THJ3 OMAILA. PALLY KEE : MONDAY , JUSTE 17 , 1895. Hew Prospect Supposed to Be an Extension of tie Cripple Crock Gold Belt. * ENORMOUS QUANTITY OF GOOD PAY ORE KiprrU S y It " 111 N t the Oirneri Mil lion * of Dollar ! Work Ilejrtin on th ItnllroHil The riathiiad Coun try News ol the Nurtlnreit , ' What Is destined to excite the public to quite the extent the well-remembered gold discoveries of Cripple Creek did but a few years back Is the brilliant mining prospect found In the nolghborhod of this smalt place , tlie lead ot which U clearly defined , being well stored with mineral , and which Is sup- pos d to be the same gold belt upon which Crlpplo Creek Is situated , says a Palmer Lake special to the Denver News. Located about two miles north from Palmer lake Is this wonderful prospect which will , In all probability , net Its owners mlllfoDs ot dollars. Colonel Ford , a mining expert' of Denver , visited the alto at the Invitation of Mr. O. O. Russell , one ot Us owners , and pronounced It to be the finest prospect ho had ever Keen. Keen.Tho The first assay of ore which Mr , Rusicll had made by E. R. Ilurllngame ot Denver ran at $9 a ton for gold. This assay was made May 3. The following day two differ ent specimens were sent to A. It. Dana ot Colorado Springs , which resulted In $15.63 nnd $4.65 respectively In gold. On May 17 the same assaycr found gold amounting to J7.C7 and $5.07 , with traces of silver ore. On May 20 the gold ran at $6.31 and $3.34 per tqn , with an Increased amount of silver , and on May 23 It assayed In gold at $0.34 per ton. On May 27 three assays worn made which showed an Increased cmount of gold , two of which ran at JS.G7 and the third at ? 9.G7 per ton. Mr. Dana has visited the place and pronounces the prospect to be ex ceedingly promising. Mr. Hussell had a mill run , which resulted in $15 a ton for gold and J3 a ton for silver. Tills prospect shows traces of platinum , which when assayed ran $10 a ton. Mr. Uufsell went straight In along the vein , which widened as he proceeded , a distance of fifty feet , from which the foregoing assays were made. He then backed , and Is now Blnklng a shaft at the mouth of the tunnel , from which quantities of ore are being taken , which he proposes to elilp In a few days. A wagon road Is to be constructed , and the ore U to bo shipped by the Denver & JUo Grande railroad , the mine being situated to the west of the road. The property , which Includes 1,700 town lots , has been purchased by O. O. Russell and others , and a clear title to the land se cured , which obvlatod all danger of future litigation. TUB KASLO-SLOCAN RAILWAY. J. Hcndry of Vancouver , II. C. , one of the three holders of the franchise granted by the Canadian government for the construc tion of the Kaslo-Slocan railway , came down from Kalso over the Spokane Vails & North ern the other day. says the Spokane Spokes rnan-Ilcvlew. "Work on the road Is beginning all along the line from Knslo to Cody creek , " ho said to a reporter. "About 400 men are now at work on the road bed , and there will ba 1,000 at work within a week. Some of the sub contractors have been delayed on account of being unable to get their outfits In promptly. The full force will bo at work In a few days , and the work will be crowded forward as fast as possible. The road will be completed before the end of October. "Tho route selected Is easy to build over and the road will bo a good one. The steep est grade docs not exceed 3 per cent. U Is a gradual climb to Hear lake , which Is 1.7CO feet 'above Kootonal lake a'nd from which there Is a dead level of eight miles to dandan. The building of this road will bo of great benefit to Spokane and this entire .section , as U will fctlmulato the development ot the mines , and most of the ore will come out this way. The road will enable the mine owners to ship their ore at far less expense than they arc now under , and this will result In largely Increased shipments and the develop ment of new properties. That whole country Including the Slocan , Nelson and Trail creek districts , Is wonderfully rich In mineral. Active development work Is going on and the outlook Is rosy Indeed. DOWN THE FLATHBAD. "The Flathead river , from the lake to the Clarke's fork of the Columbia , llo\\s through the Flathead Indian reservation , a magnifi cent body of land of about l.COO square miles , mostly open , bunch grass grazing land , cays Captain T. W. Symons of Portland , Ore. , United States engineer. Just returned from a trip In Idaho and Montana. Soon after leaving the lake the river. commences to tumble , and In the course of three or four miles falls about 200 feet. The river coirse here Is very steep and rocky and 300 to DCO feet deep and the views from the tops of the bluffs overlooking the confined , ruvhlrg , tumbling waters of the river , tbo lake dotted with Islands , the nearby grassy plains at.d hills and the distant timbered , snow-capped Rocky mountains , are of the most gorgeous end magnificent description , and I bellavo un surpassed on earth. "The falls and rapids here In tbo first five miles of the river below the lake constitute a most effective bar to Its navigation. Delow the falls and all the way to the Northern Pa cific railroad at Jocko station the river Hews with deep channel and even current and Is well suited for navigation. "Crossing the reservation on horseback I was treated to a delightful surprise by coming on a line hard ot 100 buffalo , In cluding bulls and cows and about twenty calves. Most ot them scampered away as we approached , but some ef the old bulls were too deeply engaged In glaring , sulking and pawing the ground at each other pre paratory to their amatory combats to mind us Tory much. I learned that two half-breeds , , named Allardand Paolo , have accumulated here on the reservation the largest , and , In /act , only herd ot buffalo In the world. To their own herd , which they have had for some time , they have recently added the Kansas herd ot 'Buffalo' Jones. "Ou Wild Ilorso Island , In the Flathead lake , they have put about twenty buffalo ' bulls and several hundred ordinary , every day cows and are making a large experiment In cross-breeding. CANALS FOR FOUR MILK. A number of eastern capitalists , together with experts , will visit the Four Mile mines during tbo early part of June , says a Four Mtlo special to the Denver News , and It the property proves satisfactory they