Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 24, 1893, Page 5

GRIST OF WESTERN NEWS Groat Excitement Over the Gold Disoovery at Bald Mountain, WILL BE A BONANZA FOR LARAMIE A Gold Mrick Worth 832,000-Yellow Metal st Sundance—Good Place Grounds--Gold Strikes Far and ar—Wostern Miscollany. Crop reports during the past week are of A very encouraging nature, the leading agei- cultural states having been favored with warm weatlior interspersed with occasional rains, and with few local exceptions the out- Jook has been improved. A large harvest here, in tho face of . poor European crops, to- gether with the probable fracas over the French demands in { mean a bouanza sh to the west and go a long WAy to restoring prosperity. Bald Mountain Finds Confirm, L “Thers continues to be a great deal of ex- oitoment over the gold discovery at Bald mountain and it is a significant fact that the most enthusiastic are those who have visited this apparently remarkable prospect. 71 aero seems 1 be no doubt that the indica- tions are all that they have been reported to be and that the nucléus of o very promising canp exists. 1t is probs ble that the “new discovery,” ns 1L s genc referrba to, will be visited by a large number from Laramie within the Roxt fow weeks. Goorge . Morgan did reports which wi regarding the discovery, says the Laranne Boomerang. Mr. M Tom Morgan, Vitor Beaumier and Willfam Whit- tingham ure the owners of the lead. These four men started out some weeks ago to do sowe systen prospecting. They first went down the Laramio river and located 00 acres of placer ground near MeGill's they found plenty of gola then went over to Rock creck and did word, finding gold there in' leads also. Huving ne exhaustod théir supplies they started back, intending to prospect around the hill where they found the lead, while George Morgan eanio in after supplies. confirms were tho splen- reccived last A bouldgr off this hill nadelong before been found by George Morgan and assays made fromit. It was found again and it was known, of course, that it had come from the hill. Tom Mo atarted up the hill and Whittingham d when they got on top Whittingham picked up o piece of brown frou float and handing it to Tom asked him what i oked at it and said: i looking for, and I will find that lead before I sleep.’ He began digiring right tl had gone down threo feet b of the ore. Iie furth 4 1d when he ck a piece short distanc upon the vein, male v. The rest is quito well pubtic. This oveeurred over three weeks ago and very little wiw known of it until the latter part of last week. They are now at work running in the tunnol to strike the lead about fifty feet from the v stopped taking out ore at hill as peoplo camo there and ncarrving it away by the pocketful, ran the tunnel in until it i on and now the t work timbering it ill continue the work until they strike the lead. If they find it all right at that point they will go further down the moun- tain and run in another tunnel It 15 one of the finest claims to work that was ever struck. There is no water to bother and livtl for a long time. tunnels and x They wi continued n e directly , it any, machinery will be needed can be run into the the oro out. The A track bring a pick breaks loose s. The firsy load of ore fr 3 oxpected to arrive iu the city on Wednesday. They have fift s which will be filied at the claim tomorrow and they will begin hauling Wed- nesday. The ore will be brought to Laramie and shipped from hero, the test being mado on 5,000 pounds. They have had two assays made, one from some of their best ore and the other from the poorest they had. "The first run $14 and the second $28. There ‘will not be enough snow at that point to in- terrupt mining in the winter, Nothing more fortunate could come to Laramie than such a discover It would mean a new cra to the city. Large numbers are going out to the location. Two winers who arrived in the city Saturday from Crip- ple creek and inspected the sample of ore at the Boomerang ofitee declared it to be as fino a specimen ould be produced anywhero in thecountry. One of them ventured the opinion fron © he could learn that we had good ore nearer the surface here than [ of tho camps. The ore from this dis- covery is very much like Cripple creek ore, These men are goivg out to prospect at onos. Lhis lead has been aamed the “Emma G.” for William Whittingham's daughter. Paying Placers. Eugene Hill of the fire department and William Fowler of the police department, says the Denver Ropublican, have been making hay while the sun shono on their Bummer vacation. They took some picks and shovels witn them over the divido to Willow crock, a littlo m which runs into the Grand, not very far from Hot Sul- phur springs in Middle park. There they mado stuice-boxes and went to work on the placer diggings. They found four or five other men thero and loarned that good color had been struck by other p ors all the way up the creck, twenty miles of more, Mr. Hill is now in town making arrange- ments to take out a patent sluicer and a big load of provisious. “We did not work at the days,” said he yesterday, “because thers was much preliminary preparation whioh consumed time, but when we did work we easily cleancd ub 8 and §8a day, and that secmed about the average earning of the other men. The McQuarey brothers who own o cattlo ranch on the creek. have found color all the way and have located & number of claims, and will commence work on them stonce. 