The Dillon tribune., 1884-03-22

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The potato crop Of Colorado last year
vas in excess of the demand by at least
100000 bushels.
Women cannot reach Eagle City, in the
Cnur d'Alenes, in feminine attire. They
must wear mems clothes or stay at home.
The President has nominated Norman
Buck, of Idaho, to be Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court of the Territory OF
Idaho.
a private named Roser committed sui
eide at the garrison at Walia Walla, on the
9th, by shooting himself through the heart
with carbine.
J.J. Valentine has been promoted from
general superintendent to general manager
and vice president of Wells, Fargo Il Co.'S
Express Company.
A horde OF panthers recently broke in
among John Dixon's sheep Oh the Hunt
ley place, near Roseburg, Oregon, and
killed about sixty head OF his fine merino
sheep.
New mines have been struck near Heron
distance twenty miles. There is big ex-
citement at Heron. They were struck by
a party of men sent out to make cut OFT
on the Heron trail.
An attempt was made to wreck freight
train on the G.. p. Railroad few nights
since between Blue Creek and Promontor>
by placing a tic o., the track. Fortunately
the COW catcher caught it.
Globe, Arizona, has seven s'nelters; SIX
are rated as OF Thirty tons capacity each, but
will run fifty tons of ore daily. The only
draw back is the excrbltant price OF COKE
delivered, which is about $64
In the failure of Ross Cartee banker at
Shoshone, Idaho, many railroad men lose
their earnings from 81 to $500, each, ard
there was such a bitter feeling among them
that Cartee's absence was at least fortunate
ior him.
A bill was introduced in Congress on the
10th to pay James V. Shirley and Francis
De Long $4,000 compensation Tor prop
erty taken BY the Government at the Fort
Hall (Idaho) stage station during the In
dian war.
The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
Company, at a meeting OF its directors held
in Salt Lake city, declared its regular quar-
terly dividend OF "a per cent on the cap
ital stock, payable April 1st. The stock
books will be closed from March 25th to
April and.
The widow of Hulin Miller and the
mother of Joaquin Miller, the Poe; OF the
Sierras, has recently commenced SUIT IN the
Circuit Court of Lane county, Oregon,
against Joaquin for the purpose OF co'l'-
pelling partition or division OF ctrtai" real
estate held Jointly by mother and son.
Four years ago Geo. w. TAFT Of Dia.
mond Springs, Diamond Valley, Eastern
Nevada, planted in pond on his place a
single full grown German carp. Now
every haul of the net brings hundreds tc
the surface. The other day haul pro-
duced geo carp and 275 catfish, of all sizs S
At Cheyenne, lately, were filed articles
f of incorporation of the Central Association
of Wyoming, the incorporators being Joh'
t K. Boutwell,, A. NJ. Munsell and John w
Hoyt The object of this company is te
buy and improve lands, and develop tht
resources of that Territory; erect mills
+ factories, etc, and carry onDall sorts of in
. dustries. The capital stock is $1o,oooooo
i in shares of $Ioo each.
An account was published in January
1883, of a young man named Geo. I. Mat
> thews who left Camas Station, Idaho, OF
foot to 20 to Mr.. Small's ranch and neve
u been heard of since. 1t was showing whe'
he started out, and it is supposed he los
his way and perished. His remains hav
never been discovered, although diligen
Z search has been made. A reward of $50
has been offered for the recovery OF his re
mains.
J. Laramie (Wyo) Boomerang: 1ntelll
'e gence has been received that noted des
J. perado, who formerly trained with tn
r Jesse James gang, surrendered at Buffalo
Wyoming, recently. A man who kne'
IS Cummins reached Buffalo last week, an
gave him away. An officer approache
l. him when off his guard, and invited him
s. surrender. Having no other alternative
Cummins meekly gave himself up. Th
e letter states that it can he proved beyon
It doubt that this is thesright man. A rt
y ward of $4,000 is offered for the arrest
this desperate.
IS DILLON PRODUCE MARKET.