. At present there Is three feet of snow over the district , and the ground will he covered until April 1. This dIstrIct 18 generally known as the Rock Creek mining district and lies In Gunnison county twenty fliles from Crested Butte and twenty4iyo mies twenty-te miles by rail from Aspen. DE LAMAR MINES SOLD Captain J. D. De Lamar the well known mining operator , bas parted wih his stock In the Do Lamar group of mines In Soutl- western Idaho , whIch was Boll to London capital In 1892. on I report made by Prof. Tiden of the Colorado School of MInes. The Da Lamar stock Is now held In Paris and London , three-fourths In time ' former city 01\1 one-fourth In the latter . says the Den- ver Nols , I Is expected that Captain De Lamar will use his released capital In do- veloplng 11s gold mines In southern Nevada , and In constructing the proposed railroad from these mines to a connection with the Salt Lake end Los Angeles road with which nect the Denver Short . Line will ultimately con- The transfer of the Do Lamar stock to Paris was an Incident of time recent activity In time London market , where $2,000,000 of French capital was Invested In one week The last report from time De Lamar Is dated December 31 , 18:1. : I gives the details of work for time month of November , showing the value of gold produced at time mills to be $45,501.16 , ald time value of sliver $ 20- 161.9. The value of the smelting ore reached $12,529.H ! , making time gross earnings for the month $18,202.04. A" eexpsaes for the month reached $31,013,34. leaving I profit of $41,1SS.69 , or over GO per cent of the gross receipts. OUTLET FOR YANKTON , During the pst two weks consIderable railroad news has developed , which indicates that active operations to complete time Yank- ton , Norfolk & Southwestern may he expected - pcted wihin sixty days. says the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader. . Three Ilferent crporations are calculatng time alivanliles to bo derived from completing this road , which Is now nearly graded to Norfolk and the people of Norfolk are In a positon to control the situation If they desire to . and they can ma- tonally aid In bringing two more roads Into timer : town It they want these additions , The Yankton , Norfolk & SouthwCtern controls the best grade and owns conslderablo of the land through which Its road Is graded I has been rumored that the precinct ot Aten , Neb. , opposie Yankton hn offered , er wIll offer , a bonus of $2G,000 to the Great Norther If that roall whl locate fhcps at their town , and It Is not ImprobJble that they may do lll : a soon as they commence worle across the river. 1"01 the frt year , at least a transfer bOlt will have to be operated and I would be much cheaper and moro con\'enl. eat to have their shops located on the Ne braka side IMMENSE BODY OJ' PAY ORAVEL. Five dollars per yard pay In gravel Is con- 'sldered something Immense . but when the amount reaches $ per yard It Is somethln that most miners would grow wild over I Possessed with such an Inimeritance. From what was stated to a reporter for Time Denver Times by J , N , Clark . an old California placer miner who Is operating a gravel bank for George Valley and other railway officials ' interested wlh him , It looks al If somelhlng better than an Independence hl fallen Into their Iouelion In New Mexico , The placer ground la located ohm the Taos river and con- slst8 of 300 acres of 0 mesa ef gravel through which the Tea rive has cut to a depth of GO feet and the gravel has pay all the way dowl I was abut two or three months ag that lr , Valley and otberl Intertst with him took a quiet trip to the district , and when they cme back Mr. Clark who Is considered al expert , went down for them to Inspect the grounds and 01 lila return ad- vise them to nlak the purchase ot the en- tire ground. A small mny was formed , In which Mr. Clark took nn interest also , and among ethers who participated In time purchase of the bonanza wtro 1. Arthur Johnson of the Union Pacific freight department , Alex Campbell of the lurln ton and George Hok- nell , George Valery also holing qulo n large Interest. Since that time Mr. Clark has ben prospecting the claim for two months , employing several men , and on arriv- Ing In the city handed to the men Interested fine Homilies of shot gold pronounced to be ot a superior quality. Time veteran pros- pector then told his companions that ho had Ilrospectc the gravel all