Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 3, 1893, Page 5

4§ ) § THE OMAHA THE WICKED, WOOLLY WEST Rich Copper Mines Discovered at Wolf Creek, Montana. PROMISES TO BECOME A SECOND BUTTE A Novel Irrigation Sait-Digging for a Stake of 81,500,000—-Opaline to Get a Lapldary—Other Several wolcome rains during the woek past have come just in time to counteract threatened local drouths, and at present the general crop outlook Is improving each pass- ing day. The only cloud In the western horizon is the depressed silver markot and that may in the end lead to radical and decislyo action more benciicial possibly than If the issuo had not been 80 abruptly pre- eipitated. A fi'm adhorence to the praece tice of standing by home industries now mora than ever willgid in repressing threat- ened injury. A Loat Treasure. The company recently organized at Knob- voster, Mo., for the purpose of searching for the §1,500,000 in gold, supposed to have been buried there many years ago by Spaniards, have u force of men who are working both duy aud night in the bope of locativg the treasurc. The town Is siluated betwoen two largo hills or knobs and it was at the base of one of these knobs that the skeletons of tho massuered Spaniards were found, also tho trres of the wheels and ivons of tho seven wagons in which the gold was carried, when the home sockers, with a single exception, were captured by the savages and put to doath. It was at this identical spot, also, that Thomas C a reputable citizon, had .#he gold rovealed te him in a droam, 1u was because of thess facts that the com- pany sot to work at this lar spot in ibo hope of unearthing the gold, but so far the developments have not been of an eu- couznging character, - Dr. Keroline says the men comprising tho company are not dis- couraged, however. On the contrary, they have an’ abiding faith that success will eventually crown their efforts. So firmly ed aro they of this that the work be continued che entira summer and f the treasure i3 not sooner found. o work began it has been learned that sovaral citizens of Kunobnoster have in tho past two weeks formation at the hands of in both Kansas City and St. 28 to the exact spot where the treasure may o found, in the hope of sccuring it in ad- vance of the company's prospectors. Moro that three acres of ground have already been plowed and dug up by the workmen, and the work has scarcely yot commenced. Dr. William Workman of Knobnoster had a dream years ago and located this bugicd treusure, but his dream was nover investi- gated until the past weok, when a company was formed to search for the supposed buried treasure. 1s it Thef? Tha Colorado Irrigation company, with headquarters at Fort Collins, has begun the work of diverting the headwaters of the Big Laramie river into Chamber's lake, " $._whick will be used as a groat storago roser- N . 4 voir from whence extensive tracts of land in Tarimer county, Colorado, will be irrigated. The canal is to beabout seven miles long and will be twenty-two feet wide. Between 600 and 700 men are at work uvon it. Carlile & Weitbree of Denver have the contract. This canal was begun two years ago and has caused considerablo alarm among the ranchmen along the Big Laramie river who are dependent vpon the waters of that stream for h'ranuug purposes. A commit- tee served notice on vhe foreman of the work to stop operations soon after the work was begun. In consequence but little work was done in 1891, but last year it was prosecuted with vigor. ' It is evidently the intention of the company to complete the contract this [ river and 1t1s estimated that fully one- . third of the watergpill thus be diverted from its proper channel.” It is not believed that the Colorado people have the right to appro- riate this water. They, however, scem to ase their operations on the theory that there is a surplus of water in the stream. State Engineer Mecade says tho water is already appropriated, . Just what action will be taken against the Colorado wmmmf- is not known, but there will undoubtedly be a fight in the courts and one of the most important questions in the history of irrigation will be decided. The case will probably come up in the United Btates court at Denver. Silas M. Smith tells a.good story which shows how people put money for safe keep- ing in pioneer days. Mr. Lamson, whose son 1s now a promnent citizen of Portland, did business on the Clatsop plains. Having oc- casion to visit Astoria, he pur $2,500 in gold 820 pieces in & barrel of flour. Meantime flour fell short at Solomon Smith's, and John Hobson, who lived with him at the time, * called at Mr. Lamson's for a barrel. He took one at random and brought it home. In the evening when he opened it out rolled the gold pieces. Ho and Mr. Smith were of course astonished, and did not know what to make of it. They gathered the coins and put them safely away. Mr. Lamson re- turned home the same evening, and on learning that Mr. Hobson had got a barrel of flour, he looked around and found that the barrel which had the gold was missing. He set out for Mr. Smith’s, wh de- k|i;;nu~<l to find his treasure inta oy be noted that the barrel contained Chilian flour, for this slope, which now produces many million bushels of wheat and exports many thousand