The Dillon tribune., 1882-07-08
GLEANINGs FROM THE ROCYlES.

"A1ANANUO NUN THE kOCklESs
a bed Of rock salt has been struck at
Los Angeles at depth Of - feet.
Seven million brick will be required for
the construction Of the Grant smelter at
Denver.
Times on the Comstock continue to
grow du!ler and the people % become more
and more disheartened.
Governor Hoy Of Wyoming, is contin.
ual'y receiving Fare and beautiful speci.
mems o. ore from all parts Of the Territory,
most of which are designed for the Terri.
torial museum.
The Mining Exposition Building at Den.
yer Is a substantial. permanent structure. vi
800 feet III length, and $40 feet wide.
Anolher annex 50 100 feet is now build.
Ing for heavy machinery.
1t is stated that the Central Pacific has
bought 10000 tons Of steel rails for the ex
tension Of their road from Coriuue to
Yankton, and more than half Of them are
landed In San Francisco.
On Monday evening James O. Brien, an
employee Of the Southern Pacific Railroad
at Wrights station, was eating his supper
at Castles Hotel. While drinking Gun
Of tea he strangled and fell from his chair
to the floor, and died.
Within radius Of five miles from a
place on the Skagit, Washington Territory,
there is estimated to BE- at least 2oo,ooo,ooo
feet Of fir saw timber. This is exclusive OF
| the maple, spruce and cedar, which Is also
n item ,f m rr,on IL, sN,rt
At the recent term Of the District Court,
held at Challis, Idaho, Robt. Ireland and
l.. P. Walker, for the murder Of Hugh
kena, at Bay Horse, on the second day ot
August last, were sentenced to fifteen
years hard labor In the penitentiary.
Governor Thayer, Of Oregon, pardoned
T. w. Andrews, convicted last December
Of arson and sentenced to fifteen years i'm.
prisonment. 1t was shown that Andrews
partner was the perpetrator, and that An.
drews, at the worst, was only accessory to
the act.
Reports from Cabinet Landing, N. P. r
r., says the Walla Walla Daily E1~xts
show a deplorable state Of society. There
are in the neighborhood Of 800 men in the
town and no officers Of the law. Every
body carries revolver and knife and
shooting scrapes are very numerous.
1t is said the last batch Of Chinese cool
les that were landed In San Francisco the
other day, was detected, sorrow. looking
lot. Many of them were decrepit old mer
unable, apparently, to stand the fatigues O
journey, much less to perform the worl
required Of them on the railroads OF thi,
country.
On Sunday afternoon, says the Carso,
Attnal, Lake Tahoe. in the vicinity q
Marlctt Il Folsom's camp, was visited b,
one of the fercest storms ever witnesse.
there The hail dropped so thick and fas
that where It fell in the lake the spray ha,
all thu. appearance Of steam, and the waite
seemed to be boiling.
1t appears that there Is much danger q
that dread disease, smallpox, spreading
through Northern Utah and Eastern Idaho
On the Oregon Short Line grade, ives
of Pocatello, the disease broke out som
davs ago, and one man died. Before hi
death at least 200 graders were exposed b
coming in contact with the man.
The first gold ever found in Mono coun
! ty, CAL, was taken to Sonora and sold to
prominent jeweler In that place. 1t wa
: made into breastpin and pair Of earrings
and these articles are still In extstenct
! They originally belonged to Mrs. Burgess
Of Columbia, and when she died they can,
into the possession Of her Oldest daughter
, The lady resides in Sonora at the preser
time.
The Denver Exposition will he recorde
as one Of the chief iudnstrial events Of th
age. There is need Of more system, bette
. organizations and the adoption Of improve
,, economic methods In mining industrie
and no better plan has yet been devised
producing such effects than to bring all tn
various interested classes face to face
, such an industrial congress as It Is propose
to hold In Denver.
, On Tuesday morning, when the stag
t from Redding, CAL, was about half mil
I from town, . man stepped out of the brusf
ordered the driver to halt and throw out tn
express box. He showed the robber tn;
II was locked to the stage and could NJ
z comply with his request. The robbt
1 evidently was not prepared to burst tn
!. lock. for he ordered the driver to 90 on, r
, marking that he had notion to shoot hit
: anyway.
The we'll at White Plains, Nevada.
now down aso feet and flowing water b:
been struck. The Silver State says Il
water Is somewhat brackish. Boring Is b
e | lug carried on at the rate Of from - to
e feet per day. The machinery Is run b
experienced men from the Pennsvlvan
oil regions. and they are prepared to sin
,ooo feet II necessary. The well is bei'1
sunk nv the Central Pacific Railroad Con
pany. who are desirous ofgetting water fe
their locomotives at White Plains.