The Dillon tribune., 1884-07-26
GLEANINGS FROM THE ROCKIES.

OF the $1.3o4o5 Of fines assessed in the
Salt Lake police court in June, 5000 10
was collected in cash.
The Idaho World says: Al. Hull found
mica vein the other day in Golconda
district The vein is two and one-h half
inches thick.
Governor Bum, has appointed Hosea b.
Eastman, of Boise City, Idaho, commits.
sioner to represent Idaho at the Worlds
Fair in San Francisco in 1857.
1t is publicly stated in Utah that the
Mormon Colonies in the San Louis valley
Colorado. and in Arizona and New Mexico
are practicing polygamy just the same as
in that land oi Saints.
Christian Pope in San Francisco charged
his wife's coal pile with dynamite and
when she made fire and left the room for
a moment the explosion took place. The
building was shattered.
The nine Frenchmen who own Mis-
soula Guch, Idaho, are taking out more
when questioned their only answer is a
French shrug of the shoulders.
The suit to determine whether Kootenai
or Shoshone county Idaho, is entitled to
the Cnur d'Alene country, and all the
tAACS 'tlCl ClIS "ho ~ tCA OSlotS j JuAASS DON n,
and decided in favor OF Shoshone.
Men who were down the Humboldt
river last Tuesday evening say shower oi
frogs fell on the fiat on the soutl, sid. of the
Humboldt. The hatarachia were nearly
half grown and literally covered tho
ground.
Large numbers Of passengers continue
to arrive in Ogden from the Pacific Coast
all Of them eastward bound. Until the D.
Il r. 6. commences running through pas
sengcr trains to the East, this business will
give Salt Lake the go-by.
Judge Johnson, of Challis, Idaho, has
been mentioned as a probable candidate for
Delegate to Congress from Idaho on the
Democratic ticket. The Judge denies the
assertion. however, saying he is not can
didate, nor will he consent to be one.
A great law sui; has been in progress in
Eureka, Nevada. for several weeks between
the Albion Mining Co. and the Richmond
Mining Co. The Albion sued the Rich
mond for 100000 for appr"lriating Al
bion ores. The Albion obtained judg-
ment for $1,000.
1t is said there are in circulation in
Virginia City, Nevada, counterfeit stand
ard dollars so closely resembling the genu-
inc as to he very apt to deceive those who
are not on their guard against them. They
are an excellent imitation, but are lighter
in weight than the genuine.
S. Morelli, an italian candy peddler, COM
mitted suicide in the attic Of 1915 Powell
street, San Francisco, by shooting himself
in the head with an old fashioned Colts re-
volver. lie was fifty wears of age. Des.
pondency was the cause of the act He
was notorious for having murdered an In.
FAINT and burned the house containing it, to
which he confessed before his trial, and yet,
Notwithstanding he was tried three times,
he was never convicted.
At Truckee, Nevada, on the 9TH, the as.
sembled tourists and waiting passengers OF
the Railroad Hotel were Witnesses to a
most horrible sight. A little Indian boy,
some six or seven years old, started to
cross the track in front of a slowly ap'
preaching locomotive, heartily laughing
at the time. He was the object of general
attention. when finally he fell and was Inn
mediately doubled up under the engines
wheels and dragged for quite distance
across the railroad frog. When recovered
the body, or what was left Of It, was per
feet mass Of crushed bones and qutverinG
flesh lying In front Of the hotel. Ladte;
screamed and tainted and men turned
white. The track tor some ten feet wal
covered with human remains.