burrels of flour, then im- ported flour from Chili. New Copper Minos. Represeatative D, L. Tallant returned the other day from Wolf Creok, Mont., where hie has been for some weeks looking after his mining property. Ho says that his company is building & permanent camp there, and he expects to sec one of the biggest copper oamps in that vicinity that thero is in tho state. He comes back loaded down with specimens of ore aud full of enthusiasm. Tho claims in which he is interested are the Mt. Nebo and the Queen of Sheba. In the first named mine they have a tunnel in about 150 feet and at a depih of ninety feot from the surface of the ground. Mr. Tallant says that thoy have now a vein of ore two feet thick, which assays 40 per cent copper, be- sides carrying gold and silver. They have al80 two claims known as the King Solomou and the Alexander, which have given some ,ood assays in gold and silyor near the sur- lac M. Tallant is here o get provisidns and take them back to camp. ~ Ho has called the new camp, which is on’ tho littlo creek running into’ the Prickly Pear croek, the *Little Creelk Miving district,” and predicts that it will be & second Butte before many years uro gouo, Montaua Has No Use for Smalipox Acting Governor Botkin has opencd cor- respondence with the authorities at Wash- ington in regard to the deportation of a band of Creek Indians, who have been in Silver Bow county nenr Butte, all wiater. There was smallpox among the Indisns all winter and up to recently the people of Silver Bow county have been auxious to gt rid of thew, but "“'“‘f to the presenco of the disease had to be satisfied with estublishing a shotgun quarautine. Now that the smallpox has died out in the camp, the county suthorities .4 have called on the governor to have the In dians moved. The governor has referred the r to Washington. The Indians belong in Canada and their presence in this state has long been regarded as & nuisance and menace. The Canadian counsel have offered 10 receive and take charge of the Indians if they are escorted to the tine. The expenso and trouble of escorting them thero is what the state thinks the federal authorities should look after. An Oregon Ohlef. Residing at & place on the Snake river known as Fishhook Bend lives the wealthi- - est Indian of his tribe, Wolf, chuef of the Palouse Indians, He owns 100 acres of laud, VI under oultivation, with good house and n. The canal taps the main branch of the barn and weli stooked. He raises horses firlnnl ally, being the possossor of over 2,000 end at tho present time. He has shipi soveral thousand head, at one time shipping 8,000 head and at another 1,500. He is 40 Kfllrloflugfl, but looks much younger, and a8 a physiquo that many a weakly paloface might envy. Withal, hais a widower, hav Ing already lost two “‘kloochmen.” He tells, with pomp and prido, of his trip to Washing- ; how he visited the “‘big house,” as he {ressas it, and his being presented to the “big man" at tho “big house,” and of his photogm‘m being there, His interpreter tella of his fascination for a protty pale face, and of his offer of many horses if she would share his couch and honors. He also tells of the attention his royal highness received while at Washington, and of the «nin,ymcnz the big chief seemed to derivo therefrom, Woif dresses in Indian costume, with -red blanket thrown artistically over one shoul- der, and a calico or white blouse shirt, quite decollute to display a necklace composed of many-colored bonds, bLears' teeth, shells, ete. Rings adorn his fingers, upon the third finger of the left hand being a handsomo scal ring. Don't Play with a Rattiesnake. Tast week several dagoes wero camping in tho canon cast of Brigham, U. T. Ono of them wont down to the creck to drink. On his way he came across a large rattle- snake, Not knowing that the reptile was deadly poison he pivied it up and ran over to frighten lus companions with it. They Lmr-'mvml the danger at onve and shouted to im to drop the snake, which by this time was writhing in nnger and sounding its awful warning. It then struck at him, Imr{- ing its shm']\'i:mv\ deep in ms arm. His comrades rushed tho poisonod man down to Brigham and llll\r:\llf' soakod him with liquor, The arm swellod up to almost the si1ze of the man's body, but vy skillful treat- ment it is thought 1t can bo saved. Trouble St Brewing, The latest news from tho plateau country 15 anything but rcassuring, Instead of the sheopmen moving out, it appears that more sheep are being brought in. This action the cattlomen will resist to the bitter end, and o bloody conflict is looked for at any time, The shoep men_deny any knowledge as to tho burning of Emanuel Brinks' resi ce last I'riday night, but as his brother, J. ', Brinks, was burned out in a similar manner only a few weeks ago, and as both are prominent cattle men, suspicion is naturally directed against the sheep ownors, The latest arrivals from the plateau re- report that both sides are noncommittal, but that quiet organization is going on, ry for Opaline, A telegram to the Idaho Statesman has been received from E. H. Flemming stating that the Young-Fitzgerald group of opa mines on Squaw creek had been sold to the Heleng parties who secured a thirty-day option on these properties a few days