Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 11, 1892, Page 5

SOMEWELLROUNDED FIGURES. Reflecting Giant Btrides of the Imperial ! Northwest, GLEANING FROM ANNUAL REVIEWS. Mhough Somewhat Seant In Area, They Are Locally 1. 1 Toothsome —General ked For Varlety, ws on Newspaper boom editions were notable for thoir searcity on the first of the year. Ouly three worthy of the name have as yet been issued in the imperial northwest, Of these the Salt Lake Tribune is entitied to first rank by reason of the vastarea of country covered and written up, the varioty of statistical information, and the details of past progress and future prospects. The entiro work reflects credit on the great ne: paper of Zion. The population of Utah is 210,i62. The a-sessed valuation of all kinds of property 1,018 up $121,156,648, an increass of 15.65 per cent over 1500, From this a territorfal revenue of £00,223 will be extracted. There are twenty-five counties and thiriy-eight in- corporated cities in the territory 10 acres aro undor cultivation, mostly by irri- gation, and 3inclosed for pasture. With improved water supply it is estimated 304,000 can be brought under cul- During the past year % was exponded 1n the construction of'private buildings in the ter and in public buildings; & was 300 hands employed in indus- trial concerns, in which 4,136,757 18 invested ; value of annual product, #6,366,071. There are 1,700 stores in the territory, representing nvestment of $20,013,139, and employing hands: 4,554,641 was paid out for wayes, and the total sales for the year was &15 84, In precious metals the territor) Produced 03,520 tons of ore, baving an ex- port valun of $12,240,000 and a mint value estimuted at $16,000,000: £224,350 was puid in dividends to mine owners. In stock raising, sheep take the lead. There are 1,810, head iu the territory, valued at & Lnst year's wool clip brought #1,220,4; The progress of Salt Luke Ciiy during the car is indicated by the following fizures: Sxvended in bulldings, #4,343,450: real estate sales, §),776,747; municival éxpenses, 305~ bank clearings, £5,154,520; value of pro- ducts of 100 factories, £2,500,000. The San Francisco Chronicle issued a su- perb number on New Year's day. covering evory branch of industry iu California. The historical apd statistical features, copiously illustrated, are a mine of information, invalu- able to the student of western development. Another striking New Year's number was the San Jose Mercury. Though local in scope, it furnishes a pictorial and statistical anorama of California’s loveliest cities and ts attractive surroundings. The aavance of Cahfornia during the year ‘was marked. The value of cereal, hay and Yoot crops was £50,000,000, and farm animals $60,000,000; 9,000,000 pounds of sugar was produced, 32,420,000 pounds of wool, 1 gallons of wine, 1,250,000 gallons of brandy, 474,500 barrels of petroleum and 500,000,000 feet of lumber. The total value of exports ‘was £2,701,252, Financially the people are ‘well heeled. The deposits of all bavks in the state is $186,471,036, an increase of #15,241,505in a_year. The savings banks hold on deposit $114,164, an increase of $15,722,000 in & year. 'The assessed valua- tion of'tho state for 1801 was $1,241,066,174, nearly double what it was ten 'years ago. Speaking of fruit, the state pbroduced last vear 4,600 carloads of orauges, 2,500, 00 boxes of rasi and 25,000,000 pounds of prunes; 445,500,000 of fresh fruit were dried, 50,000,000 pounds canned and 50,000,000 pounds consumed at nowme. Amnzing totals these, but California is an amazing state. ‘The history of San i‘rancisco county is reflected as follows: Real estate sales, $20,- 000,000 1,450 buildings erected, costing $9,- 500,000; 1,316 factories employ 30,502 hands; value of product. $109,000,000, an increase of £21,410,000; savings bank deposits increased $10,520,000 during the year and now aggre- gate §43,577,850; exports increased $12,500,000 and pank clearings #48,500,000. Tacoma and Seattle, the young giants of Puget Sound, appear eutirely satisfied with the records of 1801, * Tacoma exported 4,500,000 bushels of ‘wheat and imported 12,700,000 pounds of tea. Bank clearings aggregated $40,i50,000; capi- tal invested in factories, §),200,000; value of output, $9,000,000;number of hands employea, 8,432; mouthly pay roll. 8185, Public ed- ucation is carried on in fifty-seven buildings valued at $1,718,173; 4,044 pupils are enrolled ana 102 teachers employed. Seattle exported £6,000,000 worth of wheat, flour and lumber. Her banks have $6,000,000 of deposits; capital and. surplus 3,000,000, ! The total of building improvements is not tated, but three buildings erected at a com- pined cost of 81,000,000 reflects the substan- tial character of the city's growth. The forty-four miles of strect railways. were bettered to the extent of §72! . Signifi- cant and fnstructive is the fact that Seattlo cleared #34,406 by owning ana operating its own water works. Tho total receipts were $131,021; expenses, $¥,555. The taxable value of the city is #4,607,165; 6,119 pupils aro enrolled in the public schools, 1 which 120 teachers are employed. But there is something radically defective in the enter- prise and energy producing such results and at the same time showiug a_record such as this: Births, 583; aeaths, 587, The state of Washiu 280 pounds of hops from 5,113 acres, X ‘bushels of wheat, 9,365,000 of oats, 7,500,000 of barley, 1,500,000 of coru, and 1,300,000 tons of coal. Her lumber mills have a capacity of 9,000,000 feet per day. ‘L'he rainfall during the year was fifty incl The Ar Dovaras, Wyo,, Jan. T'o the Editor of Tur Bre: The Ber's expression of January 1, on the arid lands problem comes to the people of Wyoming as a rather painful sur- ' prise. Wo had confidently figured