THE OMAHA DAILY B/312 / -MONDAY , DECEMBER 1(5 ( , 1895. 5 imimm Pulse of Western Progress. Tli ? rcc-nt discovery of fro' gold nar Hill City Is Jalmcri to b * of greater Imporunca than the Holy Terror , which has attracted so much nttonUori , and .19 this comes directly from gentlemen who areInitresleil In both propsrtlw , It may bi ? consldired pretiy reliable - liable , siys the Deadnood Plonicr. The dis covery was tnadc upon Pat Burns' ranch , a mile uul : * halt this side of Hill City , under riiv l circumstances : The wind had blown luwn a large pine tree , tearing tip the earth and loose rock to qulto an extent ; a gentle man happening along In a few days noticed that trie gold hearing rock was exposed , and dlgirliiK and brushing around a little ho found that the rock came from a well defined vein , which had broken through tlie earth's emit , und but for a few Inches of coil was lying In Right , carrying such quantities of free gold that It would attract attention at a glance. Al Amsbury and Thomas Illitlr , who are heav ily Inlpiestcd In the Holy Terror , hastened to obtain an Interest In the ground , which thu discoverer had staked off , paying him $1,000 for a two-llilrds portion. They then began tracing thn vein , which U u vertical , following It 430 feet without any dUllcully whatever. It to eirfht Inches thick at the surMec' . and the ore l.s very similar to that found In the Holy Terror , but surpasses ere from the. lat ter mine In point of richness , ns U Is literally nllvo with gold that exists In veins , In gold holes and In flakes. U will be known an the Swmysldo mine , and the work of opening up nnd taking out ore will bo commenced at mice. WEST CREEK A TIMBER RESERVATION. The somewhat Bturlllng f.tct has Just b on discovered that tre West Creek mining d'a'tlct Is O'l a United States timber reservation , 2nd that ppricns walking therein are liable to Imprisonment for trespass. This tefeia to tha laud out ili3o two or three patented homesteads , or about nine-tenth1 * of the district In which traces of gold have been discovered. Some tlmo ago. Fays the Denver News , a syndicate of local men was organized to de velop prospects und Invest In new mining districts. The syndicate was named the 11. & M. Mining and Development company nnd Edward F. Highland was electcJ presi dent. The company lo composed ot nuch well known men a j Senator Hurtzull , Dr. Hugo Mnger and othero. When the West creek ex citement first developed , stops were at once taken toward making Investments In pros pects and mines should any be on th ? market. First , however , the value of titles In the dlH- trlct was locked Into and It was found that the now forest reaarvatlon , which extends upward from Plko's pfuk , took In the district and that outsldo of the small portion of patented ground persons entering the land \\ere liable for trespass. Pending action on the part of congress further steps were aban doned. Senator Hartzcll said : "With the exception of the land which haa been patented , and one or two homesteads for which patents will bo Issued , the mining district of West creek Is undoubtedly on a timber reservation , and persons who enter thereon are liable to pros ecution for trespass. Congress should , and undoubtedly will , pass a law cutting off the mineralized portion of the reservation , but until then It Is not safe to make any invest ments on account of the title. As a timber reservation the district referred to Is a farce , nearly everything having been cut down years ago. I have been over the ground several times and believe that it will be very easy for congress to pass the necessary laws for the relief of tha miners. It should be done , for we ncd tlie metals In tha ground far more than the almost barren ground Itself as a reservation. " NEW CALIFORNIA RAILROAD. The Santa Fc railroad people have a corps of surveyors in the field laying out new liranch lines for that company from Azusa , which Is northwest from Pomona and near Pasadena , through Pomona and Chlno val leys , on to Elstnore , making a branch road of about eighty miles long , says the San Francisco Examiner. Agents for the Santa Vo company are also busy getting the right of way for the new road and franchises from the towns through which the road will pass. It Is believed the work of construction will begin In a few weeks. The Southern Pacific company has been building n now branch line In the same ter ritory for several months , nnd for some dis tance the- Southern Pacific company's new road parallels the main line of the Santa Fc , nnd In a district where the latter company haa had very profitble orange and prune ship ments for eight or nine years. There Is reason to believe that the Santa Fe people have undertaken this new branch road so hastily In order to checkmate the rapid advances of the Southern Pacific company In building Its new line Into the- prosperous beet sugar town of Chlno , nnd also Into the orange growing locality of Riverside. Pomona valley and this section has had main lines of the Southern Paclflc and Santa Fo systems for the lapt decade , and with the new branch lines by each of these com panies ths | locality will have four good rail road lines. BRUTAL ADVENTURERS. zThe Capital publishes n story that a number of Los Ang les men have received a concession from ths Mexican government to the Island of Tlhuron In the Gulf of Cal ifornia , says n Loa Angeles dispatch to the Minneapolis Tribune. The men arc John ilradbury , J. Downer Harvey , Peter Martin and Walter S. Moore- , nil well known men. Tlrbuon Island Is Inhabited by the Cres Indians , a warlike race , said to bo cannibals , nnd an expedition Is being organized to kill them off and take posseslon at the Island. A company of MO men Is being organized under the command of Colonel I. H. Polk. Kach soldier Is to recMve $250 and 100 acres of land after the Island Is conquered. The money fnr the expedition Is being put up by Colonel Bradbury , who Inherited a million or BO n few years ago. There are only about forty halo C rlslans , but they are eald to be such valiant fighters thnt the Mexican government despaired ot stibJuIng them , and 1ms offered the Island to Bradbury and his companions if they would undertake the work. ON CHESAPEAKE MOUNTAIN. Great excitement