the way down to the bed of the stream , and statell thot It would and did pan all the way from $5 to $ O per yard , They were satisfied all time time that the ground was rich , they said , but It had never been thoroughly prospected , and time surprise at the announcement ot tIme expert was most completc. ! r. Cark recommends - mends that a h'draulc plant he put In place at once , and the company has agreed to 110 so. The ground covered by the company's claims extends for a distance at two miles along the river Taos , anti Is near the line ot the Rio Grande raiway , NEW MEXICAN PlACEHS. This town Is situated on the norther slope of the Ortez range of . mountains , and at the ! base Is located the ohl pIncrs which have been worked more or less for the last sixty years , and are now being worked consider- ably by both Americans and Mexicans , says 1 Dolores special to the Denver News The process Is by what Is here termed try wash- Ing. The machin Is similar to thl ohl-fash- toned fanning mill for separating the grin from the clinIC. No water Is use In the olIraton , either In washing or cleaning UII the gold. Time gold , as a rule , Is coarse and easily saved There Is no big money lu It. The most of the miners are nt work enRich Rich lull , a newly discovered camp , about ono and a hal unties north or the town , Time gold , botb In pincer and quartz seems to lie In ackets , both In the rock and In the dirt. A party from Trinidad , COlO. , In doing as- sessment work , struck I vein of are running UOO to $500 lIeI ton. A car load of ore has just been shipped from the Cunnlnham mine as a test , and It . It yields as expected , the Ortez stamp mil wi b started 10 running on the ore The other star II mi has jnst been started by parties from Albuquerque running ore from San Pedro , from their own mine. There Is no better country tb prospect In , with any better assurance of success , than hcre. hcre.1tTHEH BEL' OP TiE WOHLD. E. 1. Suydam an old San Juaner , came In from Ilountlary Il. C. , anti put UII at the St. Jnmes , says the Denver News. Boundary , the new hope of the hrosinector Is located just across timeline line In Briish Columbia but the mal poInt Is at Marcus , Wash. A large minerai belt Is central at Boundary . the camps of Smultim's , Atwood Skylark Greenwood , Deadwood , Cail- Imer lelOI and Raster being within a radius or ten mie of that place. The new distrIct Is just north of the Colvie Indian reservation - ton of the United States aOl west of the famous Kootenai country of tIme Irltsh Ilossessions. I'rof Louis AgassIz declared that the great mother belt of the world wonll be found somewhere along the line between the United States and British Columbia - Urltsh lumbia , and Mr. Suydam thinks that ho has "suro found it. " lie has several sacks of fno are from that country that he expects to open and exhibit to his friends. Mr. Suydam Is an old Coloradoan being the builder of the Santa Clara mill at Rico and having put In the first set of square timbers that went Into the San Juan mine . those placed In the Wabash. At one time he owned time Puzzle extension at Rico and took out large quantities of ore lie lived quiet ) In Denver for about five years after leaving the San Juan and then the "quartz fever" reasserted Itself , and he heft for time northwest. The Spokane & Norther raIlroad - road Is reaching out toward the new distrIct - trIct , beIng now within sixty mIles. THE SAN JOAQUIN ROAD. Already over $2.000.000 has been sub- scribed by San Francisco capitalists toward the stock ot the prospective railroad through the Son Joaquin valley , and the peop'e of that section Ire bubbling over wih joy says the San Francisco Cal I means Increased bus- Iness to San Francisco , but It Is life to them. The freight schedules of the Souther Pa- chIle mayo ben a twoeged knife to the pee- pie at time valley. They have Imposed such burdens on the valley products that the net proceeds ot grain and fruit grown In San Joaquin , Stanislaus , Merced , Fresno , Tulre and Kern have heretofore been divide Into two vortions-one for the grower and one for the carrIer who tack the crop to market- and quite oren the later was the larger of the two Simultneously the valley former has had to pay two prIce for everything he wanted-imis tools , his furniture his clothea hIs groceries , his supplies at aU kinds , one price representing tine normal value of time goods In the great markets. at the country