The Dillon tribune., 1885-01-10
a,r,x,Nas FROM THE ROCKIES.


are in use in Salt Lake City.
Venison was sold at ? cents a pound at
Boise CITY, Idaho, few Gays ago.
The 7oayxA says that Ra~l'ns, Wyo
ming. has almost doubled itself within the
past year.
Matt Delahau,v committed suicide by
h .n,;py q, Elko, Nevada, on the ed inst.
Tired Of life.
Snow is unusually deep between Evans
ton and Green River, Wyoming, and stock
of all kinds is suffer ny
An effort will he made to make Denver
the great beef and fruit canning center OF
the Rocky mountains.
Prot: Munich, principal Of the Ogden
Utah, Mormon schools has skipped-to es'
CD. prosecution for polygamy.
Dakota's new capital at Bismarck is com
| oirted and was taken possession OF Dy the
Territorial officers during the holidays
II is said that Governor Bunn intends to
resign after the legislative session. lhere
Is fatality about ldaho's executive depart"
| ,nent.
An ibrx weighing over ZOO pounds was
brought into Ketchum, ldaho' from Los'
river the other day. 1t had fine pair of
horns.
There are in the State OF Nevada about
71.737,6oo acres Of land. OF which only
,1,717,65S are SURVEYED, leaving 39,9s9,932
to be surveyed.
Eighty five schools are now supported IN
Utah bv outside aid. These employ 1o:s
teachers, who are paid $9S,ooo and give IN
$truc,ion to 1850 children.
Tim aud Mary, two Saa,nch Indians,
have lust been tried in Victoria, B. e., for
;;lling another Indian last February. Jim
was convicted and Mary acquitted.
At the burial of Col. Baker at Fort
| Walla Walla, few dav> ago, one feature ct
tnt cort-ye Vi az the Colonels horse craped
| in black, and boots reserved, following the
| ,ear>e.
The Ogden Pilot Office vas sold recently
| It Marshals sale to satisfy judgment IN
favor of the Commercial Bank for $1,271'
| Major F. A. Littlefeld bought it in for
Slap.
The Seven Devils country, about $50
| miles or so north of Boise City. Idaho, is
| the seductive name of region which 10"
promises to be the mining attraction OF
! next season.
Not more than 1000 men, all told, nave
been directly. employed by Utah mines'
! mills and smelters during the past year.
They have produced about $7,soo,ooo II
silver and lead.
| A large amount of bogus butter, or oleo-
margarine, is being sold in the Denver
market, greatly to the injury OF dairymen
in that vicinity. They can't compete with
the abominable stuff.
| Governor Adams, Of Nevada, while
searching among some papers in tin box,
few days since, found three diamonds in
an envelope, which were supposed to have
been stolen some years ago.
The much dreaded white scale has made
its appearance in the orange orchards
around Los Angeles, Cal. 1t threatens t.
ruin the fruit growers, and quite trepida-
ton has been caused by its discovery.
George Rhuart, Of Denver, who had
i,een heavy drinker, resolved to REFORM
| and took dose Of morphine to aid him.
The dose proved to be too large, and he
died in spite of all the doctors could do fn
him.
A Nevada ranchman is said to have a
herd of hybrid cattle, crossed between the
| male buffalo and the domestic COW. They
| are not housed during the winter, but find
their food and thrive where The cattle
would starve.
Superintendent McMasters, of Home
| stake fame, to whose great capacity, if not
genius, as miner, the success of the Black
Hills is largely due, died in San Francisco
few days ago in great agony of ossifica.
ton Of the spine.
| California is afflicted with the tramp
nuisance this winter. They have congre.
gated there in unusual numbers, some.
what relieving the cooler regions Of the
Rockies Of their presence, and yet we have
more left thar is desirable.
| The Tuscon Star estimates the popula.
ton Of Arizona at 10000 and its bullion
output for 1885, at .$7,634,84o, or considers
bly, less than 1883. It puts the copper pro
duct for 1884 at 27.oo6. 4S1 pounds, and es
/ - 4. So ~oQ~