ago. They ciaim now that they will open up a lapidary establishment at Opaline and set to work at once to open up the mines. The last batch of stenes brought in from there are more brilliant, if such a thing is possi- ble, than any yet scen and much harder. Nebraska and Nobraskans, A high school'is to be estublished at Em- erson, The Baptists of Hastings will build a new church, There is 1,018 children of school age at North Platte. There are thirty applicants for the prin- cipalship of the Ravenna schocls, Auditor BEugene Moore is preparing to move his family and houschold effocts from Norfolk to Lincoln, Fritz Wegener, & wealthy Cass county farmer, paid $150 to learn the old lightning rod agent's trick last week. Tramps set fire to W. G. Sear's barn at Oakland and a valuable Hamblotonian colt was consumed in the fiames. Just because he married an Omaba lady last week, Editor Blanchard printed the Plattsmouth Herald on pink paper. Tho Old Settlers association of southeast Nebraska has decided to hold its annual picnio and reunion on August 2 and 3, The Sccond Congregational church has been organized at Norfoll and Rev. A. Earnsworth has been ordained as pastor. ,There was a showerof frogs at Platts- mouth the other day. Hundreds of tho ani- mals fell'in the streets during a rain storm. A balange weight cold engine has been in- vented by & Fairmont woman and is now being successfully used to pump water from an eighty-foot well. The Adams County Democrat has entered upon its fourteenth year. Tho Wahlquist Brothers get up a paper that is deserving of support. The Southwest Nebraska Grand Army re- union, which was to have been held at Cur- tis, has been abandoned on account of the hard times. Lightning struck the belfry of the Russian church at Harvard and shattered it. The church was in courseof erection and the damage will amount to several hundred dol- lars. The aeronaut who is to make the para- chute leap from the clouds at Tilden on the Ifourth is on hand with his macninery and the whole population of the town is greatly interested. The experiment of exploding giant powder from balloons to produce rain will be tried at Broken Bow on the afternvon of the Fourth, Thirty balloons and 1,000 pounds of powder have been ordered for the occasion. What is described as a gigantic specimen of an antediluyian monster has been discov- ered in Boyd county north of Spencer. A gung of men is now at work exhuming tho monster and carrying it to Butto in scctions, Already forty feet of the lizard-like apimal have been unecarthed and many more foet are in sight. Three years ago littlo Claude Elm of Genoa fell on a stick, wnich entered his mouth and penetrated the jaw just back of the wisdofn tooth, The stick was removed, and after a long time the wound healed, but_soon he had trouble with his ear and it bhegan to discharge. After suffering with this trouble for over two years the lad was taken to a doctor last week, who, after cxamining the ear, put ghe littie fellow under the influence of chloroform and removed from his ear a piece of the stick one and one-eighth inc long, onc-fourth of an inch wide and or cighth ot an inch thick,which was imbedded crosswise in the ear, It was a delicate oper- ation to perform, as it was so low down in the eur that it could not bo seen, and was so firmly imbedded that it took both skill and time Lo remove it. Id Talbert is a half-breed Omaha Indian with a bad name, Ho was recently arvested on the reservation and taken to Banecroft charged with stealing a set of harness, a preliminary hearing he was bound over to the district court and a_bond of 3100 was signed by some men on his agreoment s ive them security on personal property he owned and had al his home on the reser- vation. The men wanted to investigate be- fore releasing him, and weat with him to seo the property, and while there Talbery managed to escave and fled to Decatur, where ho was caught and brought back to Buneroft and turned over to the bondsmen, who in turn took him to_ West Point and gave him up to the sheriff, who placed him in jail. Talbert threatens vengeance on his captors if he ever gots free. Coloradu, The Rock Springs company, engaged n gold mining at Four Mile, Colo., is cleaning up $400 & day. g The Larimer county ditch has broken near Foru Collins and 22,000 acres of vrops will be ruined in consequence. A car full of giant powder was shaken u ) in a wreck near Gunuison, but as there were 1o persons near it did not explode, Ifora purse of 50 W. A. Woodruff of Durango will attempt to go from that point to the World’s fair, a distance of 1,275 miles, on a bicycle in twenty days. Several mining men, residents of Golden, wiio have clains at :he new gold camp on Ralston ereek, and who have just come in from there, report the sale of the North Star mé)nu on Saturday to Lafayette parties for The richest tellurium ore ever struck in Cripple Creek has been found in the Prince Albert. at Crlpl)le Creek at sixty-five feet. Greut masses literally covered on all sides with sylvanite have been hoisted to the surface. Jobn Durbin, president and manager of tho Platte Packing company aud Wyo- wing stock inspector for uver, says the present system of cattle inspection is & fraud anda sham. He states that at all in- specion poiuts outside