and another price , representing the cost of hauling the gocds from the place of produc- ton to Sacramento , Stockton or Los Angeles , and thence to the place of coimsumption. These two burdens have heIghtened the cost of production throughout time valley , while simultaneously reducIng its profits. The effect of such a revolution on land values In the valley can hardly bo exagger- ated. The history of that section of the state has been a series at violent fuctua- Lions. About thirty year ago wheat land In San Joaquin and Stnislaus could hardly be saId to have a value In m ne ) Ten years afterward It made its owners millionaIres . If they had enough of it. At one time people who loaned money on Fresno property charged oft the loan to profit and loss ; a few years afterward tha raisin Industry was horn and the lens were paid , prlnchal and Inter- est. I Is not easy today to borrow money on , Improved land In time valley. Let the new rood be built and the valley towns will he full of lenders seeking to place their funds NEDRASKA. Cedar county teachers meet at Laurel on March 9. Howard county tesehers will meet at St. Paul on Saturday next . Fred Luchsinger , a Columbus wIne and spIrit dealer , has made a voluntary assign- ment. L. C. Todd of Nehawlca Is losing a fine herd of Poland China hogs through time ravages ot the cholera . Hartngton Baptists arc preparing to erect a very neat and comfortable parsonage as soon as time frost breaks up. ' The eleventh annual fair ot the Done County Agricultural assoclat'on wIll bl hehl at Albion on September 11 , ,12 and 13 next Fred Socimner aged 17 , Is missing from iiartingt'on. He was wearing a new hluelsh overcoat alul Is under time medilm helht. htei Willow county fair will be heM on the four days immediately preceding the open- log of time state fair , September 9 , 10 , 1 and 12. II. P. mom has ben before Judge lisle at David City for having collected an order for $2 at the point of a revolver from Mel Ilsimmes. Genoa Is claimIng extraordinary Immuniy from fires. During the past eight year there hal been but one In which the damage exceeded - ceeded $ \00. Slxt.slx conversions have been elected during the revIval meetings at the Methodist church at BmwoOI and forty-six persons imavo Joined the church. John harvey , a resident at Spencer , was kicked In the head by his team whie he was tending I In the livery stable lt O'Nei. le' ' Is not thought to halo ben dangerously imtmrt ; Conrad hoffman , In old soldier living at Central Ciy , has ben robbed of I large number - ber at chlelens. One mornln he found the ! hedl of thirteen of them IYlg on hIs door- ' step Edith : M. Pray and Mr. E. Dordwel have retired from time publication or the Hartng- ton Leader anl lr , Z. M , Baird , who was formerly engaged In newspaper work In that city , has taken charge. Br Brown ot Inllanoia II suggesting that time autimorities should have all clothing receIved - ceIved by the relief comllslon thoroughly Ilslnreted before It Is distribute to time luf- ferlng , to avoid the danger of Infection . Sidney has had a test made ot the stone found In time vIcinity of time city , and the re- stilt shows Its strenGth to b greater than that of any stone found along the Inc of rime Union Pacific . From time results of this test the city Is building great hope at being able to secure the location ot one If the vern- ment's prisons for which approprlatols have already ben made. There Is I farmer In Merrlcl county , says the Central City Nompareli , who owns 320 acres of land , the greater portion of which Is under cultivation , and who Is draw- log n good pension , whl Is clamoring today for state aid This same farmer belong to thal great class 'f time human family who were born t\dl lie Is healthy and robust , but does not perform one Ilay's manual labor f weokwlrlng the year. These are tIme kind of mll tlt } Impose upon the generosity of others ' Could thle man ro- celve aid he would 1tl put In five acres of crop If ho had q do the work himself , but let a conventiom " called and you will conventol find him farming on 1" extensive scale , IOWA Oskalooso's Impro\'e'imets for 1894 aggregate - agr gate $319,450. . CItizens of Cihntqn and ' Lyons are agitating - Ing consolidation ot the , two cities , The total cost ot hirovlng ! and extending time water works nt rtn brook I $5.36t The sale of time hands neLted$1,975 $ , leaving a bal- anCD ot $3S9 yet due. , . Cerra Oorlo