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41 THE O rAITA DAILY 113.13 : INIOTsT AY , 7 , 1890. tire , which allow that more than 1C per cent of the Spanish soldiers on the Island dlo of dltcnse. Kaunas City rcvcM In contrasts. Its street sweepers Imvo been uniformed In white duck suit * , after the Gotham style. The mod substantial memorial of the Victorian Jubilee will be Iho Victoria hos pital for children , which Is lo bo built In London to commemorate the sixtieth year of the queens' rclgn. It In the only hos pital In London that bears her name. There Is so remarkable nn Interrelation ship of families In Powell county , Kentucky , that on the trial of n case In the circuit court , when the Judge asked the Jurymen If any of them wrro related to the plaintiff or defendant nearly the entire panel rose and left the box. Jum II. Morrow , editor of the- Cleveland Lender , has been moved to dr-ny the rumor that he Is to bo n member of the McKlnlcy cabinet. 111s denial takes this emphatic form : "I never Imvo been , I nm not now , and dod being willing , I never shall be , a candidate for oillco. I nm a newspaper man. " Mr. Iluskln Is In good health again , but still abstains from all literary work. The other day ho sent a letter to bo read at a meeting of the Huskln Society of Illrmlng- 1mm , In which ho expressed his best wishes for the future of thu society , which , though only qulto recently founded , already num bers several hundred members. Cecil Ithodcs Is said to bo seeking an election to Parliament as n member of the Irish party. Ho Is a supporter of Mr. 1)11- Inn , and If elected may bo expected to net against the Parncllltcs. Some members of the Irish party believe that If elected ho would become the dictator of the party. Ills wealth Is great and his personality Is strong. Wallace S. Jones , consul general of the United States nt Home , Is pcranna grata at the Italian court , all because of a deft com pliment nt an oportuno moment. When he was presented to the king nnd queen the latter asked him about his home In Florida. "We call Florida 'the Italy of America. ' " Bald the ready colonel , and the queen's fa vor was won. When Dr. Watson first began to write un der the pen name of Ian .Maclarcn ho took every precaution to prevent his Identity from being known , nnd. In fact , only his publisher kncxv who Ian Maclarcn was. Hut Prof. George Adam Smith , Watson's friend and classmate , at once decided from the ntyle that Dr. Watson was the author , and cnt hint n telegram of congratulation. According to n Munich newspaper , a genuine Murlllo , measuring two nnd ono- hnlf by two feet , was recently discovered In the collection of paintings left by Emllc Gerard , the French nrlb't , who died In Vienna In 1881 , nnd whowj widow lives In Munich. The canvas represents St. Apthony of Pndua In the attitude nf prayer , kneeling , his eyes raised toward heaven. The authenticity of the painting hns been vouched for by Prof. Hebcr. , Clu.rlos Gates Dnwoa of ICvanston , 111. , whom rumor has named as likely to be Major MeKlnlcy's private secretary , was born la Marietta , O. , thlrty-ono years ago. and was graduated from Marietta college. Klght years ngo too took up his residence In Lincoln , Neb. , leaving there two years ago to go to UvanMton. Ho Is n successful busl- nera man. Ills father was General H. H. Dawcs , who was one of the commanders of the old Iron brlgado of Wisconsin In the civil war. Madeira wlno as old ns thatIn which the Joffcrponlnn democrats of IJnltlmoro drank their president's health Is probably rare In the land , for It was of tlo : vintage of 1800 nnd had remained In the Montlccllo cellars till 1834. Hut It Is not Impossible that a bottle or two as old could bo found In Charlostown. S. C. , or In Philadelphia. The madeira that was Imported In the early days of the republic was as much a household furnluhlng as the mahogany , nnd , though more perishable It wao nioro carefully trcauured. Ifans Anderecn Is living nnd ho Is a story teller llko the famous Dane. His story Is of the great fight of the Monitor , the provi dential vessel that finished the Mcrrlmao In Hampton Hoads. and Andersen was quar termaster of the Monitor , lie Is now old. and feeble , but he described the fight with line spirit at the Swedish hospital fair In Ilrooklyn the other .day. The naval heroes of the war are growing few In number , like their brethren of the nrmy , and Andersen was greeted by enthusiastic hearers. He wore a naval uniform. .MH.I.V .IAIIS. Detroit Free Press ; Landlady You look nt that coffee as If you'd like to throw It out of the window. " Hoarder O , no , I never abuse the weak. Puck : Iluzzfuzz Is thcro much differ ence between comic and grand opera ? Slzz'o.lop ( onlphatk-al y-O ) ! > . yei ; In comb opera DID actresses wear the startling cos tumes ; In grand opera they arc worn by the ladles In the boxes. Cleveland Loader : Mrs. Tamblln ( tear fully ) They brought my husband homo In n hack from the banquet last night. How did yoiir's get homo ? Mrs. Sanderson I don't know , but I sus pect that he was carried along by his breath. Now York Tribune : Doctor You have only a few minutes to live. Have you "any last wish ? P.ulo- 1 wish I had e : ga ed nrothcr d. J- tor. lloaton Transcript : He As our oncnge- ment Is canceled , of course you will re turn that diamond ring ? 8he Mr. Styles , you said I wns n poach the day you gave mo that ring. Well , If I am , I nm n pcaeh of the clingstone va riety. Therefore , I'll keep the diamond. Cincinnati Knqnlror : She Would yon love mo just the snmo , dearest. If I were poor Instead of worth n million ? Ho I have registered a solemn vow never to discuss the financial question again. Up-To-Datc : Cholly I've boon thinking the matter OVIT. and I believe I'll cast my sympathies with the democratic party. C.IIWKO Why EO ? Cholly Well , their ppenker the other evening paid that what they wore striving nfter was the dollar of our daddies. Chicago Post : "You don't think he will bo a success In literature ? " "Oh. dear , no. " "Why not ? " "Why. ho's ono of these writers who can't put a pretty girl In a story without making her 'coo' when she wants to talk. " DKCKMHICIl. Denver Tlinen. Jpon the panes frost etchings grow ; Around the corners , to and fro , The wind doth roar ; And Hholtcr-soeklng mortals find Ono welcome loud from all mankind In "Shut that door ! " COATHVI'.MIJXT. ; H. K. 1C. In Cleveland Lender. The man who grinds mo down and thrives upon my dally toll Owns acres by the thousand , while I've not a foot of soil ; . And In hU vaults 'tis said that he has mil lions rtorcd away , Whllo I must labor for the things I need from day to day. Vet I would not chance places with this multl-mllllonalre , For I have in-nco of mind , whllo he Is weighted down with carol I have n wife and llttlo ones , who fill my foolish heart , Whllo ho. In crusty loneliness , Is doomed to llvu iwurll Ho never felt two little arms nround hli : wrinkled neck ; lie Is not loved , although his gold Is invas- urcd by the peck ; He cannot go to bed at night and slumber nn I can- No , No ! I would not. If I could , change pl.ieeHvltli this man ! And when thu labor of the day Is done nnd I - > . , repair unto my humble homo , to cat the dinner steaming there , Ah , what a Joy awaits mo then ! What prince s nppotlte Could ever bo compared to that which I have every nlfrtit ? Hut. au for him the millionaire ho lunches on n crust , IJecntiHO dyspepsia mocks at him , and tells him that ho muatl . O. lot this Hallow , wrinkled man grind on 1 , , and save and Have , * And I will bo content lo keep on tolling na a shivo ; O , let him have his Mentions nights , whllo hapuy dreams nro mine ; O , lot him be the upas true that holds no - ' ' - - vine ! Thoucli he has wealth that lifts him hlcli In ihoiiKhllossleoplo'H sight , I'll nevrr envy him whllo I retain my uppo- titoi Pulse of Western Progress. a if \ t f n fm ! t f imt r f t m tS Chief of I'nlico Uobcrlson la In receipt of a letter from Sttka , Alaska , solving a mys tery of forty years ngo , says n Portland ( Ore. ) special to the San Francisco Chronicle. In 1850 , Vancouver. Wash. , then a sparsely Inhabited settlement , was a favorite place of recreation for the Hudson Hay company's men. Among the families then dwelling there was that of Philip Hcldcnfcldt , who had a beautiful , flaxen-haired boy named Willie , at that time I years old. Wllllo was adored by n Hudson Hay com pany Scotchman known as "Long" John Me- Oregon "Long" John was well fixed In money matters , having saved about $30,000 during his long service with the company. All this he promised to bequeath to Wllllo If his parents would allow him to adopt the child. The Hotdonfcldts were poor , but no : so needy as to bo forced to part with the child. They refused $ GtOOO In gold coin from McGregor for the privilege of making Willie his heir and taking him with him. In April of that year "Long" John re-1 turned to the frozen Arctic , where his btialJ ness was with the Indians nf Interior Alaska. With McGregor's departure the child dlsap-1 pearcd. That the Scotchman had stolen the child was not doubted by any one knowing his attachment for the boy , but no trace of man ami boy could bo had. "Long" John. It Is scarcely necessary to say , never revisited Vancouver , and some time In the sixties was frozen to death while returning to Sltka from a business trip to the Interior In nn open sled. McUregor , like most men of his type , neglected to provide for hlH property. Ho made no will and when death claimed him every dollar of his wealth went to distant relatives In Scotland. The greater part of McGregor's time In Alaska being spent among the Indians , ho placed the stolen boy In custody of a trine with which his business relations were the most extensive , and with that tribe Wllllo was when death overtook "Long" John , and j Hclilciifcldt , now a man -14 years of age , Is j with the same Indians today. He frequently ! visits Sltka , bearing an Indian name , and speaks English with n broken accent char acteristic of an Indian. Hcldcnfeldt's people have heard nothing of him for more than thirty years , and nat urally believed him dead. The writer of the letter was In Vancouver when the boy was stolen , and know him well. The boy was peculiarly marked at his birth. Ho had but ono Joint on each of his llttlo fingers , and ono of his eyes was black and the other a dark brown. This optical defect In Ilcldcnfeldt , when the writer saw him In Sltka last month , recalled the abduction of forty years ago. Engaging him In conversation , bo noticed also tlio other physical defects marking the child. Ileldcnfeldt said that he remembered being taken from his homo by n rough-look ing man and placed aboard a ship. Ucyond that his childhood recollections are qulto vague. But there can be no possible doubt of this man being William Hcldcnfcldt. His aged father and several brothers and'sisters , now residing In Denver , will bo communi cated with. The acceptance of the Carey act by Wyom ing and the results which have followed Is the most Important feature of the Irrigation development. Not only ( has It Involved the construction of numcrouu nnd Important ditches by the state , says the Cheyenne Sun- Leader , but a oupsrvlslon over the arid Irrl- gable lands heretofore unknown In thla or any other state. Colorado and Idaho have both been closely watching with unqualified Interest the working of the "experiment" by Wyoming In her "reclamation schemes. " So well pleased were both that they have adopted the plan themselves and , having formally ac cepted the gift , arc preparing to select the lands. The benefits of the plans for the settle ment of the Irrigated lands and the equity In the distribution of the water under the rules * laid down by the system adopted by this state at once commends Itself to n honie- seekor. The state Is given absolute title by patent from the United States and In turn gives absolute title to the pottlcr , only .charg ing CO centa an aero for the land carrying with It a perpetual water right , nnd making the purchaser nn equal shareholder In the ditch furnishing the water , the settler aa a stock holder paylntf hli ) pro rata of the expensa of Us construction and enjoying his proper share of Its earnings nnd as a shareholder ho has hlH proiMjrtlonato vote In the management of the ditch. The etato offers this land to settlers for CO cents an acreonehalf to bo paid when the filing Is made , and the other half when the patent Is applied for. Filings can bo made on twenty acres or any multiple of twenty acres up to ICO acrco. Since the state began - Its work In this field the commissioners have selected within a few acres of 100,000 that Is now prac tically "under ditch , " whllo projects sub mitted to the state and held for further examination cover 7G.OOO aci'js In addition. 