Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 16, 1895, Page 5

Pulse Tho fact that the Nevada Southern rallroad s to pass into other hands and be e®ftended Into southern Nevada causes much enthius- fasm In mining circles in this city, says a 8an Bernardino dispatch to the San Francise Call. The road, as it 1s now laid out, will open up communication with the rich mining claims of Vanderbilt, Ivanpah, Ploche and othcr desert districts, where heretofore the pacijack has been compelled to do the transportation. A miner who has spent sev- eral years in and about Ivanpah says: “If the road Is extended as proposed—and I belleve it will be—it will open up millions of dollars of gold in this country that here- tofore has been dormant, owing to the fact that communication with the outer world could no be had. Mark my words, if the present rate of discoverfes s kept up for one year, San Bernardino county will not have an equal In the United States as a gold producer. This Is no 1dle boast, as the facts bear me out, as any one can ascertain by looking the matter up, and I am glad to the Call giving us the attention that it 18 Messrs. Shepherd and Hollingwood have made quite a discovery in the shape of a g0ld and silver mine about nine or ten miles to the northwest of Barstow. The find s considered equal to any on the desert, s an abundant supply of water is to be had within a mile of the mine. The discoverers will sink a fifty-foot shaft, a ten-foot one having already been sunk and a six-foot ledge struck. The oro so far discovered averages $4 gold, 66 per cent lead and S2 ounces silver. Very flattering reports continue to come from the Altuma mine in Morongo mining district. A large body of ore Is in sight, the ledge being 1,300 or 1,400 feet of cuts and drifts. The company is working slowly. It does not base its opinlon on the rock as found here and there, but on mill runs. As a test of the mill runs of rock taken from wall to wall, the rock shows $22 in free gold, and on an average the company can work $4 rock profitably. The walls are well defined and can easily bo worked, requiring but_little blasting. ~The freight rate from either Victor or Banning is very cheap. Every prospect shows the mine to be a permanent institu- tion. WONDERFUL ENAMEL. For some months past Don C. Robbins of this city has been working on the develop- ment of a hydro-carbon deposit about three miles east of Soldler summit, on the line of tha Rio Grande Western, and has now de- veloped a very extensive body of this valua- ble mineral, says the Salt Lake Tribune. The exact nature of the product, however, could not be determined until Prof. Hirsching made an analysis, with the result that he pro- mounces It ‘a combination of elaterite and ozookerite, It combines the principal in- gredients of both those hydro-carbons, and also contains some elements that are forelgn 10 both, and which will undoubtedly render it much more valuable. C. H. La Belle, who 1s associated with Mr. Robbins, tried ail the known solvents of hydro-carbons on the new material without success. He found a solvent of his own, however, which reduces the mineral and the secret of which he proposes to keep to himself. His experi- ments have developed the fact that the new mineral will make the best enamel paint that has yet been put on the market. It will _not crack, mor is it affected by heat or cold, nor by the ap- plication of ammonia, and only by an appli- catlon of its own solvent. Pieces of soft tin have been coated with the liquid and can be bent into any shape and bent back again without in the least disturbing either the gloss or the body of the coating. BExperts Wwho have seen the enamel paint state that 1t 1s superior to any varnish made, and that for coach work it canqot be excelled. Mr. La Belle has converted the mineral into s#veral other forms, Including that of gutta percha, and is going into the manu- facture of buttons, combs and other small articles to show what the new mineral is capable of. The liquid he prposes to use for coiting leather, to make shoes water- proof, and to convert an ordinary leather shoe into a patent leather shoe. Patents for his processes have been applied for and the prospects of a new and valuable industry belng started are exceedingly flattering. ORIGINAL SEA SERPENT. Prof. W. C. Knight, returning from the Rossil flelds of Natrona, brought back with Bim a curlosity of the prehistoric ages which he believes is one of the most remarkable dis- coveries ever made, says the Laramie Repub- Ycan. The find is no less than a fossil sea maurfan the like of which is unknown to science. The professor believes it to be a new species of the sea serpent. It resembles nothing that has ever been discovered on the American continents and it is believed that nothing like it has ever been unearthed in Europe. At a moderate estimate Prof. Knight believes that the fossil intact will readily bring $5,000, if it proves what he an- “ticipates, something entirely new to the pale- ontological world. That portion of the marine monster brought to the university consists of one of the pad- dles of the serpent, which the professor was obliged to hew out of a solid rock. He is satisfied that the entire fossil can be secured by the same method. The arm of the reptile 18 forty Inches long and eighteen fnches wide. Where the arm joins the body it is twelve Anches across, while the base shows a width of fifteen inches. A curlous feature of the ,Paddle 15 that the extremity shows a striking Tesemblance to the hand of a human being, only on a gigantic scale. The four fingers are there, as is also a mammoth thumb. The professor believes that the monster must have been sixty feet long at the very Jeast. He