prevails here , says a Chesapeake ; Mountain special to the Denver News , In consequence of the results of three mill runs taken from the Daisy 11. , which wore respectively $7C , $120 and $35 per ton In gold , The ere was taken from a streak In the bottom of the shaft , which averages from three fec-t to forty Inches In width. As work proceeds In the shaft of the- Pur itan , the streak Increases In size and richness mid the lucky owners feel proud over t'nelr good fortune. They are now taking out about n ton a week of sulphide ere which runs $100 per ton In gold , This Is the work cf two men. The Mls.s Dividend , owned by Mrs. Henry T'O AIIHI.I.S THAT AUK I.OADRU How does $1.25 a hundred strike you ? That's our pries for the next few days you always pay nearly $2.00 for them no need to nay more , beyond the fact that all our ammunition ls priced Jurt that way re duced to help us clwr out our too largo a Ktack's make Columbia Metal Polish and 111 ! mail order u. Cross Gun Co. , JSportiug Goods. 116S. 15th St. * 1 I * Lor. . has shown tome very high grade ' ort Outing the ass < nunt work Just com- 1 Ictnd an averageof the streak ( ten Inches ) ihowlug a value of $75 In gold and fifteen ounces In silver per ton. A test run taken from the Vigilant extension , thirty feet from the surface , gavn returns of $100 p r ton In gold. A now shaft hous < ) and boarding house. h > uo just been completed on the Curlew prop erty. The. shaft Is now down fifty feet and shows a ttendy Improvement. The ore In this properly runs all the way from three up to Iwpiity-uno ounce * In gold psr ton , and It has been a shipper from the grass roots down. This mountain Is xltuatod one mils north ot the Alice tnltio and two miles west ct Yankee Hill district , aud Is easy of access any tlmo dtirlni ; thi > year. TROUBLESOME SIOUX. A cattleman from Slim Buttes tells the Whltewood Plalndvaler that a largo band of Slottx Indians Is making a hunting tour nf the country to the north nnd literally exter minating all large game. The Plalndealer man g.iyn that these n-d vagabonds am scour- Ini ; the country on both tides of th3 North and South Moreaii and throughout Slim IlMttce. They have luen otit for the past two nion'Iii , und In Cave hills , where deer have nlwiys been plentiful , there Is not a tiack led. It ! : estimated from the number of lililfn swat thn camp that upwards of 400 nnteltpf Invo hern slaughtered , nnd after removing * hi > hides the animals were allowed to remain on Ilia pralrlo. An Indian pollcp was with th party , but Instead of keeping the uncouth whelps within hounds ot the IRVV , he 1ms encouraged them In their nefarious work. Ths ranchmen north are ac credited with havlnE rouraqc enough to pro tect their property , but If they allow these thieving Indians to roam over the country setting disastrous Ilres , such as > the one that recently destroyed n vast amount of range along Grand river , they are lacking In the execution ot that courage for which they are given so much crodtt. Good , cold lead nd- mlnlu'cred In allopathic doses would teach these scoundrels a lerson and entitle the "man at the gun" to a life-long pension. MURDERED AND PETRIFIED. The pstrlfisd bodies of three men , supposed to bo John and Henry Cleaves and Arthur Sparks , California minors , who visited Bis marck many ycaru ago , and mysteriously dis appeared under circumstances which pointed strongly toward murder , have been found In a lonely gulch several miles north of town , says a Hlsmarek , N. D. , dispatch to the. San Francisco Call. A small hole over the left cyo ot ono * > f the figures nnd a deep gash acros'i the head of another seem to boar out the t'aeory that the men came lo their deaths by foul means. The third body Is in the best state of preservation and no Indication of violence is to be found upon It. There Is no positive clew to the Identity of the men excjpt n btory told by n few old settlers , who say that some tlmo In the 70s three prospectors from San Francisco , named respectively John and Henry Cleave and Arthur Sparks , arrived In Bismarck to search for a gold mine which ono of them professed to have located several years before ut a point on the Missouri river not far from town. Soon afterward the men disappeared. They were known to have had considerable money , and from the fact that a number of rough characters , who had for some tlmo previously been very short of funds , became suddenly flush , it was conjec tured that they had murdered and robbed the strangers. The suspicion was so strong that the suspected men narrowly escaped lynching. An Informal trial was granted them , liowover , and ns nothing definite could be established and the missing men wereat best strangers. In whom the residents of the locality had little Interest , the suspects were simply or dered to leave town on piln of death. Noth ing further was ever heard of the Callfornians until the recent discovery of the pe-trefactlons In question. Those who have Interested them selves In fho matter are satisfied that the bodies are. those ot the missing men , and an effort , will likely be. made to learn something definite concerning them. ALASKA SALVATIONISTS. Miss Marlon Derby , a Salvationist of this city , who has Just returned from a mission ary trip to Alaska , brings the Interesting news , writes an Oakland correspondent of tha San Francisco Call , that as a result of the visits of war ships , on which are a few mem bers of the Salvation army , there Is a corps of converted Alaskan Indians wearing the red shirt and poke bonnet. "Wo were sitting in our missionary head quarters In Juneau and were surprised lo re- celvo n vlplt from a traveling party of In dians dressed In Salvation army uniforms. We thought at first that thfy were merely wearing out old uniforms , but they soon convinced us that they wera In earnest. We ackod them how they came to be traveling about as salvation missionaries , and they told us tliat some of the boys In a man-of-war , who were members of the army , had held meetings at various posts and had converted several Indians. We were suprptsed to see ono ot the women of the party wearing n hallelujah bonnet. I cannot describ ? what It looked like an Indian facs > In n blue bon net , but I have been accustomed to see all sorts of faces