Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-08-05
OCCIDENTAL MELANGE
Rubies Worthy of Mention Found
Near Baker City, Or.
A MAP OF OAKLAND, CAL, MISSING.
Number Of Sealsklns Already Landed n
vlcto.ia-Frult and Nursery
Firm Quits Business.
A MAP OF OAKLAND. CAL, MISSING.

Duyal Il Son OF 6renilIe, France, pro-
pose to erect q brewery at Phoenix, A. l..
Horse thieves operating in Southern
Arizona have robbed over twenty ranch
ers.
A swindler with ~ bills raised TO = 10
10 working Puget Sound towns with
some success.
There have been landed In Victoria
already 20,6s5 sealskins. The animals
we're caught between California and
Alaska.
San Diego has decided 10 celebrats the
s5oth anniversary OF the discovery Of
san Diego Bay, which occurs September
% next.
An outbreak OF anthrax has occurred
six miles south OF Los Angeles on dairy
where forty cows are kept. Fourteen
have already died.
Additional pumps will at once be nsed
on the San Pedro wreck In front OF VIC
toria, Is. G., and 1t Is believed the yes
sci will soon be OIL the rocks.
There are fifty-five hop houses In
Polk county, Or. Each house Ia good
for handling nine acres OF hops. Az this
rate the total acreage would be 400 acres.
Saint Teresa IL still at Nogalea, A. T.,
performing miraculous cures. The
stories that she had been shot by the
Governor OF Sonora never had any foun-
dalton.
The Bradstreet Commercial Agency
reports ~ failures In the Pacific Coast
States and Territories for the past week
as compared With IL for the correspond
ing week OF 1891.
II Ia stated at San Diego that J. NAL
COIN Forb the Boston capitalist who
waa recently married and took up his
residence at Coronado, In the purchaser
OF the Pacific Beach railroad.
william Il. Fleming, who shot and
killed Samuel Pritchard at Silver City,
Idaho, last April. and who was acquitted
by the Coroner's jury, has been indicted
by the grand jury. II lie supposed
there was malice in the killing.
1t Is now asserted that the man killed
by lightning in Montana. and who was
said to have been the Napa county
Greenwood murderer, was not tho cul :
prit. Sheriff Mckenzie says the photo
graph does not show the man he wants
for the crime.
Fruit raisers OF Benton county, Or,
are not looking for a large crop this
year. Apples will be especially scarce
Wild black berries are IN great demand.
In u icw years Benton county Will DO u
great fruitswrodueing section, a. hun
dreds of acres have been set out with
fruit trees during the past two years.
An analysis OF q bottle Of whisky
brought 10 Portland from the Warm
Springs Indian reservation has been
made and found 10 contain lot OF iusel
oil, chloroform and ether. A half-breed
took two bottles oil this stuff TO the reser-
walton. The contents OF one OF them
was drunk by three Indians, all of
whom died.
The w. X. Strong Company, the larry
est fruit and nursery tirm In California,
has decided to wind up It's business.
The assets are ample 10 meet all de-
mands. The company has branches IN
Los Angeles, Riverside, Fresno, and
agencies in all tho principal Eastern
cities, some sixty in number, besides a
large nursery interest in Florida.
A gentleman Just In from the Boz
Eanza mine at tireenhorn Mountain,
near Baker City, Or, says that rubies
have been discovered near there which
are worthy OF mention. They have the
w WV kthhihp &itAtAf
color, and TO all appearance are rubies.
He said they were about the size OF
peas and have the octangular shape of
that stone. He has occurred over 100 OF
the gems.
There in a bit OF history connected
with the postoilice Of kiekreal, Or,
commonly known ~ Dixie by the older
inhabitants Of Polk county, The post.
Office was established back In the ak.
ties. The hrst name suggested WAS
Dixie" But at that time the war feel
ing Was at high pitch, and Colonel
Nesmith, as godfather OF ths new Office,
advised dropping OF the "South-down"-
sounding title and substituting the
name fla Creole" after the beautiful
stream on which II lies. An error was
made In spelling the word by it's sound
ia Washington, and the office went
officially upon record AS "Riekreali' and
has remained that way ever since,
James G. Mason, formerly postmaster
at Tlllsmook. who was indicted by the
United States grand jury for having
forged the name OF johnson Erickson to
a money order and collected sl3 thereon,
was aFraigned in the United States Dis
trict Court at Portland the other day
and entered n plea OF guilty. United
States Attorney Mays recommended
that = fine OF $500 he imposed, in de
fault thereof the criminal To be sentenced
10 term OF imprisonment. Counsel for
Mason said the money could be- raised
40 sentence was deferred and prisoner
rsmsnded TO Jail Mason stood well in
the community until this crime was
charged against him, and some now
think that he pleaded guilty 10 screen
some OF his family who committed the
crime. lie made good the amount OF
the order some time ago.
The report that the Great Northern
railroad has le. 4 contract to u. q.
Shepard Tor the construction OF rail.
road from Butte through Boise 10 san
Francisco is uutouuded. III. g. Henry.
OF Shepard, Henry 4 Co, said the other
day that he was sure there was no truth
In il, Tor the Great Northern had not
even made Reconnaissance. much les,
a survey, over the route in question
The Union Pacific made a survey some
years ago, but has done nothing further
Such road would run through min
ing district in Montana, and good il.
rigable country In Southern Idaho.
though but slightly developed. But on
striking Eastern Oregon Ii would enter
desert as hopeless a. Sahara. It would
enter good eonntry again around Klam.
ath Lake, In Southwestern Oregon, and
from there would run through good