The Dillon tribune., 1883-09-22
aLEANINGs FROM THE ROCKIES.

0LEANlNGS FROM THE ROCKIES.
Utah farmers are doing their fall plowing.
Never before in the history Of Salt Lake
were the mechanics 60 busily employed as
at the present time,
Nez Perce county, Oregon, has 1894
names on its assessment roll. The total
tax Is $a7,4o3, or u mills on the dollar.
1t is 90 dry, in Utah, that fires are fire.
quently started in the grass and weeds along
the railroad track, andconsiderable country
is being burned over.
Three outrages 3 desperadoes are report.
ed from Tucson, Arizona. The citizens
fear to take measures against the perpetra. |
tors. The governor will have TO suppress
them; the civil authorities are powerless.
Henry Mosler, alias Moore, who mur.
dered James Knight and J. H. Wentsel on
the prairie three miles from Cheyenne, the
object being to secure SIS, In the possession
Of Wentzel, was arrested At Louisville, Col.
A young pelican is on exhibition, at Salt
Lake. Many of these birds are about Salt
Lake and Warm Springs, but they are sci.
dom caught alive. This one entered a barn
yard, north Of the city and boy threw a
coat over it and thus made the capture.
Henry Willard, in letter to the Astoria
Chamber Of Commerce says: N regret to
say the estimates Of line from Portland
to Astoria are SO large that 1t will be i,npos.
sible for the Oregon Trans. Continental
Company to undertake its construction"
The Astoria people are greatly disappointed.
At San Francisco, Gala, last Satur.
day morning Henry Marks. laborer,
stabbed to death John Connolly. The
victim was living in the house with Marks
and his wife, and was caught in the act Of
adultery with Mrs. Marks. Connolly was
stabbed eight times and died in few min.
utes. Marks was arrested.
Reliable dispatches from Silver City, N.
NJ, announce the finding Of Charlie Nc.
Comas, whose parents were butchered by
the Indians in Arizona some months
ago, and report him in good health.
Parties who have him claim the
$4,000 reward, which will be paid.
No particulars Of his recovery are given.
An attempt at gigantic land steal has
been unearthed in northern California, the
object being to obtain the title to several
million acres Of redwood timber. Hundreds
of applications for possession signed by
dummies were filed. Had the scheme sue
ceeded the promoters would have obtained
possession of one sixth Of the total lumber
supply Of the state.
In the northwest corner of Yuma county
Arizona, within radius Of one and a halt
miles from the enormous central ledge, are
twenty -four claims, that are being worked
all of them having shafts or inclines from
ten to forty feet in depth, and showing ore
veins with solid foot walls-thc veins them
selves being from four to forty feet in width
and the ore they bear being very rich in
quality.
There are from six to ten car loads o1
men going into Ten Mile canyon daily, to
swell the force now working ON the South
Parks new short line to Leadville. Ths
contractors now have 1000 men at work
on different parts Of the road which the IN
junction does not affect. If the South Parl
cannot get the Rio Grande injunction dis
solved, the South Park will build their roat
around the line effected by 1t. They pro
pose to build the new line to Leadville II
, spite OF all opposition.