on the ardent support_of Nebraska, and especially of Omuha, in the efforts now being made to secure the l:nlanlgo of land laws which will yuake possible the development of this arid xegion, Wyoming is essentially tributary to Omaba, and assuredly before Omaha can posxivly reach the 400,000 limit of l)upulnllon which Ur. Miller so enthusiastically and Justly predicts for her, it will be found neo- essary to develop to the very outskirts her tributary territory. Because THE BEE has always been a warm and stead fast friend of Wyoming, we are em- boldened to oriticize what is manifestly a misconception of the aim and purpose of the movement now on foot to secure the cession, in trust, of the arid lands to the states in Which thoy s, You say: “Nebrasks and Kansas are deeply interested in the arld lands problem. Shoula the |lru¥ml of conveying these lands absolutely 1o the states be carried out, these 1wo states may be seriously affected," ‘The fact 18 there Is no such project on foot. Tho proposition is not to cede the lands ub- solutely to the states, but simply to couvey thom {n trust under ample limitations and & for the specitic purposo of reclamation. It is not asked that the title be conveyed to Lo the states. The Salt Luke platform reads as follows: ““Thia congress s {n favor of Krant: n trust, upon such conditions as shall serve the public lnterests, to the states and terri- tories needful of irrigation, all lands now a part of the pubiic domain within such states and territories, exvepting mineral lands, for the purpose of uava'z:rmx irrigation, to ren- der the lands now as fortile and capable of lufnnrtlnu puiation,” 'hat is the suthoritative formulization of the purpose of this movement. The men of the arld region only ask that they be per- mitted to use these lands as collatéral secu- rity along with the credit of the respective states Lo procure mouey to coustruct ditohes and resorvolrs. The state will reimburse itself by disposing of the land to actual set- tlers. Now, probably if the people of No- . braska ure so disposed they can block this s yMoOvement and postpone tue reclamation of the lands of Wyoming. But what possiblo aavautage would that ve to Nebraska, and especially 1o Omahal You say, further, “all our water courses rise In Wyoming and Colorado. If these {attor stales are given absolute control of the {rrigation question, as it applies to the arid lands of those states, they will have it Lhelr power to deprive us absolutely of the water which now courses aoross the state in the Republican, Platte and Niobrara rivers.” In passing it Niovrara is almost oxclusively a Nebraska stroam. While {t heads about twenty-five miles within Wyoming, it 18 quite ins{gnifi- cant where it leaves Wyoming sofl, carrying less than ten cubic feet flow per second Neither can the Republican be a very large stream where it Jeaves Colorado, Practically the question concerus the water of the North Platte river only. With Wyomiug and Colo- rado the movement in question does not in volve an attempt to procure waters withiu those states., already given them by the congress of the United States, absolutely and unconditionally. The constitutions of these two states. as titled by congress, provide as follows The waters of all natural streams, springs, 1akes or other eollactions of still water with- in the state aro hereby declared to be the | property of the state.” That property right is effectually vested in these states, to bo construed, however, by the court Congress can't logislate it away from them now. Assume that there may be a controversy between approprintors of water from the North Platte in Nebraska and appropriators above them in Wyoming. Congress has no power to settle such a controversy. It is a matter exclusively for the courts. If it should bo taken before the United States courts it may b held that the old doctrine of AINONg states and that one state cunnot ap- propriate water to the damage and dotri- ment of another. But why raise the question now? It can't bo settled as part of this movement. It can bs used only to postpone the development of the arid region. 1f Colorado and Wyoming by their super- for vizilanco have secured the prior right to these waters, it is hardly the gracious thing in Nebraska to now play tho role of the dog in the manger. Practically, however, rover bo raised. The North Platte river, during the irriga- tlon season, as shown by moasurements made last summer, carries a volume of water suflicient to irrigate 1,500,000 acres of land. Itis a most extravagant imagination thut dreams of covering 500,000 acres in Wyoming from that stream. There romains water for 1,000,000 acres to flow on into Nebraska. Did you ever try to figure out where vou wilk find '1,000,000 acros in aria Nebraska that can by any reasonable expenditure be covered by water from tho North Platte river! Such an area cannot bo found. Assuredly this 1s a cause in which the west shoaid stand together, for n practical results it promises more than any other niovement that has been instituted in twenty-five yoars past. . H. Harvey. Irrigation an Big Ho A correspondent of the Chicago Inter- Ocean, writing from Buffalo, Wyo., says: The success of irrigation from western Nebraska to California, and from Arizona to Montana, should attract the closer attention of congress. Irrigation settles the question of what is to be done with the increase and overflow of population and immigration. It seems like a strong statement to say that the irrigated regious of the west are capable of, and eventually will, support a denser population than the nonirrigated lands of the east; but it is true. See what has been dono abroad. The plateau, or high tablelana forming the greater portion of the peninsula of Arabia, is without a single perennial