and rigs In the Salvation army , so I was not so surprised as the rest ot our party. "The Indian corps consists of eight mem bers , and three of these are women. We Invited them to afternoon service nt our church and they soon convinced us that they were sincere , nnd helped us with the leadership of the meeting. After the meeting wo made n grave mistake and learned a Issson In etiquette that I shall not soon for get. It appears that after Indians appear at any gathering , whether It bo a church meetIng - Ing or any otlie.r kind of meeting , they ex pect to be entertained and fed. "Mrs , Leach , who had charge of the mis sionary station , did not know this and so did not ask the Indians to supper. About an hour afterward we saw a cnnoo pulling from Juneiu across the water to Douglas Island. We looked out and to otvr great surprise we saw that It was our Indian Salvationist friends , who had promised to be on hand at the evening meeting. Then It was that one of the party told of the habits of the Indians and of the unwritten rule that whoever was helped by them should feed them. "We thought no more ot the affair until we. . wont Into the church for the evening service , and then wo found this little note on the orgin. It read ; 'Me Slmpslana. Mo very hungry. Me go away. No come back. ' "Tho Indians were from Fort Simpson and called themselves Slmpslanas. They go In their canoes from place to place , but do not go further away from home than Chllcat , I suppose they will think we were the. meanest set of missionaries they over met. " NEBRASKA. Norfolk Is pulling for a starch factory. Courtland has a new industry In the shape of n tannery. The Madls-n Chronicle Is twenty-threeyear old , and Carl Seele-y , Its present editor , lias SH.VKH IOII/AH > FOIl .STKIll.lXCi SH.VKIt Here's a partial list of what $1.00 will buy come and see the rest ; Belt plna , toothpicks , hat marks , bicycle tags , satchel tags , key rings , coat marks , book marks , nail tiles , pocket flies , pocket combs , pocket cases and thousands of other articles In sterling sliver that you will find priced at much more outside our store. Mandelberg , JWVKLKH , N. K , Cor. 16th & Furuam Ken connected with Its destinies for fifteen years. Ex-Congressman McKelghan U seriously 111 at Hastings. A ccoml nttempt was made tliB other night to rob thi Naponee postofflce. O. W. Flke , formerly of the Tobias Tribune , 'has ' purchased the Western Wave. There Is some prospect for the .establish ment of a populist newspaper at Norfolk. II. J. Olmstead has retired from the edi torial management ot the Liberty Journal. York Methodists will erect n new church , plans for which have already been prepared , Iawion rcpcrts eighteen births during the month ot November. Sixteen of the new babies were girls. Th ? Lyons creamery bought 263.0SO pounds of milk Inst month , and paid th ; farmers $2,2S7 for the fluid. O. 1) . Van Horn of North Loup was so badly Injured by the antics of a bucking broncho that ho died In a few hours. Cuinlng county has 5,000 children ot school aqc , of which 3,000 have been regular at tendants ct school during the past year. Charlie Wells , an 11-year-old boy living near Humphrey , was almost Instantly killed by the accidental discharge of a shotgun. J. D. AIcKelvey , until recently superin tendent of the State Industrial School for Glrla nt Geneva , will engage In farming In Fillmorc county. Central City people are Indignant because the Union Pacific fast mall skims through their city at a sixty-five mile pace without stopping. Tlio city council has passed an ordlnanca cutting down the speed. Thn oatmeal factory which was destroyed by ttrt at Scward a few weeks ago , U being rebuilt. The foundation Is nearly complete. The new building will be considerably larger than the old one , being te-n feet wider and two feet longer. The new factory building Is 40x72 ftat. The city of Kearney has commenced suit against the Kearney Canil and Water Supply company , asking judgment for $60,000 for failure to carry out Its contract In finishing the canal , according to the conditions on which bonds were voted. Sam McCool and Wade Shirley , two young men about IS years old , of Salnn were drowned last Monday. They were skating on the mill pond , where hundreds had been skat ing , but the warm weather had rotted tlie Ice and the boys went under and were drowned before help arrived. An electric be.lt show was Instru mental In taking from Crcston one ot her fair young ladles. About a month ago this aggregation played In Creston a week , and during that time George Davantry , a contortionist who Is trav eling with the show , made the acquaintance ot Miss Irene Hendrlcks. It was a case of love at first sight , nnd Sunday they were married at Madison. Madison.IOWA. IOWA. Prairie City has organized a commercial club and Is ready for a spring boom. The Chicago & Great Western will build a new passengjr depot at Marshalltown. Lew Ilattln and Abe Devault were fatally Injured by the explosion of a boiler at the niocmfleld sawmill. Captain O. M. Lamb , a veteran of the civil war and for twenty years a leading'cit izen of Crcston , Is dead. Mrs. Mary Moore of Klrksvllle fell down cellar , sustaining Injuries , from the effects of which she died wveral hours later. During services at the Albla Methodist church thlnves entered the vestibule and stole all the overcoats and overshoes In sight. James Johnson fell thirty feet front the standplpo cf the Alta water works system and was fatally Injured. Ills home Is In DBS Molncs. Brakeman Mount , In the employ of the Rock Island Ilallroad company , was ground to pieces under the wheels of a freight train at Grlnnell , ' Walter Wilson , an Oskaloosa coal miner , fell under the wheels of a freight train and waa Instantly killed. His body was cut en tirely In two. Samuel McDowell , while felling trees near Bedford , was caught by falling timber and had several limbs crushed. He Is 75 years old and will not recover. ' Bloomfleld's petrified man proves to have been a fake. Its owners took the alleged curiosity to Missouri and were arrested for obtaining money under false pretenses. Herman Werb , the young farmer who eloped with the wife of Frank F'nclo at Ulchardsvllle , Is under arrest. He blames the woman , saying she urged htm