Nebraska Newspapers

    THE ( XMAITA DATLYllEEt , APRIL 1 , 1898.
NEWS FROM THE FARTHER WEST
FLUSH TUBES IN NEVADA
Days When th Comstcck Waa Kaking
Wealth for Many Speculators ,
WEALTH IN SILVER BEARING ORE
HrKlnnlitK of VlrRlnln CHr Hnllt
un n Illllfttilt' UnilrirnilniMl Illume *
Fall In I''niiiouMen of the
Old Comatoek I.ode.
The rush to the newly discovered ullver
mines on the side of Mount Davidson In 1839
eomowhat resembled that of 1849 to Golden
Callfornl-1. only It waa much leas In volume.
There went there , ulsj. one class of .men
which dW not exist In 1849 , says the San
Francisco Chronicle , men who might bo
callel ( chronic prospectors , whceo wanderIngs -
Ings through the mining or supposed mining
regions of California had made them rest-
lew , and who were ever ready to pull up
DMkcs and go oft on a new hunt for
treasure. It ifl fortunate for the world
tint there have been and ere such men ; It
Is they who extend the borders of clvlllza- ;
tlon and make rcom for the world's Increase
of population. Hut men of capital and of
energy wont there , too. The working of ell-
vcr mines requires capital The men who
made the finds seldom reaped the advantage
of thelr'dlscoverlcB. Conutock. for whom the
lde was named , lived and died poor.
The site where the discovery of silver
was nvido waa In the territory of Utah. 1 ol-
lowlns the Influx of people attracted thither
by the discovery and partly moved tliereto
by a deslro to check the spread of Mormon-
dom and polygamy , the congress of the
United States created the territory of Ne
vada by cutting off a large slice from the
western portion of Utah , comprising about
83,000 square miles. The new town that
liad aprung up on the eastern slope of Mount
Davidson wao' named Vlrglnii City. At first
1) ) street was the principal business street
and visitors to the town In 1839 and 18CO
might well 'have supposed that the selllnt ;
and drinking of whisky was the principal
business. Incidentally , as It might seem ,
there would be exhibited to the newcomer
nundry chunks of silver-bearing quirtz , which
some red or bltioehlrtcd projector would
bring up from the side and 1)ack pockets or
h'a Jeans , and show with an air of apparent
Indifferencew.hlch . might Imply , "I don't
care much whether you and I make a dicker
or not. but this Is the biggest thing out. "
There was then iiuppoaed to be but one ledge ,
namely , that found a little west of where
the town waa situated , and extending from
a point about a hnlf-mllo north of Virginia ,
In a southerly direction , past the town ot
Gold Hill. and being In all about three
\ and a half miles In extent. Hlchcr rock waa
afterward found many hundreds ot feet east
of the original locations , and many conten
tions aroao between the locatois of now
claims and the owners of the older loca
tions , the latter claiming that the rock
found .by the newcomers belonged to them ,
being part of the ledge they anil their prede
cessors had locatrd. In short , that there
was but one ledge. In the courts the "onc-
Icdso theory1' generally prevailed , on the
principle , I suppose , that In a battle Provi
dence Is usually on the side of the heaviest
battalions.
SALOONS AND GAMBLING.
Of cotirao , as In all mining towns. drinkIng -
Ing saloons were numerous ? . In most of which
gambling was openly conducted ; lunch and
other eating hoiwea abounded , and'women
of the , dcml-momlu were ( tauntingly In evi
dence. .And there were music halls which
wore little If any hotter than brothels veri
table houaca of lewdness. And all except
the mut'lc ' halls were run wldo open , day and
night. The music hulls commenced busi
ness at about 8 o'clock In the evening , and
the "performance" generally lasted till mid
night , after which many of their frequenters
might bo found In resorts where music and
vaudeville- were perpetrated , or at the gamb
ling , tablce , or engaged In drinking bouts
until the "wee small hours. "
I don't mean to say that the practices
I have alluded to were universal. On the
contrary , I bclluve that a fair percentage
of the denizens there actually went sober to
bed at a reasonable hour of the night. Af
terward , too , when families became more
numerous better Influences commenced to
work , and churches and lodges and schools
were established and well attended. The
Catholics early planted a church there , and
the kind-hearted , sincere Father Manoguo ,
who was afterword a hUhop and who died
a 'eouplo of , years ago In Sacramento , widely
lamented , was Its olllclatlng priest for many
years. An orphan asylum was also founded
there. In charge of the Sisters of Charity ,
at the head of whom as superior was the
gentle .and , accomplished Sister Frcderika.
An Kiplvcopal churchwas also built there at
an early .day , and Rev. Mr. Whltokor ( after
ward also a .bishop ) , was for a number of
yuars lt able and well beloved pastor. Other
churches followed. And , In the flush times ,
It was no uncommon ' , thing fop the same
men who liberally patronized the whisky
ealoo s to contribute bountifully to the sup-
pout of the churches. '
y
Of the building first erected In the town
the most pretentious were llttlo better than
shanties , and that condition lasted until
3SG2. I.\B I have i'ald , at first D street
was the principal business street , but soon
C street took the lead , and as capital flowed
In there , Mho mines having proved produc
tive , better buildings were erected and the
place began to appear , more like a city but
n-queer looking city withal , for , being built
upon the steep side of a mountain , a person
directing his vision eastward from the reur
window of a house on the east side of n
street could almost see down the chimney
of a housn situated on the wo t side of C
treet. And w > the- town sloped from far
west of A street down past II and C streets
aa far as the eastern verge of the town , al
about P street.
