Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-08

A blast of 700 kegs of powder was
touched off i'm the Golden Gate
gravel claim at Forest Grove, Placer
county, on Tuesday last.
Quartz mining at Nevada City is
active and prosperous. The lodges
there are very large and their re-
ported wealth is great. -
A short time since there was a
rope thirteen miles in length manu-
featured at the Alameda rope facto-
nv. 1t is to be used for deep sound
ings.
Crops throughout the country are
very forward and heavy, grain in
many places being as high as the
fence tops and heading out.
An immense volume of water Is
now flowing in the Truckee river,
carrying along the refuse from the
different saw-mills above in Cali
fornia, until it looks more like an
old-fashioned tail-race than a noun
tain stream.
The cooperative ship building en-
terprise at Vallejo is likely to prove
q success, and it is proposed to com
mence the building of a ship imme-
diately.
Bonner Lake is still frozen over.
The ice and snow on the lake are
about two and a half feet thick.
Plenty of club fish are caught with
hook and line by cutting through
the ice. The trout will not bite
readily.
The Los Angeles Express says
"Wool is coming in very rapidly,
and the spring clip is of a very su-
perior quality. The range of price
realized here from the dealers is
fourteen to twenty cents. There
have been choice small lots sold at
a higher degree.
Fruit-shippers, boX-makers and
others are growing because the
railroad company mas raised the rate
of freight upon fruit, ETC., shipped
east by passenger train from last
wears figures-Sl ,O00-tO Sl,4OO.
The extra S4O0 will prevent nearly
all the fruit-raisers from making
shipments, which is much to be re-
GREETED.
The late rains have considerably
retarded grain-sowing and garden
making in Oregon.
Planning machines are being man.
ufactured at Salem.
The first shipment of Salmon this
season from the Clifton fishery was
made on the last trip to San Fran
cisco Ofthe "Orifiamme," consisting
of LIS tons.
Ten towns or cities in this State
have regularly organized fire de-
partments.
The reports concerning the loss
of stock in the vicinity of Umatilla
has been greatly exaggerated.
The Land Office at Oregon City,
decides that the withdrawal of land
for the Dallas Military Road com.
pany extends ten miles on each side
of the road. They are only entitled
to the odd numbered sections, and
those are withdrawn until they have
their compliment of land under
that grant.
There are forty men at present at
work on the State Capitol building.
1t is the intention of the commits
sioners to put more men at work
when it can be done conveniently.
Oregon has Al newspapers, ~ of
which are published i'm Portland, 4
in Salem, 8 in Eugene, Bin Albany,
2ia Jacksonville, 2 in Corvallis, 2
in Baker City, and the rest scatter.
ing.
The miners in the various camps
are cleaning out ditches,, and set
ting their sluices, etc., preparatory
to catching the first water that runs,
but the free water will last but a
short time.
The Oregon State election will be
held June sIS. A Governor Con-
gresham, and Legislature are to be
selected. There are four tickets in
the field, the Democratic, Republi.
can, Independent (farmers) and the
Temperance.