Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-07-03
WILD WEST WAITS.

The largest bar of gold cast at the
Helena assay office for several years was
successfully cast Tuesday. The bar is
1112 inches long, 80 inches wide and 312
inches deep; a total of about 20515 cubic
inches. 1t weighs about 1437 ounces,
nearly 100 pounds, and its value will
run from $21, 500 to about $4,000, ac-
cording to it's fineness.
John McGregor has reached Hamil-
ton, Mont, almost dead, after Il long
tramp from the Clearwater country,
where he left his two companions, John
Sheehan and Ed Wheeler dead. They
went to the Clearwater country last sum-
mer, hunting and prospecting. Their sup
plies failed them in the winter, and after
much suffering two Of the party sue
cumbed.
Chinese gardeners at Shoshone. Ida
ho, fight crickets in this wise: They dig
ditch around their garden and at short
spaces deep holes in the trenches. The
crickets are then allowed to pile into the
trenches and will start one way or the
| other, only to fall into the deep holes,
| where they are covered with dirt or a
board to smother them and other holes
are dug.
The poison weed in the vicinity of
Heart mountain, Mont, is more numer-
Gus than usual this spring. John Chap
| man reports having found fifty-two head
OIL cdllle bearing LIS Dfdnu lnaL were
killed from eating the stuff. Many more
were killed in this manner that have not
| yet been found. He has driven his herds
| over to the sunlight country in order to
avoid further losses.
-Hopgrowers of Ukiah valley, Cal,
are greatly concerned over the appear
| ance of a worm which is devastating the
fields. The pest is similar in appear
ance to the army worm being about
one in oh lOno and an oil of on -,
diameter. The worm works altogether at
night, cleaning off the leaves and every
veStige of green from the vine. 1t also
works systematically, destroying a row
at time.
-Four swarms of bees have taken
possession of the Methodist church in
East San Jose, Cal, and it is eStima ted
that there are at least 800 pounds of of
honey deposited between the outer and
inner walls of the church To secure
the honey the walls of the church will
have to be defaced and the church people
are discussing how to get at it, 1t is
proposed to hold honey carnival in the
church and in that way secure enough
to pay for the damage done in securing
the honey.
Curry county, Wash, egg-gatherers
are ready for their seasons work. and are
only waiting for the birds to begin bust
ness. Ace Carey chartered a vessel one
day last week to take lumber, boxes and
supplies to Island Rock, and Emil Jes-
sine and the Bartelle boys have taken
possession of two other rocks in the vi
! entity. These rocks, lying off Humbug
mountain, are the resort of thousands of
birds known as the murre, and gathering
their eggs has become quite a profitable
industry for Port Oxford
The digestive powers of an ostrich
have found their limit. Such bird can
well-seasoned old pipe is its fatal limit
An ostrich belonging to Sells & Rent
frow's show died suddenly at Cheyenne.
The boy in charge was told to dissect the
bird, and this was done in the afternoon,
half dozen newspaper men receiving in
vitations to witness the post norton. In
the stomach of the ostrich was found a
briar pipe belonging to the boy, which
the bird had picked up short time be-
fore death. The boy had been smoking
and laid the pipe down while unloading
the car, which the bird swallowed, and
died.