IJoyond that eastward a
great bleak , barren desert. Hchlnd It , to
the west , stern old Mount Davidson , whoso
aumralt Is 7,827 fcot above the level of the
ea.
EARLY OQMSTOCK BIRDS.
Among the early birds who sought to
c tch the silver worm were John W
Mackay ami James 0. Pair. With them
were Interested Flood and O'Brlon. John
Mackay had done a great deal of hard work
as a miner on the north fcrk of the Yuba. ai
" , Downleville , where many a day ho stood In
the muddy stream up to his hips , tending a
mining flume. It was a lucky day for him
when ho quit and went to Washoe that was
. the name by which all the cow silver region
of Nevada was called. He worked very ban
* there , too. for years before ho and Fair go
* Into-tho Consolidated Virginia and fortunes
which made them multl-mllllonalres. When
Mackay was a young man he stuttered pain
. fully In hl speech. Hut ho overcame tha
nflllctlon completely. Pair uaed to bo spoken
of In Virginia City ( of course by those who
had no reipect for wealth ) as "Old Smoothy. '
Going down hito the mine one day , he
surprised a workman In the forbidden act o
smoking a pipe. Very mildly Fair said to
him ; "Lend me ynur pipe , my son. " The
nun handed It to 'him ; he took two or three
vhlffa of It , and gently handed It back , say
Jug , Just ns mildly : "That's a very good
pipe , my son. " The man thought he waa
lot off very easy. So ho was. Thnox
morning the foreman scot him to the office
of the company to get bin time. Ho was
let off.
That was a grand time for the printer and
lithographer. New mining corporations were
being' formed almost dally , each with a
capital stock ranging anywhere from $100,001
to 11,000,000 , divided Into 10 many share
at so much each. You could get let In o
bedrock price * . Sure to double your mono
In a weekl A better mine than the Opblr o
Oould and Curry or any ot 'em. And then
uuch beautiful , auch alluring stock certl
flea ten were turned out by the aald printer
and lithographers ! And the tenderfoot wa
almost Hire to meet with the holder of eom
ot this magnificent atock who waa willing t
nell a few ihares didn't want to dispose eton
ton many. To make aure that It was al
right the would-be seller ot the few ebarc
would pjoduce specimen * of the rock take
from the claims ; Ju t picked up at random
gou ( now. The picture may aeera overdrawn
but It Isn't. And all those corporations were
formed to exist for the pcrod | ot fifty years.
The tlmo hasn't elapsed , but where are
they ?
Hut , though there were many wild-cat
claims which came to naught except some
Ill-gotten gain to their projectors , and some
vexation and loss to their dupw , there were
others which produced wonderful results ,
among which , perhaps , the vexed "silver
question" Is sought by some politicians to
bo made most prominent. The question will
doubtless settle Itself.
WONDERFUL MINES.
In the principal mines what marvelous
machinery , Invented only to meet the very
exigency which there presented Itself. And
how many large fortunes were made , some
from the production of the mines , others
from the wild speculations In the stock In- j
duce.l by the lurid reports concerning their I
proJutlon. such reporto being one of the i
caused ot the flush times we urc considering. I
The ground underneath a large portion i
of the town was honeycombed by the workIngs -
Ings of the mines. One night , In 1864 , a
largo stone store situated on the "divide"
between Virginia and Gold Hill , together
with a heavy stock of merchandise , sunk
Into the earth , completely hidden from view. 1
Raving no trace of even the foundation ot >
the building. Fortunately , the aubsldence
occurred after the store had been closed for
the day and all the occupants had left It
for their homes. The store and -contents
were swallowed up In the space left by the
underground workings Qf the llajazot and
Golden Rra mine.
The flui h times and the many conflicting
mining locations Incident to the mad rush
for bonunzcfl attracted numerous lawyers to
Virginia , many of whom were men of great
blllty. Now there are but three or four
ttornoys-at-law there. In March , 1SG3 , there
vero 215 resident lawyers there , and others
vould occasionally go there from Carton
Jlty and even from San Francisco , the lat
er generally representing corporations
ornied In California for the purpose of intn-
ng on the Comstock a course probably
doptcd to facilitate the listing ot their
lock In the San Pranclsio Stock Exchange.
The Nevada bank. Instituted by Mackay ,
'air , FlooJ and O'Brien , was the outgrowth
f the I'tocl ; transactions , and Its building ,
n the northwest corner of Montgomery and
Mno streets In San Franclt'co , Is the
most tangible monument to the Hush times
n the Comstock ; but the colossal fortunes
f Its projectors and of some few others tre
most ( substantial , It not visible , tokens of
hat era.
CAMP AMUSEMENTS.