stream or body of snrface water: yet it supports a Jmpu]m.lun of 12,000,000 who raise wheat, durra, barley, millet, beans, and tropical fruits in this high, dry, sterile plain where 90 per cent of the water supply s drawn from below the sur- face by old bored and duig wells. In densely vopulated British India out of 28,000,000 acres irrigatad 1%000,000 are moistened’ by water drawn from wells by man_power. It is estimated by competent authority that there are in the old world today over 200,000,- 000 persons. depundm%!alnly for their food upon areas irrigated by waters drawn in its most primitive manner from underground sources. These, too, are the lands that have 10 past centuries been most highly civilizad and borne a large share in the ancient his- tory of the world, ,The teachings of h tory and the result of recent years war- rant the prediction that the Big Horn region will become the state wonderland of agriculture as ‘the park just west of it is the natoual wonderland of geysers aud hot springs. g the question will The Great Northern, Thoadvance guard of the Great Northern extension 15 operating in the vicimity of Sorague, Wash. The rails are now being rapidly laid through Idaho, and through a beltof country ricn in timber and agricul- tural lands. The road is taking in a_rich country in resources which the Northern Pacific_ missed wheu that line was con- structed. From the entry of the Great Northern linointo Washington 1t takes a course almost due north, The survey bas been completed to Harrington, twenty-eight miles northwest of Sprague, and tho- sur- voyors have gone on with their lino toward tha Columbia river. In that section the road will traverse a thickly populated region, and will assist the many ranchers along its route to a close market for their crops, which thoy nave hitherto been compelled to transport by wagon from twenty to fifty miles i order to sellor ship. Output of Gold and Silver, The New York Envineering and Mining Journal, in 1ts annual statistical number, says: The mineral industry ot the United States grows apace. In 1590 the value of its chief items at the place of production ex- ceeded $650,000,000, and, though che cash value of tnese products in 1891 was probably less than in 1800, owing to the lower market prices of most of thom, yet the quantities proauced were, with very fow exceptious, much greater than in any previous year. The outputof gold 15 increasing, buf, in the ab- scence of . full returns, we place itin 1591 at approximately $36,200,000, or 1,812,000 ounc ‘The output of silver has increased much more rapidly, and we estimate, in the absence of full returns, that it amounted in 1801 to 58,000,000 ounces, the coining value of which would e §70,452,000, uge Dams. There 1sa dam on the Merced river, Cali- fornia, which is sixty feet high, a mile long and has a capacity of 5,500,000 gallons, spread over a reservoir of (50 acres. The Sweet Water dam near San Diozo 1s ninety feet high with @ capacity of ©,000,000,000 gallons, 1ts rosorvoir covering 725 acres, The Bear Valley dam in San Bernardino county 15 sixty feot high and has a capacity of 10, 000,000,000 gallons, With a resorvoir covering 2,250 acres. Thes are all built for irrigating purposes, except the San Diego dam, which includes with the irrigating the supplying of San Diego City with water. Nebraska, While coupling cars at McCook Switchman Delaware lost a fiager, All the defeated candidates in Boyd county have begun contest proceedings. A plan 1s on foot at North Platte to organ- ize a local stock company to put in a system of sewerago, A North Platte man is buildin to nuvigate the frozen surface o at a twenty miles an bhour gait. The wife of S. Winter at Pender warved the saloonkeepors not to sell liquor to her husband. Te old man got mad in consequence aud packed up his thiugs and left town, Miss Ada Justice of De Sowo uud\lanl{ lost her speech while riding home from Blair the other day. Last winter a teacher in the Blair high school had a similar experience, A man known as Jack Barnes stole a team from Albert N, Morris of Cortland and the owner of the horses offers a reward of 5 for the return of the animals aod the capture of the thief. Thomas Nichols, & farmer near Neison, lirted u londed gun with bis hand over the muzzle. When Nichols recovered from the sbock he discovered that his hand had been blown off. W. D. Kinkaid of Superior fell from a load of hay the other day and broke his collar boue. Six years ago he fell n the same man- nerand fractured his shoulder blade. Hoe nas sworn off on hay rides. A Calboun citizen named Johnson had his feot frozen about Christmas time, but neg- locted to treat thew properly and last week gaogrene set in. It wis necess, tate ono of his limbs to save his life. Henry Mever, a Hall county farmer, went to Grand Isiand the other day and becaiio intoxicated. Whuile on his way homo he started to drive aown the railroad trac He traveled by this voute about half a mile, when his wagon was overturned and he was thrown out, His left shoulder was dislocated an ice boat the Platte should be noted that the | ontrol of tho | They have that | riparian rights prevails | Y 10 Ampu- | 'HE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY JANUARY 11 | aad no sustaiued soveral other flesh wounds, which sobored him up enough to go home the rest of the way by the wagon road. In the contest cases in Burt county, M. C. Merrill, the republican candidate for county clerk, was declured elected by four majority For sheriff the vote was a tié and the candi | dates “pulled straws," MeGrew, republican, winning. 