to elope with her. her.The The Chicago , Fort Madison & DOS Molnes railroad has a corps In the field surveying a route from Ottumwa to Des Molnes. It Is expected that the line will be built In the spring. Two unknown men enticed little Sadie Urlck of Ottumwa Into n buggy , and driv ing Into the country , mistreated her In a ter rible manner. She found her way homo late In the evening , but was unable to name- her assailants. Jacob Grelge , a 10-year-old school boy at Ainana , was shot and Instantly killed by John Dietrich , a 0-year-old playmate. Dietrich Invlt d Grelge Into hip father's shoe bhop and told him he would show him how his father kllle.l rabbts. } Picking up a gun he fired at Grelge , nnd the latter dropped dead with a bullet In his brain. THE DAKOTAS. . E. L. Merrltt , a governm-'nt agent , arrived from Washington recently for the purpose of appraising the buildings at Fort Sully , abandoned. The property will soon bs sold and the- reservation of 41,000 acres will be surveyed and opened up to battlement next year. The electric light company Is about to throw up the fcponge. The company Intends to close the plant unless some one will take It , and that right away. The company has been running behind ever since- the city quit paying for lights. The company offers the plant to the city for 1890 at Jl rental , the city to tak all the receipts , The com pany has a bonded debt of J9.000. Several rich strikes of gold have bsen made lately on Yellow cre'.k , In the Black Hills country , and a rush la being made to the locality by prospectors. Dan Shea had been prospecting with Indifferent success along the creek for several months , when h unexpectedly discovered a shoot of ore near Ihe head of the stream , averaging from $30 ton. Shea l sat- to $50 worth of gold per Isflul his find Is a rich one. "Tom" Conway. another prospector , has also recently opened up an ore shoot , which at first assayed from $1 to $ G per ton , but which , from samples n H ; AXD IITTI < U From a dainty collarette to a splendid bear rug and from a pair of sealskin gloves to a ( lowing full length mantle oC mink or seal and all earls of late style Jackets , capes , caps , cloaks , coata , muffo , toit , etc. All being wild now at just one-fourth off former prices. Too much line weather- too many line furs that's the reason for the cut prices Christmas presents of furs were never easier to get , G. E. Shukert , Furrier , Fifteenth and Hartley. 'akeh fran ihe-tic | of lh > wrklngs a few dnys ORO , nave returni cf $30 per ton. Vet- etan mln rs think the locality will prove to bo the richest lnv tltfc Hills. For more than 80 years the Yankton post- office has been thf.d posltory for all fourth- class pojtofllcc.\Jn the vicinity , but n few days ago an order was Iwucd to all country postmasters to Meatier transmit their funds to the Sioux F.HIs.lioitonU'f ) , which has been designated th ? dcptj8ltory Instead of Yankton. The transfer addj nothing to the revenue of the ofilce , but Increases the- labor anil re sponsibility of .thoi-odlclal depository , with out adequate cqRipqpsatlon. Th re Is no 1/ingar nny doubt about thcro being an Immense qdnntlty of tree milling or ? In the rjotithent portion ot the Black Hills , and the predlctlani of Prof. Jenny In 1877 , that the entire Hill country was rich In all kinds of minerals Is being verlfUd In all directions. There Is little water In the vicinity of these mines , which have bsen discovered during the past yinr , and It will therefore bo necessary to erect smelters nnd nrthods for trcatliiR the ere at the nearest points where there Is an abundance of water , which will be no cosy task. The experiment of sinking artesian wJIs to obtain sufficient water In close proximity to the mines Is contemplated. COLORADO. The new strike In Ihe GrousJ. which ad joins the Garfield-Grouse , at Cripple Creek , lo estimated In valtw at $100,000 per ton. An Important strike on Red mountain , two miles northwest of Cripple Creek , Is announced. The strike Is In a vein of ore carrying sylvanltc. Ths new oil well n Buck Run , Wclzcl county , W. Va. , Is attracting considerable attention. It is said to be spouting at the rate of 500 batrels a day. After an Interval of twenty years' Idle- ncsi the Kelly mine , In Clear Cr&sk county , Is bolnt ; reopened. In the old tunnel the quartz streak la valued at $30 a ton. It Is reported that a man named Peterson found n gold ntrRgct worth $0 on n hlllstdo In the lower end of the Black canon , nnd that on further prospecting he discovered the lead from which It came nnd staked four claims. Placer mining h.ts been carried on with considerable success In that vicinity during the past summer , and the discovery of leads thcro will Insure the establishment ot a permanent camp In that section of Delta county. Miners from the new tellurium fields near Forks creek claim to have discovered the largest body of mineral yet found. It Is located near Floyd hill , In Clear Creek county , and the porphyry can be traced by the trend ot the dyke for several miles , tak ing tn both Clear Creek and Gllpln counties. Two veins ot mineral five feet wide and an other six feet wide were stakcn. The parties did not have tlmo to finish their work and Intend returning. Much excitement Is afloat In and around Dubols , occasioned by the owners of the East Denver lode uncovering a six-foot vein of crystallized quartz. Intermixed with hornblende - blende , lead and galena. This lode gives promise of becoming ono of the richest prop erties In Goose creek district. Interest in this camp Is on the Increase , so much so that many Colorado Springs capitalists and Cripple Creek miners are coming In and securing as many claims ns they catf get. There is not an Idle man to be found In the camp , which shows that much developing Is being ilono. ' WYOMING. The excitement Increases dally over the Bald mountain'1 cement discoveries. The Rawllns 7lc ? rlc Light and Fuel com pany has enlarged its force at the Dillon coal mines near'Raw llns. This coal Is of the most excjllent qtiallty , and the company Is quite- unable to'supply the demand with the force employed. ' D. Llnscott , Victor Beaumler and another party have received/a tlo contract from the Gulf road of cq.ibldorable proportions. They cut 50,000 ties