Omaha daily bee., 1883-11-09
miscellaneous.

Cheyenne is infested with burglurs.
Helens's assessment for this year is 81, $50.
600.
A pumpkin weighing LIS pounds is on ex-
hibition at Pasadena.
The California oil wells yielded over 5000.
600 gallons Of oil last year.
! A genuine Chinese leper was found in the
brush along the banks of the American river
near Sacramento last week.
Work on the standard gauge railroad TO
Seattle, w, T., is rapidly progressing and
will probably be completed by the 2lst of
November.
The Union Pacific railroad has about con.
cluded to use the twenty-four hours OF the
day. That is, have clocks which will indicate
twenty-four hours instead OF twelve.
The Pilot says the Ogden iron works have
passed int the hands of the Denver & Rio
Grande, but don't know what disposition the
railroad company will make OF them.
The map of the right of way OF the Lara.
mic, North Park 4 Pacific railroad, as ap.
proved by Secretary Teller, has been filed in
the United States land office at Cheyenne.
Since the LIST Of January, this year, the Cen.
tral Pacific land commissioner has sold, it is
said, STA, 600 worth of their land grant, in
small parcels, to actual settlers on small tracts
in Nevada.
Reports from the famous Emma mine, in
Utah, continue favorable, and the s~anguine
eSpections of its friends will no doubt be re.
allied. Some OF the 81, 900 rock is again
making its appearance.
The Helena Herald claims for its place ths.
''it is the richest city in the country in proper.
ton its population" There fifty men whose
incomes exceed $4,000 each, and quite a
number of these enjoy annua receipts of
800, 900.
In Grass Valley, the other day, a China
man was called into court to give evidence,
and was asked how he would be sworn. His
reply was: ME no care; clack i'm saucer,
kill i'm cock, blow out i'm matchee, smell i'm
book, alice same" He WAS allowed to smell
i'm book"
A Santa Ee lady who some time since pro.
cured a divorce from her husband on &C.
count Of III treatment, has recently fallen
heir to the Sum of S23, 900 by the death of a
distant, relative, and her ex.husband gets
up in the night to kick himself and pull his
hair.
A large amount of land withdrawn for the
benefit of the Oregon and California railroad
in 1871 has been restored to the public domain
on account of the route DETECTING to the west
and changing the limits of the grant to said
road. This land is mostly situated in Doug.
las county.
There was a heavy gale in Washoe valley.
New, last week. TIT waters of Washoe lake
were in places forced inland for a distance of
100 yards or more, and with them great mum.
bers of catfish. The fish were left in small
pools when the waters receded and could be
had for the gathering.
Camas Prairie, 1. T., which for many years
was considered worthless, except for grazing
purposes, is now dotted with cabins, and
scarcely a quarter-section of arabic land can
now be obtained. Although the prairie has
an altitude of 81, 400 feet, yeti produces crops
of all kinds, while apples, pears, Plums and
small fruits are successfully cultivated.
The Virginia Enterprise can see no good
reason why the Comstock mines should not
pay respectable dividends even at this time
from the working of the lowgrade ores, of
which it says there are millions on millions
of tons. The fact is cited that one of the
best paying mines in the Black Hills pro-
duces ore that yields only about SO. SO per ton,
while it is believed that the low.grade Com
stock ores would yield, by the use of concen-
traitors, from So to S. per ton.