is quite certaln that nothing like it has ever been found, and it he succeeds “fn having it dug out of its rock bed, is quite sure that a big sum will be offered for it by world-famed paleontologists. HOUSES BUILT OF PAY ORE. Among the greatest mines of Arizona was the Vulture, now the property of H. A. W. Tabor, fays the Denver Republican. It is fifteen miles southwest of Wickenburg, whence the ores were taken by wagons to be milled on the bank of the historic Has- sayampa. The mine produced over $10,000,000 in go'd, and the richest of the ore was found on tha surface. Of course, in the early days nothing save the best was milled, and in the great waste dumps around the mine was found the building material for the town of Vulture. The mine worked on for a score of years with varying fortune, the town maintaining & large population, when the pipe line from the Hassayampa was washed away by the flood that followed the breaking of the Wal- aut Grovo dam, the 100-stamp m'll was ¢'osed down, and the camp was deseried. Three years ago T. E. Farish, the well known miner, secured a two years' lease of the property, fitted up ten of the stamps, put in a gasoline engine, got h's water out of the mine, and started to “cayoting” on the Jower levels. Near ths end of his lease he 7an out of really good ore. In this extremity he bethought himse'f of the scores of tenant- less houses. Every one was construsted of free milling iron oxide gold ore, snd speci- mens chipped from the corners assayed an average of $20 to the ton. The last three mouths his stamp mill ran solely upon build ng material, much to the profit of its owner. DON'T BELIEVE IN ALASKA. F. R. Lautz, who, with a party of six, left Ban Francisco for the gold fields of the north on May 5, has returned, broken in health and pocket, his littls company having utterly failed in the endeavor to wash a fortune out of the black beach sand, says a Victorla (B. C) dispatch to the San Franclsco Exam- iner. After golng ashore and narrowly esciping fotal wreck under the shadow of Mount Elias, whose glaciers projected over the wal and momentarily threatened them with deata, the party carried the vessel in pleces for a distance of nine miles, put her together again and shot the rapids, eventually arriving at Six-Mile creek. There some sixty Callfor: miners were found at work with rockers, long-toms and sluices, not making more than $1 a day. The only exception was a man who Bad on one occasion made $2.60 and on an- other §2. Twenty miles farther up, at Bear river. fifty men were at work. Some of them had been on the spot for years, and most of them had been unsuccessful, the ground being saturated with water. The greatest sum taken out had been $164 In two weeks. Next week the return had fallen to 3$5. All were ,#nxious ta sell-out for enough to take them back to clvilization. The highest returns re- ported were $1 a day, the gold being as fine | 000 cans of corn. as flour, After waiting four weeks and hearing the ame story of want of luck and seefng no gold worth speaking of, Lautz and his part- ners concluded to return, and, selling thelr schooner at Port Etches, came back. Lautz, who is an experionced miner, says the coun- try Is the most do'eful, hard-locking place he ever saw. In one case 100 tons were cleaned up with the best hydraulicking machinery, thie return being not more than $2.80. COLLECTING FOR BORROWED WHEAT. The county commissioners for this (Brook- ings) county have adopted a novel plan to collect money due from farmers who were advanced sced grain last spring, says a Brookings, 8. D., dispatch to the St. Paul Ploncer-Press. Tvery grain buyer and ele- vator man in the county is given a list of debtors, together with the amount and char- acter of grain borrowed by each, and they are required to take the proper amount and credit it to the county before they can legally buy a bushel of grain from any of these farmers, The grain buyers are given full power to act for the county in the mat- ter of giving ipts. This course Is in no way a refle on the honesty of the greater part of the borrowers, but as the state law governing the matter is especially severe in its provisions for the punishment of violators, the commissioners have really placed a good safeguard around those who would be careless in the matter and ge themselves into grave trouble. Another thing tending to make the provisions desir- able is the fact that it was explained at the start that the grain debts were to be paid whenever the crops should be marketed, and It is out of the question for the county offi- cers to keep track of the marketing of grain all over the county. Besides a few dishonest men could bring odium upon the whole number of unfortunates who were obliged to apply for aid, and such a result would make the taxpayers hesitate before repeating the bemevolence. INTELLIGENT BULL SNAKE. The scene of the latest story to be reported to our snake editor is fixed at Andy Eads' ranch on Prairle Dog, says the Sheridan En- terprise. Jimmy Thurmond vouches for the truth of it, so it must be so. Several times has the door of the Fads residence been opened in an unaccountable manner and the family almost inclined to believe that they were visiled by “spooks,” or some other mys- terlous thing. A few days ago, however, the cause was discovered and the mystery soived. A large bull snake had crawled on the door step and up the side of the frame, and with almost human intelligence had pressed down the latch so that the door would open. He was caught in the very act, and since the de- tection has been seen to do the same thing two or three times. Mr. Thurmond is contem- plating catching his snakeship and bringing him to town ana training him to