Nebraska Newspapers

    THE O tAIFA DAILY HE 13 : M'ONDAT , DECEMBER 2 , 18f > r . n
Pulse of Western Progress.
On ot thoie rare occurrences , flndlnc a
"InM mine , " lias recently taken place about
one tiilla north of the we t end of Mosca
I'4 s , In the Sansro de Chrlsto range , 8 j-a
an Alamo a special to the Denver Ne\u . Tor
mtny years this portion of the range has been
prospected , anil a few good leads lime been
fniind , tliough the main or mother IcaJ from
which so much rich float cornea In auppoitcl
to ho tlll undiscovered , Most of the vein *
ore mnill , at least on the surface , and as no
considerable detclopment work has been done
on them It Is Impossible to say how they
nlll turn out as depth Is gained.
In the spring of 18S2 Olc Johnson , a
Knedlih prospector , located a claim upon a
vein about one Inch In width from which ho
received returns from assays ranging from JGO
to MOO to the Ion. lie a an InJiutrluui
man and gifted with Indomltnblo persecr *
once , though , llko most prospector * , he had
> cry little capital Ith which to carry on
the business , and during the \\lnter month-
1'8 would seek employment by which he could
earn stimdcnt to carry him through the
summer. Tor h\o joars he labored alone ,
following the vein \\IUi a shaft through the
hard rock , drilling , blasting , llllliiK the bucket
with the broken rock and then climbing to
the surfacu and wlndlasslng the full bucket
to the top It was weary work and slow. In
Die month of October , 1S84 , Mi funds became
exhausted and he went to Ouray to get work
In Ilio mines , but hnd not been there long
li.-foru be contracted pneumonia and died ,
Three je.irn ago .Tnhnson's widow fame out
from Kansas , accompanied by nn uncle from
Untie , Mont. , AN ho was a practical miner.
They examined the properly and decided It
Mould not pay to work and returned home.
A number of others have put stakes up at
illffc-rent times on the strertglh of the ere
on the dump , but no they could nut discover
\\lirro It carne from they abandoned It.
A xhort tlmo since Ell Daxlu of Pueblo
began prospecting In this \lclulty and seeing
the ore on the dump of the old shaft ho
bpgan n quiet Invcstlgitlon and finally lo-
cjtcd the claim Ho cleaned out the shaft
and discovered that three fcot of rock and
dirt hid been packed Into tliu supposed bottom
tom of the shaft. After removing this
ho found that It had rested upon a Kolld
platform of largo timbers which had been
liutlt Into the shaft. Upon their removal he
saw , much to his uurprUc , that thn shaft
continued down over ten feet below tlio plat
form. Standing In one corner of the shaft
vcre right drills and a miner' * cpoon , show
ing that It had been the Intention of the
owner to return and continue work Upon
careful Investlpatlon It was seen that the
vofn Biidlltnly widened out Just om foot
Tjeloxv where the platform had been placed
and running across the bottom of the t > hnft
fa over Uvn feet of soldi oie. Mr Divls
at once left for Pueblo to make arrange
ments for prosecuting work upon the prop-
rty during the winter. A nnall force of
men will be put at work and by spring It Is
expected regular shipments will commence.
The ere In the bottom the the shaft as < uys
flvo and ono-half ounces In gold nnd 20 per
cent copper.
A TEXAS BOUNDARY DISPUTE.
Considerable excitement exists among reel-
dents In the southern portion of this city ,
says an El Paso , Tex. , dispatch to the Denver
Republican , over a rumor to the effect that
the Hlo Grande- was no longer to be the di
viding line between this country and Mexico ,
especially at this point. Tills rumor origi
nated from the fact that the Mexlran engi
neers of the International boundary cominlx-
slon , now In session here , have been survey
ing and placing monuments through the
southern portion of the city , running their
lines on Second street so as to take in a
strip of the city over a mile long and six
blocks deep , . The American commissioner ,
Colonel Anson Mills , was called here to con
sider a claim- from Mexico , and while that
claim has not yet been submitted , It Is un
derstood that Mexico will claim territory on
the north slda of the river , within the cor
porate limits of El I'HBO , on the ground thai
the original channel of the river runs almost
through the center of this city , but that b-
cause of embankments the Hood waters
shifted the main channel over on Mexican
territory. Mexicans living In the southern
portion of the city are so confident their
homes will soon be conceded to be on Mexi
can soil that they are flying the Mexican
colors from their house tops , hut under the
Onadalupc Hidalgo treaty the boundary line
was fixed In 1852 where the river now runs ,
and no fears of Mexico securing a big slice
of El Paso city are entertained by those ac
quainted with the changes of the river and
stipulations of the treaty.
HIDDEN IILACIC HILLS TREASURES.
There has long been a tradition on the
plains west of the Missouri river , and espe
cially. In the mining camps of the Dl.ick
Hills region , that homewhere In the Isolated
and practically uninhabited Grand river coun
try north of the Black Hills there Is a gold
bearing region where the precious metal In
the form of nuggets may "be picked up on
the surface of thn water-washed coulees. The
story , although seemingly mythical on Its
surface , gains almost enforced credence , says
the Sioux Kails Argus-Leader , from the fact
that Indians have- often b n found In the
possession of nuggets of'euch site and char
acter that they could not have been obtained
at any known point In the Hills , and no
white placer miners have- recently been killed
from whom they might have been obtained.
The existence of these gold fields was first
discovered during the campaign against the
Sioux In 1SG5 , but unfortunately none of the
original discoverers t-urvlve. .
It Is said that there are a few Indians on
the Sioux reservation who know the spot , and
who have heretofore kept the secret with more
than Masonic closeness , but It In gradually
leaking out and will before another sea TOM
passes bo disclosed. Thn story goes that in
September last an old and decrepit Indian and
his wife so wnrmod toward ! certain federal
otllclHl residing at Kushvllle , Neb , , for favors
shown them by him that they promised to
guide him to the spot. A party was made up ,
consisting of live while men , the two old
guides and a trailing band of about thirty
Indians.
