The Dillon tribune., 1881-07-02
CLEANlNGs FROM THE ROCKIES.

GLEANINGS FROM THE ROCKIES.
Utah is experiencing very warm weat''-
CT ut present.
The Wool River Times has ;..n:'e:,resi II,
HALEY, Idaho
Ogden wholesale merchants are Shipping
the Wood River trade.
The Deserct University building at Salt
Lake will cost $4,000.
IIaily, town in the Wood River co"n
try, is a thriving village.
The hotels in Tombstone, Arizona, arc
doing thriving business.
Ii is said that there are 311l Piute In
dams in the State Of Nevada.
Gov. Neil, OF Idaho, was given a big re-
ception at Bellevue on the 22d ult.
Grassl,opper> have already damaged the
crops in the W.,shoe valley to the amount
Of $ao,oo.
A herd of 2,,oo head Of cattle was rec. Mt
ly purchased ut Winn.mucca, New, for
eastern shipment. :.
From January I, 1879, to January l, 1881.
there were 1897 locations made In the
Wood River country.
Gabriel Buriosco, supposed to he at least
r7o wears Of age, died few days since and
was buried at San Jose.
Ogden expects to have iron WORKS in
short time, as there's an abundance Of good
iron in the mountains surrounding that
city.
At Virginia City, New, o.. Wednesday
night Deputy county clerk, Dan Kcllct,er
was fatally stabbed by Dennis Hcpnessy
with pocket-kni(c.
Peter Berry, under trial at Prescott, 4.
r., for the murder Of "Old Tex" ut Tiptop,
some time since, has been found guilty Of
murder in the first degree.
! Rev. l.. A. Banks, an editor a. Vancou.
yer, w. L., was shot in the ley on the ,3d
| ult., BY a man, about whom he had pub.
lished an article in his weekly paper.
The citizens in the northern part Of Hum
ooldt county, New, are protesting strongly
against the proposed abandoning of Fort
McDermit. They fear hostile Indians.
Portland, Oregon, June s3.-Joscph
Walker, aged ~, was drowned on Saturday
while crossing the East Umpqua on horse
back, being struck by a limb and knocked
into the river. He was carried into The
North Umpqua and then lost sight Of.
A gentleman by the name Of McKcen,
living near Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obs.
pc county, CAL, was thrown from q wagon
a week ago last Tuesday. His tongue was
nearly bitten in two and it inf1am,d and
swelled to such an extent that the sufferer
could not breathe, and died OIL the following
Friday.
C;.lusa, CA. June .3-In the case Of the
People vs.. William Simpson, ON trial in the
Superior Court for three days, the irr,.
failed to agree. nine being for conviction
and three for acquitted. Simpson is one of
the three men accused OF the killing ot
William Mooney ut Willows ~. the 4ti u
May last.
Rec .n:iy as 4 logger wa working il, tl,.
mountains near fruckee, he was attacked
ny lynx, which tore his clothing from his
body, and lacerated his flesh considerably
before it could he driven away. It is re-.
corded as strange circumstance that sin.
gle animal Of this kind, without being first
assai'etl, should attack a man. The logger
was armed with Ratchet, but his was Of
no avail. After cscnpiny he fled to the
camp, frontswhich two men started gu, v i,h
riASs AID Killed the lynx.
The Winneinuca Silver State saws tina,
when "Piu:e Bob" was taken from there BY
Sheriff Burns TO serve a year in States P,iss.
on for robbery. his mother and sister were
overcome with grief and laid down in tn.
DUST and covered their faces with their
hands, giving vent to their feelings in loud
sobs. Bob's wife, it is said, had r,,, OF WITH
another Piute and did not show herself
lie did not seem to care much, and stcppr,l
on the cars which were to convey him to
prison with that stoical indifference for
which Indians are noted.
: Ono ut the mountains near the Cascades
Of the Columbia ia said to be sliding into
the river at the rate ofabout one foot year.
The tavorite theory Is that the mountain
rests IN shelving bedrock, and a. the strong
current OF the mighty Columbia washes
away its base the top slides down, and the
superintendent weight Of the earth and
| rock. 3ooo or 1910 feet high, brushes the
solid rock beneath. At all events, what.
ever may be the cause, the undisp,,tal,lc
fact remains that the n,ountain does slid,
| as above stated.
| Eureka Sentinel: \ few miles this side.
Of the summit on the +. 4 y. r. r.. thu
| .ssS'~s"sNA s~'SeSSS NsS NOVCUSN Will StNN1.
They must range all the way from I've l.,
ten thousand, lis they make the hill.i.ics
white with their Acccy coats tor "a mile nr
more. The country. however, does no,
look very inviting Tor raising mutton or
wool. Its t,rhid.iing aspect shows only
sagchr.ssh and sandy soil; vet It i. as>crtc.,
that the little TUFTS of bunch grass which
grow unesor the ever present sayebrush |,
i very nutritious, and that the sheep thrive
and f.::su ii, short ti,nc.
! The Winacm,n.ca Silver State saws Sat
urday morning t,ere w;ls row among III.
section men u, Bishops. near IIun,lx,slt
Wells. One ~ the men. according to r.
| ports, drew a pistol, but whik taking aim at
one ri his f.flnx w.'rk,ncn was struck on
the head with IN iron wedge. which crush.
ed In his skull. lie was taken to E!kn,
where he died Saturday afternoon The
man who threw the wedge went with the
, foreman on hand car to the nearest sta.
tion and te'cgraphed full particulars Of the
fatal affrav to the authorities. At latcs, nc.
counts he was not arrested, as tl,ox.. who
witnessed the ARRAY say he was ,ustiti.., IN
throwing the death dealing Implement
Stockton Cal. Mail. 18th ult: Last Thurs.
day shortly after noon. fire started ~