In 18C3 John Piper , a progressive and pub-
lc-splrlted citizen ( rest his soul ! ) built a
heater on the east side of D street , Just
outh of Union , and named It Plper'a Opera ,
louse. It was a wooden building , not
ery ornamental In outward appearance ,
: apablo of holding In Ita rarquctte and drcra
ilrcle about 700 persona. The scenery was
Tainted by William T. Porter , the noted
cculc artist , then > is now a resident of San
Vanclsco. A number ot traveling com-
u n lea had performed there , but the most
ucccssfnl fieoson It over had was wnen
'ohn ' McCullougb wont 'there with a San
Vanclsco company of players , after he had
eft the old California theater. After qulto
a long engagement and after ho had been
endered a complimentary benefit he told the
vrlter hereof that It was the first time
10 had ever had a * bank account. Mr. Mackay
vas a good friend of McCutlough and aided
ilru materially In making that benefit a sub.
stantlal financial success , aud never was
.Mper'a Opera house graced by a moro satis-
fled audience. Poor John I Truly.
Mfe's but ix walking shadow ; a poor plnycr ,
> Vho struts and frets his hour upon the
stage.
\nd then la heard no moro.
Through all the flush times the Dally
Territorial EnterprUo was the leading news-
> iper , Its chief editors , from time to time ,
join ? Joseph T. Goodman. C. C. Goodwin ,
row editor- and ono at the proprietors of the
Salt Lake Tribune , and HolJIn M..DagKett ,
afterward a member of congressiifrom No-
raila. and , during Grant's , second prcaldcn-
.lal term , minister to Hawaii , now residing
n San Francisco. Sam Clemens , known
: hroughout the English-speaking world by
ila noin de plume ot Mark Twain , was of its
ocal staff , leaving It ( o become a traveler ,
ecturcr and booklbulldcr. William Wright ,
otherwise Dan do Qulllo , was on the paper
at the same time , and continued long after
Twain left.
Nevada was admitted Into the union of
states October 31 , 1861. The territory had
not then , and never has had , sufficient popu-
"atlon to entitle ft to a representative In eon-
; rcs . So far as congress was concerned the
idmlsslon was a war measure to caln two
United States senators and a representative
to the union side. In Nevada Itself there
wore other reasons for desiring statehood ,
3Ut I have not space to record those reasons
here. On the Comstock the news of the ad
mission was hailed as a now Impetus to the
prevailing prosperity.
The boom lasted till about 18CS. From
then until the spring of 1872 , there was not
so much activity , but tihe mines on the lode
continued to yield well until 1870. Then
: hcro waa a lull. But early In the spring of
1872 stories of new and very rch | strikes on
the lower levels were Hying both In Virginia
and In San Francisco. The news spread with
the rapidity and fierceness of a pralrlo fire.
All Virginia was excited. Pine street , San
Francisco. In the vicinity of the Stock ex-
chance , was dally thronged by an eager
crowd. Again there were Hush times on the
2omstock. Stocks were booming. Fortunes
( on paper ) were made In a day. The excite
ment continued a llttlo over two months.
Then came a crash. The fortunes vanished.
On all sides broken speculators and falling
stock brokers. The renaissance of 1872 was
past and gone. The flush times on the Com
stock and all their
glamour had faded away ,
And. like the baseless fabric of n vision ,
Joined the shadowa of the dead past.
Context Over Wind Ciive.
HOT SPRINGS. S. D , . April 12. ( Special. )
Frof. Doyd , acting dean of the School of
Mines ; Prof. Paxton. the chemist and assayer -
sayor ; Prof. Slagle and four students came
'rom Rapid City last week and made an ex
pert examination on behalf of the John
Stabler side of the cave controversy. The
professors were accompanied by Charles
Maashall , an expert on fire clay , and Ed
Smith and Fred Whltfleld. legal rep-
resrntatlvos of Mr. Stabler. According to a
recent land olflco ruling anything In the way
of mineral underground constitutes support
for claim as mineral gromid. Such things
as flro clay , building stone and marble are
Included. Several of such substances were
which will be assavel for precious metals , re-
found. A number of samples were taken
ports on which have not been made. The
matter will have a rehearing before the land
office on th'o 18th Inst.
Couvlfln. Will HP Sft t Work.
SALKM. Ore. . April 12. ( Special. ) Ar
rangements have been made to start up
the stove factory at the penitentiary hero
which haa been closed down for several
months , leaving a number of convicts Idle.
The suspension was due to the refusal oi
the state board to allow u continuance ol
shipments by the lessees of stock on haac ]
without tha specific verformanco of tbe con
tract as to payments. It Is understood that ,
by virtue of the agreement under which
operations arc to bo resumed , the lessees
are to pay to the elate a certain amount
ot the accumulated Indebtedness In Install
ments , and the next legislature will bo
asked to pass u relief bill for the bonedt of
the lessee" . A member ot the board iiald
the chief purpose of entering Into the agree
ment was to secure employment for con
victs.
I'ropluAre I.oynl.
SANTA FB , N. M. , April 12. ( Special. )
Governor Otero aud the Spanish-speaking
people are not to bo cutOono la the mattei
of patriotism , the former bavins tclegrapbei
last evening to the secretary of war that
In case of hostilities with Spain New Mexico
tenders for Immediate service a full rcgl-
ment of cavalry , nearly all ot whom are o
Spanish descent and that more wilt follow
It needed. Secretary Algpr reipondod with
hearty thanks , adding that bo would com
munlcate agaki later.
.Mnmrnarie Found lit Wyoming.