will lot contracts Immddlatoly to construct a canal from twenty-five to thirty miles In length , tc be ten feet on the bottom and four feet In depth , to convey water from Snake river to the Four Mlle and Timber lake Gulch. The flrat operations will be carried on In the Four Mile district. The canal will carry 6.000 miner's Inches ot water and glvo the plant a working capacity ot 12,000 cubic yards a day. The Intention Is to work over the Four Mlle bars before extending the canal to other properties. The ground consist ! of 4,150 acres , containing 200 claims , and 1 ; situated along the Four Mlle creek for s distance ot five and one-half miles , and the dumping ground Is conceded by all miners tc bo the best In the district. Having a verj heavy slope , the ground can bo worked from the very edge of the Four Mile creek bad for a distance ot two or three miles. The gravel 1s very rich and deep and will rut from 25 to 60 cents per cubic yard , and wll average , ten to twelve feet In depth. The comptny will commence operations dur Ing the fall and summer and will completi the canals and sluices In order to commenci actual mining operations early In the sprinf ot 1896. All the Four Mile country ne ds Is capita to bring the water to bear upon the ground The gold fas there and In goodi paying quant ! ties. This district will prove to be one o the richest placer mining districts in Cole rado. Prospectors make good wages haul ing the gravel seven or eight miles to wate and saving the gold by pan and rockers am "long tbms. " The gold is fine , but cai easily be caved. Dy the burlap process which the Rock Springs company is using SO per cent of the gold Is saved in the riffle mud 20 cent coved on the burlaps. ABERDEEN'S GRAIN PALACE. The stockholders of the Interstate drali Palace association bald their annul ! meet Ing last wrek , cays an Aberdeen dispatch ti tin SIcux Falls Argus-Leader. It WM uns.nl moutly voted to hold an exhibition this yotr , and the details ware left In the hands ot the director * . Last year , In the face of a com plete crop failure , not alone affecting this section but ( he entire northwest , n most uccttful exhibition was held , and consequently quently the present bright outlook for a good season makes our people feel much encour * aged over the prospects for an exhibition. It was alto hinted at this meeting that an effort might be put forth to organize an In terstate stock chow and fair. SHEEP WAR OVER. News just received by special messenger from the scene of the sheep war In northern Routt county , Indicates that the trouble be tween the cattle tnd sheep men It over , tor the present al least. Actual facts go to show that many false reports were circulated. Instead of 500 , 250 cattlemen actually left Ilay/len for the scene ot trouble , only to find from 1,800 to 2,000 sheep In Colorado territory. These are being looked after by MX herders and a foreman. The balance of the flock had already been driven across the state line Into Wyoming and those still In Routt county were headed In the same direction , with assurances from those driving them that they would cross the state line at the earlleit possible mo ment. So ends the sheep war and that It has so rnded Is surely a matter for self-congratula tion , not only by those directly concerned , but for the entire state as well. A PLATINUM MINE. Platinum has been discovered on the land of Wllllum Lewthnalte , on the north side of the Clacknmna river , about three miles from this city , says the Portland Oregonlan. The prospecting has not yet progressed far enough to determine with any degree of satisfaction the richness of the find , but sev eral grains of the metal were washed from the river bank and sent to San Francisco for assay , and the report of th assayer Is that it Is platinum , and wort.i looking after. So the prospecting Is now proceeding more systematically , and It Is expected that a valuable mine will be developed. This dis covery was made by Frank Lewthwaltc , a nephew of the owner of the place , who Is visiting his uncle. The young man had had some experience In California mining and the river bank In front of his uncle's farm seemed to him tc- promise too much In the way of valuable mineral to be per mitted to go unprospected. He dug a hole In the bank and found the platinum , and he Is now continuing the work. A SONOHEE POTLACH. Fully 1.000 visiting Indians are gathered on the Songhee reservation , partly to at tend a potlach and have a celebration of their own and partly to attend a potlach which Is to ha given by an Indian named George. The attendant festivities will be shared In mostly by order Indians from out side places , many of the younger Indians having learned better , as one of them stated to a reprcscntattvo of he Victoria Colonist. The visiting ndlans came from Nanalmo , Chemalnus , Cuper Island , Duncan , Cowlchan , Snanlch , ilscovcry island , Ueechy biy. the west coast .nd from La Conner , Snohomlsh and Luinl , n the American side. In all tlios ; places he whole Indian population has left every- hlng behind at the summons to the potlach , or It Is a great Insult not to respond to such bidding. The ceremonies began by a gathering st ho graveyard , and dancing from there Into ho village. The Indians pointed out the iraves of their relatives , and , after telling he story of the dead , distributed clothing or omethlng to their memory. In tne village ere scrambles for blankets , clothes , gucs nd Ictas generally , while dancing was every- here. This went on for two dayi. A MOUNTAIN OF COPPER. About a year ago Captain A. M. Drown ccldentally learned that some large copper eposlts existed In Josephine county , and fter a time learned their location. Since hat tlmo ho has been quietly working up is proposition , until now It has developed nto more than he had ever hoped for , says he Portland Oregonlan. The mine Is located bout thirty miles south ot Grant's Pass , at he mouth of Falls creek , on the west bank > f the Illinois river , and Is about nlno miles rom the public wagon road. This distance Is ulto rough and hard to traverse , but a road now being built , which will change mat ers ot transport to a considerable extent , ievoral months ago Captain Brown bonded Ightcen copper claims on the creek , and atcr on induced Captain George F. Wheeler o como out from Baltimore to see the nines. Mr. Wheeler brought an expert .long , and they soon satisfied