Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 18, 1891, Page 11

. cendiaries, ,},- g THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1801—TW News of the Great Y'he Cream of the News of the Northwest is herewith presented in readable form, makes this news a leading feature. E_ The First Vigitance Committee, The story of the famous vigilance commit- ;\m-n' 1856 that ruled San Francisco from 1ay until September of that year, is a well known tale that has been fully told in the pages of Bancroft; but the story of the first Vigllance committee, that of 1851, is not so ell known, and its slight record as given by Jancroft is denounced by the surviviug exccutives of San Francisco's first lynch court as full of orrors, Mr. Bancrofu esc fng the troublo of investigation by wnat he survivors term *a heavy draft upon his magination.” The Portland Oregonian relates that while the vigilanco committee of 1856 was a m tary organization 6,000 strong, drilled, dis- ciplined and officered by the leadL of San Francisco, whose chief executive was no less than William T, Colefnan. The first vigilance committee was originally com- posed of but forty men. Its origin_and its Pprovocation is _worth recalling at this time, 1n 1850-51 San Fraucisco was composed of uildings which took fire easily and ned rapidly, In May, 1550, 8 great part of the business portior of the town was stroved by fire, and again in May and Jun: two other great fires left but little of the city unburned. These disastrous fires were gencrally known to be the work of in- among whom a number of es- caped Australian convicts were included. If the thieves did not always sot tho fires they always profited by them, for during and after the disasters they plundered the stores, the houses, and_ vacant lots where tho goods saved from the flames had been piled. These criminals were partially orgamzed; had sig- nal fires on the sand hills by which they coni- municated with each other” what to do and when to do it. ‘The courts at that time were Dot trustworthy; could not be depended on to punish crimé, Criminals were saved from Justice by attorneys whose favorite device Was to prove an alibi, which was easily done through the confedorates and comrades of the prisoners. Judge Lynch dealt with these fellows and rid the “country of a mur- Herous gang. A La Mafi The granting of anew trial to John Rose nad John Bdwards of Scaland, Wash., who :.-n- convicted of murder, caused a mob to ard av About midnight the g 1ynch them. the jail was startled by loud knocking ou the outer door of the Jail. Ho asked who was there, and was commanded to open tho door. He refused to do so. und the leader of the mob told him he nad three minutes o which to open the door, and if ho failed to doso in that time the jail would be blown up with amite, This fright- ened bim, and he fired his pistol, presumably to give alarm, and a moment affcrward opened the door, when he was seized by threo man, wilo carried him to an adjoining’ build- ing, whero he was kept for several minutes, duting which time several shots wero fired ~__ du thie direction of the jail Immedaintely aftor the firing ceased he was roloased and the captors started off. When he enteved the jail the bodies of Rose and F.dwards were found lying on the floor of their ¢ Everything was conducted in a yery quiot, orderly manuer, and no_unneces sary noise was made. There were about foriy men in the party, and all of-thom were _masked so that 1t was impossible fo recognize #“them. Atter the affair was over they all marched out, toward Shoalwater bay, their tracks being easily distinguished n the soft mud of the tide land. Here all tcace of them was lost. but the k of several boats were v Dbie in the mud, showing that _the party had arvived in boats from up the bay and had de- parted in the same way, leaving no traces of theiv identity. Sheriff Turner was asleep at his house. he affaix did not take over twenty minutes. 5 atterpt was made to force the iron cage, Blthouch a sledge hammer was found in the il, where it had been left. It is supposed he men were shot down in their cells. Gverything was conducted in & quiet and or- lerly manner. Selling “Good Luck.” R. H. Jones, one of the clerks employed in the internal revenue department at Portland, Ore., had an 0dd experience recently, Whi goes far toward proving that fraud taices unto itself many disguises to trap the unwary. Mr. Jones resides at 519 Montgomery ave- nue. One evening recently his door bell was violently rung, and when aservantresponded to the summons an elderly gentleman, nquired for the “gentleman o' the house,” sing his full name with quite a show of fa- miliavity. When Mr. Jones reached the door e was confronted by a man about forty-five years of age, gray haired, sober faced and vossed i tho ordivary garb of a mechanic. “Don't s'pose you know me!” he com- menced, coolly. “Can't say that T do.” Wull, might's well settle it; I'm a mascot, Several instances have been published re- cently of clever lunatics who fave broken out of asylums and palmed themselves off as ano people. The recollection of such things s Tlov particularly encouraging to Mr. Jones and he kept @ wary oye on the strang- er's hip pocket. His surprise was doubled when the “wmascot” shoved a horseshoe under is faco. It was an ordinary horseshoo, ex- pting that it had been highly gilded. "I found this ‘ere shoc in front o' your tousc the other day,” said the stranger, “I allus picks up horseshoes when I findsem. @hey brings good tuck when I gives ‘em to 2‘“_\-1,.\@, and I brought yours back. I'm lied with luck, just like a reg’lar mascot. briugs it to every one but myself. T'm the mos’ unfortinat’ devil—beggin’ yer ardin—ulive, L am. Here's yor shoo; take AL, T don't want it.” ? Jones scemed to hesitato, but the mascot added in 2 hurt tone of voic “1 ain’t sellin’ it, mind ye. Don't want a cont forit. I'm a poor man, ond the hard, hard worla’s big enough for me to dio in 1 reckon. I ain’t eat nothin’ in three days, but 1 dou’t want yer money. Take yer shoc ! Seelugr no way to got rid of the sorvowful mascot, Jones took the shoo and gave him 50 cents to buy food with. It was learned subsequently by Mr. Jones that the horseshoe mascot had been selling Sgood luck’ at wholesale rates in various portions of the eity, one of _his victims being Dr. Mahouey, who paid $1.50 for good for- e The New Diggings. w Martin has been busy at East lake 1o outfitting for the Deep creek country. e has two horses, weighing about twelve bhundred pounds each, astrong farm wagon with covered bed and two water barrels, with & eommissary tc last six weeks for a party of four. The outfit will be joined at Stockton by Mr. Martin, The party will wvisit Dugway, Deep ereck and Cherry creck mmd prospect the country. W. M, Ellsworth and Harry Newbomb start for Dugway with threo wagons loaded with morchandise, a cousider- able portion Joxded