open the door when a visitor calls, KILLED BY A BEAR. A few days ago, near Bear lake, about thirty miles from this city, a bear ate up an Indian child that was left in the brush asleep while its mother was picking ber- rie The Dalles (Ore.) dispatch to the n Francisco Examiner. The poor woman heard the cries of her infant, and, thinking that it was being Injured, picked up a butcher knife and rushed to its assistance. She found a savage bear with the baby in its claws and gnawing the prostrate body. Herolcally she began the fight, but the bear was too powerful for her, and, although she fought bravely, when she was rescued by the Indlans she was nearly killed, the brute having clawed and mangled the flesh on her body in a fearful manner. The little child was dead, and almost every particle of flesh on its body was devoured by the angry animal. They managed to Kiil the bear, and they never had as much satisfac- tion in any act they ever did. The unrecongnizable remains of the little child were burled near the place where it met its cruel death, and the heart-broken mother, In her wounded condition, was eared for tenderly as possible under the circumstances, No more sorrowful crowd of Indlans ever left the berry-ground, for even with their savage nature they have a dread and superstitious fear of the anger of the Great Spirit when he permits wild beasts to become their destroyers. NEBRASKA. The printers of Fremont have union with twenty-five members, The Osceola Record has just entered its twenty-third year of continuous publication. J. S. Thompson of North Bend has suc- cesstully produced sugar from beets raised near that place. The new opera house at Pierce will be dedicated Octcber 1. It is a handsome modern structure, and the people of Pierce are proud of it. Valentine people point to the fact that the United States disburse $200,000 annually in the vicinity of that town as one of the real reasons why times are good. The counties of Chase, Hayes, Hitchcock, Dundy, Red Willow and Furnas have now completed 175 irrigating canals, upon which have been expended $145,824. The citizens of North Bend have organized a syndicate for the purpose of guaranteeing the cultivation of 3,000 acres of sugar beets for the next five successive years. It is claimed that a farmer named Ayers, llving near Boelus, unearthed an iron Kkettle which contained $16,000 in gold and a lot of badly decomposed paper money. The David City Press, published by Casper & McCune, is twenty-two years old, the se- nior proprietor having been one of it found- ers when Butler county was an infant. The Rock Blufts men who are boring for coal in Cass county claim to have struck a vein of mineral paint twelve feet thick. The vein lies forty-two feet below the surface. Nearly 900 pupils attended Norfolk's public schools on the opening day. Most of the rooms are overcrowded and another school house will have to be erected in the near future. ‘William Worland, a farmer near Chapman, claims the belt for the biggest yield of oats in Nebraska. He threshed 3,010 bushels from thirty-one acres, an average of ninety-seven bushels. The hot sports of Hooper are in mourning. A couple cf alleged wrestlers struck the town and offered to make a match for $300. They secured thé money and left the hot sports in the lurch. The liverymen of Clarks are having a rate war. One of them offered to take a traveling man fifteen miles to Fullerton free, but lost the job because his competitor carried the passenger free and pald his hotel bill besides. The Plerce Leader is authority for the statement that the Pacific Short Line has leased the “Y" graded at Osmond by the Yankton & Norfolk road. The * will be troned at once and used to assist in moving the big grain crop. ‘Widow Foulk, living in Plattsmouth, was thrown into hysterics over the disappea ance of her 6-year-old boy. The boy afterward found at Malvern, Ia. He had climbed on a tiain and got as far as Mal vern before the conductor discovered him. The German Lutheran church at Font nelle recently celebrated the thirty-fifth niversary of its existence. Of the members present at the celebration who assisted in the dedication of the chureh thirty-five years ago were Henry Sprick, Henry Wilkenning, sr., and Henry Wilkenning, jr. Some of the big enterprises of the Republls can valley are the Moeker canal, twenty-two miles long, the Bartley canal, five and one- halt miles in length, the Cambridge and Arapahoe canal, sixteen miles long. These canals are all completed. The latter cost $22,000 and waters 30,000 acres of land. The Nebraska conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, embracing the territory south of the Platte river and east of the Adams and Kearney county line, will meet at Lincoln Wednesday, September 18. All who wish to attend the conference can avail them- selves of the certificate plan, by which a rate of one and one-third fare can be had, 10WA. Thieves robbed John Dillon's saloon at Avoca of $22 in cash. The county jail at Fort Madison will be remodeled and enlarged. Fort Dodge will begin work on a new telephone exchange this week. The lowa corn crop for 1895 1s now pro- nounced to be beyond all danger of frosts. Alden, Willlams and other towns In their vicinity are suffering from a light epidemic of typhold fever. The canning factory at Shenandoah has Just completed the work of putting up 460, organized a THE OMAHA DAILY BEP: The factory will add 50,000 cans of tomatoes to its output before the sea- son_closes. . William Bridges was struck by a_switch engine in the Des Molnes yards and badly used up. He was Intoxicated. Rev George Baker of the University of Chicago has been tendered the pastorate of the Baptist church at Mason City. The