themselves hat they had struck the richest copper mine In existence. Before leaving Mr. tVhceler purchased on Interest In the claims nd on returning to Baltimore organized ho Slsklyou Mining company , and sent out .ho necessary capital for Captain Brown to ommcnco development work with and to put In the necessary machinery for a test. They are now opening the mine In two laces by tunneling , and are getting out ory rich ore , which runs from 22 lo 45 per cent pure copper. This Is five times richer nan any other known copper mine , and Is 10 per cent richer than the celebrated Lake Superior mines. Not only that , but It con : alns $6 per ton in gold , and Is free from base Ingredients. This has been ascertained from tests made on upward of 1,000 pounds of ore , which have been shipped to St. Louis and Baltimore. The mine Is spoken of as a mountain of hlgh-grado copper ore , where water Is unex celled for quality and quantity. An Inex haustible supply of timber for all purposes can bo had close at hand. The town ot Wheeler City has been laid out , and the works will bo located there , as wcllias buildings of the company. Head quarters will be at Grant's Pass , for the present at least , and a telephone line has been constructed to the mine , which , con nects at this end with Captain Brown's office. The captain Is very sanguine about the enterprise , and has no doubt about Its being an entire success. WILL MANUFACTURE STUCCO. Negotiations are now under way for the erection of large stucco works near the city , says the Laramto Republican. The plant , If completed , will represent an out lay of between $50,000 and $60,000 and will glvo employment to thirty or moro men. The works are to be used In calcining the deposits of plaster , or rather decom posed gypsum , found In the vicinity of Red Buttes and other places near the city. The process of working the clay Into stucco Is said to be very simple , the product merely having to be calcined before being ready for shipment. It takes the place of cement of a fine grade and is especially valuable for the use of cellar flooring ! where a particularly hard and durable ce ment Is needed , The erection of the new works "will beef of Immense benefit to the city , as the enter prise Is bound to grow , from the fact that the Laramte material discounts anything on the market , and also from tbe fact that the supply of the deposits at our doors is inex haustible. PLATINUM ON THE YUKON. For a number of years past It has been known that platinum exists and had been found upon a number ot different bars on the Yukon , but It has been only of recent date that the miners have given the mat ter any thought , which seems only the more strange when ono considers that plat inum Is worth from $7.50 to $ S.50 per ounce , says the Juneau Mining Record. It is nearly always found in bars associated with free gold in placer deposits , and miners who have worked Forty Mile creek and other creeks In the Yukon basin , where platinum has been found , had they but known the value of these globular masses , they would not have been so quick to "cuss" them for persistently getting into their riffles. Platinum ore , as it is sometimes erron eously called , contains irldlum , rhodium , gold , copper and Iron. It Is occasionally found crystallzed In cubes and octahe drons , but moro usually In rounded or flat tened grains having a metallic luster. The platinum used In the United State ! comes principally from Russia , which amounts In Imports to fully 3,000 poundi per annum. The principal consumption ol platinum is In the manufacture of Jewelry and chemical apparatus , but within tbo past few years the use of incandescent electric lights and also gas lets made more luminous by abeated spar ot platinum , has caused an Increased demand for the metal , and the comparatively recent steady advance la the price may be attributed to this cause. VALUABLE STONE. A number of years ago old man Words worth , ona of the earllect settlers In Spring- Tllle , Utah county , made a discovery of mountain of stone of peculiar character about eight miles up Sprlngvllle canyon , says the Salt Lake Herald. HI * earlier experience led him to believe tbtt come day the deposit would prova ot grtat ralnet , but on account ol the undeveloped condition ot the country at the time ot the discovery nothing was dons with It , and Its existence attracted but little atten tion. Just recently a party ot Sprtngvtllo men , made up of John Hafen , the artist , John V. Wordsworth , a son of the discoverer , John Tuckett and Charles Jasko , started to Investigate the deposit , and found that It covered a largo territory , on three quarter sections of which they have located. Samples of the stone were submitted to Dr. Tatmage , who pronounced It a concretionary lime stone. It It of a grayish brown color , showIng - Ing the most beautiful variations on account of the presence ot sedimentary sea shells , and when finished It Is superior to either marble or onyx In appearance. In character It Is a llttlo harder than marble , but not qulto so hard as onyx , and so far as prospected Is entirely free from any Iron. The opening up of this deposit gives fur ther evidence of the extent and variety of the wonderful deposits of valuable stone In this territory. The quarries , It is said , can be opened up to any extent , so that stones of almost any dimensions can bo taken out , and on this account the deposit may prove of great voluo 01 a means of securing large pillan , while the general run Is adapted to all decorative uses to which marble or onyx can be put. The locators are taking the prelimi nary steps to form a company nnd develop the quarries. WOULDN'T DC TRAPPED. An eagle , measuring seven fuel from tip to tip and lugging with him as he ( tew a heavy steel trap , was recently shot by II. Cooluy. a division superintendent of the Southern Pa cific , says the San Francisco Examiner. Mr. Cooley was hunting on Mount Shasta , near Slsson , when ho taw a big bird rise slowly from the ground. The bird was big enough to bo an eagle , but his slow rate of fllsht did not agree with Mr. Coolcy's ex | > e- rlence of the nature and characteristics of the eagle bird of freedom that looks at the sun and says "Ha ! ha ! " of words to that effect. However , he shot the thing and satis- fled himself tlmt It was an eagle , n good deal hampered In his flight by a heavy steel trap Chat had been snapped on