Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-18

sions seems to have broken out very
suddenly in the southeast, Three
tribes are decidedlyOn the war path,
and seriously threaten some Of the
towns of southern Colorado.
New and rich discoveries are re-
ported from the Musquita mining
district, Park county. The u. p.
lode has a vein varying in width
from one to thrae feet, and Its ore
assays S6S ounces silver, ard twenty
five ounces per ton.
An emigrant train, consisting of
five wagons, half a dozen families,
with the usual assortment Of babies,
and five cows and the customary
number of dogs, REACHED Greeley
the other day from the Missouri val
ley. The train was heading for
Boulder county.
Parties are surveying for the tram
way from Jacobs City to the mouth
Of Dry Canyon.
Thirty prominent capitalists of
Cleveland, Ohio, are expected in
salt Lake to invest in the mines of
Ophir. Z
Dry Canyon will probably ship
from 50, 900, COO to $4,O0O,OOO worth
of ore this year. This is a big show
ing for a young camp. j
Ar American flag was torn to
shreds at 8 Mormon picnic in the
suburbs of Salt Lake City, recently,
by an English Mormon named Ed.
Harris.
Tintic, according to the shipping
checks of Wells, Fargo & Co.'s
agent in that district, is sending out
2s4 pounds Of pure silver per day.
This is over a million and a quarter
of the precious metal per year.
A company of Mormon immi-
grants, numbering PA, from Eng
land, Scotland, Wales, Switzerland,
Holland and Ireland, arrived at
Ogden on the I'd inst, under the care
of Elder Joseph Birch.
The Supreme Court of Utah, Judge
Mexican dissenting, has decided
that polygamous wives cannot tes-
tify against their husbands, the
court havingno right, until the ques-
ton is raised, to take proof Ofmar-
rage.
The Odd Fellows of Utah have
petitioned to the Grand Lodge of the
United States for a warrant to es-
tablish a Grand Lodge in that Ter.
ritory, Montana is to have q Grand
Lodge. A charter has been issued
for that purpose.
An exchange says they are bless
ed with a olive" woman at Alta,
Utah. 1t remarks: "This sweet
ness locates a mining claim, sells it,
and then gets her husband to shoot
the purchaser or his representative.
That amiable lady has evidently
solved the difficult problem of sell
ing property and yet retaining the
ownership,
The Salt Lake Tribune of a re-
cent date says: "There is a law in
Utah which allows the Mormon
Church but $4,000. Anything
above that amount can be confis-
Gated by the United States Govern
ment. The Trustee-in- Trust of the
Church of Latter Day Saints has in
his possession several million dol
lars of the Church money, known
to have been filched from the poor,
and now being used in the royal
household. As the laws Of the land
can now be enforced in Utah, let
the Government copfiscate this
money and turn it over to the poor
MOrmons who have SO long beer
robbed in the name of the Lord"
NEVADA.
The smallpox has made its ap-
pearance in Eureka.
Buildings are going up with a per-
feet rush i'm all parts of Virginia
City.
There is more grain raised in
Paradise Valley than in all the bal
ance Of Nevada.
The haying a has COM
menced in the valley counties. The
crop will be an unusually large one.
Ex-senator Nye is to reside per-
in Carson City, and will
the latter part of this month.
The crops in Winnemucca Valley
are looking splendid, and that the
farmers will garner about fifty
bushels to the acre.
The Gold Hill News seys the
snow IS disappearing rapidly from
the tops Of the surrounding noun
1t is reported that gold mines have
been discovered an the headwaters
Of Briggs creek, in Josephine coun-
ty. Some miners who went in there
last fall have found several valuable
nuggets.
The Superintendent of the Rocky
Coal Company has writ
ten tC parties in Virginia City in
Turning them that the Company
has concluded to stop the shipment
OF coal until some reduction can be
made in railroad freights.
The people of White Pine are very
hopeful that the old camp will make
another prosperous start before long.
The mines Of T1easme Hill are all
looking well, and the people of that
section are anticipating q speedy
change for the better.
The big wood drive in the Carson
has started on its downward
course, doing much damage to
ranches at some points by causing
An overflow whenever the channel
would be gorged. There are 100, 600
cnrds in the drive, and q considers
amount of 1t has already reach
ed Empire City.
The weather at Lake Tahoe Is de. |
.ightful, and the pleasure-seeken
now s~ojourning in that region are
having q glorious time at sailing. |
ishing, and rambling about the
Visitors ave constantly
lrriving at the lake and the fun
here viii soon become fast and fu-
ious.