Everything was harmonious until Grand
river was reached and the supposed vicinity
of the gold legion approached , < Camp was
made as usual 0110 evening , the whites retir
ing at the usual hour , but the Indians sat In
solemn council the entire night through and
Jn the morning coolly packed up and , without
a vord of explanation , started silently toward
their reservation. Big Fat , the famous Pine
Hltlge Ecgut , was sent after them , for an ox-
pla'tmtloii of their strange conduct , but he
recMtrd llttl ° encouragement , they simply
sajIng that In the dead hours of the night
the pplilts of their dead friends nnd relatives
had taken part In their council and bade them
return , The whites could do no more , and
they returned , but not to give up the quest ,
for with the ndvent nf fair weather next
pprlng another attempt will be made to find
the spot.
WYOMING OAMH.
"Dlks are the hardest animal ? on the con
tinent. " said Colonel William Root of Laramle
to a Denver Ne\vp representative the other
day , "They stand shipment by rail and tea
splendidly , and , Indeed , get fat during con *
flnement , and when turned Into the preserves
of the old country readily adapt themselves
to their surroundings. The elk and deer are
fed hay during transit. The latt shipment
made contained several head of moos-o. The
moo < Q Is a most delicate animal , and more
fastidious In hlc taste ? , rebutting apples and
cabbages Insteid of plain hay Colonel Root
pays that he had to pay 46 per barril for
apples and 15 cents per head for cabbages In
New York when he made his last shipment ,
and then one moo-'e repaid his kindness by
dying when on shipboard , It Is the colonel's
Intention to soon take another shipment of
elk , deer and moose to Scotland , for the pur
pose of flocking one of the largo game pre
serves of tbs Hlghhmlw Colonel Root has
made several shipments of Wyoming game
animals to England , and had the most flatter.
Ing success In his ventures.
Colonel Root Is very enthusiastic over
Wyoming's prospects for the coming jear ,
especially over the mining pros-peels.
"Our mineral resources , " ho says , "aro
now In a position to demand recognition , and
the coming year will se > wonderful develop
ments in the Mate. The capitalists want
gold , and we are now In a position to prove
to them that we have gold In abundance , and
they will be compelled to help us to get It
out "of the ground. The time wa when no
one wanted a mine unless II produced ore
form $100 up , but now , with the new processes
by which low grade ores can be worked at a
handsome profit , Wyoming's ores that assay
from $10 to $40 per ton will be worked. "
VANCOUVER'S QUARTZ VEIN.
A special from Victoria savs that Van
couver , the terminus of the Canadian Pa
cific , has come to the front as a rich gold
field. One quartz vein la said to bs the larg
est on record , being not less than eight fee
wide. Tills property Is on ? of the three
groups of claims lately taken up at the head
of Seymour creek by Henjumln Springer
president of the Vancouver Hoard of Trade
Henry Hefrlng.and Postmaster Jonathai
Miller , and Is less tlun ten miles from th
latter's ofllce. llcfrlng , who is the exper
of the trio , has been quietly prospecting eve
since the discovery of the first gold veil
about a year ago , and now he and Ills asso
elates are convinced that .they hive a mln
eral proposition worth many millions. Ther
wore three distinct ledges , and the. assay
show the ore to be not of high grade , bu
placed In such enormous- quantities tliat I
will pay working. The giant ledge shows
on the face of the bluff , where nature ha
cut the- vein r'ght across , exposing a huge
body of ore. It can bo traced right up the
mountain side and along the top for a dls
tance of fully 3,000 feet.
MEXICAN OUTRAGE.
News has been received at Demlng , N. M.
of the arrest and imprisonment by the Mexl
can authorities of Ascenclon , 100 miles soutl
In the republic , of Israel King , on ex-mem
ber of the territorial legislature and one of
the most prominent citizens of New Mexico
Two of his employes. Henry Coleman and
T t * tffnp/1 ivora nrrpRtprl with him.
King had made a heavy purchase of Mexi
can cattle am * has been rushing them across
the line since the quarantine was raised last
month. In some way he Incurred the enmity
of some petty officials , and they have left
nothing undone to annoy him. The Imme
diate cause of his Imprisonment was the
finding of two head of stock among his cat
tle which had. strayed into his herd , but
Kin- had no personal knowledge of them.
These cattle are the property of an American
claim that their
can , but the authorities
owner Id a Mexican and that King has been
guilty of theft.
This 1s only one of numerous trumped-up
charges of the kind , and the Americans on
this Bide are becoming highly Indignant.
While It Is not thought that King Is In great
danger , the American authorities at Juarez
and the City of Mexico and the State depart
ment at Washington have been notified , in
order that the prisoner may oe proiecmi.
King , It can be proven , had compiled with
every law and regulation. Ho ls not allowed
to communicate with his friends , every mes
sage ho has sent being Intercepted. Ball
was offered by filends In any amount , but
was rclused.
The prison at Ascencion Is a miserable
hole , unhealthy and filthy , and the food
given Is unlit tn eat. It IB said tlmt thirty-
six charges have been preferred against
King and his men , all over two head of
stock.
GIGANTIC INDIAN GRAVE.
Captain Dave. Numma , the big chief of
the Plutes , visited Reno the other day , says
the Reno , Nev. , Journal. He is In robust
health and tips the scales at 228. He wars
a coat like Jacob's , of many colors , and
bright ones , too , and though perhaps C5 years
of age , he walks erectly , and Is as oglle as a
college athlete. He tells about a grave on the
Pyramid reservation that Uadltlon snys con-
talnu the remains of a giant. Generations ago
another tribe was at war with th Plutes.
The giant came with the Inv idrrs and was n
match for four ordinary meii In a hand to
hand encounter. One day a Piuto who was
concealed near a bluff two or Hire * hundred
feet high on the bank of the fruckee , taw
the giant approaching. As he cam within
range t'if Pluto archer let an arrow lly at
him , Ho niisaed the mark , but as the K'aiit '
turned iho Pluto phot anotUer arrow , which
struck the giant In the Bide .ml went tbiouph
UN heart. The Plutes burled him where he
fell , and to Ill's ' day they fix the cm * , which
Is well dciliied and about nine feet lots. Tb ; >
tracks said to have been nude by , ho giant
are albo In a good state of prisMvatlon.
There are a number of thwii find thuy re
semble the p'bhlrtorlc tracks uncovered so-no
jears ago In I he stone quarry at the t'tate
prlsoi. ' "he tracks are olx or ciht ! feet
apart , aid there are forty or fifty of thtin ,
showing ll.e courio which the giant tuuk
acroj3 the ilat
Captain Dave says the Indiana 'odiy hnvo
no Ideas vvlt.tc-ver of the time of Iho incident
related was. When ho was a bay , flfty years
ago , his grandfather told him the Wiry of
the Rlaal'.i deal ! ) and had b. r > : i told by
father to sjii for generations , ir.'l'n * one
knew nhri't ) the big man cam3 from.
