The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-03-08

WESTERN ITEMS.
Nebraska has 1900 miles Of railroad.
Pioche wants to becume railroad center.
The Dunk.rds Of Kansas are getting up
. revival. .. .H a.
ssn Diego is rcveliny in new potatoes and
green peas. "'@.
Omsha's new eso0, 900 botelis to be opened
in time for the spring business.
Actual settlers entered 1889 acres of
Government land in Colorado. last year.
The Pacific Methodist college, at Santa
Rosa. CAL has l60 students IN attendance.
The horses of Eugene, Oregon, have the
epizootic. The children have the uasaeles
The Winnemucca minc,in Bingham Can
yon. this year pctted Its owners over eooo,.
600. 'r1 'H .. '..7
The Gould and Curry Mining Company
ass going to burn coal 1t their hoisting
works. ""
A company has been formed 10 build IN
extension of telegraph line from Santa Fe
to FL Psso.
The snow on tho summit of the Sierra
Nevada, where the railroad crosses, is seven
feet deep on tho level .,...
Tin ore 10 reported to have been diecov-
cred in large quantities in San Bernarlipo
county, California. u.
It is estimated that over 500, ,ooo, 900 in
gold has been taken from the mircs Of
Nevada county since ~.
The mud In Gold Hill streets is so deep
that mules sink out Of sight and have to
breathe through their ears.
About one hundred tons of coal is shipped
from Canyon city, (Colj., daily, most of
which finds market at Denver.
Peter Donahue contemplates the construc.
tiOn of parr0w.gsguc railroad from Clio.
vcrdslc to the Californis Geysers.
The products of Kansas last year foot up:
Corn. 30 million bushels; wheat, 2 million !;
oats, 6 million; and potatoes, 4 million.
The snow ON the summit of the Sierra
Nevada, where tho railroad crosses, Is seven
feet deep on level At the present time.
Fine sponge is found on the coast near
San Diego and the sponge fishery may yet
become an important industry in California
George Carney of Gold Hill, who had both
legs badly shattered in the Crown Point
mine on January 2Gth, died of lockjnw on
the 1lth ult.
Harry Tregoining, the wife. murderer, at
Georgetown Col, has had his preliminary
examination, and II held in answer to the
charge Of murder.
Ms. Careless Of Salt Lake City recently
presented her licgc lord with twelve pound
heir. Mr.. Careless says that's little too
gross carelessness for him.
In Yamhill county, Oregon, a farmer
named Ben. Hasbrook tried to catch two
men whr were stealing wheat from his gran
ary, but was killed by the thieves.
The census taken by the County Assessor
last year, shows the population Of the Ter
riiory Of Arizons to be 1878. THIS IL an
increase from 1870 to 1872, Of loss. .,,
An Oregon whale WAS found to have 4
gold fing embedded in his aesh, and nov
the Webfooters think they have captured
the identical whale that swallowed Jonah.
NJ. D. Fleming has been arrested in Union
vile, Nevada, and fined $e00 for threaten.
ing to jump down TIE throat of James
Hooking and locate for the winter in hi.
stomach. e"
An old Taxas cattle. raiser says that tb,
supply Of cattle there is being rapidly ex'
haussed. and that In four years steer vii
he worth more in Texas than he Is to-day il
Illinois. ''''
Snow to the depth of sixteen feet ON thu
level is reported in the vicinity Of Franklin
and Bear Lake. Utah. When the warn
weather comes deluge may Be looked TO
in the lowlands. ...". ..,.
The Corians Reporter says snow plov
about the size Of . New York church rushet
by here at noon yesterday, clearing tn
track of the Central Pacific At the rate o.
thirty miles N hour. .. ~
That part Of Carson City, New, known .
Chinatown Is engaged in interuecine com
l,at, and . three days search with mircro
scope failed 10 fluid . Chinaman without
black eye or = dilapids.ed nose. ..n
A ruralst went toto tie Lick House "a
loon, San Francisco. the other day, and at
tempted to take drink out of Babcocl
Are ex,inguisher. He thodght the Nap
! Soda works had started busin css inside hi
stomach. ="
When . Kansas City girl, who was clerl
in candy store, learned shc had fallen hei
to elOo,ooo in England. she refused to At
tend customess snd pefehesi herscIf on III
counter and chewed gum-drops the rest o
the day. ta' h7~ iT s1'Ast ''s' F~ f~s
| A Virginia New. inso has dog whicl
has developed . passion for stealing hats
| In three days he cost his master to2 %, an
that uufortasatc maa b going ia load u
| dog with . pound Of nitro.giycesine and ge
somc one to kick him. He says lie IL boun'
10 have some fun out of him snywav.
/ J. A. Fletcher, au oid and much esseeme,
msmber Of the bar of San Francisco. die
o. Friday evening Feb. II, from conges
lion oflhc lungs Deceased WIS native o
ver,noal, and 4 graduate Of the Vernon
University. and was aged - years. He ha
rcsided II Californis for twenty. three year,
HI. leaves ~ family. .''''t'@' N
"a rustic Fulton thinks the trains, OF, III
Utah Northern couia te probably run o
shs river BY having the can placed on
snA. and the motive power TO be SUPPLE
fson I ..I:a,ionafy' mule" On The deck d
IL craft. The idea has some originality i
it-RPo1teI: ,p,. as.. -, ~, .
,A' 90 Dus1g 0Sia - Tua %
i, In passing alonC pss .of ouf main ssresl
eas day. -, week. Lay ; lad Of oarp ,l'cis