twenty-second annual meeting of the Towa conference of the Free Methodist church is in session at Burlington. Rev. Samuel Murdock and wife of Elkader celebrated their golden wedding by holding a public reception in the court house. After experimenting for two years the town of Nevada has at last struck an abfin- dant supply of pure water at a depth of 950 feet. Robert H. man of the is dead, aged rallroad’ cirel A. B. Beem, an old gentleman and quite deaf, was struck by an electric street car at Tama. It is thought he is not seriously in- Jured, but cannot tell at this time. 8. H. Stebbins has just completed the school census for Lyons independent school district, and finds 1955 of school age, an in- crease over last year's returns of 124. Miss Amelia Snyder, daughter of a highly respected farmer living near Sioux City, cre ated a sensation by marrying a full-blooded negro. Her parents have disowned her. Willlam Stewart, the man once arrested for burning the depot at North Clinton and who escaped from Jjail, has been located in Canada and will be brought back for trial. A large grain elevator at Kirkman belong- ing to the John Scroggs estate burned, to- gether with 15,000 bushels of grain. The loss is $17,000, with an insurance of $4,000. The Universalists will hold their annual state gathering at lowa Falls September 25 to 20. Judge Ayres of Des Moines is pres- ident and Rev. J. H. Palmer of Cedar Raplds secretary. The rate charged employes of the Iowa Central railway for stock in that road is posted at the depot each month. In January it was quoted at $84 per share. The price for September 1s $105 per share. The Coorey grain elevator at Fort Dodge burned containing 400 bushels of oats. The only theory for the origin is that the oats heated and caused spontaneous combustion, hitherto supposed to ba impossible. Lela Johneon and E. Poole, two boys aged 13 and 16 years, of Bagle Grove, went hunt- ing, and while the Johnson boy was holding his' gun it was in some manner discharged and he was shot in the abdomen, although not fatally. The gun was a 22-caliber rifle, Will Swan, who was employed by the city ccuncil to take (he census of Creston, sub- mitted a sworn statement to the council, in which he gives Creston a population of 7,306, or 546 more than Assessor Jones. The coun- cil accepted the report as the correct census of the city, The Waterloo Hedge and Wire Fence com- pany of Waterloo has asked to be incorpo- rated under the state laws. Its capital stock is $100,000. The incorporators are John J. Weller, W. W. McClung, M. H. Loomer, O. W. Hemsworth, H. B. Eighway, Frank Me- Cune, E. Croak, John Burk and G. W. Daw- son. The 3-year-old son of R. J. Allen at Mason City fell into an open well. His mother heard the screams and ran to the well. She could seo him in the water and called to him to take hold of a rope that was attached to a pail filled with butter. The little fellow held onto the rope until he was rescued by his frantic mother, who descended by means of the rope on the windlass. THE DAKOTAS, Work on the grain palace at Aberdeen Is being pushed right along, and the decorations will excel all previous efforts in that direction, The Milwaukee company has donated a tract of ground at Eureka to that hustling town, provided it is converted into a public park. An artesian well will be put down, trees planted and every effort put forth to render the tract all that it was intended for. On the Hunter farm, near Mellette, over fitty varieties of beans were tested for the purpose of determining what varlety did the best in Dakota. Judging from results here Dakota is a poor state for bean ralsing. How- ever, the season has not been very favorable, The artesian well of Charles Dahlenberg, a prosperous farmer near Andrus, is six inches in diameter, has a pressure of sixty pounds to the square inch and throws about 1,700 gal- lons per minute. Mr. Dahlenberg has a large lake bed on his farm and intends to make an artificial fish pond. The lake bed covers about ten acres and contains already six feet of water that has flowed from the well, Several months ago the city of Lead voted bonds to the amount of $31,000 for the erec- tiou of a new school building. The founda- tion was begun, and in digging out the base- ment workmen have struck gold ore, which experts pronounced “pay dirt.” The school board may be able to get enough gold from the basement to pay for the bullding, and possibly the board will see fit to open a mine and choose a lot for the building elsewhere. The Holy Terror Mining company filed a protest in the United States land office against the application of the Keystone Min- ing company for a patent for the mine, The two mines overlap and conflict to the extent of four acres, in which there are some of the richest gold deposits ever discovered. The best legal talent has been employed and the case promises to be one of the most im- portant and hardest fought ever tried in the Black Hills. COLORADO. The Rico News-Sun estimates the output from Dolores county this year at $3,500,000. Last year Rico produced $1,600.000. An eighteen inch streak of ore averaging $900 to the ton has been encouniered in the North Star mine on Raven hill at Cripple Creek. A rich strike has been made in the Sweet Home in the Pine Creek district, 80 the Cen- tral City Register says, two feet of solid ore being encountered in the lower workings. The Legal Tender property, just up the hill from Camerons, at Telluride, shows a two- foot vein with 'a pay streak from four to elght inches wide, running $100 in gold per ton, The lessees on the north end of the Blue Bird have just discovered a vein of white claylsh porphyry, resembling the Annie Lee to a great extent, and in which