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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1877-07-17
July 18th.

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July 18th.
Last evening Robert ~Furey met
with serious accident in the Mon
arch mine. A blast hung fire and ne
approached after he thought the dan
ger of explosion had passed, when the
blast went off, damaging his face and
eyes seriously. Dr. Glenn, the two
brothers of the young man, and nu-
merous sympathizing friends are do
ing all in their power to alleviate his
suferings, which are great.
Last night meeting of citizens
was held at Centennial Hall to provide
for distributing the arms on hand
among the citizens. Capt. Baxter
was chosen Chairman, and T. j. SUIT
ton Secretary. After the necessary
steps were taken for distributing the
meeting adjourned till this evening,
when on rcassembling the business
was concluded, and the arms being in,
sufficient to supply all those desiring
they were distributed by lot.
visited the William Tell mine to.
day. 1t is situated at the Western
end of the Henrietta, and is supposed
to be on the Atlanta ledge. A tunnel
has been run 800 feet along an ore
body, which, though somewhat bro
ken, looks as if, it contained plenty OF
metal. Near the front of the tunnel,
where the area above is limited, the
ole can be picked up in small parti'
cles, a shovel full of which being
washed in my presence yielded very
handsome prospect in free gold. In
the back end of the tunnel, where the
depth is greater, the ore seems to
change to silver bearing, and bears a
strong resemblance 10 that of the At.
lanta. Mr.. John Tonkin is the owner
Of this property, which was located in
1864. He is now trying to negotiate
sale to parties from below, who will,
| if the sale and purchase is made, com
mence work in short time. There
are eight hundred feet located. The
groupings are immense.
Forty tons of ore just worked in
the Greenback mill, taken from the
Empire State mine, yielded free gold
at the rate of $3.50 per ton, which is
as good as was expected, and consid
ering that it only costs So per ton to
work, it pays well.
The Buffalo company's furnace is
progressing favorably, but will not be
completed by August, as was expect
ed -, ~...re.f F.-
j. Lafayette has commenced to
make a kiln of 100000 brick.
Hon. George w. Gilmore, Major
Baldwin, Mr.. McGregor and several
others are here from Owyhee looking
round.
A discovery of a quartz ledge ofim
mense richness is reported to have
been made on tributary of the South
Boise, distant from here thirty miles,
Parties are going out to morrow. to
prospect, and in a few days we will
know more about it.
55A5so.
RoUsrABouT.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1877-07-17
July 10, 1877.

There is a mine called the Empire
State situated about half a mile south
of town, that is being run by James
Dardis and others, that has the ap-
pearance of being very good. A tun-
mel of $50 feet has opened up a good
ledge all the way, and forty tons of
ore is now being crushed at the Green
back mill from which a good yield is
expected. a..
The Gambrinus mine, north of the
Atlanta ledge half mile, and east of
the Buffalo and Monarch companies
ground, promising enterprise. A
tunnel has been run 2l0 feet on the
ledge the entire distance, which is not
as yet regular. in size, but varying
from one to two feet in width, with
good looking ore that assays $50.
Messrs. B. L. Fisher and E. F. Gaetz
are the owners, and they are doing
good substantial work on it.
The discovery of placer ground |
mentioned a short time ago, by Bollet,
proved to be a deception. That which
resembles ard weighs almost as heavy
as gold, proves to be pyrites that is
worthless.
The stockade the citizens were In
tending to build as protection
against Indians has been abandoned.
T. J. Sutton, Esq, who went TO Boise
to Boise to procure arms, succeeded in
getting only ten, which have arrived.
The Indian scare is subsiding here.
In mentioning owners on the Allan
ia lead the other day, ! unintentional
" omitted the name of William Alb.
bott as being interested with Julian.
The weather has been pleasant of
late, and Atlanta is a pleasant place
to sojourn.
The hotel of Frank Carothers and
that of VIM. Myers, are both well
kept
There are good many families liv'
ing here, and plenty of charming la.
dies. Carother's hotel is paradise
for the adorer of the gentler sex
Miss Stacy and Miss Rowe are charm
ing and entertaining young ladies,
who fascinate the young and interest
the aged, while Mrs. Carothers, the
amiable and accomplished landlady,
makes her guests feel at home, and in
the presence Of dignifed womanhood.
Frank is free and easy, genial, gener.
Gus, gorgeous and graceful. The &C
complished Mrs. 7. ]. Sutton has
made my stay here agreeable and
pleasant. Mr.. and Mrs. Tillman
know how to entertain friends.
Among the enterprising men of this
county, the two Kelly brothers, Ed.
aud Merritt, stand way up, besides
being gentlemen, Dick Wilmer is one
of the most useful men in the country,
as he has to run both ends of the
town. Young Schenck, of the Gem
saloon, is the handsomest man in
town except Smith, of Smith & Stead
man. Nelse Davis has more desert
land and Jacobs whisky than any one,
and Charley Furay has the best stock
of merchandise, and sells cheaper
than anybody this side OF Boise City.
Andy johnson, the Buffalo contractor,
is as conspicuous as any one, and LA
BILE to be a mining king.
Cheasebrough and Baldwin, of Owy-
hee. are expected here to-day or to-
morrow.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1877-07-17