on tlve headwaters of the Big I/iramle and deliver them at Uva , on the Cheyenne & Nqrther/n road , for ue on the Hartvlllo spur. The tics will be floated down the Big Laramlc. ' Mr. F. C. Williams , who has just returned from near Cloud's peak with a party from Buffalo In quest of a suitable site for a res ervoir , reports Jliat two very suitable sites werofound for , the , purpose , The plan Is to take0 water from 'the head of1 I'lney crejk over. & low divide Into the north fork of Reck creek. .Rn'ough.water can be procured nnd stored to water 15,000 acres along Rock creok. . The company Is very much plsa93d with the outlook and contemplates the com mencement of operations as soon as possible In the spring. A big- strike was naile : about two weeks ago In the Tom Blgbef. A five-foot vein of bin" quartz was struck at a depth of eighty- five feet. In a crosscut about twenty feet from -the shaft. The lowest assay on this \a \ $22 , and every Inch of the five-foot vein Is pay. Average assays run $40 to the ton. This Is the most Important- discovery ever made on Squaw mountain , and the ore re sembles greatly that of the celebrated Inde pendence. Some Idea , of the magnitude of the strike can be gained from the fact that an offer of $45,000 cash waa refused for the mine. Thcro lo a revival ot the excitement In Johnson county over n cement discovery at Keeley creek , near "Buffalo. The cement found Is the same as that In the Bald moun tain district and assays from $ S to $10 per ton. The deposit of cement has been traced for over sixty miles , extending from the vicinity of Buffalo tdBald mountain , and Is the bed of an old geological river , the gravel pnd other debris having by chemical action through ages become cemented ttogethcr. Specimens have lieen found In which nuggets of gold were deposited. The cement Is very easily worked , requiring but very little cap ital. ital.It It has been discovered that the country on the- Wyoming line near Grover , Colo. , has an Immense deposit of water at a depth of from five to ten feet. The discovery was made by the sheep men who range their flocks In that vicinity. In prospecting for water for the sheep.At a depth of from five to ten feet copious discharges ot water are ob tained. The discoverers say that the \\aUr in not confined to. one Isolated spot , but that In any of the"draws" the same condition ob tained. The discovery will solve the problem of Irrigation In this part of tlie state. The character of the country around Grover Is broken , having many small "draws" which can be dammed and made Into reservoirs at little expense. In thew the water could be stored to be drawn off as required , and the lands Irrigated , It \ almost needless to add that alfalfa would flourish without Irriga tion on lands so well watered naturally as these seem to be. The water obtained Is devoid of alkali and Is clear and cold. OREGON. A sash and door factory Is assured for Coqullle City. About 22,000 head of sheep will be fattened In Eagle valley this year. George Stearns of Oakland took 3,500 tur keys down to San 'Francisco , which were iold In advance to dealers' , for Thanksgiving. Ho eays that section' Is Uio best on the coast for 1 ' 'I ' MUSIC POU TUB MIM.IOV Musical Instruments of all sorts , styles and description from the spirit stlrrlnt ? drum and the ear piercing life , to the uoft und sootlilnt- strains of the Imperial Kim. ball pluno. I'lanoa on tha easiest sort of terms. Let us commend to your considera tion that high class eastern mode piano at { I75-J15 down and IS month. Open nights. A. Hospejr . , , Music aud Art , 1513 Douglas St. turkeys , and next yoir Its will lake down 6,000. A t am of horse ? , harness anj XVBROM , complete. sofd at auction In Dayton recently for $11.60. A correspondent of the Condon Olobe thluks the only cutlery factory In Oregon Is at Arlington. HP says one of the blacksmiths there has n contract to mike 500 butcher- knives for a wholesile house In Portland , and that ho also make * knives for houses in Washington and Idaho. The tnos ! curious freak tint tlie Condon Glebe knows of In Gllllam county Is a six- legged hog , belonging to L. W. Darllns. which Is now on his Hay creek ranch , The animal Is six months old and has ns good a voice and appetite ns any other kind of n hog. hog.There There are nbout twenty-five men receiving steady employment In and about the mine at Rlverdaln , twenty miles south of La Grande The mill Is running steadily day and night nnd will continue In operation until It freezes up. The mine this winter will bo tapped at a greater depth and other prospects tn the district will be developed. Thn Powder rlvor mines arc , and will continue to bo as devel opment work progresses , of great benefit tn the people ot Grand Rondc valley. A singular condition of things Is said to exist among numerous bands of sheep In Bcnton county. No less than n dozen ehcep OWIU-M have recently discovered one or two scabby sheep In n flock of healthy ones. The fct ot finding one or two bidly diseased sheep among others perfectly healthy , and In so many casca , has led those familiar with the occurrence to believe that the thing has not happened by chance , but tht ! scabby nhecp have been placed In healthy Hocks by de sign. sign.When When orders , were accepted by the Ash land woolen mills to. nnnufarturo u largo number of blankets for the China trade some doubt was expressed that the mills could make the particular pattern rcqulrnd , A sample was sent up from San Francisco to work by. The blankets \vpre made and a few sent down , and now n letter has been re ceived from the firm handling them staling that the Ashland mills blanket beats the sample "out of sight" nnd Is the best blanket seen so far for thci China trado. WASHINGTON. Tobacco has been grown succjssftilly on the Snoqualmlc hop ranch. Presser claims to bo the largest town In the state without a doctor. Dehorning has become common among the stockmen In Douglas county. The new ferry across the Columbia river nt Wcnatcheo Is now In operation. Tile Government Island situated near the mouth of the Snohomlsh river has been sold for $ S5 an acre. The Oakcsdalo flouring mills have shut down for want of wheat , and will probably remain Idle until there. . Is an Increase in the price of flour