Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-11

abundant and close at hand. The
location for winter working is pecu-
liarly favorable, a. the snow very
rarely covers the ground twenty-four
hours at a time"
Reports from Utah county, Utah,
concerning the silk industry there,
are very promising.
An Ennch Bishop is going from
Salt Lake City to TOoele to start q
shoeshop and wooden mill on the
Enoch plan.
There is some excitement at st.
George, Utah, OH account OF the
threat Of the Navajo Indians to raid
upon the settlement.
A gentleman of long experience
in mining camps, who Las been
SPENDING several days in Bingham,
Utah, expresses it as his belief that
the mines of that justly celebrated
| district will turn out from $4,000 900
to S., 600, 900 worth of ore this sea-
son.
There are now three faro games
In full blast in Reno.
Carson City has more trouble.
This time it comes in the shape OF
winged ants.
The Democratic State Central
Committee will meet in Virginia on
the 18th of July.
The acid factory of Virginia Is
doing q heavy business both in blue
stone and acid.
The ranches at the upper end Of
Carson valley expect to get w
crops of hay this season.
Ninety-six car loads Of base bull
lion were shipped from Palisade,
amounting to l,1OO, O61 pounds, to
San Francisco and points west dur
ing the month of June.
A private letter states that ex'
Senator Nye will soon return to Ne
vada, to remain for several months.
He will probably do some talking
during the approaching canvass.
There is still a good deal Of ore
being taken ont OF the surface Of
the mines at Gold Hill-almost at
the top of the grOunI. In this way
the surface has been lowered twen-
ty or thirty feet in many places.
The narrow-gauge railroad from
Polisade to Eureka is progressing at
a rapid rate. The Eurekans are
anxiously awaiting its completion,
which will materially increase the
supply of cheap fuel
CALIFORNIA.
The MERGED cotton Mills are Look
ing excellently.
Over II, 900 immigrants have ar
rived by rail since April LIST.
The Marysville woollen mills are
running a full number of hands.
Eight tons of leather, to be sent
TO Yokohama, were shipped from q
Stockton tannery on Thursday.
The MarysviIle rag-carpet factory
is running tire, looms, and has all
the orders it can fill.
Two hundred thousand pounds of
honey is what San Diego will prob
ably produce this year.
The Vallejo Elevator Company is
to be disincorporated. They put in
500, O0O, and have only $500 left
to divide.
The salmon factory at Collinsville
has ceased operations for the pres
ent, it being unable to obtain a sup
ply of fish.
A ten stamp mill is being erected
at the American Quicksilver Mine,
twenty-five mile north of Calistoga.
Only native CalifOrnians and Mexi-
cans are employed at this mine.
1t is reported that an immense
amount of live stock is being gath
cred up in Kearn and Tulare coun-
ties, preparatory to removal to other
pastures, some for the contiguous
mountain valleys, but the larger
portion for Nevada, New Mexico,
Utah and ever Colorado.
Work on the Capitol building has
been resumed.
The crickets, lately quite numer-
Gus in some parts Of Eastern Ore
gon, are disappearing.
A sample of fall wheat is on ex-
hibition at Salem, which is seven
feet high. It was grown on land, |
which has been used annually for 20
years.
Machinery for a.small steamer
to ply on the Yaquina river, has
been sent across the mountains
from Corvallis.
A party Of citizens Of La Grande
have organized an expedition to
search for the "Blue Bucket" dig
gings, discovered by immigrants in
1S45.
1t is said that there Is q colony Of
about 300 Germans, now on their
way from Kellon, who are destined
to settle either i'm Grand Rounde or
Wallowa valleys.
Rich diggings have been found
on Bridge creek, in Josephine coun-
ty, Oregon, and considerable excite
ment prevails in consequence. A
large number of persons are flock
ing there.
OPINION OF JUDGE DILLON.
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