with wet goods. They will first pitch their tonts in Dugway, but should s for trade bo better Lartl push on to the Deep Creck couutry. The country is filling up With mon vory fust. The weather there is vory pleas- ant. Nearly allof the Deep Creck country 15 dovold of water, and thac is its greatest drawback outside of isolation from rail- wouds, Mr, Kearney has water question by sinkin sHo Las six of these, five of which tlow twelve por minuto and one flows twenty llons por minute. Theso wells ave in onth eighty-seven to 165 foet. Mr. Bugley has a well noar which fiows sixty gallons per minute. Fish Springs miners get their water from theso wells, the haul being twelve miles. Tl watar'is very pure and sweet. Tho stock aud wagons for the Deep Creok ptage line Lave been goiug forward the past toroe days 19 places nlong the live ready to begin work. This worning W. H. Wallace, ‘Wilt Lett and G. D, Shell wi'l start out along the 110 to open the station and get things in shape, The line will ke in cperation as soon RS all the details wro weranged, whbich will fake ten or tw: b solving tho artesian wells. Muvderor Facapes. Jolin, allas Bob Pisner, sentenced by Judge Allon at Donver to eight yoara' imprisonment W killing Thomus Buckuor at & negro dance l West No other paper 1t is the week’s history of the great northwest. at Elyria last Septembor, is & fugitive from justice, An hour after being sentenced, in company with Deputy Sheriff Reems, ho was allowed to visit tho Golden Grape saloon, at Twelfth and Markot strects, whero Reems filled up with liquor. Soon after the prisoner persuaded the deputy to allow him to visit Jennie, his wife, residing at No. 1213 Market street. Reems is said to have beon very much intoxicated when they reached tho woman's abode. Here he allowed Fisher, unhandeuffed, to rétire to a room with his wife, Becoming impationt at the delay, the oss deputy called out to Fisher to hurry. ving no reply, he investigated and found his prisoner 'had escaped. He took with him about $00, with which his wife had provided him. The alarm was quickly given, and every Jle mun in the sheriff’s office was out after Fisher. The nogro was easily located, having for some hours been hiding ina barn kept by “Happy Juck,” a colored man and a friend of Fisher. By a peculiae whistle he gave tho prisoncr the signal that the officers were on the teack and Fisher took the most desperate means to escape. In full view of the officers heand his brother jumpea out of the stavle window, followed by a volley of shots from tho deputies. The flocing prisoner returned tho five, and, aided by the darkness, escaped despite the fact that seven doputies were in the immediate vicinity, His wife and Reems were locked up. ‘The deputy will be tried on the charge of abetting in Fisher’s escape. Cornered Brand A scheme to corner all the brandy in the west, unearthed at San Francisco, has cre. ated quite a discussion among the marufa turers, Mostof the latter, by personal ex perience, knew of the existence of the youth- ful trust.for many months. In the interim it has assumed serious proportions. The market is heavily stocked with wine and prices are unusually low. On the other hand, the bonded warehousos are loaded down with brandy, ouly a small fraction of which has been sold. It was statea by a well known manufac- turer that there are at least 5,000,000 gallons of wine unsold, representing 'a surplus, which in the crowded condition of the market couid be dispensed with easily by having the product converted into 1,000,000 gallons of brandy. It was ascertained that the Cucamonga wine company in San Bernardino county will produce much more brandy than was at first supposed. This company is ut the head of the movement to control the great eastern markot. The ‘combine’’ has a broker in that city who is buying up brandy as fastas he can secure it. In some instances as high as 60 cents a gallon has been paid, although the nominal price ranges from 47 to 50 cents. The cellars in the city and country are filled, and it is ex- pected that when a collapse takes place lively times will ensue, e independent manufacturers refuse to budge an inch from their position. While they might benefit by arise in price they still refuse to join the “combine,”” and will market their own product. An Enaster Whipping. It was nearly dusk. It had been a typical San Francisco Easter—a beautiful, sunshiny morning. The well dressed throng of church goors on their way to morning service had stopped again and again among themselves to comment on the beauty of the day. In the afternoon it had still been clear, but the fresh western wind had begun to blow. And now it was growing late. The fog—the cold, damp, nasty fog—was rolling in from tho ocean, The wind made her shiver as she stogd on the street corner. She was not big enough to ba out at that time, when everyone was hurrying home- ward, even if she had been clad to withstand that western wind. She couldn’t have been more than seven, He came whistling around the corner. He must have been ten, and no cold could get in through the thick overcoat he wore. ““Whatcher cryin’ for?” “1'm cold.” He came up close, looked around to see that no one was looking, whipped off the overcoat and put it around her. “I've got lots more home." Then he vanished ,into the modest little home up the street. “Whero is your overcoat?" “TLost it.” He got a whipping for being caveless, but he was a California boy, and ke'd sooner take ten whippings thaa confess to anything like soft-heartedn Horrible Experience. “I heard Stanley talk about his big snakes that throw their venom in the air, and hide in the packs of native bearers,” said Major W. B. Hooper of Cheyonne, Wyo. *“Ire- memver something like that' years ago in Arizons, after the rebellion. "I was in a party that was_crossing over the southwest- crn corver of Death valley, which was a reg- ular_highway then for people goiug to Cali- fornia. Tho days were hotter than the driest room in the Hammam, but the nights were terribly cold, especially toward sunrise, Wo saw o good many rattlesnakes, and they were all monsters. They called them ‘saud rat- tlers.’ and though they may be young oves with only eigat or ten rattles, you will find them long and fat. Wel, one nignt we were wrapped in our blankets on the grouud when wo heard horrible yells and cries from one of the men. We “seized a fire- brand and rushed to his side. He was struggling with a huge ‘sand rattler six feot long, with the blood flowing from wounds in the cheeks and neck and hands where the reptile had bitten him, Some one shot the snake as it tricd to slide away, but tho man died in two hours, nobwith- standing all wo could do for him. It is probablo that the saako had crawled out of the rocks in the man’s blanket and that as the man rolied over in his sleep tho ser- pent objected.”” Costly Frauds. The seizure by the revenue authorities of the Gallegas wine company’s property at Portland, Ore., surprised many of the lead- ing wine manufacturers. The Gallegas coni- pany has one of the best trade reputations in the state and was one of the largest manu- facturies in the United States, IMacts were lenrned about the unwritten history of the soizure which shows that considerable jug- gling was dono in the wine business a fow yoars back. Previous to 1505 not §1 came into tho revenuo coffers as taxes on braudy. It is stated that, in all probability many smail manufactuters evaded the law and used untax paid spirits i tho fortifi- cation of their sweet wines. In 188§ revenue regime, over 31,500,000 was gathered in by the ravenne dopattment for taxes on spivits. o wide difference in receipts voints to frauds which grow under the eyes of sub-agents and fuspectors who were charged with the work of touring the stato and ascertaining frauds whenever any ex- isted. That cortain corrupt inspectors wero employed at that timo is certain. Reveuuo ¢\'Lmnt Eldridge and Agents Thomas and Wiison have proved o Nemesis to wrong- doers in the liquor trafie. The recent seiz- ureat Irvington has unpublished features about it which prove that the old persounel of the agents was sadly wanting in honesty and diligeyce. A Fugitive Returns. Thomas J. Riloy returned to Marysville, Colo., and was soon nfter arrestod on a war- rant sworn to by Thomas Farecll, charging him with embezzlement. Two years ngo Farrell was postmaster of Marysville and Riley was his chief deputy. Tho oftice was conducted 1 a very loose manuer, and Riley suddenly skipped. An examination by a postofiice fuspector showed a deploravle con- dition of affairs, The shortage was variously estimuted at betwoen §700 aaa §2,000, which Farvell and his bondsmen made good, Other ofMeas were concerved, as Riloy lad bor- rowed star from Yuba City, Gridle; Colusa and Red Blufr, Riley bind not been heard of until his re- turn. He said be went to Mexico, where ho steyed some time, and then went W Los Angeles, While there he wus stricken with puralysis, sud when sufiviontly recovered he resolved to roturn to Marysville and eclear which, ho_says, was his own money. He says the office was run very loosely aud that Farroll was in_the habit of taking what money he wanted out of the safe without ing a record, and was utterly incapablo of conducting tho busivess of the oftice him- self. Was Already Divorced. Divorce proceedings that would double dis- count a Chicago court in point of time took the breath of lawyers and spectators in Vico Chancellor Green's chambers In Cheyenne, Wyo, recently. The complainant was ‘“de Rob'ren’ Justus Johnsing of Bushtown, Salem county.” The Reb'ren’ Johnsing was called o the stand and his counsel asked : “What Is your business?” “Clu'gyman, sah.’ “Ot what church “The Afr'can Mcth'dis *Piscopal, sab.” “When wore you marriod ! “In 1568, sab." What was your wife's name.” “Her name war Smith, then, but her maiden name war Pu'nell, sah, 'kase she war married foro T got her.” Was her first husband dead, or were they divorced ' “:No, indeed, sah, 'knso 1 scen him about three months 4go, and he war ‘live then “That settles the case,” said the vice chan- collor with a twinkle, “ho is alrcady di vorced A Vet ran's ¥ A shooting took vlaco at Salt Lale, the vesult of which is that 8. N, Schwartz is in bed with a bullet in his groin. The cause of the shooting was over a salo of a one-third intorest in the Monto Christo mine. It seems that Schwartz grab-staked a couple of men in doing the work on the mine, and whien the rich strike occurred a fow days ago one of the men, being dissatisfied with Schwa iz, sold out. This did not suit the latter and he became very wrathful and insulting, the main object of his wrath being Captain George 'I'. Bridges, whom he blamed for making the sale. Captain Bridges walked into Schwartz's place and bought a couple of boxes of cigars. While making the purchas hwartz became very offensive, but the captain, an old veteran and Grand Army man, merely laughed at him. Finally Seliwartz became very irate and went behind the counter and proeured a gun. Then, after walking out on the strect, tho old war spirit of Bridges flushed up, and in_self de- fense ho gave it to the threatening Schwartz, The wound is not considered dangerous and Bridges is uoder arrest. Varney Estate Settled. In the superior court at Butte, Mont., be- fore Judge Illswortn a settloment was effected between Mrs. Gracy Varney-King and the executors of the "Thomas Varney estate by which Mrs, King is to receiv 500, full of all claims against the estato. Mrs. King is the adopted daughter of Varney, who was a wealthy mining man, dying about a year ago, leaving an estate valued at about §00,000. He legally adopted her in her childlived, taking her into his family, she assuming her father’s namo Sho matried a young man named English agninst_her fathee's wish, and upon his death it was found that she had been given $60,000 and a house in Kast Oakland for life. This did uot satisfy her. While £inglish was away in_Honoluli she divorced hiorself from him on the ground of desertion, and ho returned to find this fact out to his surprise. Sho afterward married Mr. King and instituted proceedings to have the will set aside on the ground of undue in- fluence, and also a suit to recover $150,000 as her just shareof the estate. Negotiations with the heirs and executors have been pend- ing for some time. The Rod Freely Used. San Francisco’s board of education will moet in special session o give Principal Jo- seph O’Connor an opportunity to explain why, and to what cxtent, ho thrashed one of his pupils in the Valencia grammar school on Friday morning. The pupil in question s Chester Kinsman, aged twelve years, and according to the state- ments of his mother and other relatives, he was most cruclly beaten, his body being one mass of bruises. Even his face did not escape, one eye being partially closed by a blow from a rattan, while anoth roke cut his lip badly and other discolorations and bruises werd produced, as the oy states, by blows from tho principal’s fists. The boy remained away from school for three days, and on returning failed to bring with him the result of certain work in arith- matic which he was supposed to have done at home. This ommission, ho sates, was the canse of his punishment. Principal O'Con- nor jorked him_ violently from his place in line ‘with_his fellow pupils, dragging him away to his oftico and there beating him. Salt Lake Leper, Ah Foy. a Chinese woman affheted with leprosy, arrived in San Franciseo from Salt Lake. At the meeting of the board of heaith Secretary Hoesch will submit the question of returning the leper to Salt Lake City. Hoesch says 1t is bad enough for San Fran- cisco to have to take care of the lepers of the other counties of the state without having 10 keep a hospital for ail the