The proclamation OF the onelK-'''-
Islam has fred the enthusiasm OF the
Turks in a manner never before heard
of in the annals of Ottoman history.
By the lower classes this declaration
that a "holy war" is inaugurated IS
only regarded as another justified pre-
text for committing all sorts OF our
RACES and brutalities. The obllga-
tons which the "holy war" lays upon
the Turks have just been, declared, as
follows:
l. The Sultan must place himself
at the head of the faithful.
2. All faithful Mohammedans who
have attained the age Of thirteen
years must grid the sword and JOIN
the army.
3. All non-combatants-such as
the aged, women, children and lnva'
lids-must do the work ofthose who
have gone to meet the enemy, and en-
deavor to support them.
4. The Commander-in-Chief OF the
faithful is permitted to confscate for
the public veal all the national treas
ures and domains, even those OF the
mosques. F 4'r 1T
5. In order the better to undergo
the requirements of the military war
fare, all commandments of the Koran
interfering with the proper carrying
out of the war measures are temporar'
lily suspended.
AS reward for their exe:tions, all
faithful Turks fighting in the enemy's
country may retain as their own prop
erty anything and everything that
comes in their way, such as money,
houses, women, etc. Those, however,
who fall during this campaign, even
| if during their lifetime they were the
vilest of sinners, enter paradise at
once. The most important injunction
is this, that the "holy war" once de
clared is never to be terminated until
the enemy has either been subjugated
or converted to the faith Of Islam.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1877-07-17
RAMBLINGs OF RoUsTABoUT.
ATLANTA, July 6, 1877.

Judge Heath and the Newton Bros,
lays parallel with and a little south OF
the Atlanta, above the Monarch works.
1t is very rich specimen ore, believed
to be fssure vein. The pay streak
varies in size from six inches to three
feet. 1t is now in good shape for tax
ing out ore, and will give good re-
port this fall. The ffty-six tons
crushed a short time since | have al
ready mentioned as yielding $1,000,
but in addition to this $4,000 had
been pounded out in hand mortar
from, specimen ore picked out, and IN
stead of ffty-six tons the amount OF
ore was fftY-fve and one-half tons,
Judge Heath has two locations be-
tween the Atlanta and town, one
called the
Silver Wave,
And the other the
Golden Nugget
In the former there is tunnel htty
feet in, and fine lead in the back
end about foot wide of good look
ing ore with wall on one side with
a regular putty seam. This can hard
ly fail to develop into mine of value.
The latter ledge is located about 300
feet below the former, has the same
amount of work, with the same kind
of ledge and seam, but much larger
where struck, being more than two
feet.
Below these locations Tins, Faux
& Irwin have ledge known as the
Moultrie, with a tunnel 43O feet long,
which has just reached the ledge,
that is found to be fifteen inches
wide in rich pay ore, with ledge mat
ter from four to six feet wide between
clay scanned walls. Assays of ore
went in one instance, gold, $lll-2l,
and silver 4ll.56, making $52277.
Another assay went over 5000. Five
tons of ore from the surface worked
$54 per ton. 1t is fine prospect for
a good mine.
Near by this is the Leonora, a mine
that has been worked for good many
years, and yielded largely in rich gold
rock. The ore lays in chimneys, and
of course there are times when it has
yielded good paying ore. 1t is now
being put in shape by Ralph Goodliffe
and Ira G. Schenck, who have sub
leased it from Capt. Baxter & Co.,
who have lease from the company
owning it. It belongs to an English
company, whose agent is Judge Mat
t:ngly. There is every prospect of its
again being made fine paying mine
Leonard Spath, so we'll known
throughout the Basin and Owyhee
county as superior member of the
order of St. Crispin, is located in At
lanta permanently, and furnishing ev.
erybody with the best of boots made
by himself. The business of the place
is about sufficient to keep him en-.
ployed, but no more. Until moro cap
ital is put to work in the mines here,
no more business men are needed, and
no more laborers.
Times are not as brisk as they
ought to be with such resources as the
camp can boast of.
The report published a few days ago
in the World about armed Indians
being in the neighborhood of Atlanta
is an error. There have been no Indi.
ans seen in greater numbers than two
or three at time, nearer than Camas
Prairie, and not the least demonstra
ton of hostility has been manifested
that I can hear of. 1t is the duty of
every one to sound the alarm when
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1877-07-17