1t is ropor Conductor from McCook that Freight Sailyer_of the Beverly branch was let out by the Burlington for medaling with express packages contalning money farwarded in his car. Conscience stricken, he confessed and roturned the amount taken at various times to the company. Tho Farmers and Merchants Union Ele- | vator company at Platte Center hus proved a grent success so far since 1t began business 1n November. At the time when the asso- ciation took control the price of wheat was raised about 10 cents per busnel, that of oats about 3 cents, while corn was improved from 3to & conts per bushel. Peopls of Plymouth, Jefferson coiinty, suf- fored from a mad dog scare the other day. The rabid_animai had full control of the streot, and bofore it conld be killed it had bitten a scoro of dogs and other animals and lacerated the flesh of several people. The siaughter of dogs has beon going on ever since, and but few of the common brood romain. It is said that physicians at Humboldt re- fused to attend a siok colored boy and left him to die. After the laa was dead the grave diggers told the father he must tako tho corpse at once to the cemetery, as it was too cold for them to wait until the funeral could bo bold. Whon tho minister went to tho house to hold the last service over the boy's remains ho met the griefl stricken father returning from burying the corpse. Tho people of Huboldt are indignaut over the matter. Town, Waterioo hopes to secure a watch factory with a capital of §350.000. A Keokuk young woman was sentenced to one year in Jail for being a vagrant. Davenport citizens subscribed enough money to buy two car loads of corn for Rus- sian sufferers. The aquarterly statement of the state au ai- It was an Jowa regiment, the Thirty- fourth, that took IRoger Q. Mills a prisoner at the battle of Aransas Pass. A tramp robbed the Clinton polico head- quarters of several articles, but was arrested vefore he could get out of the city. The city council of Atlantic has passed an ordinance prohibiting tho selling or giving of cigarettes to minors under 16 years of age. Three Lako Clity girls tried to sleep in one bed and were nearly scared out of their wits. by the floundering of & drowning mouse in the washbowl. The fifth annual report of State Dairy Com- missioner Tupper has been issued. It con- tains an extensive resume of the dairy indus- try in the state. ‘The prisoners in the county jail at Des Moines had tunneled half way through a thirty-six-inch brick wall when they were discovered by the jailer. The Heath oatmeal mill at Fort Dodge has shut down for a few weeks, afte: a success- ful run, Since the mill commenced grinding it bas transformed 800,000 bushels of oats into oatmeal. Daviel Drosh of Rock Island, Il., has suod Charles Kindt, a Davenport opera house man- ager, for §1,500 damages, ‘claiming forcivle ejectmeut from the play house after he had paid for a box. Manager Kindt says Drosh and his party were drunk. The roport of the president of Tabor col- leze, Tabor, shows that the enrollment for the last year was 222, an incrense of sixteen over 1500 The college has been growing steadily and is said to be doing batter work thao ever before in its history. Morphine was hypodermically adminis- tered to Dr. Gilman, superictendent of tho asvlum at Mt. Pleasant, to relieve him in- a sharp attack of rheuwatism, and he cama unear dying. For two hours his wife and even the physician thought him dead. Here's an addition to Iowa’s list of natural freaks. The New Hampton Times states that on the farm of John Wright, in Brad- fora township, Chickasaw county, is a_well 123 feet deep, which, when the wind blows from the southwest, would blow your hat out of your hand if held overit, but whon the wind is from the northeast the suction is s0 great that it would draw it into the well. The rumble of the wind in the weil may be heard several rods distaut, A Burlington pastor was talking to his Sunday school on the subject of card play- ing, when he made the romark that he never vlayed a game of ocards in his life, and asked if any of tho scholars could tell the reason. Alittle fallow 1n the back part of the room .quickly responded that it was ‘“‘because ho didn’t know how.”’ Perhaps this was not the answor the pastor had in his mind, but ho had to acknowledge that the boy' was correct. South Dakota, The state university at Vermillion opened with thirty new students. Negouations ara pending for the sale of the Portland mine, The price 15 said to be $70,000. Rapid City reports a total of $509,200 ex- pended in public and private improvements last yoar. B The Sioux Falls federal building will be faced with granite from local quarries. The building will cost 150,000, Nine banks in the Black Hills have an gregate capital of 075,000, o surplus of §203,~ 500 and deposits of $1,463,241. Federal autlorities in Deadwood have gathered in & group ot Mongolians for frac- turing the postal statutes with lottery mail. Deadwooa put $494,500 into_buildings last ar, collected $190,355 1 taxes and ex- vended $185,963 in maitaning the dignity of government. It is confidently predicted that the Harnoy Peak company will be turning out tin within six months in'such quantities as to confound the croakers, 1t is reported 1 Doadwond that the Spear- fish branch of the Burllngton will be ex- tended to the Bear Gulch tin district. That region is heavily timbered and rich 1n minerals, According to the Fargo Argus, a strong, healthy man in that vicinity consumes sevea hogsheads of air u day without impairing his aigestion. The supply of wind barely equals the demana. Should the federal supreme court, decide in favor of Governor Bovd in the Nebraska case, it will be conclusive proof to the Doad- wood Times that the court does not know the law “iv such cases made aud provided,” The Seabury Mining company’s property adjoins the [rou Hill, and from it has been taken a largo amount of high-zrade ore. The most extensive body of iow-grade ore in tho camp 15 exposed