'In Hlg Horn county alone thcro have been five canals projected < md the state selected lands beneath them , whllo ono of the big gest projects yet contemplated and now un der examination , the Omaha canal , Is to betaken taken from the IHg Horn river In that county and will Irrigate about 50,000 acres when con structed , and will be about fifty miles In length. The total seggrcgatlon of Irrlgublo lands is yet but about one-tontli the amount per mitted. GOSIIKN IIOLK sunvnv , M. C. McFnrlanu , In charge of the United States geological survey Just returned from the Goshcn Hole country , Bays a Cheyenne special to the Denver News , Is busy arrang ing his report of the work accomplished. The several elevations along the line of survey show that the whole of Goshcn Hole , from rim to rim , can bo Irrigated from Horse creek and the Platto. The easternmost benchmark on the Nebraska line , southeast corner of township 23 , Is Just L'.OOO feet lower than the Union Pacific depot In Cheyenne. The eluvatlon rises gradually westward. The west line of the Goshen Hole rim Is 4,033 feet above sea level , a rlso of C > S9 feet In thirty-three miles. This demonstrates the feasibility of Irrigating the entire area. Mr. McKarlanc says the best lands llo west of Horse creek , nnd north nnd west along Cherry creek basin , but that nil compara tively level lands will prove valuable for agriculture. Ilrsldes half-mile stones , thir ty-three benchmarks wcro established and elevations taken nnd marked on all stones set , and marks establishing a valuable addi tion to the field work In that locality. The supposition has been that Goshcn Hole , ex cept In the lower part , could not bo Irri gated from the Platte river , and whllo Chief McKarlano was recalled before the work was finished his work establishes that theory as erroneous. Whllo the full must bo slight to higher portions of the great depression the uklll of modern engineers will overcome the obstacles and several hundred thousands of acres of splendid lands reclaimed. YOUNG SALMON SLAUGHTERED. About 000,000 young salmon were destroyed at the United States hatchery situated on the Clackamas river , about thirty miles from liero , whllo the workmen were at supper , eays a Portland ( Ore. ) dispatch to the San Francisco Examiner. The workmen wcro alxiont leffl than an hour. When they re turned not a llvo flah was In the hatchery traya , There Is mystery about the whole affair. The workmen claim that the water was poUoned , but by whom and how they r.ro unable to account. Some of the water was saved and analyzed In order to deter mine * about poison , but none was found. Meat of the water had escaped prior to tak ing the samples , therefore , It was difficult to detect potuoix bad miy existed. Thin was unfortunate , as It would have cleared up the mystery. It would have been easy to have poisoned the fish and have the entire water run off In half an hour. Many th orlea Imvo been advanced , but that of poison Is discredited by conic , as no motive can bo discovered , but It Is held by many others. This makcn 1,000,000 young ualinon that have died In the Clackamaa hatchery thla month , The employes are all experienced men and a long time In the aervlcp , and they say they cannot account for the loss. The hatchery Is not easy of access and tramp * never find their way thcro , therefore , the tramp story finds no bellovorti. Ono who la experienced In hatching sal mon clalnm that an earthquake shock has the effect of troubling the water and causing death. An official Investigation will bo made next TuccJay. The loua of tucuo fbsh Is n national one , nnd means about J 1,000- 000 bad the fish lived until grown , NEW MBXICAN LAND QUANTS. In the United States land court Chief Justice Heed handed down the opinion of the court , rejecting the Orcjas do Llano do Los Aguajes grant , In Taos county , says a Santa Fo special to the Denver News. This case was decided In accordance with the decision In the Antonio Chavcs grant case , wherein It was held that from the years 1S2I to 1S2S no officer In Now Mexico had authority to make grants of land , and the Orejas do Llano do Los Aguajes grant j was made In 1S2G. The forgery question ! was not raised In the opinion. I j | In the Sierra Mosca VorJ L Ortiz grant I case , wherein Luis M. Ortiz ct nl. claimed ' 30,250 acres In Santa Fo county , Judge Fill- , : Icr handed down the majority opinion of ! : the court , confirming to the claimant's | j cloven square leagues of land , but at the ! snmo time pronouncing the grant an 1m- , perfect ono. Judge Murray vigorously dla- i , Rented from this opinion , contending : First , I that under the colonization laws at that I I time the governor had no power to make i grants ; that , second , If the governor had ' possessed the needed power , not a single J requirement was complied -with In making I this grant ; and , third , that the signature i of Governor Armljo was a forgery , and a , bungling ono at that. In this case the , majority of the court decided that expert testimony and that photographic copies of Governor Armljo's signature were compe tent. TOLD ITS OWN STOIIY. Evidences of the Indians who formerly peopled this section wcro discovered recently near the northwest corner of thla county , says n Los Angeles dispatch to the San Fran- clsco Examiner. It was not In the form of ancient ruins or pottery that the find was made though , but nothing lew than the skeleton of n human being who perished nt the hands of the savages , for transfixed In his splno was nn Indian arrow. This uncanny find was made by n couple of proopcctoru , who nt the same tlmo dis covered something which to tbcm was of far greater Importance than an old Dkele- ton. They were after n gold-bearing Icdgo of quartz , nnd they found It , too. A. IJ. Wyllo and S. P. Tillman nro the names of of the men who madu the discovery. They were working near Lovejoy's bridge , about seventeen miles cast of Palmdalc , the lat ter place being probably ten miles from Los Angeles. The ledge which they Fought to uncover Is located at the sldo of a deep canyon near where runs an old trail. Both men were hard at work , Wiley bo- Ing n llttlo further up the yldo of the moun tain than bis companion. Suddenly Tlll- mnn called to his friend , who. looking down paw a couple of bleached bones