of Deuver, Omaha, -Kausas City and Chicago uo personal in: ton is made at all. The Inspec ply collects his fee trom the stockm: and issues his ocertificate. The Montana cattlemen will endeavor to have the system changed. Gold has besn diseovered on the stage road between Wolcott and Steamboat Springs. Some nuggets and earth contain- ing muny colors have been exhibited at Glen- wood Springs, and a number have started to locate claims, Tho large Rico companies are all in good shape and will probably keep going unless silver sinks considerably lower. The work of the camp will soon be curtailed, as from present indications some of the smaller out- fits will stop work. A fine body of ore has been uncovered on the dump of the Crown Prince, a promising claim near the Red Cliff and Shawmut. The ore is black tellurium, silver and lead, and shows as follows: Gold, eighty-three ounces; silver, one ounce ; lead 40 per cont. The disastrous forest fires in the vicinity of Beulah continued several days, but the town was fortunateiy not reached. The iu- dications wore that a heavy rainstorm pre- vailod in that part of = the mountains, promising to completely extinguish the fire. A portion of the storm reached Pueblo and was belicved to have continued westward farther than that city, The timely rain has saved scores of ranches from the dovastauing flames, which could only have been saved by a gen- eral downpour of water, The impression now obtains that the Crip- 510 Creek oxtension of the Midland may be leferred. While in the east General Agent Collbran was busily engaged looking to the money ena of this question, and just prior to his leaving New York for lome a telegram was recelved announcing that successful ar- rangements had been made for all the money needed, but later when asked relative to the matter he said that the prospect for going ahead immediately with the bullding of the road was at least a matter of doubt, all eastern financial concerns having drawn the strings tight. Oregon. - The Shelton mine, near Weatherbee, is proving to be a bonanza, The result of four days’ miil run was £1,600, A lodge was rocontly discovered six or seven miles west of Medford, the ore of which assayed 40 per ton. Mr. Swinden, who made a mining location in the Blackwell district, has sacked 500 pounds of ore, which he estimates having a value of #4,000. The mill at the Star mine on Graves creek is running day and night on %30 ore. The cost ‘mr ton to mine and mill is only ¥, which leaves a snug profit. The vein is five feet wide. Mrs, William Ainsworth, who lives at Sparta, recently picked up a piece of float gold quartz, and after prospecting a little found the ledge, which is one foot wide and shows gold in considerable quantity. It is reported by the Yaquina News that a recent strong cast wind drove enormous quantities of insects to sea. The bay is covered with them, brought in by the tide, also large numbers of lund birds, The de- struction of honey bees, for which that re- gion is noted, was fearful. ‘Wade Huston of Prineville 1s the pos- sessorof # young porcupine from which he has shorn the quills, leaving it as harmless as o kitten, ‘The little animal seems to realize that it is deprived of its means of defense, and instead of being on the de- fensive Is quite docile and appears to appre- clate kind treatment. Some unknown thief entered L. M. Her- ron’s house on the Nehalem during his ab- sence und carried away a part of the floor and ceiling, 2,500 shingles, and after assort- ing eight bushels of potatoes, took the good ones, leaving the sprouts for seea. Several others in the neighborhood have had their houses entered and household goods taken, Four car loads of mining and pumping machinery have been reccived by the Taylor company at Loland. A twelve-inch pipa 3,000 feet long is placed to convey the water from the plumbing works on Gréen's creek toa height of 408 feet. As soonas allis complete the work of washing away the earth will begin. The ground is rich, and many large nuggets are found. Joseph Labradore, while fishing on Meacham creek, near Athena, one day last weel, after passing through some brush, felt something hanging to his leg, and look- ing down saw a large ratilesnake fast to him. It seems thatus he passed through the brush the snake struck him and its teeth became fastened in the gum boots which he had on at the time. He lost no time in killing the snake, which was a very large one with nine rattles. Washingzton, A $850,000 fortune has been left Martin C. Martin, o livery stable foreman of Tacoma. C. H. Kennell has discovered coal near Cascade City, on theline of the Great North- ern. Theopening is within six feet of the railroad track. Washington has a forest area of 53,588,512 res, with standing timber amounting to 413,833,345,000, valued at $209,501,320, more than all the states east of the Rocky mount- ains. This valuation is based on 55 cents per 1,000 fect stumpage. Alderman Palmer has a contract to get out 1,000,000 cords of shingle bolts for the Ever- sonmill. When the contaact is completed, which will take ten years, Mr. Palmer will receive $2,500,000. The 1,000,000 cords will make 5,000,000,000 shingles and will take the mill twenty years to cut them. It will re- quire 3,848 cars to ship theso