The Dillon tribune., 1885-05-16
GLEANlNGS FROM THE ROCKIES.


stampede to the C,rur d'Alene this spring
Gen. Sheridan i, making his annual tour
of the Western military posts. He is now
on the line Of the Southern Pacific
1t is asserted by Northwest Territory
man that it is taking 2,1oo rounds OF ann
,nunition to denolisIl one halt-brecd, dur
ing the present trouble in the Northwest.
Washington Territory and Oregon have
both an immigration bureau, whose mem.
bers are appointed by the legislature and
their salaries and expenses paid by the
people.
Last week Jack Spinnett, laborer liv-
ing at Seattle, Washington Territory,killed
himself by shooting a bullet through his
head The cause was attributed to drink
| and debt.
There is great excitement in the Lost
Cabin mining region, Wyoming, over the
receipt from st. Louis of assays from ore
sent there giving $3.50 in silver and 500 in
gold TO the ton.
The Indians at Fort Macleod are very
indignant over the stoppage Of the sale of
ammunition, and it is believed they are
coming to the south side of the line to pur.
chase what they require.
Lieut.. d. G. kingman, engineer officer
of the department of the Platte, will start
for the Yellowstone Park about May 18th,
to carry on the work of constructing
bridges and roads in that region, for which
purpose Congress, at the hast session APP
propriated $4,000.
The building committee having in charge
the erection of a $4,000 school house in
Evanston, Wyoming, has invited proposals
from architects for plans and specifications
to include also out-buildinss, grading and
fencing the grounds, digging well, etc.
Bids open to May 18th.
The Indians of the Blackfeet reserve
north of Fort Macleod have burned the
prairie in that vicinity. They are keeping
quiet however. One curious feature is
that they are keeping close on their reserve,
l 0'1A Na~ lAok NlSNiIs tiC SVkllCIIJCHlS ls
they have been accustomed to do.
Snake river, one of the most treacher-
Gus streams in the world, is securing its
} usual number of victims, as it begins to
rise, people who forded it last year imagine
they can ford at the same place this year
and find instead Of two or three feet of
water, from twenty to thirty feet.
The board Of Supervisors Of Y uba coun.
ty, California, in session at Marysville on
the Sth adopted a resolution calling On the
Governor to furnish sufficient military
force to enforce the DEGREES of the courts
! against the hydraulic miners who are or-
Grating in defiance of writs of injunction.
Samuel Ridgcway, convicted of murder
two years ago in Alturas county, Idaho
and twice reprievcd by Gov. Neil, was
fully pardoned OH the 4th, by Acting Gov
ernor Curtis. A growing conviction OF
his innocence, together with Ridgeway's
}, manly course throughout, nc tuated the Gov.
crnor.
E An extra Of the Rawlins (Wyomng)
1yib"~r tells Of the capture by detective
Dave Cook in Denver, May Sth, of y. p
Hughes, embezzling county clerk. Hughes
has visited all the chief cities of the coun.
try, and travelled from Michigan to Texas
The main credit Of the capture is given to
Sheriff Rankin.
: There is now confined in Jail at Black
foot, Idaho, awaiting trial at the coming
term of court, the following prisoners
Rufus Walker, for unlawful cohabitation
Baker and his son for the killing of f. L.
Williams; Buck Wright, for assault with Il
deadly weapon; David Bnrkhardt, attempt
to burn Il railroad bridge at Beaver Can.
: yon.
Eureka (\evada) Lca},v: All the Nor
mons now wartii they are to be believed
lis Commission, 4 brant.-ucw Commits
sion, to consider the trihulations of the
. ltahan>. The truth is, it but 4 device for
delay. All that is led in Utah lust
+ now is to enforce the laws as they stand
and that is precisely what the Mormous
: fear will be done
+ "A Sawtooth Range, Idaho, postmaster
whose salary was 81. 4 year was recent,
II called sharply to account for a shortage ir
S the financial showing OF his office, where
v upon he wrote back: "Nlr. Government
II -S'r: When I'm short, YOU want it d.
quick. Now, you pay me back that $o4
a ! spent las: fall in fixing up this office, an,
yo" can take your d-d office and go t,
ILL.,"