The Dillon tribune., 1884-05-10
GLEANlNGS FROM THE ROCKIES.


CON Short Line has been commenced.
There are thirtv-tive Mormons and forty.
four Gentles confined at the Utah peniten.
tiary.
Beaver Canyon, Idaho, is growing, judg.
ing from the number of babies and fresh
arrivals at that town.
The Utah Republicans have selected
Cove, nor Murray and Genera! KimbulI as
delegates to the Chicago Convention.
The order made by the Western Union
Telegraph Company for II reduction of rates
on and after May first, does not extend
west of Kansas City.
Grand Junction, Colorado, is less than
two years old, and has fou, hundred aud
| four dwellings, and business houses and six.
| teen hundred Inhabitants
| A public shearing establishment has been
established 1t Hugo, Colorado, and the
| proprietor expects to shear at the lowest
estimate 100000 head Of sheep
The new high line on the Colorado Cen
trail railroad, between Georgetown and
Silver Plume, is becoming one of the great
est attractions in the Rocky mountains.
During the last two years Los Angeles,
Gala, has built twelve churches, at an sg-
yregate cost of $Iso,tso, and three more
are now going up. This will make total
Of twenty churches in that place.
A wool buyer named ID. w. Chapman
was drowned in the Humboldt river, near
Battle Mountain. Nevada last week. lie
was buying wool for Judd 4 Root. of Hart
ford, Conn.,, at the time he was drowned.
The snow is still SO deep in the San
Bernardino (Cala.) mountains that the
owners of sawmlls cannot get to their
mills to commence the Spring business,
and yet the mills are within twenty miles
Of perpetual summer.
Al Salt Lake in the case of w. II. II.
Bowers VS.. the London Bank of Utah
| (linited) ten days additional. time were al
lowed defendant for fling a statement on
appeal from the order refusing the motion
to discharge the attachment.
Bismarck, Dakota real estate men feel
sick. The marvellous growth predicted on
securing the Territorial capital has never
been realized, and the property donated to
be sold for the erection OF the CAPITOL build
ings had to be taken out OF the market.
The editor Of the Colusa (Cula) .Sau
| whose judgment is reliable says the hiul,
water has DESTROYED between ,ootO and
$4,000 acres OF fine grain nortl of Knights
Landing in Yo'o, Suttcr and Co,us;
counties. 1t was the highest water ever
known at Colusa.
Floating saloons are a new featur. o
salmon fishery on San Pablo Bay and i7
the Sacramento river. Some Of the float
ing SALOONS are agents for the cann.ries and
receive fish. thus bringing the fishermen tc
the saloon to deposit their fish and receive
checks on the canneries for their money.
Sheep sfearing is in progress through
out Oregon. The clip is turning ou, vel,
both as regards quality and Qu nttv. Blu,
little has been shipped to Portland as vet
The outlook for prices is more favorable
Portland dealers expect the price to range
from sixteen to twenty cents for the pre>en
clip.
Reports come from Lander, Humboldt
and other sheep growing sections OF Utah
aud Nevada, of the great loss the stock mtr
are suffering by their sheep and lamb.
dying of in consequence OF tn. severity u1
the last storm. Those band, which were
sheared prior to the last s:o, IN, suffered -,
most. There is also heavy loss among
the cattle for wait Of grass.
The rush to Crur d'A|ene mines appears
to be on the decline. When the coun,r,
was almost inaccessible, Il few weeks ago
the rush was immense, but now the dis.
appointed ones have turned their faces the
other way and are either counting ties oi
securing positions on brake beams. Ih,
outcome Of that country is left to the future
to decide, and IN the meantime reports are
very conflicting.
frankie w. DeWalt, the Leadvlle bank
robhe,, has been captured and will be re-
turned to the scene ot his crime. Speaking
q: him, a gentleman said to a Saiia (Mo
.Ec,vs reporter that Frank clerked .or him
when he was boy in Canton, Ohio, an,
that he was discharged for stealing; tha. ht
was recognized among his play fellows
when a little boy as thict, and was forbid
den the house Of his ncishbors on that &C
count.
AT Austin, Nevada, on Saturday last
Richard Husband, aged seven wears, wan
dered away from his plavma,cs and his alb
scnce WAS not discovered for some hours
Search was instituted and the little fellow
tracked ten miles. Night and lig snow
storm came up and the track was lost. Or
Sunday morning several men started or
the trail and at ia. III. found the child
under big sage brush. near Bi:, creek, Will
his feet frozen, but Otherwise saf. anc