shingles. Work is to be resumed in the Fourth of July mine, Okanogan, after a partial sus- Ppension of operations for more than a year. Work was resumed with a fuil force on the 1st of May, starting with a drift on the ledge nt the 200-foot level. They have strucka fine body of low grade ore and have this spring taken out 450 tons. Mill runs on this ore show 159 ounces in silver and $8 gold, A meeting of mine owners is shortly to be held to consider a progosition to bore a tun- nel through the mountain from Silverton to Sultan basin, The tunnel will be one and a quarter miles long and its estimated cost is £00,000. With a belt line ten or twelve miles long, all of the mines in the basin can be reached and the ore aelivered on the Everetto & Monte Cristo road, through the tunnel, Authentio information 13 just received relative to the trouble between the Colville Indians and a surveylng party under Kn. gincer McDonald, The Indian police or- dered tho party off the reservation, claiming thav they were starting the survey six miles from the right point. They arrested two ferrymen who ferried the party across the Columbia river and frightened away six of tho party. » The Dakotus, Plerre people are layinga good deal of stress on the medicinal properties of the water from their new artesian well, A bath house has been erected and vatients are trying the baths, The results thus far show very favorably. The work of surveying and establishing the boundary line between South Dakota and Nebraska will soon begin, says the Sioux Falls Avgus-Leader. Dick Gaughen of Cas- talia expects Lo get the contract to assist in delivering the stone monuments which are to wark the dividing line between the two states. ‘The big timber fire along the Black Hills & Fort Plerre railroad, between Leads and Piedmont, has been extinguished after the loss of 2,000 cords of wood and & number of thousand feet of logs. Tho fire originated three miles this side of Elk creek, extendi along the line ten miles to Runkle's saw mflf, which barely escaped. A cave n occurred in a trench near the Homestake mine and six men were buried ahve. The news of the disaster reachea ‘Whitewood soon after it occurred, being re- ported by a fellow workman in' the same Kkang, who called for assistance. A force of nen was ut once set to work and three men rescued alive. Charles Brenemin, foreman, and five others have not been found, There has been cousiderable complaint on the part of some of the old soldiers hving in this state because no provision was made at the Hot Springs Soldiers’ home for the fawilies of old soldiers who had entered the howe. Any old solaier who, on account eof disability, was compelled to enter the home, if married, had to leave his wife and family behind to shift for themselves and get along as best they could. Recently, however, the board of managers of the home has decided to build sowe cottages near the home for some of the old soldiers who have families, e Hundreds of people write, “It Is impossi- ble to describe the good Hood's Sarsaparilla has dono me.” It will be of equal help to you. e $400.00 lots $25.00 down; see page T. SANDOW AMONG,FHE STATES — Notes Taken on Texas 11} 61’1 Omahan Wane dering Thers, — GLIMPSES OF TOWN "AND COUNTRY Laporte, Sour Lake and.Austin, Their Ohar- ncteristios and Surroundings — A Persprotive of Toxas as a Whote, 5 SaxTA Fe, June 80.-|Correspondence of Tne Bee.|—During the latter part of last about forty miles on Buffalo bayou to see the town of Laporte. The banks of the bayou were fringeda to the water's odgo with grass, shrubs, vines and trees of various kinds, he day was quite warm. A strong sea reczo was blowing northward from the gulf. BExposed to this white occupying a cot on the deck, the trip proved an enjoyable one. At placos along the bayou magnolia trees were numerous and the whole atmos- phere was redolent with a strong, ploasant perfume exhaled by their flowers, These trees grow to immensesize. Near the ground, the trunks of many ef them are more than two feet in diameter and they tower toa height of seventy-five to 100 fect. Their blossoms, when fully developed, are eight and ten inches in diameter, In color, it is a rich, cream{ white, Leaving the stoamor at Morgan's Point, T was driven in a hack two and a half miles to Laporte, a busthing little village of several hundred inhabitaants, with church, school and Sunday school facilities, such as might be expected in a young town of its sizo. Among other things it has two livery stables, five stores, o tele- graph offico and an oxcelleng two-story hotel, adequate for the accommbdation of from seventy-five to 100 guests, A woekly news. paper, owned, managed and edited by John H. Rice, is published there. It is one of the best, most wide awake papers in Texas. The townsite contains some 15,000 acres, bounded on the north by San Jacinto bay, on the east and south by Galveston bay and on the west by a beautiful stretch of prairie. Itisa magnificent piece of table land, about thirty- five feet above the levelof the bay. Natu- ral groves skirt the shores ot the two bays. The trees of theso groves are of great size and various kinds., They need only to be thinnned out andetrimmed in order to con- vert the groves into elogant parks. Ina number of places