It Is said that ( he Ind'jn ' agent thought of
digging into the mound to ascertain if it con
tains bones or mould that would indicate
THIS run
Impels us to carry over thaP manufiic-
turer's prloo sale till Monday. We're sellIng -
Ing more furs than till the other firms In
Omaha put together. We think many
"lookers" the past week will be buyers
Monday. Uvery fur cape , cloak , jacket ,
collarette , mantle , muff , cap or article at
maker's prlcep J100 giuinentt ) $57 same rela
tive cut ulUthrouKh the stock.
G. E. Shukert ,
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, < it- * .
Furrier16th „ oud Homo/
that a man on nn anltnal of nny kln.l had
been there at any time.
NEBRASKA.
The Morse Bluffs Standard has suspended
publication ,
A woman evangelist named Phillips U holdIng -
Ing successful revival meetings t Hooper.
The Kearney oat meal mills , PO long Idle ,
hnvo resumed , and are being worked to their
full capacity.
' Knox county Is torn up over another
county seat fight. The citizens of Crolghton
are behind the agitation.
J. P. Gnth has put fifteen men to work
mining coal two and one-half miles north of
Ponca. He sells the coal nt $3,50 per ton.
Isaac Eaton , a farmer living twelve miles
north of Beatrice , Is under arrest on the
charge of criminally assaulting a 13-year-old
Blrl.
Blrl.Setli
Setli P. Mobley , the well known Grand
If Ian J newspaper man , was recently married
to Miss Emily Braun , a compositor In his
office.
And now Knllerton people are trjlng to
work themselves Into a perspiration over an
alleged gold discovery on a faun In Nance
county ,
A Kearney gambling joint has posted a
sign which reads , "Married m n not allowed
to play here unless upon written permission
of their wives. "
The people of Gardner township are agiln
enjoying postofllce facilities , the postolllce
at Luce having been re-established , with II.
C. Menze as Naeby.
Davvson county people arc signing a peti
tion urging Go\crnor llolcomb to compute the
death sentence hanging over J. B. Walker to
Imprisonment for life.
A reduction In the working day , changing
It to eight hours , has been carried out by the
Burlington In Its shops nt 1 Inv clock , Platts-
mcuth , Holdrcgc and McCook.
Mrs. Scrshon , a woman who has been an
Inmate of the Saline , county poor house for
sixteen years , recently received $959 back
pension , and an award of $ S per month as
long as she lives.
Lemoln Young , n farm hand working near
Elk Creek , claims the championship for corn
husking. IIU record Is nlnetv-flve bushels
nud thirty pounds , husked In six horns.
IOWA.
Grlnnell has completed a sewer nine and
a half miles In length.
Silas Sherman , a farmer near Nevada , was
killed by the accidental dlschatge of his own
gun.
gun.Jesse
Jesse Wimp , a prosperous farmer living
near Dallas , was Instantly killed on a railroad
crossing near Colusa , III.
Cooper & Speers , the oldest grocery firm
In Marshalltown , have made nn assignment
for the benefit of their creditors.
The bodies" of three well developed chil
dren have been taken from the privy vault
of the High school at Wheatland.
Burglars cracked the safe In Cole S.
Knees' store at Colesburg , but were beared
away before they secured anything of value.
Henry Tagcr , who has lived In Burlington
since 1SGS , died at the Protestant hospital of
Injuries received In a runaway a few days
ago.
Owing to a scarcity of mluers the operators
raters In the Centcrvllle district have ad
vanced the price for mining from 90 cents
to $1.
An elderly man named Stevens. Jiving at
Bannock , 111. , found his young wife at Bur
lington. She had eloped with a lover and
refused to return home.
The Dubuque county auditor's report shows
the cost of criminal prosecutions in that
county for the past jear to be $13,756 , or
$6,000 less than the year before.
In anallaround rellglouy debate In a
Crcston saloon Frank Wilson was knocked
down and walked on until ho was nearly dead.
The police broke up the discussion.
People in the southern part of Black Hawk
county have seen two full grown tigers and
have tried to kill them. A tiger hunt was
organized , but could get no trace of them.
The Benne county miners , who struck fern
n raise to $1 per ton , have all 'returned to
work and arc being paid on the DO-cent scale.
They were getting 80 cents before the strike.
John West of Ottuniwa , fearing he would
not recover from typhoid fever , shot himself
through the heart. Ills wife , who was con
valescing from typhoid fever , Is in a pre
carious condition.
During the past season plxty-ellit Kosantli
county farmers received from the Farmers'
Mutual Hail Insurance company losses ag
gregating $2,042.08 , damages done to crops
the past summer.
Two boys were fighting at Pleasant Valley ,
when Simpson Hamilton tried to separate
them. One of the boys. Henry Kanebale ,
plunged a knife Into his side and he Is now
in a critical condition.
Cyrus Miller , a Lucas county farmer ,
dropped from his spring seat dead while
hauling n load of hogs to Ottumwa and his
body was found In the bottom of the wagon
trampled by the swine.
Mrs. Barns ? , an estimable Webster City
woman , was attacked by a herd of cattle , and
In order to cfcnpo them she climbed a tree ,
where she was compelled to remain four hours
before her husband came hcme.
THE DAKOTAS.
The postal deposdtoiy of South Dakota
after Januaiy 1 Is to be removed from Yank-
ton to Sioux Falls.
The Michigan City , N. D. , flouring mills ,
die for a ytar past , has new owners and will
ba refitted and started up again.
Tlio distribution of annuity , goods , cloth-
ng , blankets , etc. , Is In progress at Crow-
Creek and other Sioux agencies.
BrooWngs will soon have a 100-barrel flour-
ng mill. It Is to be built within sixty days ,
riio city contributed the site and builds the
'oundatlon for the projectors.
A new six-inch artesian well was struck
on. the county poor farm at Chamberlain ,
which thtows the water to a height of forty
nches above the top of the well casing.