in the Seabury. According to s report of the superintendent about a year ago there were 80,000 tons of ore in sight that would uverage over $25 per ton. wming, Cheyenne's clty debt amounts to 8. Wyoming shipped to Omaha last year. Lander, 135 miles from the railroad, has an Edison electric light system with 400 patrons, | Thomas Sparks, an old time stock man of | Wyoming, died suadenly at Pocatello, on | the 4th, The coal mines are a mine of woalth to | Rawlins. There are 1,705 men employea aua | the monthly vay roll aggregates §112,000. | Work on the Buriington extension west of | Gillette is being pushed rapidly and by spring | Buffalo witl be but fifty miles distant from the terminus of the road. Johu Curroa, the massive drum major of | the Wyoming Nutionul guards, is no more. | Tow figure short and swut was added an | abuormally fat neck, which loved to ba | tickled with booze. When John indulged this craviug his neck swelled with pride and frequently endangered his mind. On New Yoar's night he attended a military ball at Lusk and froquoutly irrigated, so much so that bis neck expanded outwardly and con- | tracted iawardly. Next day he was found dead thered to death, 9,160 head of boef eattle Utuh, Tmprovements in Spanish Fork foot $50,000, Seventy-eight miles of railroad were con structed in Utab during the yoar. The miners of the Deep creok country de- mund thoe organizaiion of a new county 1t is said the Burlington and Northwest ern roads have quietly purchased the rignt of-way to withiu two blocks of the union depat in Salt Lako City | The Sait Lake & Ogden Raliway company up N has beon incorporated. It is a local concern | with $1,000,000 capital, 8 will counect botn cities with an Independdfit railroad fifty-one milos in longth Tre A sigritioant feature! of the dedicatory | ceremonies of the Brigham Young academy at Provo lnst week wag the appearance of President Woodruft of the Mormon chureh and Governor Thomas 8n the stage. Ad- dresses were made by Both gentlemen [ The state irrigation gouyention was held in Helena last week. Improvements In Great Falls for the past year foot up $2,175,2007 Allen Hay, a pionecr'8f Montana, suicided in Butte with a shoteum A rotired polyeamist from Utah is 1n jail in Butte charged with robbing tho mails. Great Ialls' new opera house was dedi- eated with much social eclat on the night of the 4th. The structure cost 4,000, all of which was put up by residents. Not to be outdone by Helona, the Missou- lans have discovered a sapphice fleld near their city. A gem field has alsv been found a few miles from Butte. Montana will soon bo one grand sparkle. The last year witnessed a great deal of de- velopmont work in this state &nd prospectors were reasonably well rewarded. The year was almost without phenomenal resulits, but the steady growth of the mining industry is noticeable 4 Two express companies carried out of Butte last year 2,461 bars of silver bullion, weighing 4,81 ounces, I'his comprises the yield of but five mines. The record of 01 in the great mining camp was fairly pros- perous, notwithstanding the prolonged idle- ness of the Aneconda mines and mills, After the discouraging work and tho out- lay of much money, a strike of pay ove has been made in the Oro Cache property, in Alder gulch. An eight-foot solid ore vein has been cut. Of this about two feet gives an assay valuoe of from $30 to &5 per ton in gold, with some four or five ounces 1o silver. All the ore in this two feet will yield $40 per ton by free-milling process. Idaho, Boise invested £50,000 in a local health re- sort. [mmense quantities of snow cover the mountains. Tho mmes tributary to Boise yielded $2,000,000 last year. Prosecution of Mormon voters in the state has been abandoved. The Hailoy Sampler pounds of ore last year, Rich strikes are reported in the Badger, in the Caur d’ Alene country. Pocatello put $120,000 into buildines last year. The principal one was a public sckool building costing $20,000. . Nampa reports an investmeut of $164,000 in buildings last year, and points with pride 0103 miles of firrigating ~ditches and 150 miles of 1aterals. Thirty-five residences were built at Montpelier last year. The town isa divi- sion station of the Oregon Short Line 100 miles east of Pocatello and has a population of 1,500, The Morning mine at Mullan has at last been sold to Milwaukee parties. The pur- chase price is given as $50),000, and the new owners are said to have a fund of $100,000 for improvements, which will include a new mill of 300 tons daily-eapacity, a new tunnel and a short railroad.” The mine 1s a rich one enthusiasts claiming . taat $1,000,000 worth of ore is already blocked out. A season of wild revelry marked the en- trance of the new vear “at Moscow. The printers gave a banquet -between the hours of 5 p. m. aud 5 a. m.,and of the subsequent proceedings the chrondcles preservo a dis- creet silence, A combination 1avitation aud monu card printed on wrapping paper was igsued, tastefully fllustrating the ohief ohar- acteristics of . the Jeast. * A four ply mouth with vows of elittering tusks, standing like sentinels at the entrance of a cavern, sug- gested masticating ' force and abnormal capacity for internal sorts, This was flanked with three barrels Jabeled bourbon, rye, brandy. Coupled with these idences of drouth and dew was & P. S.