the free gold is plentifully disseminated. Cattlo rustlers are again commltting depre- dations upon stock In the vielnity of Greeley. Foreman Willlam Barnes of the “70,” *P. 0. and “33" outfits has found twenty-two dead cattle. Barnes and party followed up the trail and at Holliday's ranch they found thirty-six calves without brands. It is stated that the ore in the Dearing mine on North Star mountain, in the Alma district, has increased In gold value from an ounce mnear the surface to over two ounces per ton at eighty feet in the tunnel, which now shows nearly four feet in width, with the indication that it is a fissure in- stead of a contact vein. A most valuable strike has been made within fifty feet of the smelter at Rico. It is right at the side of the rallroad track. ‘The new mine runs 1,200 ounces In silver and seven ounces in gold. It is almost on the surface, dipping down to the river, and shows a well defined vein of pink- ish quartz about ten inches wide, The find is on Atlantic Cable ground, and the lessees, Stanley, Holman & Wood: are driving a shaft some fifty feet above. This 16 the richest strike since the old Bn- terprise times and has aroused a great deal of enthusiasm. Benson, for thirty years fore- rthwestern shops at Clinton, He was widely known In WYOMING. Settlers near Evanston have been very much annoyed by wolves lately. The sheep shipments from Idaho promise to beat the record this season. Officials at Leramle have elready sent 110 double-deck stock cars to that point and have orders for elghty-five more. The Paint Rock Record says that the hay In Paint Rock valley this year is one of the largest crops ever gathered. A number of the ranchmen stated that they cut as much alfalfa on the first cutting as they had from three cuttings on the same ground last year, and that the second crop was growing so fast that It would soon be ready to harvest, Forty-six miners were discharged from the service of the Unlon Pacific Coal company at Carbon. The mines have been turning out about 125 cars of coal per week for some time, and further reductions in orders for Carbon coal caused the cutting down of the {and a bond ONDAY, 3 been runidred that the co pany contempl ning these min in the near future, ax It 1y claimed that they can fill their orders from the Hanna mines at less expense. | The district court of Cheyenne afirmed the decision of Justice Glafcke in the famous Richardson dog case,holding that under the Wyoming constitution property could not be taken without due précess of law; that a dog, under the Wyoming, laws, Is property, and that the ordinance authorizing the summary destruction of dogs Was a taking of property without due process of 'law, and therefore void. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Colorado, Utah & Wyoming Rallroad and Land company, held " &t Cheyenne, the selected lines of Toad were approved tssue authorized. Matters r the purchaseé of land were con- The land company is the parent of the railroad, The line commences near Rawling and will run by the ‘our Mile placers to Cralg and Steamboat ings on the Yampa river, thence westw to Ashley, Utah. The money from the bond issue, $2,600,000, will be used in the construction of the first division. The head office of the company is at Cheyenne OREGON. W. M. Martin, a mutton buyer, has started on a drive to California from Lake county, with 9,000 head of sheep. The three new bridges across the race near Parkersville have been completed and are now ready for public travel. The Duni- gan bridge across the Abiqua has also been finished. Oliver Aral, a well known ploneer of French prairie, has recelved information that he is one of seven heirs to whom an estate, valued at $1,800,000, has been left by the death of an aged relative in Canada. On a dry hill near Helix last spring Wil liam Piper planted 500 apple tr Only twenty have died, leaving 98 per cent thriv- ing trees, In cultivating them not one drop of water has been put on the ground by irri- gation. Prof. Johnson, collector for the forestry de- partment of the United States, has found in Cow Creek canyon a new species of pine, the eleventh found in Oregon, says the Cor- vallis Times. The wood of the new tree is unusuaily tough, and samples of the needles in Mr. Johnson's possession are fitteen inches long. One evening recently Mrs. Zimmerman, who lives on the Nehalem, glanced out of her window just in time fo see two large cougars leap ‘over the fence and stick their noses against the window panes. She was alone, but frightened the animals away from tho house and ran for her husband and son, who came and killed one of the beasts. The first shipment of sheep over the Ore- gon Central & REastern railroad will be made in a few days. Rates will be made so that a band of 10,000 head of sheep now at Minto mountain will be shipped from Idanha to Albany, thence to Portland. When this road s extended across the mountains many train loads of stock, wool and other produce will find a market over the Oregon Central & Eastern. Norman S. Lilly of Corvallis now pos- sesses a_gun_the like of which never before was seen. It was manufactured by John Kincade and presented to Mr. Lilly as a token of appreciation of his qualities as an Indian fighter. The barrel of the gun is made of inch and a quarter water pipe and Is attached to a handsome redwood stock; the forward sight fk from the second rail- road spike ever driven in the Oregon Pacific track; the trigger is of hoop iron and the spring of selected rubber. The gun is seven teet in length, WASHINGTON. Nearly 200 acres n Yakima connty are planted in broom corn. The market price is from $60 to $120 per. ton. The Tlwaco cranberry ranch will yleld barrels of berries this