the right leg of the bird , where It hung and flapped and jangled. Fastened to the trap were some links of an Iron chain that had been broken by the bird In his efforts to free himself. The tremendous power of tlie eagle's wings was shown by the fact that he was able to break this chain without any of the impetus that might be gained in a long flight. For weeks the bird had carried the trap on his leg , as was shown by the fact that the scar made by the Jaws of t'no trap on the leg had almost healed. How the bird was able to live during that time Is not clear , for he was so greatly hampered In his flight as to make It difficult to catch his natural prey. prey.All All the arteries but ono In the leg had been severed by the Jaws of the trap , but that ono was enough to supply blood to ttic claw. NEBRASKA. Ponca will endeavor to secure the location of a Lutheran college. The Platte river la said to be higher than It has been for many years. The Ancient Order of United Workmen now claims 19,000 members In Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs. Saulsbury Houchln of Geneva have Just celebrated their golden wedding. The assessed valuation of Otoe county shows a decrease of $203,202 over last year. Fremont will open proposals for the con struction of Its own electric light plant June 20. Moses Cheat , a 15-year-old boy at Hum phrey , was bitten by a huge rattlesnake. He recovered. Pawnee City has a school girl that has neither been absent nor tardy at school for eight years. Frank Wlchman. a Madison county farmer , fell dead from apoplexy while plowing corn In his fleld. The Syracuse cob pipe factory now employs twenty-seven mon and proposes to enlarge Immediately. Louis Dundl , a young son of Chris Dundl. living four miles south of Hebron , was kicked to death by a vicious horse. Saline county Is putting on several frills over the fact that the last of her floating In debtedness has been called In. A reckless colored man at Falrbury stabbed Attorney Charles Clifton three times before he could be Induced to desist. Timothy Hood of Do Witt attempted to hoard a moving train , and will go through life with but part ot his left foot. " WaB ° DM. . o , ' , t1 ner- - M. station agent at Staplehurst , dallied with whisky and poker until he was $200 short In his accounts. The city of Lincoln has been compelled to dismiss fourteen of her public school teach ers and cut tha wages of those remaining. Sixty feet of Missouri Pacific track at 'aullne , In Adams county , was washed away py the Hood of the Little Blue river during , ho recent rain. A. Bailer of Chapman left his dwelling house out of doors one night and a frisky lyclone demolished It. Generous neighbors : ontrlbutcd $200 to help him rebuild. In the district court in and for Diwes lounty the case against Arthur Morrison , charged with the murdv of A. V. Harris , has been continued until the September term. The city of Tekamah has been sued for 110,000 damages by an Inmate ot the Burt : ounty poor house , who claims to have been Injured by falling through a defective side walk. A 4-weeks-old Infant , minus clothing , was found wrapped up In an old blanket In an outbuilding near the residence of August Zelmer at Hoskens. Its parentage cannot be discovered. A traveling fakir was egged out of the town by Indignant citizens of Gordon , because he agreed to masticate a large quantity of glass , but refused to do so after he had taken up a collection. The total number of newspapers published In Nebraska Is 014 , of which thirty-three are dallies , one trl-weekly , seven semi-weeklies , 532 weeklies , seven semi-monthlies , and thir ty-four monthlies. Part of the remains of a child were found beside the Fremont , Elkhorn & Missouri Val ley railroad near Chadron. It Is bslleved that the child had been killed on board a pas senger train and thrown out of the window. Nelllo Yerkerson , a Beaver City girl , was killed by the accidental discharge of an old- fashioned muzzle-loading rifle. She was hand ling the weapon when It was discharged driving the ramroad entirely through her body. She lived a few hours. IOWA. A new forty-acre addition with 200 lots has Just been platted at Tabor. The Central Iowa Lumbermen's assoclatloi meets In Waterloo Juno 2C. The correct population of Creston Is 6,848 a decrease of 352 In four years. Montgomery county has a new postofllco named Allx , In honor of the famous trotter Centorvllle's census gives her a population of 5,570 , a gain ot 2,336 over the last state census. The ninth annual reunion of the Benton county old settlers was attended by hundred of people. Dubuque's new brewery Is nearlng com pletlon. Over 18,000,000 brick have been laid In 1U walls , Carson people are making up a party fo a trip through southern Europe and th Holy Land , The city council of Creston has refused t pass an ordinance reducing saloon license from $1,200 to $1,000. Three hundred old soldiers were present at the fifth annual encampment of the North Iowa Veterans' association. The Creston Young Men's Christian asso ciation has gone out of existence with $600 of debt clinging to Its memory. Jay Stiller , 9 years old , fell Into a mill race Just over a turbine wheel. He wac sucked Into the jvhlrlpool and was drowned. ' While plowlng'corn , Owen Casey of Jullen , Dubuque county. Jabbed the pofnt of the plow Into his leg. Blood poisoning set In and he died. died.George George Carr has been bound over * to tbe district court at Webster City for having a complete set of counterfeiting tools In bis possession. Governor Jackson has pardoned Doc Campbell , sent to the penitentiary for seduc tion. He wax released In order that he might support his family. A Dennlson man sued a railroad company for $1,900 damages because a conductor ejected lilm and his dog , after he had pur chased a full faro ticket for himself. THE DAKOTAS. Fall River County Teachers Institute wll ! convene at Hot Springs , June 25. Artesian Irrigation is getting quite a boom near Hitchcock. S. D. , this season. A camp meeting for tn north and north east district * of South Dakota conference of the Free Methodist church wilt be held in ho Wallace at Weislnglon Springs June 2-18 Inclusive. ' The board ot trustee * ot the Sioux Falls inlverslty decided to.jdd ) a normal branch o the university and Prof. S. L. Brown wis ngaged as superintendent. The new creamery 'Is ' In operation and urnlng out about 500 , poundi of butter d.tlly