cqun \ "s board ot supervisors - visors , after n full investigation or the charges ot fraud against the county nudltor , have vindicated time omcer. The Iowa Intercollegiate Base Ball league lias arranged its schedule of games so that Cornel p a's wIth Iowa college April 21 and with the State university May 3 , both games at Mt. Vernon. Fort Madison school board has decided to submit n 11roposlton for Lime Issuance of $3.000 worth of bonds to the voters nt the coming election for the purpose of ercctng a high school buid In , Major W. T. Sewnrd , who has been sen- tencell to tea th for participating In time In- surrccton In Ilwnl , Is the only brother of Irs. C. W. Single of Falrileld . lie was a resident thelo during his rounger days. Frank Collins . a young fnrmer living cast at Geneva was seve ! InJurel1 by a btmil . When Collins went Into the barn time bull hail broken loose ami made a rush at him , knock- ins him down and tramping hint under foot. Prank Fell , a farmer living three miles front Clnremmce and who has been In poor clrcumstanccs for some . tme , was gladdened a few dars ago t ) receivIng I check for $10,000 from a wealhy Phlallelphla rela- 1'e.Kate Kate Eberle , who was lost from her tribe. the Sac and Fox Inilans In 1832 , all hums been n reshlent of DUbuque since , was last week awardell 672.08 by the government. , This Is her share ot the trust fld or the tribe. Martin Baskins , the grDul Juror who was found Ieal Wlverly on the railroad track In an Incolscious condition , has recovered sufcIenty to tel the circumstances. Two traml13 Imoltd him down In the road . He would have beel frozen to death but for a farmer's assistance. Mrs. Hannah Bodecker or Acdey was arrested - rested about a month ago for beln disorderly -drlndng ! too much "booze" all making herself disagreeable to everyb dr-and sen- tencel to thirty lars In jail. Site got out a week ago and went to drlnltlng again anti her mother got out a warrant for her arrest on a charge of assault and batter ) ' . She was again sentenced to thirty days In jail. The myster surrounding the leath of the unlmoln young woman nt time Marshal county poor farm cleared up today . John Vumlerord , I blacksmith ut Conrad clne to time city with Indisputable proof that the deal gIrl was his latmgimter who left home shorty after Imrnln her condition. Sue was not , married. Her Ilegitmate chid Ilell Wednesda und her father had both bodIes disinterred amid tool them home for burial. The Joint committee In charRe of the pay- : ment of Indemnity for the ord's theater disaster , at Washington , ot which committee Congressman Updegraf Is a macumber agreed to report In favor , .f , Abe payment of $5,000 to the heirs of each of these clerks who were killed In the casthtity. One of the ben- cfclarles will be Jfmmtmha A. Ames of Ions ChlckaEw county . , > yld9'v ' of Alfred L. Ames aged 36. who lost his life In time accident. Seth B. Peck of glkder had his ankle severely crush by the fall at the building and wil be crIppled for life as a result. Congressman Updegral says that Peck should , In his judglent , bo paid $3,500 , In \Iew of the injurlf hI receIved. Residents of Grant . , townshlp. a farming community a few mles'lorthwest of Elders , are greatly excited over a peculnr phenomenon - enon that no one bas , yet ' been able to ex- plain On drl nIghts a bal or cloud or fire Is seen to rlsQDL of the prairie and travel along at a - te ro speed , until It Is lost . In time dlstanc'e.ttm'hime ! more timid PeOPle ale superstitious . nindideclare that It Is aim cvl spIrIt warning . . the , community of some awful calamity that threatens timern and others regard It as an Ill omen , foretelling disaster that Is to visit the countr . Time ) lght Is vouched for by some of the leading residents of Grant township. A similar sight was witnessed In the same place a few years ago , hut nothing has ben seen of It until within the last two weeks. unti SOUTH DAKOTA. Recent flgtmres show 2,600 members at the G. A. n. In the state. A sollers' and sailors' reunion will bo held at Spearfish next June Time bounty given heretofore by the state on wolf scalps and gophers Is to be abolished this . year. Douglas county has ad\'ertse for 1GOOO bushels of seed oats and 20,000 bushels of reed wheat. ret Unless the wolves can bo exterminated In the Cave hills country stockmen believe the [ ecton wi have to bo abandoned to the wolves The Mount "eron News says that