states and terri- torios of the Racific slope. Ah Foyis likely to live for ten year Hoesch says that the Southern Pacific vai way company i3 to blame in the matter. There isa. law against railroads carrying people afilicted with such diseases. The com- pany’s officials could not have been blind to the woman’s condition, It was apparont oven to the policeman who caused her arrest, and should certainly have been noticed by the Southern Pacific conductors along the roaa. He thinks the company should be compelled tosend the Chinesa leper back to Utab, or else be fined heavily for violating the ordi- nance forbidding any person or corporation from bringing a leper into the eity. The board will sustain the sceretary. Indian Atrocities. Gireat excitement was caused at Blackfoot, Tdaho, over the killing by an Indian of two unkaown white emigrauts who were camped ut the water tank a mile below that place. Nothing can be learned as to the cause of the affair, as thero were no eye-witnesses, Their bodics were found by & party at the tank and anumber of Indians were seen taking to tho nills east of lere. Au uprising s feared. Indian Agent Fisher, who was at Pocatello, was telegraphod for and Wells camo up on a special train, Deputy Sherift Ross loft immediately for the sceno ana-took charze of the bodies, leaving an arued posse on guard. Business is suspended and the citizens are up in arms. About one hundred mounted men have left the city to demand the surrender of the guilty party, Should the Indians refuse, trouble is” sure to ensue, as the posso are all determined men. Not an Indian was to be found in the city an hour after the affuir, The governor and adjutant general were telegraphed. ‘The Morten Divorce Sult. The divorce suit of Madadena Morten vs Christian Morten, came to trial beforo Judge Ellsworth at Sacramento, Cal. Mrs, Morten alleged that her husband bad abused her on one occasion so that she had faiuted, and once at Tiburon had threatened to throw her i.to the bay. She produced several lot- ters, one of which was written by her step- son, Lyman, to bis aunt, saying that Morten had been very cruel and abusive to his step- mother. Another letter was written by Mrs, Morten to her husband from @& government claim near Midway. She said that she had worn men's clothes and worked out in the fields, suffering much for food and from hard work. Morten at the timo was in the city. His other child, Annie, by his last wife, was dragged to death by a cow, the lariat having caught around the child’s body. She also cha him with infidelity. orten denied the charges of his wife and alleged that he bad only held her once when she showed symptoms of insaujty,and remonstrated whe: -L shied a sugar bowl at another wm:nn“; Rimselt, He deaies takiug more than 55, | bead. Lyman, the stepson, testitied that he had written the letter to his aunt under com- pulsion and at_his stepmother's dictation. Judge Ellsworth believed Morten's story and denied the wife's application for a divorce, Broke the Precious Bottle, Hanging on the large mineral cabinet in the mining exchange soys the Spokaune Falls Re- view, is a good sized bullion bag which resem- ble a small mail pouch, It bears this label: F. A. WEBER, Lake View, Idaho. 1 Held in soak for one botle of whisky broken by K. A. Web- or on Kast Eagle creck, Sep- tember, 1887 & H. Kewr, The label recites briefly tho s between Mr, Kemp and Mr. Weber. They were old miners togother, and in 1887, in- cluded in a party of six miners hended by Sydenham Mills, who /Was buying property for the Carur ' Alene placer Syndicate, they made pack horses of themselves and beaded for the diggings on st Eagle creek, which have since become noted. In the outfit was ahalf gallon of whisky. One-half of this they drank before they reached Eagle creek. Webor carried the last bottle, He froze to it when they began «to wade the creck. Chilled to the marrow they stood on the op- posite bank and drippeds Weber made n mis- cue and dropped the sacred bottlo, it struck a rock and red liquid mingled with the waters of Eagle erook. <This card on the bul- lion sack explains tho rest. Renvgadesin frons. Nine prominont Apaches have boeen ar rested and placed in irons at San Carlos, Aviz, under guard. Amoug the prisonors is old Chief Kskimizene, called “Skilling," for short. The first five prisoners were arrested on warrants issucd by the civil authorities, charging them with the murder of white men years ago, but Eskimizene and the other three were apprehended for giving help to “Kid,” o riotous renegade and murderer who defeated and eluded the authoritics for years, and for whoso eapture the government vainly expended thousands of dollars. All of the Kid's close companions in crime have been killed, but he peoridicaliy makes his ap- pearance within a few wmiles of San Carlos. As soon as his presence is reported at the post a detachment of cavalry and scouts is sent in pursuit. He appéared last weck within seven miles of San Carlos. 'I'roops were sent in pursuit of him but to no_effect. Eskimizene is the ablest aud craftiest, tho most treacherous and dangerous of the Apuche renegades on the reservetion. Noted Character Dead. One of the most noted characters in the mission died last night in the almshouse, says the Wilcox (Aviz) News. He was James Inman, more commonly known as *Jimmy the bum.” Inman for the past forty years has been u well known figare in that section of the vity, He was an Englishman and o cousin of the owners of the colebrated Iuman line of steamers. He had been well reared in his youth and had reccived a thorough col- legiate educgtion. For some reason that ho would never ex- plain he left his home .and became a wan- derer, finally drifting to this city in the early duys.” He was handy at_all trades and cked out a precarious liviihood by doing odd jobs in the neighborhood. s fluency of spoech and geueral knowledge of affairs’ made him a favorite with everyone in tho mission, es- pecially about the saloous, where in return for au hour's chat, he received his liquor free, He died from a general breaking up of his system. Pearl Starr Again. A young woman disguised in male clothing was eaptured by deputy marshals in the Kiowa and Comanche eountry in the Indian territory. She proved to be Pearl Starr daughter of the noted Bello Starr by Cole Younger, a member of the Jesse James band of outlaws. Pearl Starr is now in jail on a charge of horsestealing. She will doubtless nave to face several like charges. The young woman is quite pretty, about eighteen years of age, with large blue eves and the form of Diana. _She dresses in the garb of a cowboy of the old days, wearing a high-priced Me: can sombrero, high-heeled boots and tinkling silver spurs. Peari Starr isa dead shot with a Winchester or six-shooter, and is said to bo a superb horsewoman, Bello Stare had threo husbands, Cole Yougiger, Captain Reed and John