t Mllletto. The complete plant embraces our skimming stations , located at HOJO , Mcllttte , Athol ami Northvllle. and the management contemplates putting In another t Devoc. Only two ipf the skimming sta- Ions arc yet running , and when they are all n operation the creamery will turn out llir o lines the amount U now does. The capacity ot the creamery Is unlimited and It Is the econd largest In the state. A. P. Jones , a prosperous farmer near Sioux Falls , has Uceri exhibiting a cample if this year's growth > /ot his new beardless > arley. Mr. Jones says he has ipent the > aat twenty-six years i crossing different kinds if barley , until he has' now a beardless bar- ey , the straw ot which grons as high and rank as wheat straw and the Yield Is twice vhat the old kinds brought. This year Mr. Jones has fifty acres of this new grain. It low stands three feet high and some ot It s headed out. Ho expects It to yield from eventy-five to 100 bushels to the acre. . COLORADO. Reports from the neighborhood ot Louis ville say that grasshoppers are very numer ous , and It Is thought that the vegetable rep will be destroyed. A rich body of ore has been discovered In he Triumph mine at Leadvlllc , which assays Ix to seven ounces of gold and over twenty unces of silver to the ton. The most recent development at the Big Six at Leadvllle Is the discovery of a good treak of lead ore , carrying 33V per cent ead , twenty ounces of silver , and halt an ounce In gold. W. L.Vllson , manager of the Jessie nlno , neir Brcckenrldge , expects to start he forty-stamp mill , and he says the plant till be kept running night and day during he balance ot this year. During the month ot May 150 tons of ore. \lilcli ran one and one-fourth ounces gold , fifteen ounces silver , and 5 per cent copper , verj shipped from the Centennial mine , at } eorgetown. This was the result ot the abor of three men. State Engineer Sunnier has returned from nvestlgatlng the proposed wagon road which s to b ? built from Belltvuo to Steamboat Springs. He Is ot the opinion that the sur- ey cannot be commenced before this sumner - ner , as the snow In that vicinity Is still rom two to ten feet in depth. Tire Modoc property opens up batter every ay since ore was disclosed , and will bo a egular producer as soon as th : road Is put n shape , says the Leadvllle News. Devel- pment has proven the ore body recently opened Is on the edge of the fold In the ormatlon , and as soon as the drifts penetrate ho basin formed by the fold the Immensity f the channels of the Little Jenny will be upllcated. A sanitarium company , which has bought ome land nt Boulder for sanitarium pur poses , will Immediately begin the erection ) f a building which is to bo 100 feet front , 0 fen deep and four stories high. The cltcheu and dining room will be In the ourth floor of the building. The entire ourth story Is to be supplied with windows o as to give a magnificent view of the sur- oundlng country. In addition to this large mlldlng the company will also erect In the eighborhood six small cottages as a starter. WYOMING. It has been decided to build a wall around he state penitentiary at Laramle. One million poun'ds of wool were shipped rom Fort Steele tin 'present ' season. 300,000 f the amount bel/ag- / from the clipping of Cosgrlff brothers. Work will be commenced at once on the lulldlngs for a soaV > factory at Casper , and ho plant will be In running order by the st of July. Soap wllbe made from the atural oil and soda found In this vicinity. Th Acme mlno at Gold Hill , at the depth f eighty-five feet , haSdeveloped a four-foot body of ore that averages $200 per ton In old , 160 pounds token from the pay streak nd pounded by hand"yielding 13 penny- velght , or at the rale of $160 pjr ton. If the report of E. C. Llndermann , a Don- er mining expert' ' , Is' correct , the region long the Cheyenne NorOiern road In Wyom- ng Is one of the rlclisst mineral regions of he world. Mr. Llndermann has placed on xhlbltlon In the headquarters of the Gulf oad many samples of Ithe ores he found In a recent trip to the north. The samples nclude Iron , gypsum , nickel , zinc , copper , ilumbago , paint ore and gold bearing quartz. The Denver man says there are millions of ons of those ores along the line of the Jheyenne Northern. OREGON. The last census of Tygh , Wamlc and Waplnltla precincts shows more than 1,000 nlnbltants In thwo localities. Km 11 Schanno has received a colony of Australian lady bugs at The Dalles from the California State Board of Horticulture. They are brought in to destroy fruit and grain H-stt ) . W. P. Russell and G. M. Corns of Spokane lave secured by location 560 acres of land In Oregon , on thu Snake rlvor , which contains an Immense deposit of pure gypsum , which Is 86 per cent pure. Oregon sheep to the number of 21,500 have crossed the river during the past two weeks on the way to their summer range. Several : hou9and mutton sheep have also crossed on the way to the Sound markets. The Milton strawberry crop has been t > llghteJ , says the Eagle. Big patches that liave been depended upon to furnish hun dreds of crates of luscious berries will not turn of. morel ban a fourth of a crop. The Eugene cannery and drier will not make a run on cherries and early small fruits and berries this season , but will begin operations In time for the prune crop this fall , and will also handle tomatoes and other late fruits. The wool continues to come Into The Dalles In large quantities , but no further activity Is noticed In tbe market. The mosl Important transfer recently was the selling o 50,000 pounds belonging to George Young of Bake Oven. This lot brought 9 cents per pound. E. T. Wade is hauling In his wool from Alba. Shearing had Just been completed at his camp and 12,000 pounds of wool Is tbe result of the clip. Ho drove his sheep Into the mountains during March and they are In fine condition. In the Uclnlty of Alba the shearing season Is just finished. The water Is so high at the Cascades tha little work can be done until the rlvor re cedes to the normal stage. Ono section o the second iato Is placed In position , and as soon as the water goes down the other gate will be erected , the remaining walls bull and the upper bulkhead taken out. The .people of Juniper Flat and the coun try between Wamlc an.l Waplnltla will b glad to know that the contract for renewing the work on the big irrigation ditch has been relet and work