The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1872-09-07
wEsTERn ITEMS.

The Apaches are still camping on III
war psih.
The old Caribn mines are paying wei
this year.
The assessment roll Of Washington Ter
ntory foots up g., 1000, 900.
Old wheat is selling In Salem, Oregon, TO
seventy five cents per buslel.
On the 23d the OntOriO mine in Parley'
Park, U. T., sold for $27 900 cash.
Indian troubles are reported near tn
Forks Of the Skccna, British Columbia
The First National Bank of Council Bluff.
was robbed of $so, 900 few days since.
A company of Mormon emigrsnts, from
Liverpool, arrived In Salt Lake last week.
A Californian genius is trying to get up ,
company 70 make sugar from water mel
Ons
"A $3.50 diamond was recently found ~
Colonel Bakers claim. ut Gsrdncr's Point
Plumas county.
A new ''m,ll" is Icing put up at Salt LAX.
by Pstsey Marley and A. Megenity. fol
money and blood.
On August 10, the Willamette WOolen
Mills, "t Salem, Oregon, shipped over $e6,.
600 worth of wOolcn goods.
A farmer near Bethel. Or, caught 10y
!" bc"r trap. recently, which had beer
placed in melon patch.
Victoria papers complain that their coun
try Is 50 little knows that their spars and
products arc credited 10 Oregon.
Crops in New Mexico look well, the
Indians having gone to the mountains ia
prepare their winter stock of berries
The Quigley Salt Works, near AlvsradO.
CAL, turn out from five To fifteen tons Oi
salt per day. with five men employed.
There were seven hundred bushels Of
wheat shipped from Ysnkton for the
Ssntec Sioux Indians on the 2lst ult.
The carly flight of wild geese induces
weather sharps in the interior 10 predict an
early commencement Of the rainy season.
The sutro tunnel Is now in q, 3,O2O feet; tic
ground is softer, and it is expected that
the progress hereafter will be more rapid.
If the negotiations prove successful, the
Ctes will surrender IA. .00O, 900 acres of their
present reservation, II great deal of which is
valuable land.
Isaac Moore. late Postmaster at Ogden,
has been discharged in the District Court
from the charges relative to extracting
money from letters.
Five blocks of stone, weighing two tons
each, have been rccc ived at Victoria from
Newcastle quarry. for the piers Of the
Alexandra bridges.
The Masons and Odd Fellows at Visa)is.
CAL, are about to construct a block of build.
ings with hall in the upper part and
stores and offices to rent.
A Joint stock company has been formed at
Silver City, l. r., with 1000 shares at SO
each, for the purpose of erecting smclter
In the South Mountain Silver District.
In the Williams and Chatham prize tis ht,
81, 900 a side, at Virginia City, the latter
threw up the sponge At the fortieth round
Time. three hours and half. $4,000
changed hands.
Alkali lands, heretofore considered al.
most worthless. are found to be excellent
for cotton. In California, the cotton plant
Cd on alkali soil is . montl, ahead of that
planted on the adobe lands
When the Cottonwood Hollow fill, on
the U. n. r., Is completed, which will be
In less than month, track laying will he
resumed and prosecuted to Franklin with.
out interruption.
Both English and American troops are to
b. withdrawn from San Juan island in
about month, let the decision to owner.
ship Ike what It may by the Emperor of
Germany.
Cornelius Gilfoy, the man who murdered
Wales, in Portlsud, Oregon, about month
ago, has been tried, found guilty of murder
In the second degree, and sentenced 70 i'm.
prisonment for life in the State Pcniten-
tiary.
The Arizona Citizen says If the dia.
mond stories are true In the main, We have
many rtasons for believing that the excite.
ment Is based upon stones found near, and
probably in the northeastern part of
Arizona
Three Cinnamon were arrested ut Victoris
on the eth ult. They arrived In . canoe
from the Skeona, and are supposed to have
committed = murder, IN Csriboo this spring,
and were endesvoring to gain the American
side wher captured.
The sale Of the M"ntaxuma, Savage. His.
wsiha and last Chance mines, Utah. was
for four hundred thous md dollars, cash
The Winsor, Utah, Silver Mining Company
"f New York ~ere the pure hascss They
have one hundred Thousand dollars addition.
nj for working capital.
The mining news from the Ominecs couu
try 10 encouraging. On both Germansen
and Manson rivers miners were doing very
fair business, and although no rich strikes
had been made, miners were averaging from
$t2 10 t25 per day 10 the han.l, with SUP.
plies both plcntiful and cheap.
Quite IN excitement Occurred at Salt Lake
hast week In consequence IT The recent of
precious gems by the Savage Company from
New Ncxico The rubies. emernlds. opals.
garneta and sapphires ere pronounced eeuu.
inc. The lapids,ies Of New York arc 10
decide the diamond question. Another ex.
pedition Is organizing there 10 search for
gems.
On the 9Th fire brokc out In the sr,in
field Of Nra Hamilton, three miles from
Ban jose, Cal The 6rc originated from
sparks frOm the engine OF thrcshinx.
machine Ma Hamilton hsl lA0 scrss Of |
erais and three stacks, together with her
houss and barn, destroyed. Hes joss 70
estimated q es.0oo Adjoinisg delas were
damaged, ~ total Ioss being
rstimated q e5,oo0 Thres small hossse,
belonging . sqaastssa, wess destroyed.
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