sticking up out of the ground. "Go on and eeo what It Is , " ho paid to Tillman. nnd then the two completely threw ni'Ido the dirt nnd finally saw before them , lying on Its face , the skeleton of a man. "What's that there ? " nrkcd Tillman , and otlo'tlng up through the ribs , with the head burled In the spinal column , was an Indian arrow. The man had evidently been dead many years. Ho had probably been walking In the canyon when the savages attacked him from behind with arrows , ono of them making a mortal wound. Thcro was no clew which would have led to the man's Identity. ON THE SIMILKAMEEN. This field has hitherto been' llttlo pros pected ; In fact , I doubt If half a dozen pros pectors could bo found within a radius of perhaps twenty mllop , wrote a Uoundary Creek Tlmco correspondent recently from Kercmcos on the Slmllkameen river. Evi dences abound that this section will prove a great mineral producing country. Tiio ere much resembles the discoveries on Boundary crook , largo bodies of copper in the form of oulphldcs and red oxides , carrying gold and fllvor. being more commonly met with. The valuej run/ from $2 to J1CO In gold , from ten to twenty ounces In silver and from 4 to 30 per cent copper. The ledger vary from eight een Inches all the way up to forty feet In width , between a formation generally of black granite , with some calc spar , at a porphyry phyry contact. This camp Is thirty miles to the west of Osoyoos and U reached by a fairly passable wzgon road , Pcnnlngton , the nearest shipping point , Is only twenty-five miles distant. The firt't location was made on Olalla creek on Juno 20 of thla year , hardly any prospecting being done until a few weeko ago. C. Harrington and Munroe , who both own claims in Boundary , wcro Inhere hero lately nnd made five locations. Mr. Coulthard hasi just uncovered a Mven- foot vein , capped with sulphide of Iron , nt the mouth of Granite creek. Twenty miles up the river from Camp Courtney there are some fine bodies of coal cropping out of the bank of the strcim. As yet the ground Is not claimed by any ono and when a load of coal Is required for blacksmlthlng purposes ono helps lilnm'If. The cropping ! * are from four to nlno fost wide. To the proypectcr this country Is n "promised land" it t-hould bo named "the prospector's paradise. " There Is plenty of wild fruit ( most of It very pal atable ) , vegetables can bo purchased from ranchers near by at a very moderate price and game is obtainable almost at any tlmo within a short distance from camp. POISONRD BY AN ALASKA THORN. John Trevlllau , a Cornish miner and pros pector of 'Beri'es ' ' bay , Alaska , who has Just arrived from the sound , says a Portland , Ore. , upedal to the San Francisco Chronicle , is suffering from erysipelas and blocd poison ing , caused by having his face nnd hands filled with the barbed and venomous thorns of that dread of the Alaska prospector , thu creeping "devil's club , " or devil's walking stick , botanlcally known as panax horriduo. The face of the man present * a fearful appearance. The flesh has been swollen and drawn Into deep corrugations , the right eye being closed entirely , whllo from the loft eye a bare gllmmen of sight is left through a silt between the puffed. Inflamed lids. It Is a story of fearful suffering. Ho said : "I Imvo carried this face nnd tbrao hands about with me elnco the evening of Septem ber 2 last. What that statement mean' ] Is only to ho realized by thcao who have lived In Alaska nnd been unlucky enough to en counter ilev 11' . $ club , and have oven but ono of the poisonous thorns of the creeper enter the flesh. ' "September 2 I worked later than usual , having struck a scam of rich quartz I hoped to follow out before- daylight faded. Dusk came at about 8 p. in. Tired and hungry , I decided to make a short cut around thr mountain , taking an old trail I had before noticed. Reaching the end of the trail I started onward through the timber. I had gone but a few yards when , pushing my way into a dense growth of ferns , I plunged head foremost Into what later proved to bo an ol < l whlpsaw pit. Ten years of abandonment had allowed the pit to fill with a dense growth of 'devil's club. ' Slash , slash came the stinging thorns against my face , hands and neck as In my efforts to regain an up right position I brought my weight to bear on the entanglement of treacherous creepers. "Then when I had found the ladder lead' Ing out of the pit , the lower rung broke through rottonncKi , and again I was tossed back Into the Hinging m&sa of poljou that can only bo likened to a rattlesnake's den. Regaining the cdgo of the whlpsaw pit , I retraced my way down the Johnson trail. Already my oyco wcro closing , the agonizing pain I was enduring being Impossible to de scribe. Reaching the well-worn trail wo had used for two seasons , It had become Impossi ble for me to ace from the right eye. Thr left eye was still open , however , and with my thorough knowledge of the trail , despite Ita circuitous course through the canyon , I was enabled to reach the cabin , " IMMENSE LUMBER OUTPUT. Reports from sixteen of the leading export mills of Washington , as collected by the West Coast and Puget Sound Lumberman , show cargo shipments of 37,727,012 feet of lumber and 4.149.885 lath , during the month nf October , of which 14.494.C47 feet of lum ber and 83,050 lath went foreign , allowing a gain of 4,000,000 from September , though foreign uhlpmcnU wcro C,000.000 feet Iran. The total cargo trade for ten months h& reached 293.1C5.934 feet. Eastern hlpmentR of lumber for October were E83 card , or 9.