—‘Ladies are invited, but requested not to attend.” At last accounts the~typographical pate was | slowly recovering its hbrmal dimensions. handled 9,145, i Nevada, The recent heavy ,snow falls in Nevada threaten serious injury to the stock, among which it is feared losses will be great. Parties working n Peavine district say they have good paying ore developments that will create a big stir during tho coming season. The Salvation army is having a hard time of it at Reno. The wicked Renoites at- tempted to break up the meetings of the army, which 1s compelled to hold its services under police protection. A gold nugeet weighing six and one-half pounds was found in Brandy Flat cement mine, near Washingtor, last week. The claim looks well generally, snd the owners are jubilant over the prospects. ‘The boss Messiah- 1s leading the Indian dance at the ghost headquarters pear Walker’s lake. Tho impostor swears that God has come to him, promising divine aid for the Indians; and to further impress his dupes the fellow asserts that the ruler is a red man. The Messiah wants all the Indians to belave until he gives them the word. Then they are to assemble at a rendezvous to be hereafter appointed and prepare to wallop the whites. Washington. ‘Pacoma has decided to substitute stono for brick in the city hall, The Yakima Land Co. reclaimed 18,000 acres of lana by artesian well irrigation, The rainfall in the state during Decemb broke the record. It amounted to I inches, Two hundred and twenty-five new school houses have been builtin the state of Wash- ington the past year. The Northern Pacitic shops at Tacoma were publicly dedicated on the 1st. Tne shops consist of fifteen brick buildings, the largest one being 24ix120 feot. The shops are furaished with new machinery through- out. ‘I'he annual report of the Board of Public Works of Tacoma shows fifty-two streets graded, at an expense of $241,353. I'ne board recommends that a fire boat costing $30,000 be built for use on the water frount. For the year 38,700 foot of street paving was done, at an expenso of $§215,241. At present 53,050 feet of street improvement is being done, at an expense of §123,400, A cedar tree near Arlington, Snohomish county, measures sixty-eight feet in circum- ference. Around the knotty roots the tree measures ninety-nine feet. About seventy- five feet from the ground it forks into four immense branches, and just below the forks Is & big knot hole. Five men climbed into the hole and explored. the interior of the tree. It was found to be @ mere shell, and about forty-tive feet down itiwould afford standing room for forty men.. Fho tree is still green, and a remarkable featave 13 said to be that it 1s barked on the ingide and outside alike, Orefdon, Portland jobbers ‘Bave an army of 850 rustlors on the road,s sl The corner stone obPortland’s chamber of commerco was laid with sppropriate ceve- monies on Naw Yeanls day. The building will cost 0,000, ow The Oregon State!@eard of Equalization raised the total taxableproperty of the stato aver §0,000,000. Taxesluext year will be col- lected on & valuation @f$160,000,000, The Portland Oregéniiin announces tnat it will soon put in operation one of the “finest newspaper presses ‘Ia*the United States.' This will be agreeatils mews to Its readers, At present the prass.work {s sufciently muddled to provoke blindness or insanity. ‘The annual wage roll ot Salem's indus- trial concerns is $430,000, During the year $070,000 were oxpended in new buildings, and 108l estate transfors were recorded Thelr aggregate consideration is cousider- ably over §2.000,000. In building the new school houses $30,000 was spent. Onlifornin, Los Augeles claims to bave put §1,400,0.0 into new buiidings'during the past year. Helena Gumpel, a professional be recently died in San Francisco, left propcrty worth $25,000 Sao Francisco threatens to stock zoologi- | cal arden with reptiles cast out the Los | (Gatos Keeley institute, About 000 worth of oysters are | | shipped to San Fraucisco aunually from iie | oyster veds of San Mateo county, A Marysvills bighwayman has ut last d s. covered w way to break faro bunk. His system may not be commendable, but it proved very effective, He puta sixshooler | 1892, to the doaler's head and forced him to turn over the bank roll. A movement is on foot at ['resno to send & carload of ten tons of raisins to aid in feed- ing the famine-strickon districts of Russia. A consignment of about 000 barrels of brandy is now being forwarded from the Natoma vineyard in the Sacramento valley to Germany. Placor and hydraulio miners anticipate a g0od season next spring and summer, as tho Snow is 50 deep on the mountains s to assure a tull suppiyf water, Harry Miller, son of Joaquin Muiller, the Pout of the Sierras,” was sentenced 1o two years’ imprisonment for holdin gup the stage in Mandocino county some weeks ago. Reports from all parts of the state show that the grip is well nigh epidemic, In San Francisco the deaths have averaged forty & day, mainly of aged ana feebie persons. Constantine King, who resided in Sacra- memto in 184) and assisted in_surveying and Iaying out the site of that city, died at his homo 1n Lake county a few days ago, aged 63 yea San Francisco's arrangements for the entertainment of the press clubs were com loted with tho arrival of a trainload of beer rom Milsaukee. I'no cargo consisted of 1,130 barrels, equal to 103,440 bottles. Fifteon years sgo thero was not a single orango exported from California. Last vear there were over 4,000 car loads shipped away. In 1875 the Southern Pacitic shippsd 508 pounds of raisins; last year over 20,000,000 pounds. - The (. vernment are using lai bers of the Improved Howe scales . & Selleck Co., agents, Chicago, Ill. UNDER THE SNOW. num Borden ¥, Sheely Followed to the Tomb by Muny Mourning Friends, The remains of the late Joseph E. Sheely now rest in the beautiful cemetery of Pros- noct Hill, veside those of a loving wife who proceeded him to that unknown shore some years ago. Brief services were held at tho residence, 2538 Leavenworth streot, after which loving hands bore the casket to a hearse and the procession slowly wended its way to Kountze Memorial church, where the funeral services were conducted by