year, and they be worth, it is said, $12 a barrel. The number of fish tiken in the ten traps of the Alaska Packing association in Belling- ham bay during the season just closed was 600,000 & Work is being pushad on the Entiat ditch, Wwhich will be completed and water running through it this year. The ditch is about seven miles long, neatly ‘half of which will be flumings State Senator Hall' of ‘Colfax recently se- cured on the Pend d'Oreille river a number of small pleces of soft sandstone that had been shaped by the water into curious forms, many of them bearing a striking resemblanca to articles made by man. He says the river is full of such pieces. There is said to ba a movement on foot to corner' Washington's supply of native oysters and crustacea and force the price far above the normal scale. A Seattle firm Is sald to bo at the head of the concern and to have succeeded in securing the entire oyster crop of Oyster bay, near Olympia, the principal source of supply for the district. Private Frank H. Anderson of the Fourth cavalry, at Walla Walla, accompanied by two privates from the Fourteenth infantry, at Vancouver Barracks, has arrived at Tacoma on a bicycle. Anderson is making a test of the bicycle over rough roads for military purposes. He makes an average of fifty-five miles a day, and considers the bicycle superior to the horse for quick military movements Where there are no railroads. The annual exodus to the hop flelds of west- ern Washington has begun. About 200 Indlans have been taken from Lake Shore points to Snoqualmie, 130 golng from near Sedro and seventy from Snohomish. There are now on the way from the lower sound and British Columbia a great many canoe loads of Indians, and many others have already arrived. The Yakima assoclation has informed the North- ern Pacific that there will be needed in that section between 600 and 800 pickers. MISCELLANEOUS, Phoenix, A, T., Is taking steps to securo the national irrigation congress in 1896. Nearly 8,000 acres have been planted in beets for the Watsonville, Cal., sugar factory. A Santa Anaman hauled ina monster jow- fish at Catalina the other day that tipped the beam at 430 pounds, The Chino sugar factory uses about 765 tons of beets a day, or a weekly average of 4,590 tons. The total amount worked to date is 27,036 tons, A new well just bored at the oil flelds north of Fullerton, Orange county, Cal., flowed 200 barrels in twenty-four hours. The flow continues heavy. A resident of Redlands received two crops of tobacco from one planting, and is convinced that tobacco can be successfully raised In that town. Montana will ship this year probably 200,- 000 head of beef cattle to the east. That means that $7,000,000 will come to Montana from the east this year. The Shoshone Indians of Nevada are to have a grand fandango in Smoky valley in honor of the rain god. The summer has been unusually dry and the red men hope to stir the god by song and dance to send rain. A justice of the peace'has refused to per- mit a recovery on alpromissory note drawn in Chinese because it ‘did not correspond with the form of promissory ‘notes in vogue in Callornia, to ‘Which 19 was accustomed, A new process offextracting tannic acid from tan oak is meetfig “with much success at Ukiah. The prdducf of the bark has been tested by eastern ‘tanners and prononcid excellent. A cord of bark weighs about 2 pounds and makes one ‘barrel of acid, weigh- ing 500 pounds. qu, Parties at El Modena, Drange county, Cal., are gathering tons "of wild mustard seed for the market. A ‘wagon is pushed back- ward ahead of a teint 'with some kind of a wire comb projestisk in advancs that strips off the seed’ from the stalks and drops it into the box, !’ Much interest 1s ‘hfffiffested among the citizens of Albuquergu¥ régarding the meet- ing of the third irrigal{ty congress and the territorial fair, which Will take place jointly on the same date, beglnning on the 16th of September and ending on the 21st. Pr rations for the two events are well In hand and accommodations are being provided for a large attendance, Alice Jackson, the 13-year-old daughter of a rancher living seventeen miles southwest of Butte, is the heroine of a novel adventure with a bear. While she was riding about the mountains on horseback accompanied by a big dog, she came across a blg, black bear, large even for that country of big bear. She had no weapon with her, 8o she headed the bear toward home, ‘and with the assist- ance of the dog drove the animal several miles to her father's cattle corral, and then called her 18-year-old brother, Oliver, who shot and killed the bear, The animal welghed 600 pounds ative firmed. to 000 vill AL Pozzonl's Complexion Powder is universally known and everywhere esteemed as the only Pcwder that will improve the complexion, eradicate tan, freckles and all skin diseases. SEPTEMBER 16, 1895 Money Maised for Dronth Sufferers Diverted from Fts Objee Hero I8 another case of alleged misappros priation of money ralsed to ald the needy people of Nebraska during the famive that followed the drouth. Tn the case the person seems to have considered his salary of more pressing Importance that his people's need. A letter from the church trustees thus ex- plains the situation: HASTI Neb., Sept. 13, 1895.