The Dillon tribune., 1883-02-03
GLEANlNGs FROM THE ROCKIES.


lately at sheriff7~ sale.
Rock soap has been found In the San
benttO mountains, near Tres Pinos.
Denver is worried over its water supply.
The future Of the city depends on water.
TheGcvernment work Mt Cascade locks,
EOr.. h~v'shes employment to IT'S hands.
Over 400 mining location notices. have
been filed with the Clerk OF Grant cou,ty.
N. NJ since the Ist ot January.
Henry Rupp, thirteen.ycar old bov,
was crushed TO death at S,cilacoon,, W. T j.,
few days ago by being caught in tle ma
chinery Of brewery.
There are thirty four places where iiquor
ts sold in Cheyenne, and seven organ,z.d
church societies with a combined member.
"Eip OF nearly 1000.
dolores Nasquez, about twenty One years
| OF age accidentally killed herself near San
Buenaventura, Cal, rscentlv, while hand
ling her brothers pisto;.
The De,sc;ner works at S,ull, Pueblo
Colorado, are running their spike depart
inent night aud day, and are turning n,,.
from six to ten tons Of spikes diiv for the
Denver and Rio Grande Railway.
Last Fridav night four traml,> arrived at
Keno, New, who were So near, frozen tt:.,
they were g'ai to come ont OF their aiding
place in box car among IA lot OF castings
They had ridden all til" way from Eiko.
The Electric Light Company Offer to
furnish Sail Lake City :air,v lights tor s.,
per light per month, at various ,,s,ints il,
the city where tn. gas mains have not been
extended. This will require ten miles ot
| wire.
1t Is reported that the Indians on the
Warm Spring, klamath ANA Cnn.t,lla res
ervatinns IN Oregon, intend uniting their
forces and waginy Il general war next
spring II they are forced to obey the stpu.
lation> OF the game law.
\: Carson, ]. Minor Tayl.r is reported
as saying that the Miners onion have
agreed to u reduction OF wages above the
S"tro Tunnel level, and tina, $soo,o,ooo
| worth oi low gr ..e ore can be worked ii
they can agree to So per day.
1t is reported that the Indians in N.va.l;.
near the Oregon line are il, 4 very destitute.
condition. They have nothing to ca, .x-
cept what they kill in the way of rab
bits and birds, and as both are scarce, tn.>
arc on the verge Of starvation.
Salt Lake Tribune: We understand
that refining works ary. being set up with
great energy at the Ma..,.,ol, Sn.l,in.
works ~ rintic, and that W. II H. B,wvr,
Of this city has LEI. for New York To pur
chase machinery TOR these WORKS.
Alturus county, Ilah,, Of which lllilc>
is the county seat. i nearly as large us the
state of Ono, containing the ta nous Wood
River, S,wtH'tn and Smoky mines, and a
population OF about 10000 otopl,--onc I'll.
ot the entire p,rui,lion OF Idaho Territory
a lat. or,ler tr,n tn Headquarters d.,
part'nrnt o the Platte, at On,ahu, say, tina,
Lieutenant Colonel f. Z. Mason, Inspector
General OF the Department., VIII pr"ced To
Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Ogden, Utah, tn
inspect the accounts of the disbursins tlu II.
ter'na>ters ut these points.
Tn. building of ,he Northern Paciti,
branch to connect Seattle with the main
lire of that co:npanv's road, goes on SLOWLY
| The force ot men who :an I've protitablv
employed in construction is small ut thi,
period OF the year, and operations are nee
essarily on a limited scale.
Captain w. A. Finn.v, Of Oxford, Id,ho
committed suicide at Pheclan's Hotel in
Oxford On the night OF the ,0.h instant, by
shooting himself through the head. Ii.
had been separated from his wife for some
time, and often stated to his friends his in.
tention OF taking his own lite.
The advices from Idaho continue first.
rate. The mines being worked on Wooc
River sho~ added richne>, from time IL
time, while above there, in the Sawtoot,
and on the Salmon, the ore is plenty ano
good. new strike ot' a blind ledge ol
:h' East Fork OF tn. Salmon is reported a,
very promising.
The Central Pacific railway company of
tcr> a reward of 5000 for the capture ant
conviction of the parties who stopped ant
attempted to rob the Central P.cii.c cx
press car at Monte!lo Station, Nevada, re
Gently. There i, standing reward of $3nt
by Wells, Fargo Il Co, for the capture o
all such persons, making $500 in all
Mountain lions are becoming quite nu
n,erous ON the Medicine Bow, Wyoming
and are proving very destructive to sheer,
\ few days ago lion attacked herd ant
killed nearly twenty sheep before he Wa
killed. The hrrder fired all his cartridge
without effect and had to call upon neigh
Dor to come and assist him before the lio,
vas killed.
The Oregon Short Line will be complete.
to Wood River Junction by February stl
and regular trains will run to that poin
soon after This will greatly reduce tn
time between the outside world and tn
. Wood River country. as we undrr>tan'
that there will then only be about -igh
hours st1.,in:; from Naples, or Wood Rive
Junction, to HALEY the county seat.
Kctchem keystone: Track laving o,
the Oregon Short Line Railroad is bein,
pushed ahead with all possible speed. Roll
ing stock now approaches within tittee
miles of Naples, the Junction, which vii
> be the connecting point tor stage lines t.
Wood River towns about February Is
Blacktoot and kelton are already beyinnin
to experience loss in Wood River tran
sients.
Santa Rosa (Cal,) Republican: a lad c
sixteen, adopted son Of Mrs. Prcsbv, livin
just west OF town, had a shepherd dog t
,l~s. 49,