will begin at once. E. Owen ot North Yaklma Is to complete the Job In seventy-six days from May 27 last. WASHINGTON. A surveyor says .tha'f'G.OOO-horso power ca be obtained from tbo.falls of the Big Kllckl ut- i ; The pew mill ompany at Spokane ha already contracted , for , 2,000,000 feet of logs that are now cutfanji waiting to be floatei " down y , , Joe Clyde , a rancher on' tbo Humpfullps river. Is said to hjtvoa team of elks broken to harness. They 'll } haul aa heavy a load as any pair of horses. , „ Work Is about /o bo started on the con struction of the LakeMVadhington canal near Seattle. The whole . .undertaking , involving an expenditure ot . $7,000,000 , will be carried out without InterrUjptlgn. Pleasant * Is threatened with an Invasion of grasshoppers , the .ground In some Instances being alive with them. They have already done considerable damage to crops. In one In stance almost completely ruining a whole fleld of grain. „ William Sullivan and William Dunn , whc have Just come down from Trail creek , reporl that the ore body In the Cliff mine has been struck at a depth of 150 feet , the vein being eighteen feet thick and assays showing $7t In gold per ton. Tom Trent of George creek , In Asotln county , says his sorghum cane U up and growing. Ho has about eleven acres planted and thinks that with anything like a favor able season this amount of cane should pro duce over 1,500 gallons ot sorghum. The Epworth leaguers of all western Wain- Ington are polng to make a decided and de termined stand against the liquor traffic , They are going to make an effort to Intro duce tbe bible Into the public schools. The matter will be formally taken up and wayi and means .for the prosecution of the objecti will bo contldered at the coming Epworth eaguo convention , which tikes place at th * 'Irst Me'hodlst Episcopal church In Tacoma tine 18-20 , "Two sawlogs from the Immense. tr * cut t Williamson's camp last year were brought n and rafted for Tacoma. The largest ot he.se , which was cut off twenty-five feet rom the butt , Is thirty-two feat long , cev- nty-clght Inches In diameter and thl * mon- trous log contains 10,158 feet of lumber. Tbe rst cut ot this tree , twenty-five feet loug , a still In the woods and will be cut Into * hort ileces , say two feet long , for exhibition pur- > oscs , making logs of two feet In length and levcn feet In diameter. The tldo flats along the Indian reservation n the other sldo of the bay from Tacomo lave been bought up by the Puyaltup Indian * , 'hey have bought In the lands at the price ct upon them by the State Board ot Land Jommls'loncrs. Some ot the land bought > y the Indians Is exceedingly valuable for nllroaJ entrance. A part of Joseph Aloxan- er's purchaio gives him that portion ot the vater front near Brown's point which Frank loss attemptoJ to grade for the Great North- rn entrance to the flats. ' MISCELLANEOUS. Lambing Is about completed on northern lontana sheep ranches , and the sheep men re reporting gratifying results. The building of an electric railway from Sonoma to tldo water at Emb.ircadero Is gain being agitated by a number of Sonoma valley people. The Anchor Mining company , operating liver-lead mines In Utah , has advanced the vages ot Its men 10 per cent , from $2.50 to 2.75 per day. The Navajo Indians have planted an cx- onslve acreage of wheat this year , under h9 management of the government farmer. The seed and Implements were furnished by he paternal Uncle Sam. U Is reported that the' majority of the San Carlos agency Indians are continually Intoxl- ated and neglecting their crops. Their Inso- ent bearing , according to the Silver Belt of Globe , A. T. , bodes no good. Hop worms , which have been devastating he fields In the vicinity of Uklah , Cal. , are distantly Increasing In numbers , and are attacking alfalfa fields as well. Several armers are endeavoring to abate the nuls- nce by burning their fields. This action las apparently resulted beneficially. Hon. Jerry Simpson has decided to live In Hah , having tired of Kansas. It Is said hat ho has practically closed a deal with he Mount Nebo Irrigation company for the purchase of a 300-acre tract of land under hat ditch 100 miles south of Salt Lake. It s expected that Mr. Simpson will bring with lim a colony of Kansas farmers. On the Los Angeles and Yuma road there s no water from Carrlso creek to Cameron ako , a distance of over flfty miles. In rdlnary seasons water is to be found at sev- ral points between Coyote wells and Cam- ran lake , but none Is to bo found now. The ( stance Is forty-six miles. There Is great anger for travelers at this tlmeT A surveying party , of which Frank and larry Leonard of Wlnnemucca were mem- ers , had a narrow cscapo In the recent Oregon gen forest fire. They were In the woods when hi flames burst forth. Only by the most pre- ilpitate flight were the men saved from elng roasted alive. They only saved the lothes on their back , everything else , In- luded the surveying Instruments , being urned. Unusually Important developments have > oen made at Atlanta. In Elmoro county , daho. A company ot Boise men have been ppnlng up an extension of the Atlanta vein nder the management of ex-Surveyor Gen- ral Pettlt. They have opened a body of old ore flfty feet thick. There are streaks rom three to twelve feet thick that run rom $30 to $300 per ton , whllo the rest of tie vein runs from $12 to $15. * A 8HARPBEBUKE. udgo ( ireMium'n Opinion of Lawyers AVlio Act HH I. l > l > rt4tB. Eugene Field relates the following In the hlcago Record- Both Walter Q , Gresham and Robert T. . .Incoln were members of President Arthur's ablnct ; within the last ten years both have jeen mentioned with more or less frequency nd with more or less sincerity as possible iresldentlal candidates ; the fact that both lalled from the west has madojt natural that tie mention ot ono should suggest the other , "ct It would have been hard to find two men nero different In every trait and character- stlc. An Illustration of the difference be- ween these two Is afforded In an Incident vhlch Is recalled by the death of Judge Grcs- ain. At the tlmo of President Arthur's eath a number of Chicago people went to * Iow York to attend the funeral , and among his number were Judge Gresham and Mr. . .Incoln. Upon the Journey eastward several t the party fell to discussing a certain qucs- lonablo measure which was at hat time before the Illinois leg- sloturo