'Operations can be continued il about the middle of November. The grounds are about seventy miles west of Georgetown. You go by stags from shero over Berthoud's pass to Hot Sulphur Bprings. When going there you should take provisions, stovels and picks. as everything s very high. Lumber for sluice boxos et bo got cheaper through there than hore. “The elovation is about 8,600 feet, aud [ sup- pose that when the snow gets' in we will ave 10 quit work.” sluice box many Llaho Gold. The gold mining industry in Idaho has re. eived a great impotus since the depression In silver, and gratifying reports are being re- ceived from mauy of the numerous gold dis- tricts. Tha extensive placer diggings of Lemhi county ure turning out well, and that v is Yery prosperous. A $43 nuggot was ntly found there, In adaition & number of rich gola veins have recently boen dis- covered there. ‘T'he Wood river gold belt is sttracting atteution, and there is a pros- pect of u large gold mill being erected at Tailey soon. Machinery has just left this plac for Idaho City to be placed in the shaft Which was starced inas year to prospect the r el uuder the false bodvock. It is be- leved by many that the grouud will be found richoer thin thut worked on the top in. the early days. Altogether, tho prospects g industry are more tatter- Fiah Froak, A prominent eastorn naturalist, in a letter to the editor of the Citizen eral years 880, in view of some exceedingly ourious babits of bird and mammal life in Arizona, sala: “‘Hereafter nothing from Arizona will surprise mo. The unexpected is always to bo expected. Apropos of the foregoing it muy uot be known that the native fish in the Santa Cruz river briug forth their young alive. A more remurkable freak in nature canuot be found. The propagation of all true fish is supposed to be by means of the fomale dopositing their cggs in the water, where they hatch and come forth, but the young of the fish in the Santa Cruz are nearly au inch long at the time of their birth. Each female brings forth about twelve Lo fifteen young at a tane. The male aduls fish reachés from three to five inches 10 #lae, but the adult female 1s scarcely half as large. Tn color they aregrayish brown on the baok, with bright, siivery sides. At the prosont time the females are biz with young, and strange appearing. We desire %o call the attention of scientists and natur. alists to this intoresting and curious form of fish life.” What About the sand Hilla? Avout one-tenth of the state of Nobraska is coverad by what is termed the sand hills, says the Cedar Rapids Republican. This territory, now considered comparatively sterile and useless, embraces something over 4,000,000 acres of land, enough to make 25,000 farms of 160 acres each. On thess farms, 1 made fertile and productive as they could be, an equal number of homes could” be estal lished and a rural population of 125,000 peo- ple could be sapported. In addition to thess would spring up towns and cities containing a8 great an aggregato of population. To thus settle and develop this barren and at present uninhabited domain, would be a consunimation of immense value to the com- monwealth of Nebraska, the states adjoin- Ing, and indeed to the whole nation. From these sand hills our best rivers are supported. Through the Loup,the Cedar and otherrivers, they pour out upon the populated parts of the stato a continual blessing; prophetic perhaps of other and still greater benefits which in the future will flow from them. To make all this wilderness desert blossom as the rose, and bring about the results above Suggested as greatly to be desired, only one primary provision 18 essen Tmmense for- ests must be planted, cared for ana devel- oved to stop the raging winds, attract the rains and hold the moisture. The soil would soon develop into great fertility if furnished with suficient surface moisture. Nature has furnished underneath these lands and near the surface a boundless supply of water, and above floats the nerial machinery capable of yielding, under tne influence of ‘wide-reach- ing forest. as refreshing and abundant show- ers as fall upon any country. These sandy plains ave now the breeding places of storms which carry destruction to populous regions, The rive scope and momentum to the cruel winds which sweep down upon us in vexa- tious gales and howling blizzards, From these vurning sands come the hot winds, which drini up the moisture from our fields and scorch our crops. Is it not time to begin the work of turning these Dblighted and blighting lands = into fields and forests of blessings? It will take from twenty to fifty years for trees to ma- ture, but if the pianting of trees was done now und to the extent we suggest, and if provision were made to protect and grow these trees, the forests would be sufficiently developed 1 fifteen years to yield the prin- cipal benotits of the enterprise. Clustered within these forests would grow thousands ards, All manuer of large and small fruit would grow in abundance. Peaches, apples, piums, cherrics; and as to vege- liere would be practically no limit to tuction, iz theso forests into existence on at and wide scalo proposed would of course require means of large and compre- hensive proportions. It would require the assistance of the gencral goverament, and & public expenditure of prol ably not less than 31,000 for every 160 acres of forest produced. which if the total amounted to one million acres, would cost 25,225,000 To induce men to set- tle on these lands, 1 their homes there and hold to their contract until the forests would be established, it