Starr. Pearf /isethe davghter of but has taken the name of her step- San Francisco coal is the latest topic for discussion by smineraladists. There is not enough of it mined as yet to cut auy figure in the warket, still it is hapd to say what in- finence it may have on the home trade. To reach the mine you get off at the Baker's beach station of the Cliff House and Ferries railway and walk along the track nearly quarter of a mile toward the tung uel until you come to @ precipitou biuff looking down on the water of the Golden Gate. Several tons of newly blasted rock are seen over one hundred feet below, and it is there that a gang of men are drilling and blasting an opening to the drive ov tunnel that is being made into the bluft with the intention of exploring tbe coal vein and sceing what quality of fuel can be found. ‘The tunnel will be driven at least seventy- five feet, and if the indications are favorable a shaft will be sunk and the mine worked. A Convict's Thriving Businass. William Ross, a conviet in the San Quen- tin, Colo., prison, found with opium in his possession, was arraigned bofore the board. It was charged that 1Ross sold apium to the prisoners, taking in payment mattresses, blan- Ikets, shoos, money, ete. 1oss confessed that he received the opium from a visitor whose name he did not know. Ho asked for clem- ency, claiming that this was his first offcnse. ‘Warden Hale said the board would perform a public service in prosecuting the persons who introduced opium into the prison, Owing to the secrecy exercised in this business it was extremely dificult to find the culprits. The board decided to make Ross’ case an example, and five out of eight months' time credits due him were canceled. Ross bhas served three years of a five-year teem for grand larceny. ‘The Lion and Lamb, The interest in the arbor proceedings at Payson, U. T., were heightened by o flag raising, which took place at the publicschool. Tt was the first event of the kind that ever took place at a territorial school in Utah. The flag was a beauty and was purchased by the pupils buying 10-cent shares in it. The exercises accompanying the raising were of a patriotio character, H. Christensen, a young Mormon, delivered a manly and patriotic opening address. The schiool building was crowded with pu- pils and visitors, Mormons and gentiles mingling together freely and with much so- clability, showing how fast the lines of ex- clusion are disappearing. Clipped His Claws. After a week's chase Sherift Hall of Wells, Nev., brought in a desperado named Cass Austin, whom he caught in the Goose Creek mountains, Austin and another desperado named Dove have for a long time been rob- bing sottlers and sheep herdors on the bor- ders of Idaho, Utah and Nevada and making raids into Tacomu, Foano and other unpro- tected towas, terrorizing the ‘inhabitants by knocking them down with six-shooters and shooting into their housgs. They went into Tacomn aud perfectly| riddled Bellinger's hotel while the proprictor, and three of his children wero very loW! with pneumonia. Dove escaped iuto Moptana. The county judge sentenced Austin to six mouths in jail. Had Killed 3fnny Men. At Albuquerque, Ariz; the case of the ter ritory vs William L. Duvis, charged with the murder of o man named Albin Johnson at Gallup about three mouths ago, came to a sudden end. When the icase was called the defendant, on the adviéd of his attorneys, stepped in front of thaigudge and withdrew his former plea of not guilty and pleaded guilty to the crime, & the mercy of tho court, He was asse e lightest sentence possiblo—three years iWthe territorial peni- lentiary at hard labor, - Davis says he has killed three or four men, oescaping justice, and now by pleading guilty he receives a m(m seuteuce. After killing Jounson he ted to San Francisco, was cap- (denly came into possession of about §: tured there and brought back, secured bonds- ‘men and again slipped out, recently being cap- tured in Salt Lake, U. T, when his identity became known by an attompt ho madoto take tho lifo of another man, He is a dangerous criminal, Last of & Desperace Gang. A dispatch from Clifton, A. T., was pub- lished a few days ago in which it was stated that the last of the Clanton family had been killed at St. Johns, Giraham county, Arizona, during a quarrel with Baliara Pearson, says tho San Francisco Chronicle. 'The Clantons, father aud three sons, were among the most notorious desperadoes that ever infosted a region famed for such characters as Arizona was eight or ten years ago. They were the leaders of a gang of ‘“rustlers,’ or cattle thioves, and their lawless caroers all endod in a sudden and bloody death. With the Clanton tamily the names of the McLowrys, the Karps and tho notorious Doc Holliday are mingled in one of the bloodiest chapters of the history of Arizona. It is just ten years since the stage from Tombstone to Benson was held up one mor ing by a gang of robbers who, without gi ing tho driver a chanco to halt, poured a volley at close rango mto the vehiclo, killing the driver and two passengers and severely wounding several others of the ten who were on board. The express messenger stopped the team, which had run away, aud the rob- bers secured nothing for their brutal crime. Much Room for Prospecting. A reportof a rich strike recently mado in the Pinos Altos district ot southern New Mexico i3 a recognition of the often told story of how men have for years passed near to valuable oro bodies without being aware of their proximity to so much wealth. [n this caso tha striko was mado within 200 feet of wagon road over which thousands of men havo traveled. It is one of the richest strikes over made in the southwest, it being said that some of the ore is nearly pure sitver. It goes to show the truth of what has been often said, that there 1s u zreat deal of room for prospecting in the Rocky wountaius Millions of d¢ rs will vet be taken out of mines to be discovered in localities where the existence of any oro at all is hardly known at present. Ireigation The censu \rizona. bureau announces that there are 1,067 irvigated farms in Avizona, having a total area of 65,521 ncres, The average cost of land, including purchase price, fencing, plowing und water right, is $16.42 per acre, of which §7.05 represents the cost of water right; and the average valuation placed upon the land by the owners is $§%.63 per acre, in- cluding buildings. The average anuual cost of water is 21,55 per acre, and the average an- nual value of favm products 13,92 per acre, rauging from .26 in Maricops to 1 in Vampal county. ‘The acreage now under ir- rigation approaches the maxin with the present water supply of utilizatiou, but the conservation of the flood of waters that now aunually runs to waste would largely increase the arca suscep- tible of successful cultivation. Raiher Rongh Experience. The sailors of the schooner Mattio T. Dwyer