the land ri in natural terraces from the water. The beach at Galyeston bay is well suitea for bathing purposes. Thewater is warm, not unpleas- antly rough, deepens gradually on receding from the shore, aud has smooth, sandy bottom. The townsite is well planned and carefully * laid out. Several miles of its streets are paved with sea shells. Millions of cuble yards of these shells lie piled up in huge heaps along the shore of Galveston bay on land belonging to tho townsite company, from which ample quantities may be obtained for paving pur- poses for the trifling exponse of hauling and svreading thom upon the streets. Excellent water may be had by sinking wells from 400 to 500 feet. A pleasanysea.breeze from the gulf passes constantly oyer,and through the town. With the foregoing: advantages and many others that might be named, togethor with a mild and healthy climate, no one need be surprised to seo Laporte: develop into a beautiful, prosperous and. ipfluential city. My return to Houstou ovevjand in a hack was through one of the; mos fertilo, varied and picturesque agricultural regions in Texas. oL Sour Lake, Boarding a train of the Southern Pacific railroad I started for Sour Lake, situated in Hardin county, about sixty-five miles east of Houston. It is about ten miles from the_ nearest railway station. The lake is a small body of water perfectly round. about 300 feet in dinmeter and threo to four feet deep. Its busin was artificially construoted. Bathing in its waters is said o be cortain curp for rheumatism, skin diseases and various other ailments, Within some thirty foet of tho lake are soven wells and several others ut a greater distance. The mineral substances found in these wells are iron, magnesia, sodium, potassium, alumina and free sulphur. Drinking these waters has been known to effect marvelous cures of stomach, kidney and blood diseases. Near the lake in the midst of a grass plot contain- ing fifteon or twenty acres stands Sour Lako hotel, a large vwo-story frame structure. While the waters undoubtedly contain ex- collent medicinal qualities tor cortain ail- ments, and while Sour Lake might be made a very attractive health resort the whole year round, at the present time overything connected with it is in such a state of decay and dilapidation as to give it a repulsive and unsightly appearance, I remained there ~ only a few days. The country lying botween Hous- ton and Sour Lake consists in part of good farming land and in part of dense heavy forests. Trip to Austin, t Bidding o final adieu to Houston on the 5th inst, I traveled directly northward till I reached Malina station, where 1 boarded a caron the line of the International Great rthern railroad and made for Austin, the capital of the great “Lone Star state.’ I got there on the next day and remained long enough to witness some of the boat races on Colorado lake, in which Hanlon, Hosmer, Teemer and other aquatic professionals of world widé fame participated. This lake has been made by artificial means, About three miles southeast of Austin a dam has been erected across the Colorado river. TItis 1,200 feet long, rises sixty feet above low water level, is sixty-cight feet wide at the bottom, eighteen féet wide at the top and is built of huge blocks of solid granite. It backs the water thirty miles and makes it at many places a quarter of a mile wide. In this way as beautiful a lake has been formed as wili be seon almost anywhére. It supplies the city with water for household, domestic, fire and street purposes and is designed to furnish power for operating all Kinds of machinery in aud about the city, besides constituting u lovely lake for rowing, yachting and all sorts of aquatic sports. The dam was built by the vity at a cost of $500,000. Austin is one of the most beautiful little cities in the state, It occupies a 1lfhlly. elevated posi- tion. Tothe northof it lie immense stretches of prairie. High table lands are seen at the south., Kast of iv are gently undulating plains, while to the westward are 4 number of lls rising almost into mountains. Upon the whole, the city and its surroundings pre- sont o charming piece of scenery, not often surpassed. Judging frow its appearance I should estimato its population at less than A few of its strects &re macadamized; most of them are, homever, without any kind of pavement, Lh vd, dry character of the earth after vumam ve passed over 1t a while renders pavemeounts 1n a large measure unnecssary., ‘There are but two streets in the gity upon and along which business is carried on, In its volume of business, iy, the number of its manufacturing establishments, banks and capital employea by them, in the num- ber of its schools, churghgs, Sunday schools, pers, railroads, ptyeqt railways and t , it will comparg. favorably with other cities of the same ¥z, ‘The state capitol buflmlg is one of the boasts of the city, nd ajsp of the groat com- monwealth ftself. It js glaimed to be the_ largest stato capitol buylding in the union, and in expense of construction second only to that of New York. ks next in size to the capitol at Washiugtan gnd the seventh largest building in the world. Its length is 566 feot 6 inches, its width 288 feet 10 inches. l‘:xuludhui basement and dome it is four stories high in the central