would be necessary to offer each settler not less than $1,000 and 1eres of land—including i 160 acres of trees. This 81,000 might be paid to the set- tler on final proof that he had filled the con- tract. It would be ne ry to require con- tinuous residence during tho time the tr were growing. It would be suffciently exacting to make the receipt of the money d deed for the land depend upon proof that the reqaired forest of 160 acres had been well and safely established. ‘T'o induce men to make their homes on these lands from the start, which of course would be de- sirable, a part or all of the proposed gift might be advanced by the government in the form of a loan without interest, and not to_be paid if the contract is fulfilled. Now would 1t not be wise for the govern- ment to appropriate what would be neces- sary to carry out some such scheme as this for the sevtlement ana improvement of the sund hills? Intwenty-five years the pine, walnut, ash, and other kinds of timber would be worth millions of money. By that time there would have developed in that region many large and wealthy towns. Beautiful parks would overlook the lakes, and the con- gregated birds would warble their sweet notes to a thousand prosperous and happy communities, able w pay back to the government in the form of tax, a hundred fold for all that tho splendid achisvement cost. We have here an opportunity for Sceretary Morton. If he wishes to go down into history covered with honors; if he wishes to win the eternal grat- itude of thousands that live and millions un- born, here is his chance, To what more im- portant enterprise could Senators Maunder- son and Allen devote a part of their time than in laboring to secure the assistance of tho government 1n such an undertaking? Meikicjchn, and all the other representa- tives from Nebraska, can here find a field of usefulness and an opening to fame. On this line the newspapers of the state, regardless of politics, could unite in a common effort for the common good. Dowan Pike's Peak on & Toboggan. D. N. Jones, an engincer on the Pike Peak cog road, and a fireman nawed Whoeler have broken the record for the descent of Pike's peak, Thev camodown in sixteen minutes, including tho time oceupied in mak- ing switches, which consumed threc min- utes, The men rode on a track toboggan, a low ne consisting simply of a plank on 1 ased groove. This fits upon the rack rail down the incline. An ingenious contrivance is used forn brake, by which the stops necessary at switches are made. The distance from the summit to the cog depot, noar the Iron springs, is slightly over nine iles. It takes the train aboutan hour and a half to make the descent. The men say that at several of the steepest ditches they must have reached spoed closo to eighty miles an hour—rather a lively gait to be traveling when one is above timber line. Gold at Sundance. A very valuable find of free milling gold ore has been struck in the Bear Lodge moun- tains north of Sundance, near Warren's veak, says the Reform. Albert Hoge is the discoverer. He sent a piece of float to the School of Mines at Rapid which assayed $17 in gold. The manager of the school sent a request for more samples of the ore, as it is a kind that has noz been found 1o carry gold before. The ore resembles blomide and has a vory fine appearance. 1f otuer assays, which are now in progress, return as well as did tne first, muoh prospecting will be done. Already a vein of great magnitude has been discovered. George Jacobson, C. E. Blackwoll, Joel Smllo)' and Albert Hoge have ull located claims. The vein has been traced for a distance of over 5,000 feet. Big r the Alle, A gold brick was placed on exhibition at the Doadwood National bank yesterday wihich ropresents theGolden Reward clean-up for the last fourteen days. The brick weighs 1,507 ounces, vnd reprosents a value of £§2,000. The plant will clean up the pres. ent month, §5,000, which will represent the most profitable month in its history. This splendid showing is duo, in & measure, Lo tho very satisfactory working of the Golde Reward chlorination plant, which has prob- heen brought to as near scientitic y foction us is possible; but uuother impoy tant causn is the increasod richness of much of the ore now being mined by the company. In the lauguage of & contemporary, such & showing is a good eure for hard times, La a [T A dispatch from Lander says: “A large deposit of potsdam cement two miles Jong and & half mile wide has been discovered twelve miles southwest of this city. The material was tested here today and found Lo contain # in gold per ton. Kxperts say it can be mined and milled at 81 per ton.” A syudicato was formed here composed of teen business men, and their representatives will go to locate claims and commence devel- opment work." An Oregon Bonsnzs, Four aud a half dollars in goid every min- uie for thirty hours is the record of a two- stamp mill at the Mavel mine. At 9 o'clock this morning the now famous Baisloy brothers came to towu, each CArrylng a lump of gold. Sam geposited his chunk, worth #4760, in the Baker City Nasonal bank, while Jim, in order to show no par- ality, carried ‘the other pleve, val at #3370, to the First National bank. Eighty. one hundred dollars is the net result of & thirty hours run in & two-stamp mill. 1% is the first showing of the Mabel mine, the latest gold discovery In Baker county Oregon. Gold is coming n from all direc tions, and the perennial frown of our local bankers is gradually giving way toa broad, good-natured