The work done on the Missouri river at
Fort Pierre this year Is already proving of
; reat value , as new land la forming around
he numeious piles driven , and there can be
10 doubt , from the amount already reclaimed
rom the river , that If the government con-
Inues Its work nil of the land washed Into
he Big Muddy at that place will be re
claimed in time ,
William McMillan , a mining prospector who
ms traveled widely In the mining camps of
he west and British Columbia , claims to
mvo found the crater of an extinct volcano
on the divide between Bear butte and Klk
creek. In the northern part of the Black Hills.
Mr. McMillan has seen many such craters.
and Is qanllfled U-Judge In this mutter. This
has been the flr . erit ever found In ( he Black
Hills , nnd will furnish additional Intereit to
the many gcologW ho visit the IIIII .
VOltORADO.
A report from'IlJ'.iho ' Springs jays that a
nice streak -of ? r has been encountered In
the Paten , up Virginia canyon.
At the "Kate Kmmett , Clwr Creek county ,
the adit level Is Wlnfe driven Into the hill on
a good gold-bcjiing quartz streik.
It Is understood , that the owners of the
French mill at Apaconda , Cripple Creek dis
trict , which was burned down more than a
) ctr ago. are prpjrtrlng to put In a new plant
of 100 ton ? capacity.
At Yankee M\\\r. \ \ \ Frank M. Smith of Den
ver has just completed a large shaft house
on the Semlnold mine , and Is getting the
property In shape tor extensive development
work dining the winter. A recent lest nf
their smelting ore returned nt the rate of $224
per ton.
Again the Theresa comes to the front with
a large body of exceedingly rich ore , assays
from which give return ? as high a ? $1,800
per ton , sa > s the Victor Record. Sylvanlte
and rusty gold are Intermingled with the
rock In such large quantities that It has the
appearance of bellig nearly one-half gold.
E. E. Burllngame , who has been as&ayer
in Central and Denver for upward of twenty-
six years , estimates this ycar'p gold output
for Colorado at from $16.000,000 to $20,000 000 ,
which nlll be greater than that of any other
single state or territory. The estimate of the
News , recently formulated by coun'le1. Is
$10.000,000 , nnd that of Director Preston of
the mints $15,000.000.
The excitement is still Increasing along
West Creek , nnd location1 * are being tmde In
all directions. The locations made Indicate
that the territory is a continuation of the
Cripple Creek district. While the rock differs
In appearance from that of the great gold
camp. It contains gold , and the Indications arc
that there 1 plenty of It. The town of West
Creek now has a population of 700 and Is In
creasing dally.
WYOMING.
Oil has bcvn discovered at Sheridan. Mr.
C. W. Mcrgoreldgo teccnlly drilled n well on
Nielsen Heights and found a small quantity
of petroleum.
Elk by the thousand ? are coming down from
high altitudes seeking shelter and feed In
the foothills nf Lander vnllrv nnd many of
them ate feeding with domestic cattle.
The Lander Mountaineer says flax can be
successfully raised in Ficmont county. Mr.
Joseph Hlmclbbnch of Lander has been experi
menting with it and is elated with his suc
cess.
cess.The
The Rawllns Jouinal says that an Immense
body of free- milling gold ore has been dis
covered near the hesd of Sandstone creek In
Carbon county. The vein Is fifty feet wide
and a true fissure.
Thirty-five ranches have been taken up In
the vicinity of Marquettc recently , and are
occupied by Bottlers. A big boom Is Im
minent In till * faction next season , nnd it Is
believed that the new county of Big Horn
will more than double her population duilng
the year 1896.
A good story Is being told on one of the
unlvcrrily students of the zoological class.
He was preparing to chloroform an oxolotol ,
or lizard , tor the purpose of dissecting It.
By Borne mistake he got hold cf the alcohol
bottle Instead or the chloroform. It was
observed In a , short.tlme , that the lizird was
"
acting stiangely"and when the mistake was
discovered It was having as jolly a time ae
anybody else who wtis on a Jamboree.
A. M. Craftsl Uio Douglas civil engineer ,
lo In Capper viewing the territory with the
Intention of carrying successfully his plan
Bessemer through the hills south of
of building a canal or Irrigation ditch from
Casper to Glonrook. He will run some sur-
veja and thoroughly Investigate the lands
and feel the pulse'bf ' the land ov.tiers and
ranchmen. Tlu ditch It Intended to water
15,000 , acres. HB also considers the building
of an Immene3 canalton the north Glue of the
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river.
OREGON.
Five hundred lamMhlrty men are now cm-
ployed nt the Cascadp locks.
A sash and ijoor factory Js to IIP- built at
Coqullle City by a stock company formed at
a mass meeting of bltlrens.
An Indian from the Grand Rondo was in
Dallas the otlier , ilay seeking Hie necessary
legal paper that would prevent his wife from
whipping him.
Marshfleld hoodlums carried awny so much
lumber , nails and tools from the new school
house that a night watchman has b en hiicd
to keep them from taking off the building.
Wolvcfl have become to numerous near Pen-
dleton that It is proposed to organize a wolf
'drive. Both whites and Indians will be asked
to co-operate and make an effort to rid the
country south and east of Pendleton of the
animals , which pester the farmers by carryIng -
Ing off fowls and by killing sheep.
The establishment of the pine-needle fac
tory at Grant's Pass seems nt last assured.
The dissensions which arose among the San
Francisco capitalists no longer exist and
they have pild Into the hands of the treas
urer of the company $10,000 with which to
begin operations.
Marshal Smith of Ashland picked up on a
street of that town a neatly eugiavcd note ,
resembling confederate currency , of the de
nomination of $100 , Issued by the Board of
Public Works of Springfield , 111. , of date
1840 and drawing C per cent Interest. It Is
In good state of preservation and Indorsed
to bearer by II. Fellows , commissioner.
Gold Basin is without a doubt one of the
liveliest mining camps on the coast at pres
ent , says the Kit by Union. Over 100 men
are at work digging ditches , building houses ,
roads and taking In machinery. They are
at present taking In the boiler for a double
circular saw mill. Another pack train has
been added , making In all nbout forty ani
mals norpacking. . They make a trip every
three or four days.
WASHINGTON.
A good deal of > hay Is being held In the
Yaklma country for $ G a ton.
About $1.000 was paid out In Chohalls re
cently for hogs on foot. The average price
was 2V cents a pound.
Elk nr < quite numerous Jn township 21-9 , In
Clichalls county , and the settlers are living
cff the fat of Uie land.