or a decrease In the prlco cf wheat. The Chicago Congregational club has do nated $1,000 lo Whitman college. The dona tion was made at a Thanksgiving banque-t In Chicago. Four hundred nnd fifty persons were present. The Hopgrowers' association at Snoqualmlc has been experimenting with the culture of tobacco for the past three or four years and Is convinced that western Washington can grow excellent tobacco. Sturgeon fishing is now taking the plac ? of alinon fishing In the upper Columbia and Snake rivers for a few months. Nets will be used more this year than ever. They run from GOO to 900 feet In length and the meshes vary In size from twelve to nineteen Indies. Hunting season with the Indians Is on , and a recent arrival from the Colvllle roaervatlon says all the able-bodied bucks are out In the moutalns after deer and bear , both of which are sild to be quite plentiful this year , says tlie- Wilbur Register. The San Polls ore said tobe the best hunters on the reservation. They accept no rations from the government- , but depend entirely upon their own resources for sustenance , and appear to be In better shape than any of the Colvllle Indians. George T. Myers , who deposited 350,000 whltefish In Lake Washington and surround ing lakes , which had been cent out by the United States "Fish commission In 1889 , says : "Lsrgo schools of what seem to be whlteflsh have bean seen near Renton. They will net , as a rule , bite at a hook , which is ono of the characteristics of whltefish , and can only be captured with a seine. Since seining In the lakes Is prohibited by an act of the leg islature , very few are caught , but the people of Renton sometimes have them. " The Colvllle Indian reservation has been open to mineral locations since June 20 , 1892 , and prospectors and mining men have neg lected their opportunities only because they did not understand the law. That Is the legal opinion of. a number ot attorneys of state and national reputation , and , acting upon It , me-n In the secret have been pros pecting for months on the reservations , and as a result of their discoveries have staked out their claims and had them recorded In the office of the Stevens county auditor at Col vllle. It Is said by well Informed persons that more than forty such claims have been recorded already , and that those cover the pick of the mineral ledges crossing the line from the Trail Cresk district. MISCELLANEOUS. A talc or soapstone mine has been found at Sims station on Hazel creek , Shasta county , Cal. The "natural soap" mlno near Elko , Nsv. , is to be opened up and the product utilized commercially. * News from Wyoming's cattle ranges Is of th3 most gratifying character. Cattle and cheep are wintering In fin ? condition. There lij abundance of feed. A deposit of very rich orei \ reported t& have been struck on the -100-foot level of Ihe Morning Star mlno at Sliver City , Owyhee county Idaho. The extent Is as yet un known. Ono of the substantial farmers of the upper Glla valley pays he dug from his sweet potato tate patch this fall one potato that weighed Ilfte3n pounds , and that fiom two hills he got sixty-seven pounds of potatoes. The long-talked-of tramway , eleven and three-fourths miles long , from Rosuland to Weill Landing. 11. C. , Is at last to be built. The tramway will come near all the principal mines of the camp and will assist materially In their development. Nick Iscman , a rich old man nt Kenwood , litiried $400 In a lat hole a few days ag . Soon he found the money was gene , and believing that the rats carried the coin iiway Is now engaged In digging up rat lioles all over the place. George Bloch , a prominent farmer of llealdsburg , Cal. , was duck hunting and had shot Into a flock of ducks which were flying } vcr a shallow arm of the bay. After he had > rought down a couple of ducks he waded out .o get ( hem , and when In the water up to his .valst . was attacked by a devil fish , The fish vound ltslf around Hindi's legu and was pullIng - Ing him beneath the water , when ho bo- 1T I'MI.VSIJS Till1 HOYS There'll nothing like them In the city noth ing that will wear half as long or lock near as well there nuy bo some made after the styl of our boys' quilted bottom shoes , but they are not genuine quilted bottom , with real oak tanned sole leather soles ii'/i to C , boys' , $2,50 11 to 2 , youths' , $2.25. Drexel Shoe Co. 1419 Fartmra Street. thought hlm clt of his revolver , with which ho that the fish In the held Hy the nul nt friends the fish was brought to short1. It neighed 115 pounds. A new mining camp has lien dl covpred nnd Is being opened up In Fremont's Peik dis trict , thirty miles ncrtlnvcst of ItarMow. S.tn Harn.mllno cctinty. Cal. The lodges carry frco milling sold ore and thfrt Is water four miles distant. News from the Willow creek district , In Idaho. Is tint In I. X. L. clnlm on Kock creel ? , owned by 11. W. Uorman , n very rich Btrlko hm been made. The mine has been good from lln opening , but n fourtecn-lnch strtak has been developed that Is very high qrsde In free goM. The assays run from $200 to $400 per ton. Dornnn Is building a mill on the property. T1II8 llfllMAII II.\II.WAV. Itullroml ItullilliiK mill Itn IH-m'lU'lnl ttoiiilto In Inilln. The railway system ot llurmah Is as yet In Us Infancy. M > S Harper's Weekly. This l not to \\omlorod nt when It Is con sidered that , ? o far nt least as Upper llur mah Is concerned , It Is only eight years sln tha country \\as annexed as n province to the. Indian empire. It was not until the year 1S2C that , upon the close of the flrU Burmese war , the seaboard pro\lnce of Ar- akan , thu long 'rlp of country Ijlng be tween the shore of the Hay of lUnstl nnd the mountain range dhldlng It from the great volley of the Irr.iw.uldy , and that ol Tonasserlm , which Is a similar narrow atrip of coastal territory stretching far down the Malay peninsula , came Into the hands ot the Kovtrmncnt of India by cessation from the king of llurmah. Tlics ; ? two district" , besides - sides being narrow coastal regions , wore the poorest ot ths country , and nt the tlmu wore almost depopula'od as the consequence of generations of mls > government. The poptt latlon of Arakan was found won after to amount to an average of a little moro than llvo psr ons to each i-quare