smile. In addition to the milled gold the Baisleys brought in about fifty chunks of gold quartz studded with the reclous metal, ranging in value from 50 to Flfiwanch. A Rich Fin Jovernor McConnell returned from a short visitto Baker City, says the Boise City Statesman, Hosays sanh wonderful min. ine discoverios have been made there re- cently. One, ho thinks, is one of tho best gold discoveries ever made on the coast. It is about twelve miles from Baker City. The gold fn much of the rock will weieh nearly as much as the quartz. Actual tosts made on the ground show this to be the case. There is & little tumble down mill run in connection with the mine. A fivoday run last weok resultod In an &,000 clean-up. The owner of the mine, an old timo pros pector, always carries & showgun with him, fearing an attempt might be made to rob him of the valuable specimens he carries around. He came to town the other day with a little sack of quartz containing $3,000 worth of gold. Neobraskn and Nebraskans. Alfalfa is a gooa crop with Harlan county farmors this season. Jacob Dennuth of Bellwood has been sued for $10,000 by Nick Hastrel on a charge of slander. They arrest pnnrln in Nebraska City for getting drinks o refusing to pay. Threo mon are beld there on that henious charge. Whilea young man named Slafter was driving through Mitchell valley, Scotts Bluff county, his team was struck by light- ning and instantly killed, but he escaped in- Jury. Nelson Mortensen, aged 61, residing near Oakland, was thrown from a wagon by a runaway team and had his shoulder dislo- cated, besides being otherwise wnjured. He will recover. Two-year-old Johnnie Jansen of Beatrice Wwas 80 terribly stung by bees that bis life was for a time despatred of, but he is now recovering. Twonty-five stingers wero pulled out of the little fellow’s flesh. ‘W. N. Kerns, a farmer near Table Rock, has perhups the most remarkable fossil tooth in Nebraska, which was found on his land. It is evidently the remains of a mas- todon and measures’ 14 inches by 514. 12d Pence, a farmer living ncar Boatrice, has disappeared, leaving a number of cred: itors to mourn his absence. He took tho precaution to mortgage a quantity of live stock which he did not own before leaving. His neerogate liabilities will reach $700 with no assets. A number of Nuckolls county farmers have been using the inoculateda chinen bug with very gratifying results. They report that in ort time after placing the infected bugs th tho others large heaps of dead ones may be found throughout the entire fleld where they are working, and in a fow days 10 signs of live ones are to be seen. Wilson & Sutherland, the Tokamah hard- ware dealers who were forced to assign, are taking an invontory of stock, and it is thought they will bo ablo to resume busi- ness. The firm is one of the oldest in Teka- mahand was corsidered the most sound. Mr. Wilson is the present county treasurer of Burt county and Hon. J. R. Sutherland represented Burt county in the state senate in 18 Grasshoppers have again appeared in_sec- tions of Dodge county to an alarming extent, says the Fremont Tribune. John Ross of Pleasant Valicy has a field of oats with over one-fourth of the heads cut off. Peter Emanuel's field is also damaged. Moses Stubbert of Maple creek has a field of corn stripped of leaves by the hoppers. With drouths, cyclones. hailstorms, grasshoppers and occasional lightning rod agents, the farmers aro haviug quite & mixed exper- ience. A sad accident resulted in the aeath of the infant child of A. O. Smith. a hardware merchant of Newport. The child was play- ing on the floor and it is supposed picked up a nutshell or some other hard substance and put it in its mouth, and in swallowing the sharp edges stuck in the child’s throat. After all had been done for it that was pos- sible by the local physicians, the stricken parents started on the train for Omaha, in hopes that the doctors there might givo some relief, but the infant died on board the Elkhorn train near Fremont. Dr. L. A. St. John and Alfred Frizon passed through Plattsmouth Friday on a novel journey. They have undertaken for a reward of $1,000 to make the trip from the head waters of the Platte. near Denver, to Jackson park, Chicago, by boat. They started June 15, but have been delayed oy sickness and low water in the South Platte, but expect to reach their destination about August 15. They will drop down the Mis- souri to St. Louis, and there tie to a Missis- sippi steamer and proceed up that river until they can get across by the canal to the Chicago river. from there to the lake and thence to Jackson park. Their contract re- quires that they take their skiff all the way by water and they ride in it the whole dis- tance. At the laying of the corner stone of tie old Horlan county court houso at Alma in 1850, within the stone was placed a number of pioneer documents of the co' nty, the firs newspaper printed in the_county, a plate of copper bearing an inscription from a lodge, together with one of each of the coins in use, from o one-cent pioce to a silver dolla Last woek tho building was sold to B. M. Simms, v ho atonce bogan to tear it down. The building was all torn down to the foundation and the carpenters concluded to R0 to dinner, after which they would tear down the corner stone and secure the treas- ured rolics. Tho $1.96 therein got too tempting, for some miscreant obtained tho hidden treasure in the meantime, leaving the papers in the yard near by, where thoy were found late Colorado, A fabulously rich gold