during 189\ 48,505 pounds of butter and 49,020 dozen eggs were shipped from that staten and that the tanners received $10,000 for them. Relief Is said to be needed by settlers 11 tine unorganized countes along the Missouri river , where hundreds of men , women and children are said to be suffering for food clothing and fuel. The manager 'of ' tine Dryant'creamery ' says that one man who has ben selling cream to his creamery from eight cows for time past nine months has drawn during that time over $400 In cash for his tream After nineteen years of waiting Mrs. Clara Fulonl ot Sioux Pals , widow of Daniel Fulrord , Is to b relmbursel by the Unltel States government for $2,000 worth of government - ernment bonds lost In a fire. The general expectation that time drouth seasons Ire pst and that the coming sea. son will be nn exceptional season for good crops Is resulting In the receipt of many In. qulrles at the local United States land office at Chamberlain. Preliminary steps have been taken for tmo cstublshment of a cooperatve store at Rapid City. A hoard of nine directors haa been elected The majorIty ot the stacie- hollers are farmcrs from the valley who do their trading In thIs city. Time object ot time company Is to carryon a general store and co-operate with time producers by takinG all the ) ' rise on I hell farms. Among valuable finds In Spruce gulch In time mack lulls Is that of Brodie & Tortat , who have struck a four-foot veIn of slclou& ore which yields $20 In gold and tram twenty-two to t'llrty oUlces In silver per ton Time ore Is on top ot the quartzite , and Is horizontal In formation. Aaron Dunn , owner ot time Survivor mln , . In time same locality , has just hall timreaesays of time output at his mine mode , wlleh'run tram $ i6 to $68. A convention wda held the other day at wls Huron In the Inter t of irrigatIon , corn- posed of repreaentt\tiv \ s from counties In the artesian basin and ' t tir Hack I Is. A com- mitee was appointed , to formulate a bill for presentaton to tie legIslature providing for creating irrigation , distrIcts and Ilermlttn ; the construction of dams anti reser\olrf tor holdln surface water/for Irrigation purposes , real estate embraced within audi districts to bo assessed acordln ; to benefits derived from the damns , res , rvI.rs or artesian wells , COLORADO. Gold In fair quatiles , ha been dl&co\'er In time quayqtJes Crcede distrct : . Be- velopment Is under.wsl' . I Is reported thatr the SI\'erton rallroal will he extended up tie Animas from Slh'er- ton to Eureka In thr > ! prlng. l.a Plat county Is likely , within a year , to have one ot the largest power plants In time state , driven by water power Parties Just In from . the Tarryal and Lost Park district claim .to 118e mode another find ton , that runs 100 ounces In silver to the Time annual report ot the Portland com paul , CrJpllle Creek "Istrlct , will show I gross producton of $600000 for the past nine months. A new strike In the Golden Treasure mine , In Olpln county , whIch carries ' SS In gold to te ton and Is four feet In width , was opened at a depth ot 1100 feet . The FairfIeld sitaR Is now down about 250 feet , and a new contract imas ben let to sink fifty feet moore Ieue St Co. , who Bank the lat fifty feet , have the contract. A rich vein ot copper-Iron ore , fifteen inches wile , has been ncolntered b lethe 25.foot level , which looks well . The Mattie D. , Cripple Creek hS a cr head of are en route to the smelter , that , according - cording to a sample taken from each sack , will bJ worth $212 to tIme ton TIme Annie mine , on Four Mile creek . Is rapidly coming to the front n a gold ' pro- 11ucer. A car load of ore recently shipped to Ptmeblo smeler netted $51 per ton Ophlr has over forty gel claims withIn two miles ot town , on Silver mountain , that hare prollucel pay dirt-ore mlln ! from $0 per ton ton up to . several hundred dolarer ton.The The Dolly Varllen lode on Nelson mOlntnln , Credo , Is being worked wih Ilatterlmig re- aterlnr stilts. Time property Is located POO felt from time Kentuck Belle and imetween well Ilefne,1 , wals has a four.footln of mineral which gave returns ot twemity-five ounces of sliver and $2.40 In gold at the surface. More ore and of better grade was sent to time smelter In January from the Victor mln ! Cripple Creek , than ever before In tIme t history of that lrorort3' The poy streak hiss not widened Ilnrtcularl ) ' , but so much Irouml Is