went ashore on San Juan point for water saysdhe Portiand Oregonian, and while on shore one of them shot a buck, wounding him, Twoof the sailors named Frostund Brune followed it, and afier chasing the an- imal until they were almost exhausted ais- covered that they were lost. The schooner waited for about twelve hours, but was forced to leave without the men. Frost and Brune wandered until they discovered a tel- ojzraph wire, which they foilowed to this city. In their travels over mountains, valleys and through snow they encountered wolve: bears and panthers. They deseribe the country as very rough. They slept in the snow every night and had to dig away the snow before they were able to light a fire. The poor fellows looked ~exceedingly dilapi- dated when they reached here. Dead in a Barver Shop. Captain W. P. Kirkland went to Dick Miliigan’s barber shop at Cheyenne to wet shaved, and opening the door found the sole occupant a woman, sitting upright on the floor, against the wall, dead. He at once gave the alarm and a. number of persons gathered and immediately the cry was raised that a murder had been committed. Milligan was fonnd in the back room sound asleep and when told of the dead body in the front room he was as much surprised as auy of the others. The woman has been in Cheyenne neavly @ year. Tho reportis that the dead worsan came hero from Sydney, Neb., where she loft a husband. Dr. Crook says that ho diod from tho offect of drink and typhoid over. After the Redskins Are Gone. An “Oklahoma boomer” was advertising that section in Denver. “We'll have the greatest country in all creation out there,” he said, “after the redskins are gone, and the blackjack lands are in trim, and the squatters take hold. The wagons of the new settlers are rolling up all the time from every point of the compass, and in some places you can see clearings ond log shanties. The white men out there want to raise corn and wheat'and cattle, and the negroes mean to raiso cotton and tobaceo, all of which things, with lots of others, can be raised a-plenty in Oklahoma. 1Us a big territory and I can teil you where you canssee scttleinents that are bound to rise like a boor A Plucky Woman's Work. Mrs. Shane, o widow with two children, went to Wyoming two years ago, and took up her residence in Jawbone gulch, Silver Crown mining district, where she took a claim and with her own_hands has kept up the assessment work. The claim promises to be a paying one, and _aircady she has un- covered a body of rich gold quartz, with in- dications of richer ore as depth is gained. Mrs, Shanc is a soldier’s widcw, and is a lady of fiune education and culture. Her cabin in Jawbone gulch bears evidence of refinement, and while it is one of the most out of the way places in the camp, she has any number of visitors, among whom will bo found the bost peoplo of Sidver Crown and the surrounding country. A Western Steamer. Captain Hogg of Denver, who is largely nterested in the new steamer being built to run across Utah lake to secure Tintic pas- senger and freight traftic, was in Provo on business matters. The boat 15 now nearly completed and will be ready for launching in e few pays. A large, flat bottomed barge, 00x40 feet, is also being built to accommo- date the freight, as it is expected there will be considerable business when the Provo- Tintie line via Utah lake is once fairly in running order, and arrancements are to bo made with the railrbad companies to make the round trip from Salt Lake to Tintic good over this route either going or coming back. Horrible Mine Accident, The most horrible accident that has ever occurred at Gallup, N. Mex., a coal mining. town, happenod in the Caledonia mine, Thrco men, Cassiday, Lynchand a Freuchman, name not known, were in one of the eatries 800 feet from tho surface, fixing the track, when a rock weighing several tons broke loose and fell on top of them, L One of the .men was taken out with his head down between his logs and bis back and head crushed. Another had been caught as he was lying on the ground and he was mash. ed flat. “The third was caught under the roclk from the chest down and crushea. Death was undoubtedly instantaneous to all That Alaska islarn Kodiah Tsland, Alaska, is describad ns larger than some of the New England states, Swith a elimate similar to that of Maryland, and is “capable of supporting & large agri- cultural population.” It s claimed that a part of the territory can_bo made a competi- tor of Washington and Orogon in the raising of the more hardy fruits, such as apples and cherries, ho next Steamer salllng for Sitka will carry In_her cargo a large consign- meni of young apple trees,’ says the San Francisco Chronicle. Is it an Elopement? A sixteen-year-old girl named Ethel Tiorco, who had been an inmate of the county hos- pital at Santa Rosa, Cal., for some time, sud- 000, and bas mysteriously disappeared !row that qu enamored of a young “nd the l\|r|~\«|l on 1s vo oloped, The sup- \q circumstances, < hias been in- ma. that the position {s toun A search for the eloping stituted. A Bogus Dootor's Methods. W. F. Lay of Grand Junction was arrestod and lotters wore discovered on him which in- dicated that he had boen doing a fraudulent business through the mails, He represented himself to be a doctor, but his only practice was on patients far away. Letters of an ob- scono nature had been received by different parties in town, and Postoftice luspector Pat- terson of Denver was notitied. Needed Legislation, Secrotary Bowman of tho Pueblo board of trade has collectod numerous statistics by in- terviews with shipers as to tho necessity for railroad legislation. His figures show that [enver frefeht coming that way is han- dled free over tho intervening 120 miles, and that 1,000-mile tickets are punched the samo ouatrip from Pueblo to Leadvillo as from Denver to Leadville. Value of a Huma, Frank Glencross, who beat Martin Reagan to death, but who was found guilty of simply assaulting him with means and intent to do great bodily harm at Los Angeles, was sen- tenced by Judge Shaw to pay a fino of $100. The punishment is realler greater than it seams, s Glencross hias boen ruined finan- clally und otherwise as a result of his fatal encounter with Reagan, Struck a Pillow of Gas. Whila workmen were boring a well in the Oddrellows’ cemetery at I’leasonton, Colo., and wero at a depth of about one hundred they came upon a strong flow of natural gas, It was ignited and burned steadily io a pillar of flame ten feet high. It has been extin- guisned and relighted several times. ‘The supply shows no siens of exhaustion Indian taiders, Sheriff Olney, just from Solomonville, re- ports the Indians shooting into and driving away a party of sheepherders at tho sheep auks, about twenty-five miles from there, between Boaita and Solomonville. The herds wero abandoned. Vit and s vand killed soven Mexicans at thesame placo