fleld is reported to have been located near Craig, Routt county . Mauy are going to Summitville, twenty- seven miles from Del Norte, to work in the gold flelds. The White Ash coal mine near Golden has been turned over to its creditors and the miners will work it. The Union Pacific coal department has commenced & new drill hole prospecting for coal near Irwin, Colo, One man is said to have panned out $700 worth of gold dirt from the Pike's Peak mine on Bull hill, Cripple Creek. The Silver Lake mine near Silverton is working again, paying the men $2.50 while silver is below 80, to be increasea when it Roes up. Development work is keeping all haunds busy at the Willismsburg coal mines. About 100 miners are now employed there and 450 at Rockdale. The water is being pumped out of the run- ning lode near Black Hawk, preparatory to resuming work. Theore, which runs {lgh in silver, will be stored. The Western Colorado Investment com- pany, which was recently organized to bore many artesisn wells, has secured leasos for over 1,000 acres of land. The sale of the Phillips and Excelsior group of gold mines near Alma, Park county, is rumored. Clristian Peper of St. Louis is the chief owner. The cousideration i id 10 be $500,000. James Whitley came into Grand Junction, bringing with him fifty-five ounces of gold, the result of ten days run of the Bromide stamp mill. The Bromide mine is owned in Graud Junction. Percy Hagerman, secretary of the Mollie Gibson mining company, says that the re- ports that tho mine is flooded are untrus, Lhere has been a flow of water struck, but ivdoes not interfere with the work. ‘The ore in the Geyser mine is better than ever. Tho five latost assays averago 4,144 ounces of silver per ton, Extensive nuproye. ments of the plaut are under arrangement, and the shaft will bo sent down to at least 2,100 feet. The White Arch coal mine was turned over to the miners yesterday, several months pay being due them. All other creditors will be taken care of by them. Au advisory board, consisting of Paul Lanius, R. E. Jones, George Goldsworthy and W. K Williams is in charge. The Florence Oil aud Refining company is completing its refinery, its contract with the Rocky Mountain company for treatment for crude product expiring in September. The Rocky Mountain aud Triumph companies THE OMAHA DAILY BEE :MONDAY, have suspeniod drilling temporarily, but the lattor is working its pygps full foroe. Jnmes \\'Mllo{ has arrived at Grand Juno- tion from the Henry #oWntains with fifty. five ounces of gold quarti, the ru Bromide five-stamp mill, far ten day The Holden smolter sreditors will prob. ably run the smeltor, paying all the current expenses from receiptd ‘and dividing the profits pro rata, It is thought that in eigh- teen months all liabilitjes will be disposed of. The slag pile, consféting of 750,000 tons, will bo treated. 1t wikiigiold a profit of §1 & ton. of the The Dukotas, Bon Homme county rapbris the best crops of its history. A disease called [‘V(ll‘k(*yv has made its ap- pearance near Yanktofi. Cattle so afficted ome blind. As thedisease is roported contagious a cattle quarautine may bo es- tablished in the district The contractors who are putting in an artesinn well at Miller have lost a 1,500- pound drill in tho well at a depth of 1,000 feet and all hope of getting it out has been practically given up. The drill shuts off fully one-half of the pressure and the city is likely to sue the contractors for the damage done. Tho Missouri river stockmen comploted their round-up and they report the cattle in ospeclally fine condition. Last winter's losses will not amount to one-fourth of 1 per cent. The recent hoavy rains have filled all the water holes and no scarcity of water will be experienced over the range during the remainder of the summer and fall. A report from Nashviile, where an arte- sian well 18 being sunk for tho city, says that a strong flow of @as has beea struck, which has been piped to a furnace and used to gonerato steam to run the apparatus. ‘This is probably the first time in the history of the state that gas has been secured from a well to furnish power to dig the same well. The crossing of 1,500 head of Texas cattlo on the pontoon bridgo at Chamberlain was quite a sight and altracted many to the river. Several of the steers broke through the railing and fell into the river, but_were rescuod. ~The herd ropresonted from $30,000 to 15,000 and it took threo big trains to bring them in. The freight alone was in the neighborhood of £5,000. A ponus of $1,200 bas been raised by the business men of Mound City and handed over to Messrs. Mewing & Johnson of Ku- reka, who have bound themselves to eroct a flouring mill of 100 barrels capaci at Mound City and have the same 1n operation by the time the present season’s crop begins tomove. The mill will bo purchased and removed either from Big Stone City or from Ortonville, The cowboy who has the honor of being the champion roper of the Black Hills country is Jess Leonard, whois at present with the Z Bell round-up wagon. The other day he gave chase to two gray wolves, roped one, dragged it until 1t was helpless, pulled it up closo to the saddle, all tho while on a hard run, took a hiteh with the rope around the saddle horn, and then roped the remain- ing wolf with the other end. Oregon. So far over 4,000,000 pounds of wool havo been received at Tha Dalles this season, and 2,000,000 more are expected. Tho new college building at Forest Grove is to cost 50,000, of which sum the citizens of the town have