l.
DETECTIVE LoGAN's STORY Charlie
Ross will be restored to his home be-
fore the close of June. Unknown to
our people, for the past six weeks
some of the best detectives of the age
have been working in this region, and
the disentangled threads of their
gathcred-up clues we hold in our
hands ready to join. The coming of
Detective Logan, last night, is bnt a
small part Of the work accomplished,
and was necessary to make that work
perfect.
Mr.. Logan says: 81 have followed
up this case for nearly three years,
and have knowledge concerning il
which no other man possesses. Ihave
COMPOUNDED all the other detective;
with their clues, and now that Mr.
Ross has given up this one, take il
up. will not give the information
which l hold at this time-it would
defeat my ends. The detectives Of
New York and Philadelphia are as
smart and intelligent as any in the
world, and had there not been Judas
in The camp, they would have had the
boy long ago-Nev York DISPATCH.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-06-29
Hog Raising.

I desire to say word in behalf of my
friend, the hog. A more abused crea-
ture that sacrifices himself to the pros
perity of man cannot be found on the
face of the earth. People seem to think
that to make him miserable is to make
him happy. In small pen, with no
cover to break the rays of the burning
sun, or shelter from the beating storm,
often half fed, he is left, month after
month, to wallow in his own filth, and
the Society for the Prevention of Cruel
ty to Animals see no occasion for their
sympathy. On the contrary, if the
brute does not thrive on this treatment
he is at once pronounced an off-cast
among hogs, scrub, a thistle digger, or
a hazel splitter. | most earnestly pro-
test against treating friend in this
way.
In speaking of the hog as friend, l
do not refer to any sentiment of esteem
developed through the influence of his
winning ways. He has some very disa
greeable traits of character, but he is so
reliable for making a good return, when
literally treated, that he is entitled to
warm place among our faithful dumb
brute servants.
There is not an animal that produces
so large per cent. of flesh from given
amount of food, neither is any animal
kept on the farm so prolific. AT a year
old the SOW is developed at least suffi-
GENTLY to bear young, when no other of
our farm animals mature for the pur
poses of breeding before they are two or
three years old, and then bear young
but once year, while the SOW as natur
ally bears young twice year, and at
each birth litter, sometimes dozen
in number, instead of but a single off
spring.
To these facts | wish particularly to
call the attention of those who sell
grain instead of feeding it, because they
have not the capital required to buy the
stock.
TO illustrate, let us estimate fair
probable result of increase. commencing
with a SOW pig and heifer calf Our
heifer should bring us calf at three
years old, and while our SOW would bring
US two filters of pigs after the first year
we will only estimate one, and that a
moderate sized litter, say five. In one
year we have litter of five pigs, two of
which we will imagine are sows. In two
years the old SOW and her two SOW pigs
should each have litter, or fifteen pigs.
AS before, we will base our estimate on
about an equal sex, and, to be more par
ticular in our calculations, we have sew
en- young sows, which, with three old
ones, increase our number of breeding
sows to ten for the third year The sows
each with litter of five pigs, give us tif-
ty pigs the third spring We have ia
ken no account of the males. Our pur-
pose has been to show the ease with
which we may stock our farms and avoid
selling our grain.
| have not spoken of the relative
breeds of hogs. If farmers can be in
duced to take an interest in stock rails
ing, they will soon learn which are the
best breeds Until they do, you might
as well talk hog latin as hog breeding
with the hope of interesting them.-C
H. Walker, IN Beatrice (NerodO En-
press.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-06-29

