, 1888-11-29

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stand by Harlan whose house was torn
down by railroad employees and
make that q test case. Harlan
claims to have been assured by the civh
engineer that an error occurred in the
ori einal surveys, which leaves forty acres
vacant. IL Is evident that crisis has
been reached, and whether the 20 squat
ters will either get cheap homes or be for
chilly evicted from the premises, will prob
ably be developed in a few days. n
SEATTLE, Nov. 81, Special case
instituted and passed upon in the United
States land office here to-day of unusua,
Importance, the ultimate settlement OF
which may effect the titles to land in many
parts of the west. Some years ago
the land now known as the kim
county poor farm, now valued
at about $4,000 was escheated
to Kings county by virtue of the provis-
ions of a Law passed by the territorial leg-t
islature relating to the estates of persons
dying intestate without heirs. Berialr
Brown. jr., of this city to-day attempted
under the homestead act. His
application was refused. Brown
claimed that under the Common law the.
property of persons dying intestate with
out heirs, escheated to sovereign power,
that by every legal anoogy and precedent
the property in question should have been
escheated to the United States and not to
the territory, notwithstanding the law
passed by the territorial legislature. lie
claims the legislature had no power to-
pass a valid law in respect to such proper
ty. The case has excited much gossip
Josiah Collins, chief of the fire depart
ment. James Murphy, fire marshal and
Street Commissioner Cummings took
crew of twenty men to-day and forcibly
tore down four wooden buildings erected
in defiance of the recently enacted fire limit
ordinance. The city is determined to en-
force that law.
Sheriff Cochrance paid his election bet
to-day by grinding hand organ on the
street for two hours with placard on his
breast, IL bet on Cleveland" The streets
ing that time. A collection box was put
up in which the sheriff was the first to
deposit $50. At the end of two hours the
money collected amounted to $685., which
was paid over to the orphans home
Captain James Carroll of the steamer
Ancon who is about leaving for the south
to spend the winter, gave n banquet to
number of friends in the dining hall at
the Tacoma tonight.
HELENA, Nov. 27, Special. Particulars
OF Tue mysterious uedtu VI IL uIiueI II tuieu
James Robinson, have just reached here.
His skeleton was discovered in u cabin in
Lincoln gulch, Deer Lodge county, by Gus
Lavelle and Chris Strauss. Robinson dis
appeared about twenty-one days ago and
had not been seen since until
the two men named, with the
intention of borrowing q bobsled to
haul some wood, went to his cabin. La
vellc ten days ago passed Robinson's cabin
in which he saw COW. lie went in and
found she had pulled the straw tick from
straw. He drove the COW out and fastened
the door. He saw nothing of the skeleton
at that time but is satisfied that
the straw tick was partially over it.
On entering the cabin q second time they
were Mortified to see the skeleton of man
lying upon the floor. Both hands were
missing but were found short distance
off. Within the cabin were signs W hich,
coupled with the discovery Of tracks lead.
ing to and from the place, wore proof
positive that the mountain lions had de-
nuded the corps OF its flesh. Robinson
was an old timer in Montana. His father,
mother and sister live in California. He
was in the habit of going on prospecting
iours, remaining for weeks at u time and
when he did not show up for several days
nothing strange was thought about it.
HELENA, Nov. 27, Special. - Pret.
ty Mrs. Hanley ls years old. the
wife of John Hanley, and who
six weeks ago was Miss Emma Ralph,
who created a sensation by eloping and
marrying him at Deer Lodge, has caused
another sensation by suddenly dis
appearing and forgetting to leave
her address. Rumors are ahoat that
she had been found dead in prospect
hole, also that she had run away with an
other man. Sunday morning, while Han
ley was in bed sleeping. he was awakened
by the rustling of dress goods and the
hurried closing of trunks and bureau
drawers. He noticed his wife at
tired, ready to 90 out, and
asked her what she was doing.
She repliged that she was gcing to spend
the day with friends in Burlington. He
went to work after breakfast and has
never seen her since. The truth dawned
upon him at once and when he returned
home he was grlef.stricken and has since
declined to go to work but remains
in his house. The mother says she is pret-
ty certain that the girl was not in Bur.
linQton, and expressed her belief that she
went long way off and went alone. leav.
ing the Inference that she was tired of her
husband.
HEppNER, Ore, Nov. 26, Special. The
Willow Creek branch of the o., r. & N.
was completed to Heppner. the present
terminus, to-day. Fully thousand peo.
pie were present. Many citizen,. two
hundred school children, a company Of
the f. o. N. G., and the mayor and couu-
Gil, headed by the Heppner oand, marcO-d
from town to the depot grounds, where
Mayor Henry Black man delivered an ad-
dress, upon the conclusion Of which three
cheers were given and the last
spike driven by Hons. j. L.,
Morrow aud Henry Heppner, pioneers
| of the colony. Company E then fred three
ringing salutrs. echoing and reaching
over th, hills. which with sparks from the
locomotives. the rumbling Of the cars and