The Dillon tribune., 1882-08-26
GLEANINGs FROM THE ROCKIES.

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Utah's Exposition display is attracting
he attention Of Eastern journals.
The last sale Of lead in Salt Lake was
SIS per ton, and the last bid was $50.
The Oregon Short Line Rail~ ay is being
pushed with remarkable energy at this
lime.
It Is said that there are quite numbc,
ot Washoe children in Carson As white as
Caucasian children.
Four immigrant wagons reached Salem'
Oregon, last week, having been tour
months on the road from Kansas.
The Union Pacific is sending out from
Omaha fOrty-tive cars Of rails per week
for ttHs Oregon Short Line road, in Idaho.
Real estate in Ogden has advanced in
value IS per cent since the SUCCESS OF the
Ogden Iron Works was satisfactorily de-
monstrattd. !, ~
Goxernor Men has accepted an invita-.
to deliver an Grafton at the Ex- Soldiers
Campfire, to be held OH Wood River on
the goth and '3lst OF August.
David Pinkerton and wife OF Centerville,
Or, aged II and - years, recently graced
dinner party given in their honor and at.
tended by thirty OF their descendants.
It Is stated that the Mormon Church has
made up pool and employed large mum
ber of lawyers in Salt Lake City, to defeat
the law v'.sting the appointing power in
the Governor. n'"
The idaho Telephone Company expect
to have the Wood River towns connected
bv Telephone lines this fall, and will also
run line along the Wood River branch OF
the Oregon Short Line.
II Is ANNOUNCED. that the Oregon City
cssassery is supplisd~ith good spring water.
This would lead one I" suppose that the
only demand for this simple beverage came
from the inhabitants ofthe cemetery.
"A. town called Shoshone City will be
lai,l-ovA IN = few dave at the junction OF the
Wood River Branch with the Oregon
Short Line. 1t has large resources behind
|, and will make place OF importance.
The long talked Of agreement between
our Government and Mexico by which
.1troops, of either country may pass into the
l'rerrieDry Of the other when in the pursuit
OF ht,sail3 Indians, hxs at last been ratified
by both governments.
When It was definitely settled that Hal
lev was to be the terminus OF the Wood
/ River Branch all eyes began to turn to
wards it, and it IL row confidently believed
/ that all Of the town. ON Wood river will ir
a measure concentrate at HALEY.
The first section of the Rio Grande''
Utah division Is completed and opened 4
D Cimarrcn, 20 miles west of Gunn,>On ant
: 22o miles from Denver. This extension
carries the road through Black Canyon o
I the Gunnison. the deepest and most won
l. aerful Of all the canyons yet penetrated b.
= railroad.
;, Recently team Of mules, twentvtw,
:, in number, drawing the combined header
" = and threshers fio,n the grainfield OF {. ii
" Huffman, about two miles from MERGED
Cal, to the barn, was frightened and raj
). awav with the immense machine. The mule
became en,angled In the singlctrees an
y were stopped.
u The Laramie Boomerang, in speaking g
the numerous sales Of cattle In that section
!" saws: ~ CHEYENNE man. who don't prt
y tend to know a maverick from mandarin
~ has made a neat little margin Of $lsu
" this summer in small transactions an
= hasn't seen COW yet that he has bougt
~ and sold" ,-S.. r.
- Bodie Press: II is the general opinion
!. responsible mining men that the prospc!
". tor the permanencv Of the Isodie district we'
=, never better than at the present tim
=. Heretofore the outlook was In the mai
-. speculative, but now there is ore enough
-. sight to convince the greatest "hear' tn
ID the camp has a long lease Of life and pro
lie perity.
in Up. Stewart Of Puyallup, w. T., pick,
7no pounds OF berries from onc acre
his place this year, 1000 of which Nc h
!. put up. 6ooo was sold at an average price
h.. roc per pound over and above cost Of pic
ar ing lie has paid 500 tn Indians for pic
I'd ing them, and realized at these fignr
,r 5000, which is very fair showing tro
H. one acre. De-
gh The 4oo.foot span of the Northern 4
tn cific bridge across the Missouri river
m, Bismarck was finished on the / eth inst. +
he bridge, when completed In October ne
ef. wat be over l,3oo aeet long, and Is f
he above the river, and the only bridge on I
nd river having solid granite piers. Work
ne the bridge began about two years ago.
he will cost about 81 ,OLO,OlO.
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