Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-23

Company will at an early day COM
mence the erection of machine shops
on their ground in the eastern part
of Los Angeles.
Several of the ranchers in Anna
dor county are experimenting with
cotton on a small scale this year, in
order to test the question as to
whether it will grow and thrive in
the foothills.
The Monterey Democrat says
that from the shores of the bay to
the Soledad crossing, q distance Of
about forty miles, the Salinas valley
this yeas will present an almost I'M
broken grain field. The area of
tiled land comprised within the
space indicated will not fall short Of
10000 acres.
Dan De guile says he can stand
it to hear tourists from the Atlantic
seaboard who come out here to the
Pacific coast talking about "San
Joeyquinn," "San Josey," "Stanis-
louise" and the like, but when they
begin asking questions about "Mt.
Shyster," he wants to be of, though
he does not pretend to be q lawyer.
OREGON.
There are lis prisoners in the
Oregon penitentiarY.
The Willamette River Transport
alton Company has purchased the
Farmers wharf at Astoria.
The Superintendentof the Oregon
State Penitentiary now has seventy
men making brick, who turn out
about $4,000 brick per day.
The railroad telegraph office i'm the
Gervais depot, Oregon, was struck
BY lightning and set ON fire in the
Office and on the roof, May 4th. Mr.
J. L. Williams, the operator, had
Just left the Office, or he would I'M
dOubtedly have been killed, as the
stroke melted all the instruments
in. the Office.
Portland people are excited Ovel
the reports of rich diggings at Cas-
star, and many are leaving for the
new Ell Dorado. the ice being on
Of the river, passengers will be able
to reach Bucks Bar without any
great hardship or expense, and thu
DISTANCE to the mines from tina
point Is so sAortas to be accomplish
ed in q few days. brisk travel
Nothing Is said as to the extent o
the diggings.
Two gentlemen, Sabin and Polly
!. each with a family of nine children
who came to Oregon last fall, say
the Eugene City Guard, were pas
sengers on the last steamer, return
ing to their old homes, wholly dis
satisfied with Oregon. This Is ont
Of the natural results Of Over-ratint
q country. People are led to expec
too much and are disappointed ant
dissatisfied.
MONTANA.
Mining in Nelson gulch and a
the Park is progressing favorably
with only a moderate water suppl,
compared with previous seasons.
Helena merchandise shipment
, this year from Eastern and West
ern markets., it is estimated, viii
exceed by more than One-third tn
shipments Of 1928.
The cash deposits in the Helen
: banks were probably never create
} than at present. In the burgla
: proof safes of q single one of then
there $40, OOO-currency deposits.
The Bozeman Courier admits tina
: the Yellowstone expedition has nc
met the expectation of those VIII
contributed money and supplies t
g outfit it.
; The grasshoppers are hatchin
T out by the million, in the MadisO
valley. They will do much damag
a to the crops before taking their dc
parture.
. A prominent stock dealer is 9
q present in Helena to intervie,
cattle men, and to inspect thei
r herds with q view to purchasing fo
the Chicago and other eastern mai
kets.
8 The placer mines in Bald noun
s tain district bid fair to be quite va
. liable, as the Odell Company clair
t to have found an old river channe
running through the hills, wit
good prospects in from ten to twent
2 feet of gravel.
s Advices from the Bryant mimi
: district, of Beaverhead county, ar
encouraging, and state that tn
q claim owners are getting in an
pushing the development of thei
e lodes rapidly forward. The WACO
road is being constructed into tn
e district from a point near Brown
4 Bridge, which will be sOmethin
over twenty miles long when CON
pleted.
e THE new MORMON PROPHET