GRAND ENCAMPMENT , Wyo. , April 1 ! .
( Spnclal. ) There It great excitement here
over the report ot the discovery ot manganese
six miles northwest of Grand Encampment
A hundred yroipecton are on the icene o
the etrlke and claims are being staked for
A distance of two mllta along what Is sup
posed to bo the trend of the manganese
The discovery waa made by a six-foot proa-
pect hole. The manganese Is a blanket
formation. The silver and lead In conjunc
tion are ot fair grade and have a combined
value of about $100 a ton. The discovery was
made by two Leadvtllo miners. The blanket
has been uncovered In two places.
S O UTiII DAKOTA \KWS.
X MV Smith Ilnkoln CnriiornllnnM.
PIERRE , S. D. , April 12. ( Speclal.-Artl- )
clcs of Incorporation have been filed for the
Farmers' Elevator company of Palmer , Deuel
county , with a capital of $5,000 ; Incorporators -
tors , William Kovold , Charles Gilo. John
Dahl , Din Ryan and George Welsel. The
Gilt Edge Mining and Milling company at
Dtodwoad , with a capital of $1,000,000 ; Incorporators -
corporators , M , L. Day , Fred M. Urown and
John R. Wilson. The Specie Payment Gold
Mlnlns" bompany , at Deadwood , with a cap
ital of $1,000.000 ; Incorporators. M. L. Day ,
Fred M. Brown aud John R. Wilson. The
Riverside Rancho , Eureka , with a capital ot
J15.0CO ; Incorporators , 0. F , Schnell , Charles
P. Peeler , and Alvln H. Poeler. The Bank of
Vlborg , Turner csunty , with a capital of
$5COO ; Incorporators , Lars Hanson , C. Ole-
son , C. S. Gothob , S. C. Nelson , Jorgeu Peter
son , C. W. Sorensen , A. C. Gothob , A , A.
Harpsr. The Phlppps and Eden Dairy asso
ciation of EJcn township , Cod Inn ton county ,
with a capital of $500 ; incorporators , John
H. King , James A. GroVcs , John Charley-
sen.
ArrrntiMl for SrttliiK n Tire.
MILLER. S. D. , April 12. ( Special Tele-
grucn. , A farmer named Kolda was yesterday
arrested for setting a prairie fire which de
stroyed a large amount of property and live
stock. The farmers are determined to put a
stop to the fires and will hereafter deal out
Justice to all offenders. This afternoon an
other fire Is raging ten miles west of here
nd Ree Heights , a small town , Is threatened
, 'lth complete destruction. A high wind
revalla. , _
SfnrktiH'iL In Sr.inlon.
RAPID CITY. S. D. , April 12. ( Special
Telegram. ) The Black Hills Stock assocla-
lon has been In session In this city today
.nd will continue tomorrow. About 300 are
n attendance from the range. * and from
Omaha , Chicago and Denver.
for South Dakota.
ABERDEEN , S. D. , April 12. ( Special. )
'our ' ccach loads of Russian Immigrants , In
11 about 150 persona , passed through hero
n the way to Eureka by special train. They
amo direct from the old country and many
thers are to follow.
Vrnlrlo Kir i * IlPMtroyH I'min-rly.
CLARK , 8. D. , April 12. The entire coun-
rv between here and Doland and for a dls-
ance routh of the railroad tracks , has bred
wept by flre. Loss of property wis heavy ,
mny farmers losing all their buildings ,
oed grain and feed.
South Dakota .V . * nn
Sioux Falls Is still expecting the loiatlon
of a beet sugar factory.
Mrs. William Warren , who died In Lead
ast week , Is said to have simply pined away
rom grief over Hie lass of her husband" , who
lied ttirce weekfl before she did.
A Rosebud Sioux named Yellow Hawk has
ocn bound over to Uie mext term of court by
. federal commlsalcticr toanswer to the
charge of stealing hoises from Ragged Nose ,
one of hla brethren.
Alpena lodge No. 77 , Independent Ooler of
Odd Fellows , has Just satisfied a mortgage ot
! 1,250 against Its fine building , erected oev-
eral years ngo. The local lodge la In a
flourishing cciidUlon.
The Indians on the Steseton and Wahpetoa
wervatlon are very much disappointed In the
way the government wants to pay them for
.heir land. They Just received word from
Washlngtca that they would be paid oft In
cattle and . .sod wheat , which Is very un-
jatlsfactory , as they say the majority ot them
don't farm and If they did they could buy
heir own seed wheat and cattle , therefore
hey say they will not accept anything but
ca.-.u.
The South Dakota Retail Merchant ? ' an-
solcatlon will meet at Huron on the 8th and
1th of Juae. C. C. Peterson of Newark , sec
retary of the state organization , and R. S.