The second annual show of the Taconn
Poultry association will be given December
31 , 1S95 , nnd January 1 , 2 , 3 and 4 , 18UU.
The present managers of the electrJo light
plant in South Bend propose to introduce au
tomatic fire and burglar alarms In that city.
The stubble fields around Hartline are blue
with wild Ktt-ie. and sportsmen from Spokane ,
Almlra and Wilbur have beea bagging them
with much success.
Owners of job printing offices In Seattle
have formed a combine , representing $500-
000. Eveiy job aUlco in the city has joined
the movement and a scale of prices has
been adopted covering nearly every class of
work ordinarllyl turned out In a printing
house. The obectj ] bf the combine Is to fix
I PE1N PIGTURELS PLEASANTLY PUT,11 , !
LlTTLkC GIKTS KOH MTTI.I2 O.M'.S
It doesn't take much of nn Investment ,
but lt'n lots of bollier If you don't know
Just what to buy. Our list of little gifts
for little one * Is tu complete that If > ou
come lo us you'll stock up at once. Duy
BomelbliiB this Christmas that will luut
8omethlngr for the child to look back to and
uy "My folks bouKbt that for mo twenty
years ago of Mundelberg , and it's good
5 t. "
Mandelberg ,
, N. H. Cor. IGth&Fnraum
YOIIU OW.V
Hut let tu do the framing we'll do it
handsomely for U-HH ttiun you think. We
also make It easy to muke the picture. Kor
Clirlatmaa vvo'vo a box of oil color materials ,
with u nice tuwortment of pulnts , a palette ,
liruahea. oils all in u nice japuned tin box
for 12.00 und upwards. More handsome ,
attlstlc , appropriate Chriatmaa gifts than
any house In the west.
A. Hospe , jr.
Music and Art. 1513 Douglas St.
IO YOU SKIS THAT TOKf i
It's nothing llko the toe on those elegant
young iiu'n'u bhoea we sell for $3.00. It's
KMworth If there ever was. We'll guar-
j antee It to be pure leather and a regular
, beauty with the latest razor or needle toe
I elegant eaay W 00. Send for new Illus
trated catalogue.
Drexel
Shoe Co. ,
1419 F.truutu Street.
price * nn a paying tvi t % itiJ tn maintain
them there , ami to do an ay with rate cut
ting and the method * that for more than two
) ars hive proved no diviftroin to the craft.
K A. C ldll harW.ed a larRf chop
mill at OakenJalc , nhlrh he will run with tils
threihlng engine. There Is " demand for
chopped feed In that locality , ns nearly every
farmer Is feeding n number of hugs , nnd
they find It Is much cheaper to have the iian !
chcpped before fceilliiR It.
The tltt > upon which the new University of
WashlnRton Is located contains 3W1 ncrM be
tween Like Was > ' .ilnRton and I ake Union ,
within the city limits of Seattle , but nbout
five miles from the business center. There
Is about n tulle of frontage on Lake Washing
ton and half that amount on Lake Union.
The big run of salmon In Commencement
bay , I'uget sound , still continues , Fisher
men are taking fully 1,000 fish dally. They
are mostly of the silver and dogfish varieties.
The greater part of the dally catch goes to
the Seattle cannery. The flsh average six
pounds each , lrag seines arc used In catchIng -
Ing them.
The Indians who held their big Shaker
cimp meeting over nt Georgetown , on Will-
npn harbor , went from there to Oyehut lo
hold n few days' meeting with the Qulnaulta
One of the leader ? , who returned a few davs
flgo , stated that they did not have very good
success over on Wlllapa harbor , as too many
of the Indians liked their whlxky too well
and would not agree to quit drinking.
I'rank Ailing of Tacoma has been carr.vlut ;
on a sfrlos of experiments for some time p.un
looking to the production of a xailrty of
apples tint will stand shipment to Atlantic
ports , He has placed aboard the b.nk ( iiiv
0. OOPS three cases of apples , one of which
will be opened at the equator , another when
rounding the Horn , nnd the third nt Boston
harbor , u hither the ( loss Is bound. The
boxes are made of kiln-dried hemlock and
are airtight. Captain Mallctt will keep a
record of the temperatures through which the
ship passes aud the condition of the tipples
as each box Is opened.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A 1'omonn , Cal. , confectioner 1s making ol
ive oil candy.
The- wool growers of Montana recently ef
fected a Kate organization.
The Husbandman places the export value
of the agricultural products of Montana this
year at $12.000.000.
An Important coil mine Is being drvclop'd
In Hsmeralda county. Idaho. The vein l
eleven feet wide near the surface.
They are raising pcinuts In the Salt river
valley , Arl7. A farmer In that fertile eo-
tion expects to have a crop of 300 sack'i Mils
season.
A new Industry is being developed In Or-
nnge county , California , that of manufactur
ing oil from eucalptus leaves , which IH be
ing used extensively for medicinal purpose" .
The United States Mineral Land commi -
sloncra for the Helena , Mont. , district have
completed their work. They classified 350-
000 acres , at a cost cf less than 2 cents an
acre.
acre.The
The season has closed In the sawmills on
the San Bernardino mountains on account
of the snow. A larger amount of timber
than u-rjal has besn turned out. One mill
has worked up 2,000,000 feet.
Alaska's gold output for 1895 Is estimated
by G. II. Svvlneliart , editor of the AHska
Mining Ileconl , of June-au , tn be $3,000,000 ,
Of this amount fully JSOO.OOO baa been ob
tained from placer mining alone , chiefly
along the Yukon river.
The Anaconda Standard makes the state
ment that between 1,500 and 2,000 more , men
are employed In and around Dutte than ever
before , even when the sliver mines were
running. The mines of that district pay out
$340,000 p r mcnth for wages.
In one of the ponds of the flsh hatchery
at Slsson , Cat. , is a single flsh called the
salmon no kiss or golden trout. This Is a
rars specimen , found between the upper and
lower Agua Iloultn falls on Mount Whitney ,
xt nlinnt 1' > Ofifl fof t plnlntlnn. Sn far aa
known , this is the only place where these
trout are to be found.
It Is stated In connection with the arreet
of J. S. Courtney for killing buffalo In the
National park , that there are but ten head
cf these animals left In the park , and that
the settlers and the park ofllclalo are. unable
to protect them from the poachers and that
the true condition at affairs is kept from the
department at Washington.
