The Dillon tribune., 1883-02-10
GLEANlNGS FROM THE ROCKIES.

Twenty eight pc, sons have recently died |
OF smallpox at San Jose, Sorocco county, |
N. NJ.
A number OF women at Carson City. |
New, frequent and play against the keno
games there.
I'M. Maylugh, a Nevada Indian Agent, |
reports that the Bannack In, ians in Idaho
are threatening an outbreak in the spring.
a teamster na,ned Jerry Lewis was
drowned near the Dalles Or, a few days
ago, while attempting to ford Il swollen
stream.
The train robbers captured in. Utah last
week demand requiSition from the Gov
ernor of Nevada before they will go to Elko
for trial.
1t is rumored that new steamship com
pany is about to be organized at Olympia,
for freighting between Puget Sound ports
and Alaska.
Bavard V. Rave ha. been CON, cted ut
Sacramento, Cal, for irving to extort a life.
insurance policy from woman whose hu>-
band was dying,
The Pillar Rock cannery, fifteen miles
above ASTORIA on the 'WashinIton side,
was burned last week. Loss, $4,000; in
| surance, $1,000
4 report comes from Su>anville, Cal,
to the effect that much crookedness has
been discovered in the affairs Of the t. s.
Land Office at that place.
Tom Gilbert, the Indian who murdered
a blind Indian named Dave and his wife in
| Oregon recently, has been sentenced to he
hanged on the lst Of March next.
w. O. Gore, trainmaster of the Pen
d'Orielle Division. arrested OH the charge
Of forgery by the Northern Pacific Railroad
has jumped his bail bond Of 81, I,ouo.
The Oregon Short Line has abandoned
the Burnt river canyon and turned its
course down the canyon of the Snake river
to Lewiston, Idaho, and already located So
miles between Burnt river.
There is but nine cents remaining In the
San Francisco School Fund at present. out
Of the $SS3,ooo which was apportioned to
the support OF the School Department as
its part Of the taxes tor 1888.
A correspondent Of the Santa Rosa (Cal,)
Retmbl;tun says: W. ]. Hunts blackberry
crop from ten acres amounted to twenty
tons. Blackberries do we'll in Green Valley
and can be grown for three cents per pound d,
with handsome profit.
Under an ordinance Of the town Of Liver,
more, CAL. the names Of habitual drunkarti>
are posted in every saloon in town, accom-.
panied by prohibition of the sale Of liquor
to them. Several arrests have been made
recently for the violation Of this ordinance
On the morning Of January 18th, at Belle
vue, Idaho, the residence Of Lew Newton
burned. His wife was also burned. Two
rcvolvers were found by the side Of tht
charred remains. One had two cartridge,
which, had been discharged bv the hammer
and it is thought she was murdered and ths
J house set on fire.
! w. N. Thomas, Of Beaver Canyon, idaho
has Just completed contract for fur
rishing the Oregon Short Line with go,
600 feet Of lumber, which has been shippc.
at Pocatello, where the company Is nov
keeping large quantities Of lumber. Mr.
Thomas has 1,,to,ooo feet more piled up il
his yard at Beaver canyon.
"Basket parties" are popular in the inter
ior Of California. Lunch baskets eact
containing card with the name Of a lady
are sold at auction. The purchaser Is II
honor bound to share his lunch with TIN
lady whose name is found In his basket
Many oddly disposed couples is the result
All for the sake Of charity.
Two men robbed stage station fifty five
miles south Of the Cherry Creek road |,
Nevada. recently. They entered the sta
} ton and at the point Of pistol compelled
the agent tn give up $loo. They then tool
three horses and left. The station is abou
one hundred miles from the scene Of tn
late attempted railroad robbery.
Reed, the conductor and Patton. tn
brakeman, who are supposed to be respon
sible for tho late railroad disaster In Tch
achepi, ON the Southern Pacific, were ar
rested Wednesday in Los Angeles by Sher
If Bower. They were admitted to tn.i
pending the examination, In the sum g
= s., 500 each, which was promptly furnished
. The Virginia Enterprise contains the fol
). lowing: The Truckee river is now froze
to the bottom. In passing along over tn
;. CLASSY surface Of the stream, whole school
= Of trout are seen firmly fixed just where tn
cold wave struck them. The ranchmen liz
!, ing along the river now go fishing wit
axes, and In some places chop out doze
= Of the "speckled beauties" In a bunch.
:, Advices from Candelaria, New, In regar
). to the recent reported raids by robbers
y: Gold Mountain and Silver Peak, state tn;
J. the only place attacked by robbers was 81
+. yer Peak, where two desperadoes known
!" Rockwell and "Tex," made an attempt
rob the store Of John Chadwick. The
p were repulsed, however, and the followiu
$ day Indians pursued and killed both
e them.
o Iohn I. Valentine, President ar
1t general superintendent Of Wells, Fargo
y Co.'S express, has made a statement Of pr
cious metals produced in the States ar
Is Territories west of the Missouri river, Il
% cluding British Columbia (and receipts
in San Francisco by express from the We
z, coast of Mexico) during 1881, wht,
shows aggregate products as follows: Col
e: $3o,lS235s; silver, $solo5,1zS; coppe
VI $4,oss.o37; lead, $S,8oS, l6s. Total gro
Al product, $924li,83s
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