The Dillon tribune., 1881-07-23
GLEAN1NGs FROM rHI ROCKIES

Idaho promises bountiful harvest this
year
a thirty. Thousand dollar court house is
to be built in Ada couny, ida''o.
a little child Of Mrs. Anderson in Salt
Lake City, was run over by II wagon on
the 10th inst, and killed.
Robert Russell died in Salt Lake Cit,
on the 10Th inst. from lock jaw, caused By
running Il rusty nail in his foot.
a Tucson dispatch reports that Govern.
or Ierrasast, who was en- route to FL Paso,
was attacked by Indians and thirty oi his
men killed ON "Wednesday.
Don &. Macleod. Young man for the
past three years engaged with his brother
In mining in Silver District, Ariun,a, was
shot ana instantly killed on the eth inst
at the District by German named Paul
| Bil,cck.
The Shoshone falls Of tho Snake river
are 200 feet high. A few days since a boat
containing one white man and two China
men was caught in the rapids and carried
like an arrow over the cataract. OF the
boat, splinters of wood were afterwards
found; but OF ,l,0 men, nothing.
|
DR.. Glenn's ranch. in Colusa county,
burned over four miles and DESTROYED 3,Nx,
acres Of grain, tt,tar miles OF fence, six head
OF mules, one header and eighteen wagons.
1t was started by some small boys who
kindlcd a fire in All old stove that stood
outside of an l,noccupicd cabin. ~
San Jose has Il vayrant ,ail-bird who
carves old pieces oi wood into shapes Of
Dc worthy OF orna.ncntiny a palace. Ills
only tools are broken iie-blaeie,. a pen
and nail. lie declines to tell why he
roams the country lazily and aimle,>ly in
stead OF seeking distinction in his noble
| profession.
Salt Lake Tribune: At noon on tho
Fourth OF July party oftwcnty three per.
sons assembled on the summit of Cncom.
pahsre Peak, 1!.SoS feet above sea level. to
erect pole and hoist the national emblem
While the work was in progress Col. Ir.
vine and ]. +. Singleton were violently
shocked bv a stroke otlightning. and soon
after the pole Was rent into >plinterS, Mr..
! W. II. Hasbottlc having his right arm
burned. After this warning the party re.
treated to the lower level.
About six miles above the Dallcs, Or,
|
the year is filled with water. The salmon,
! in going up the Columbia to >pawn, take
to the slough in preference to the swift
channel OF the river, and they gather in
such numbers that they seem il solid mass.
| "A firm Of packers have established house
! on the bunks OF the slough, and employ on.
~ one Indian to catch the fish in Il net
while twelve men are required to dispose
OF them after they are landed
E!ko Independent 9Th: The east bound
cmigrant train this morning took through
car load M Indians destined tor Fort Ioil,
/ Idaho. They are OF the tribe of Snakes
were tiftv-three in nlmher and were made
up OF bucks, >liNawS. and children. Lieut.
| Mills and three members Of the .1St L. S
>.avalrv had charge Of the Indians, having
bro lght them from Vancouver, Washing.
ton Territory. The band is made M OF
stragglers who came in at the close OF the
Bannack war. They go to Ogden; thence
north by the Utah 4 Northern road.
| Idaho Democrat: Henry McDonali,
convicted at Silver City for the murder OF
Geo. Meyers last Sept, has been sentenced
| to be hung between the hours Of /, m ant.
3 p. M. on Friday. August sth, 1881.
Judge pricAett. in rronounc'ng the guilty
! mans doom, was most visiblv affected.
The murderer passed the ordeal without
tiincfing and gave no outward evidence OF
emotion save an unusual movement Of his
large restless eyes and The swelling. OF the
veins OF his neck. Thus ends the second
act OF one Of the blacklist. tragedies ever
enac,ed in the country.
Tucson. July IS.-T,.e Citizen publishes ::
X. {. Hopkins, a gentleman we'll known
throughout the Pacific coast, returned this
morning from the city OF chihuahua, where
he has been on government business for
several days. While there he held daily
intercourse with the Governor Of Chihua-
hua and other prominent officials, and in
referring to recent depreiation> by Indians
between that city and El P:,so, it was unan.
i'nously held BY them and the people Of
Chihuahua THAT the Indians were from the
San Carlos reservation in Arizona. 1t was
not 4 matter OF mere coniectute with them.
but they knew it to be fact. and dena ,tled
a searching investigation into the cause OF
such alleged lack OF vigilance at the reser-
ra'ion and to fix the responsibility tor these
mur'!erou> raids where it itrroperly belongs.
Vallejo July l4.-L:l>t SUNDAY night be-
tween the hours of 10 and II, Il Young man
named William Grimlev. was hit on the
head with brick. in front OF Grisgs' saloon.
East Ben,cia, by a man named Richard
Maher, int!ic,iny injuries which caused his
death at 10 o'clock TUESDAY evening. The
particulars OF the affair are that Young
. GriMlcv and his twin brother lanes. were
returning from call at Il friends house.
and hearing an alteration. in which num-
her ot drunken men were engaged. in front
~ tle saloon. appeared on the scene. and
William being insul'cd by one of the party
c!inched with him. an, both TELL to the
ground. The drunken man called 10. help,
and Naher came up with brick in his
hand and struck G-;i,.,v on ,h- head. in
sic,inga Very severe wound and stunning
him. The wounded man was taken home
where he lay in an insen-i'>le condition un.
iii his death. His aS>aiiant is lodged IL, The
IL: prison cha, sed with m;sn>laugh,er.