When a good mare , at a horse sale In San
Bernardino Cal. , was sold for $2 , It was
thought the bottom pi Ice far horseflesh had
been reached. A new record was established
In Ventura county , however , a few days
ago , at an administrator's E > ale , when a horse
was knocked down to a Mexican boy for CO
cents. Ho bid so high because he coveted
the halter which went with the animal.
There are reports of trouble In the vicinity
of Hutlon , Mont. , where the Cheyenne In
dians are F.I Id to be creating alarm among
stockmen and tanchers by killing and running
off cattle and otherwise terrorizing the In
habitants of the place. A number have been
killed. It Is not stated by whom , but Is piob-
ablc the Indians' are responsible for the kill
ings. The place Infested by them Is on the
.Rosebud agency In the Wolf mountains , an
out-oT-thc-way pbce seldom heard from. The
settlers are greatly1 alarmed over the appear
ance of the CheyenneE , and their boldness In
killing the stock.
It Is now definitely settled that Yukoners
will have a real , live newspaper , not a mere
missionary sheet published only twice a year ,
but a regular weekly edition. The prospective
publisher's name could not be learned , but
he has been on the river all season looking
the country over and seeking the best loca
tion , and came out this fall on the Bertha
for his plant. Whether the venture will be
launched in Circle City or Forty Mile Is not
known , but It Is really of very little consequence
quence which city Is chosen , as they are so
close together , only a fgw hundred miles In
tervening between them.
Exposure to cold , damp winds , may result
tn pneumonia unless the system Is kept In
vigorated with Hood's Saruaparlllu.
TUMI 11V Till : TIII'MIIS.
All IllllltMltlOII OffrIIIIM Ill-rilllfCC-
iiu-iit Unit IN OliNiTinl Commonly.
"When I went to a nerve specialist flrst , "
nald a man who was once an Invalid to the
New York Sun , "he told mo that on ? way
to judge of the condition of a person's nerves
was to watch his thumbs. I'vcr since that
time I have found the greatebt fascination
In looking at people's thumbs. The doctor
said that if they moved Involuntarily out
ward It was a sign that the nerves of that
man or woman were not In the best con
dition. I find myself now sweeping the
line that fclln opposite me in a car , and if
that doctor's tent is a good one there Is a
surprising number of people In this town
whose nerves need looking after. There are
few among the women who do not Involun
tarily move the thumbs outward at Intervale
of every few minutes , nnd when your atten
tion has once been Attracted to It the process
of watching their gloved hands grows very
Interesting. I have found the habit much
leas frequent among men ; but take the average -
ago number of women in a cable car and It
will bo a surprise to you to see how many
of them Indulge unconsciously In this little
habit , I only hope It does not mean any
thing as serious as It might Indicate It that
nerve specialist's diagnosis was a good one. "
Starch grows sticky common powders have
a vulgar glare. Pozzonl's Is the only com
plexion powder fit to use ,
A Cmnpllrntloii ,
The small boy had a restless , unhappy look
ag he approached the young man who was
celling on his eister , relates the AVushlngton
Star.
"I wouldn't tell anybody but you ubout It , "
he ald confidentially.
"About what ? "
"About what's happened to me , But I
thought you might help me. "
"In what way ? "
"Do you remember that little bit of a
gold watch my sister had ? "
"Yes. "
"I was fooling with It , and uUter was
coming , and I put It In my mouth to keep
her from seeing It , and the flat thing I knew
I swallowed It ! "
"How long ego ? "
"This afternoon. If you put your ear down
to my chest you can hear me ticking Inside. "
"You'd better have a'doctor. "
"Then I'd have to let the folks know.
Sister Bays you have wheels in your head ,
sometimes , and I thought mebbe you'd toll
me what you do for 'em an * that It might
nt this case. "
One Minute Cough Cure is harmless , pro
duces immediate result * .
REAL REFORM WORTH MONEY
Auction of HtiTct
NEW YORK SETS A GOOD EXAMPLE
. " 'mill ItiMriuip Otitiiliioil for 1'iitillo
m
1'rlt IU-K "i Keen C < iMi | 'Mllon
Otlirr I'KU-N Minlnu lu
tlint Direction.
Comparatively f. w American cities obtain
from franchlsed corporations Ju t compensa
tion for the privileges granted them. The
rule U to give them all the ) .irk and cloth
them with powers that return to plague the
creators. Exceptions lo this tule are1 rare ,
but the fact Is worthy of note that a few
cltle hive become weary of granting valuable
privilege * without compensation. There Is
manifest a growing disposition to profit by
the examples of continental cities wherein
municipal control Is as near perfection as
conditions will admit. But It Is not necessary
to go bpjond Canida , for a model. The city
of Toronto owns and leases street railway
llnss and derives from them a rtvcnuo sulll-
clcnt to pay a large portion of the current
expenses of the city Chicago Is bestirring
Itself in this direction , although the best
horses In the municipal stable have b en
appropriated. By the terms of franchises
iccently gianted the city will derive n
moderate revenue , but the amount Is n bagatelle
tellecompaieil with the enormously valuable
ptlvlleges heretofore granted without cost
to the corporations. Philadelphia derives n
million and a half a vcar from franchlsed
cuiporatlony. The city of New Haven has
decided tint on all extensions of existing
street car lines the companies must pay
Into the city treasury $700 per vear
per mile , or fraction of a mile.
Ever snco ! the wreck and rout of the Jake
Sharp combine In Now York City wmc
twelve > ears ago. reform In granting muni
cipal franchises has grown steadily. But It
remained for the last legislature lo give
the movement something more substantial
than sentimental fore ? . A law was enacted
requiring the franchises of all railways to
be sold at public auction to the highest bid
der. Two suctions In compliance with the
new law were held In the office of the city
comptroller recently , and the results far
exceeded the expectations of the authors
of the act Two franchises were put up ,
giving the right to build nnd operate trolley
lines In some twenty miles of streets In the
"annexed district" above the Harlem river.
The minimum price permitted by law Is 3
per cent of the gross receipts dutlng th ? first
Ove jearg , and G per cent thereafter J and
all bids are In addition to that amount.