Vessy , chairman of the entertainment ectn-
mlttee , were conferring with Huron businessmen
mon last week and outlining a program for
the coming convention. There are about 700
retail merchants who are members of the
association and It la thought that at least
500 will attend the convention.
llniHli lit Muntunn.
nOZHMAN , Mont. , April 12. ( Special. )
> leutcnant Georgb P. Ahorn , military In
structor and professor of forestry at the
agricultural college hero , has made .some
startling discoveries In the way of giant
specimens of sage brush. On a recent trip
up Sixteen Mile creek , -according to the
Hozeman Chronicle , ho gathered near Mau-
d.lna several finespecimens. . One measured
orty feet In height , with branches spreading
out twenty feet. Its ago was 73 year ? . An-
) thcr specimen measured thirty-eight Inches
n circumference < and waa fifteen feet In
height. The patch of largo sago brush cov
ered about four acres. The botanical name
of the species Is Artemisia tredentata nut-
alll. The books give the height of the larg
est sage brush as twelve feet , but Gallatta
county can go It three feet better. The IIsu-
enant reports the soil on the patch as ex
ceedingly rich.
.SiiKiir IMnn * Int'liili. ' .
Lnill. Utah , April 12. ( Special. ) The
Utah Sugar company has contracted for 2,672
acres of sugar beets In Utuh county and C23
In Salt Lake county. In addition to this , it
Is planting 100 acres of the land owned by
the company to beets , making a total of 3,397
acres of land that will bo devoted to this
growing Industry ; 55,000 pounds cf seed have
been sent out during the last ten days , 32,000
of German and 23,000 of Utcfi-grown seed.
No Frcneh > Is being planted , as thlfl variety
not seem to give satisfaction last year ,
and In deference to the wlshco of the farmers ,
Manager Cutler did not order the French
variety this year. Superintendent Austin ex
pects to have the entire acreage seeded by
May 1. The flnjt drills were started April 4 ;
thirty drills are at work every day from day
light until dark ; 800 acres were planted last
week and this number will be increased to
2.000.
nrlvliiK lilt ( lie Sooner * .
SPOKANE , Wash. . April 12. ( Special. )
, M. Anderson , Indian agent on the Col-
vllle reservation , reports that during the
past week M lias removed and caused to ba
driven off the reservation some 400 sooners ,
but In every Instance the sooner has gone
without the ( slightest show of resistance. Ho
said further that until the south half of the
reservation Is thrown open to mineral loca
tions ho will exert every resource to keep
sconers oft.
Democrat * Hejeet Fuxloii.
SALT LAKE. Utch , April 12. ( Special. )
The democratic state committee baa for
mally refused to appoint conferees to dis
cuss the question of the co-operation of sil
ver men. The Invitation of the silver re
publican commltteo waa flatly declined.
Leading fusion democrats declare that this
action of the state committee , which Is con
trolled by the machine , will not be final.
They will carry the fight Into the etato con
vention.
Staklnv Oat C.IUunlte Vein * .
VERNAL. Utah , April 12. ( Special. ) Per
sons have been coming In here for several
days from the Uncompahgre reservation for
the purpose of recording filings on the gll-
sonlte lands. The whole country Is being
staked oft regardless ot the efforts of the
officials to prevent It and the sullenness ot
the Indians who still claim to bo In poaies-
eton. On Friday last the number of locations
of gllsonlte land waa ninety-eight.
Itfultrnnlloui In New Mexico.
SANTA FB , N. M. . April 12. ( Special. )
Mayor Spelaa ot tola city ban been appointed
district attorney for the counties ot Santa
Pe , Toi and Rio Arrlbt by Governor Otero ,
who accepted the rrsteiutlOT of Attorney
Crist , tendered last wrrk. District Attorney
II. M. Dougherty of' ' 8ocorro county also
wired his rralgnatlcwj hlch was accepted
today , but as yet no appointment has been
made. Another rcshcmrtlon received today
\\at i that of H. L. Mlles , who ! resigned from
the Bureau of Immigration.
of tlic-Ontorndo Illvcr.
RICHFIELD. Utah , .fprll 12. ( Special. )
The reports from thc JiCfloMdo river placora
Indicate unusual1" activity thla season. Jack
Butler and W , H. Clifford arc taking a fr-
tine ; from their bar above Hole In Rook. It ) a
Qood Hope company has Just completed a
big ciltch and will pro3ccute extcaalve opera
tions. Several very rich bars have been dis
covered recently. Eastern capitalists propoac
to place an electric plant at some rich coal
fields several mllen oft the river and transmit
the power to heavy pumping machinery
along the river.
Innnno .linn t'ninp from Mlnnourl ,
BUTTE , Mont. , April 12. ( Special. )
Gcorgo Baum , the smelter man who last
February killed J. A. Bradt , haa been sent
to the lusance aaylum. Baum came to Butte
from Billings , Mo. , last fall. Ho had been
confined In the asylum at Nevada , Mo. , but
according to the testimony at his examina
tion , he wca taken from the asylum and
sent to Montana with Brandt , who was com
ing to Butte. hi Missouri ho carried a girl
to the house of a minister and wanted to
force her to marry him and he was sent
to the asylum for It.
Cotton Crop In I'tah.
SALT LAKE. Utah , April 12. ( Special. )
Preparations are being made to plant a larger
area of cottai In southern Utah this year
than ever In the history of the Industry.
Bunkervllle plants seventy-five acres , the
Muddy valley seventy-five acres , Llddlcflcld ,
Ariz. , twenty-five acres , and near St. George
fifty acres at least. Nearly all the people In
southern Utah and the sMtea adjoining are
now wearing goods manufactured by the Rio
Virgin cottcn mills.
Thirty-five years make a generation. Thai
Is how long Adolph Fisher of Zanesvlllo. 0. .