—~To the Editor of The Bee: On February 18, 1895, the Church of Christ at this place sent forth an appeal to the Christian church fn Mis- souri, Nlinois, Indlana and Kentucky for ald in money to assist the drouth-stricken suf- ferers to buy seed and feed to plant and raise a crop. The following churches in generous Christian spirit sent the amount set_opposite their nam Sallsbury, Mo $16.45 Chillicothe, Mo.... 5 Frankford, Mo Braco Bowling Green, Camden Point, Louisiana, Mo... Clarksville, “Mo Massillon, O De Soto, Ta...... Bloomington, ' 11i South Ben, Ind Miahawauka, Kin Vit Robert Maffett, Cleveland, O. This is all the money that we, as a church have received, and the officlal boar. has seen fit to loan $70 of this money to parties who were able to borrow elsewhere; two of the parties borrowing were members of the official board. The board did give $20 to one family in need. Our pastor, H. J. Kirch- st , was paid $90 of this money at a secret mecting _of the board, composed of Shirey, J. A. Wyckoft, O. E. Hollister, Hammond, John Gilbreth, O, G. Slate: and H. J. Kirchs The church, body, knew nothing of this action, and all of the money distributed hes been over the objections of the trustees and the responsi- ble members of the church. Ono widow and two children, who were in absolute want, applied for some money to buy the necessaries of life, and others mem- bers, who were in a helpless condition, asked for money repeatedly, and were refused and denied it, and the money appropriated as above stated, in the face of these appeals. The pastor, H. J. Kirchstein, was not In want; he has & good farm fn Kansas, and a good,’ large mortgage on one in Nebraska, and was not a drouth sufferer in the mean- ing of the appeal sent forth. As trustees of the church and for other members of the board, and on behalt of the needy worthy members of the church, and of the members in general, we deem it proper and right to inform_churches and people contributing to the reilef of the needy, destitute members here, how this money was distributed, and would advise you to write to C. G. Slater, clerk of the church, and ask that the money be returned to the churches contributing, or to distribute the money among the poor, needy members, as designed in the appeal and requested by the letters accompanying tho contributions. The action of the officlal board here, in lending God’s charity when destitution and want _could be seen on the faces of many of the members hers, is not only unchristian- like, but reprehensible, and should be con- demned by all good Christian people. By order of the trustees. E. T. HIBBARD, President. J. J. BUCHAN. ref THE Mo, M COST OF Expenses of the K Less Than T LINCOLN, Sept. General Barry has just received the trans- portation account of the Union Pacific rall- road for conveying troops to and from the Hastings encampment of the Nebraska Na- tlonal guard for 1895. This enables him to give out a complete report of this year's ex- penses, which will be found to be $5,651.41 less than the amount used last year for the Lincoln encampment. Following s the statement of expenses of the Hastings en- campment as shown by the books of the adjutant’s general's and state auditor'’s of- Burlington fares Burlington freight nion Pacific fare orthwestern fare Total Pay roll allowed ot Subsistence at a rate commuted for day as shown by four vouchers in auditor's office. Incidentals .. Total . & There is a disputed ftem betwesn th Jnion Pacific road and the adjutant general’ office of $122, which, if allowed, would swell the total amount incurred by the Hastings encampment of 1895 to $12 . It is the opinion of Adjutant General Barry that th sum will not be allowed by the state. In the itemized account of expenses of the National Guard for the Lincoln encampment of 1804, the greater portion of the increase seems (o be in the pay roll allowed ,as the transporta- tion bills of the railroads appear to be $202.29 less for 1894 than for 1895. But it should be borne in mind that from the states ment of 1894 expenses all accounts in any way bearing on the South Omaha sirike have been eliminated, and the resylt shows only the actual encampment expenses of 1894, held at Lincoln, includes subsistance, transportation, pay roil and incidentsls: Lincoln encampment, 1894.. $18,000 Hastings encampment, 18% Balance ... COSTLY PRANKS OF LIGHTNING. Livery Barn at Neligh Burned from a Bolt—Da e Near Wilcox. IGH, Neb., Sept. 15.—(Special.)—The livery barn owned by John Wiley, and oc- cupted by Mallory & Lookabaugh, was struck by lightning last night and burned to the ground. Six head of horses, all the buggies, harness, and other contents of the barn were consumed. By good work of the fire com- pany adjacent bulldings and the Atlantic across the street were saved from destruc- tion, There was no insurance on the barn or contents. Loss, $2,000. WILCOX, Neb., Sept. 15.—(Special)—Dur- ing a severe electric and rain storm yester- day the house of George M. Frank, just south of town, was struck by lightning. Much damage was done the building by the fluid, which floated in balls of fire through the rooms for several moments. The house was filled with dense smoke, and members of the fam- ily were nearly suffocated, but beyond this and a bad scare, were unhurt. During the storm a cow belonging to Thomas Boncer, who lives west of town, was killed. Two stacks of grain in a neighboring fleld were burned. York Social Notes. YORK, Neb., Sept. 15.—(Spacial.)—A pretty wedding was celebrated at this place, the contracting parties being Mr, Chester L. Hampton of Whittler, Ia., and Miss Irene Test of this city. The ceremony was per- formed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Te:t, near this place. Rev. J. W, Stewart offi- clated. After remaining hero a few days Mr. and Mrs. Hampton will leave for their future home in Iowa. The books of the city library have been reclassifiel and new ones hive ba n added to the number already on hand. New cata- logues have been printed. The home of Mr, William McCullough was burglarizel yesterday afternoon while the family was absent attending the fair. Sev- eral valuable articles, including a goll watch, were stolen, State Superintendent H. R, Corbett, who has been at this place for the past few days, returned to Lincoin yesterday. The York collcge is now open and has a large enrollment, far ahead of that of last year. Last e ing the collega I'terary so- cloties met In their respective halls and once more organized their socleties. The Phil- omathean soclety passed the evening viry pleasantly. The Amphlictyon soclety also met and organized. Boy Shoots a € n. DEWITT, Neb., Sept. 15.