mile , nnd tint ot Tonasserlm to about halt ns many. In 1S.12 , however , the reytilt ol the second Bur- mesa war was the cession of the province of Pegu , which embraced the whole of the loner part of the rich valley of the Irrn- waddy , with nil the great alluvial delta mound Its various mouths , which became the British province ot Lower liurmuh. The acquisition of this rich and compara tively populous district first brought the question of transportation In Hurmah Into prominence , The scattered und poor popula tions of the two provinces first acquired were qulta Inadequate tn support any con siderable systsm of transportation , but It was different wllh the Innda In the rich valley of the Irrawaddy. Iloads were projected and partly carried out penetrating the country In various directions , and particularly up the valley toward Upper ntirmab , until In 1S72 the first beginning of railway construction Introduced the new eru of transport Into the regions beyond the Ganges. Between that tlino and 1887 , the < late of the last Burmese war and the final annexation of Upper Bur- mah , the railway was carried up the valley nearly its far as the frontier , connecting the whole of the rich , though low-lying district , with the great port of Rangoon , which , from 1852 , had become the capital and commercial center of the province. The railway was , perhapa unfortunately , conceived on a scale of economy better milted lo the condition and Immediate prospects of the country .than to what now appears likely to be Its com mercial development at no distant date. This line , and ot course Us recent extension Into Upper Burmah as far as Salgan , Just below Mnndalav , Is of the narrow gauge of thre feet three inches , while all the other lines with which It will connect within the next few years , arc either four feet eight and a halt Inches gauge , as in the case of the Slam lines , or of five feet six Inches , which Is the gauge of most of the great lines of India. There can bo no better Illustration , how ever , of the progressive agency of rapid trans port In Increasing the wealth of countries , even of such as are not populous , flian that of Burmah. This , of course , cau as yet apply only to the lower districts , as the ex tension Into the last annexed province , ex tending about 300 miles , has but just been completed. Where It has been In operation for even n faw years the evidences of In creasing population and activity abound on every side , and there can b ? no doubt of the hearty appreciation by the natives ot the new mode of transport , both for passengers and goods. Like all the Indian lines , a system of low rates prevails on the Burmese lines , the cost of passenger transit third- class being as low as half n , cent per mile. The result Is that In comparison with the population the passenger traffic io enormou ? so great , Indeed , as to enable the line to pay working expenses and Interest on capital without trenching on the usual gov ernment guarantee. Railway construction In Burmah has pre sented no special features of difficulty to cn- glneprs , and the line , being almost entirely through n level country , presents very few subjects for pictorial Illustration. The gen eral syotem of construction , both of lines und carriages , or cars , Is very similar to that pursued on the Indian lines , although less costly and substantial. Tlio same animated scenes of eastern humanity meet the eyes of strangers , except that In Burmah there is nothing llko the enormous crowd of pas sengers which maka Indian railway stations so unique ; nor are the people there of mani festly different races , speaking In a polyglot ot tongues. Yet both the scenes and the people are full of Interest , and the appear ance Is sufficiently striking and novel to se cure Interest oven from travelers , who , like ourselves , had been hurrying through some what similar experiences for weeks paat. A Burmese crowd lo less varied , and , so far , Icy ? picturesque than an Indian one ; It U also leys noisy , but on the whole the pooplc have a moro prosperous and light Uo.irteil look , and they display a much greater regard for nnd appreciation ot the picturesque ef fects of color In dress. o "I am cured sines taking Hood's Sarsa- parllla , " Is what many thousands nro baying. It gives renew nl vitality and vigor , A KHW LAMP. of it Valimlilr Invention In line In IH-rlln. The State department hao received from Sor.sul General De Kay at Berlin an Inter esting report of n new Invention which U unking a stir In the press of Berlin , and which has been personally examined by the miperor. U consists of a burner llko that of iho Incandescent lamp before reported , In so far as the cotton "hood , " or "Blocking , " Impregnated with chemicals Is concerned , which gives Ihe light Its color and stead iness. The- former lamp , however , Is used For ordinary Illuminating gas , and the bur ner Is adjusted to the ordinary gas jet. In the now Invention , the gas consists of the rumen from dealcohollzed spirit , an article which Is very cheap In Germany , The recent sudden rise In the price of petroleum haa given this Invention peculiar prominence PEJST PIOTTJRELS PLxHA-'SANL'TLY PUT I 1VAXT YOU TO K.VOW That while I am In the exclusive men's furnishing tuiHlnesi unU deal only In ex clusive styles , my prlce are not by uny means exclusive. I have a largo trade , nnd I will venture to say that my cus tomers will all stand up and xwcar by me as a prlco maker. I am the largest repre sentative hero of K , & W. colluru und cuffs for one thing and I can sell you a mighty good night robe for COc , for another , Albert Calm , Men's Furnisher , 1322 Farmiru. WHY WOMEN WEEP. It Is TIKI lliul Thrt-n In So Munli Suffering When Tlioro Nrnl Not Ho. Woniin's trotlhlos proli-ibty riutio moro misery - ery In this world limn nil ether misfortunes put to ulltir. Most v > oiuun overtax tlinlr stroii lh < most ot them suffer from the Mraliii ot hmni'holri nnd other ei\rc , und It is no wonder tlu.t MO intiuy of them orotik dn\vn iiiHlur the debilitating o ( Tools of high iirowuro To every vvotnnn who values honlth and strength , thu \porlot-i-n of ono w ho has pas oil thrinmh n tlmo of suiTorlng nud discovered the \\ny to iccovory oiuinnt full lo provo of tlio lilKlieM