- 328,000 feet , a decrease of nearly 1,000,000 feet from October last year , though for ten months shipments have reached 43.1CS.OOO feet against 70,105.000 feet during the aamo period of 1S95 , To November 1 the total cargo and rail trade for the elate acsregatcd t = ai i'ru ' ! unti" ILT 11 H.T ur.u. tt ua a .1,803,230DSt feet. October shlnglo shipments were 1,323 cars , or SlfCso.OOO piece * , against 22.,600,000 for the corresponding month last year , whllo the total for ten months linn been 2,010,720.000 , nn Increase of 110,000,000 as comp.irod < * lth satn'o ' month > 4 flS95. _ SOUTH DAKOTA. J * Mitchell Is promised ono-bf ty , ttTc8t nnd best equipped play houses ItWdio a lute , The South Dakota Educational association Is to meet nt Vcrmllllon December 23 to 31. The estimated damage to fruit trees In Clay county bjl the recent Vo storms la $6,000. Jf * It Is now nn accepted conclusion that the railroad bridge across the Missouri nt Yank' ' ton will not bo built bcforAsprlng. The Klmball cronmcruj kbccn running successfully the presit/W"Bt having re ceived from 4,000 to 0,000 or-vSJJvNlnlly' Steps arc being taken townnl establishing n flax mill nt Castlewood. The mill at Water- town , which has been closed as a result of the Wilson bill , may also bo reopened during I the coming year. The Stoux Indians have been counseling the matter of claims duo them from the gov ernment and subscribing ? SOO among them selves to send a delegation to Washington to look up their claims against the govern ment. The delegation Is to consist of Chief Red Cloud and two or thrco others. They propose to lay their claims before the "Great Father" nnd nlso Insist on n change In the administration of affairs throughout the Pine Ridge agency. Slnco the stockmen on White river formed nn organization for the especial purpose of annihilating gray wolves , which have be come very inline ons MM angc , and offered a bounty of IBHb1 animal killed , some of the cowrJu rTiavO combined business with pleasure by hunting the ani mals during leisure hours. In this way com fortable sums are added to their regular monthly salaries. Two men on Little Buf falo creek the other day killed eight of the fierce brutes. From reports current at Watertown It seems probable that the amendment to the state constitution changing the control of the state educational Institutions from two boards ( a general and a local board ) to n single board In charge of all the Institutions has passed. This may cause many changes In the personnel of the faculty employed nt the state schools It a populist governor Is elected. He will be empowered to appoint a board of not less than five nor more than nine , who wilt have full control of the In stitutions , without hcln or Interference of local boards. COLORADO. The Index nt Silver Cliff Is said to bo pro ducing ore that assays 105.5 ounces of silver. 10 per cent lead and $5 In gold. Reports coming from the Slno Qua Non at Cripple Creek are to the effect that amazing riches In the form of rusty gold have been uncovered at a depth of.twcnty feet. W. S. Strntton , owner of the Independence , supplies the Weary Willies with meal tickets at the central flro station , Colorado Springs. His callers number about fifty per day. There Is trouble i brewing between the I sheepmen and cattlemen of Iloutt county , nnd If the former persist In running their sheep over the cattle ranges trouble can hardly be averted. The big Chicago and Cripple Creek tunnel , starting In Poverty gnlch and penetrating Globe hill , has reached a distance In of 1,150 feet and Is making progress at the rate of ten or twelve feet per day. It has been decided lii build n bridge across the Grand river at the Roderick ferry. The contract will be let shortly1 after December , when the plans are to be' ' submitted. The cost of the bridge will bo between $7,508 anil $10,000. " " . ' ' A strike of great Importance was made re cently In the dJush-MdiTat tunnel In the In dependence claim located' on Gold hjll nt Colorado Springs ; Work.on , Iho tunnel wab closed down at once and no Information Is tt- bo had at the ofilca of the company. A new process for treating lead ores Is to bo Introduced In Hlnsdalo county. The ma chinery lo now at Lake City and will bo at once put In place. Compressed air Instead of water will bo used. Great results arc promised , which are eagerly looked for by mining men of that section. A rich etrlko was made In the Black Crook , . near the Gold Fleece , at Lake City , opening up a big body of ruby and wlro silver ore. This ere body wau encountered In drifting on the vein and the depth gained , over 200 feet , precludes all doubts as to the otabllity of the find. The ere has n value running clew to $500 per ton In carload lots , the pay streak being two feet wide. Several years ego a mountain lion was killed about six miles west of Greeley along the Cacho-la-Poudre river and of late It Is thought another of the same species Is In the same neighborhood , as farmers In the vicinity of Seely's lake , west of the city , are losing their dogs , the animals being found dead and half devoured. The tracks In the vicinity of the mangled carcasses of the dogs would Indicate cither a mountain lion or largo lynx. Along the river In the locality where the meat tracks have been seen are a number of sloughs where young folks are In the habit of going skating , nnd It Is said that a few nlghtw ago one of there skating parties was followed for quite a dli'tanco by tome animal , at first supposed to bo a largo do ; ? , but since the report became current of the presence of a mountain lion It Is now thought the pleasure seekers were followed by the animal , whatever It might be. WYOMING. It la estimated that the Inhabitants of Jacktion's hole received $14,000 from tour ists during the season of 1895. Lander's coal mines produce about 3.000 tons of fuel annually , and It is all use-1 within twenty-five mllcfl of the mines. The Wyoming Valley Oil company's well , No. 1 , hi Converse county , la down about 500 feet. About three tons of ten-Inch casing has been put In. It la estimated that 1,000,000 feet of timber will bo floated down Green river In the spring to the town of Green river , from the moun tains , 200 miles away. It sccma quite probable that there will bo another townslto located some four or five miles northwest of Huston , on the North Fork of the Encampment. * The Shashono and Arapahoe Indians have rained enough oats and' potatoes the pant season to supply their owiuvnntu and to fill the contract for tlicao commodities at Fort Washakle. Trouble Is threatened1 between the cattle and Dheepmcn In the Brown's Park country. The sheepmen nro repdrteU as trespassing on the range claimed by 'tho ' cattle owncro. A meeting of cattlemen recently held thu /Nxxx You can't learn top mucb nl ji qualities of the Acorn etovc can't print too much In their steel rutiKO li the luiavlent and I stove of Us kind anywhere mndo of the bent cold rollej Meol and toughest new Iron HBLeMoj lined throuKliout nnd the lirlcg Isn't o hliih nliout tha Kama us some of the cheaper jsradea that haven't the advantages of the Acorn itcel ranges. John Hussie " ± " Co i Consider our 2407 