The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1883-04-21
aLRANINGs rROM THE ROCKIES.

District Court commenced At Salmon
City on last Monday.
Utah potatoes are selling In Wood River
At four cents per pound.
An Indian was killed last Saturday at
Ross Fork, Idaho, by being crushed under
Utah q Northern train.
Mrs. Martha A. Ixatt, of Logan City, U.
+, committed suicide by taking strychnins
last week. She was Of unsound mind.
Two marriages between Indian pupils at.
tending the Indian training school at For.
rest Grove, Or. occurred few days ago.
There are abou, GOO Indians on the Duck
Valley Reservation in Nevada. They en-.
gage principally in agricultural pursuits.
Dixon and Wise, the Seattle robbers re.
Gently extradited from British Columbia
after much difficulty, have pleaded guilty.
Ogden is at the present time overrun
with sneak thieves and dead beats, who
doubtless steal more property than most
people are aware Of.
Congressman Cassidy, Of Nevada, has
given the appointment Of cadet to West
Point to Gene, al Conner's son Edward, a
young man Of promise.
Two prospectors, while prospecting in
the desert on the borders Of Inyo county,
(Cala) discovered eight human skeletons,
probably victims Of an Indian fight
The Union Pacific within the past two
years has added to its branch system, in.
cluding the Oregon Short Line, $40 miles
Of track, all Of it paying handsomely.
The Eastern Idaho Stock Growers As.
sociation held meeting in Blacktoot on
Monday last, but did not complete all the
business that was brought before the meet
ing.
Orders have been received to sell all the
buildings belonging to the post at Fort
Hall on the goth OF this month. The mill.
tary ~ill leave as soon rs the sale takes
place.
At Lake City, Colorado, the jury in the
case Of Alfred G. Packer, charged with
numbering his five companions, in the San
Juan country in 1879, returned verdict Of
guilty.
1t Is thought Of sufficient importance to
send kilograms all over the world, every
day, about the condition of Queen Victoria's
knee. The old lady can't walk yet, but her
knee is mending.
A large depot and eating house is being
erected at Pocatello, Idaho, to accommodate
travel over the Oregon Short Line and
Utah & Northern, that being the crossing
OF the two roads.
On the 9th inst, at Bay Horse, Idaho, a
stick OF giant powder exploded in the hands
Of John Meters. Meters was fixing cap
in the stick OF powder. Both hands were
blown off at the wrist.
Mrs. Robinson, wife Of the Baptist minis.
ter OF Socorro, N. NJ. was arrested on a
warrant sworn out by John Scott before
Justice Beale, charging her with an at.
tempt to take his life with an AK.
Charles Nc Donald entered the Catholic
church at Ogden last week, by breaking in,
and stole therelro,n the silver service. He
was arrested, and the property was found in
his possession. He confessed to the crime
Seven Cinnamon were formally admitted
to membership in the First Presbyterian
Church Of Los Angeles, Gala. After an.
swering the usual questions through an in.
terpreter they knelt at the chancel railing
and were baptized.
At Stockton, Gala, on the 10Th inst, Hy
Emil johnson and James Donnelly met in
a grocery and fought with knives, each
killing the other. The trouble grew out ol
a dispute about the sale Of a wagon. Both
were stabbed in the breast.
General O. O. Howard made the last
treaty with the Chiricahua Indians, now
raiding in Arizona. lie did It as he said
"by the grace Of God and prayer" All the
parties to the treaty except the Indians ap'
pear to Rave been badly left.
About 200 men and large number oi
teams are employed in laying track between
Salt Lake and Ogden, on the Denver and
Rio Grande, and the road is being com.
pleted at the rate Of over mile Per day
The grading is nearly completed.
| On the and inst. RiLardo Boca, a Justice
Of the Peace, lay in wait in wood near
San Antonio, n. NJ, for Patricinio Boca
and wounded him with an AK. The victim
died from the wound. The cause Of the
murder was a quarrel about woman and
as the murderer is wealthy man it is
feared he will escape punishment.
! General Crook, who has been down in
Mexico to consult with the Mexican mill.
tary officers regarding the action against
the Indians, considers the situation serious,
and says no reports Of what the Mexican
troops have done have been allowed to gain
publicity ;but they have killed good many
| Apaches. and have not spared either wo.