Ititorvst , Tlio story Is briefly told In llnuiitUot Mrs. I * l\ Miller , of M4 N 23d : t. , PlilliuUliiliiiivlio locontly HMlilt 'Tor iniitiy inoitlis I VMIS it conlliiti.il sitiTeror nnd felt iMimilutely worn inn. At lust I fortunately ilocldiil to. try DiUTy's Pure .Malt Whl key , which luul boon toi'omnioiidcd lo mo. Slnca then I h ivo Imtuovml vromlul fully , mill feel lU'Clilotlly bolter , .sloop neil , nnil nl tlio s.vno Unto I : im free to iicknowluiUo 1 do not oxpor- toiii-o tlmt tlrnl , noary , Innniiltl fvultnit In furl , no onu thlntr npiunns lo l < o : i burden tome mo now Miiny of my ftlniuls nro well plcnsoil and fully omivliicou thnt tln'tu Is no other stliiiuliinl tlmt oxcuU Dully s 1'ttro Mult. \Ylilxkev. My priivortind \ > Uli N tlmt It mar reno.h thu liomo ot Ilio nllllotnil ovoij whoro. The < n orris nut con vlnelnu becuusolhcy iivo Iho rosnll of oxperlonoo. They piuvo boyonil n doubt tlmt what every VMIIIIIIII needs is a pure , healthful stimulant. H.nm-tliltic is 10- qulrod to Imii.iU flesh vitality to the nystoin und ulvo leni'UL'il slcor. lii.stu-li ansrs lliitly's I'ttio Mull Whlskuy hits nlunvs worked won- ilois. Ity moiinsof Ilsmioiitftli-Blvlui ; ixineis , ninny n Diilo , thin , vvomy womiin bus boeuino nllv lutf pliMuMi of robiiil honlth. InMnutly slops the most eicrull.illng imlna , nll.iyn InllHiniuutluii ami cuics cormestinns , whether of the I.UMKS , Btotimch , lloncla or other Rlnmls or mucous mcmtimru's. RAUWAY'3 R-ADY RELIEF ct'itns AMI i ittvi < : TS Cnliln , CoiiRlii , * < orf Throat , liilluonpitt Hl'OllolllIlN , I'llOIIIIIOIllll , ItllOII- limtlnnlrlirnlKlu , HoiiiliU'lio , Tootliuolio , AMlliiiui , 1)1111- cnlt llroutlilni ; . CUItiS Till : WOKS ! ' PAINS In from on" to twenty niluuies. Not ime hour all IT ie.iilln > t thin nilvcrtlscnicnt ntcil any one RUKPHll W1TK 1'AI.V. ACHES AND PAINS. For Iioadnchp ( whrtlin- rick or nervous ) , tooth- ni'lio , nuuinlEla , rhcuiuutlsin , luiulURU , ti.ilnn unit wciiMieo In UK * 1'iick. t | > lnc or klitncyj , | ulns nruuml tlio liver , iilouilj'jrlllnK ot tlu > Julnts and p'llns of Hit Uliuln. tlio uppltcatlou of Hnil * \\.iy'3 Ileaily llrllof " 111 niTjnl linmciltatn rasv , nna Us rontlnuvrt tuc fur n few dny effect u nnmnnent cuif. TAKiN INW.Uim.Y A half to n tcncpannful In hnlf n tumbler of water foi stmn.ich doubles , colic , wind In the lioweln , cold chilli , ft-ver mid nKut * . dlarihuca , sick homlachu nnd all Intcinnl I'rU'c r O IKT l)0 le. Sulil liy nil EVERY WOMAN Fomcthr.ed ni'iilt * n rollnblo montlily rcgulutlng medlcluo. DR. PEAL'S PENNYROYAL RILLS , A ' 0 Jirompt , Knfinnd certain In rorult. The gtnu- nodlr I'-nlvini "rrf' < > t < r-ln * vit.tin.vwheitv Jl.OO. Shcrmnn & McCunnrll Drue Co. . 1611 Dotlffe street. Oninlm. Neb. Monthly Pains anil anxieties cau bo relieved to n cor Utility by usin" ; Dr Chevalier's Female Pills. Price , $1.00 jier box If you nro timid and I doubt us to what will relieve you , send for tlioso pills. Sent sealed securely by mail on receipt of price. Sherman & McConnell Drug Co 1513 Do'ltroSt. , OMAHANER Searles & Sea/rles SPECIALISTS IN Nervous , Cliroaic un Private WEaK ftEN ) H USUALLY. nnil DUonlurHof nio Trvutinunt liy nut , ' $ consultation friio. SV' llLiS Curcil for Ufa and ilia iioUon thorouxliiy cUanscd from the .ystem. 1'Il.IJS. KIHTUI.A ana nirrTAij ur.cKiw , nynuocm.i : AND VAniCOCRI.n pcrrnancntly nn < l aucce ifully cured. Method new nnd ucifalllns STRICTURE AND GLEET ut Cured Homo IJy new uicthod without pain or culling. Call on or addrtag wllh atmnp , Dr. Scarlcs & Searies , " & & $ % ? : n the newspapers , nnil the emperor In salil .1 have remarked on the pOH lljlltlo8 | It of fers of opening a now nnil large lltlil fof the consumption of potato spirit , wlilcli , In a. literal ttnac , In Jut't now a drug on tha market. In order to Induce the funitH to rla ? from Llio spirit Into the Incandescent "hood , " n Imllow metal rod with two elbows like an nvertcd IT la arranged over the bowl of the limp so that the two anna descend tu tlu Iliild ; a wick Is passed through this arm and underneath the arm Is placid a almpla straight tubs with wick , which also ilescimils to the spirit. AH soon an this wick U Ignltol ; he long nrm bruins to get warm above It nnd thn fumea of the spirit begin to unsetn- ilo In the arm and pass up through a Hinull liolo on the upper side Into the hood , whet a it can be Ignited. To quench the light It in only necessary lo blow out the little wide uelow the nrm , whereupon the latter gets cold , gas censes to form and the Incandescent liood above ceases to operate , "At present the cost ot this lamp Is tea sreat to warrant a wide UBB of It , " say Mr Da Kay , "A complete lamp costB about $5 and the apparatus to bo adjusted lo a petroleum lamp costu nbout $3. Hut UICHO prices are sure to fall rapidly It the pub lic takes to the Invention. Another draw- liack Is the danger of ejcploidoni. Although tha makers of tlio lamp claim that there la none , It Is no * , clear how explosions can bo avoided In cnseu where the user lacks ex perience or Intelligence , "The fluid used Is what la called deniturl- ert , or chemically charged eplilt , which volatilizes at a low temperature and docs not have to pay the high tax with which ordinary cplrlt U burdened. In 18S5 Ger many exported rplrlt to the amount ot 89,000 tons , valueU at 28,000,000 marks , Slncu then tlie export has fallen , year after year , till In 1890 It wati 38,000 tuns , valued at 14,000,000 , mnrkH , and In 1893 only 16,000 tona valued at 4,000,000 marks , On the other side of the question , petroleum has been niported with a constant Increase. In 1885 there were 182,000 ton * , valued at CS.OOO.OJO narks ; In 1890 there were GG4.000 tens , valued it 73,000,000 mark , und In 1893 there ucro [ 65,000 tons , valued , to ba mire , at a lower irlco , namely , 47,000,000 marks. In the last en yean tlif- Increase ot Imports of petro- eum U figured ut over ICO per cent , while the decreaie of exports of spirits la cal- : ulatcd to amount to 21 per cent. " Sc'iirlft I'Vvfi * Slirn * Dp , The prevalence of scarlet fever or any other contagious disease need not alarm you If you use Allen's Hygienic Fluid , It Is tlie Ideal ireventive medicine cleansing , purifying and itallng. No household ihould be without IV