part, while its castand west portlons are tnreo stories. It stands in the central part of the city on a piece of high ground, and is constructed of red granite, transporied by rail from Burnet county, Texas, & distance of seventy-five miles. Tn the matter of appliances and con- veniences 1t is a complete modern state house. The contractors who furnished the material and built it received therefore an appropriation of 3,000,000 acres of land. State in General, While traveling in Texas I saw many places where cotton is raised. Ialso saw cos where cane is raised, but it did not I to my lot to see 3 lo place where ‘b1 is rased.” This may be a startling month, while in Fouston, Tex., I got aboard | [8boring under tho samo the tug steamer Eugene and rode southward | DAILY BEE: MONDAY, JULY 3, 1803, plece of Information to thoso who kave eard political stumpors declare with fro. Guency and emphasis while haranguing thoir fellow citizans that the thros principal crops ralsed in Taxas were, “Cotton, cane and h—1." This declaration’ [ had lissoned W sooften myself and heard it repeated time after time with such an air of coni- dence and earnostness that it was with some foelings of apprehension as to my personal safety [ venturod into that stato, It h were raised thero along with ordinary agri- al products, it_occurred to me that ¢ devils must also be thoro to oulti- vate it. Two dangers thereforo appeared to confrontme. 1f 1 happened to get into a place where h—l was raised 1 was likely to bo badly burnt; and if | should chance to fall into the hands of a dovil T should probably find him a very un- companionablo fellow, But nappily for me, escaped both, and 1 now give forth this in- formation for the comfort of others, who, impression’ that once welghod with me, may contemplato similar journoy. With an area of 274,000 square miles, Toxas is truly an within b Hor more southor almost infinito vi wd shado t litles some of thoso troos arc vily draped in gray moss which gives them a somber and somewhat melancholy appoarance. In thoso same portions of the state birds of brilliant plumage constantly tlit from tree to tree, bling forth their songs. She has sunny skies, a varied, Squo scenory, for the most part a mild, hoalthy climate and an interesting Adapted to stock raising and fruit . capablo of yielding muny kinds of al products in abundance, possess- ing valuable stone quarries and imm ests of timber suitable for building s are both v purposes, her natural resoures viod and extensive. Though A popula- tion of 8,000,000, she is, comparatively speak- fng, but thiniy settled. In the past her development has been slow, irregular and hesitating. A new ora, however, scems now to be dawning upon her. Farmors, me- chanics, morchants and manufacturers from the north seeking homes, buying and set- tling upon her lands, are meoting a cordial welcome thero. New forces are, in conse- quonce, beginning to touch her latent re- sources. New and numerous onterprises, somoe of which are of vast proportious, in- volving laree expenditures ¢f money, are be- ing set on foot throughout her borders. What the vesult will be remains, of course, to be seen, But if she ultimately attains an agricultural, manufacturing, commercia political importance in any consider: greo commensurate with her territor main, sho will become, 80 to speak, a splon- did luminary of the first magnitude, blazing forth in unsurpassed splendor amoug the bright constellation of states making up our great American union. JU M, e HOT SPRINGS NEIFS, Omaha People Who Aro Enjoying Th elvos at the South Dakotn Resort. Hor Serixas, 8. D., July 2.—[Special to 3o Tik Ber.]—1tis a well known, but much lamented fact, that thero has been a rivalry between the upper and lower parts of Hot Springs, which has been fanned into a factional fight which has become very serious at times. Oue of the principal matters for fighting over was the location of the court house in tho extreme northern part of town, which was, no doubt, done to spite those who wore not willing to have it located centrally, but wanted it in their end of town. This in- volved the county in several lawsuits, and the county treasuver refused to pay the war rants from the building fund. Thousands o dollars have been spent in litigation, bu your correspondent is now glad to announce that the supreme court has decided the question, The court house stands where it is, the warrants are ordered paid to the con- tractor and the war is virtually over. The decision is received with the good spirit that it should be, and everything now looks peaceful and prosperous, Hot Springs will not go into _the elabora- tion of a celebration on the Fourth, but a number of excursions are booked for this place on thutday, Tho usual tub and swim- ming races, diving contests and athletic performances will be given at the plunge bath on that day. Besides the usual quota of commercial men, of which Omaha has far the greatest representation of any other city, there are quite & numoer of Omaha people here this week, Last evening General John R. Brooke and wife, Mrs. W. A. Redick, Miss Stearns, General John A. Patrick,the Misses Wakely, daughters of Judge Wakely, and Captain Quay of the United States army came in by special train from the west. The