in 1830, Colorad Pueblo has a £300,000 flouring mill Berthrond clected its first high license ticket. Mrs. J. J. Lambert, wife of the editor of the Pueblo Chicftain, is dead. Doputy Sneriff L. Payne died at Mon- trose on Monday of pneumonia. Some agitation is in progress relative to the coal mines near Villa Grove. Three Chinese doctors ha the district court at Pucblo medicine without a liccuse. Frank Palmer was sentenced at Telluride toa year in the reform school for stealing @ valise belonging to Gus Anderso A Union Pacific _conductor ng was badly hurt in a freight wreck near Trin- 1dad, One leg may have to he amputated. Jose Alerez was acquitted at Trinidad on a chargo of attempting to wreck a Denver & Rio Grande train on the night of Februar 2 Jesus Morena, a prominent Mexican citi- zen of Montrose and ex-interpreter for Chicf was buried Tuesday. He died of pueumonia. Bob Ford’ the slayer of Josse James, has left Walsenburg. He is now at Colorado Citv, bnt oniy on a visit, as he will go fur- ther west in a few days. Tourteen-year-old Frank Holly, arrested at Pueblo for carrying a revolver and threaten- ing to shoot any one who didw't dance for him, 1s pronounced insanc. Warden Smith took formal charge of the penitentiary at' Cavon City. Retiring War- den Lamping was presented with a $400 silver set by the employes of the prison. “The Pueblo medical socioty heldja meeting and_ decided to prosecute bitterly ail un- liced practitioners and midwives, and dru, gists who prescribe over their own counters. James Muldoon, a miner employed in the Simpson mine ut’ Lafayotte, was instantly killed by a fall of coal. “He was a single man and his mother and sister reside in Indiana, where his body will be shipped. Thomas W. Burchell, a pioneer and one of the most prominent citizens of Leadvillo, died of pneumonia after an iliness of forty- eight hours. He had been the receiver for the Leadville land ofice since 1577, Del Norte 1s just now working up a wool- en mill project that promises to do much for the place. The scheme is all but_completed, and the indications just now point to the con- struction of the mili this season. Onio par- ties are at the head of the movement. Ten Chinumen were jugged at Durango for running un opium dive and a regular knock-down den. One washee was struck a biow on the head by a fellow almond-eye, which cracked his skull and separated his queue. They wore fined 300 in police court. H. H. Ingersoll, one of the oldest employes of the Denver & RRio Grande on the western slope, is the possessor of a half interest in a mica mine near Grand Junction, which prom- ises in the near future to b a source of reve- nue to him and to his partner, William Wheeler of Deltg county. William Hort was horvibly disficured by the premature explosion of a blast in the Smuggler mine at Ballarat. The miner had blasted a hole which took too long to explode. Returning tosee what was the matter, the blast went off, throwing the charge rull in his face and likely putting out both eyes. The jury in the case of Thomas Heffner, charged with the murder of Jim Lay, a Chinaman at Denver, returned a verdidt of guilty in the first degree. Heffnor, on being informed of the verdict, swallowed half a bottle of morphine which he had hidden in his cell. The two prison physicians im- mediately went to work on him with a stomach pump and the would-ve suicide was saved. A cowboy near Lay had a_narrow escape from death a few days ago. Ho was about a quarter of a mile from camp gathering fire- wood, when he was suddenly pounced upon by a mountain lion. He had no weapon e; cept & bowie kuife, which he used to good ¢ fect. His cries attracted the attention of his partner, who seized & Winchester and salied forth to the rescue. Between the knife and the gun the lion was killed, but not before he had badly bitten and clawed the attacked man been held to for praciicing med Mable h Nevada, Governor Coleord vetoed the bill making Liucoln’s birthday a legal holiday. The citizens of Austin held a jollification meeting on account of tho passage of the bill granting a franchise to the Nevada air line railroad. “There was extracted from the Consolidated California and Virginia, 1,572 tons, cighty pounds of ore, which 1:as shipped to the Iurela mill, The pumping association of tho Comstock levied an assessmeat. amounting 10 £25,000, which will be apportioned among the Gold Hill mining camps. L. Dutertrio did not meet with success in pumping the pulp from the large shaft he was sinking at Goleonaa, the pulp being too heavy toran, Mr. Dutertrie will try some other process, Beruie, an Italian sentenced to the stgte prison for twenty-five years on July 13, 1880, for killing i coudtryman, was committed to the insane asylum at lteno, ne having shown signs of insanity Giould & Curry will commenco shipping ore soon. There are about one thousand - tons of oro on hand, and some ore has been* oper out from thé two hundred to the four hundre level of the mine, The big and mueh talied of Indian fandan o took place at Battle mountain. Quite a number of big chiefs wero present and presented to the tribo tho reason why they should be peaccable and friendly, The Reno electric light and powor company has pu sed a right of way for a ditch and oue acre of ground of the Murray Brothers, about one mile west of | $1,750, and will avect & plaut for the comvany t'a cost of #15,000. Now gold ledges aro repo found near the Sterling dis western part of the county, The Hike mai carrier states that @ prospecting company from Los Angeles, Cal, has an outfit pros- pecting there, which is fully equipped to moet the difloulties of that socticn. The residence of George W. Cagwin in Carson was totaily destroyed by fire; total loss, $3,000, Mr. Cagwin's mfant son wus locKea up in wsmail voom for punisbment. Seouring some matches ho seb tha piaoe afire and waated his grandmother 1o vome sad see rted to bave been in the south the blazo. When she arrived the firo had gnained such headway that tho building burned to the ground boforo tho fire dopart: ment reachod the scene, Utah. The Territorial Toachers' anized in Salt Lake, A handsome manhas captured tho wife of J° G, Baguell of Coalville. The wool association warehouse at Manti is being rapidly pushed ahead The Castlo Valloy railvoad filed atiicles of incorporation The people’s party have an old-fashioned political eruption at Payson, Great mining wetivity is foreshadowed on the Crescent Hill at Park City. Mail servico has boou ordered on the Se- er branch of the Rio Grande Western, A superior article of asphalt has been found in Tie Fork of Spanish Fork canyon, 'he advent of the railroad in Sanpete and counties opens up a country rich in al woalth, Mining litigation at Tintic is assuming voluminous proportions, fourteen suits hav- ing been commenced. [n the §15,000 damage linson against the Union Jury gave the piaintiff $00, Diamond, secretary