opened that a large force can now be em. 1110)11 , whlo the ore appears to be conS stnnty hnllrovlug In \alue. I Is rumored thnt good veins have recently hetn dIscovered nt Current Creek , a little stream In Parle cotmnt' , nbut thirty mies , west of Crl111c Creek. TIme region Is describe as being In the eruptive rock One gemmtlonian who Ilos been there recent . ' , enleman bcn recently sa's feat carrying big \nlues Is foull quie plentrul ) ' over thc imlll . hut enl ) ' a few holes ha\'e been Ilt down to bedrock . W'addietomi Bros. , who are worltng n portrn at the Hnyen , are now backing time richest ore ever found on Hayen hill. It was ns- sa'el ali founll to run r00 ounces per tnmi. So far this monlh they bave carefully gth- erel anti snckl11 about one Ion ef this ore anll thlnl time ) ' will have five tons for a shipment toward the last of he t present imiomitim The ) ' mire connllent It wl run $6,000 per ton In carload lots The lowest assays run nt this rte , and several have gone over I . 500 ounces. w.omXG. Placer mining along time Green rl'er. In " ' ) omln'I ' euJoy a great boom next spring when time Ice breaks up. Time report that a nlnber of colored peoilio In L'rmle were organizing with a vIew to colonizing In Africa , Is emllhatcalr denied. Governor Ichards Is or the opinion that lime Burlnglon1'1 I bulhl Into I the basin before - fore very long , and may commence operations within a ) . Time Wyoming Hot Springs compan Is now Incorporated. Time capitol stock Is $48.000. Time object of time comllln ) Is to operate time hot springs at Alcora. A telellhone Ino will bc established be- twcon Che'enne ant Denver next spring. The line wi be buIlt h ) time Itoclcy Mountnln and Colorado Tclephone compaules. TIme new city hal at Hock Spr'ngs ha heen completell , and as eon ns the furniture arrIves the councIl wIll begin lllllng meel- logs there. The new structure cost $25,00u. W. K. Secord and a companion of Iaamle ha\'o mate ararngements b ) which they hope to slay hundreds of wolves In the Sybie country. They wi use polson amid tratls and expect to realze on the hides and scalp bounties. untes. The bounty law Is delayed , In order to ascertain - certain the rates to bo paid by adjoining states wh1ch ! , It lower than those of Wyo- miming would lay an extra tax on border counties , to which scalps [ rom ether states countes .calp would be brouht. The twenty-five-mile long irrigating canal being eontructed by Denver capital In the ) vicInity of Carter station . on the Union Pa- cifc railroad , In the southern portion or this state , Is to be fully complete(1 this year. The canal Issues frm the Black Fork river In Unlta county . wi cover 40,000 acres , and will cost $00,000. Twenty forms wi b cui- tyated under the canal this year and next year will see the entro 40,000 acres both Irrigated - rigated nnd colonized. Time first carload of a substance wimicim for want of a better name has been called "na- tural soap " Is being loaded at Casper and ) \1 be shipped to Cimicago says the Derrick. The parties who own the claim near Alcova . from whIch tIme soap was taken , will not yet reveal the purpose for which It will be used nor time price received. But It Is known that some of It will go to New York , and that It Is very valuable Wmomm put In water It acts like common hard soap Since I would appear that Big Horn county will be organized before so very long I time many conjectures are beIng made as to the locaton of time county seat. At time present time Iyatvle Is the most important point In time \ basin , and It would no doubt bo a formidable applicant for the Illace Governor Richards states that he ha no particular preference but thinks the county seat wi eventually bo located comewhere on the No- wood creek , below hiyatvilic. OHEGON. Frank Ot of Island City will establish a brewer at Enterprise. Several carloads of apples are being shlppc fem Rogue River valley to New Mexlc A plant for tIme manufacture at tomato catsup will bo establshed at Hood River. The Yaqulna Day Cannery comllany has been Incorporated , to cperate a creamery ' at Toledo. The pCple of 'Varrenton and Clatsop plains have subscribed $100 for buIlding a good road between those places. Negotiations are In progress for the sale of the Phlzz mineral springs , In the Eagle moun- tains , Union county , to eastern parties. , I John Frazer of Eagle Valley , Union county has received $7G la I second prize In a world's