The Dillon tribune., 1883-06-09
GLEANINas FROM THE ROCKIES.


The gold excitement In Lower California
Is said to be subsiding.
A devil fish measuring eight feet In cir.
cumference was captured at Santa Monica,
CAL, few days ago.
ALFRED Anderson, under sentence Of death
at Portland, Or, claims, If hanged, that he
will be victim Of judicial murder.
The number Of sheep in New Mexico Is
reported to have increased from 100000
In 1850 to 2o,ooo,ooo at the present time.
The Placer Herald asserts that the goats
In Placer county, Cal, eat their way
through barbed wire fences and feed on the
crops.
Oceanside Is the name of new watering
place just laid out on the line Of the Cali
fornia Southern Railroad, in San Diego
county.
Reports from the Yukon mines, Alaska,
are discouraging. About seven miles from
Harrisburg many Of the claims are buried
""~SA oAAy ASSs VI oaOWs
In shooting affray last week at Duncan
station, N. NJ, between man named My.
ers, herder, and a gambler named Curley,
both were instantly killed.
IT,. Hopkins, railroad boss near Belle.
vue, l. T., was set upon by gang Of Chi.
nese laborers lastweek and after laying two
Of the pagans out. sought safety in fight.
The Grand Jury at Albuquerque, N. NJ,
has indicted upwards Of fifty gamblers and
saloon-keepers for violation Of the Sunday
law in permitting gaming on that day.
tits proposed to start "forfeit" temper
ance society at Reno, New. The initiation
fee will be $e5 and when member slips
up on his pledge he will lose his share in
the pot.
A large number Of capitalists are on
Wood River, Idaho, quietly examining the
different prospects and mines. Owing to
the vastness Of the section there is no par.
ticular excitement.
Secretary Thomas, who took the census
of Utah in 1880, and who is better posted
regarding Its population than any one liv.
ing in it, says the Territory now contains
at least 10000 people.
Henry Wulfesteig, residing near Santa
Ana, CAL, attempted suicide last week by
shooting himself in the mouth. The bullet
tore his tongue to pieces and it is thought
that he cannot recover.
The Candeleria mining case, involving
over $soo,ooo, will be tried in Carson City,
New, next week. A A.large number Of wit.
nesses will be called and it is thought the
case will occupy month.
John Kimball, convicted Of robbing the
mails on the Utah and Northern, is again
in trouble. He is now under arrest in San
Francisco for forging two drafts, one for
$780, the other for 5000.
At recent meeting of the citizens of the
new camp at Fleming, N. NJ, 1t was decid-
ed that no dance.houses should he permit.
ted In the town, and strong anti. Chinese
resolutions were passed.
The maps Of the surveys for the Ogden
and Wyoming Railway Co,npany's tracks,
Tor the first twenty.mile section through
Ogden Canyon, have been approved in
Washington, and the company can com
mence work just as soon as they please.
In the case of Alvin D. Bowers, Of Coal.
vile, against the Union Pacific road, for
damages caused by having his foot run
over while in the employ Of the company,
the jury in the First District at Ogden,
gave him verdict for $4,000 damages.
Bowers sued for $4,000.
The Denver Journal Of Commerce says:
"Denver has one hundred horses that can
trot mile In three minutes, or trifae bet.
ter. There are forty, at least, that can go
in 2:so, twenty that can score 2:+o, and
from FIVE to fifteen that trot as good as e:3o;
none that have record below"
The steamer City of Peking, which ar.
rived At San Francisco last week, brought
ITO Chinese, Of which 336 landed, on return
certificates, the balance going to Victoria
and Honolulu. She also brought 966 cases
Of opium, the largest cargo yet received,
the duties upon which amount to nearly
$4,000.
There was car full Of "schoolmarms"
down at the depot this morning. They
were on an excursion East, and looked
sweet and bright enough for anything.
The party was in charge OF Mrs. Carver
and there was not one "horrid man" among
them. Each one of them was writing up
an accoun: Of the trip and each account
was the best.-Ogden Pilot, 4th.
The Rocky Mountain Electric Light
Company, which was incorporated under
the laws of Utah two years ago, have their
headquarters in S.L.city. The capital stock
of $,oo,o Is all paid up and the company
are now prepared to extend their business
over their large jurisdiction, consisting OF
Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Arizona
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