subscribed $15,000. Within a mile vorth of Dallas are nearly 0,000 prune trees, and nearly all in a thrifty, ravidly-growing udition. In one field of scventy acres are about 14,000 trees. Indians at Grant are offering ponies at from 82,50 to 87. The noble red man is this scason literally a “poor Indian,” the high water preventing the usual run of salmon. Judge Fullerton has rendered a d ion inst the Myrtle Creek Mining company in favor of the laborers of that company, to whow: the company was indebted to the amount of $3,606.50. A South Salom man who has been having his wood stolen right along by another neighbor has found a remady by hanging out a lantern all night over the wood pile. ‘While the lamp holds out to burn the sinner who stole that wood do¥s not return. The East Kootenay Exploration company now has its hydraulic plant in operation on Wild Horse creek, apd’ wilt run day and night until 'the end 'of the season. The grounds are flluminated at night by four arc lights of 1,000 candle power each, the power being furnished by a Pelton wheel. The company employs twenty white men and no Chinese. Father Peter de Roo, pastor of the Catho- lic church at Pendleton. has recently re- turned from Europe, whero he has spent sevoral years in historical research. He tells the East Oregonian that he will soon publish a history, containing data which will prove that Europe was discovered by Americans before America was discovered by Europeans, Mark Hartley, a farmer who lives seven miles east of Florence, recently killed three cougars in one day. He shot one dead, then fired on the seccnd oune, woundingit. He put his dog on the wounded animal which, turning quickly, caught the dog and tore him almost to pieces with his terrible claws, Mr. Hartley then went to his neighbor's and borrowed two_good dogs. Returning he found cougar No. 2 dead. He put out the fresh dogs and cougar No. 3 was found and forced to climb a tree where he was easily killed. The smallest of the three measured six feet in length. Washington, Eastorn capitalists aro starting a colony near Shelton, where they have invested £30,000 in land. Thieves have stolen 1,200 pounds of copper trolley wire, valued at 00, from the poles of the Belt Line railway at Port Townsend. There is no clew. About $900 of the 85,000 appropriated for the Washington Woman's department of tho World's fair was in the defunct Columbian bank in Jackson park. The Ritzville flour mill is running day and night, and an order was recently recoived from San Francisco for 1,000 barrels. A warehouse to hold 50,000 bushels of wheat is beiug add Last week the captain and crew of the steamer Edison secured a large white peli- can while at Coupeville. It measured from tip to tip 8 feet 10 inches, ana from end of bill to end of tail 5 feet 10 inches. M. A> Rowan of Sharpsburg, Pa., has beon 1 for soveral days and has mado arrange- ments for the establishment of glass works at Tacoma. The capital stock will be $50,- 000, and it is bropesed that all sorts of glass- ware will be manufactured, ineluding bot- tles. 1. J. Northoutt, the man who has gained 50 much notoriety on account of the mam- moth yield of 101 bushels of wheat on one acre on his farm near Pullman, has com- pleted the tiresome task of counting the grains in a bushel. He says there are 726,000 grains in one bushel, graaed wheat. There is good moucy in tobiceo growing in this state, according to 1. K. Patton of MeMillin, Mr. Patton ‘has three acres of tobaceo this year, 10,000 plants to the acre. Five plants will yield ofie pound of cured caf, hence an acre will ‘yield 2,000 pounds, He manufactures cigars'om the farm and nets the suug sum of $,000 per acre from his tobacco, § All over the boundless west can be found cattle and horses branded according to the faucy of their owners, but probably in no section of the country outside of Yakima, will be seen coyotes wikh a brand on, and that brand the one of ] overnment of the United States. A favorite pastime of the Yakima Indians is lariat coyotes and press the red hot brand of “L D (Indian Department) upon theic flanks. A soldier, whose nameeould not be learned arrived at Fort Walla Walla Puesday fore- noon oo a bicycle, having: come from Fort Sherman, Idaho, a distance of 270 miles, on @ wager of 500 ti the journey could be made in four days. He left Fort Sherman Saturday morning, awsd consequently had several hours w spare. He made 90 miles the first day's ride, The machine ridden :‘IL\I an old style “safety,” with an ordinary re. Miscelianeous, Kaslo is working hard for & port of entry. A factory having a capacity of 4,000 boxes aday is a new enterpiise iv Anacortes. The westorn Texas drouth, extending over 40,000 square miles, was broken last wook. Copper ore shipments from Wilcox, Ariz., have averagod a car load & day swce Jan: uary 1. Mountain fires, one of which seems to be of lurgo extent, are burning in the vicinity of Buffalo. Three very fiue prospects on Bear creek, in the Duncan country were lately found by JULY 24, 1893, | Mickey'Dougan, They assayod $218, $300 nnd #558 respectively, mostly in antinonial silver But two sales of wool have been made at Hilliard this season out of & olip of over a million pounds. A man at Lander is intending to put in a plant for the purpose of sawing and polish- ing the native marble found there Thousands of fat cattle are roaming u the range in Crook county, Wyoming, that vlv!ll be marketed within the next sixty da, hero are 1,700 Indians on the Shoshone reservation. The tribe is fast