The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-12-23
NORTHWEST NOTES.

a lone highwayman held up the sta.
ton agent OF the Butte Anaconda s.
Pacific, az Butte. and relieved hin Of
$500 in cash.
The Copper Queen Mining company
at Bisbcc. Arizona, has 1900 men on
IT, pay roll, and its annual product Is
estimated at $1,000. 900.
The Touring mill Of II. u. Ruckman
at summcryillc or, was destroyed by
fire recently The mill had a capacity
Of scventy-iivc barrels daily.
a Santa Cruz, Cal, powder company
has just received contract calling for
$1,000 kegs Of blasting powder, which
will bc used In the construction OF a
railroad in Oregon.
In the suit Of the Carson, Nevada.
band against senator W. NJ Stewart
forpaymentfo for lcctionccring services,
a verdict Of $40 aud costs In favor OF
the plaintiff was rendered
The California Miners association
will ask congress TO open To pros.
pectors 3,Ooo,OOO acres Of mineral land
In that state now owned by railroad
corporations aud land grabbers.
Enoch West committed suicide In
Butte by hanging. West was about Is
years OF age aud but little was known
Of him, he having been employed In
doing odd jobs about the town for q
living.
DR.. Horatio stcbhinH, the mos,
prominent Unitarian minister ON the
Pacific coast and the pastor Of the
first Unitarian church Of San Fran.
cisco, is believed TO dying OF heart
failure.
The report that sylvnnitc ore, rich
In gold, has been found In the Colorado
Springs water tunnel that Is being
driven through Pixies Peak Is denied
by Delos Durfee, the city's engineer
ON the ground.
The three companies OF New York
volunteers brought from Honolulu on
the "Scandla" have taken possession
Of the camp at the Preside vacated by
the four companies Of the regiment
which left for home.
Several western senators including
Woloott OF Colorado and Spooner OF
Wisconsin have urged Secretary Bliss
TO remain In the cabinet, but the sec
rotary replied that he would not recon-
slider his determination.
Lieutenant lIobson delivered his
lecture In Denver. and was greeted by
a large and admitting crowd. At Chey.
enne he delivered m address In the
Whiting room Of the depot which was
enthusiastically received. No kissing
was INDUCED In at either place, how
ever.
Mrs. II. q. Munsig, who was shot at
Victor, Colo, ON Friday last by z. @.
Perry, has since died OF her injuries
Perry killed the woman while enraged
because she would not return 10 his
service as housekeeper The coroner's
jury declared the killing whs done by
Perry with felonious intent
Governor Adams OF Colorado has
suspended DR.. Il. +. Thombs rs superin-
tendent Of the state insane asylum at
Pueblo for sixty days, pending a
full investigation Of the charges that
have been made against the manage
ment of the asylum. This action ID
taken at the request Of DIR Thombs.
Wyoming Is rapidly coming to the
front ms copper producing state,
many wonderful discoveries OF that
mineral having been made during the
past year. In this connection Pro-
fessor knight, geologlst OF the state
university, suys the coming year will
witness many new discoveries OF equal
value and Importance.
The official canvass made no changes
In the result Of the state officers In
Nevada. The vote for governor IL the
same as that reported In the unofficial
count, saddler receiving total OF
1870 votes and Mcmillan 95as. leaving
sadler plurality OF 2s, aud a oertin.
cate was issued 10 sadler emitting
him TO the Office OF governor of Ne
vadA for the cushing four years.
State superintendent Of Forest Re-
serves Garbutt, OF Wyoming has re-
turned from the southern part OF Car
bon county, where he has been OK
aiming the timber lands. lie has
picked out a piece OF forest land,
about twenty by thirty miles, which
he will recommend be made into a
timber reserve. The strip lies partly
In Colorado and the Colorado superin-
tendent will make the same recommend
alton. This investigation was made
upon the request Of the settlers In that
section Of country, who claim that the
timber Is rapidly being destroyed by
tie-cutters and hunters who leave
camp fires, which spread aud cover a
large area OF forest, The ranehmen
and farmers say their water supply Is
growing smaller and smaller each year
"a n result and thew Wnnt the foreste