—(Special Tele- gram.)—This afternoon Ollle McGrew, while fooling with a 44-caliber revolver, accidenially shot Fred Dunn In the left side of the fore- head. At last orts Dunn was insensible, and the wound may prove fatal. They are both country boys, living about three miles southwest from this city, Autelope County Republican NELIGH, Neb., Sept. 15.—(Special)—The Antelope county republican convention was held yesterday. The delegates to the state ARRRRANEN U RN OTHERS, Do You KnOW st rasgore, Bateman's Drops, Godfroy’ Condial, ny so-called Soothing Syrups, and most remedies for children are composed of optum or morphine ! Do You Know that opium end morphine are stupefying narcotic poisons ¢ Do You Know that in most countries druggists aro not permitted to sell narcotics without labeling them poisons ? Do Yon Know that you shiould not pormit any medicine to be given your child unloss you or your physician know of what it is composed ? Do You Know that Castoria is a purcly vegetable preparation, and that a list oy ts Ingredients is published with cvery bottle ? Do You Know that Cactoria is the prescription of the fainous Dr, Samuel Pitcher. That it has beea in use for nearly thirty years, and that more Castoria is now sold than of all other remedies for children combined ? Do You Know that the Patent Office Department of the United States, and of other countries, have ssued exclusive right to Dr, Pitcher and his assigns to use the vord “ Oastoria’ and its formula, and that to imitate them is a state prison offense ¢ Do You Know that one of the ronsons for granting this government protection was becauso Castoria had been proven to be absolutely harmless? Do You Know that 35 average doses of Castoria are furnished for 38 oents, or one cent a dose ? Do You Know that when possessed of this perfect preparation, your children may e kept well, and that you may have unbroken rest ¥ Well, those things are worth knowing. They are facta. Eha faonsimile signature of 7 zzan 1s on every wrapper. Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. yous or, disoa: Insomula, 'nins In the Back, Pimples, Unfitness to Marry, Exliaus “CUPIDENE" This groat Ve tab) Vitul Eur,tho prs all e ost Ma:hood, ol i, Norvous Debiltyy Constipation. 11 stopa all lodes 1 9 of BEFCRE awo AFTER CUPIDENE strengthensand Tho reason sufferers aro not ciiced by D Proatadtin. CUPIDENFE I8 the only known vritten guarantee given and money returned | fl'fiof@;,ni O $0.00, by mail. Bend for Fiei: circul: AGdress DAVOL MEDICINE CO,, P, 0. Box FOR 5ALE BY WUUUSAN DRUG CO.. 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Bauk Bldg. SOUTH OMAHA OFFICE— 506 North 24th St. TITLE PERFECT. D@LJQDQO@DI_JDSUQMU Worse Than Rum. Indigestion spoils more lives than rum. But you think you have “malaria” or “grip,” or something worse. digestive tract. bring a sort of them. The trouble is all in the Ripans Tabules Millennium with One gives relief and their habitual use keeps the whole sys- tem in tone. Ripans Tabule pans CI Sold by dru it the price (0 cents a ol I et & PR, or by mal Ri- emical Company, No. 10 Spruce st., N. ¥ E @ i | e ) o o i 0 5 e convention are unpledged. A resolution w adopted giving J. F. Boyd of Oakdale, candi- date for judge, the selection of delegates to the Judicial convention, but this privilege was waived by Mr. Boyd. The ticket is as follows: County clerk, J. C. Jenkins; clerk of the district court, M. M. Abram; treasurer, James Alexander; sheriff, M. Carmod erintendent of schools, . Beclwith judge, D. F. Nichol; coroner, Dr. McMillan; surveyor, A. J. Leach. Dodge County 014 Settlers. FREMONT, Neb., Sept. 15.—(Special Tel- egram.)—The Dodge County Old Settlers as- soclation held its annual pienic at the Cha- tauqua grounds yesterday afternoon. Owing to the extreme heat the attendance was small. The Fremont, Blkhorn & Missouri Valley rallroad will put in a switch at the Cha- tauqua grounds for the uso of the by raisers. A portion of the beet crop will be burisd and shipped to Norfolk in December and January. The crop is too large for the factory to handle during the fall hnd the managers have adopted the plan of paying the farmers an increased price for the beets delivered later. Mra. Alice Nicodemus gave a tea party yesterday afterncon in honor of Mrs. Henry Nicodemus. All the guests present were over 170, Mrs. Nicodemus s a very successful entertalner and the cccasion was a very pleasant one to the old ladies. New Minister Ordained. WILCOX, Neb., Sept. 15.—(Special)—The council which bad been called by the First Congregational church for the purpose of ordaining Rey. Samuel Unger as pastor of the Wilcox church, convened Friday at 2 p. m. There was a full delegation present from all the sister churches, and the exercises were very solemn and imposing, and were witnessed by a large congregation, EVERY womAa Bometimies needs o montly regulating DR. PEAL'S reliable edicine, PENNYROYAL PILLS, Ao prompt. safe and certain In result, T o (D, Peal's) never dlaannoint. ok $1.00. Sherman & McConneli Drug Co., 1518 Dodge_streel, Omnaha, Neb. (My mama used Wool Soap) WOOLENS wint not shrink 1t WOOL SOAP Wool Boap Is e he Rintiry purposee. By bar af pour dush Raworth, $cdoade & 0., Makers, p (I'wish mine bady i '