Rev. A.J. Turkle, Rev. Luther Kuhns assisting. Tho sermon was an impressive one, teaching the lesson of life and picturing s home beyond the grave. The funeral was in charge of Colonel Nich- ols and staff of the order of Partriarchs Mili- tant, and was attended by tho members of Ezra Millard cauton No. 1, Omaha lodge No. 2and Hesperlan encampment N Tnde- pendent order of Odd Fellows. Delegations from all of the other Odd Fellows lodges were present. Besides these the Omaha Veteran firemen, of which Mr. Sheely was the first president, were pre: adelegation from the Old Settlers association; seventeen of the Veteran firemen from Council Bluffs; sixteen members of the Paid Firemens’ asso- ciation of Omaha; a delegation of the Knigits of Honorand a delogation from the Durant Hose compan, The pall bearers were W. J. Kennedy, Henry Pundt, John Evans, J. O. Corby, Dan Shane, D. Hartson, - Charles Fischer and Albert Sanders. The metallic casket, covered with black broadcloth, was almost hidden by flowers, the gifts of friends. The flowers at the church wero lovely, representing the offer- ings of frienas. The Omaha Veteran firamen contributed a floral ladder and lath hook of hyacinths, Marechal Niel roses and Chinese lilies, on which, in purple 1mmortelles, wera the initials *‘O. V. F.”” A beautiful pjllow of Marechal Niel roses and Chinese lilies, with clover leaf forn for green, was con- tributed by the Odd FKellows lodwes. A large cross of roses, unon a back of Chinese lilies, was sent by Mr. Charles A. Patterson. Mr. G. A. Morrison of St. Louis, Mr. Sheely’s former partner, sent a large bunch of yellow roses. One of the most beautiful floral offerings was from the nieces und nephews of the deceased. It was a cross, two feet in height, of roses, Chinese lilies, and pure white hyacinths, with maiden’s hair fern for green, Across the fuce in purple immor- telles were worked the words “Uncle Joe.”” A large procession followed the remains to the grave, where the ceremonies were con- ducted in strict accordance with the ritual of the Order of Odd Fellows. —_— « Tinut One minute time ofton makes a great dif- ference—a oue minute remody for bronchitis choking up of the throat, luungs, etc., fo ourse is a blessing. Cubeb Cough Cure is such a remedy. Kor sale by all druggists. Cubeb Cough Cur e—Oneminute. ton Railroad, Cuicago, I, Jan. 7.—To the Editor of Tue B Ina recent number of your paper, in au article referring to the coal sup- ply for the Glenwood, Ia., Institute 1t was said that “‘a number of men prominently con- cerned 1n the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad company are also largely interested in the Whitebronst Fuel compauy.” This has frequontly beea claimed before, and as therels no foundation whatever for making such a statement aud as it is calculated to reflect discreditably upon the railroad men, as well as to do us an injury, [ would con- sider it a fayor if you would correct the statoment. There 1s uo one connected with the Chi- cago, Burlington & Quinocy, cithor as em- ploye, oficer or director, who has any pecun- iary ioterest in this company, and the published statoment tothe contrary only serves to do us an injustice and provents our receiving proper treatment from other lines of railrond. 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What is necded to check aduiteration is intelligence on the part of consumers, The inducement to put adul- terated preparations on the market lies in the fact that a large part of the purchas- ing public is always ready to accept the cheapest that can be had, without tl\i}\kll)g that the quality of the article must be cheapened in pro- portion to the reduction in the price demanded. People mwust learn that they can bet- ter afford to buy Dr Price's Delicious Flavoring Extracts than the cheapened subs tutes. There is economy for the poorest in purchasing pure and reliable arti WORK WILL BEGIN TODAY. Towa's Legislators Assembled at Des Moines Ready for Business. ENGLE HAS CONTROL OF THE SENATE. ate Wil ations as Jasper Count W Lahor Ady Dicta s Uni ¢ Numerous Combi of His Allogl poeratic Cause, Des Morsed, Ia., Jau. 10.—[Special to Tuk Bee.]~It is pow practioally conceded that the democrats will organize the senato, with the help of Engle, the union labor member from Jasper. Euglo demands as the price of bis support 1o Jess a position than the ofce of secrotary of the serate, and will namo W. H. Robb of Creston for this position. As Mr. Robb i3 the chairman of the people's party it Towa aud asserts that it is his mission in lifo to destroy the democracy, the democrats took this dose with o very wry face, but it had to o, for Englo so willed it Just_how many more ofiices ngle may demand has not yet developed, but that ho is in it from beginning to end is conceded by all. Yesterday when he entered the hotel lobby he was pounced upon by a horde of cgndidates, all swi porpetual allegiance to the people's par clamoring for his assistance n_getting some of the loaves and fishes from the mouths of the hungry democratic aspirants, He was finally captured by a fair lady candidate and immediately disappeared in tho recesses of a private parlor John J. Franey of Council Bluffs will pro- bably b reading clerk of the souate and tho woods are full of candidatas. for the minor positions. Some Queer Compli Some queer complications have taken place over the speakership, ana some mighty in- teresting times may be expected Monday whon the caucus meets, Tho farmers nave thirty-five out of the fifty-three republican members of the lower house, and Lane of Polk came out as the distinctive farmers’ canaidate. Mitchell of Adams and Chase of Humilton, lawyers, also entered the lists. The campaign was progressiug very favor ably for Mr. Lane waen, for sowe’ reason, he ‘suddenly withdrew in