The Dillon tribune., 1883-06-30
GLEANINGS FROM THE ROCKIES.

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The Mexicans call Crook "the Christ of
the frontier The Apaches think him the
devil from way back.
James Polk Brown. Of Jackson county,
Or, has been sentenced to thirty years in
the pcnten,iary for outrnging lis own
daughter.
Lordsburg, n. NJ, has a population of
500, and boasts Of thirty seven saloons
There never has been religious meeting
in the town.
Jack Green, a notorious horse thief and
his gang, were captured recently near Sho.
shone, Idaho, after q hard fight with a
sheriif's posse.
Crowds Of silly, sentimental females
daily visit Jewell, the condemned Lexiny.
ton ASSASSIN, in the San Jose, Cala ail,anei
>lobhtr over him.
Mining claims are still being taken up at
lively rate on Snake river. Quite good
many have begun work on them. All ex-
pect to make fortunes.
Private lIemstreet Of the United States
army, while marking at target practice at
Fort McDermit, New, a few days ago, was
shot and seriously wounded.
William Mundy, sixteen ycar-old boy,
died at Lodi, Gala, few days ago, having
been poisoned by drinking water out of a
tin can in which squirrel poison had been
mixed.
p. G. Sullivan, a prominent attorney of
Colfax, w. L., died while delivering an
argument in the court room one day last
week. lie was Il man highly respected by
all.
The Conclave fund, according to the re.
port Of the San Francisco Chronicle, grows
very slowly: Thus far it says, only $685.
900 has been subscribed in San Francisco.
This isa disappointment, as fully $4sooo
was expected.
\ Piutc with red hair is the great atrac
tion at 3odie, Gala. The FIRE. Press is in.
formed by Captain John that he came
from Humboldt county, and the sq,aws
do not look upon him with much favor
Part Mormon missionary, part Indian they
say.
Thomas II.Willi,ms, Jr, has turned loose
on Union island, near Stockton, Gala, a
make and female monkey, in the hope that
they will increase and finally cover the
81.
price in the market.
The Fargo (Dakota) Rrt~bl;to~ remarks:
"Eightccn carloads of Young stock passed
west over the Northern Pacific road Satur-
day. Bound for Montana,--just going for
their health. They'll return when they
get fat
Jhu, the hostile Apache chief who e>cap-
cd being captured by Crook in his recent
campaign, is said to have a foot Il third
larger than the ordinary Indian. II this is
true it ought not to be a hard matter to trail
him.
y young man named VIM. Hayes was
found dead in a stream Of water not six
inches deep, near DAYTON, W. r., on the
18th. 1t is supposed he was taken with Il
tit, and could not rise out of the water lie
was found in IL nude condition, face down.
wards.
y man was drowned, recently, at Odds
Ferry on Snakerivcr,w while assisti'g to carry
thc cable across the river, the same having
been broken. lie became tangled in some
rope that was fastened to the cable under
the water, and was drawn down and held
fast for about one hour before he could be
released.
Chet llardawav was Killed at G'cnn'~
Ferry, Idaho, one day last week. 1t APP.
pears that ro,ndcr had stecred pilgrim
against bunco game and that Il hv>tanler
ntcrttred and tried to get the pilgrim to
leave, whereupnn iIardaway, who was al,o
known as a rounsler drew his pistol and
hit the intruder over the head, from the ct.
fects of which the man shortly after died.
llardaway was arrested and let out on bail
lie soon after got upon the rampage and
was killed by some one present.