Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-12-15
OCCIDENTAL NEWS.
Colville Indians Congregating
to Hold a Death Feast.
THE TERRITORIAL ENTERPRISE
A Six-FOot Vein Of Coal Discovered
In Southeastern Arizona
New Trial Refused.

The courts at Salt Lake have beef
asked TO appoint receivers for the Utal
Central.
Victoria sealers are much disheart
ened over the low price quoted for seal
skins in London.
The publication OF the Territorial En-.
terprise is to he resumed at Virginia
City, New, next month.
The Puyallup Indians have plated an
addition to the city OF Tacoma. II vii!
lie called the Columbia Addition.
Testimony in the opium smuggling
cases at Portland tends to show the
rings profits were 1900. 900 year.
The shores OF the Columbia along by
The Dallcs, Or, are thickly lined with
wood piled high in anticipation of cold
winter.
The three naval conviets who made
their escape from Mare Tsland--Daly,
Hall and Cliffy--haye reached Canadian
territory.
Delegates are In session in Phoenix, A.
IT,, from ten OF the twelve counties Of
the Territory 10 push the matter of
Statehood.
Northern and Central New Mexico are
enjoying the biggest mining boom ever
known, and all the work seems to be in
the placer gold diggings.
A six-foot vein OF coal has Just been
discovered in Southeastern Arizona by
Or. Theo. u. Comstock, Director OF the
Arizona School Of Mines. The coal s
scmi-anthracte Of excellent fuel quality.
Many OF tho farmers OF Pullman,
WASH, will iatten hogs with their dam
aged wheat, and arc securing them ~
last as possible. IL Is estimated that
bushel OF wheat will produce ten pounds
OF pork.
A case is now in progress in the Fed
erai Court at Yuma which affects the
boundary line between Arizona and Cal
ifornia, and 1t IL believed by some that
II will result in showing that Yuma is
in California.
Owing 10 the sickness OF one OF the
jurors in thu Evans Gaze on trial at Jack
son, Amador county, Cal, the trial has
beeir postponed until January %. The
jurors.wbo were sworn Ia are now de-
manding their pay.
Sixty settlers on the south fork Of the
Kern river In California have been
Rankin, who claims priority In the use
OF the water, which has been diverted
by these settlers above.
The Supreme Court OF California has
refused Charles Weiger new trial
Weiser is the dry-goods merchant con-
yicted In Sacramento OF obtaining goods
by false and fraudulent pretenses from
the Philadelphia firm OF Sharpless Bros.
Later reports from the ship Gosford
state that very little injury has been
done to the huh by the action ofthe
water, and that the attempt TO raise her,
which the tugs Fearless and Relief will
undertake., will probably result saccess-
fully.
Tho officers OF the City OF Topeka re-
port no epidemic OF the grip among the
Indians In the vicinity OF Juneau,
Alaska, who were reported as dying by
the hundred. Aleuts, 200 miles from
juneau, are suffering from grip cpl |
demic.
Twenty stamps OF the great l0O-stamp
mill ol the Phoenix Mining Company |
started work at Phmnix, a. T. The |
mine has becn opened extensively in |
the last ten months, and will now take
rank as one OF Arzona's main bullion
producers.
Judge lorigan OF the Superior Court
at san Jose has declared unconstltu-
tional the law passed by the last Lepis-
lature requiring City Councils in cities
ot not lees than 10000 nor more than
1000 population to Tx by ordinance Mt
The irst regular meeting in July the
salaries Of the policemen at not less
than 300 nor more than $i25 per
month and that OF Chief OF Police ut
not less than 1925 nor more than sl50.
Most OF the Indians of the Colville
reservation are gathering at the Okano.
gan river opposite Alma, and will soon
commence weeks celebration, or in
other words death FEAST" over two
indians OF influence who were burned
To death some time ago. Chief Moses
and other celebrities OF his tribe will be
present to assist In the ceremonies
which are 10 he OF superstitious ,
nature.
Jump-Ot-Joe quartz mine, one of the
most valuables pieces of mining property :
IN Southern Oregon, belonging 10 tieorpe I,
X. liammersly 4 Son, MAS sold In Orto- !
her TO I. ID. new for sac. 900. SIT, 900 To d,
be paid November | and $50 900 Frbru- :
lry |, 1894. November | MIR. Drew !,
asked for IN extension Of time to make ,
.he first payment, which was granted. (
hr. Drew had possession OF the mine !;
md had erected quartz mill, and :,
'latms TO have expended S2S. coo. Tho :,
payment not having been made Decem- ,
Der /, the Hammerslys have petitioned :,
hat James q. Birdsay be appointed re- X
'eiver pending an action instituted for n
ortclture of contract. !,
Work ON the various buildings at the n
Nidwlnter Fair grounds has been some /,
shat delayed, owing 10 bad weat her.
'ut will be pushed as rapidly rs possible ot
rom this on. One OF the most attrac- q,
i've exhibits to he seen in the mechan. h,
~ building will be that made hv the W
iencral Electric Company. This ex- N,
ibit will DO equal to some OF the grand m
lectric displays made at Chicago N,
Word has been officially received by as
'ireetor- General de Young through the II,
onsul OF the French government to tho X
3ect that the Minister of Beaux Ar's ii,
AL given permission 10 all French su
rtisis who were represented at the Co W,
Imbian exposition to avail themselves tn
the opportunity offered in the same sa
at the coming Midwinter m,
xposition. Among the concessions tei
hich have not yet made much showing Tn
the grounds is the Esquimax village. on
le village will contain about fifty bo
rsons. men. women, boys and girls. We
ere are now over seyenty-five buiid- aid
y under course of construction at the ne
position grounds. April is the dav cal
for the press congress. This date thi
5 been fixed through the medium of al
Press Club OF San Francisco and ser