cmpelon ! for growing cabbages. Surveys have hen made for a new water worlts In Mitcimehl. and It will not be long before time work of construction will begin. A proposition has hen male to establish , a creamery at Inlependenee It the farmers will guarantee 10 supply the milk of 200 cows. The stockmen ef eastern Oregon generally report stock doIng well and enough feed on hand to pass through time winter In good shap Professor Clarence King , the celebrated mlnoraloglst and geologist . wi make an ex. pert report on time La Belevuo mine , at Granite. Bghl thousand sheep are being fatened on wheat and barley In a corral Just outside at Prmlleton , and will soon bo prime mulon for the market. The Astorlan says that Obey Is having a building boom ; new houses are going up on all sides , and I general air of prosperity hans over time 1)10CC An effort will he made to secure $0,001 In suhscrJplons ot stock at Salem for the proposed . posed railroad from Independenc to Salem , ten amid one-hal miles. Charle I"rye " of Powder river has Just mar- Ieted five hogs , averaging 660 lumumlds in wmsiglmt each , while anotimer farmrmer of that section sold emma weighing 750 jmounds , Placer mmiinimig in time soutimern lmsrt of time state hiss iemi blmslOndel ( or a time , because of time freezing of time water courses. Minera are premaring to reaumo work , and arc taking imrecatmtlons against freshets. Baker City boasts of fourteen men wimo average - erage 240 iounds in weight , time heaviest be. log 299i4 , and time higimest 201. They are all over six feet , but tw'e , Otto of them being six cet , six and one.jmmmhf immciic , and anotlmer but Imsit an Immcim simorter , J , ii. iluter , tvimo located a rlcim quartz ledge about seven miles from Memiforul seine time ago , shipped by express 1,300 lOunitls of quartz to a San FrancIsco smelter , Somime tlmmme ago imo zimlpped 100 Imoummds to time said. ter , and it Imioducell $2e to time pound km gold and silver. The quartz aimfplmed Is equahl ) ' as good , CURES THE SERPENT'S . STINO. HEALS RUNNINC SORES. LPUHOLLANDER&CO , BOSTON.'NEW YORK. OUR REL'RESEN'L'A'I'IVES 1il A'I' TIlE PAXTON HOTEL , FEBRUARY 20 , 21 AND 22 And 'Ill titlcc pleitsiii'c Iii showluig our SPRINC AND SUMM ER SELECTIONS for tlin.e scs'ei'al depat'tuuciils of our biiIiies , uomiipl'InIug Laios' ' Dross Making , Tailoring , 1aios' ' Jackets , Wraps , Silk and Cotton Waists , Misses' . ' an Giflidron's ' Dresses and Barions , Boys' Clothing , Furnishing Ooods , Etc. Samples of 4tdvniicc Styics In DRESS CGODS llt tte sliowii frolu 'liicIi to take orders oi' sell by the yai'tl , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ -J WORLI BUILDINGCONTEST. I _ TRN PflIZES. - _ - - - - - - - - - - - 1st Prize-A Kimball Piano , value.$350.OO 2d Prize-A Bridgeport Organ , value . . , . 100.00 3d Prize-A Fine Bicycle , value. . . . . . . . . . 75.00 4th Prize-A Diamond Pin or Ring , value , 60.00 5th Prize-A Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine , value , , . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 6th Prize-A Trip Ticket , Omaha to Denver - ver and return , value. . . . . . . 25.00 7th Prize-Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 8thPrize-Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.00 gth Prize-C'sh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.oo xothPrize-Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.00 10 Prizes--Total Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $685.00 Time above prizes are offered to those who construct or form time largest number of words out of tue letters found in tine prize word EDUCATION Under time following R.egulatloaS aiicI Conditions : FIrst-The first prize will be won by ui'bd twice In one word , but of course tue largest list , tine second prIze by the may be used in other words. next largest list and so oct to tine tenth. Sixth-Each contestant snust be- Second-Each contestant must send Come a subscriber to the Omaha. In hIs or her list before tine end of Feb- Weekly lvorld-Icraid for one year , ruary , 1895. and nust semtd imimi dollar to pay for lila subscription witim Imis list of words , Third-The list of words must be Se'entli-Every contestnnt wimoso written in Ink vialmtly , and must list contains as many as ten correct signed by tine contestant and wltmiessed . wom'ds Will receive a portfolio contain- friends. by two neighbors or lag liancisomne limoto engraved copies Fourth-Any