favor of Mitchell. This action also compolled Mr. Chase to re- tiro from the race, leaving the field to Mitchell. For tweaty-four hours pust the nomination of Mitchell by a unanimous voto has been practically conceded, but unex- pected opposition has developed in tho lnst few hours and the prize may yet elude his Rrasp. ations. Snubbing the Farmers, ‘The furmers allinnce members have been almost uniformiy snubbed in the committee slate and the discovery of this fact, towether with the further proof that Lane was to be made chairman of the committee on appro- priations, or ways and means, convinced the fariers that thére is a good sized darkey in the political wood pile and accordingly they have callea a secrot, or rather private, caucus of farmers to meet at 10 o'clock Monaay for the purpose of comparing notes, and possibly of nominating a candidate for speaker. It is understood that Van Gilder of Warren, who has had legislative experience, and a farmer of rare good sense and judgment, will be presented as a candidate. There are at least twenty in the farmers’ combine already, aad it ouly requires seven moro to nominate, and these may be easily secured by trades if the farmers do not lose their grip. The reform work already outlined includes the passage of the 2-cent fare bill, the regula- tion of express companies, the equalization of taxation, the valued policy insurance law and a repeal of the ‘innocont purchaser’ clauso in the law relating to rates. The members who are pushing the farmers’ combine are Spalding of Flogd, Drewry of Sac, Carter of Dallas, Bitterman of Cerro Gordo, Van Gilder of Warren, Stuntz of Story and Beach of Mahaska. * After the Minor Offices. Mr. J. B. Swinburne, eaitor of the Hum- Dboldt Kosmos, has beon steadily gaining in the race for chief clerk of the house and the contest is now conceded to be between him and Beverly of Greene. For second assistant, Monett of Van Buren and Fovilla of Mitcoll are runniug closo tovether, with Scott of Cass a little [n the lead. For the other positions the candidates are oxceedingly numerous, and the choice in many instances will depond lurgely on lucky combinations. Captain G. W. Wyckoff of Appanoose will be the temporary speaker und H. S. Wilcox of Polk temporary clerk. The preliminary sossion will be hold at 2 p. m. Monday and s for permavent offices will im- ‘Tho railroad lobby is here in force and seoms well satistied with tho turn of events in the house. The appropriation combine, which is baing hourly strengthened, s also cheory and pro- fosses great hppos of belug able to pull through liboral appropriations, even thouwh it may incroase the state levy or involve it in aeot,” but the farmocs in both parties are practically a umt. in opposition to these schemes, and the outcome will be awaited with interest. HOU: ATION, Hon, W. 0. Mitel be E s R s Morxes, Tn., Jan. 10—[Spacial to Tie —Hon. W. O. Mitchell of Adams . who will bo elocted spoaker by the republicans, is a native Iowan, being born in Van Buren county somo forty-five years ago. He enlisted in the avwy when ounly 16 years old, and served more thau three yenrs in tho famous Crocker’s Iowa brigade, being a member of the Thirteenth Jowa infantry, Ho was captured at Atlanta, Ga, and o perienced eight months' incarcoration in Salisbury, Florence and Andorsonvills prisons. After the war he entered Cornell colloge at Mt. Vernou, la, whore he was graduated in 1871, He then entered the law office of Stuart, Brothers at Chariton, where he was admitted to the bar. In 1575 he located at C ing and has since resided there and practicad his profession. For eight yours he has personally conducted u large farm. Ho is president of the Blue Grass loague, and is also president of the Adams County Horvti- cultural society. He s an exporienced parliamentarian and will make an excollent presiding oficor. He lias been considering tho committees somo- what, and some of the charmanshins are practically decided. Lane of Polk will probably be chairman of the appropriations commitieo; Chase of Hamilton of the judicl- ary; Norris of the appropriatons; Crawford of Cass of schools, and Cofin of Polk of municipal corporations. It is expacted that Governor Boies will be inaugurated on Tuesday. Ho has been at work on his message, and it will probably bo vrinted in pamphlet form tomorvow, though it will not likely bo presonted to the legisia- ture and be published to the world until Tuesday. Adams Count SR, DeWitvs Little Early Kisers, pill_ever made. tme. Host Cure constieation None equal. Uso them now. - - Indianapolis Wants the Convention, INpiANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan, 10, —Reports sub: mitted &% & meoting of the executive committeo in chargo of tho movement to have this elty chosen as the place where the next democratic convention should be beld show that some remarkably effective work has been done [ & quist way iu tho interest of Indianapolis, and the mombers of the committee are encouraged to belleve that if thy convention is beld in the west ludianapo- 1is will be selected as the place. Plans have been propared for a hall with a seating cavacity of 15,000, with the most porfect arrangements for conven- tion purposes ever offered the country. Moro than suflicient money for the ercction of the building as beon raised by subscription, and everything is in readiness to begin work on 1L &% 5001 A% the question as to where the convention shall be held is decided, DeWitv's Littio Farly tusors; only pill to cure sivk headache aud regulaty the boweis. e o o Domeatlo Trouble, Atcnizoy, Kan., Jan. 10.—[Special Tele- gram to Tur Bee.|—Dr. B, ¥. Johnson, s puysician of Everest, Brown county, Kan., committed suicide hero yestorday by taking morphine. 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