Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-02

Isaac LennoX recently discovered
large cave in White Pine county,
Nevada. In it were numerous
relics of a by-gone age, in the shape
Of curiously-fashioned earthenware
IS pottery, which were scattered
over the floor. In one corner was
found a large pile of crucibiles of the
same shape of those now in use by
alchemists and assayers, but of
much larger size. Some rude i'm
made from stone, resemb-
ling in shape the old-fashioned
hoe, were also discovered.
UTAH.
The Ontario, McHenry and Flag
staff mines, a distance of about
three and a half miles from the pro-
posed line of railroad, r all in a
fiourishing condition, and turning
out large quantities of ore.
At Hailstone, some seven miles
north of Heber City, some parties
are erecting new smelling works,
and have let contracts for about
100, 900 bricks and large quantities
of lumber, to be delivered in three
weeks.
In Cedar City, of the seventy-five
heads of families, forty have gone
into, and thirty-five have stayed
out of the United Order. The "out-
siders" and the "Enochers" are be-
ginning to scott at each other.
During the past winter the people
of Wasatch county have been very
fortunate with their stock, not hav-
ing lost a single head through scar
city of feed, etc., but lately some of
the settlers on Deer Creek, near
Charleston, have been pestered with
the raiding of grizzly bear, who
have already succeeded in making
away with five head of cattle and
wounding and mangling a number
of Others. A number of persons
have organized to hunt Mr.. Bruin,
and we expect soon to e some bear
meat i'm the market.
CALIFORNIA.
Los Angeles county has over 800
600 sheep.
The price of potatoes in Eureka
at the present time, according to
the Sentinel, is eight cents per
pound.
The Petaluma cheese factory,
which started four weeks since, has
already shipped five tons of cheese
to San Francisco.
The grade of the first ten miles of
the Texas and Pacific Railroad, out
from San Diego, is completed, and
the road is ready for ties and rails.
A consignment of young fig trees
of the white variety, seeds of a Pc
culiar kind of locust tree, and Egyp-
tan wheat, was received at Stock
ton a few days since, direct from
Ealmatia, Austria.
Twenty thousand fruit and al
mond trees are to be planted on a
tract of land recently purchased for
the purpose in the foothills near
Saratoga, ten miles from San Jose.
The party who left Los Angeles in
quest of Vasquez and his gang, have
all returned, excepting a small
squad, who started out prepared for
a %protracted hunt.
The road between Murphy's and
the Big Tree grove of Calaveras has
been opened to travel. The road has
been shoveled out so that carriages
can reach the hotel, and the numer-
Gus snow banks now visible will not
detract i'm the least from the novelty
of the trip.
In regard to the growing crops,
the Stockton Independent says that
the aspect of the entire country on
the west side of the San Joaquin
river, is cheering to the farmers and
to the country.
Much of the present boraX excite
ment in Inyo county has died out,
but some of the early prospectOrs
who remain calculate shipping
six tons per day for the San
market. A salt mine has
been discovered in the Panamint
district, Inyo county.
Citizens of Calaveras, Ell Dorado,
Amador, and other places in the foot
hills, claim they have growing
among them, and in abundance,
wild coffee, which is said by experts
to be in appearance of leaf and tex
ture of limb, the true coffee shrub
and so believing, many OF them
have begun TO cultivate it and ex-
pertinent thereon.
On Sherman Island, which en-
braces $4,000 acres, mostly under
cultivation, there will be raised this
year not less than 100000 sacks of
grain; or nearly 80 bushels to the
acre. Some $500, 900 have been ex-
in the way of levees and
ambankments. The island, it is
thought, is now securely protected
against i%nundation. Sixty families
nave made their homes on the
COLORADO.
The mines of Gold Hill, Boulder
are reported as yielding
we'll.
Tracklaying on the Golden and
Iulesburg road will commence in a
ew weeks.
A silver ledge four feet wide was
discovered last week in Mosca Pass
N the Sangre Christie range. The
blossom rock assays $40 TO the ton.
The Fort Collins Standard reports
hat Mr.. w. n. Batchelder recent
V sold a Merino ram for $3.50, and
hirty Merino ewes for S35 each.
1t Is said that the cattle in Estes
lark have not come through the
i'm very good condition,
the actual losses are not re-
'orted as great.
The Greeley Tribune again urges
armers to raise sugar beets. The
ditor of that paper will never be
Iappy, never feel that his destiny
n this world is fully accomplished
ntil he shall be able to sweeten his
Office with sugar made from beets
aised i'm Colorado.
A Company has been organized at
and at Nederland, to build
telegraph line from that city to
,ederland. The principal stock
olders are I II. pickel. M. Anker. |