of the bogus Salt Lak aceident company, has skipped after fleecing many in bogus insurance. Work on the sugar factory at aressing finely and everything for the Utah sugar company The vote on the issue of 500,000 in school bonds for school houses and school sites in Salt Lake was 53 for the bonds and 83 aguinst, “The coroner’s inquest on the death of Frank Simpson, killed in_a gravel bank cave near Hyult exonerates those iu charge of the work from all blame, Thie now Eldorado of Fish Springs contin- ues to excite the atiention of mining men and prospectors. Partics are leaving Provo daily for the new district. Fourteen coal mir mostly Italians, wore deputy marshals by the grand jury. The salooniceepers of Provo have formed & protective union in order to guard their in- twrests and to cinch those drug stores which are doing a retail business under o wholesale license. ‘The wool clip in the southern counties is now commencing, and the condition of the flocks show that the output this year will ex- ceed the 13,000,000 pounds of ‘last year by considerable. George V. Schramm of O on the bridge of the nose, the eyes, by a 22-calibre rifle bullet, but it flattened itself against the skull. Who fired the shot is a mystery. instituto was or company has it ot Alfred Tom- ific at Provo,the Lohi is pro- looks lovely from Castle Gate, brought to Provo by wder indictments brought len was struck oxictly betwoeon A young woman was held up at Hay by an uusavory fellow with o six-shoolor, who demanded ner mouey, The woman shricked and made a wild divo for the nearest doorway, into which she fell faintin Utal is losing much by eattle being brand- ed over the ribs, For 3 it hus boen the custom of hide dealers in California to ¢ uct one-third from the price of the hides where the brand was on the side, aud this system was introduced here about two months ago. inrket Montana Deer Lodge has elected a board of school trustees composed entirely of womeu. Over th huudred women voted at tho election for school trustoes at Butte on Sat- urday. Marie Wainwright's watch and $15 in money were stolen from her dressing room in Ming's opera house at Helena, The Plutus mining and milling company has been incorporatedawith a capital stock of 1,000,000, The principal place of business will be at Bozeman. Articles of incorporation have been filod for the Butte consolidated railway company, the new corporation that embraces all the street railrouds of Butte. Sheffelberger and Root, charged with rob bing railroad freight cars of Alaskan furs, wero found guilty at Missoula aud sentenced each to two years at Deer Lodge. An extensive cave in the Mullen tunnel, cighteen miles west of Butte, has diverted ali traftic from the main line of the Northern Pa- cific around by way of the Butte branch. News from the newly developed mining properties near ‘Woodville was received when the Cabbage brothers came in with many fine specimens of ore, which are found to assay, on the average, séventy ouncos silver. The Curlew Extension mining company has filed its certiticato of incorporation with tho clerk and recorder of Missoula county. Cap- ital stock, $1,000,000, divided into $500,000 shaves at the par value of 82 cach. Tho principal ofice of the company will bo at Stevensvillo. At the election of school trustees at Mis- soula the following were clected: 8. K. Murray, J. S. Booth and Mrs. Jacob Rewmn- hard for three years: C. I I years; Mrs. John Rankin for one year, On tho proposition to issue #3,000 bonds for school purposes the vote stood 228 in favor and 3 against. Sinking has commenced in the shafts of the High Orc, Wake-Up-Jim and Green Mountain wmines of the Chambers syndicate, controlied by the Anacond ny. At the Mountain Cousolidated work is progressing in the bot- tom of the snaft, ihich is now between seven and eight huugdred feet from the surface. The Northern Pacific through train_from the cast, which was due at Buite at 2:15, did not arrive until 11 o'clock. Tho detention was caused by a huge slide a short distanco this sido of tho Homostake tunnel. A mass of rock and dirt, nggregating many tons in woight, bocame dislodgod and shid onto the track. Mussigbrod and Mitchell have again se- cured the costract for the care of the insane for a threc years' term. In the absence of the governor, Licutenant Governor Rickards signed the contract along with Sceretary Rotwit and Attornoy General Haskell. Tho is for 81 a day for each inmate, or a on of 81 a weel from the late contract. M. A. Guthrie of Foloy Bros. & Guthrio, who have the contract for building the Great Northern branch from Monarch to Neibart, says: that just as s0on as the snow goes off work on the extension will be commenced. Railway ofticials are roticent as o the status f the line from Neihart to Barker, but it is nferrod that the same contractors also have the coutract for this work. Both lines are expected to be completed this summer. avis for two Idaho. The Seven Devils country continues to at* tract great attention. Over $40,000 was disbursed in Pocatello by the Union Pacific company on the last pay- day. The Seattle, company fleld. There were seventy-one convicts in the state prison when the bill appropriating §50,- 000 was intrdduced. A party of surveyors will soon bogin opera- tions surveying a railroad ling from Weisor Bolso & Salt Lake railway now have. their surveyors in the ! up tho weiser miver. The Red Elophant mine has New York with g boen parties, and incorporated apital of $00,000, Thiee hundred to 40):0unce galena ore has lately beeu strack in tho Sunday mine at Corto, owned by 7. M. Bruner. Sand Point is flooded sith men contractors hav sold to there Railroad quite a lot of men 0 their first cainp, b is now completed, aud arg putting up other 5 00 tho fin A small blaze occurred in the laboratory at the school house at Boise City, A containing cals wero setting in the win- dow nad the veat of the sun cuused ther to s of Moscow are tho propesed paper factor: consume %000 tons of stray kot will Lo croate syed as worthless Krontenal covnty has the prospect of be- of the most populons counties in The Indiar ation recently od 10 the government alone udds 5,000 o its population, Nearly all the horsemen on that side of the Prairie near Grougeville havo suffered from ot in o miil will iy, und a% 13 new de the raids of horsethioves and intend using every endeavor to suspend these nefarious operations and briog the guilty ones w0 jus- tice. Kd Hurrington, & man dixty vears of age, was on trial last week at Oshors for the murder of oue Kt iKeritz, & man whose rep- utation was very bad. The jury dwgrood and the court disivissed the cuse on wetion of the district sttoruey, Rich goid diggings bave been Cottopwood. The dirt is taken uj oo of the old hiotel eabln throug! box. Thouswnds aud thou fouud at frow the a niuice: rds of ouncas of gold dust were weighed thow thans iy the sarly Zays,