.suffered fiom pllfs. He wns cured by using
three boxes cf DeWltt's Witch Hazel Salve.
\evndn > Vwi XoU'M ,
A bunch of 1,043 head of Nevada cattle
'recently ' sold In Denver for $30,000.
The mllltla ot Nevada consists of six com
panies , Including 3,840 men and eJeven field
ofilcers.
Cattle bell for good prices In Nevada. A
shipment of beet animals from 131 ko brought
$45 a head.
The Silver State says that while Nevada
Is set down as a mining state the farmers are
the most prosperous class of people In the
state.
( Mrs. Richard Fuller , a former resident of
Carson , but now of Sacramento , has fallen
liclr to a $30,000 estate by the death of an
uacle.
Two big trains of California sheep passed
through Reno to the eastern part of the state
Tuesday. The Humbert ° f head was esti
mated at 6,000. This makes 12,000 head so
far from California. , , o
Steve Gills , an old-time compositor on the
Chronicle and Enterprise of Virginia City ,
with his brother , Jlni , .recently found a ? G-
000 pocket In their , , qfajm on Jackass hill ,
Tuolumne county , Caltfprnla.
A peculiar bundle jvas , received at the Carson -
son land office last week , which , upon being
opened , was chuckc in ) the waste basket as
being a pall of old socks some one had sent
for a Joke. After kicking It around for a
while It was dlecov < redjto be greenbacks of
the value of $7,530 , .whiqh had been sent by
rircat TJi'ujVoleiieet. '
In the large cities QtntTic United State * the
condition of the inotrAJjolltan poor Is ccn-
stantly being amcllpraj 'd by the grand ber
, 'neVolenccs \Yealluyfrfpople. ) . Sanitary , re
forms are frequently suggested and carried
out with earnestness < wid intelligence. Among
sanitary reforms thgs&prcducoj by lloatot-
ter'n Stotcach BUtcis In dyspeptic stomach ,
disordered liver , bowels or nervous system
i are very cusplcuous. ,
SIm XICWS KOIl II.VSE HALL MK\ .
Two .More I'lajcrx , lint No Informa
tion from HeiuliitinrterH.
Manager O'Brien did not return from Ch\- \
cage yeatcrday oi > waa expected , and s'ncj
the Sphlnxllke attitude of the Chicago end
of the concern has been maintained the local
fans are still pretty much In the dark In
regard to the makeup of the team. The
rain has put a stop to out-of-door work , and
the players who are on the ground are like
the rest of us , sitting around and waiting
for something to turn up.
Fied Roil came In during the mowing look
ing better than he haa In some time. He has
forwarded his contract to President Johnson
and is read' ' } ] toget Into a uniform. McKlb-
ben Is here , so the club will have a plentiful
supply of outfielders whatever else may be
lacking. "Kid" Fear Is also a late arrival.
Ho Is a legacy to the club from Grand RapIds -
Ids , but has not been signed , and with the
present supply of catchers he Is not likely
to be needed. He expects to have a position
on the exposition grounds.
Kvriiti on ( lip Itiimiln-r Tracks.
CINCINNATI , April 12-Result3i
First race , five and one-half furlongs. Bell
ing : ' Purity won , Cyclone second , Hoffman
third. Time : 1:07 : % .
Second r.icp , selling , four furlongs : Satin
Slipper won. Dolly Hegent second , Grievance
third. Time : 0I9H. :
Third racj. mile and flfty yards : Imp
won. What Next second , Slner Stella third.
Time : IMS.
Fourth race , four and one-half furlongs :
Kentucky Colonel won , McCnrren second ,
Krnest Wiles third. Time : 0.M : > i.
Fifth race , six furlongs : Kirsler won ,
Rotha second. Kunomla third. Tire * : 11JV ; > .
Sixth race , live ami one-half furlongs , sellIng -
Ing : Horueo won , Dave S second , Carlotta
C third. Time : 1:07 : * ; .
'MEMPHIS. April 12.-Ilesults :
Flrs-t race , seven-eighths of u mile , selling :
Ben Frost i.Non , Sedan second , Inlnoor third.
Time : 1:31. :
Second race , half mile for
, 2-year-old fll-
lle , selling : Pearl IHrnes won , Gay Paris-
leniiG second , Fleeting Hay third. Time :
0:49i. :
Third race , flvj-plghths of n mile , maiden
3-year-olds : Prlm.ito won , Hello Ward second
end , Voynser third. Tlmo : 1:0394. : '
Fourth race , half mile , for 2-year-old colts
and geldlngi , Gaston hotel stakes : Cuthe-lral
won , Fautcro second , W. Overtoil third ,
Time : 0:00 : } $ .
Fifth race , mile and a sixteenth , selling :
Paul Knuvar v/on , Celtic Hard second , Es-
taca third. Time : 1SOV4. :
Sixth race , threo-oUrths of n mile , sellIng -
Ing : Cfcurowltz woo , liliimle Callan second ,
Kosclo tnlrd. Tlme-ii 117. ;
< Jlul > ' 'ifivlliiK Spore.