At the beginning of the sale three com
panies participated In the bidding. The first
bid was a small fraction of 1 per cent in
addition to the "upset" price of 3 and 5 per
cent. This was gradually Increased by
eighths nnd sixteenth of 1 per cent until
the bids assumed magnificent proportions
The auctioneer declared that he hadn't had
such an exercise in fractions lnce ho went
to school. One of the three companies
dropped out of the race after only a few bids
had been offsrsd , when the bids were between
n and 4 per cent. The other two companies
were each determined to have the franchUe ,
and their representatives kept up the bidding
for nearly four hours , with scarcely a pause ,
only stopping a moment now and then to
hold brief whispered consultations with the
high officials of their companies , who were
at their elbows.
Thirty-seven and threc-elgths , the North
on behalf of the People's Traction company , "
one would say.
"Thirty-seven ana tnree-eignis , me norm
New York , " would come the quick rejolner
from the other side of the table1.
And so they kept It up until the North
Now York had bid 40 per cent. Then the
People's suddenly abandoned the one-six
teenth plan and made the extraordinary bU
of 97 per cent for the first five years and Of
per cent thereafter. This , together with the
3 and 5 per cent required by law , would be
nothing less than the entire gross receipts of
the railway which should be built In these
much-desired streets. The People's company
had played its trump cnrd and expected to
see Its rival retire from the race.
But the North New York company was not
to be outdone. Its representative raised the
bid ono-half of 1 per cent. The People's
con-pany promptly protested against the ac
ceptance of such a bid on the ground that no
company could pay the city more than Its
entire gross receipts. The matter was re
ferred to the assistant corporation counsel
and the decision was that the companies
might bid ay much as they liked.
Then the People's company bid 1,000 per
cent and the North New York said 2,000.
For a time the bids Increased by additions
of 100 per cent at a time , or alternate addi
tions of 95 and 5 per cent , until the bidders
seemed to reall/e thai they were needlessly
reckless In giving away some hundreds of
thousands of dollars a minute , and returned
to the old plan of addlug only one-iilxteenth
of 1 per cent at a time. Thin continued until
4 o'clock , when the comptroller declared the
sale adjourned to thu next day. The bidding
had gone steadily on for nearly four hours ,
and nearly 7.000 per cent of the gross recjlpts
bad been offered. The last bid before the
adjournment was 0,075 1-1G per cent , from
the People's company. The North New York
ottered to make U one-clchth , but was too
late. When the interested parties asasm-
bled the next day to continue the remarka
ble contest they found that the continuance
of the sale had been temporarily enjoined on
the application of the third company , which
withdrew from the content at nn early stage.
Tha ground alleged for this Interfeicnce waa
that the extraordinary bids of the other two
companies wcro not made In good faith. The
decision of this question Is still pending In
the courts.
It Is not generally believed , says the Chicago
cage Her.ord , that the buccessful company
will accurately pay Into the city treasury
seventy times as much as it receives from Its
passengers. The contesting parlies evidently
relied upon some futuie decision of the courts
to fix the payments within the bonds of rea
son after the franchise should bo granted.
The People's company explains that It can
afford to pay the entire amount received on
the disputed territory on account of the ad
vantage Its lines there would give It In inak
ing connections with Us proposed lines be
yond the city limits , where the fare will bo
mura than t > cents. It wis the possibility
of making favorable conneptluns that made ,
the franchise In question so very desirable.
Whatever the final outcome may be , this
unprecedented auction hule Is significant as
Indicating ; the great value of street railway
franchises to the companies securing them
and the expediency of th auction plan for
securing the highest payments to municipal
treaburles. It shows , for example , that a
railway corporation may sometimes be wiltIng -
Ing , If necessary to give up all Its profits on
n certain portion of UK line In order to o-
cure a strategic advantage of situation. The
bidding was not a more show of words , for
each company was icqulrrd to give n heavy
boml as security fur the iterformunco of Its
agreements it successful.
The second of thce remaikahlo auction *
took place cnly the other day. It was not
to cxtraoidlnaiy as the flrxt , but the city
will ieclve : more than 40 per cent of the
Broes turnings of tht road when it Is built.
The propoied line Is known as the Klngs-
brldge extens'on , and will he about eleven
miles In length , In the northern part of the
city. The bidding waa b-gun at Z per cent
and rose by additions of one-half nf 1 per
cent until 38'/i per cent had been bid. The
frJiichlua nan knocked down to the Third
Avenue Railroad company at that price , lu
addition to the percentages required by law.
Only one other company took part in the
bidding.
There U little doubt that the terms of this
sale will be cairled out. The company has
deposited $250,000 as > a guaranty that the
road will bs built , and It makes a payment
of a like amount on tha price of the fran
chise within thirty dajs. The company also
agrees to charge auly one fare for trans
portation between any two poliito on Its en
tire syftem. Including the extension , nbd to
fulfill certain other conditions , which are
described In detail.
This is the only franchise which has ever
been actually told In New York for more than
40 per cent of the gross receipts , but the ferry
franchises , which have been sold ut auction
for many years , have in some Instances
been sold at very blRli prices. In one cace
the successful bid uas 35 PIT cent of the
gross receipts , but this amount hax never
bien actually paid. Another company which
bought a .f rry franclltv | Ii 1RST fur 29.3 per
cent ha never operated the ferries.
rilli I:01'NTAIN01J : ' YOUTH.
_
It llfn > f > tf > r Horn INintiil , lint I (
l'Mt * r < i lltt\i > Hern DlnrtM crvil.
Itt.ii once tlu.iulit tint it fotintnin existed
onifitlioro HI tlio world mult tint nil who drunk
of It would be endowed with ppipclunl youth.
rorUriiKflKoiiupii Bought for tuts wonderful
fountain , but It wni nut tint II ourowtillmo *
linl ] tnjllilnp llko II was oter discovered.
Tlih ill co\ory HUN inndf 113 a brilliant French
VhjrMclim who polntoit out tlint ntnrly nil tli
licnnln ttluinltnliuMl rcnrtrkahlo old ncnowod
ihPlrhciltn inul strpiigtii to tlio const nut uio
( it sumo purest liiuilcnt , TliU , ho sal J wns thei
Irnu fotiiitnln of youth.
Today ) ItyslolntisrrcoRiiIrn tlmt In nil cn c
whcio people huvu tlreil fooling' or nic tiui
down lit lirnllli tnmrlhltiR Is lu-och'd to Mlinu *
Into tlinlr llniteltii ; t'mirplii" . Thi'V nlsn n-ooit-
nlzothnt for UiU ptirpoo mitliltii ; hnsevrr
oiiualiMi DiiiTi'tl'uri' MnltliNKoy which. to
day. timid * tiiii iiiulrd ] 111 it iintf , tullablo ,
' .
