The Dillon tribune., 1883-09-29
GLEANlNGs FROM THE ROCKIES.

UAEAN1NdS FKOM THE ROCKIES.
Portland, d,Or,is soon to receive ten freight
cars Of corn from Portland, Me-, and the
trip Is expected to be made in ten days.
Saint Paul follows up the opening Of the
Northern. Pacific with smelling works to
reduce the pres Of Montana and Idaho.
Ten Indian girls, selected from Rosebud,
Cheyenne, and Pine Ridge agences, have
been sent to the Lincoln Institute, at Phil.
adelrhia.
An ordinance providing for the disposal
Of dead paupers, by cremation, has been in.
troduced BY the Board Of Supervisors Of
Butte county, Cal.
An old Pennsylvania oil producer. who has
been prospecting in Wyoming, hazards the
opinion that the world. future petroleum
supply will be found in that Territory.
A sheep herder, while drunk, in Wood.
land, Cal. was SO we'll guarded by his dogs
that the police seeking to arrest him had to
wait till he was sober enough to call the
dogs off.
Eureka Sentinel The Eureka Tunnel
on the tunnel level, is again looking we'll,
and big load ofore was sent to the fur
mace yesterday that was taken from where
the ore was first discovered.
4 band Of Indians, near little Camas
Prairie, Southern Idaho, had fgh, with
a party OF prospectors, in which one
Indian was killed and three others wounded
and three whites wounded The whites
came off victorious.
The dual name of Central City, for the
town, and Santa Marian for the post Office.
in Santa Barbara CO., has heretofore caused
much confusion. A meeting Of citizens has
remedied the evil and the post Office and
town will hereafter be known as Santa Ma
riah.
The ranchers on Reese River, Utah, arc
preparing for a grand massacre OF rabbits
which were so numerous that they arc
working great destruction in the fields
\ public meeting has been held and gener.
al hunt organized, which will take place in
a few days.
a new gold quartz mill is attracting
much attention in Nevada. 1t is called the
Cannon Ball mill, and is simply an improv
ed arastra, but is said to give entire salts
faction, With from two TO- three horst
power it will reduce from six to eight ton,
fore day. Only one man Is required te
operatei it. The cost Of mill Of the argen
size is $500,
The Winnen,ucca, New, .SHzrv Star says
1.-The Piutes who went South two o.
three weeks ago, to the nut-pinc forest II
harvest the crop of nuts have returned dis
appointed. They say heap catchem NJ pi
nut They will now have to depend o,
; abbits and what they can get from the pal,
faces TO keep them from starving during
the next winler.
1t lis learned from reliable sources tina
the gold discoveries in. the CHur d. Allen,
mountains, about forty miles from our sis
ter city, Pennington, are turning ont better
than the most sanguine could anticipate
Anywhere that holes have been sunk ant
all deep depressions in the creek bottoms
have turned out splendidly. A fumc il
now in course OF construction, nine miles
in extent, to be used for sluiciny purposes
--Sfoku~e CAyo"iclc.
Leadviile Democvaf: never in the histor,
! OF Leadvlle has there been an epoch tina
has had in it SO much ofaprospcrors nature
Never has The ore output been as great a
at the present time, and many of the mine
that have large bodies Of mineral exposes
are not shipping an ounce Of ore. The rea
son for this is obvious, but suffice it to ,a,
that while the output OF 1853 will far cxcee'
= anything in the past, the output of ,Ss
will cast heightened shadow on that o
. 1883.
: San Francisco Chronicle: The two mel
who tried riding across the continent in
locked box car, will probably not care to tr,
the experiment again. Their supply OF Pre-
= visions ran out and they had been fon
days without food or water when the.
were released from tnelT moving PRISON
Oakland. Even the brake beam with all it
dust and danger is preferable to this pla
, of getting free ride, bat we fancy thes
lie two men, unless they have been welded
X the life of tramp will work and get none
= to paw for their next ride on the rail.
= The Astoria, Oregon, Chamber OF Con-
mcrce telegraphed Willard, president {
the Northern Pacific, asking If he woul
build the Astoria and Forest Grove railroa
provided they found a contractor to TAX
J it for 100000 a mile, and they TO furns
terminal facilities at Astoria. Willard RI
piled that he would build it il the contras
tors would take il for $eo.ooo mile, pa.
able in first mortgage bonds, and $lo,eno
mile payable in second mortgage bono
which was all the available funds the con
n pany had at present.