When mosquito, flea, gnat, or other
noxious insect, punctures the human
skin, it deposits or injects an atom of an
acidulous fluid of poisonous nature
The results are irritation, sensation of
tickling, itching, or of pain. The tick
ling OF flies we are comparatively indif-
ferent about; but the itch produced by
flea, or gnat, or other noisome insect,
disturbs our serenity, and, like the pain
6f wasp or bee sting, excites us to a
remedy. The best remedies for the
sting Of insects are those which will in
stantly neutralize this acidulous poison
deposited in the skin These are either
ammonia or borax. The alkaline reac-
ton OF borax is scarcely yet sufficiently
appreciated. However, time will come
when it's good qualities will be known,
and more universally valued than ammo
mia, or, as it is commonly termed, harris
horn
The solution of borax for insect bites
is made thus: Dissolve one ounce of
bOraX in one pint of water that has been
boiled and allowed to cool. Instead of
plain water, distilled rose water, elder
or orange flower water, is more pleasant
The bites are to be dabbed with the So
luton so long as there is any irrita-
ton
For bees or wasps' stings the borax
solution may be made Of twice the above
strength. In every farmhouse this so
luton should be kept as a household
remedy. Picssp.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-06-29
Test for Quality OF Milk.

A member of the American Farmers
Club thought it quite as important in
butter-making to know the quality as
well as the quantity of milk yielded by
each COW. One needs to know the per-
centage of cream to determine the value
of the COW for butter, and as the price
of butter is Influenced by it's color (some
believe the color determines the Havor),
the test should give both quality and
quantity of cream. This is easily and
cheaply done by filling a glass tumbler
with the milk of each COW, and setting
the tumblers in a cool place for the milk
to rise. The transparent glass will show
the thickness of the cream and it's color.
In this manner one has the milk of sew
eral COWS under inspection at the same
time, and can, therefore, make an accu=
rate comparison. Both nights and morn
ing's milk should be thus tested This
testing often proves that the cow giving
the smallest quantity of milk makes the
most butter A few hours time will
show the comparative quality of the
milk given by each COW in the herd, and
enables the farmer to select out those
that give cream of rich, golden color,
and make away with the remainder, sup
plying their places with those it will pay
better to keep.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-06-29
Bait for the Potato Beetle.
ID. A. c, In Tribune,

BY putting small heaps of bruised po-
tatoes here and there in the field, early
in the spring, and sprinkling the heaps
with little Paris green, the labor of
fighting the Colorado potato beetle may
be lessened thousand fold, and the
chances of a crop of potatoes cores
pondingly increased. The bug begins to
fly the first warm days, long before a
potato top is in sight. 1t appears to be
taking general survey and cogitating
on main chances. At this early day its
appetite is keen and it will smell Il
bruised potato a long way. The heaps
should be visited every day or two and
the potatoes rebruised and sprinkled to
keep up the odor. If the sun be very
hot, the heaps should be shaded from
direct rays, or the potatoes viii! soon
dry and make poor bait, According to
entomologists, one beetle may be the
mother of hundred million in a single
season. If this be true, or One-tenth
true, it will be seen that much is gained
by giving the prolific mother bite. of
green before she lays an egg. 1t is as
tOnishing how many bugs can be killed
at one small heap. Any small, worth
less potato will do. Care should be ia
ken to place the heaps where stock can
not get to them, and above all, every
farmer and every one owning garden
should wourk in concert.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-06-29
Good Breeds OF Fowls.


