The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1872-09-21
WESTERN ITEMS.

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Omaha has just manufactured complete
train of cars for the Union Pacific road.
The Ingot smelling works, st Spruce
Mountain, were fired up on the 18th nit.
The wheat yield of California this year
fur exceeds that of any previous one.
The Phoebe stage for Hamilton, upset re.
Gently, severely injuring several passengers.
Owens Lake, which tell ~ much % three
feet during the earthquake. is rcsuming it,
Old level. ...
Tobacco grows with wond crful luxurisnco
In Wisconsin, and leaves three feet long src
not Uncommon.
Several fullblooded Angors goats and nc.
rino sheep arrived At Stockton from the
East on the 7th inst.
The prisoners in the Idaho Penitcniia ~
sre employed In cutting cord.wood At
profit 10 tho Territory.
The canal connecting the Tecalstin and
Willamette rivers, Oregon, will be com.
pletcd in twenty days.
Tho time required to travel from Portland,
Oregon, to San Francisco by stage and rail,
776 miles, 10 20 hours.
A considerable trade in walrus tusks has
sprung up with Alaska. These tusks are
used rs ivory by cutters
There are three wheat farms in the San
Joaquin valley with areas respectively Of
0,OUO acres and II, 600 acres.
The Washington Territory University at
Seattle will be open for the reception of stu
dents On the third Monday in September.
Wells, Fargo & Co. shipped from Silver
City, Idaha, during the week ending Aug.
3lst, six bsrs Of bullion, valued st ,625. 81.
A company has been organized for irri>
eating all the land from Washington Cor.
ncrs, CAL, to Alvsrado. embracing over
1000 acres.
The stock sales of the San Francisco
Board for the past week aggregate $s,276,-
O0O-a decrease of $751;, ,4Sl from tnose Of
the previous week.
The Utah Southern will connect with thu
Narrow Gauge Il American Fork in very
short time. Tue work Of laying the iron is
going On with speed.
A. Gorhau, type.settcr in tho Office Of
the Vallejo G1ro~te!e, recently set 7,09e ems
solid bourgeois, In four hours "nd u half
He ret l, 7SS ems In one hour.
At Unionville, Nevada, during July aut
August scarcely cloud appeared above the
horizon, and the mercury arose daily from
72 to o. degrees in the shade.
There ia suflicicu, railroad iron now in th'
yard al Kalsma 70 lay thirty eight miles o
track, and $50 tons more are now on tn
route from San Francisco.
There orc a number of cotton fields In tn
..-.--.., ...., ~rss., w"'N" "s" c0s'
tou growers pronounce equal 70 the hest II
many paris of the southern States.
Thus far during the present year th'
Northern Pacific Railroad Company hav'
given Pittsburg manufacturers orders to tn
amount of upwards of q, ,000, 900.
Mining reports Of the most encouragiu
character continue to come from Ste
District, Nevada Six mining companie
IRE vigorously engaged in the district.
The Nev Nezicas solemnly afarms, tha
) the people in Santa Fe are getting roun
shouldered looking for diamonds on II
sidewalks and along the bed of the creek.
The Arizona Hissr says that those wi,
!, 20 to Arizona for diamonds, cannot mis-
sceiug mines of gold. silver, copper. -
and coal, many of which are o rich as til
richest.
The Colorado Cheese Factory, In WI
Mountain Valley, recently opened, has .
0 ready manufactured upwards of ten tho
e sand pounds of cheese, and now turns o'
4 two hundred pounds per day.
!. The Laramie Isdepssdsss says :-"T
!. women of Wyoming do not evince mu'
= desire to take part in the present campsig
i Il does not look now - II one.third of The
( would vote on Tuesday next.
n J. Mortimer Murphy's work On the
y sources Of Washington Territory will
d issued .oon. The editor Of the Olyml
E. Tribune, having seen some Of the advan
u sheets, speaks very highly Of 1t.
!" Nj. Siaitcr:y. bucket tender VI the "
1" Esgele mine. fell from tho top, dissan
y of 280 feet. I" the hot:om of the shaft, /
=. y ling him instantly. He fell ON Ills hc'
:" dashing out bis brains and fearfn''y man
- ling his body.
N It hes been decided by the directors
ye the Puget Sound Telegraph Company I
% " span Hoods Canal with . wire, bel
j, fearful that the very heavy winds VIII
Z Z sometimss visit the locality would inscrf
ch with the suspended wire.
The Catholics Of Colorado are about
build large hospital The committee
po,utcd to gather funds for the erection
y. Q church 1t Pusblo have raised sum Of
H. most sufficient for that purpose. Steps
as slso ie,ng taken fort the erection 1T . chu
he at Canon City.
ne Mountain City, Cope District, IL excl
= over the discovery Of ledge supposed n
OF - rich as the Poorman, Of Idaho. A %
'ed men of the ore, mass Of horn silver In
=. mixed with gold, weighing about Il
'ee pounds, 10 on exhibition at the Office ut
- Ezke lsdspesdeat.
n A foot racc was run ct Ellis In San
Inc auin county on Sunday last. between j
piy Kane OF Orcgos aad Haak Bowman--be
nv known ~ '.Piowhoy." The raco vas
ut pvrss Of 9ooo, and the distsucs l36 y
10 Kane won easily. He left ''Plowboy''
~. tess fsse, making The time i III $50
~. This y mid 70 b the fastest sime On rec
80 Ksssas gsntlsaan drove Ne sais
~ his hass By this devics: A loa9 plank
% coss neal and thrust under The basa.
~ dog outslds was the ieveatoe Of The d
nes assnsd With . dssal'le. harss3sd shos gan,
musalss Of which commanded ths sltsal
TIE rats and ths board, asd - Aesd.
flre Department was dilasosy, a@d biz b
oANo0 Hat Tho 1ais ars ones.
The TAs cestl6c.ss q transportation Of ~
Nj. .n rssscisoo aad 0anta 70 Gold md q
koS Nes.a> S~.s~.>S>-..se sp>n D1aA fAiaaH Aas