The Dillon tribune., 1884-03-29
GLEANlNGS FROM THE ROCKIES.
The Blockfoot Idaho) Rcy,>tc,. will omi,
"BlacktOot' and insert "ldaho' after Apri]
first =

"BlacktOot and insert Idaho after Anril
first.
A fire at Coltax, w. r., on the morning
of the 18th, destroyed the pos,ot'ice and
two other buildings.
=. Ilamiton's "Resourcrs of .\rizo,, ~
estimates the value of horned cattle in the
Territory at $7,,oo,ooo.
The immense coal deposits ot New
Mexico are unsurpassed by Penns, lvania.
Ration will lie large place in the nea,
future.
The telephone exchange in Salt Lake
City has $50 instruments in use, connecte,,
with the central office by wire agyrcgatny
37s miles in length.
Sacramento, Gala, is to be lighted with
electricity, company having been recently
Incorporated for that purpose with cap
ital stock OF 100000.
The Leadville Democrat strongly advo.
Gates Il e establishment of irrigatins bitches
all over Colorado This evidence of re-.
form is noted with much pleasure.
There is said to be l,s persons in Fed
eral employ in the State OF Nevada, not
counting postmasters, large proportion OF
whom are employed in the United States
Mint at Carson.
1t is stated that Eliza Smith has declined
to accept the Presidency of the Oregon and
lra"scontinental company. He will prob.
ably become president Of the Oregon I'm.
provement Company.
Evans (Colo) :7onrmd: One thousand
nine hundred head OF cattle have been
killed by the trains of the Julesburg and
Union Pacific railroads since the winter set
in, mostly Colorado cattle.
There are now seventy live prisoner, in
the Utah penitentiarv, greater number
than have ever before been in the institu-
tion. Two years ago the average number
OF prisoners in the Pen was about forty. five
Beaver Creek, Idaho, is said to be !, very
promising gulch. lis about /. miles from
Eagle City Three weeks ago there we're
hardly SEQ men in the diygings; now there
are over 2,ooo,and the number is increasing
every day.
We find this statement in the n. Y. 7yuH
that: ,:"Cincinnati Methodists have raised
6,Stn to erect, at Salt Lake City, Utah, IA
woman's home for needy women, cspesial-
ly those seeking refuge from the bonds OF
polygamy."
The Denver RctMbI,raU of the 18th said: :
Wyoming promises to have big oil excite
ment during the present season. rrepar-
ations are now making for the develop.
mcnt o. We oil district in Carbon county,
and important discoveries are expected.
The Idaho Times. Pe7Tc7v says: We un-
derstand that there will b. considerable
placer mining at Bruneau this Spring
Parties WHO have prospec,ed that section,
declare their belief that the district con.
tains more gold than the entire CGur d..
Alenc country.
A special to the San Francisco Examiner
from Tucson, Arizona, says: Kit Joy, the
Jail in Silver City, n. NJ, was captured hy
the sheriff after hard fight. hit is badly
wounded, and is at the point of death.
\ native of California, named Pima, a
resident OF Santa Barbara, who has always
been OF very swartny complexion, about
four years ago began to change his color,
white blotches appearing upon his body,
" hch has gradually spread until nearly the
whole surface is covered.
In addition to the nine skeletons already
found buried on the site Of an ancient dance
house at Jesus Maria, Calaveras county,
Gala, four more, making thirteen, have
been discovered. 1t is generally conceded
that they were all murdered and placed in
there for concealment.
A contagious disease is spreading among
The horses in Oregon; and especially in
Clackamas and Yamhll counties. Large
OF valuable horses have already
died, and farmers are seriously troubled.
The symptoms of the disease resemble the
blind staygers and inevitably result in
death.
Victoria CoowiH: The Canadian Pa
rifle Railroad Company is prepared to treat
with responsible contractors for the con-
Of that portion of their line en-
lending from the summit of the Rocky
across the Selkirk range, to the
west crossing of the Columbia river, a dist
ance OF I35 miles.
The newly appointed Governor of Idaho,
William Nj. Bum, receives a handsome |
end off from the Philadelphia papers, of
which city he is a resident. His father was
cotton spinner, We are told, and in his |
'arly years William worked in the factory.
lie was born January lst, 1871, and at the
:arly age of seventeen entered into politics. |
A gang of loggers took possession OF
Olympia, W. T., a few nights ago, and the
'olice were powerless to arrest them. The
ity marshal, Brown, attempted to capture
hem with a Winchester rifle, but he found
'e had dozen revolvers lcveled at his
'cad, so he very wisely desisted from any
urther proceedings.
A barkeeper in Washington Territory
vas tried before jury Of seven women
nd five men ON a charge OF keeping dis
rderly house. The female end OF the jury
vas solid for convicting and the other ior
cqui,tal. They would have been there yet
+ the Court had not percmptorily dismissed
he jury and granted the man new trial.
The women say they know where to find
i've Of the biggest fools in the country, and
he men declare they will emigratc before
hey will serve on another mixed Jury.