The Dillon tribune., 1882-04-15
GLEANlNGS FROM THE ROCKIES.

A vigilance committee has been forming
at Centervi!le, umatilla county, Or, tor the
past two weeks, for the protection Of lite
and property.
Carson Appeal: A baby was born at
Candelaria, Nevada, which weighed only
eight ounces. 1t must have required
considerable amount OF quicksilver to save
it.
Ogden Pilot: The Utah and Northern
trains go out we'll filled every day with pas.
sengers, mostly for Montana The road is
having boom in carrying emigrants just
now.
Wood river citizens hail with delight
the announcement that sixty young ladies'
-seamstresses, servant girls and. teachers
intend to make that neighborhoOd their
home.
Klickitat county, w. r., has had but a
single saloon within its borders, and that
has just been closed The authorities
liccn cd it at 81 900 per annum, and the
busines, could not stand it.
Samuel II. Foreman, Indian trader at
Ouray Agency, just arrived at Laramie
City, Wv, from the Ute country, says that
the White River Utes have all gone peace
ably to their agency at Unitah.
S. F. Chronicle: The police have opened
war on the Chinese with fresh vigor since
the veto Of President Arthur, and the Po.
lice Courts are now we'll filled with the
long. tailed violators Of city ordinances.
Blackfoot Register, Sth: The coach was
loaded for Wood River yesterday, and four
teen passengers were booked for this morn
ing. The company expect soon to be
obliged to put on additional coaches every
day.
Ogden Pilot: Robert Hardness, the only
Gentle appointed by the Mormon Church
as a delegate to the constitutional Conven-
tion, declined to serve with the polyga-
nous outfit, and suggested that somebody
else be appointed in his place.
\ number Of Piutc Indians belonging
to the Pyramid Lake Reservation wandered
up near Boise CITY, Idaho, and would have
starved to death but for the kindly acts of
! the Boise citizens, who provided them with
ration, and started them homewards.
ST.. Tribune: According to the Nor
mon Church report there were ,,43, births
in the Church during the past six months.
| OF this number go were males and III.
females. Brethren, iow's this for polyga-
my: Where are the IS surplus males to
get their concubincs?
The Commission appointed to set a value
upon lands Tor right-of-wav purposes OF
the New Mexico and Arizona Railroad
have concluded their labors. The land
has been estimated by them at from 5, to
S67. 90 per acre There is a general di>con-
tent along the whole line because OF this
valuation.
ST.. Tribune: The Mormon wool grow
ers OF Salt Lake county have passed res
olution no: to sell their fleece to Gentle
dealers. AS their wool is of too poor
quality to command price in any market,
no one will lose any sleep over 1t except
the victims who may be SO unfortunate as
to purchase it.
Deadwood Pioneer, of the 5th: IL. n.
Freeman received Il letter last evening from
Wilmington. announcing that he had tai
len heir to $4,000 through curious will
made by ancestors 100 years ago. 1t Will
be remembered by all that we have inva-
riablv spoken Of Mr.. Freeman in terms of
highest respect.
At Pomeroy, W. T., recently, two gam
blcrs and desperate characters entered the
store OF llirsch & Co. and endeavored to
kill one of the proprietors who had made
known the criminal past life of one of the
men. Both of the desperadoes were seized
and public indignation ran so high that they
barely escaped lynching.
At Petaluma, CAL, last Tuesday, Mrs.
Francis Josehine Hughes, French lady
seventy years Of age, while engaged in
some domestic pursuit, threw up her hands,
and, suddenly exclaiming to friend stand
ing near II am DYING" fell forward uncon-
scious. dying without a struggle. The
cause Of death was apoplexy.
In competitive trial between two
butchers at Fresno, CAL, the other day, one
of them killed and dressed a sheep In five
minutes and twenty seconds and beef In
ten minutes and twenty seconds. Anoth.
er butcher who was present, but not one oi