party had been to Fort McKinney, Wyo., whero Gen- eral Brooke inspected the fort. They also took in the Patrick ranch, near the Big Horn mountains and tried their luck at trout fishing in the mountain streams, which,they say, were too high from the melting snow for good tishing. They have taken rooms at Lhe%‘, ans and are enjoying the attractions and beauties of our city very much. Tast Tuesday evening the T. K. quartet of Omaha, assisted by Rev. Edwin Graham, gave one of its excollent concerts at the chapel of Black Hills college. It was greatly appreciated and the boys wore unanimously pronounced the finest singers who have yet visited the city, Mr. Conrad and Mr. W. A, Morrison, the basses, especially showing off their voices to good advantage. Mr. Gra- ham, who1sa chalk talker, delighted the audience with his proficiency in handhng the crayon soas to bring somethingout of nothing, He was envaged for the Black Hills Chautauqua assembly which will meet here from July 27 to August 7. The com- pany made a very successful tour of the hills and_is now filling its engagement at the Long Pine Chautauqua. Mr. D. N. Wheeler, who has been here sinco July 7 for nervous prostration from overwork, went home yesterday much im- vroved. —_— The guaranteed cure for all headache is Bromo -Seltzer, Trial bottle 10c, DENOUNCED FROM THE PULPIT, Governor Altgeld Severely Scored for Pardoning the Anarchists. New Yous, July 2.—Governor Aitgeld and his pardon of the anarchists were denounced in the most scathing terms from the pulpit today. Rev. Madison C. Peters sald: “Ho shows himself a foroigner by birth, but a conti- nental Buropean in his viows and sympa- thios, He is not fit for American citizensnip and ho rails as wildly at the administration of the law as Herr Most everdid. In his message of over 12,000 words, ho not only brings reproach upon his party, disgraces the state and makes a most_ astounding ex- habition of himself beforo the country, but sounds the most dangerous note for lawless- ness ever struck In this country.” e John A. Wakeficld, lumber, lath, lime, ete. Temporary office, 1724 Leav- worth street. - Mr. Porter Reslgns, ‘WasniNgToN, July 2.—Hon, Robert P, Porter, superintendent of the census, has resigued, to take effect immediately, Mr. Porter has beon desirous of severing his connection with the office for over a month and receatly completed certain business arrangements with a New York enterprise which demands his carly attention. it can- not be learned with wbat concern Porter will identify himself, §#PHICE DELICIOUS Flavoring Extracts Mr, Of perfect purity— Of great strength— Orangel Economy in their use Rose. Flavor as delicately and deiiious!y as the fresh fruit, trifling or ‘'as amount to, on the safe side, and use only Send or ‘'the same as P and if your honest—send it back, it Bac What Leads You to use the imitations of Pearline? Some % LEX!NGTON (MO.. prize, cheap prices, or because the grocer or peddler says “same as” good as?" What do these if your things are ruined in the washing? They may be, ind you can't sce the dame age that a danger- ous washing com- pound is doing, until the damage is done; with the poorest, that takes some time, nobody knows about, you have to take your own risk, With these imitations that Be the original—Pearline. Mill- ions of women can tell about that. Ask some of them, and satisfy yourself. Get their experience. Peddlers and some unscrupulous grocers will tell you ** this is as good as* carline.” T1'S FALSE—Pearline is never peddled, ocer sends you something in place_of Peatline, be 902 JAMES PYLE, New York, BARTIST FEMALE COLLEGE. - SWwdy Musie, art. litera ture.clocution, business, &e Location healthy and pleas Wilson,A M., Prest. Unsurpassod courso of ant. Gas.water, steam boat | == 38th year opens Sept. 13th (03 Home Schout oldest,best in Miys OUTL Anpointme ats midnen. e Muskc and Art Tuachers l CENTRAL COLLEGE FOR YOUNG LADIES. oy~ partments of instruction. I servatory of Musie Art Gymonsium, Modesh up, e ~5 AA officers aud teachors, Con:| strated eatalogua i o Graduate of Rush SULTATION ¥ ALISTS . Consultinz Su Medileal College. U .) For thoe troatment GHRONIC, NERVOUS PRIVATE DISEASES Weonre Catarrh, All Discases of the Nose, Throat, Chest, Stomach, Bowels and Livor, ; Blood. Skin and Widuey Disoases, 1 Fomale Weaknesses CURE! PILES RISTULA, FISSURE, porma It 0 N o ty cured, tire or oa or delieate ature, of i wred. 1y 1 on or address, with stamp, for Clreulars, Free Book and Reelpos, 118 South 151h §t,, Dr. Seavles & Searles, M SnOiA s Next Door to Postoffice, The County Fair affords an excellent opportunity for the pick-pocket to get your watch. If you would be proof against his skill, be sure that the bow (or ring) is a ‘This wonderful bow is now fitted to the . Jas. Boss Filled Watch Cases, which are made of two plates of gold soldered to a plate of composition metal. Look equally as well as solid gold cases. and cost about half as much. Guaranteed to wear 20 years, Always look for this trade mark. None genuine without it. @ Sold only through watch dealers. Ask any jeweler for pamphlet or send to the manufacturers. KeystoneWatch Case Co., PHILADELPHIA, RUNN[NG_I_VlEETlNG Only 4th of July Attraction. 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