at Springfield , and In he course of the discussion surprise and re- ; ret were expressed by one or another mem- > er of the party that Lawyer of Chicago lad gone to Springfield and Joined the lobby n advocacy of the questionable measure re- erred to. Thereupon there ensued an argu ment as to the propriety of an attorney's serving a client without regard to the justice or the dishonesty of that client's cause. Mr. incoln took up the cudgel qulto briefly In lefer.se of the proposition that a lawyer , so eng as he was paid for his services , was Instilled in advocating an unrighteous cause ; with reference to the particular affair at Springfield , Mr. Lincoln saw no wrong In the part played by the attorney therein , since .ho attorney represented the Interests of a corporation for pay and was wholly Justified in EO doing , even though the cause which he advocated was prejudicial to the Interests of tbe public. Judge Gresham sat In the seat Just ahead of the party engaged In this discussion , and It was observed that he grew restless under the argument made by Lincoln. Finally he turned about In his seat and facing Lincoln he said sternly : "Young man , I knew your father well and I loved him dearly. He never would have expressed the sentiments I have just heard you express , and I am shocked to know that It Is Abraham Lin coln's son who has advocated that which , If generally approved and practiced , would speedily result In the demoralization of pub lic and private morals. Whatever your sen timents upon this subject may be I advise you , when tempted to utter them , to remem ber that you are Abraham Lincoln's son and to keep silent. " Mr. Lincoln made no answer to this re proof , but the scene was one which none of the many others who witnessed It has ever forgotten. We know of no other Incident Illustrating more clearly that high and jeal ous moral principle which shone conspicu ously forth In Judge Qresham'a character and served as his rule of thought and action , both In public and private life. DENSITY OF POPULATION. Haw American Cities Compare with Tlioie of the Old \Vorlil. In all the countries of Kuropo , In Uie United States , and the Dominion of Can ada , says the New York Sun , there arc HO far as recent authentic figures show , 70,000- 000 houses. There are 342,000 houses , some of them unsubstantial affairs , Inthe city ot Tokto , Japan , one for every live people , BO that the Japanese metropolis does not suffer from overcrowding. New York has 115,000 houses averaging t'phteen residents to each. London , the greatest accumulation of inhabitants In the world , baa GOO.OOO houses , or seven residents In each on the average. London has In creased In this respect very rapidly , for at the beginning- the present century the number of houses was only 130,000 , llttlo more than New York has at this time. The population , of London at that time (1800) ) was 900,000. It Is now 4,200OOU. So It has Increased nearly fivefold , but the number of houses has not Increased in as largo a ratio. Paris has SO.OUU houses. At the clone of the rranco-Pruslan war It had 70,000. At the close of the Napoleonic want It hud Ki.OOO. The area of the city has. been ex tended meanwhile. Tlie average nurnbei of residents In a house In Paris Is twenty- live , which Is about GO per cent , greatui than In New York. The majority of pub lic buildings in Paris are utilized for pur poses of residence , especially upon the toj flora , wherean In New York scores of th < buildings In every street down town an Riven over exclusively to buslnes purposes In the square mile or more of the terrl tory between Wall and Spruce streets -unc between Broadway and the Kast Hlver there were at the recent election only 431 voters , representing : a population of 1.750 In all computations of city population b ) houses Philadelphia ranks a a shlnlnt of a big town which has plenty of elbov room to expand In. Philadelphia , with i pjopulatlon In excus of l.OOO.uuO , has ! ? , 000 houses. It Is less dentwily populatei than London , but not much less so. That scrofulous taint which has been ir your blood for years will be expelled by tak < Ing Hood's Sarsaparllla , the great blood purl fler. A novel society has been formed In luster- burg , a town In Germany , with th * UudabU object ot endeavoring to place a check on ovll-4pcaklng tongues. Naturally the mem bers are to keep their connection with the society a profound secret although how they will do that I * a puzils and U Is the duty ol each one to denounce to the president til those who are detected ) In backbiting find slandering their neighbors , giving full do- talli , Including the names of tin persons with whom the report originated , and also thwo who helped to iprrad It , as well as the neces sary witnesses. The society then takes the case In hand , Informs the Injured person , and placM , when necessary , funds at his dis posal to enable him or her to bring on action for tlnndcr. Unfortunately , In most cases there will be llttlo doubt as to the Indcnttty ot the Informant , who will probably bo made to suffer for such well meant zeal ; and as Instcrburi ? Is t > ut a moderate-sized tow.n , a lively state of affars will probably ensue , while the legal authorities are likely to hav enough to occupy them for the future - turo without taking ordinary business Into account. In the meantime , the place has become fnmou * , and the proceedings of the "Society for the Prevention of Scandal" will be watched with Interest. A Sheridan ot today might find material for a comedy In this new "school. " Wellesley girls show no diminution In their fondness for aquatic sporti. There has just been shipped from the works ot n Connecticut builder a line eight-oared barge. Intended for the use ot the class of ' 97. The barge Is described as forty-live feet long , three feet beam , and Is constructed throughout of Span ish cedar , lap streaked , with copper fasten ings. The fittings are made up of patent roller slides , swivel rowlocks and adjustable foot braces , It sounds like a racing boat , but It has not been built for that purpose , as the students are not permitted to race on the lake near the college , but It Is safe to say that there will be some pleasant and not too slow spins taken In the now barge. The London World has engaged In the congenial task of telling Englishmen what a mistake they make when they marry American heiresses. It points