Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-08-09
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Custer County, Idaho, 10 the Front as
a Copper Bullion Producer
ypARLY DECAPITATED, YET ALIVE
Mining Notis.-feariul Gasoline TX.
plosion. -Onirages In
Idaho, Etc.
SrlRLY pEcArIr,rrD, YET ALIVE

ihe next four months or pcfiod cover
ing the campaign, anu will ardenuy
support the populisi party.
White Pine tNevada) AeWG Mrs.
George T.. spencer OF Kingston, New,
mss sold ali her mining properly In
OacpOla. consisting VI unc'ioutth
interest In the Eagle and Crescent
mines, one.sixih Of the WOolman anu
all OF the Morning Star, ohio hnd
Durango, TO Mary Catherine Roystou
Of Chicago, the confederation being
1880.
Says the Laramie (wyo.) Repujf.
can: Mt. NJ. n. Grant has m his pos
sts.lon gold nugget recently taken
from the Snowflake mine, In the Key.
stone group. The nuEtet weighs one
ounce aud seven pennyweights ani
contains over an ounce OF pure gold.
twas brought to the city by Mt. A. l..
Rhodes, one Of the owners u the
mine from which II was taken.
While Nebraska and Kansas have
been suffering from unprecedented
drought, and 10 such au extent that
the governor Of Nebraska has teen
called upon 10 call tho legislature u
gether 20 relieve the suffering Of the
people, Wyoming has been favored
with m0et delightful rainr. For the
last two weeks they have been coming
along in about tie proper way, and
even irrigation OF lawns has not been
No great job ~ IL usual this mouth
Cheyenne Sun.
On Monday morning Charley Ball,
assistant yntdmastor In Akron, Colo,
taWIuutfNNFs INNn IarFala al
line, came near losing his lilo. Tue
gasoline barrels leaked ami In throwing
oue Of them over, threw gasoline into
his lantern. In AN Instant tho whole
freight car was enveloped In famci,
hut the barrels did not explode. Agent
Stokes, ut the risk OF his life, cut the
car from the long train and the Akron
fire department promptly tupl rested
the IRE.
Or. Davenport, Of Emmetlsvillc,
Idaho, II planting n TWEEN y-acfe hop
yard, says the Boise Ntatesmdn. He
fays an English syndicate offered 10
advance him 500 an acre on his crop
NJ three yearu old, and TO Pay him two
cents more pound than the price on
the sound or Portland. The doctor
lived many years at the latter place.
80 NANN hNNN ANNN kNNWa ~ hNAN
climate are free from black hearts, are
much finer for medicin purposes
and consequently command better
price.
Judge Hepburn, Of Osborne, arrived
In this city on yesterday evenings
train, says tho Boise (ldaho) States
man. He shyH the conditions that
nave existed In Shoahone county com
menclng with the murder Of Knee
bone, arc fearful to contemplate. The
Judges voice has always been raised
lof law and ordor,a and II will not be- his
fault N the murdefors Of the Gem
blacksmith and . others 4 who com.
mit,ed ou,rages Ia the Cmur d'Alonvs
are not brought TO Justice.
Edward johnson Of San Francisco,
lies on cot IN the city receiving hospi-
tai nj Los Angeles, with his head half
cut of and still he IN alive and has the
novel experience Of doing his breath
log through silver tube. johnson
started from San FrAnelsco Sunday
Tor PhmAiK, AriI., Saturday morning
when the train reached Newhall, n
passenger noticed blood trlckliug from
under the door Of the car closet. Con,
duotOf DOwing broke open the door
aud there wac johnson cuddlod up on
the floor with a razor In one hand and
his throat cut The wound was
large one, the razor Just missing the
lugular vein on either side. On arTiy-
Ing at Los Angeles johnson was at
once attended by surgeons, who Ia.
serted a silver tube 20 that ho could
breathe ana then sewed up the wound.
johnson has ono chance Ia ten thou.
saud Of recovering.
Ina short time Custer county, idaho,
VIII be producing copper bullion, says
tho Boise, Idaho, DaRy Hdtesman.
w. a. Clark, the great Montana
mining man, has secured 81 per cent
OF the stock Of tho Idaho Copper CON.
pRny, whOie property IL located near
Huston, on Lost river, Frank Brown
controlling the remainder and con
tinuing Rs superintendent Of the
property. A 40.ton smeller will be
running In about 80 days, and N the
results ate M ANTICIPATED a great plant
Will be- put In. Tue company has
given orders for transportation OF coke
and IL making every preparation for .
run. This copper vein IL 90 feet wide
and IL known Rs the Big Copper.
There II tAid 20 be- enough good orc in
eight 10 run 4O.ton smelter two years.
a shaft 10 TO DO sunk on the vein vt
once 90 the depth Of 800 feet. La add.
ton q tunnel viii be started on tho
other side Of the hill following the vein
in. This tunnel will be 5000 feet long
aud will open the vein at great depth.
The ore carries from IS TO $40 In silver
per ton anu some gold.
The well.knOwn circle on the pasture
lands about six miles east Of Heleun,
Mont, says the Independent, rear the
old overland stage rluu, and which
has been curiosity aud source u
speculation for years, II identical win
the fairy rings no common IA some
patts OF England, There were former.
ly two Of these rings, but ono has en-.
tifely disappeared within tho last few
years. The remaining one IL about 2OU
feet 10 diameter ana torms perfect
circle. The part forming the circle ID
about two yards wide anu quite deHt,-
tuto OF vegetation. Many theorite
have been advanced as to the cause OF
these rings. Some say that II In the
result o lightning; others that herd
OF butial O, pursued by wolves, stopped
aud iorl cd thenfelves into,s circle a,
means VI defending their young ana
thus tfEmped out the grass. These
rngs have attracted the attention OF
soiuptiho men, and recent investi "a
lions have shOwnthey Rte the result OI
the centrifugal development OF certain
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