English word found in of sixteen famous paimmtlnga-size of tine dictionary can be used If it Is corn- each victure 10x12 Incites with history posed of letters that are contained in of the painting. the word educatiomm , but there must be two Eigimtin-In case or more prize no duplIcates , abbreviations , exclarna- exclarnatvlnnimng lists contaimn time sammnc num- tions nor itames of people or places. her of words the one timat is first ic- Fifth-Tine same letter must not be ceived will be given preference. The Omaha Weekly World.Horrtld i editol by Congrossmati w. 3- . Bryan , the leading advocate of fx'oo silver colnago in tlio west. It has an iigricultural department , especially edited by 0. W. Horvey and o1 great value to farmers. li is issued every week in two soctions-2ight pages every Tuesday and four moro pages every Friday-thus giviag the iiows twice a week , which is almost as good as a daily paper. The price is $1. CO per yoar. 13o' come a subscriber and. try for one of the prizos. The cotitost closes February 28. Address I WORLD-HERALJJ , Omaha , Nebraska. 1 - - - - . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ GASOLI1E pOWERFROM FROM THE TA1IK. . THAN STEAMI . icu Iloiicr. No I4tcmmmmm , No Itimugimucer , BEST i'OWEiL for Corn mmmd Feed Mills , Baling ila ) ' , lLUmmmlitg Separators , Cremummierles , &e. OTTO GASOLINE ENGINES Stationary or Portae. itoJ2OIh.P. 8to'JOIIJ' , send for Catlogume , 1'rict , et , mlescribuimg work to 1)0 ( lOne Chicao , 24 stTH E OTTO CAS ENGINE WORKS Omaha , 321 So. 15th St. 13t1 , la IValimut 14ts. , 1'ILiLADEL1'IIzt. v. & , , - - 1 V Thu Wunmou. 1t.nmeIy cures quickly I'ormancntl mull , , , , . , , , , . . , ' _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ U I ilomidacime Imurvmua , mmIae. Vkmifuiimuss Vmak , 1.usl tlomnoryLm..o ViI.IIty , itigimily iirmiti t'ower stale. , Iummauv1l drea'ims , ImimmoiOmme , anti WabtImg itibommeoB caus. Cml by rouIlrimi itrroru or inzcea.cu. commtalia no opiates. isaiicrveoimlemmnIIiwil buIlder. Make. Limo pate anti l.uimy iltroitg mutO mmmmrm' ! , . iamiiy carried in vest Pocket. 1 Icr box i o forSfl , 'ilyniatl prenatmlwltli awrttten gimmtramitmto tocurnor money rofmmmttloii , Write its , rre'e mcmlrnl IcU , i'eamud platum wmiperwlttm , teeth . , , . , . , . , , . i. Dy. moh etc. a cii. 104 eAr nitmniaia imnti mmnanriat references. No r5urreforcAnulta. flint. .lUmvare nJ mtUsttons. ioid by Our mmentB , oradtlreas , I'ervo Need ( Jo , , ? .tzm.Ommio 'jemuplu , Clmlcpae. Boid In Omaha by Eherroan & lIcC"nnell , ICuIm , . & Co. anti by Vicker. A Mcrchat , Druggist. . RED ROUGH HANDS Bad conmpiexioas , baby biemtslme , , ammd faiihmmg _ _ _ _ _ : : : : : : Imsir im esemmtetl i'y ; : : : comma immAi' , J'iot eUec. tIto eliim unIyimmg ( anal brcutl. , fing .otqm 1mm tlme world , us wi'lI a. lurtat mummi SWviict of tilct aimti nmmreery .oups , ( Immiy cmmro ( or pimples ls'cammu 01111' l'rebemIltu of clogging of time ioies , toJ ! en'myaLmeie , ' - THF- THFuSCAN pAr . DROPS Ptr&y Prepared ( rein the original to mania % rb rerved iii mile Arehtver of mini Itoiy tammml , imat au no autimeutic iitsvry dmitlmmg batmie GOOycarmt POSTWE CURE (0I iii ] Stomach1 Kidney end Bowel troubles , especially ) HRONIC CONSTIPATION Price flO oent. Sol.h by nil druggists. be Fraicisan : Remedy Co. , tat v : : uaa Sl , CIUCO0 , ILL , furCircula-e.nd lita&trat4m4Cjt1dap F'ar sale by Kuhn & Co , , 15th & Dugls WmLDOGLA S SHOIIS i3TI1EU5T. FIT FOR A ClNG. . 1 $ rRcnCIsa.cWAMCUXD ' CAL ? . 43p FINECAi.F&IANQjQa $3.i' POUCE,3 SOLES , 29$2.WORRiHGM I- 'EXTRA FINE EH , F3ESTPONGO'45 ' , C % " . - , . . . , . - , . , 'VV'L.-tOUCL.A. SrNDrOI1CATALOCUC . - kOcKTO1iMAaa , Over One Millie i Pcoplo wear tlmo WI L. Douglas $3 & $4 S1iOe All otir ethoes arc cqually &atlsfactory They lvo time best value for time pione" . iimev rmlual custom Shoes In style end lit. 'rhr tveariag qualities ore uneurpeased , Iime prices mmro unhform-.mmtompcd en solo. 'rini - Si , to I------- $ .i saved . . ovcrnther , . , . . . . , mekc. . - - g't.l . i , A.W. E3owmanCo , , 3. C. J. Carison , 1218 N. 24th St. ' w. w , Fisher , Parker and Leavenworth St. J. Newman , 424 S. 13th St. Kelley , StIc'er & Co. . Farnani and 15th St. T. S. Cressey , 2509 N St. , South Omaha , , EW FACES Ai.lAhiOtJTCilAHtIIPfi tie Features amid Usmoy. lug iiIeuiatmosIn 11.0 p. bu..ili lot a etamO JoIim IL , SYoodbir > , IZTW,42d14tN , lnvwmmkr of Wue4bury' . Eacisi tlomw.