The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1883-07-14
GLEANlNGS FROM THE ROCKIES.

A case Of leprosy is reported from Day.
ton, W.T..
!. There are 6o,ooo,ooo acres of grazing
land in Arizona.
The Moqui and Maricopa Indians in Ari.
iona creinate their dead.
Utah and Montana will be assigned m,
sitions together in the Denver Exposition.
During June there was $tk4S4o in
double.eaSles and $1so,ooo in standard
dollars coined at the Carson, (Nev.) mint.
There is native Californian In Santa
Ana who is II years old and weighs over
$50 pounds.
A block Of coal weighing $500 pounds is
among the exhibits at the Tertio. NIil,,nnial
at Santa Fc, N. NJ.
1t Is stated that there are at the present
. time NJ less than sixty cases OF small .pox
at Phoenix, A. r.
A man was found recently in Garfield
county, W. T., with his head cut of. lie is
believed to be Nick Webber, a beef buyer.
Gov. Murray, Of Utah, has appointed
Prof Clayton Commissioner tn the Den.
yer Exposition.
Santa Barbara, Gala, claims to have on
exhibition genuine blood sucking van,.
pire. 1t has the head of a kitten, the BODY
Of gopher, and the wings Of bat.
The average rainfall for six months at
Cheyenne, Wyoming, during the last thir.
teen years Is 81, inches. For six months
Of 1883 it is l,.l9 inches.
The dead body Of William G. Warren
was found floating in the river near Sutter.
Willie, Gala, few days ago. The body
had been in the water about five months.
a verdict Of accidental drowning was rem.
dered BY Coroner's jury.
The Sacramento Bee states that the re.
port that the equine wonder, recently dis.
covered in that city, trotted mile In
,ooA, is erroneous. The horse has never
been pushed for full mile, bu, has t,otted
quarter in o:3e.
Ostrich chicks are Matching out at the
ostrich farm near Anahei,n. Gala, at the
rate OF one day. When they first come
out Of the egg they are about the size Of a
halfgrown duck. They have good appe-
tites and grow rapidly.
Pullman sleepers are now run from
Omaha to San Francisco, one conductor
making the through run. Heretofore pas.
sengcrs were transferred ut Ogden and new
tickets purchased over the Central Pacific
line. This is, we believe the longest
through trip In the United States tor one
conductor.
The Needles, on the Colorado river, has
the reputation OF being the hottest place on
the coast. Last week the mercury regis.
tered 80 degrees in the shade. 1t is so
warm there that it is almost impossible to
handle metallic articles or implements
without gloves and even pick handles be.
come so hot as 10 bc very uncomfortable.
The Governor Of Te>uque, a colony OF
Pueblo Indians, near the Santa l'e river, In
New Mexico, lives in queer house. Its
walls are adobe and entrance is gained BY
ladder leading to the second story. The
parlor is open to the air on one side and the
whole OF the back is occupied by a huge
fireplace. On the remaining sides are pic
lures, and the furniture includes sofa Of
civilized manufacture.
The man in Salt Lake who grows weary
ot his wife, takes her money and runs away,
if caught is compelled to furnish bail in the
sum $1,000, or remain in prison. When
thu IA ot an apostle enters bank, assaults
intent to kill the cashier and rob the
/ X, his bail is fixed at $4,000.
retrified forest about 800 acres in cx
tent has been discovered on the Arizona
side OF the Color do river, in the Buck~kin
mountains. There are petriiied trees ,wen-
ty inches in diameter and there is not a
bush that is not petritiet, the saycbru>h
and grass being all turned to stone.
Mrs. Kunlcr at Pendlc,cn, Cmatilla
Oregon, while cleaning up a bed
in which a hired man slept, pulled Oft
sheet, jerking from under the pillow pis-
tol, which exploded, killing her little four
year old child, Bertha, instantly.
The building Of the U'ah powder works
located at Ogden canyon, explod-
ID about $500 o'clock, p. M, July 6, blow
ny the building To atoms and instantly
>illing man named Porter, and injuring
several other workmen. The charrcd re-
mains OF Porter were found with board
'riven through his neck by the force of the
explosion.
George Hearst is quietly taking IN lhe
ituation on Wood Rive, and goes dali,
o inspect the various mine properties.
: 4 mistake to suppose that the present
ack Of mine >a,,.> is du, 20 the lack OF cap.
tai seeking Investment. Gentlemen rep
cScltiu1 an ;lr.rrrate of SI7OlDODo have