McniJay night's play'j\ | the bowling tourna
ment of the Om.iiuv PlattdeutscheKegel
club , which Is golnfl-ou-at Krug's park , waa
not up to the stantlui'il , but a very enjoy
able evening was sp.ctpt by the. crowd thai
; \vus In attendance. 'A feature of the meet-
Ins was the refreshments , consisting of 'a
dish Fervej by Fritz" Thomas. Tenpins were
not touched. The btorw of the evening play
was : i/
. vonv i a j
P. Schroeder .u-.ti GO 7 so
F. Stoecker | M 70 6 27
Hechel , , . . , . . . 53 5 23
Voss ? . " 63 5 21
Tlbke HV. ? C5 5 19
William Stoecker . _ . _ GJ G 24
William KrugV. . . ' . 50 4
Ilenck , . . , r.1M 4J 4 20
Mohr ' . . . ,1 ; . . . M 3 IS
Uohnhoft ; f . . 47 5 13
liusch . . - . . : . ' . . . fi4 4 21
numohr . . .r : : . . . 59 4 23
Thomas 63 4 23
Kelt 59 2
Gall 40 3 13
OJk.IEia70Xt.XjA. .
HARVEY H'CREW ' DEFEATED
Fails of Confirmation ns Rooolvar at Salt
Lake City ,
HARD LUCK FOR A FORMER OMAHA MAN
Srnne. Stnollipm III * . \ | ilrnlonn ( for
a SnlnrUNl IViHltloti In ( he
C'niiltnl < Mtof
Utah.
WASHINGTON. April 12. ( Special Tele-
grim. ) The senate today In executive ses
sion refused to confirm Harvey A. Mcllrcw
aa receiver of the land office at Salt Lake
City. McQrew will bo remembered ai hav
ing lived In Omaha for a number of years
and hiving been connected with the newspa
pers In that city. He was at first candidate
for governor of Arlzon-i , falling In which ,
through the Infiucnco of Senators Allison ,
Gear and Thurston , he was appointed to a
receivership of the land office In the Utuh
capital , but against the protests of many re
publicans of that state. After his appoint
ment a powerful opposition deve'oped anJ It
has ni-ide a winning fight , letters on file
In the department showing that SIcGrew
claimed Arizona as his home und not Salt
I/ike. The vote on hla confirmation , It Is
understood , was overwhelmingly against
him.
him.The
The bill to extend the Urn * In which to
complete the bridge across th Mlsronrl river
at East Omaha was passed In the penile
today , having passed the house April 5.
Robert Patrick of Omaha Is In the city.
He says the Omaha exposition will be the
greatest thing since the World's fair , and
from an architectural standpoint the bulld-
liifis are much superior to those at ChlcaKO.
E. K. Velentlno of West Point Is at tha
Rlggo hotel.
Senator Thurston IntroJuced Mils tolay
to Increase the efficiency of the National
guards and naval reserves , authorizing the
tefiindlnt ; of Indebtedness In certain terri
tories of the United States and granting a
pension of $ P.O per month to lAlonzo Lewis of
Stockton , Neb.
The secretary of the Interior today au
thorized the land commissioner to Issue a
patent to lands lei the O'Neill , Neb. , land
district to Robert HarrK appealed from the
decision ot the commissioner suspending his
entry for the reason that he had not iml
1.25 per acre for the privilege of commu-
atlcii. Harris has ild the required nmou'.U
nil this U regarded by the socrcMry as
nulvalcnt to the withdrawing of the appeal.
The Indian commissioner has ncirly com-
leted his report on the agreement mnd bo-
ween the Loner Brulc aad Rosebud Indians
rovldlng for the removal of the former to
iie Rosebud reservation , South Dakota ,
vhlch will probably go to the secretary for
pprovnl this week.
Dr. Charles Henry wai today appointed
o a position on the bcarJ of examining cur-
icons at Mlndcn , Neb. , also Dr. E. W. Rtig-
les on the board at Yankton , S. D.
XP * for tlip Army.
WASHINGTON , April 12. ( Special Tclo-
ram. ) The following named ofilcens have
ieen ordered to Fort Mcllcnry , Mil. , for
luty with the Sixth artillery : First Lieu
enanto Alexander B. Dwyer , Fourth artll-
cry ; James L. Wilson , Fourth artlllcrj ;
Ubert Toild , First artillery ; Charles W. Foa
er. Third artillery , acid Clarence Deems ,
fourth artillery.
The following named olFlcers have been
ordered to Fort Slocum , N. Y. , for duty
with the Seventh artillery : Finn Lieuten
ants Henry R. Lemly , Third artillery ;
George F. E. Harrison , Second artillery ; Ed
ward T. Brown. Fifth artillery ; William A.
Simpson. Second artillery ; William R , Ham-
Iton , Fifth artillery , and John V. White ,
i"lrst artillery , cad Second Lliutencnt Clin
ton C. Iloarn , . Fourth'artillery.
Tha following as/Jlgmrjents of ofilcers to
regiments are announced. MA'jor James B ,
Burbank to the Fifth artillery , Major Samuel
Rev. P. Slagle , Pastor M. E. Church ,
Golden , III1. , writes : "I was often almost
crazed with pain In temple and eye. Have
used two packages of Dr. Kay's Renovator ,
and think'It an excellent remedy. "
"Stomach truble" can be cured by Dr.