The four best breeds Of fowls in this
country are:
Light Brahmas, the finest form,
one Of the largest, the most beautiful,
very pcaccable, confined by fence three
feet high, require each only one bushel
and three pecks Of mixed grain year,
cost Of feed 81, and lay about $50 eggs
annually of very large size
plymouth Rock. produced fifteen
years ago by cross of Dominique fowls
on an Asiatic breed, not quite.so!large as
Brahmas, very hardy, consume small
quantity of feed as Brahmas, and lay as
many eggs as that brccd-a fine market
fowl
3.-Leghorns, small fowl, various
colors, all good, require a high fence to
yard them. non-sitters, too small to sell
well dressed, eat bushcl and half Of
grain in year, not very hardy, combs
liable to freeze valuable only for their
eggs, lay from $50 to 200 each in year.
Hamburg, several colors, splen-
did little fowl, non-sittcrs, not quite as
large as Leghorns, require the same food
noted as splendid layers, and that, like
the Leghorn, is all they are good for, OF
in the main
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-06-29
Our Door Yards and Highways.
Now York Tribune.


OF course it takes time and it takes
some money to make Il beautiful door
yard but the outlay Of either need not
be very great Trees grow readily ev-
erywhere, and TRANSFORMING young trees
is no very difficult or laborious matter
There is nothing so beautiful as green
velvet carpet on front door yard
There may very properly be beds of
flowers here and there, to give color and
variety, but in the home of Longfellow
there IS nothing to be seen in the prem
Uses around the house but trees and
grass These, with little care, will grow
for everybody, and be daily sources of
delight to all who enjoy shade at noon
tide and a soft carpet to rest ones ayes
and one IS feet upon.
There are great many hard working
farmers and farmers wives who are so
anxious to pay off the mortgages on their
homesteads, to lay up a little for a rainy
day, or to add to their acres, that they
think they cannot enjoy anything noe;
bye and bye they will take the comfort,
but the habit, of saving, of going without,
of getting along without any outlay, will
grow stronger every year, anu WITCH tle
time comes that they can well afford to
live in tasteful ease, their desire for it
has failed and their children inherit no
ancestral trees, no vines that their faith
er has planted.
If one cannot afford to buy of the for
ist there are plenty of shrubs and orna-
mental climbers that may be found in
the woods to beautify the unpretending
cottage But with cuttings of all sorts
to be had sent by mail for a trife, with
any amount and variety of flower seeds
furnished at five cents paper, there is
no excuse for barren, unsightly door
yards, Children accustomed to having
flowers around them. soon learn how to
take care of them, and delight in their
culture, and u home adorned within and
without with flowers is almost certain
to be a happy one.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-06-29
ArticllOkeS.
J. d. B., in Arkansas Grange.


Two years ago l went to neighbor' $
and got about a quart OF artichokes, Il
small oblong variety, and planted them
in good ground at home. | did not dig
the product till the next spring, after
the rabbits had worked all winter upon
the crop. When went to dig them it
looked as if | should not get pailful
for it seemed as if every stock had been
undermined by rabbits. But l dug 3!
bushels, and | left enough to seed the
ground thicker than | planted them.
These b bushels cut into small pieces
and planted as follows: The ground was
stiff sod; | cut shallow burrows, about
twenty inches apart, with scooter
pillow, and dropped the cut artichokes
about ten inches apart. The area OF
ground planted was about 5 of an acre.
Part of the rows | covered with two
burrows with the scooter, and broke out
the middles with the same, and part OF
them covered with Brinly, turning
two burrows of sod on top of the seed.
This was all | did to them-I did not
cultivate. Late last winter l turned my
hogs into the artichokes and they rooted
the ground all over, finely mellowing it,
and seemed to thrive we'll on them. My
artichokes are now nicely up, all over,
as even as sown wheat, and fully thick
enough. The roofing of pigs and the
bits of artichokes dropped from their
mouths in eating, have spread the seeds
most admirably. | expect an enormous
crop this year. In intend to ultimately
have all my orchard planted with them.
Those now planted are across one end.
| think they will benefit my orchard, as
pigs and chickens following them, will
doubtless destroy many insects that
prey upon our fruit. Think, moverover,
that after pigs are taken away from the
artichokes, in the latter part of winter,
oats might be plowed under, and thus a
good spring and summer pasture for
calves obtained.