becomiog ex- tinet. Thoy are most all affected with lung trouble, Great Falls, Mont., reports that wool con- tinues to arrive at a lively rat: The pro- duct is being baled, as it saves 30 & car to the shipper. The 8100,000 enterprise of the Kootenay Hydraulic V.ining company began its work of washing gold from the Waneta gravel bars last week The placers of the Fortunate Mining Co. at Bald mountain on tho Big Horn ranges north of Sheridan, Wyo., are said to be yielding big results. Water Commissioner Dow is selecting sites for water storage reservoirs in the mountains for the big Peralto ditch, the largest irrigation enterprise ever under- on in this section. The McKeesport Asbestos company has commenced work on its Casper mountain mines again. Only five men are now em- [loved, but it is expected that & large num- ber will soon be hired. The mail daviver botween Rawling and Lander, Wyo., suys he sawsa wild buffalo, a bull apparentiy 4 years old, at Bull Springs yesterday morning, It is believed to be one of the small band that still ranges on the Red desert. The Union Pacific is doing a bigger busi- ness in the fruit traftic this year than ever before, mow averaging about seven train loads of California fruit ver day, while stock shipments are fully ns good as usual at this time of the year. ‘I'he Royal Horse association ranch, twenty miles north of Cheyenne, with 1,500 horses and 2,000 cattle, was sold by the United States marshal yesterday to satisfy o mortgage held by Johu Arbuckle, who was part owner. 1t was bid in for him for $75,000. The value was §750,000. The Utah commission, being advised that President Harrison's amnesty proclamation was not suflicient to allow former polyga- mists to vote, has resolved that in the opin- ion of its members, that privilege should be granted. This applies to those who have committed no sexual offense sinco Novem- ber 1, 1590, 1t is estimated that the grangor cattlemen ot Sheridan county will ship out over 250 carloads this which will net at present rates about $200,000. This does not include shinnents of stock by tho cattlemen, who will ship much moré than will the grangers, the O W outfit alone shipping over 200 carloads. A £35,000 galena nugget was recently found onaside hill in the Slocan district, B, C. Its dimensions are 10 fect 8 inches by 7 feot O inches by 8 feet 6 inches, 30 feet in circumterence, weighing about tons, and its actual value when smelted, will be abont 35,0000 It ha falien from a large vein ex- posed higher up on the mountain, Major Schnitger, state fish commissioner, delivered the 30,000 fish which he took to tan without the loss of a single one. found the people ready and eager to re- ceive them and they wero promptly dis- tributea although it was necessary to use pack mules to carcy them to the points where they were needed. The county has been promised 75,000 fish noxt year. A scheme which will soon take practical shape is on foot to harness the rapias in the Big Laramie river and furnish the ecity of Laramie with power for manufacturing pur- poses. Thoplan is to put in a duplicate plant” with turbine wheels with 250-horse power e The schemo is on the same principle as the electricity gencratea from the Niagara falls for the city of Buffalo, N.Y. South Dakota can no longer enjoy a mo- nopoly of its special industry, quick and easy divorces. Oklahoma has entered the fields as an active rival. The advertiscments of Dakota hotels und attorneys to catch uhe di- vorce trade have been discounted by an at- torney of Kingfisher, who announces to those whose necks are chafed by the matvimonial yoke, that the Oklahoma statutes specify ten distinet causes for divorce, the most com- prehensive of which is ‘gross neglect of duty.” While a train load of beef cattlo, loaded at Fallon station, was pulling into Hoyt sta- tion, Mont., ono of the cars was discovered to veon fire. The car was detached from the train and all but five head were taken out alive. All were burned and when turned loose created consternation among the train- men and cowboys, Edawuara Marron, man- ager of the H S outflt, was gored by one of the infuriated animals. There appears to be no hope of saving any of the animals that were in the car. — A Wife's Appeal. A gentleman who recently roturned from a trip over north Georgia tells a pathetic story. says the Atlanta Con- stitution. He stopped one night at a small cabin in the woods, and when the head of the house, who scemed to be in a drunken stupor, had retired for the night, his wife, a pale, care-worn woman, appcoached the stranger and, with her eyes stresming with tears, said: “I kinder think that you area enue detective, but for God’s sake, don't give my husband away! He's been running a little still for nearly three yea and as he won't do anything else, “it is all our living. And yot,” she continued, sobbing, “I wish'to God *hat John would goout of the business; he is killing himself and breaking my heart! Don't you seo how he is now?"” The stranger looked. On a pallet on the bare floor was stretched the hus- band, sleeping away his debauch. “It's the still!” cried the poor woman —*'the stilll He says it's our living; butitll be all our death! But don't give him away!” ° o Busy peopie have no ume, and sens bie people have no inclination to use vills that mako them sick a duy for evory dose thoy take. They have learned that the use of De Witt's Littlo larly Risers does not in- terfore with their health by causing nauses pain or griping. These little pills are per, fect it action aud