out to the domestic-minded , home-loving Englishman who has wed American dollars that his wife will prove a torment. "She has no taste for homo lite , " says the oracle. "On the con trary , she counts every evening wasted that she fcpcnds at home , and would die of ennui were she condemned for long to sole society of her husband. Very quickly ho will find that her theory of life comprehends only an endless round of gayely nnd a per petual circle of expenditure. The country Is only tolerable to her during the first effer vescence ot the bridal return , when the house Is filled as rapidly as It empties , and the neighbors are all In activity to welcome the bride. But when the long evenings set In and It Is no longer possible to tear about all day , and the landscape assumes the gray hue of winter , very soon she tires of It , grows restless nnd discontented , while her naturally strident voice assumes a sharper and more disagreeable note. So , at last , the country seat Is left to take care of Itself , and the couple hasten to London , Paris , Cairo or Monte Carlo. " Prof. Max Mullcr ot Oxford confesses that at first ho was opposed to the girls' colleges , but ho now concedes they are a great suc cess ; "and It Is a real pleasure to mo to see the young girls so eager to learn. Most young men do as little as they can ; young women do as much as they can too much. Indeed. Again , they work more systemati cally , and their knowledge Is better arranged. It tends wonderfully to the Improvement of the whole of their character , I wish the men could bo shamed and spurred Into fur ther effort. " The baroness , Burdett-Coutts , who Is sweet 81 , continues to wear her evening gowns decollete. To repair this error In taste , the good lady never appears without old-fash ioned lace mils on her hands and many splendid rings on her fingers. Mrs. Curzon , formerly Miss Mary Vic toria Loiter , inuet have made n star ap pearance nt the drawing room held by Prin cess Louise , nnd It Is deplored our latest American beauty-bride should not have been honored by an Introducllon to Victoria her self. But perhaps that will come later , In some moro private way , when the lovely Mrs. George Curzon can tell her majesty Mir Is her namesake , and on that account en titled to receive one of these Indian shawls. A beautiful young woman with a multi millionaire papa will always have an easy tlmo of It , but the late Miss Letter has a level head on her shoulders nnd a sound heart In her bosom , so ( hero Is llttlo to fear for her In this new life among strangers. There have been three or four International marriages to be satisfied with. One Is the Curzon-Lelter , and the others are the Cham berlain nnd the Playfalr. Miss Endlcott and Miss Russell have represented the best there Is here , and their English husbands have been gifted with brains as well as social position. Mrs. James Brown Potter never dressed In the prevailing fashion. In place of long lines and clinging draperies she required frou-frou enects something curled or clus tered like feathers and flowers. She was not only a very pretty woman , but very In telligent. If she know her flno points she also knew how to conceal her defects. She was the first woman in America who ap peared at a dinner party with long sleeves and a low-necked dress , and the sensation she produced was astonishing. She wore the sleeves not because she liked them , but be cause she didn't llko her thin llttlo arms to be seen. In the ballroom she was a vision of beauty. This tiny brunette , In her tucked up , fluffy dancing frocks , was copied by women of double her age and treble her bulk. "YOU CAN'T ' AFFORD. " YOU CAN'T AFFORD to Huh Into < lanfft < simply because you happen to bo fcaro Icja nnd courageous. YOU CAN'T AITOUU if a nun , to tnlca largo rlsUi In business It you have a fan > lly dependent upon you. rot ) CAN'T AiToitit. If a woman , to Mg led your children. They may tnalto you ! future happiness or misery. YOU CAJi'T APFOIID to neglect you | health In the slightest degree. Your Itf4 depends upon It , < d YOU CAN'T Ari'uui ) If you feel mnlnrl * oils , despondent or with thin blood ta take any chance * . 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Bold avvrywhcro. ZOO SOAP FLOATS ! JAS. S. KIRK & C P. . U. S. A. flPW PAnF < IAI'IjA"oul'lllANOINC' ! i rtCTT rJUlCO the I'onturon ami HeiuuT-/ / Ing lllomlelina.ln IH ) p. IxmU lot a utamp. f lohnll.Vo.Miury , m\V.4MHUN.V. ! Uvtutor of VYixxU'unr'B facial What is Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infants anil Children. It contains neither Opium , Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. It is n harmless substitute- for Paregoric , Drops , Soothing Syrups , and Castor Oil. It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years * use hy Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms nnd allays fcvcrlshncss. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd , cures Diarrhoea and "Wind Colic. Castoria relieves teething troubles , cures constipation and flatulency * Castoria assimilates the food , regulates the stomach nnd bowels , giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas toria is the Children's Panacea the Mother's Friend. ) Castoria. I " Castoria Is an excellent medlclno for chil dren. Mothers have ropnatedly told mo ot Its Rood effect upon their children. " r Da. Q. C. OSOOOD , Lowell , Mass. ' Castoria Is the beet remedy for children of which I am acquainted. I hope the day Is not far distant when mothers will consider the real Interest of their children , and use Castoria In stead of thovarlousquock nostrumswhlcu are destroying their lored ones , by forcing opium , morphine , soothing syrup and other hurtful ngcnU down their throats , thereby sending them to premature craves. " Dn. J. F. KntcnELOE , Conway , Ark. Castoria. " Castoria ti go well adapted to children that I recommend It aavuporlortoauy prescription known to tue. " IT. A. AncnER , If. D. , Ill Bo. Oxford Bt. , Brooklyn , N. Y. "Our physicians la the children's depart ment hare ipoken highly of their experi ence In their outside practice with CaxtorU , and although we only hare among our medical supplies what Is known as regular products , yet wo are free to confess that the merlu of Castoria lias won us to look with favor upon it. " UNITED HosriTib AND DISPENSARY. llostOD , Uaea. ALLIM C. Surra , Tbo Centaur Company , TI Mnrrny Street , Now Vork City ,