little prices. Cuming pontlmcnt was oxprcascd that the sheep must bo removed from the range by force of nrma If necessary. Hock Springs City council hns adopted a curfew law. All children under 18 year o ago nre to be prohibited from being on Iho slivc-lfl alter S o'clock p. in. , In winter ant 9 o'clock In summer , unless accompanied by parent or guardian. A roprcsenlattvo of the Montana capllo building commlrslon has been at Rawllna examining the building stone In the qunrrlra near that city. The new capltol building a Helena will bo begun next year , nnd , It Is believed , Hnwllns stone will be used. The Union Pacific company Is expecting to cut 11,000 tons of Ice from Hear river , ai Ulntah this winter. The old Ice liotiso will hold 1,000 tone , nnd the now ono now being constructed will hold about 7,000 tons. The remainder of the 11,000 tons will bo shipped to other points along the line. Ilort Caldwell , n trapper and hunter from the Upper Wind Illvcr valley , reports the Indians thicker than sheep on the range , nnd slaughtering elk by wholesale. Ho say : there Is ' .in Indian tepee In every gulch anil a buck with n Winchester on every ridge. They have killed largo bands of oik nnd driven the game entirely out of the country. The slaughter of elk by the redskins , ho pays , ID shameful , and ought never to bo tolerated. They are fast disappearing , llko the American bison , and another year's destruction llko the part few weeks nnd the big antler tribe will be no more on the range. The recent strike In the Grand Kncnmp- tncnt country was made by AI DauRherty , who was nt ono tlmo n driver on the Green Ulver-I.nndcr stage road. In the early seventies n storm overtook the staRe which Daugherty wao driving pomowhoro In the vicinity of Lander nnd ono passen ger , a young lady , wks frozen to death nnd a .Mr. Stewart had all his fingers and toes frozen off. Daugherty ulmpclf wns BO badly frozen that all the fingers of hl right hand had to be amputated. One leg wau frozen nnd had lo be amputated nfter all means to enim It li rt il linrtM nvlinlic-tdil TtnttctinrtV never has boon able to do anything of con sequence until ho made the Grand Encamp ment discovery , which , will undoubtedly make him n rich man , the ore assaying nt n depth of eleven feet , $537 In gold. The ere nt the ourfaco assayed $70.40 nnd Is free milling. OREGON. The bogus "Bishop of Honolulu" has been representing himself as an Indian mission ary In Baker City. Gllllam county people nro Importing bear dogs from Arkansas to protect their ehcep camps against troublesome pests. Tlllamook , after being burned out three times and losing enough each time to pay for a good water system , has at last decided to put in water works. Two Pcndlcton ehecpmcn sold n band of about 2,500 sheep for shipment to Nebraska , wbcrn tbcv will bo fed until In condition for the Chicago mutton market. Thcro Is nn opening of 410 feet In the South Santlnm railroad bridge of the Wood- ! ) tirn nnd Springfield branch , where ono of the spans went out during the high water. The first piece of worsted goods finished at the Kay mills , In Salem , made by Oregon workmen , of Oregon wool , has Just been turned out. It Is really a yard-wide nnd nil wool ; also forty yards long. Around Dallas tlio hop industry Is said to bo reviving. There seems to be a general dcalre among hopgrowcrs to operate all the yards they can get hold of the coming season. However , not many of the yards that wcro plowed up will bo replanted at ircscnt. Over 40,000 head of beef cattle from Mal- icur and Harney counties have been sold .his season , according to the estimates of those who have hired pastures to the drovers. This represents more than $1,000.000 , or a Ittlo In excess of $12 per capita for every nan , woman and child In both of these coun ties. ties.There There arc a good many acres of potatoes Btlll In the ground near Newberg. Late planted potatoes were not ready to dig until after the rains began to fall , and the way the rains have boon coming It looks a little as If It might be February or later before the ground would bo In good shape for dig ging. L. Snldern operates n modern logging camp at Clatskanlc. Ills outfit consists of two ox teams , ono of seven yoke , the other six ; three spans of horses nnd four engines. Ho has four miles of logging road laid with steel rails. He will put In about S.000,000 feet In 1S96. This all goes Into the Colum bia , nnd Is marketed at Portland. Mr. Sal- dcrn has been operating for about twenty years , and Is one of the pioneer and success ful loggers of this coast. Previous to the present season the scourIng - Ing mill company In Pcndlcton has not found It necessary to provide for the cold weather because the mill has always been closed before the cold weather came on. This year , however , the mill Is running through the cold months , nnd for the com fort of the employes the company has had hot water pipes put In nnd In other ways has provided for protection from the cold. The woolen mill company says the orders for woolen blankets arc ahead of the supply , anil the mill must bo pushed to full capacity lo make the output meet the demand , WASHINGTON. The pack of F. C. Barnes' cannery , on Willapa harbor , this season , was 9,000 caecs of salmon. Taroma now has Its first Chinese tailor ing eatablUhment slnco Chinatown , was wiped out many yearn ago. An effort Is bolng made to establish a Tcamery nt Arlington , In Snohomlsh county. Mnro tlinii S.'l.OOO hns alrcailv tirrn HIII- scrlbcd. A movement Is on foot among some promi nent timber men In Cathlnmct to recover the logs whbh have drifted nn Clatso : > beach since the last frcaheC ami bring them by tallroad to Astoria to be manufactured or rafted up the river. The Palouso River Lumber company lies contracted for about 1,500,000 feet of logs , and many Increase the amount. About S.Or'O.