A * nn tnii'iinlo of vvlmt thK preparation
will do fori-ldorly men iinil wntm-n. wo inur
tn p tin' following IntPri'Mlnsoa'O. Mr. Wnlli'r
I' . Clitinmn ! | , of 29 llnmner Mrtvt , llnltltncri' .
writes : "I consider DnlTv's I'uro Mult vVliN-
Key tlio very liont itrllclo for I lie u o of elderly
| > cr oin who iiMiulrou tonic as cll nsusllniu-
Innt .My gr.iiMlmnllirr. who N now | ini : IK )
yonrsof 111:0 , Inn beini utlnis It for utiotii tliruu
} nrsnnil It 1m * itctuil nlmntl IIUtMt rlmi in ,
nlwnyi etvlnt ; lior mi nppntltn and iillnvlni
nnv ilUorder of tlio MiniKH'li. I am confl lout
KID | could not do without II. "
This li butonuof ton tlioii8.tiidMltinilnrcn < sr < i
In which Duffr'n 1'uro Malt \Milskoy has liocsi
tlio men in or pu < arvliillfu | tinil lu'iiltli under
the ninsl tr.Ing condition * Tills Is bemuse It
Is imonllimry whiskey. ll duseivotJ lm\o
n plnco In ovriy household where u timely
nmlsiifo roinedy should nhvn\H liont hand ,
l V/t.HY WOMAN
nietlnn > uooils n rellnhio
monthly regulating mrdiuluu.
DR. PEAL'S
( PENNYROYAL RILLS ,
.W prompt Rnfn nnd certain In rwttlt. Thopenu-
mi ( Or lV r lTif iTrti n < iiolnl K nt nrnhcra
Jl 00. Sherman * . MrCnnnrll DrUR Co. , 1511
Mrerl , Omaln , Neb.
Instantly stops thi > most cxcrutlatlnc pain * . allay *
Intlnmmntlon and cures coimcatiunahctlier of
( he Icings. Ktonmcli. Uoncls or oilier Rlnnda or
mucous mcmbrunrs.
RADWAY'S REAY RELIEF
CUHKS AND I'UKV
Coliln. rniiKliH , Sore Tlirnnt , Inltiiciijto ,
llronolillln. PiUMiiiiouIti , Illicit-
iitiitlxni , JVeiiralulii , llemlnelii1 ,
Tootlmclir , AHlIiiiin , 1)1111-
cult llrciitliltiK' .
CUIliS THE WOHST I'AINB In fiom one to
twenty mlmilcn. Not one hour ntlcr i mil Inn
tlila uilxcitlscment need nny one SUFVUIl WITH
PAIN.
ACHES AND PAINS.
Kor hcndnchcvhetTipr ( side or nor\ous ) . tooth *
nclio , neuralgia. rlieutnatlBin. lutnlia n , pains nud
WL'uknCfn In tlie bulk , nptnc or Xktnr > pulii *
around the lUcr. plciirl. y. snellliiK of tlio Joints
and pallia of all klml' . the niipllratlon of llncl-
\\R > 'D Hend > Hellef will afford Immodlnte inte ,
and Us cuntlnuod use for a tew OaB iltect it
i > ermaiipnt ruro.
TAKHN 1NWAHDLY A half to a tenFpoonfiil
In half n tumbler ofntir for stomnch troubles.
colic , wind In the bowpln. cold clillln. fexcr mid
onus , dlarrhocn , elclc headache and all Internal
palnn
1'rlco BOc per bottle. Sold by till
Monthly
Pains
and nnxiotics can bo I'elieved to a cer
tainty by wing
Drl Chevalier's
Female
Pills.
Price , 81.00 ( lor box
If you are timid anil i doubt us to
what will relieve you , send for these
pills. Sent scaled becuroly by inuil on
receipt of .price.
Sherman &McConnell Drug Co
1513 Do.lgo St. , OMAHA.NEn.
TOR
Searles &
Searles
SPECIALISTS IN
Nervous , Chronic
Private' Diseases
WEAlTMEM
BKXUALLY.
All J'rlvuto Dlmmiio *
unit DlHorilvrnuf J\I u.
Treiitini'iit by mull.
coiunltiitloii fr u.
SYPHILIS
Cured for life und tlie potion ( liurouijliiy
cUanstcl ( rom tlie ijtUra. l'IUH. KIMTUJ.A.
nnd nKCTAL. ULCERS. HYDIIOCCLR AND
VArilCOCRI.n permanently nnJ succfufully
rnrod M'tliort new nnrt unfalllnif.
"rod
STBiCTUREAND GLEET
CIIO1U9.
lly new inuthud without ruin or cutting.
Call on or nddicaa vvlth Btum
111) N. litirii.
Dr , Searles & Searles , OllliiU * . .N O.
BAYER , STWUSE & CO. , 412 D'war. N. Y. . Mffft
THE MURRAY.
Oiuulto's Leading Hotel.
) o (
Now Equipment.
I'JHST-CLASS AND MO I ) I' UN.
Special Rates by tlio Month for
tlio Winter.
B. SILLOWAY , Pros , and Mjr. ,
14th and Hartley St . , Oraalta.
1'ortS 00 lliihn't rlunnaciOiiKilin ,
' Nib. , will Mind you U boxes of Turkish
ist Manhood Cure with u illfthirt Iryiil
uuraiifrc to euro you of uny uiuikaosy
caused by youthful error * or fjvtutre
drill.furfully stopping ti f 0/1 tvnifnt Join
1 brlnKlng back the utirniilh una vluor of
youth or refund every roil | mld to us.
\Vo do not Klvu fun j < ir r < / > f/uii , but
iniHllclnii that " 111 ouiu und UH-
vclop nil paiu fully. KlnKlo boxen $1 ,
Bout by mull , no printing on outside , on
I receipt of pilco ,
fur Laillrt - 7 in A Itli Tamy nnd JVii uy.
ruj/uf I'llln never full to bring ineunlnia.
( Ivii tare tu thv < luy , II box , U for t ! > by
I mall. Ilahn'tt I'lmrmucy. Omnha.