resulte, regulating tho stomach and bowels so that headachos, diz- ziness and lassivude aro preventod. ‘Ihey cleanse the blood, cloar the vomplexion ani ouo up the systom. Lots of hoaleh in shosy littlefellows. ———, He Had Noen the Scarecrow. Somerville Journal: One Somerville young man who has just been spending @ fortnight in the country, lost all chance of making u favorable impression on the farmer’s protty daughter the very first day he came. Her fathor came by the front of the house where the young man was trying to make himself” agreeable and the girl introduced him, suying: *Thi my father, Mr, Smythe.” “Oh, yes," responded the young man, turning toward the old manand slowly holding out his hand, “'I saw you stand- ing over in the cornfield a little while ago when I came up the road.” p#PHICEY Flavoring Extracts NATURAL FRUIT FLAYORS. Of perfect purity— Vanlila L::r‘mn Of great strength— Vrangel Economy in their use Flavor as delicately and deliciousty as the fresh frut. Clll.\lK IN HIGH PLACES! It (s not strange that some people do wrong through ignoranoce, others from A failure to investigato as to the right or wrong of a matter, But it is strange, that individuals and firms, who are fully aware of the rights of othors, will per- sist in porpetrating frauds upon them. High-toned, wealthy manufroturing firms will offor and sell to rotail mer- chants, articles which they know to be infringements on the rights of proprie- tors, and imitations of well known goods. We want to sound n note of warning to the retailers to boware of such imita- tions aud simulations of “CARTER’S LiT- TLE LIVER PILLS.” When they are of- forod 10 you, refuse them; you do not want to do wrong, and you don’t want to lay yourself liable to a lawsuit. Ben Franklin said “Honesty is the best poli- c}»;". it is just as truo that “‘Honesty is thebest principle. I;th=lo=pho-r0s (PRIZE WINNER), has won first placo as an almost infallible cure of Rhenmatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Etc. Itis a strictly scientific compound. Tts Ingredicnts are #0 harmless thatan infant cannot be hurt by the preparation, yot its workings scem almost mirace ulous. By dircet sclentific action it operates on the blood, muscles and joints by taking the poison out it invi; of the system orates the action of the muscles and limbers the stiTness of the joints. It reaches the Liver and Kidueys, cleansing them from irritating substances, Atall draggists. $1 per botile. The Athlophoros Co., New Haven, Conn, W. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE ndt'hir. Do you wear them? When next In need try a palr, Best In the world. I you want a fino DRESS SHOE, mado In the latest styles, don't pay $6 to $8, try my $3, $3.50, $4.00 or $5 Shoe, They fit equal to custom made and look and wear as well. 1T you wish to economize in your footwear, 050 by purchasing W. L, Douglas Shoes, Namo and price stamped on the bottom, look for It when you buys W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Jas Sold by Ignatz Newman; Ehas. Svenson; S W. Bowman & Co.; C. J. Carlson; F. S. Cressoy, So. Omnha. 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Your trip to the Worid's Faie will be complete unloss youalso go from th: fa to tho Yellowstono Park (total expense about 8150) and view the wonderful things tho Almighty has placed there for munkind tosee. No such spot is found olsewhero on earth. The Northern Pa- cific is the direct line there, Send for 6,000 Miles Through Won- derland,” and our now mapof the Park. CHAS. §. FEE, General Passongor Acent, ST. PAUL, MINN. VIA THE BEST LINE ST, LOUIS AND New York Hospital TREATMENT, For all Chroale, Narioas, Private ana Special Diseasss. of bath MEN AND WOMEN Ftricture and all other troubles treated at reasonable charges CONSULTATION IREE. Calionor nddress DR SEYMOUR PUTNAM DOUGLAS BLOCK, - OMAHA, NEB PRESERVE YOUR EYE SIGHT, —USE— H.HIRSCR fiiflfl?filg EVES Rl (0. DR, WILLIANS) SPECIALIST Proside MEDICAL SURGICAL (« 18 unsurpassod | of ull Varonio, PB‘VItI and erv us Diseases. Wriko to ur conault parsonalt CLANMENT BY MALL. Addross with stamp for par- tculars, which will be svnt in PO Box 631 Omioe, 118 8. 15th A Full SET OF TEETH $ S5 Tooth extracted in tho troatment street, Omaha. orning, Now onod 1nsorted A{Lara00n wamo iy, Porfoot it guar- antood. JL 1, { Hrd Floor, Paxton Bloolk 033, W11 HYOU tareh Cure curos catarrh Alldruggiate. 50 conts. DR. MCCREW 1s the only ARERIAMER: PRIVATE DISEASES and DEBILITIES of MEN ONLY. Women Excl:ded, 18 yeurs experionce, Clroulars fr i7 lnh(n)nd Farnam Sta. ator on BRINC BLAtR, Nob. ds will bo ro- colved at t ho clty clork until August b, 1593, ut 7 0'clock p. f said d 10 bore two sixineh wolls and furnish two six 100t Cook stralnor-polnts, sultable to fit pipe for the city of Bialr, Nob. Dopth of wells from 100 feot 10 106 fooi; sanie 1 bo comploted by August 25, 1599 Plans and specifications on file at the offico of K. J. Farr, water commissioner, Blair, Nob. Rights reservod o rejoct wuy and all bids, E B UARKRIGAD Jy21D15tA4 Clty Olerk of Blalr, oh. Nutice to Conirotors, Souled bids to furnish matorial and constry six drive wolls, from sixty wo vighty foet deep, at the clty witor station At Missourl Valley: In wocordiug to speciiications on file ut tho clty clerk’s oftice of sald city of Missouri Val- loy. will bo recelved up 10 6 o'clock p. m August 1at, 1493, when bids will bo exuinined wnd cont bldder. st awardod 10 loweat ronpotaible he city reserves the right to rejeci ¢ A B8RO0, Jy24 46 Olty Olerks