- 000 feet will probably bo floated down the river thla spring 1,500,000 feet to Colfax , and 1,250.000 to Elbertoii. J. H. Favlllo has completed his cable ferry at China Bend , on the Columbia river , fourteen miles down stream from Nortliport , and near a point on the Spokane Falls North ern railway , known as Marble Siding. The ferry touches the Colvlllo reservation at a point convenient to reach the Flat Creek mining country , the route being short , and a large ficope of country being caally accessi ble from the feiry. The completion of the Cascade locks leado the Goldcndalo Agriculturist to do a little figuring , no follows : "Wasco and Kllckltat counties ship yearly 1,500,000 bushels of wheat , and for every bushel the farmer will now receive from fi to S cents ) more ) than ho otherwise would. That Is what the completion nf the lockn mean. Sherman county ships from 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 bushels of wheat , and on tlilo vast amount from 3 to & cents a bushel will bo added to what would otherwise There nro nil Klmla of picture frame * some are not na good as others tlie hind wo nmlie maliu in order at uur Iznrd direct factory are the rlKlit l.lnd KOI men them that know Imw to | > ut 11 frame toiMliur-wlille at the mime time wo lvo you nn assortment I nl mcmlJInuH to neleut from ut uur down town etoro that'll make you I illxzy n > will the rrlcu lt'H no low you can't realize tt till you've naked It ' -framing In a jiart or our builneeg. A. Hospe Jr. . , . , IB 13 w vl > I $ The Burglar vltt > m ttw Who Moved Paradise $ w > u > uu \u By HERBERT D. WARD m m ( U A ' ' and newly-man'icd couple's strange funny experiences : they begin at the w supreme moment of the proposal ; in the midst of the ivedding : w on the honeymoon and in. their search for a home. Bea ttiflUly I m illustrated , this new novel begins in the Christmas m \l > Ladies' Home Journal. \ lp \p 10 Cents on All News-stands vU vUW ( W vW > $ THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY , PHILADELPHIA [ IB the price. This means that $150.000 to $200.000 will bo left yearly with the farmers that otherwise they would not have received. Not only this , but the enhanced price will cause an Increase In the acreage that will add considerable to the above sums. " The log drive on the Stlllaguamlsh river a complete , and the entire optput for the season , except a few logs that went down n the spring , Is now In the boom at Stan- wood. The season'a cut amounts to nt loaut 22.000,000 feet , and the loggers say the tim ber Is unusually fine. Reports are commencing to como In from the filmon canneries of the sound , a number of which , Including the Alaska Packers' asso ciation's two plants , near Hlnlno. and the now canneries at Anacortcs , have closed downer [ or the season. AVbllo the run was much ess than last year , because of the off soapoii , : ho pack will doubtless eliow another material ncrcaso , because of the number of now can neries added during the season. Among these nro the three near Anacortes , which put up n total of C7.000 cases , estimated to bo worth ? 2CS,000. Mrs. E. H. Llbby enjoys the distinction of > olng the only woman who has walked the 'ootboard which tops the main dome of the rrlgutlon canal above Asotln creek , In Austin county. In some placeo the flume rests upon ho sides of precipitous bluffs 200 to 300 feet above , commanding most Interesting views of : ho picturesque valley. In ono place the ten- ncli footboard on the six-foot flume Is 12f > 'ect In the air above the nearest ground , but s thcro protected by a rail. Among women nountatn climbers In the cast the feat of 'shooting the chutes" of mining and logging lunies Is a daring fad , but few of them can > east of walking the footboard. MISCELLANEOUS. The Sanger ( Gal. ) Lumber company Is now naklng a shipment of 200,000 feet of sugar ilno to Australia. Every mill In the Coeur d'Alene , both gold ind silver. Is closed down , the water being frozen In the Humes. A great find of ambergris on the beach near Guadaloupc turns out to bo butter from the wrecked steamer St. Paul. It costs Riverside county ( Cal. ) $15.75 for every man brought In from the desert dis trict to servo a term for vagrancy. Santa Barbara breeders nro shipping horses lo Mexico nnd realizing good profits on the sales nfter the payment of duties. It Is thought that the Southern Pacific railway will close the gap In the line bc- .wccu Santa Barbara and Lompoc this win ter. ter.Tho The labor exchange projected at Bakersfield - field , Cal. , has In view also the establishing of n woodyard , laundry , soap and broom fac tories. A vein of tellurium has been found nt scvcnty-fivo feet on the desert sldo of San Diego county , In California. It runs some Srt.OOO to the ton. A Petalumla farmer kills on nn average of nine horses a week for chicken feed , using considerable himself and disposing of the remainder to neighbors. Business on the Atlantic & Pacific railway ms revived at Williams , Ariz. , to such an extent that all the men laid off during the Icpn\i3lon have been re-employed. A large , rlpo watermelon has been found on the Arizona desert eight miles from water. : t Is supposed the seed was accidentally Iroppcd nnd the summer rains did the rent. Not for many years have cattlemen of \rlzona been so prosperous as now. The icavy rains of laat summer were a blessing. or the ranges nro covered with grass and cattle ore sleek nnd fat. The Montana Midland railway , sixty miles n length and opening up n section of Mon- ana larger than the state nf Connecticut , s completed , and from Lcadboro to Town- end thcro Is great rejoicing. Thomas Stevens has discovered n wonderful edge on Burro creek , In Arizona , upon which 10 has been at work for some weeks. Tlio ore will run 510,000 per ton. From nn ounce of pulp Mr. Stevens obtained ? 3. Recent excavations have weakened the vails of Montezuma castle , in Arizona , the argcst and finest cliff dwelling In the world. Tlio people of Flagstaff are talking of n novemcnt to raise funds for Ita repair and ircservntlon. Preparations are being made to bore for oil In the Chlno hills , In southern California. A well was sunk a number of years ago , but abandoned before It was deep enough to each the oil strata. It la believed that the 'ucnto oil district extends Into the Chlno tills. The Bolso , Nnmpa & Owyheo Rallioad ompany had just closed a deal with the Union Pacific for the purchase of enough alls to Iron twontyicvon miles of the road. This amount of rails Is nudlclcnl to carry ho track of the Owyheo railroad beyond onako river. * A district In Alaska that Is llttlo heard of > y the general public Is Unga , which has one f the richest gold mines In the territory. Mr. firex I. . Kliootnnn hravr * n r,1nli of relief an lie Kiit.