Kay's Renovator when all other remedies
'all. ' It renovates ami removes the cause
and the disease Is cured. As a Spring Medi
cine it has 110 equal. For constipation , liver
and kidney disease It effects a permanent
cure. A valuable book sent free. Druggists
sell Dr. Ka > 's Renovator at 25 cents and $1 ,
or six fcr $5 , but If they do not have It , do
lot take any substitute they may say Is "Just
as good" for It has no equal. You can get It
'rom us by return mall. Dr. B. J. Kay
Medical Co. ; Omaha , Neb.
FOIl IXTKHXAI , .1X1) KXTEIl.XAl , USE.
CUHKS AXIJ I'HKVKXTS
Coflu ] , CouurliN , Sore Throat , Inllupiiicii ,
llroiiehHlH , I'lipumonlii , SwcllliiK
of the Joints , Iiiiiiihni > i
IntluniniiitloiiK.
.iTisM , Mim\i. : < ; i.v , HUAU-
ACIII ; , TOOTJIACIII : , ASTHMA , ir-
I'lCUl.T llltKATllING.
Hailmiy * ' Itpiul ) ' Hc-llcf IN n Sure Cure
for I rpr > - I'alu , Snr.ilim , llriilxrx
I'll Inn la the Hack , ( Jlif t or Mmlix
It IVUH the -UH ( uiul IN the Onl >
p.ux IUMI : V
That Instantly stops the most excruciating pains
all'ija Inllummatlun. ami cuica congestlona
whether of tni Lungs. Stomach , llowcU or other
glands or oiKunn , by unu application
A half to u teaspaonCul In half u tumbler of
wutcr will In u few minutes cure Crumps ,
Spasms , ( jour Stomach , Henrthmn. Nervousness ,
Sleeple neES , Sick Headache , Ulorrh'oca , Dysen
tery , Colic , Flatulency iiiid all Internal pains
There u not a remedial uKcnt In the world
that will cure fever nnd ague and all other
malarious , ullllnug and other fevers , nlded by
IIAUWAY'S IML.U3 , BO quickly us HAIMVAVS
IIRAUY ItELIUP , COc u bottle sold by drug-
Slst8.
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STRICTURE
Cnuee ? obstruction to thu lu\v ! of uilnc ,
iiiii'llnt closing of tha passage , pro tatlc
lirltatlon nnd unliirgeinunt , bearing down
and sraldliiff nf urlnu nnil limof power.
A SOLVENT FOUND STW.SS
liurmnuently and doui * anayvlti ! tliu Hur
toon's Knlfo nnd dilating Inntrunicntx.
.SnlFcrorn fioin Stricture , Enlargement of
Prostate Gland , Intlammat Ion and Chronic
Mucoui Discharges , by tliU new scientific
method ran bo radically
CURED AT HOME.
\Vrltoatonco to tlio Empire Medical Co. ,
205 Smith Building , Uastoa , Mass. , for
their fruol > ookcalled"So/rrnf'/lffen > a ( . "
It tolU what thu remedy l-i made nf , and
how and why It must ruro. If nflllctcd ,
It will pay von in Invosllenlc.
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PILES CURED
In Seven to Ten Days Without Pain.
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New York.
M. Wells to the Slxlh urtlllcry , Major John
P. Story to the Seventh artillery , Mnjor
Wllllum P. Vwo to the Sixth artillery , Mnjor
Oeorgo O. flrcmough to the Seventh ar
tillery , Major Prank 0. Orngim to the Sixth
aitlllfry nnd Captain darlanJ N. Whistler
to the Plrot artillery , light battery K.
Majors Story , Voae and Qruxnn will Join
their respective regiments. Oiptaln Whl -
tier will proceed to Join hla battery. Addi
tional Second Lieutenant William I ) . Ctttnor ,
corps of engineers. Is relieved from duty
orders of Captain Walter \ > . Klsk anil will
proee < l to Wlllet's 1'olr.t , N. Y. , for duty
with KIP tnttallon ot engineers and at the
United States K < ngli.ier school. Captain
Cornelius Gardener , Nineteenth Infantry. IMS
been relieved from duty with the National
Guard of Michigan and will Join hU com
pany.
Leaves of absence : SecoiJ Lleulroant
John T. Hlncs , Second Infantry , four months ;
Captain Henry W. S'prole ' , Eighth cavalry ,
four months.
Ilrlgniller General Grorge I ) , Hugglcs hao
been appointed governor of the noldlers'
homo of the District ot Columbia , relieving
llrlgniller General Uavlil S. Stanley.
Lieutenant Colonel DavlJ L. Huntlngton ,
deputy surgeon general , has been retired.
Pfrdilnluu- I'oH
WASHINGTON. April 12. ( Special Tele-
gram. ) C. A. Doty was today appointed
postmaster at Highland , Clayton county , lit. ,
and Wllberth Pletchcr at Sylvia , Linn
county , la.
The contract fcv carrying the mall between
Midland and Itelitibeck , la. , \\as toJay
awarded to A. A. Call , at J23I.S4 a year.
Dally TrrtiiMiry Stud-incut. ,
WASHINGTON' Arc-ll 12. '
. Today's state
ment cf the ccodltlon of the treasury tdowtt :
Available eafh balance , | 220,3t7,7SU ; gold re-
eerve , $178,862,031.
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