-KTH In the limt of thu foot l.all HrniU ami thlnlis miiylio liu cun now Knthcr In noino uf our Lurilur ; frlrniU B'D'H thciu'H no ura ( ilvliu : COU < IH away ultliouxli lib haunt ) rainea very iieur II they Jatit rhuri ! " it eort at occujmtlnti lux on fret for ln tnnceur rhllilrt'ii'a unit mlncV Bliot'B no lioiiro In thu country la tnaklnK nucti nn effort for tlili ( railo n wo nro wo'ru olTerlnir ft iihou nt > t.M that you've imlil an Mull uu } : .CO for , Drexel Shoe Co Send for our Illustrated Catalogue. i419Parnnin. It Is owned by California men. The mine has yielded this season In the way of free gold and siilphurcts over $300.000 , whllo the expense of mining nnd reduction has been exceedingly small. XI3IIKASICA IS OUT Ol ? THU DUMPS. IluxliiPHN Condition * ( Jrcntly Improved Ovi-r IIIH < Yi-itr. The executive committee of the Commer cial club has had a statement prepared , showing the business conditions existing In the state nnd drawing comparisons which ahow the Improvements which have been ex perienced In all lines of business within the past few months. This statement Is most conservative In Its nature , and was prepared with the greatest care , In order to avoid any ausplclon of "booming. " It will IM > cent by the Commercial club to the most promi nent eastern papers with n request that It be published. The full text of the document Is as follows : What'H the matter with Nebraska ? Two vctirs ngo the legislature appropriated JIW.OOO In n Id of I bo ilrouth-Htrlkrn Bottlers on the western frontier , a roglon whli-h prospered when devoted exclusively to stock grazing , and can only be tilled when Irrigated. This yonr the corn crop wi\3 the grent- cst In the history of the mate , 350,000.000 ImsholH. More than S.OCO.OV ) acres were planted to corn this year , and the average yield WIIH forty-five bushels to the nrro and of thlfl vast crop more than MO.OOO.- 000 bushi-lH will bo exported. Much of It Is being shipped to the gulf ports. It Is estimated that no loss than 100,000.000 biiHhclH will be foil to the herds of cattle and hogs this winter , nmrKlng a revival of the llvo stock Industry unprecedented In the history of Nebraska Millions of dollars lars have been borrowed by iilock raisers who are tnklng advantage of tlio low prlcu of corn and have boimht feeders , which will bo ready for the market next Bprlng. In Dodge county alone over IM.OOO sheep nro being wintered. There l an enor mous Increase In the number of cattle be ing wintered on the rnngeo. The esti mate of the number or Nebraska hogs which will bo ready for the market next year Is 2,000,000. Last year the total business of the packIng - Ing houses was not so great In volume as In preceding years. The drouth cut short the supply of corn and grass , compelling stock growers to dispose of their mock at a disadvantage. Stock receipts nt tlw Hailth Oninbn yards for the six months ondlivr October 31 , 18P5 , reached a total of H,917 ) cars , whllo for the corresponding month ! ) thin your the total stock receipts amount to 2I1.3GO cars , nn Increase during six months of 231.1 cms. These figures show the recovery from drouth conditions of two and three years ngo. Those who make n business of gathering Information on thla subject nay them Is more llvo stock In Ne braska being fed for the market than ever beforeIn the history of the state. When this stock shall have been turned Into money next year , the season of business depression will be nt an end. Klguros nro at hand showlilg a steady Increase this year In thu business of the packing bouses. A notable feature of the trade Is the Increased di-niund for sheep. Ono packer , who slaughtered hut 9rdO sheep from May to November , ] S9 , " , this year has killed fiS.TOS , over COO per cent Increase. Knonnous Increase Is nl.in shown In the number of cattle and hogs slaughtered. I'Yom Mny to November , 1893. this liouuo slaughtered 150.601 bogs , and fiS'.SGl cattle , as against 217,453 hogs and 81,723 cattle thl3 year. During the same period another packer shows a proportion of Increase that Is most gratifying. Last year he killed CO.OOO hogs , and 2,000 caltlo , whlln for six months this year ho has killed OO.OOO hogs , nnd 2,100 cattle. Another packer gives llg- urea on the value of his product sold dur ing the months ending October 31 , 1S ! > . * > , nt M.330,000. whllo this year the total is J.1r,00- , 000. This packer purchased during the period named In lSu : > , SJ.&TiG cattle , 122.3IS IIOKS. and 12KCI Hhoop ; In ISM. 31,303 cattle , 148.CS2 hogs and 10.iu. i sheep He paid for cattle this year (57.G25 more than lie paid last year , durlni * the period named. In IS ! ) . " , he shipped li.O.ii earn of product ; thin year , 3-itil cars. Kor tlio period named In lUKi , another South OmnJin packer killed : Cattle , r,0OI7 head ; sheep , 23,2H he-ad'hogs ; , ] 00,38'i head ; this year , cattle , fi7,33S head ; Bhoep11.911 head ; hogs , 153,178 head. The shipments last year , exclusive of loss than carload lots , amounted lo 2,7'U cars ; tlil.s year , 3,82' ) cms. The Jobbers nnd manufacturers of Ne braska have made special reports to the Omaha Commercial club of thu condition of trade. A conacnsiH shows an oxtraordl- nury revival of buulncps. Country mer chants awaited the result of Iho ironcral diction before ordering , nnd now they cannot get gooda fast enough. Many Omaha factories are runnlm ; night nnd day. Duslnctis men nro placing largo or der : ! for goods , sending out their traveling salesmen In Increased numbers , nnd are gone-rally preparing for a season of pros perity. Omaha bankers report plenty of money to loan on dcslrablu offerings , and a disposi tion to forgu ahead and encoiiniga new enterprises. Money Is comparatively easy and normal conditions an.- uniformly re ported by commercial agencies and by bankers generally , In proof of this It may be stated that Hubse'rlpllons to the Tr.ins- misalsKlppI Exposition are being rapidly paid. Over $100,100 has been iiubscrlbcd , on which H R per cent uuHessinont was made , nearly all of which has been paid. WlfATB ON YOUIt I'OMJ Not old curtulim mirely oh [ ilci'.KO don't make your wife Mujili nny more on account of Ilielr cbtiillllon-lt'n Imrdly fulr to make tier u Chrliluma | > re ent of Ihotu new riunyii : io oiiidit in luwo them now- they nru the ilclUlit of every wciiniin who linn fecit them und hnr < ! their | i iiulurlty only wllli the Hmunj'Hniiil uL'h low | ieei | | cliinlllo ciirliilnH - < | imty ! ! 'way up - prlcu way downdoinu ui low uu 12.00. Omufm Carpet Co. lfilfi ( HlRC.